Systems and methods for detecting damage
AssigneeUnited Technologies Corporation
InventorsAlan Matthew Finn, Srinivas Ravela, Joseph A. Sylvestro
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Abstract
A system and method of detecting damage to a component may include a first sensor and a processor. The method may include the steps of receiving, by the processor, a first data for the component from a first sensor, aligning, by the processor, the first data with a reference model, determining, by the processor, a feature dissimilarity between the first data and the reference model, classifying, by the processor, the feature dissimilarity, and determining, by the processor, a probability that the feature dissimilarity indicates damage to the component.
Claims20
A damage detection system, comprising:
- a first sensor;
- and
- a tangible, non-transitory memory configured to communicate with a processor, the tangible, non-transitory memory having instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
- receiving, by the processor, a first data for a component from the first sensor;
- aligning, by the processor, the first data with a reference model;
- determining, by the processor, a feature dissimilarity between the first data and the reference model;
- classifying, by the processor, the feature dissimilarity;
- and
- determining, by the processor, a probability that the feature dissimilarity indicates damage to the component.
An article of manufacture including a non-transitory, tangible computer readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
- receiving, by the processor, a first data for a component from a first sensor;
- aligning, by the processor, the first data with a reference model;
- determining, by the processor, a feature dissimilarity between the first data and the reference model;
- classifying, by the processor, the feature dissimilarity;
- and
- determining, by the processor, a probability that the feature dissimilarity indicates damage to the component.
A method of detecting damage to a component of an aircraft, comprising:
- receiving, by a processor, a first data for the component from a first sensor;
- aligning, by the processor, the first data with a reference model;
- determining, by the processor, a feature dissimilarity between the first data and the reference model;
- classifying, by the processor, the feature dissimilarity;
- and
- determining, by the processor, a probability that the feature dissimilarity indicates damage to the component.
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