US 12,345,231 B2
Method of imaging a wind turbine rotor blade
Maxim Karatajew, Celle (DE); and Lars Holm Nielsen, Noerre Snede (DK)
Assigned to SIEMENS GAMESA RENEWABLE ENERGY A/S, Brande (DK)
Appl. No. 18/284,649
Filed by Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy A/S, Brande (DK)
PCT Filed Mar. 21, 2022, PCT No. PCT/EP2022/057276
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 28, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/207380, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 6, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 21166618 (EP), filed on Apr. 1, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0175426 A1, May 30, 2024
Int. Cl. F03D 17/00 (2016.01); H04N 23/61 (2023.01); H04N 23/695 (2023.01)
CPC F03D 17/003 (2023.08) [F03D 17/028 (2023.08); H04N 23/61 (2023.01); H04N 23/695 (2023.01); F05B 2270/8041 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wind turbine rotor blade imaging arrangement, comprising:
a multi-axis gimbal mounted to the exterior of the wind turbine and configured to adjust its orientation in response to one or more received gimbal settings wherein the gimbal settings comprise any of a pitch angle, a roll angle, a yaw angle;
a camera mounted on the multi-axis gimbal and arranged to capture images of a rotor blade;
an image analysis unit configured to analyze the captured images and generating image analysis output out; and
a camera orientation controller configured to compute updated gimbal settings on the basis of the image analysis output.