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Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2008

Filed:

Jul. 30, 2004
Applicants:

Ui Won Suh, Cincinnati, OH (US);

Gigi Olive Gambrell, West Chester, OH (US);

John William Ertel, New Vienna, OH (US);

William Stewart Mcknight, Hamilton, OH (US);

Inventors:

Ui Won Suh, Cincinnati, OH (US);

Gigi Olive Gambrell, West Chester, OH (US);

John William Ertel, New Vienna, OH (US);

William Stewart McKnight, Hamilton, OH (US);

Assignee:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G01N 27/82 (2006.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method for inspecting a component. The method includes generating a scan plan of a component to be inspected, coupling a side-mount probe to an eddy current inspection system, inducing an eddy current into the component, measuring the eddy current in the component to generate a plurality of scan data, and analyzing the scan data to generate at least one image of the component being inspected.


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