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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2007
Filed:
May. 19, 2006
Applicants:
Daniel D. Wilke, Mesa, AZ (US);
Dennis K. Mccarthy, Higley, AZ (US);
Inventors:
Daniel D. Wilke, Mesa, AZ (US);
Dennis K. McCarthy, Higley, AZ (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 27/04 (2006.01); G01S 13/00 (2006.01); G01S 1/00 (2006.01); G01M 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A damage detection system includes a processor and a transmitter communicatively connected to the processor. The transmitter sends a signal to the processor and the processor is programmed to assign a spatial coordinate to the transmitter. The processor is further programmed to identify a transmitter location as damaged when the transmitter fails to send the signal. The damage detection system may analyze the damaged area and report potentially affected sub-systems to users of a machine or vehicle equipped with the damage detection system.