Patent ID: 11879854
Assignee: BAKER HUGHES OILFIELD OPERATIONS LLC
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 8:
9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:
removing the calibration phantom from the movable stage;
mounting a target object to the moveable stage;
moving the movable stage to a position such that at least a portion of the target object is within the field of view of the video camera;
receiving, within the GUI, a user selection of an inspection location within the field of view that is on the target object;
measuring respective second pixel differences in the first and second directions between a pixel location of the inspection location within the GUI and a pixel location of the crosshair center within the GUI;
determining a first physical offset distance in the first and second directions between the selected inspection location and the optical axis of the video camera based upon the second pixel differences and the calibration ratio;
receiving a second physical offset distance in the first and second directions between the optical axis of the video camera and a beam axis of an x-ray beam emitted by an x-ray source positioned adjacent to the video camera;
receiving the correction factors in the first and second directions;
moving the movable stage to a third position based upon the first and second physical offset distances and the correction factors, wherein the location of the beam axis of the x-ray source intersects the selected location on the target object.