Patent ID: 6919956
Filing Date: 2005-07-19
Classification: B23P,F01D,G01N

Abstract:
1. An automatic repairing apparatus used in repairing cracks produced in a member to be repaired, comprising: a first photographing means for taking a picture of the member to be repaired in a wide field view in order to obtain a wide field image, thereof; an image processing means for obtaining rough position information of the cracks, including information of the presence and absence of cracks and the positions thereof in the member to be repaired, by processing the wide field image; and a second photographing means for obtaining a narrow field image of the cracks by photographing the cracks in a narrow field view at each point at a spacing predetermined based on the rough position information; and wherein said image processing means processes the narrow field image to obtain the crack data at a series of points, including information of the position, width, and depth of the cracks at each point spaced by a predetermined distance, by processing the narrow field image.