Intellectual Property India Publishes Patent Application for 'System And Method For Detecting Anomalies On A Wind Turbine Rotor Blade' Filed by Ge Vernova Renovables Espana, S. L.

MUMBAI, India, April 20 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202514085476 A) filed by Ge Vernova Renovables Espana, S. L., Barcelona, Spain, on Sept. 9, 2025, for 'system and method for detecting anomalies on a wind turbine rotor blade.'

Inventor(s) include Charles Burton Theurer; Kevin James Mcdonald; Martin Wilson Freeman; and David William Vernooy.

The application for the patent was published on April 17, under issue no. 16/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A method for improving quality of a rotor blade of a wind turbine includes receiving, via a data acquisition module of a controller, image data relating to the rotor blade. The image data is collected during or after manufacturing of the rotor blade before the rotor blade is placed into operation on the wind turbine. The method includes identifying, via a processor of the controller, an anomaly on the rotor blade using the image data relating to the rotor blade. The method also includes determining, via the processor, a location of the anomaly of the rotor blade using a combination of at least two of the following: an estimated location of an imaging device when the image data was collected, a known location of a pixel as represented by multiple angles that describe a location of the pixel and the anomaly within the image data as projected onto a spherical shell, Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) data of a cross section of the rotor blade at a time and location when the image data was collected, a specific internal cavity that the imaging device is in when the image data was collected, or a computer-aided design (CAD) model of the rotor blade. Further, the method includes displaying, via the processor, the location of the anomaly of the rotor blade. Moreover, the method includes implementing, via the processor, a corrective action for a subsequent manufacturing process of another rotor blade based on the location of the anomaly of the rotor blade."

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