Patent ID: 11946882
Assignee: MISTRAS GROUP, INC.
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  B | IPC B  G

Claim 0:
1. A pipeline inspection system comprising:
a graphical user interface; and
a pipeline inspection robot communicatively coupled to the graphical user interface, the pipeline inspection robot comprising:
one or more drive control systems;
a plurality of traversal components configured to contact a pipeline and to support the pipeline inspection robot on an external surface of the pipeline;
a plurality of motors configured to drive the plurality of traversal components, wherein each motor of the plurality of motors is controlled separately by the one or more drive control systems; and
one or more imaging components configured to capture image data representative of a portion of the pipeline, and
wherein the one or more drive control systems are configured to control a speed of the pipeline inspection robot on the pipeline based on positional data of the pipeline inspection robot and an acquisition speed of the imaging components such that, based on the image data, the portion of the pipeline is displayed on the graphical user interface contemporaneously with movement of the pipeline inspection robot along the pipeline.