Cutting tool abnormality sensing apparatus
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsSatheesh Jeyaraman, Kevin George Harding, Megha Navalgund, John Robert Pfeiffer, Shaileshh Bojja Venkatakrishnan
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Abstract
A cutting tool abnormality sensing apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes an image pickup device for taking individual images of teeth of the cutting tool. The apparatus further includes a triggering mechanism for triggering the image pickup device each time a tooth passes along a field of view of the image pickup device. One or more light sources are provided to illuminate the cutting tool. Further, the apparatus includes an image processor to process one or more criteria in the individual images for quantifying an extent of abnormality in the cutting tool.
Claims22
A cutting tool abnormality sensing apparatus, the apparatus comprising:
- an image pickup device for taking individual images of teeth of the cutting tool;
- a triggering mechanism to trigger the image pickup device each time a tooth passes along a field of view of the image pickup device;
- one or more light sources to illuminate the cutting tool;
- and,
- an image processor to process one or more criteria in the individual images for quantifying an extent of abnormality in the cutting tool.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.