| US 7,507,965 B2 | ||
| Smart thermal imaging and inspection device for wheels and components thereof and method | ||
| T Randall Lane, Lebanon, Ohio (US); and Jerry Schlagheck, West Chester, Ohio (US) | ||
| Assigned to Spirit Solutions, Inc, Dayton, Ohio (US) | ||
| Filed on Feb. 14, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/307,601. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/653850, filed on Feb. 14, 2005. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0180760 A1, Aug. 17, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. G01J 5/02 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 250—339.05 | 32 Claims |
| 1. A smart thermal imaging and inspection device for a wheel, which comprises:
an infrared camera located adjacent to the wheel, wherein said infrared camera is positioned to have field of view which is
traversed by the wheel to enable capturing infrared spectrum image data corresponding to emissivity;
a visual camera located adjacent to the wheel, wherein said visual camera is positioned to have field of view which is traversed
by the wheel to enable capturing visible spectrum image data; and
a computer based device having an image processor operably connected to each said camera for receiving said infrared spectrum
image data and said visible spectrum image data, said image processor operably associated with memory and software for storing
said image data, and pattern recognition software for analyzing said image data and generating a signal indicative of one
of a normal and abnormal condition of the wheel and thereby enable emissivity correction.
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