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- Patent Title: Laser ultrasound imaging
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Application No.: US16222489Application Date: 2018-12-17
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Publication No.: US11644443B2Publication Date: 2023-05-09
- Inventor: Gary E. Georgeson , Jeong-Beom Ihn , William P. Motzer , Jill P. Bingham
- Applicant: The Boeing Company
- Applicant Address: US IL Chicago
- Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Chicago
- Agency: McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP
- Main IPC: G01N29/06
- IPC: G01N29/06 ; G01N29/04 ; G01N29/24

Abstract:
Described herein is a system for determining structural characteristics of an object, the system including a first laser, a second laser, one or more processors, and a computer readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to perform functions. The functions include illuminating, by the first laser, a surface region of an object with an incident light pulse, thereby causing the object to exhibit vibrations; illuminating, by the second laser, the surface region with an incident light beam, thereby generating responsive light that is indicative of the vibrations; detecting the responsive light and determining a difference between a characteristic of the responsive light and a reference characteristic that corresponds to the surface region; determining a position of the surface region within a three-dimensional space; and displaying the surface region such that the difference is indicated at the position of the surface region.
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