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公开(公告)号:US11815494B2
公开(公告)日:2023-11-14
申请号:US17034447
申请日:2020-09-28
申请人: FBS, Inc.
发明人: Cody J. Borigo , Steven E. Owens
CPC分类号: G01N29/262 , G01N29/0654 , G01N29/2412
摘要: A system includes a magnetostrictive strip configured to be wrapped at least partially around an outer surface of a structure. A plurality of coil circuits are disposed on at least one flexible PCB that is configured to be disposed adjacent to the magnetostrictive strip. Each coil circuit is individually controllable by a plurality of channels to at least one of excite or detect guided waves in the structure. A plurality of magnets are configured to induce a magnetic field in the magnetostrictive strip. A connector is configured electrically connect at least one of the plurality of coil circuits and at least one the plurality of channels. A body constructed from a flexible material is sized and configured to at least partially encapsulate at least one other component of the system.
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公开(公告)号:US20230362499A1
公开(公告)日:2023-11-09
申请号:US18224589
申请日:2023-07-21
发明人: Stephen E Robinson , Kurt Kolb
IPC分类号: H04N23/951 , G01S15/89 , G01S7/52 , G01N29/06 , G01N29/265 , G01N29/26 , G01N29/07 , G01N29/22 , G01N29/44 , E21B47/002 , G01N21/88 , H04N23/45
CPC分类号: H04N23/951 , G01S15/8915 , G01S7/52065 , G01N29/069 , G01N29/265 , G01N29/262 , G01N29/07 , G01N29/225 , G01N29/4427 , G01S15/8922 , E21B47/0025 , G01N21/8851 , H04N23/45 , G01N2291/2636 , G01N2291/106 , G01S15/8945 , G01N2291/0234 , G01N2291/0258 , G01S15/894 , H04N23/555
摘要: A device and method used to image wells and other fluid-carrying tubulars having localized features of interest. The device scans large areas of the tubular first in a low-resolution mode using an ultrasound sensor and in a high-resolution mode using a camera, then identifies areas that contain those localized features with some probability. The device images are stored for further image processing. The two sensors are axially spaced-apart on the device. A computer remote from the imaging device renders a visualization of the tubular and localized features using the optical and ultrasound images.
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公开(公告)号:US20230333062A1
公开(公告)日:2023-10-19
申请号:US18028441
申请日:2021-09-23
发明人: Tom DRUET , Tinh HOANG HUU
CPC分类号: G01N29/0672 , G01N29/30 , G01N29/4472 , G01N2291/106 , G01N2291/023
摘要: A method for performing tomography on a structure supporting modes of guided propagation of elastic waves, the method includes the steps of: acquiring a plurality of signals propagating through the structure by means of a plurality of pairs of non-collocated elastic-wave sensors; for each pair of sensors, i. selecting one mode of guided propagation, ii. converting the measured signal into wave field for the selected mode, iii. determining an anisotropic calibration coefficient on the basis of a wave-field propagation model evaluated depending on the anisotropic wavenumber and on the distance between the sensors of the pair, and on the basis of the wave field or of a reference wave field corresponding to a healthy state of the structure, calibrating the wave fields using the determined calibration coefficients, performing tomography on the structure on the basis of the calibrated wave fields.
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公开(公告)号:US20230324342A1
公开(公告)日:2023-10-12
申请号:US18185259
申请日:2023-03-16
发明人: Kee Yong KIM
CPC分类号: G01N29/0654 , G01N29/12 , G01N29/4463
摘要: A method for calibrating an ultrasonic sensor includes: transmitting a first ultrasonic signal from the ultrasonic sensor toward a first surface of a contact device when a model is on the first surface of the contact device; generating ultrasonic images by sampling a first ultrasonic echo signal, the first ultrasonic echo signal comprising a reflected signal of the first ultrasonic signal, at a plurality of reception time points; detecting portions of the ultrasonic images, wherein detected portions of the ultrasonic images are most similar to corresponding portions of a reference image of the model compared to other portions of the ultrasonic images having same positions as the detected portions and detected at different reception time points of the plurality of reception time points than the detected portions; and storing the reception time points corresponding to the detected portions of the ultrasonic images.
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公开(公告)号:US11776526B2
公开(公告)日:2023-10-03
申请号:US17473003
申请日:2021-09-13
申请人: SUPERSONIC IMAGINE , CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE—CNRS , Ecole Supérieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles de la Ville de Paris
CPC分类号: G10K11/28 , G01N29/0654 , G01N29/4463 , G01N2291/02475
摘要: Method and system for ultrasonic characterization of a medium Method for ultrasonic characterization of a medium, comprising generating a series of incident ultrasonic waves, generating an experimental reflection matrix Rui(t) defined between the emission basis (i) as input and a reception basis (u) as output, determining a focused reflection matrix RFoc(rin, rout, at) of the medium between an input virtual transducer (Win) calculated based on a focusing as input to the experimental reflection matrix and an output virtual transducer (TVout) calculated based on a focusing as output from the experimental reflection matrix, the responses of the output virtual transducer (TVout) being obtained at a time instant that is shifted by an additional delay 6t relative to a time instant of the responses of the input virtual transducer (TVin).
