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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120016600 | DEFECT DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD A defect detection system and method enable a fastened crystalline silicon product to generate micro-vibration by a micro-vibration excitation device, so as to enable the crystalline silicon product to generate an excitation signal, then to acquire the excitation signal... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20110290027 | Method for Inspection of Metal Tubular Goods A method for predicting the performance of tubular goods includes using a computer readable three-dimensional representation of tubular good which includes computer readable measurements of discrete segments of the wall of said tubular acquired by ultrasonic detection m... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110290026 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING CONTAMINANTS Systems and methods are provided for detecting contaminants associated with a target. In one embodiment, a system is provided that comprises a tunable laser configured to transmit an illuminator pulse at a target for a predetermined time duration and a laser Doppler vib... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110261652 | SELF-TUNING ACOUSTIC MEASUREMENT SYSTEM In one embodiment, an acoustic distance measurement system can dynamically adjust its measurement frequency to a frequency that is within a preselected bandwidth of the resonant frequency of an acoustic transducer used in making acoustic distance measurements.... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110247418 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING A COMPRESSOR A system for monitoring compressor anomalies includes an acoustic energy detector connected to the compressor and a controller in communication with the acoustic energy detector. The acoustic energy detector transmits an acoustic energy signal reflective of acoustic ene... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110232385 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PHOTOACOUSTIC IMAGING A photoacoustic imaging apparatus includes a signal processor. The signal processor includes an adding unit configured to add received signals obtained by acoustic wave detecting devices to obtain a summed signal, a normalizing unit configured to normalize the summed si... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110232386 | ULTRASONIC FLAW DETECTING APPARATUS AND ULTRASONIC FLAW DETECTING METHOD According to one embodiment, An ultrasonic flaw detecting apparatus comprising: a transducer in which a piezoelectric element array for transmitting ultrasonic waves to and receiving echo signals from a test object; an element driving unit for scanning the piezoelectric... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110203374 | ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus having an ultrasonic probe configured to transmit and receive an ultrasonic wave, a transmitter for configured to supply a signal to the ultrasonic probe and forming an ultrasonic beam, a receiver configured to receive a reception sign... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110132091 | METHOD FOR THE NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING OF OBJECTS USING ULTRASOUND The invention relates to a method for processing signals which are generated by the reflection of ultrasonic waves by defects in the surface of objects during the non-destructive testing of objects such as pipes, bars, sheet metal, or uniform and complex carbon-fiber co... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110126624 | SEQUENTIALLY FIRED HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE NDT/NDI INSPECTION DEVICE An apparatus for performing ultrasonic inspection of an object, during one measurement on the object, triggers a sequence of excitations of the probe system and receives a sequence of substantially identical echo signals reflected from the object, and further scales eac... | 06/02/2011 |
| 20110126625 | Ultrasonic Measurement Method, Ultrasonic Measurement Apparatus, and Ultrasonic Sensor An ultrasonic measurement method and an ultrasonic measurement apparatus are capable of performing an inspection for a short time with a high SN ratio and a small variation (that depends on an inspection direction) in sensitivity in a process for detecting a defect in a... | 06/02/2011 |
| 20110100089 | DETECTION OF CHANNEL SATURATION IN PHASE-ARRAY ULTRASONIC NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING The present invention relates to a method of detecting non-linear operation of a measuring device comprising an array of transducers and at least one receiver channel portion. The method comprises receiving measured signals through transducers of the array, processing t... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110088474 | Airborne Laser-Acoustic Mine Detection System A system and method is provided for using acoustical pulses generated from an airborne laser source to locate objects under water. An array of acoustic sensors, such as passive sonobuoys at the ocean surface, is deployed in known or determinable locations by aircraft. E... | 04/21/2011 |
