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A helicopter rotor blade includes a main airfoil body (12) and a movable control flap (3) incorporated in the trailing edge profile of the airfoil body. The flap (3) is movably connected to the main airfoil body (12) by a flexibly bendable junction element (4), and is actuated by a piezoelectric actuator unit (5) via a push / pull rod (6) and a lever arm (7), whereby the control flap is deflected relative to the main airfoil body. The junction element (4) is preferably a continuous integral fiber-reinforced composite component having a flexible bending portion (42) with a reduced thickness in comparison to the adjoining portions, whereby the reinforcing fibers extend continuously through the joint in the direction of the connection between the main airfoil body and the flap.

An apparatus and method for inspecting a structure are provided which include probes with sensing elements and are disposed proximate the opposite surfaces of a structure, where only one of the probes need be driven. A tracking probe may be magnetically coupled to a driven probe and move in coordination therewith. Ring magnets may be used in the driven and tracking probes to provide the magnetic coupling and align sensing elements disposed in the centers of the ring magnets. The probes include ball bearings such as ball and socket bearings for supporting the structure and maintaining the desired orientation and spacing of the probes relative to the structure. A fluid, such as water or pressurized air, may be used as a couplant between an ultrasonic transducer and the structure. A water column skirt may be used to with a probe employing ball bearings for support.

In an inspection system for electrical and electro-optical inspection of TFT-LCD panels, a fine resolution area imaging camera with a pulse illumination source disposed to scan the region and operative capture images of the region illuminated with pulses of short illumination and automatically maintained in focus while continuously scanning in order to resolve points of defects.

An optical system may include an objective having at least four mirrors including an outermost mirror with aspect ratio <20:1 and focusing optics including a refractive optical element. The objective provides imaging at numerical aperture >0.7, central obscuration <35% in pupil. An objective may have two or more mirrors, one with a refractive module that seals off an outermost mirror's central opening. A broad band imaging system may include one objective and two or more imaging paths that provide imaging at numerical aperture >0.7 and field of view >0.8 mm. An optical imaging system may comprise an objective and two or more imaging paths. The imaging paths may provide two or more simultaneous broadband images of a sample in two or more modes. The modes may have different illumination and / or collection pupil apertures or different pixel sizes at the sample.

An improved maintenance, inspection, and / or measurement solution is provided. An embodiment of the invention includes a handheld measurement device for measuring an object, such as a railway wheel on a train. The handheld measurement device can comprise a single unit to provide one handed operation and can include various features, such as onboard evaluation, a graphical user interface, and / or a self-health monitor. Additionally, aspects of the invention provide an inspection environment that incorporates preliminary measurement data, wireless communications, and / or historical data into the measurement and evaluation process.

The invention provides a transformer substation online intelligent patrol centralized monitoring system and method. The system carries out the linkage interaction with a main and auxiliary monitoringsystem, obtains a main and auxiliary equipment linkage signal, obtains an associated equipment point location list according to the linkage signal, and constructs an inspection task according to the equipment point location and a pre-configured linkage strategy or creates the inspection task according to requirements; the inspection task is issued to corresponding station ends, centralized controlis performed on the station ends, the corresponding inspection task is split into a plurality of sub-tasks by each station end, and the corresponding sub-tasks are concurrently executed by differentinspection execution systems; multi-dimensional inspection data acquired by each inspection execution system of each station end concurrently executing the corresponding sub-task is received; and an intelligent analysis algorithm adopted by each station end is determined by utilizing a cloud edge cooperation method, the equipment state is identified by utilizing the intelligent analysis algorithmbased on the multi-dimensional inspection data, and alarming or / and equipment operation and maintenance are performed according to an identification result. The problems that robot inspection has an inspection blind area, a single video coverage area is small, and fault emergency disposal is not timely are solved, the comprehensiveness, accuracy and intelligence of transformer substation equipmentinspection are improved, and the linkage capacity of a system in a transformer substation is increased.

