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公开(公告)号:US20240255273A1
公开(公告)日:2024-08-01
申请号:US18613522
申请日:2024-03-22
Inventor: Andrew N. Acker
IPC: G01B9/02098 , G01B9/02
CPC classification number: G01B9/02098 , G01B9/02094
Abstract: A method of producing a pair of simultaneous artificial specklegram images. The method includes steps of: reflecting a target illumination beam off of a target surface via a transmitter optical component of a shearography system; directing a first reference beam from the transmitter optical component to a receiving optical component of the shearography system; directing a second reference beam from the transmitter optical component to the receiving optical component; receiving a reflected beam from the target surface with the receiving optical component; interfering the reflected beam with the first reference beam and the second reference beam; communicating a first data set relating to the pair of simultaneous artificial specklegram images from the receiving optical component to a processor; and processing the first data set to generate the pair of simultaneous artificial specklegram images.
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公开(公告)号:US11287244B1
公开(公告)日:2022-03-29
申请号:US16414871
申请日:2019-05-17
Inventor: Andrew N. Acker , Michael J. DeWeert
IPC: G01B11/16 , G01J9/02 , G01B9/02 , G01B9/02098
Abstract: A shearography a system and method for regularizing phase resolved shearograms with an arctan regularization function to produce regularized phase resolved shearogram outputs is provided. The system and method of the present disclosure optimizes the processing of phase resolved shearography allowing interference fringe analysis techniques to be applied to the regularized phase resolved shearogram output results of the processing.
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公开(公告)号:US09818181B1
公开(公告)日:2017-11-14
申请号:US15217396
申请日:2016-07-22
Inventor: Andrew N. Acker , Michael L. Dichner , Michael J. DeWeert , Brian P. Farm , Tamara O'Toole , Clint Yoshimura
CPC classification number: G06T7/37 , G01B9/02087 , G01B9/02096 , G01V8/10 , G06T2207/10032 , G06T2207/20056 , G06T2207/30212
Abstract: A system and method are presented for generating shearograms from raw specklegram images which may, for example, be collected from airborne or other mobile shearography equipment. The system and method is used to detect and characterize buried mines, improvised explosive devices (IEDs), and underground tunnels, bunkers, and other structures. Amongst other purposes, the system and method may also be used for rapid scanning of ship hulls and aircraft for hidden structural defects, rapid pipeline inspection, and non-contact acoustic sensing for in-water and underground sources.
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公开(公告)号:US10794767B1
公开(公告)日:2020-10-06
申请号:US16518571
申请日:2019-07-22
Inventor: Andrew N. Acker
Abstract: An object detection system uses a change in a linear polarization statistic between a first image at a first time and a second image at a second time to determine the presence or the likelihood of an object beneath a surface. The presence of the object may be determined by regions of anomalously high changes in the polarization statistic. The system may use a polarization change detection detector which may simultaneously capture images in multiple polarization channels. Further, the polarization change detection detector may be coupled with a laser interferometry system. Further, the polarization change detection detector may be used to capture a time series of images to determine the polarization decorrelation time for each pixel in the field of view to provide additional detail regarding an object detected beneath the surface.
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公开(公告)号:US09476700B2
公开(公告)日:2016-10-25
申请号:US14538444
申请日:2014-11-11
Inventor: Michael J. DeWeert , Andrew N. Acker
CPC classification number: G01B11/162 , G01S17/88 , G01V1/226
Abstract: A shearography system and method provide advances allowing for rapid processing to produce shearograms which provide surface motion information which may be helpful in multiple fields. For instance, amongst virtually endless possibilities, the system and method may allow for detection of underground structures or ordnance and or be used in the medical field to provide non-contact sensing of a person's internal structures or movements.
Abstract translation: 剪切系统和方法提供了进步,允许快速处理产生剪切图,其提供可能在多个领域中有帮助的表面运动信息。 例如,在几乎无限的可能性中,系统和方法可以允许检测地下结构或弹药,并且可以在医疗领域中使用以提供对人的内部结构或运动的非接触感测。
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公开(公告)号:US10914573B2
公开(公告)日:2021-02-09
申请号:US16424669
申请日:2019-05-29
Inventor: Andrew N. Acker
Abstract: A system for classifying objects detected in shearographic images identifying via a derivative peaks method, process, or algorithm is accomplished with a CNN (CNN). The system utilized training techniques of the CNN to classify objects as threats or non-threats. The system utilizes extracted clips from the shearographic image that contain the presence of an object so that the extracted clip containing the object is/are evaluated by the CNN to classify the object on or below a surface that has been insonified or otherwise stimulated to generate the shearographic image.
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公开(公告)号:US20200378751A1
公开(公告)日:2020-12-03
申请号:US16424669
申请日:2019-05-29
Inventor: Andrew N. Acker
Abstract: A system for classifying objects detected in shearographic images identifying via a derivative peaks method, process, or algorithm is accomplished with a CNN (CNN). The system utilized training techniques of the CNN to classify objects as threats or non-threats. The system utilizes extracted clips from the shearographic image that contain the presence of an object so that the extracted clip containing the object is/are evaluated by the CNN to classify the object on or below a surface that has been insonified or otherwise stimulated to generate the shearographic image.
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公开(公告)号:US20230314107A1
公开(公告)日:2023-10-05
申请号:US17707257
申请日:2022-03-29
Inventor: Andrew N. Acker , Eric M. Louchard
CPC classification number: F41H11/13 , G06V20/60 , G06V20/17 , G06T7/70 , G06V2201/07 , G06T2207/10036
Abstract: Predicting whether objects in an image form a scattered minefield (SMF) is accomplished by a system and method utilizing at least one non-transitory computer readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon. When the instructions are executed by a processor, the instructions implement operations to determine whether the objects define a SMF based on an estimation of a distribution process from which the MLOs are positioned on the surface in the image obtained from the image sensor.
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公开(公告)号:US20220011091A1
公开(公告)日:2022-01-13
申请号:US16925420
申请日:2020-07-10
Inventor: Andrew N. Acker , Jacob D. Garan
Abstract: A method and apparatus for performing shearography where the shear length and direction can be set in image processing, thus allowing all shear sizes to be computed and tested from a single data set, which can be collected in a single pass over a test surface or test object. The present process assures that a single data set can be processed with optimal shear length for multiple target types, thus reducing or eliminating the chance of missing a target detection while additionally enhancing target shape analysis by allowing the calculation of target response versus shear length and shear direction.
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公开(公告)号:US20200088583A1
公开(公告)日:2020-03-19
申请号:US16135164
申请日:2018-09-19
Inventor: Andrew N. Acker , Michael J. DeWeert
Abstract: An object detection system uses a change in a linear polarization statistic between a first image at a first time and a second image at a second time to determine the presence or the likelihood of an object beneath a surface. The presence of the object may be determined by regions of anomalously high changes in the polarization statistic. The system may use a polarization change detection detector which may simultaneously capture images in multiple polarization channels. Further, the polarization change detection detector may be coupled with a laser interferometry system.
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