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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 27, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Frank A Willis, Powell, WY (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
73579 ; 73602 ;
Abstract
Data acquisition times from a component under test in resonant ultrasound spectroscopy are decreased. A proximity of each data acquisition point to a resonant response of the component is monitored. A dwell time between successive data acquisition points is then adjusted as a function of the proximity to a resonant response. In one embodiment, each component response is compared to a preselected threshold value and the dwell time between adjacent data points is increased when the response exceeds the threshold value, indicating the response is nearing a resonance. The dwell time is decreased between resonant responses to decrease the data acquisition time.