| 20110088473 | Ultrasonic Method To Verify The Interference Fit Of Fasteners Embodiments of techniques and technologies to verify the interference fit of fasteners are disclosed. In one embodiment, a transducer is positioned to transmit a shear ultrasonic signal through a region of a fastener which is subject to stress when the fastener experien... | 04/21/2011 |
| 20110083511 | SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS, ULTRASONIC APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR ULTRASONIC APPARATUS A signal processing apparatus scans a beam of elastic waves into an object to be examined, acquires received waveform data of a plurality of scan lines, and performs signal processing to form a tomographic image of said object to be examined from the received waveform d... | 04/14/2011 |
| 20100312496 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF DETECTING DEFECTS IN WORKPIECES Device and method for detecting a defect in a workpiece with a broadband transducer (10), a driving circuit connected to the transducer to operate the transducer in a actuator mode, a signal output circuit connectable to operate in a sensor mode, a control for se... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100288049 | PSEUDORANDOM BINARY SEQUENCE APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IN-LINE INSPECTION TOOL An in-line inspection tool is disclosed for inspecting the wall of a pipeline while traveling therethrough. The in-line inspection tool may include a transmitter, a signal generator, one or more receivers, and a decoder. The signal generator may generate a pseudorandom ... | 11/18/2010 |
| 20100275690 | Method For Examining A Medium The present invention relates to a method for examining a medium (19), comprising the following steps of:
| 11/04/2010 |
| 20100251821 | Ultrasonic Measurement Method, Ultrasonic Measurement Apparatus, and Ultrasonic Sensor An ultrasonic measurement method and an ultrasonic measurement apparatus are capable of performing an inspection for a short time with a high SN ratio and a small variation (that depends on an inspection direction) in sensitivity in a process for detecting a defect in a... | 10/07/2010 |
| 20100251820 | Method For Imaging Strain Of A Target Body The invention is directed toward a new method for estimating and imaging the spatial and temporal mechanical behavior of materials in responses to a mechanical stimulus. This method is designed to work in inherently noisy applications, such as the imaging of the time-de... | 10/07/2010 |
| 20100242607 | INSPECTION METHOD FOR DETERMINING A LOCATION OF INCIPIENT DAMAGE A method for determining a location of incipient damage of an object comprises insonifying the object at a plurality of locations using ultrasonic signals during an inspection, acquiring signals indicative of a possible damage condition from the plurality of locations o... | 09/30/2010 |
| 20100239068 | NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING SYSTEMS AND METHODS A system and method for non-destructively determining the grain orientation of a crystalline material using x-ray diffraction techniques to non-destructively analyze material and, more particularly, to a system and method for determining the grain orientation of an unde... | 09/23/2010 |
| 20100224000 | ULTRASONIC WAVE MEASURING METHOD AND APPARATUS In a comparison between master data created from a waveform signal of an observed object of an acceptable article and a waveform signal obtained from a non-measured observed object, time phase difference generated in the observed object is corrected, and difference with... | 09/09/2010 |
| 20100212429 | ULTRASONIC INSPECTION APPARATUS, ULTRASONIC PROBE APPARATUS USED FOR ULTRASONIC INSPECTION APPARATUS, AND ULTRASONIC INSPECTION METHOD An ultrasonic inspection apparatus includes: an ultrasonic probe apparatus including an ultrasonic transducer; a drive element selecting section that selects a required piezoelectric vibrator of the ultrasonic transducer; a signal detecting circuit that detects an elect... | 08/26/2010 |
| 20100132468 | Advanced Ultrasonic Interferometer and Method of Non-Linear Classification and Identification of Matter using Same An ultrasonic interferometer for the characterization of the matter (solids, fluids & gases) in a medium is described, along with a method of using the same. The interferometer accurately determines the travel time of the multi-frequency ultrasonic signal in the mat... | 06/03/2010 |
| 20100126277 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INSPECTING AN OBJECT USING ULTRASOUND An ultrasound inspection system is provided for inspecting an object. The inspection system includes an ultrasound probe configured to scan the object and acquire a plurality of ultrasound scan data. The inspection system further includes a processor coupled to the ultr... | 05/27/2010 |
