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US 7,412,025 B1Granted
Energy beam pulse echo system for imaging in a structure
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsRichard H. Bossi, John L. Adamski, William G. Bartholet
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Abstract
A system for imaging in a structure may include an energy beam source to direct an energy beam at the structure and a detector to detect a backscatter of the energy beam from any object in the structure. The system may also include a time-resolved function to generate an image of any object in the structure using the backscatter of the energy beam.
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A system for imaging in a structure, comprising:
- an energy beam source to direct an energy beam at the structure;
- a detector to detect a backscatter of the energy beam from any object in the structure;
- a computing device;
- and
- a time-resolved function operating on the computing device to generate a data plot and an image of any object in the structure using the backscatter of the energy beam, wherein the time-resolved function determines a spatial depth of any object based on a time of return of the backscatter of the energy beam.
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A system for imaging in a structure, comprising:
- an energy beam source to direct an energy beam at the structure;
- a detector to detect a backscatter of the energy beam from any object in the structure;
- a computing device;
- a time-resolved function operating on the computing device to generate an image of any object in the structure using the backscatter of the energy beam, wherein the time-resolved function includes an element to determine a spatial depth of any object based on a time of return of the backscatter of the energy beam;
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- at least one vehicle to move at least one of the energy beam source and the detector relative to the structure.
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A method for imaging in a structure, comprising:
- directing an energy beam at the structure;
- detecting a backscatter of the energy beam from any object in the structure;
- determining a spatial depth of any object based on a time of return of the backscatter of the energy beam;
- and
- generating an image of any object in the structure by applying a time-resolved function to the backscatter of the energy beam.
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A method of imaging in a structure, comprising:
- generating an energy beam to provide an energy beam pulse echo from any object in the structure;
- determining a spatial depth of any object based on a time of return of the energy beam pulse echo;
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- generating an image of any object in the structure from the energy beam pulse echo.
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