18497600. GAS TURBINE ENGINE DRONE INSPECTION SYSTEM (RTX CORPORATION)
GAS TURBINE ENGINE DRONE INSPECTION SYSTEM
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Inventor(s)
Bradley C. Schafer of Ellington CT US
GAS TURBINE ENGINE DRONE INSPECTION SYSTEM
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18497600 titled 'GAS TURBINE ENGINE DRONE INSPECTION SYSTEM
Original Abstract Submitted
A system includes at least one drone that is equipped with an imaging device and a light source. At least one processor is configured to: operate the at least one drone to fly into a gas turbine engine to a first position with respect to a component in the gas turbine engine, operate the imaging device and the light source to take an image a target surface of the component from the first position, identify whether the image includes an obstruction blocking a portion of the target surface from view of the imaging device, in response to identifying the obstruction, operate the at least one drone to fly to a second position from which there is a line-of-sight to the target surface without the obstruction, and operate the imaging device and the light source to obtain an unobstructed image of the target surface from the second position.
