Single camera video inspection system for water wells and bore holes
OwnerGary L. Rutledgeinventor
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Abstract
A system (10) for video inspection of a passage such as a bore hole (2) is provided. The system (10) includes a carrying case (1) having a deep housing (12) and a removable cover (14) with a spool (16) of coaxial cable (18) stored inside the carrying case (1). The coaxial cable (18) exits the carrying case (1) at an opening (13). A cable arm (20) attached to the carrying case (1) and supported by an adjustable leg (22) conveys the coaxial cable (18) to the passage. Attached to the end of the coaxial cable (18) is a camera assembly (24). Camera assembly (24) includes a single camera operable to capture an image in a first direction along a long axis and a second direction, ninety degrees offset from the first direction.
Claims9
A video inspection system comprising:
- a housing rotatable from a first direction along the long axis of an object being inspected to a second direction approximately perpendicular to the first direction;
- an image sensor coupled to the housing, the image sensor operable to capture an image in the first direction, the image sensor further operable to capture an image in the second direction due to a rotation of the housing;
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- a camera board and processor coupled to the image sensor and operable to process each image and prepare it for display.
A video inspection system comprising:
- a camera assembly including:
- an upper section having a camera card;
- a stepper motor coupled to the end of the upper section;
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- a lower section coupled to the upper section and the stepper motor, the lower section operable to rotate about an axis when the stepper motor is operational, the lower section further comprising:
- an upper part having a high torque dc motor;
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- a lower part coupled to the upper part by a pivoting means, the pivoting means driven by the high torque motor and operable to pivot the lower part from a down view to a side view, the lower part further comprising an image sensor coupled to the camera card and operable to acquire an image in a down position and a side position and any position in between, the image sensor further operable to acquire an image as the lower section rotates about an axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.