Hands-free ultrasonic test view (HF-UTV)

Abstract

A self-contained, portable, hands free, one man ultrasonic test view is disclosed. The system can include a variety of features including a semiautomatic scanner for positioning a probe at various locations within a selected region of a specimen that is powered only in one axis with the second axis being manually advanceable by the user. A second feature is a display that is mountable in front of one eye so that the user of the system can simultaneously view the displayed ultrasonic response signal with one eye while viewing the specimen with the other eye to mentally superimpose the one on the other. Another feature is the inclusion in the processor of a voice recognition device to detect and translate voice commands to select and control the operations of the processor together with a microphone for the user to deliver voice commands to the system. Yet another feature is the inclusion in the processor of memory devices capable of storing the returned and corresponding processed signals and the system set-up parameters for later use. There is also a battery power subsystem to make the system fully portable.

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