Remote Non-Destructive Testing
AssigneeDolphiTech AS
InventorsJan Olav Endrerud, Eskil Skoglund
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Abstract
An inspection apparatus for enabling a remotely-located expert to monitor an inspection by a non-expert, the apparatus comprising an inspection device capable of being operated by the non-expert, which is configured to generate inspection data indicative of a condition of a test object, and a communication unit configured to: divide the inspection data into first and second data; transfer the first data for being presented to the remotely-located expert at a first time, to facilitate substantially real-time monitoring of the inspection by the expert; and transfer the second data for being presented to the remotely-located expert at a second time, which is later than the first time, to facilitate non-real time monitoring of the inspection by the expert.
Claims20
An inspection apparatus for enabling a remotely-located expert to monitor an inspection by a non-expert, the apparatus comprising:
- an inspection device capable of being operated by the non-expert, which is configured to generate inspection data indicative of a condition of a test object;
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- a communication unit configured to:
- divide the inspection data into first and second data;
- transfer the first data for being presented to the remotely-located expert at a first time, to facilitate substantially real-time monitoring of the inspection by the expert;
- and
- transfer the second data for being presented to the remotely-located expert at a second time, which is later than the first time, to facilitate non-real time monitoring of the inspection by the expert.
An inspection apparatus for enabling a remotely-located expert to control an inspection by a non-expert, the apparatus comprising:
- an inspection device capable of being operated by a non-expert, which is configured to generate inspection data indicative of a condition of a test object;
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- a visual guide configured to provide, to the non-expert, a visual indication of a location on the test object to be inspected in dependence on a control input from the remotely-located expert.
An inspection apparatus comprising:
- a position determination unit configured to determine a position of an inspection device relative to a test object;
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- a configuration unit configured to select configuration data in dependence on that position, said configuration data being capable of configuring the inspection device to generate inspection data indicative of a condition of the test object, and provide that configuration data to the inspection device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.