The present invention comprises a turntable which holds a turbine part at a predetermined position, the turn table being rotatably supported by a support member, and rotated and driven by a driving motor, an abrasive feeding unit which feeds an abrasive particle having an elastic material as a core to a predetermined position as an abrasive, and a polishing head including an impeller which is rotated and driven by an impeller driving motor at high speed and applies rotary energy to the abrasive particle to be supplied from the abrasive feeding unit, the polishing head injecting the abrasive particle flying from the tangential direction of the impeller at a predetermined speed toward a surface to be polished of the turbine part held on the turntable, and an abrasive recovery unit which recovers the abrasive particle provided for polishing of the turbine part from the polishing head, and feeding into the abrasive feeding unit.

A measuring endoscope system includes a menu display module that selects a menu according to display data which is associated in advance with any of a plurality of optical adaptors, and a measuring program for performing measurement according to the result of the selection performed by the menu display module. Consequently, in the measuring endoscope system, when a user designates an optical adaptor using an optical adaptor selection screen image displayed on an LCD by the menu display module, a measuring technique associated with the optical adaptor is automatically selected. When a user wants to perform measurement using the measuring endoscope system, the user should merely press a measurement execution switch included in an endoscopic operation unit. Thus, measurement in which the selected measuring technique is implemented is carried out. Consequently, the present invention has succeeded in improving the maneuverability of a measuring endoscope system in measurement and improving the efficiency thereof in inspection.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a display panel inspection apparatus and an inspection method capable of remarkably reducing equipment cost and shortening inspection time. The apparatus comprises: an image measurement unit which lights a display panel (work) in response to a test signal and pick up an image of the lighted display panel, thereby obtaining image measurement data; a data accumulating unit for accumulating the image measurement data of a plurality of display panels as data corresponding to the respective display panels; and a data processing unit which respectively reads out the image measurement data accumulated in the data accumulating unit and performs image processing so as to judge the quality of each display panel. When inspecting a plurality of display panels, the image measurement unit and the data processing unit perform inspections independently. The image measurement unit operates to output identification data for identifying the respective display panels acting as measurement objects and image measurement data to the data accumulating unit, while the data accumulating unit forms a data base for managing the identification data and the image measurement data corresponding to the identification data.

A method of inspecting a substrate is disclosed. The method is performed by a substrate-inspecting apparatus having at least one projecting module projecting a patterned light onto a substrate fixed on a stage and an inspecting module with a camera capturing an image, and inspecting a plurality of inspection regions of the substrate step by step. The method comprises, setting an inspection order of the inspecting regions according to a lengthwise direction of the substrate, estimating height displacement of a target inspection region by using a tendency information regarding at least one previous inspection region that is already inspected, adjusting height of the inspecting module by using the estimated height displacement of the target inspection region, and inspecting the target inspection region by using the inspecting module of which height is adjusted. Therefore, inspection time is reduced.

A compact ringlight that emulates the performance of a much larger ringlight is disclosed. The invention utilizes a ringlight source and a conical or cylindrical reflector such that light first crosses the optical axis and then is reflected back towards the inspection area. This light is particularly useful for inspecting electronic semiconductor devices.

A single-piece multi-fiber ferrule interconnect assembly including a ferrule body having a main surface, a front frame, and a rear opening, wherein the front frame includes a front face and a back face; a plurality of lenses arranged to form a lens array, wherein the lenses are fabricated within the front frame and recessed from the front face; a plurality of grooves on the main surface for receiving a plurality of optical fibers, the grooves extending from the back face toward the rear opening, wherein each groove comprises a terminus located at the focal point of a corresponding lens on the front frame; a well located on the main surface along the back face of the front frame, wherein inside edges of the well are curved and wherein the well is capable of accommodating an epoxy; and a plurality of guide pin passageways on the ferrule body each having a pin aperture for receiving alignment pins from a complementary ferrule body, wherein the pin aperture and the alignment pin from the complementary ferrule body align the ferrule front faces such that ends of the optical fibers align.

