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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2007
Rajashekar Venkatachalam, Banagalore, IN;
Mahesh Kumar Asati, Bangalore, IN;
Prakash Mandayam Comare, Chennai, IN;
Megha Navalgund, Bangalore, IN;
Xiaoming Liu, Schenectady, NY (US);
Robert August Kaucic, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Joseph Manuel Portaz, Hamilton, OH (US);
Manoharan Venugopal, Bangalore, IN;
Rajashekar Venkatachalam, Banagalore, IN;
Mahesh Kumar Asati, Bangalore, IN;
Prakash Mandayam Comare, Chennai, IN;
Megha Navalgund, Bangalore, IN;
Xiaoming Liu, Schenectady, NY (US);
Robert August Kaucic, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Joseph Manuel Portaz, Hamilton, OH (US);
Manoharan Venugopal, Bangalore, IN;
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for automatically identifying defects in turbine engine blades is provided. The method comprises acquiring one or more radiographic images corresponding to one or more turbine engine blades and identifying one or more regions of interest from the one or more radiographic images. The method then comprises extracting one or more geometric features based on the one or more regions of interest and analyzing the one or more geometric features to identify one or more defects in the turbine engine blades.