FLEXIBLE TETHER POSITION TRACKING CAMERA INSPECTION SYSTEM FOR VISUAL INSPECTION OF OFF LINE INDUSTRIAL GAS TURBINES AND OTHER POWER GENERATION MACHINERY

摘要

A camera scope inspection system with a flexible, tether mounted camera head that is maneuverable in confined internal cavities of power generation machinery. A camera head position sensing system inferentially determines the three dimension (3D) position of the camera head within the inspected machinery. Camera head position data are correlated with camera image data by a controller. In this manner correlated internal inspection image data and corresponding position data are available for future analysis and image tracking.