US 11,933,690 B2
Inspecting an interior of a gas turbine engine apparatus
Justin Byers, Pembroke (CA)
Assigned to Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp., Longueuil (CA)
Filed by Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp., Longueuil (CA)
Filed on Oct. 8, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/497,540.
Prior Publication US 2023/0115111 A1, Apr. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. G01M 15/14 (2006.01); G02B 23/24 (2006.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01); H04N 23/50 (2023.01)
CPC G01M 15/14 (2013.01) [G02B 23/2484 (2013.01); H04N 7/183 (2013.01); H04N 23/50 (2023.01); H04N 23/555 (2023.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An inspection method, comprising:
inserting an inspection scope into an interior of an apparatus of a gas turbine engine;
capturing an image of the interior of the apparatus to provide image data;
determining a location of the inspection scope within the interior of the apparatus when the image was captured to provide location data, the determining of the location comprising comparing the image data to model data from a model of the apparatus;
displaying the location of the inspection scope within the interior of the apparatus, the displaying of the location comprising presenting an image of at least a portion of the interior of the apparatus with an overlay of the location of the inspection scope on a display, and the image generated from the model of the apparatus; and
tracking movement of the inspection scope within the interior of the apparatus using the location data.