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US 2014/0210992 A1Published application
Infrared thermography with laser
AssigneeUnited Technologies Corporation
InventorYan Zhang
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Abstract
A thermography system includes a laser adapted to emit energy. An emitter attached to a mount, optically coupled to the laser, the emitter adapted to radiate the energy in substantially a first direction and an infrared camera attached to the mount with a field of view intersecting a portion of the first direction.
Claims20
A thermography system comprising:
- a mount;
- a laser adapted to emit energy;
- an emitter attached to said mount, optically coupled to said laser, said emitter adapted to radiate said energy in substantially a first direction;
- and,
- an infrared camera attached to said mount with a field of view intersecting a portion of said first direction.
2 more elements
An infrared (IR) thermography method comprising:
- inducing a thermal load on a workpiece with an emitter attached to a mount, the emitter receiving energy from a laser;
- and
- directing a field of view of an infrared camera attached to the mount toward the workpiece.
An infrared (IR) thermography method comprising:
- inducing a thermal load on a workpiece with an emitter attached to a mount to radiate energy from a laser in a first direction;
- and
- directing a field of view of an infrared camera attached to the mount to intersect a portion of the first direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.