| 20100083763 | Method for Inspection of Metal Tubular Goods A method for predicting the performance of tubular goods includes using a computer readable three-dimensional representation of tubular good which includes computer readable measurements of discrete segments of the wall of said tubular acquired by ultrasonic detection m... | 04/08/2010 |
| 20090314088 | Differential Ultrasonic Waveguide Cure Monitoring Probe The present invention is seen to provide a new methodology, testing system designs and concept to enable in situ real time monitoring of the cure process. Apparatus, system, and method for the non-destructive, in situ monitoring of the time dependent curing of advanced ... | 12/24/2009 |
| 20090312957 | METHOD FOR ASSESSING A STATE OF A DOCUMENT OF VALUE WITH REGARD TO LIMPNESS USING ULTRASOUND, AND MEANS FOR CARRYING OUT THE METHOD In a method for assessing a condition of at least one value document with regard to limpness, there is determined from transmission values representing the ultrasound transmission at different places on the value document a condition value which depends on a variation o... | 12/17/2009 |
| 20090282920 | NUCLEAR REACTOR VIBRATION SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM AND ITS METHOD A nuclear reactor vibration surveillance system has a first ultrasonic transducer for transmission, an ultrasonic transmitter, a second ultrasonic transducer for reception, an ultrasonic receiver, a signal processor, and a display unit. The first ultrasonic transducer f... | 11/19/2009 |
| 20090235748 | Acoustic method and system of measuring material loss from a solid structure, uses thereof and a software product A method is described for measuring an amount of loss of material thickness from a solid structure in which acoustic waves can propagate. The structure is in operation in contact with substances susceptible to changing a thickness of the structure. A system operable to ... | 09/24/2009 |
| 20090205427 | Device and Method for Determining the Dynamic Elastic Modulus of a Material The invention relates to the determination of the dynamic elastic modulus of a material, such as a material comprising a mineral binder like cement, or gypsum, or the like, or a polymer, or ceramic, preferably mortar or concrete, in particular shotcrete, using sound, pr... | 08/20/2009 |
| 20090205428 | ULTRASONIC DETECTION MEASUREMENT SYSTEM USING A TUNABLE DIGITAL FILTER WITH 4X INTERPOLATOR An ultrasonic inspection system utilizes a tunable digital filter with 4× interpolation. The system is used for scanning objects to be tested and includes a transmit/receive device to generate a test signal and receive an echo signal. A signal processing circuit proces... | 08/20/2009 |
| 20090188320 | METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR TESTING WOODEN POLES A method of testing an elongate wooden element comprises injecting an input acoustic signal into the element, detecting a return acoustic signal at a surface of the element, and determining a spectral profile for the return signal. In at least a predetermined range in t... | 07/30/2009 |
| 20090095084 | Method for determining the depth of a parking space using ultrasonic senors ad associated system A method for determining the depth of a parking space using at least one ultrasonic vehicle sensor. According to the method, the following steps are carried out as the vehicle drives longitudinally past the parking space: a) an ultrasonic wave is emitted, b) echo signal... | 04/16/2009 |
| 20090071253 | ACOUSTIC THICKNESS MEASUREMENTS USING GAS AS A COUPLING MEDIUM An acoustic apparatus adapted to operate in a gas filled space from a first side of an object to be measured for making a non-contact thickness measurement thereof includes an electro acoustic transducer, a transceiver coupled with the electro acoustic transducer and ad... | 03/19/2009 |
| 20090071252 | ULTRASONIC PROBE HEAD An ultrasonic probe head, in particular for an ultrasonic flow meter having a housing and an ultrasonic transducer in the housing, wherein ultrasonic signals can be created and/or detected by the ultrasonic transducer and the ultrasonic signals from the ultrasonic trans... | 03/19/2009 |
| 20080307886 | System and method for automated inspection of large-scale part Systems and methods can automatically inspect a workpiece. Non-destructive inspection sensors are mounted on a frame mounted on a transport device. Position of a first predetermined location of a workpiece is measured with a tracking system. The transport device is move... | 12/18/2008 |
| 20080295600 | Ultrasound Mapping System By Transmission, Using at Least One Piezoelectric Film Ultrasound mapping system by transmission, using at least one piezoelectric film. This system comprises an ultrasonic transmitter (16) and an ultrasonic receiver, placed on either side of an object (10). The transmitter is dis... | 12/04/2008 |
| 20080295601 | ULTRASOUND PREDICTION OF WORKPIECE DEFORMATION Method of predicting the deformation of a workpiece (13) prior to machining that causes the workpiece to deform through release of residual stresses, which method consists in emitting a beam of ultrasound waves onto the surface of the workpiece (13) in suc... | 12/04/2008 |
