Adaptive borescope inspection

A system comprising:

• at least one data processor;
• non-transitory memory coupled to the at least one data processor, the non-transitory memory storing instructions to cause the at least one data processor to perform operations comprising:
• receiving data characterizing one or more images of an inspection region of an industrial machine acquired by an inspection system operating based on a first set of operating parameters, wherein the inspection region comprises a site feature;
• determining, using an analytical model, one or more characteristics of the inspection region from the data characterizing the one or more images of the inspection region, wherein determining one or more characteristic comprises one or more of:
• determining an identity of the site feature by an image recognition algorithm in the analytical model, wherein the image recognition algorithm receives data characterizing the one or more images of the inspection region and historical images of inspection region as inputs;
• determining image quality characteristics of the one or more images of the inspection region, wherein the image quality characteristics comprise one or more of resolution of the one or more images, illumination of the site feature in the one or more images, size of an image of the site feature relative to the size of the image of the inspection region;
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• determining site feature characteristics comprising one or more of size, shape, and depth of the site feature;
• determining that a new inspection of the inspection region is needed, wherein the new inspection comprises acquiring a new image based on at least one of the identity of the site feature and the image quality characteristics of the image of the inspection region;
• generating a control signal based on the one or more characteristics of the inspection region;
• determining a second set of operating parameters associated with the inspection system for an acquisition of the new image, wherein the control signal is based on the second set of operating parameters;
• and
• activating, using the control signal, the inspection system to capture new images for a new inspection of the site feature, using the second set of operating parameters different from the first set of operating parameters.

A computer program product comprising a non-transitory machine-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by at least one programmable processor that comprises at least one physical core and a plurality of logical cores, cause the at least one programmable processor to perform operations comprising:

• receiving data characterizing one or more images of an inspection region of an industrial machine acquired by an inspection system operating based on a first set of operating parameters, wherein the inspection region comprises a site feature;
• determining, using an analytical model, one or more characteristics of the inspection region from the data characterizing the one or more images of the inspection region, wherein determining one or more characteristic comprises one or more of:
• determining an identity of the site feature by an image recognition algorithm in the analytical model, wherein the image recognition algorithm receives data characterizing the one or more images of the inspection region and historical images of inspection region as inputs;
• determining image quality characteristics of the one or more images of the inspection region, wherein the image quality characteristics comprise one or more of resolution of the one or more images, illumination of the site feature in the one or more images, size of an image of the site feature relative to the size of the image of the inspection region;
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• determining site feature characteristics comprising one or more of size, shape, and depth of the site feature;
• determining that a new inspection of the inspection region is needed, wherein the new inspection comprises acquiring a new image based on at least one of the identity of the site feature and the image quality characteristics of the image of the inspection region;
• generating a control signal based on the one or more characteristics of the inspection region;
• determining a second set of operating parameters associated with the inspection system for an acquisition of the new image, wherein the control signal is based on the second set of operating parameters;
• and
• activating, using the control signal, the inspection system to capture new images for a new inspection of the site feature, using the second set of operating parameters different from the first set of operating parameters.