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US 10,502,716 B2Granted
Systems and methods for viewing data generated by rotational scanning in non-destructive testing
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsYork Oberdoerfer, Weiwei Zhang
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Abstract
A testing system for testing a work piece. The testing system may be non-destructive. An associated method. The method may include obtaining C-scan images and corresponding S-scan images. The C-scan images and the corresponding S-scan images are of the same portion of the work piece being tested.
Claims14
A testing system for testing a work piece, the testing system comprising:
- an ultrasonic probe outputting at least one beam from a location within the work piece being tested;
- a battery-operated, portable control unit for controlling the ultrasonic probe from a location outside of the work piece being tested;
- the battery-operated, portable control unit including a display and
- wherein the ultrasonic probe and the control unit are configured to obtain at least one of C-scan images and corresponding S-scan images of the same portion of the work piece being tested and the battery-powered, portable control unit is configured to provide the C-scan images on the display as a view including a rotating beam cursor displayed atop the C-scan images.
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A non-destructive testing system for testing a work piece, the non-destructive testing system comprising:
- an ultrasonic probe configured to acquire a first C-scan image and a first S-scan image at a first direction orientation and to acquire a second C-scan image and a second S-scan image at a second direction orientation different from the first direction orientation;
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- a battery-operated, portable control unit coupled to the ultrasonic probe and including a display configured to provide the first C-scan image associated with the first direction orientation and the second C-scan image associated with the second direction orientation in a view on the display, the view including a rotating beam cursor displayed atop the first C-scan image and the second C-scan image.
A method of viewing non-destructive test data in connection with testing a work piece from within the work piece, the method comprising:
- obtaining C-scan images and corresponding S-scan images, the C-scan images and the corresponding S-scan images are of the same portion of the work piece being tested;
- displaying a plurality of C-scan images on a display of a battery-operated, portable control unit, wherein the plurality of C-scan scan images are displayed in a view including a rotating beam cursor displayed atop the plurality of C-scan images;
- selecting one of the plurality of C-scan images;
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- displaying, in response to the selecting, an S-scan image corresponding to the selected C-scan image on the display of the battery-operated, portable control unit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.