A two-stage gas turbine combustor is disclosed that incorporates an improved assembly and disassembly methodology that results in improved inspection and repair techniques. The combustor includes an upper liner, lower liner, cap assembly, and a venturi assembly that directs cooling air into the combustion chamber for use in the combustion process, wherein a venturi assembly is inserted within an upper liner and an upper liner is then inserted in a lower liner. The venturi assembly, upper liner, and lower liner are fixed together with a plurality of easily removable retaining pins. The improved assembly allows for easier inspection and repair of the upper liner, lower liner, and venturi assembly.

The present invention provides a transformer substation online intelligent inspection system and method. According to the transformer substation online intelligent inspection system and method, the linkage signals of the main and auxiliary device monitoring systems are obtained, and multi-dimensional information can be fused; meanwhile, different execution systems are used for concurrently executing the corresponding sub-tasks, so that the inspection efficiency is ensured; based on the data collected by each execution system, multi-dimensional detection data is fused, and full-automatic intelligent identification and analysis are carried out to form linkage recheck. According to the invention, the automatic full-coverage on-line inspection of the transformer substation, the automatic recheck and disposal of abnormal faults and the remote operation and maintenance management of operation and maintenance personnel can be realized, the problems of inspection blind areas, small and singlevideo coverage range, untimely fault emergency disposal and the like of robot inspection are solved, the comprehensiveness, accuracy and intelligence of the transformer substation device inspection are improved, and the system linkage capability in the transformer substation is improved.

The invention belongs to the field of power systems, and relates to a power transmission line laser external force damage prevention monitoring and early warning device. All-weather monitoring is performed in the region of frequent construction, high number of trees in the passage and frequent human and animal activities outside the power transmission line by using laser detection and the camera video transmission device based on the laser intelligent detection technology and the image monitoring technology through combination of the characteristics of the power transmission line, and the external damage hidden trouble can be warned in the early stage and discovered in time and eliminated so that the failure trip rate of the power transmission line can be reduced and the reliability of thepower transmission line can be enhanced. The actual demand of the present high voltage power transmission line and tower safety monitoring can be greatly met so that the power transmission line inspection efficiency can be effectively enhanced, and powerful guarantee can be provided for enhancing the modern management level of the high voltage power transmission line of the power industry.

An optical security method for object authentication using photon-counting encryption implemented with phase encoded QR codes. By combining the full phase double-random-phase encryption with photon-counting imaging method and applying an iterative Huffman coding technique, encryption and compression of an image containing primary information about the object is achieved. This data can then be stored inside of an optically phase-encoded QR code for robust read out, decryption, and authentication. The optically encoded QR code is verified by examining the speckle signature of the optical masks using statistical analysis.

A remotely operated device for inspecting and / or cleaning a subsea flexible pipe joint comprises a support assembly. In addition, the device comprises a tool positioning assembly coupled to the support assembly. The tool positioning assembly includes a rotating member disposed about a central axis. The tool positioning assembly is rotatable relative to the support assembly about the central axis. Further, the device comprises a cleaning assembly including a cleaning device adapted to clean the flexible pipe joint. The cleaning device is axially moveable relative to the rotating member. Still further, the device comprises a clamping assembly coupled to the support assembly. The clamping assembly has an open position disengaged with the section of the flexible pipe joint and a closed position engaging the section of the flexible pipe joint.

According to the present invention an improved insulator cup, or case liner, enhances electrode coil insertion by reducing the possibility of damage to the coil during insertion, protects electrode and separator from laser radiation during welding, and eases manual inspection of partially assembled components, among other advantages. The improved insulator cup includes a mechanical joint, or hinge-like feature, which pivotably couples opposing parts of the cup and greatly enhances coiled electrode insertion and subsequent component inspection prior to sealing a cover member over an electrode assembly disposed within a housing. The mechanical joint can comprise additional parts that adhere to a divided insulator cup or can be formed as an integral part of an insulator cup (e.g., a linear area of reduced thickness, of apertures, and / or perforations, etc.).

