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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2018
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Elizabeth Killelea, Huntsville, AL (US);
Joseph Gonzalez, Huntsville, AL (US);
Jan Wei Pan, Madison, AL (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A method of testing a battery includes causing a battery in a test environment to produce a fire having a flame that extends out from the battery, and capturing a digital image of a scene that includes at least a portion of a test environment and the flame, the digital image being formed using visible light. The method includes uploading the digital image to a computer configured to produce a quiver plot and identify points on the quiver plot that define a polygon that is an approximate outline of the flame. The computer is configured to determine dimensions of the polygon, and translate the dimensions from the quiver plot to the digital image, and from the digital image to dimensions of the flame in the scene. And the computer is configured to generate a displayable report that includes at least the dimensions of the flame.