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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2015
Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, Stratford, CT (US);
Myra Torres, Pittsford, NY (US);
Avinash Sarlashkar, Pittsford, NY (US);
Michael J. Moore, Rochester, NY (US);
Maksim Bobrov, Rochester, NY (US);
Carl Palmer, Pittsford, NY (US);
Michael J. Bluett, Canandaigua, NY (US);
Jeremy W. Sheaffer, Ames, IA (US);
SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION, Stratford, CT (US);
Abstract
A system and method of detecting, quantifying, and characterizing corrosion and degradation of an article, includes receiving signals indicative of a stack of images of a surface of the article; determining depth and nature of features in the stack of images; generating a surface model of the article in response to the determination of the depth and the nature of features; determining features of interest from the surface model; comparing the features of interest with predetermined information on the article; and characterizing the article as corroded or degraded in response to the comparisons of the features of interest.