Member integrity monitoring system and method
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsEtienne Rene Jarrier, Steve David Hiner, Simon Charles Larcombe
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Abstract
A monitoring system for monitoring the integrity of a member disposed within a machine includes an image analyzer configured to receive image data from an imaging device and to determine an amount of radiation incident on one or more of one or more pixels of the imaging device. The monitoring system also includes a monitor coupled to the image analyzer and configured to generate an alarm in the event an amount of radiation on one or more of the one or more pixels exceeds a limit.
Claims39
A monitoring system for monitoring the integrity of a member disposed within a machine, the monitoring system comprising:
- an image analyzer configured to receive image data from an imaging device and to determine an amount of radiation incident on one or more of one or more pixels of the imaging device;
- and
- a monitor coupled to the image analyzer configured to generate an alarm in the event an amount of radiation on one or more of the one or more pixels exceeds a limit, the alarm indicating that the member has failed.
A method of monitoring a member in an air duct of a machine, the method comprising:
- receiving image data from an imaging device disposed within the air duct, the imaging data including information related to an amount of radiation incident on pixels of the imaging device;
- comparing the image data to radiation limits;
- and
- generating an alarm when the image data exceeds the radiation limits.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.