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Method for automatic identification of defects in turbine engine blades

US8208711B2 · kind B2 · utility

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7References

20Claims

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Assignee

General Electric Company · US

Inventors

Rajashekar Venkatachalam · Bengaluru, IN
Mahesh Kumar Asati · Bengaluru, IN
Prakash Mandayam Comare · Chennai, IN
Megha Navalgund · Bengaluru, IN
Xiaoming Liu · Schenectady, US
Robert August Kaucic · Newark, US
Joseph Manuel Portaz · Hamilton, US
Manoharan Venugopal · Bengaluru, IN

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 7, 2007
Grant date	Jun 26, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 22, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01N2223/63
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method for automatically identifying defects in turbine engine blades is provided. The method comprises acquiring one or more radiographic images corresponding to one or more turbine engine blades and identifying one or more regions of interest from the one or more radiographic images. The method then comprises extracting one or more geometric features based on the one or more regions of interest and analyzing the one or more geometric features to identify one or more defects in the turbine engine blades.

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