Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Inspection devices with laser emitters and optical microphones, and related systems and methods
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Application No.: US16863115Application Date: 2020-04-30
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Publication No.: US11378551B2Publication Date: 2022-07-05
- Inventor: Clint D. Thomson , Igor V. Ivakhnenko , Lukas Balthasar Fischer , Wolfgang Rohringer , Fabian Luecking
- Applicant: Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation , XARION Laser Acoustics GmbH
- Applicant Address: US VA Falls Church; AT Vienna
- Assignee: Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation,XARION Laser Acoustics GmbH
- Current Assignee: Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation,XARION Laser Acoustics GmbH
- Current Assignee Address: US VA Falls Church; AT Vienna
- Agency: TraskBritt
- Main IPC: G01N29/24
- IPC: G01N29/24 ; G01N29/36 ; G01N29/44
Abstract:
Methods, devices, and systems for detecting one or more discontinuities of a structure may include a laser emitter configured to generate and direct an ultrasonic signal into a structure and a receiver comprising an optical microphone. The optical microphone may comprise an array of optical microphones configured in a complementary manner to the emitter.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200348267A1 INSPECTION DEVICES WITH LASER EMITTERS AND OPTICAL MICROPHONES, AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS Public/Granted day:2020-11-05
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