Patents by Inventor Frederic Otis

Frederic Otis has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • System and method for inspecting the interior surface of a pipeline
    Patent number: 8345094
    Abstract: An inspection system for inspecting an interior surface of a pipeline has a frame adapted to travel in the pipeline and an imaging means for imaging a selected portion of the interior surface of the pipeline. The imaging means has a field of view and is mounted in a rotatable manner on the frame. The inspection system has with a two-dimensional pattern generator for generating a two-dimensional pattern projection. The generator is mounted with the imaging means to project the two-dimensional pattern projection in the field of view thereof. The imaging means provide images of the selected portion of the internal surface comprising the two-dimensional pattern projection for monitoring a perpendicularity of the optical axis of the imaging means with respect to the selected portion of the interior surface of the pipeline thanks to a shape of the two-dimensional pattern projection prior to inspection of the internal surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Quebec Inc. (C-Tec)
    Inventors: Daniel Demers, Ludovic Legendre, Frederic Otis
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INSPECTING THE INTERIOR SURFACE OF A PIPELINE
    Publication number: 20100157043
    Abstract: An inspection system for inspecting an interior surface of a pipeline has a frame adapted to travel in the pipeline and an imaging means for imaging a selected portion of the interior surface of the pipeline. The imaging means has a field of view and is mounted in a rotatable manner on the frame. The inspection system has with a two-dimensional pattern generator for generating a two-dimensional pattern projection. The generator is mounted with the imaging means to project the two-dimensional pattern projection in the field of view thereof. The imaging means provide images of the selected portion of the internal surface comprising the two-dimensional pattern projection for monitoring a perpendicularity of the optical axis of the imaging means with respect to the selected portion of the interior surface of the pipeline thanks to a shape of the two-dimensional pattern projection prior to inspection of the internal surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2007
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Inventors: Daniel Demers, Ludovic Legendre, Frederic Otis