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公开(公告)号:US11768180B1
公开(公告)日:2023-09-26
申请号:US18176439
申请日:2023-02-28
发明人: Zhenghua Qian , Zhi Qian , Peng Li , Xianwei Wu , Chen Yang , Yinghong Zhang
CPC分类号: G01N29/069 , G01N29/041 , G06T7/0004 , G01N2291/015 , G01N2291/0234 , G01N2291/106 , G06T7/40 , G06T2207/30108
摘要: The present disclosure relates to a method for ultrasonic guided wave quantitative imaging in a form of variable array and belongs to the technical field of ultrasonic non-destructive testing. The method includes: converting a non-linear lippmann-Schwinger equation into a form of linear summation by a method of moments; and selecting acquisition arrays with different numbers of probes to measure a scattered field signal, and modifying Green's functions by variable born approximation for continuous iterations to approximate a true solution, so as to obtain a final objective function Ok to be solved. According to the present disclosure, by adjusting the arrays, the number of probes and appropriate solution algorithm can be selected based on the testing accuracy; and the method can achieve quantitative evaluation of non-destructive testing, and can be widely used in practical guided wave testing applications of industrial non-destructive testing.
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公开(公告)号:US20230273161A1
公开(公告)日:2023-08-31
申请号:US18014652
申请日:2021-06-28
CPC分类号: G01N29/262 , G01N29/11 , G01N29/043 , G01N29/069 , G01N2291/106 , G01N2291/011 , G01N2291/015
摘要: Disclosed is a method including the steps of defining a transmission sequence, in which a plurality of transmit transducers is uniformly and randomly selected among the transducers of a probe on the active surface of the probe and a time offset is uniformly and randomly defined for each transmit transducer over a predetermined transmission duration. Subsequently, the transmission sequence is transmitted in the medium by the plurality of transmit transducers, the reception signals are received and recorded and they are processed with a focal law suitable for the transmit transducers and the time offsets used in order to thus derive a level of detection.
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公开(公告)号:US11740207B2
公开(公告)日:2023-08-29
申请号:US17521184
申请日:2021-11-08
发明人: Tobias Bruch , Ralf Ratering
CPC分类号: G01N29/0645 , G01N29/28 , G01S15/08 , G06F3/14 , G01N2291/023 , G01N2291/0289 , G01N2291/106
摘要: An ultrasonic inspection system includes an ultrasonic probe and an analyzer. The probe includes a flexible delay line and an ultrasonic transducer array at a first delay line end. A second delay line end can contact a target. The analyzer can receive ultrasonic echoes from the ultrasonic transducers representing amplitude of ultrasonic signals reflected from the target as a function of time from transmission. The analyzer determines a maximum amplitude of the echoes received by each transducer, scale the maximum amplitudes based upon a greatest maximum amplitude, and bin the scaled maximum amplitudes. The analyzer assigns each bin a color and generate a C-scan based upon the scaled amplitudes. Each C-scan pixel can correspond to at least one transducer, and the relative position of each C-scan pixel can correspond to the relative position of the ultrasonic transducer represented by the pixel. Each pixel can be displayed with its assigned color.
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公开(公告)号:US11726065B2
公开(公告)日:2023-08-15
申请号:US17122410
申请日:2020-12-15
CPC分类号: G01N29/09 , G01N29/0645 , G01N29/4445
摘要: The present disclosure provides a system and method for real-time visualization of a material during ultrasonic non-destructive testing. The system includes a graphical user interface (GUI) capable of showing a three-dimensional (3-D) image of a composite laminate constructed of a series of two-dimensional (2-D) cross sections. The GUI is capable of displaying the 3-D image as each additional 2-D cross section is scanned by an ultrasonic testing apparatus in real time or near real time, including probable defect regions that contain a flaw such as an air pocket, delamination, or foreign object within the composite. Furthermore, in one embodiment, the system includes an artificial intelligence capable of highlighting foreign objects within the 3-D image in real time or near real time and providing data regarding each object area, such as the depth, size, and/or type of each defect.
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公开(公告)号:US11672504B2
公开(公告)日:2023-06-13
申请号:US17513393
申请日:2021-10-28
发明人: Jerald Yoo , Judyta B. Tillak
IPC分类号: A61B8/14 , B06B1/02 , B06B1/06 , G01N29/24 , G01N29/44 , A61B8/00 , G01S7/52 , G01S15/89 , G01N29/06 , G01N29/34
CPC分类号: A61B8/145 , A61B8/4488 , A61B8/4494 , B06B1/0215 , B06B1/0292 , B06B1/0607 , G01N29/0654 , G01N29/2406 , G01N29/2437 , G01N29/34 , G01N29/4463 , G01S7/5208 , G01S7/52047 , G01S7/52049 , G01S15/8915 , A61B8/4427 , A61B8/56 , A61B8/58
摘要: The present disclosure is generally directed to a method for driving an ultrasonic transducer. The method includes coupling a driving electrode and a ground electrode of the ultrasonic transducer to a power supply and a ground, respectively, during a first time period based on a received drive signal. The method further includes decoupling the driving electrode and the ground electrode of the ultrasonic transducer from the power supply and the ground, respectively, to float the driving electrode and the ground electrode of the ultrasonic transducer during a second time period based on the received drive signal to store a charge between the driving electrode to the ground electrode.
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