Abstract:
본체구조를포함하는무인항공기("UAV") ―본체구조는하나또는그보다많은지지구조들을포함하며, 하나또는그보다많은지지구조들각각은해제가능한말단구조를포함함―; 및각각의해제가능한말단구조에통합된하나또는그보다많은비파괴검사("NDI") 센서들을포함하는 NDI 시스템이제공된다. NDI 시스템은또한검사되는구조물에대해 UAV 및/또는하나또는그보다많은 NDI 센서들에대한포지션, 배향, 또는포지션과배향둘 다를결정할수 있는위치추적시스템을포함할수 있다.
Abstract:
A system and method for detecting an anomaly of an optically transparent or translucent object are disclosed. The system and method include a light source configured to emit light, a light transmission element having a textured surface, and an optical couplant configured to be disposed between the light transmission element and the object. At least a portion of the light emitted by the light source is configured to pass into the light transmission element through the textured surface and pass into the object through the optical couplant. At least a portion of the light that passes into the object internally reflects within the object and impinges on the anomaly to provide an illumination that indicates the location of the anomaly.
Abstract:
An interferometer (10) is provided that has a stage (28) configured to have a linear motion path. A first retroreflector (18) and a second retroreflector (24) are fixedly coupled to the stage (28). A tube (32) is provided, and the stage (28) is configured to reciprocate about the tube (32). A beamsplitter (14) and a 45° mirror (16) are disposed in the tube (32). A detector (22) is configured to detect light passing through the beamsplitter (14), and the beamsplitter (14) is configured to split an incident light beam into a transmitted beam (15) and a reflected beam (17), wherein the transmitted beam (15) passes to the second retroreflector (24) and the reflected beam (17) passes to the first retroreflector (18). The transmitted beam (15) and a reflected beam (17) are focused on the detector (22).
Abstract:
An interferometer (10) is provided that has a stage (28) configured to have a linear motion path. A first retroreflector (18) and a second retroreflector (24) are fixedly coupled to the stage (28). A tube (32) is provided, and the stage (28) is configured to reciprocate about the tube (32). A beamsplitter (14) and a 45° mirror (16) are disposed in the tube (32). A detector (22) is configured to detect light passing through the beamsplitter (14), and the beamsplitter (14) is configured to split an incident light beam into a transmitted beam (15) and a reflected beam (17), wherein the transmitted beam (15) passes to the second retroreflector (24) and the reflected beam (17) passes to the first retroreflector (18). The transmitted beam (15) and a reflected beam (17) are focused on the detector (22).
Abstract:
In one embodiment, a particle sensor on or in a vehicle is provided. The laser particle sensor comprises an optical system; a processing system coupled to the optical system; wherein the optical system is configured to transmit one or more laser light beams to detect particles in a volume of freestream fluid, and to have the one or more light beams terminate on a portion of the vehicle on which the optical system is mounted; and wherein the optical system is configured to receive a backscattered portion of the one or more laser light beams transmitted by the optical system.
Abstract:
The method of determining the presence of a spill of a petroleum product by the detection of a petroleum-derived volatile organic compound (VOC) generally has a step of providing an ultraviolet (UV) radiation generator and a receiver assembly aimed at a scene; a step of illuminating a distant target in the scene with a UV radiation beam, the UV radiation beam having an excitation wavelength being tuned to a resonance Raman excitation wavelength of the petroleum derived VOC; a step of receiving a return signal from the distant target; and a step of determining the presence of the petroleum-derived VOC upon detecting Raman scattering in the received return signal, the Raman scattering being indicative of a resonance Raman interaction between the UV radiation beam and molecules of the petroleum-derived VOC.
Abstract:
A system for detecting volcanic plumes using a camera on an aircraft, a distant point-like source of light, and a computerized method of processing images acquired by the camera to detect phenomena indicative of the presence of volcanic plumes in a volume of space intersected by light from the light source. A computer system is programmed to determine whether the image data from the camera has characteristics indicating that the imaged light had passed through a volcanic plume or not. In response to detection of a volcanic plume in the flight path of an aircraft, the computer system outputs an alert activation signal to an alert device that produces a visible or audible alert.
Abstract:
Apparatus is disclosed for remotely measuring the diffuse attenuation coefficient K of ocean water from a platform such as an aircraft flying over the ocean. A pulsed laser beam is directed as a probe beam from the aircraft into the water to produce therein Brillouin backscattering signals which emanate back up through the water to the aircraft. An optical receiver in the aircraft receives and processes those backscattered signals. A very narrow optical bandpass filter passes the Brillouin signals to a photodetector, a digitizer and a data processor, the latter being programmed to compute the diffuse attenuation coefficient at predetermined depths and at the Brillouin wavelength. Measurements of the diffuse attenuation coefficient at various depths is accomplished by sampling and digitizing the Brillouin signals at predetermined intervals, each interval corresponding to a depth beneath the surface of the water. A preferred embodiment of the invention features similar apparatus having two signal-processing channels for simultaneously deriving the diffuse attenuation coefficient at two wavelengths by analyzing the upwelling Brillouin (blue) and Raman (green) backscatter generated by the probe beam. An alternate embodiment of the invention features apparatus for measuring the diffuse attenuation coefficient K of ocean water from a submerged submarine.
Abstract:
An apparatus for determining the fluorescence of materials in a scene which includes optical means to collect radiation from the scene. Means are provided to divide the collected radiation into first and second beam paths. The first beam path traverses a first filter centered on a Fraunhofer line and having a passband which extends into the solar continuum on either side of the Fraunhofer line. The second beam path traverses the first filter and a second filter, also centered on the Fraunhofer line, with a passband on the order of half the bandwidth, at half-depth, of the Fraunhofer line. Means are provided to image the first and second beams onto first and second detector arrays, respectively. The image on the first detector array is registered with the image on the second detector array. Co-adding means are provided whereby successive detector pixels at successive time intervals corresponding to a single point on the ground are added and averaged. The time interval is a function of a constant clock rate and a V/H signal. A single detector is provided to detect the intensity of direct solar radiation outside the Fraunhofer line. A processor compares the value of intensity from the co-added point on the ground from the first and second detector arrays and the single detector to determine fluorescence at each point on the ground in the scene being viewed. In another form, where an optical laser illuminator is employed, the first beam path traverses a first filter which only allows the laser radiation to pass. The second beam path has a passband which passes the emission spectrum of a material excited by the laser radiation.