Patent ID: 8242445
Filing Date: 2012-08-14
Classification: G01J,G01R

Abstract:
1. An inspection system, comprising: an infrared camera adapted to capture infrared image data, wherein the infrared camera comprises: an extendable boom having a proximate end and a distal end; a sensor unit, coupled to the distal end of the extendable boom, having one or more sensors adapted to provide sensor information, the sensor unit configured to wirelessly communicate with the infrared camera to provide the sensor information; wherein the one or more sensors comprise an electrical measurement device, configured to measure an electrical parameter of an inspection target to provide as an electrical parameter value to the sensor unit to provide as the sensor information to the infrared camera, and an extendable boom microphone adapted to capture sound data from the inspection target to provide as the sensor information to the infrared camera, and wherein the infrared camera comprises: an infrared camera microphone adapted to capture sound data from the inspection target; and an audio processing unit adapted to analyze the sound data from the inspection target provided by the extendable boom microphone and the infrared camera microphone to determine a location of a gas leak associated with the inspection target and to provide visual cues based on the sound data to the display to direct the user of the inspection system to the gas leak.