Application of Head-Mounted Devices to identify corrosion damage present on sub-sea assets on a 3D digital reconstruction application.

In this project our goal is to facilitate the 3D reconstruction of assets that are found in the ocean bed for the purpose of monitoring the state of the asset, especially to assess whether there is corrosion or cracks in the equipment. Using high-quality subsea imaging, we can obtain images of assets that can be visually inspected for corrosion and cracks. A 3D reconstruction of the asset would be a valuable tool to communicate the location of the detected regions of interest, as the 3D model can be tagged with positional markers that indicate the exact location of the damaged regions. In this project, we will produce a prototype system that combines 3D reconstruction of the environment and the virtual reconstruction using HMD’s, letting a human observer adjust and manipulate the scene using interactive VR widgets. An inspector will be able to more thoroughly and precisely examine the hard-to-reach spots that are not visible at the first glance. The research problem of this project is to examine, from a set of three different implementations, which of the proposed solutions proves useful, robust, practical and overall the most convenient to use, based on the results of user study.

Faculty Supervisor:

Oscar Meruvia-Pastor

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Partner:

qualiTEAS Inc

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Memorial University of Newfoundland

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