US 12,250,443 B2
Imaging systems and methods for data-driven apparatus inspection
Pradeep Dey, Bangalore (IN)
Assigned to Honeywell International Inc., Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed by Honeywell International Inc., Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed on May 25, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/202,048.
Claims priority of application No. 202311026522 (IN), filed on Apr. 10, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0340517 A1, Oct. 10, 2024
Int. Cl. H04N 23/50 (2023.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01); H04N 23/51 (2023.01); H04N 23/54 (2023.01); H04N 23/62 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 23/555 (2023.01) [G06T 7/0008 (2013.01); H04N 7/183 (2013.01); H04N 23/51 (2023.01); H04N 23/54 (2023.01); H04N 23/62 (2023.01); G06T 2207/30164 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An imaging system comprising:
an imaging probe, the imaging probe comprising:
a housing mountable to an inspection window of an apparatus, the inspection window providing a view into an interior portion of the apparatus with one or more components therein;
an imaging portion comprising a camera, wherein the imaging portion is (a) extendable at least partially out of the housing and into the interior portion of the apparatus to position the camera within the interior portion of the apparatus and (b) retractable from the interior portion of the apparatus to remove the camera from within the interior portion of the apparatus into the housing; and
a processor that automatically controls extension and retraction of the imaging portion and controls capturing a plurality of images of the one or more components using the imaging portion when the imaging portion is extended.