Patent ID: 11933736
Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 13:
14. A method of inspecting a single wire segment, the method comprising:
orienting mirrors m an array of mirrors about a centerline of an inspection apparatus such that a reflection of a first inspection zone of the single wire segment in the array of mirrors forms a circumferential view of the first inspection zone of the single wire segment, and the reflection from each mirror is within a field of view from a single vantage point, and such that a first optical path from the first inspection zone to the single vantage point has an at least partially helical trajectory relative to the centerline of the inspection apparatus;
positioning a visual imaging device at the single vantage point;
orienting the visual imaging device towards the array of mirrors;
positioning the single wire segment in the inspection apparatus such that the reflection from each mirror of the array of mirrors is within a field of view of the visual imaging device; and
capturing, at the visual imaging device, at least one image of the reflection of the single wire segment from the array of mirrors.