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Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2023

Filed:

Dec. 11, 2020
Applicant:

Raytheon Technologies Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);

Inventors:

David L. Lincoln, Cromwell, CT (US);

Jose-Rodrigo Castillo-Garza, West Hartford, CT (US);

Assignee:

Raytheon Technologies Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/94 (2006.01); G01N 21/3586 (2014.01); G01N 21/3577 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/3586 (2013.01); G01N 21/3577 (2013.01); G01N 21/94 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of foreign object debris discrimination incudes illuminating particulates located within a sensing volume with a first electromagnetic radiation pulse emitted from a first source, and illuminating the particulates within the sensing volume with a second electromagnetic radiation pulse emitted from a second source, wherein the second electromagnetic radiation pulse has a second wavelength range within the terahertz (THz) regime. The first electromagnetic radiation returns and the second electromagnetic radiation returns are compared to determine a scattering ratio from the comparing step. The scattering ratio is then utilized to determine a resultant foreign object debris type of the solid objects.


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