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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2025
Filed:
May. 09, 2022
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Adrian Charles Riddick, Medfield, MA (US);
Michael Ashman, Natick, MA (US);
Wilson Villegas, Greenville, RI (US);
Martin Allen Peterson, Wrentham, MA (US);
Eric Stuebe, Needham, MA (US);
Richard Balcarek, South Easton, MA (US);
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for materials testing include mage devices employing camera based image capture (e.g., vision or video) for measurement of strain on the test specimen. Such systems and methods collect multiple images of the specimen under test (i.e. during a testing process), with the images being synchronized with other signals of interest for the test (such as specimen load, machine actuator and/or crosshead displacement, etc.). The images of the specimen are analyzed (e.g., in real-time and/or post-test) by algorithms to locate and track specific specimen characteristics as the test progresses.