CPC G01N 21/954 (2013.01) [G01N 21/8851 (2013.01); G01N 2021/8887 (2013.01); G01N 2021/9544 (2013.01); G01N 2021/9548 (2013.01); G01S 17/89 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A method, comprising:
obtaining, from a multi-sensor pipe inspection robot that traverses through the interior of a pipe, two or more sets of condition assessment data for the interior of the pipe collected during a single pass through the interior of the pipe;
the two or more sets of condition assessment data comprising a first data type obtained using a first sensor type and a second data type obtained using a second sensor type;
identifying, using a first image processing technique applied to the first data type obtained using the first sensor type, a pipe feature;
using the pipe feature identified to identify data of the second sensor type associated with the pipe feature;
selecting, using a processor, a feature specific image processing technique based on the data identified of the second sensor type associated with the pipe feature;
combining, using a processor, two or more image processing techniques, including the first image processing technique and the feature specific image processing technique, to adjust imaging of a pipe feature; and
forming, using the processor, an image of the interior of the pipe using the two or more image processing techniques.
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