DIGITAL WATERMARKING OF ACOUSTIC DATA

    公开(公告)号:US20220230265A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-07-21

    申请号:US17648257

    申请日:2022-01-18

    发明人: Alain Le Duff

    IPC分类号: G06T1/00 G01N29/24 G01N29/06

    摘要: Examples described herein include adding a digital watermark into acoustic data. For example, the digital watermark data can be embedded using a key such that the watermark data is spread across a spectrum of the acoustic data. Thus, the data for the digital watermark may have no or minimal visible impact in the images generated using the marked acoustic data. The digital watermark may provide improved security and privacy. Moreover, the digital watermark may be incorporated into the reconstruction process of images.

    Surface extraction for ultrasonic images using path energy

    公开(公告)号:US11378550B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-07-05

    申请号:US17035796

    申请日:2020-09-29

    摘要: A system and method used to image cylindrical fluid conduits, such as pipes, wellbores and tubulars, with ultrasound transducers then process the ultrasound images to detect edges and surfaces. The device and method compute monotonic paths through high energy pixels. Functions are used for dropping, extending and selecting an optimal path based on certain criteria, such as path length, path continuity and path energy. The selected path may be used to model and visualize the tubular along with key features, components and defects in 2D and 3D.

    Lamb Wave Phased Array Focus-Imaging Method Based on Frequency Response Function

    公开(公告)号:US20220205952A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-30

    申请号:US17514868

    申请日:2021-10-29

    摘要: The disclosure discloses a Lamb wave phased array focus-imaging method based on a frequency response function. In the method, a piezoelectric sensor array is arranged on a surface of a tested structure, the frequency response function of an excitation and acquisition pair formed by an excitation array element and an acquisition array element is calculated according to a full-band response signal, and a dispersion pre-compensation signal is constructed; the dispersion pre-compensation signal and the frequency response function are multiplied in a frequency domain to obtain a frequency domain pre-compensation response signal; and according to a distance from the acquisition array element to a focal point at the coordinates, the dispersion of the frequency domain pre-compensation response signal is post-compensated, so as to obtain a frequency domain dispersion post-compensation signal until all sensor excitation and acquisition pairs are traversed.

    METHOD AND SYSTEM OF IDENTIFYING A BOND BOUNDARY BETWEEN A SOUND BOND AND A WEAK BOND IN A MULTILAYER ARTICLE

    公开(公告)号:US20220196604A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-23

    申请号:US17604241

    申请日:2020-04-17

    申请人: DMC Global Inc.

    摘要: A method of identifying a bond boundary between a sound bond and weak bond in a multilayer article may include determining a plurality of positions on a surface of the article; for each position of the plurality of positions, obtaining a full-wave, time domain waveform of ultrasonic waves reflected from the article; and, for each pair of adjacent positions among the plurality of positions, determining whether there is a bond boundary between a first position and a second position based on a comparison of a waveform characteristic of a first waveform generated at the first position and the waveform characteristic of a second waveform generated at the second position; and in response to a determination that there is a bond boundary between the first position and the second position, determining a boundary position based on the first position and the second position and memorializing the boundary position.

    DEFECT INSPECTION APPARATUS AND DEFECT INSPECTION METHOD

    公开(公告)号:US20220180500A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-09

    申请号:US17601900

    申请日:2019-04-17

    摘要: This defect inspection apparatus (100) is provided with an excitation unit (1), a laser illumination unit (2), an interference unit (3), an imaging unit (35), and a control unit (4) for generating a moving image (61) related to the propagation of an elastic wave of an inspection target (7). The control unit is configured to perform control to display an identified measurement inappropriate region (81) in such a manner as to be distinguishable from a measurement appropriate region (82) in which the vibration state has been correctly acquired in the moving image (61).

    Methods and systems for non-invasively characterizing a heterogeneous medium using ultrasound

    公开(公告)号:US11346819B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-31

    申请号:US17261095

    申请日:2019-07-16

    IPC分类号: G01N29/46 G01N29/06 G01N29/44

    摘要: In a first aspect, the present description relates to a system for non-invasively characterizing a heterogeneous medium using ultrasound, comprising at least one first array (10) of transducers configured to generate a series of incident ultrasound waves in a region of said heterogeneous medium and record the ultrasound waves which are backscattered by said region as a function of time, as well as a computing unit (42) which is coupled to said at least one first array of transducers and configured to: record an experimental reflection matrix defined between an emission basis at the input and the basis of the transducers at the output; determine, from said experimental reflection matrix, at least one first wideband reflection matrix defined in a focused base at the input and output; determine a first distortion matrix defined between said focused basis and an observation basis, said first distortion matrix resulting, directly or after a change of basis, from the term-by-term matrix product of said first wideband reflection matrix defined between said focused basis and an aberration correction basis, with the phase-conjugated matrix of a reference reflection matrix defined for a model medium, between the same bases; determine, from said first distortion matrix, at least one mapping of a physical parameter of said heterogeneous medium.

    Device, system and method for imaging defects in a structure by transmitting and receiving mechanical waves in this structure

    公开(公告)号:US11313837B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-04-26

    申请号:US16954034

    申请日:2018-12-13

    发明人: Olivier Mesnil

    摘要: A device for imaging defects in a structure includes N transmitters and P receivers to be distributed over at least one surface of the structure and a central unit controlling the transmitters and receivers to sequentially record Q≤N×P signals (S) obtained from electrical signals provided by the receivers of Q different transmitter/receiver pairs, after reception of mechanical waves transmitted by the transmitters of these Q pairs. It further stores Q first and Q second corresponding reference signals (SREF1, SREF2), representative of the structure without defects and differing by random noise. A central processing unit is programmed to: correlate each signal obtained with the corresponding first reference signal, in such a way as to construct an image of probabilities of defects; correlate each first reference signal with the corresponding second reference signal, in such a way as to construct a reference noisy image; and subtract the reference noisy image from the image of probabilities of defects.