US 12,345,167 B2
System and method of using a tool assembly
Mandar Diwakar Godbole, Bengaluru (IN); Byron Andrew Pritchard, Jr., Loveland, OH (US); Kirti Arvind Petkar, Bengaluru (IN); Vamshi Krishna Reddy Kommareddy, Bengaluru (IN); Sandeep Kumar, Bengaluru (IN); and Andrew Crispin Graham, Badminton (GB)
Assigned to General Electric Company, Evendale, OH (US); and Oliver Crispin Robotics Limited, Altrincham (GB)
Filed by General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US); and Oliver Crispin Robotics Limited, Altrincham (GB)
Filed on Jan. 23, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/420,402.
Application 18/420,402 is a continuation of application No. 17/471,923, filed on Sep. 10, 2021, granted, now 11,913,345.
Claims priority of application No. 202111033483 (IN), filed on Jul. 26, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0159162 A1, May 16, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06T 7/60 (2017.01); F01D 21/00 (2006.01); G01M 15/14 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G06T 7/80 (2017.01)
CPC F01D 21/003 (2013.01) [G01M 15/14 (2013.01); G06T 7/001 (2013.01); G06T 7/60 (2013.01); F05D 2260/80 (2013.01); F05D 2270/8041 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30164 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An inspection system comprising:
a first camera at a first location and having a first orientation relative to a local coordinate system of the inspection system, the local coordinate system having a longitudinal direction, a latitudinal direction, and a transverse direction;
a second camera at a second location spaced a known spatial distance from the first location and having a second orientation relative to the local coordinate system, the first orientation defines an angle with the second orientation relative to a plane defined by the latitudinal direction and the transverse direction greater than zero and less than 360 degrees; and
a controller in operative communication with the first camera and the second camera, the controller being configured to:
receive data indicative of one or more images of a reference feature from the first camera;
determine data indicative of a first spatial position of the first camera based at least in part on the received data indicative of the one or more images of the reference feature;
determine data indicative of a second spatial position of the second camera based on a known spatial relationship between the first location and the second location; and
receive data indicative of one or more images of a target feature using the second camera,
wherein the target feature not being in view of the first camera.