Image analysis – Applications – Manufacturing or product inspection
Reexamination Certificate
2005-12-21
2009-10-27
Desire, Gregory M (Department: 2624)
Image analysis
Applications
Manufacturing or product inspection
C073S086000, C382S152000, C382S190000, C382S218000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07609874
ABSTRACT:
A system and method predicts pitting corrosion growth using imaging technology. In an embodiment, a first module preprocesses images to locate seed points, and a second module models a corrosion life cycle of the seed points. In another embodiment, the seed points are identified with defined confidence levels, and the rate of change of features in corrosion images is analyzed to identify dominant life-cycle phases of corrosion and defining corrosion impact factor for corrosion quantification.
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Boregowda Lokesh R.
Ekambaram Thirumaran
Eswara Lalitha M.
Desire Gregory M
Honeywell International , Inc.
Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.
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