Method and device for inspecting a nuclear reactor part
AssigneeFramatome
InventorYannick CAULIER
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Abstract
A method for inspecting a nuclear reactor part includes placing an optical sensor (38) in front of the part to be inspected using a carrier (40); acquiring at least a first image of at least a reference portion of the part using the optical sensor (38), the or each first image being taken with a first magnification; reconstituting a three-dimensional model of said reference portion of the part using the or each first acquired image; calculating the position of an area to be inspected relative to the optical sensor (38) using the three-dimensional model; acquiring at least a second image of the area to be inspected using the optical sensor (38), the or each second image of the area to be inspected being taken with a second magnification higher than the first magnification.
Claims15
1-11. (canceled)
A method for inspecting an area of a nuclear reactor part, the method comprising:
- placing an optical sensor in front of the nuclear reactor part to be inspected using a carrier;
- acquiring at least a first image of at least a reference portion of the nuclear reactor part using the optical sensor, the first image being taken with a first magnification;
- reconstituting a three-dimensional model of the reference portion of the nuclear reactor part using the first image;
- calculating a position of an area to be inspected relative to the optical sensor using the three-dimensional model;
- and
- acquiring at least a second image of the area to be inspected using the optical sensor, the second image of the area to be inspected being taken with a second magnification higher than the first magnification.
A device for inspecting an area of a nuclear reactor part, the device comprising:
- an optical sensor;
- and
- a carrier configured to place the optical sensor in front of the nuclear reactor part to be inspected, the optical sensor being configured to:
- acquire at least a first image of at least a reference portion of the nuclear reactor part, the first image being taken with a first magnification;
- reconstitute a three-dimensional model of the reference portion of the nuclear reactor part using the first image;
- calculate the position of an area to be inspected relative to the optical sensor using the three-dimensional model;
- and
- acquire at least a second image of the area to be inspected, the second image of the area to be inspected being taken with a second magnification higher than the first magnification.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.