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Digital video borescope for drilled shaft inspection

  • US 8,169,477 B2
  • Filed: 02/07/2007
  • Issued: 05/01/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/30/1998
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for inspecting a borehole comprising:

  • a portable camera for generating images of at least a portion of an interior surface of the borehole and for generating signals representative of the generated images, said camera defining a viewing area adjacent the camera from which the images are generated;

    a housing for the camera, said housing adapted to be lowered into the borehole;

    a sensor for use with the housing for sensing a physical characteristic of the borehole; and

    a computer receiving and responsive to the signals from the camera and the sensed physical characteristic for inspecting the borehole.

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