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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2012
Spirit Aerosystems, Inc., Wichita, KS (US);
Adam Joseph Donar, Wichita, KS (US);
W. Robert Nelson, Wichita, KS (US);
Gregorio Balandran, Wichita, KS (US);
Spirit AeroSystems, Inc., Wichita, KS (US);
Abstract
A controller for use with a nondestructive inspection system communicates with the nondestructive inspection system and with a robot for moving an inspection probe of the nondestructive inspection system relative to an object under inspection. The controller is configured to periodically generate estimated position information of the probe moving relative to the object under inspection and communicate the estimated position information to the nondestructive inspection system as the nondestructive inspection system collects inspection data from the probe. The controller receives actual position information from the robot, the actual position information indicating an actual position of the probe, and corrects the estimated position information based on the actual position information.