Disclosed is a hot-gas-conducting housing element for a hot-gas-conducting housing of a gas turbine system encompassing a compressor, a turbine, and a turbine rotor. The hot gas-conducting housing element is embodied so as to surround a protective shaft jacket placed around the turbine rotor and conduct a hot gas to the turbine. The hot gas-conducting housing element comprises: —at least one hot gas inlet; —an opening facing the turbine; —a section for conducting the hot gas from the at least one hot gas inlet to the opening facing the turbine, said conducting section being provided with an inner housing hub which is configured so as to surround the protective surface facing the protective shaft jacket. Said rib extends in the circumferential direction, protrudes from the circumferential surface, and is disposed in the zone of the circumferential surface bordering the opening that faces the turbine. The rib and / or the inner housing hub is / are fitted with cooling fluid ducts.

An otoscope provides an extremely narrow tip holding an electronic camera sized to allow the space of the ear canal to be shared between the otoscope and a tool such as a curette for removing foreign objects. The tip may be flexible for increased patient comfort when using a compact tip design.

An optical inspection method for an optical inspection device comprising an optical lens is provided according to an embodiment of the disclosure. The optical inspection method includes: obtaining a first image of an object by the optical lens; performing an edge detection on the first image to obtain a second image comprising an edge pattern; and performing a defect inspection operation on the second image based on a neural network architecture to inspect a defect pattern in the second image. In addition, an optical inspection device and an optical inspection system are provided according to embodiments of the disclosure.

A split mold for vulcanizing a tire is held at a mold holding section, which is held on a rotatable base, and then a measuring section measures distances to an inner surface of the split mold in the inside diameter direction and in the axial direction. An operating section acquires two-dimensional geometric data of the inner surface of the split mold from the distances measured above, and further acquires geometric data over the entire circumference by rotating the rotatable base, and the data are combined to acquire three-dimensional geometric data of the inner surface of the split mold and make reference geometric data for tire inspection.

The present invention discloses a security inspection door comprising a narcotic drug / explosive detecting subsystem, a radioactive substance detecting subsystem and a metal detecting subsystem which are provided in a tank body, wherein electromagnetic radiation shields are respectively provided around the three detecting subsystems, so that the narcotic drug / explosive detecting subsystem, the radioactive substance detecting subsystem and the metal detecting subsystem are isolated from one another and are not interfered with one another. In the present invention, the narcotic drug / explosive detecting subsystem, the radioactive substance detecting subsystem and the metal detecting subsystem are combined together for the first time to form a novel security inspection door, so the narcotic drugs / the explosives, the radioactive substances and the dangerous metal articles can be detected at the same time. Further, in the present invention, electromagnetic radiation shields are respectively provided around the three detecting subsystems, so that the three detecting subsystems are isolated from one another and are not interfered with one another, and thus, the inspection reliability and the inspection accuracy are improved.

A semiconductor device including: a semiconductor layer; an electrode pad provided above the semiconductor layer; an insulating layer provided above the electrode pad and having an opening which exposes at least part of the electrode pad; and a metal electrode provided at least in the opening and including a first portion provided above the electrode pad, and a second portion provided above part of the insulating layer positioned outside the electrode pad, an area of a top surface of the second portion being larger than an area of a top surface of the first portion.

A TEM (transmission electron microscopy) analysis method using FIB (focused ion beam) includes dividing a TEM sample into a plurality of analysis regions; determining an FIB beam current for each of the analysis regions; and performing FIB milling on each of the analysis regions by using the determined FIB beam current. Further, the method includes loading the TEM sample onto a TEM sample grid and transmitting a TEM electron beam on the TEM sample to perform the TEM analysis.

A tower monitoring system for monitoring a remote tower for structural evaluation and analysis. The tower monitoring system includes a sensor unit that takes tower data readings that include displacement readings. The sensor unit provides the tower data readings to a ground control unit near the tower. A remote server is in communication with the ground control unit and includes a secondary source of data, such as historical data of the tower, current data or historic data from nearby towers, and nearby weather and geological data. The monitoring system implements a modal analysis to determine contributions to the displacement readings and alarms an operator if the modal readings indicate structural stress beyond a predetermined threshold. Data is saved and can be used in a trend analysis to review any changes in the tower displacement readings over a period of time.