Method and system for position control based on automated defect detection feedback

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9471057
APP PUB NO 20130113915A1
SERIAL NO

13292358

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A computer program product and method for performing position control on device members that have been identified as defective. The method may include providing a storage medium that stores data and programs used in processing images and a processing unit that processes the images, receiving, by the processing unit from an image capture device coupled to the processing unit, a set of images of a plurality of members inside of a device, detecting, by the processing unit, a defect in a first member of the plurality of members, and providing instructions to move the first member to an inspection position in the device. The device may be an engine and the members may be blades within the engine.

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RTX CORPORATION10 FARM SPRINGS ROAD FARMINGTON CT 06032

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Finn, Alan Matthew Hebron, US 106 1341
Grant, Richard C Ellington, US 5 148
Scheid, Paul Raymond West Hartford, US 45 593
Wang, Hongcheng Vernon, US 100 798
Xiong, Ziyou Wethersfield, US 71 1076

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