A-Scan Ultrasonoscope
AssigneeHelp Seed Incorporated
InventorRussell H. Dewey
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Abstract
The disclosed invention is a computer-implemented method for constructing, recording, displaying and exporting a plurality of multi-parameter two-dimensional buffered image data arrays in a plurality of visual presentation formats constructed from one-dimensional single-parameter ultrasonic a-scan backscatter data, whereby quantitative relationships in a-scan backscatter data that are indicative of material identity may be more easily detected by visual analysis and more easily detected by automated inference methods.
Claims6
A computer-implemented method for constructing, recording, visually displaying and exporting a multi-parameter two-dimensional buffered image data array formatted by said computer-implemented method into a plurality of visual presentation formats and constructed from investigatory material single-parameter one-dimensional a-scan ultrasonic backscatter data, comprising executing on a processor the steps of:
- showing a configuration settings panel (420) in a graphical user interface (400) and requesting an operator of the present invention or a computer-based system interfaced with the present invention to configure said computer-implemented method by inputting method configuration parameter values for each selection group in a configuration settings data object (102) and saving the inputted method configuration parameter values in persistent computer-readable storage interfaced with the processor,
- showing a modal dialog window (304) in the user interface and requesting an operator of the present invention or a computer-based system interfaced with the present invention to choose an input data file (104) for investigation, selected from an input data source selection group consisting of input data sources interfaced with the present invention,
- transforming the investigatory input data file into a formatted investigatory input data vector by application of a vector formatting model selected from a data vector formatting model selection group stored in the configuration settings data object (102), and consisting of at least a waveform data vector (106) formatting model and an envelope data vector (108) formatting model and a filtered envelope data vector (112) formatting model,
- transforming the formatted investigatory input data vector into a formatted investigatory buffered image data array (114) by application of a buffered image data array formatting model selected from a buffered image data array formatting model selection group stored in the configuration settings data object (102), and consisting of at least a symmetrized dot pattern (SDP) buffered image (384) data array formatting model and a time-amplitude with logarithmic regression buffered image (383) data array formatting model,
- displaying the formatted investigatory buffered image data array in an investigatory display panel (233) on a raster display device (030),
- recording the investigatory input data file and formatted investigatory input data vector and investigatory buffered image data array to a recording destination selected from a recording destination selection group stored in the configuration settings data object, and consisting of at least a raster printing device (030) and a digital recording device (074) and removable media inserted into a removable media slot (062), and
- exporting the investigatory input data file and formatted investigatory input data vector and investigatory buffered image data array to an exporting destination selected from an exporting destination selection group stored in the configuration settings data object, and consisting of at least a data network connector (080) and removable media inserted into a removable media slot (062).
A non-transitory computer-readable medium for constructing, recording, visually displaying and exporting a multi-parameter two-dimensional buffered image data array formatted by said computer-implemented method into a plurality of visual presentation formats and constructed from investigatory material single-parameter one-dimensional a-scan ultrasonic backscatter data, comprising instructions stored thereon that when executed on a processor perform the steps of:
- showing a configuration settings panel (420) in a graphical user interface (400) and requesting an operator of the present invention or a computer-based system interfaced with the present invention to configure said computer-implemented method by inputting method configuration parameter values for each selection group in a configuration settings data object (102) and saving the inputted method configuration parameter values in persistent computer-readable storage interfaced with the processor,
- showing a modal dialog window (304) in the user interface and requesting an operator of the present invention or a computer-based system interfaced with the present invention to choose an input data file (104) for investigation, selected from an input data source selection group consisting of input data sources interfaced with the present invention,
- transforming the investigatory input data file into a formatted investigatory input data vector by application of a vector formatting model selected from a data vector formatting model selection group stored in the configuration settings data object (102), and consisting of at least a waveform data vector (106) formatting model and an envelope data vector (108) formatting model and a filtered envelope data vector (112) formatting model,
- transforming the formatted investigatory input data vector into a formatted investigatory buffered image data array (114) by application of a buffered image data array formatting model selected from a buffered image data array formatting model selection group stored in the configuration settings data object (102), and consisting of at least a symmetrized dot pattern (SDP) buffered image (384) data array formatting model and a time-amplitude with logarithmic regression buffered image (383) data array formatting model,
- displaying the formatted investigatory buffered image data array in an investigatory display panel (233) on a raster display device (030),
- recording the investigatory input data file and formatted investigatory input data vector and investigatory buffered image data array to a recording destination selected from a recording destination selection group stored in the configuration settings data object, and consisting of at least a raster printing device (030) and a digital recording device (074) and removable media inserted into a removable media slot (062), and
- exporting the investigatory input data file and formatted investigatory input data vector and investigatory buffered image data array to an exporting destination selected from an exporting destination selection group stored in the configuration settings data object, and consisting of at least a data network connector (080) and removable media inserted into a removable media slot (062).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.