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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2024
The Boeing Company, Arlington, VA (US);
Veniamin Stryzheus, Kent, WA (US);
Shereef Shehab, Seattle, WA (US);
Naman Shah, Seattle, WA (US);
William Talion Edwards, Wentzville, MO (US);
The Boeing Company, Arlington, VA (US);
Abstract
A surface inspection system for inspecting an inspection surface includes a three-dimensional (3D) scanner configured to scan the inspection surface and acquire a point cloud of points representing at least the localized portion. The localized portion includes a non-defective region and a suspect region at least partially surrounded by the non-defective region and potentially containing one or more defects. The surface inspection system includes a processor establishes a reference surface based on the points in the non-defective region and exclusive of the points in the suspect region, and the reference surface extends across the suspect region. The processor determine one or more characteristics of a shape of the point cloud relative to the reference surface within the suspect region.