Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Systems and methods for optical scanning of fluid transport pipelines
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Application No.: US15046412Application Date: 2016-02-17
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Publication No.: US10254193B2Publication Date: 2019-04-09
- Inventor: Nathan Chan , Kirk Madison , Kyzyl Herzog
- Applicant: ILLUSENSE INC.
- Applicant Address: CA Richmond
- Assignee: Illusense Inc.
- Current Assignee: Illusense Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: CA Richmond
- Agency: Todd A. Rattray, Oyen Wiggs Green & Mutala LLP
- Main IPC: G01M3/28
- IPC: G01M3/28 ; G01M3/04 ; G01M3/38 ; G01N21/47 ; G01N21/85 ; G01N21/954 ; G01N21/45 ; G01N21/53 ; G01P13/02

Abstract:
Systems and methods for reflectance imaging using visible and/or non-visible light and optical sensors in a probe for use in a fluid transport pipeline are provided. One or more light beams may be emitted towards a bore-defining surface of a pipe wall. One or more first optical sensors may sense first image data based on light scattered by incidence of the light beams on the bore-defining surface. The first image data may be used to determine a first distance value corresponding to a distance of the bore-defining surface from a first reference point. The first image data may be used to determine a plurality of speckle patterns from the first image data, each speckle pattern associated with light scattered from light-scattering particles contained in the fluid at a corresponding time, and to determine a flow direction of the fluid based on the plurality of speckle patterns.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160245718A1 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPTICAL SCANNING OF FLUID TRANSPORT PIPELINES Public/Granted day:2016-08-25
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