Method for automated position verification
AssigneeWestinghouse Electric Corp.
InventorsQui V. Le, Jayne L. Boynton
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Abstract
An improved method for verifying a position of a sensor with respect to an object under test includes detecting a signal from the sensor that is positioned at a given location on an object under test and comparing the signal from the sensor with a historical signal that is associated with a Uniquely Identified Location (UIL) on the object under test. If the two signals are consistent, and if the position of the sensor at the given location on the object under test is the same as the UIL, it is concluded that the position of the sensor is correct.
Claims9
A method of verifying a position of a sensor with respect to an object under test during an evaluation procedure performed with the use of the sensor on the object under test in which at least one of the sensor and the object under test moves with respect to the other of the sensor and the object under test, the method comprising:
- detecting a signal from the sensor positioned at a location on the object under test;
- making a determination that the location on the object under test is the same as a Uniquely Identified Location (UIL) on the object under test;
- determining from a comparison of at least a portion of the signal from the sensor with at least a portion of a stored historical signal associated with the UIL that the signal from the sensor is consistent with the historical signal associated with the UIL;
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- responsive to the determining, concluding that the position of the sensor during the evaluation procedure is correct.
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