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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2014
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Douglas R. Jungwirth, Porter Ranch, CA (US);
Anton M. Bouckaert, Simi Valley, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 13/00 (2006.01); G01R 29/027 (2006.01); G01R 17/00 (2006.01); G01R 19/00 (2006.01); G01N 21/88 (2006.01); G01J 1/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 29/027 (2013.01); G01J 1/42 (2013.01); G01N 21/88 (2013.01); G01R 17/00 (2013.01); G01R 19/0046 (2013.01); G01J 2001/4238 (2013.01); G01N 2201/088 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for monitoring degradation of a flashlamp including triggering the flashlamp to produce a light pulse, monitoring at least one parameter as a function of time to obtain a pulse waveform of the light pulse, comparing the pulse waveform to at least one reference pulse waveform to determine a difference therebetween, and flagging an end-of-lamp-life condition when the difference exceeds a predetermined threshold.