GB201114275D0 - Aa apparatus and a method for determining the position and orientation of a remote end of a boroscope - Google Patents

Aa apparatus and a method for determining the position and orientation of a remote end of a boroscope

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GB201114275D0
GB201114275D0 GBGB1114275.9A GB201114275A GB201114275D0 GB 201114275 D0 GB201114275 D0 GB 201114275D0 GB 201114275 A GB201114275 A GB 201114275A GB 201114275 D0 GB201114275 D0 GB 201114275D0
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boroscope
orientation
data
remote end
processor
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Rolls Royce PLC
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B5/00—Measuring for diagnostic purposes; Identification of persons
    • A61B5/06—Devices, other than using radiation, for detecting or locating foreign bodies ; determining position of probes within or on the body of the patient
    • A61B5/065—Determining position of the probe employing exclusively positioning means located on or in the probe, e.g. using position sensors arranged on the probe
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B1/00—Instruments for performing medical examinations of the interior of cavities or tubes of the body by visual or photographical inspection, e.g. endoscopes; Illuminating arrangements therefor
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B23/00—Telescopes, e.g. binoculars; Periscopes; Instruments for viewing the inside of hollow bodies; Viewfinders; Optical aiming or sighting devices
    • G02B23/24—Instruments or systems for viewing the inside of hollow bodies, e.g. fibrescopes
    • G02B23/2476—Non-optical details, e.g. housings, mountings, supports
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21C—NUCLEAR REACTORS
    • G21C17/00—Monitoring; Testing ; Maintaining
    • G21C17/003—Remote inspection of vessels, e.g. pressure vessels
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E30/00—Energy generation of nuclear origin
    • Y02E30/30—Nuclear fission reactors

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  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Medical Informatics (AREA)
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  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
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  • Heart & Thoracic Surgery (AREA)
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  • Molecular Biology (AREA)
  • Animal Behavior & Ethology (AREA)
  • Astronomy & Astrophysics (AREA)
  • Public Health (AREA)
  • Veterinary Medicine (AREA)
  • Plasma & Fusion (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • High Energy & Nuclear Physics (AREA)
  • Human Computer Interaction (AREA)
  • Radiology & Medical Imaging (AREA)
  • Nuclear Medicine, Radiotherapy & Molecular Imaging (AREA)
  • Length Measuring Devices With Unspecified Measuring Means (AREA)
  • Length Measuring Devices By Optical Means (AREA)

Abstract

An apparatus 64 for determining the position and orientation of a remote end 62 of a boroscope 60 comprises a sensor (66) located at a remote end 62 of the boroscope 60. The sensor produces signals having orientation data, gravitational data or velocity data. A measurement device 68 measures the length of the boroscope 60 inserted through an aperture 52, 56 into a body 10. The sensor sends the orientation data, gravitational data or velocity data to a processor 70 and the measurement device 68 sends a signal indicating the length of the boroscope 60 inserted into the body 10 to the processor 70. The processor 70 determines from the length of the boroscope 60 inserted into the body 10 and the orientation, gravitational or velocity data the three dimensional coordinate and the orientation of the remote end 62 of the boroscope 60 within the body 10. The body 10 may be an assembled apparatus, e.g. an engine, a nuclear reactor, a steam turbine, a heat exchanger or an electrical generator.
GB1114275.9A 2011-08-19 2011-08-19 Determining the position and orientation of a remote end of a boroscope Withdrawn GB2493770A (en)

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