Range gated shearography systems and related methods
AssigneeAlpha Technology, LLC
InventorSteven E. Moran
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Abstract
A range-gated shearography system and related methods. Implementations of range-gated shearography systems may include a laser light source, at least one imaging detector coupled to the laser light source, a shearing interferometer coupled to the at least one imaging detector, and a ranging detector coupled to the laser light source. A method of range-gating a shearography system may include emitting laser light, determining a range interval for at least one object, receiving reflected laser light from the at least one object through a shearing interferometer from the range interval, and collecting at least one shearography image.
Claims20
A range gated shearography system comprising:
- a laser light source;
- at least one imaging detector coupled to the laser light source;
- a shearing interferometer coupled to the at least one imaging detector;
- and
- a ranging detector coupled to the laser light source.
A method of range-gating a shearography system comprising:
- emitting laser light;
- determining a range interval for at least one object;
- receiving reflected laser light from the at least one object through a shearing interferometer from the range interval;
- and
- collecting at least one shearography image.
A method of range-gating a shearography system comprising:
- emitting laser light;
- receiving reflected laser light from at least one object with a ranging detector;
- determining a range to the at least one object;
- transmitting the range to at least one imaging detector;
- receiving reflected laser light from the at least one object with the at least one imaging detector through a shearing interferometer and collecting at least one shearography image;
- processing the at least one shearography image with a video processor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.