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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2005
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2001
David L. Patton, Webster, NY (US);
Gustavo R. Paz-pujalt, Rochester, NY (US);
John P. Spoonhower, Webster, NY (US);
David L. Patton, Webster, NY (US);
Gustavo R. Paz-Pujalt, Rochester, NY (US);
John P. Spoonhower, Webster, NY (US);
ITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A method for capturing at least one image of an existing man-made structure and for detecting the presence of failure(s) in such existing man-made structure including: providing a detectable material on the surface or in an existing man-made structure so that portions of the detectable material will be present in the failure(s) of the existing man-made structure; providing an image sensor and which captures at least one image of the existing man-made structure and identifies failure(s) due to the existence of the detectable material in the failure(s) to provide at least one digital image; and processing the captured digital image(s) to provide a visual image of the existing man-made structure to determine the presence of failure(s) in the existing man-made structure.
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