Boots – shoes – and leggings
Patent
1988-01-06
1990-09-18
Lall, Parshotam S.
Boots, shoes, and leggings
73146, G01B 1100, G01N 340
Patent
active
049583069
ABSTRACT:
A pavement inspection apparatus 10 is described for inspecting the condition of a full lane of pavement using a vehicle capable of traveling along the lane at normal traffic speeds, such as 55 miles per hour. The apparatus is capable of determing the elevational profile of the pavement and the size and shapes of surface distress features such as longitudinal cracks, transverse cracks, aligator cracks, design cracks, potholes and rutting. The apparatus 10 has two video array cameras 36 and 40 that project downward onto the pavement with overlapping fields of view for generating X-Y pixel data representing the intensities of reflected light from a full lane width of pavement as the vehicle moves over the pavement. The cameras 36 and 40 are mounted at acute angles with respect to each other to enable an elevational profile to be developed for the pavement from correlated pixel data from the two cameras. The apparatus 10 includes distress feature analysis electronics for determining the size, shape and location of surface distress features and evaluates such features against preset values to determine the severity of the determined features. Additionally, the apparatus 10 has video array cameras 192 and 196 for determining the deflection of the pavement in response to the movement of a known wheel weight over the pavement.
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The Earth Technology Corporation, "Automated Pavement Condition Evaluation".
Highway Products International, Inc., "ARAN" Brochure.
Bender Donald L.
Khattak Anwar S.
Powell Joseph P.
Purnell Larry W.
Saunders Sam C.
Lall Parshotam S.
Melnick S. A.
Pacific Northwest Research & Development, Inc.
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