Systems and methods of determining image scaling

A method of configuring an imaging device for capturing images of an object, comprising:

• holding an imaging device at a fixed distance, by a fixture, from a component being imaged, wherein the fixture has a hollow elongate section having a first end and a second end, and an extension section connected to the second end of the hollow elongate section, and wherein a lens portion of the imaging device is positioned in an opening disposed at the first end;
• holding two objects in a field of view of the imaging device, and the two objects each have a known dimension and are positioned to be spaced apart by a known distance, wherein the two objects are positioned on a base coupled to the extension section and positioned at substantially the same distance from the lens portion of the imaging device as a surface of the component being imaged;
• positioning a flat distal portion of the extension section extending lengthwise abutting an edge of the component to be imaged, and the fixed distance is based on a length of the flat distal portion;
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• positioning the two objects in the field of view of the imaging device such that the field of view of the imaging device originates from a point normal to a line formed by the known distance between the two objects.

A method of determining physical measurements of wrinkles in a composite component, the method comprising:

• positioning a lens portion of an imaging device into a first end of a fixture, wherein the fixture controls an amount of incident light on the imaging device and holds a calibration object in a field of view of the imaging device;
• placing the imaging device at a fixed distance from a cross-section of a composite component being imaged, wherein the fixture includes a flat distal portion for abutting an edge of the object to be imaged and the fixed distance is based on a length of the flat distal portion;
• causing the imaging device to capture an image of the cross-section of the composite component with the calibration object in the image;
• determining an image scaling factor that associates a number of pixels in the image to a physical distance based on a known dimension of the calibration object;
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• determining physical measurements of wrinkles in the composite component using the image scaling factor.