Patent ID: 11913345
Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC F  G | IPC F  G

Claim 9:
10. A method for inspecting using a tool assembly, the tool assembly comprising elongated body, a first camera fixed to the elongated body at a first location, a second camera fixed to the elongated body at a second location spaced a known spatial distance from the first location, the elongated body defining a local longitudinal, a latitudinal direction, and a transverse direction, the first camera having a first orientation relative to the elongated body, the second camera having a second orientation relative to the elongated body, and the first orientation defining an angle with the second orientation relative to a plane defined by the latitudinal direction and the transverse direction greater than zero and less than 360 degrees, the method comprising:
positioning the elongated body such that the first camera is in view of a reference feature;
receiving data indicative of one or more images of the reference feature from the first camera;
determining data indicative of a first spatial position of the first camera based at least in part on the received data indicative of the one or more images of the reference feature;
determining data indicative of a second spatial position of the second camera based on a known spatial relationship between the first location and the second location; and
receiving data indicative of one or more images of a target feature using the second camera,
wherein the first camera and the second camera being simultaneously in view of the reference feature and the target feature, respectively, and the target feature not being in view of the first camera.