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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:
Mar. 17, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2007
Applicants:
Patrick Joseph Howard, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Richard Eugene Klaassen, West Chester, OH (US);
Inventors:
Patrick Joseph Howard, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Richard Eugene Klaassen, West Chester, OH (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 29/06 (2006.01); G01N 29/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for fabricating a component is provided. The method includes receiving an ultrasound image of the component, selecting a subimage that includes a first surface of the component and an inspection area of the component, combining a filtered subimage with the selected subimage, and outputting the combined image to at least one of a display and an analyzer.