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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2016
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Tyler Kurtz, Ladson, SC (US);
Dennis R. Mathis, North Charleston, SC (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A computer implemented method may include the steps of: (1) providing a first point cloud representative of at least a bare portion of a surface of an object relative to a reference portion of the surface, (2) providing a second point cloud representative of at least a coated portion of the surface relative to the reference portion, (3) registering the first point cloud and the second point cloud with respect to a common reference coordinate system, (4) registering a first reference portion subset of the first data points representative of the reference portion and a second reference portion subset of the second data points representative of the reference portion, and (5) calculating difference values indicative of a thickness of the surface coating based on differences between a coated portion subset of the second data points and a bare portion subset of the first data points.