An aircraft air data probe contamination monitor includes at least two air data sensor probes, a first probe located on one side of the aircraft, a second probe located on an opposite side of the aircraft, each probe being operable to generate a parameter value from an airflow passing the in-flight aircraft. The monitor also includes a processor operable to compare the generated parameter value from the first probe to the generated parameter value from the second probe to determine if one of the first probe and the second probe is contaminated.

Methods, apparatuses, systems, and computer program products for facilitating human intervention in an autonomous device are disclosed. In a particular embodiment, a method of facilitating human intervention in an autonomous device includes a service controller selecting from a first plurality of human interventionists, by a service controller, a first set of human interventionists to respond to a request associated with an autonomous device; transmitting, by the service controller, the request to a first set of interventionist devices, each interventionist device of the first set of interventionist devices associated with a particular human interventionist in the first set of human interventionists; and receiving from the first set of interventionist devices, by the service controller, a first set of interventionist responses to the request.

Methods, apparatuses, systems, and computer program products for facilitating human intervention in an autonomous device are disclosed. In a particular embodiment, a method of facilitating human intervention in an autonomous device includes a service controller selecting from a first plurality of human interventionists, by a service controller, a first set of human interventionists to respond to a request associated with an autonomous device; transmitting, by the service controller, the request to a first set of interventionist devices, each interventionist device of the first set of interventionist devices associated with a particular human interventionist in the first set of human interventionists; and receiving from the first set of interventionist devices, by the service controller, a first set of interventionist responses to the request.

A system for detecting structural damage to a rigid structure, the system comprising: at least one impact generator capable of applying a one-time impact on the structure; an acoustic sensor; a vibration sensor; and a processing circuitry configured to: provide an indication of the structural damage to the rigid structure upon (a) a first deviation above a first threshold between an expected acoustic wave profile, expected to radiate from the structure, absent the structural damage, and an actual acoustic wave profile being measured by the acoustic sensor in response to an application of the one-time impact, or (b) a second deviation above a second threshold between an expected to vibration profile of expected vibrations of the structure, absent the structural damage, and an actual vibration profile in response to the application.

The present invention addresses the problem of making it possible to distinguish and detect cracking, peeling, internal cavities, and other defects through the remote observation of a structure. A status determination device according to the present invention is provided with a displacement calculation unit for calculating a two-dimensional spatial distribution of the displacement of a structure surface from time series images of the structure surface before and after load application and an abnormality determination unit for identifying flaws in the structure on the basis of a comparison of the two-dimensional spatial distribution and an already provided spatial distribution of displacement.

A computer-implemented method includes receiving one or more articles at an inspection station that includes an inspection processor, inspecting the one or more articles in view of at least one repairability criterion presented via one or more graphical elements, and updating an inspection database if the one or more articles fails the at least one repairability criterion. The method includes inspecting the one or more articles in view of at least one local repair criterion presented via one or more graphical elements, inspecting the one or more articles in view of at least one inspector-driven criterion presented via one or more graphical elements, the action type including at least one of determining an inspection failure or a passed inspection, and updating inspection history data stored in an inspection database in communication with the inspection processor based on the at least one repairability criterion, local repair criterion, or inspector-driven criterion.

A computer-implemented method includes receiving one or more articles at an inspection station that includes an inspection processor, inspecting the one or more articles in view of at least one repairability criterion presented via one or more graphical elements, and updating an inspection database if the one or more articles fails the at least one repairability criterion. The method includes inspecting the one or more articles in view of at least one local repair criterion presented via one or more graphical elements, inspecting the one or more articles in view of at least one inspector-driven criterion presented via one or more graphical elements, the action type including at least one of determining an inspection failure or a passed inspection, and updating inspection history data stored in an inspection database in communication with the inspection processor based on the at least one repairability criterion, local repair criterion, or inspector-driven criterion.

A method includes: sensing a defect on a cast strip surface, the cast strip being cast from molten metal or alloy by a casting system, determining an adjustment amount and/or direction of a casting system component based on the identified surface defect, and providing the adjustment amount and/or direction to an operator for adjustment of the casting system component and/or commanding that the casting system component be adjusted by the adjustment amount and/or direction.

Provided are a diagnostic device and the like for easily diagnosing the condition of the interior of a pipeline. This diagnostic device is provided with: a frictional loss calculating unit which, on the basis of the pressure of a fluid in the pipeline, finds a pressure frictional loss; and a diagnosing unit which diagnoses the condition of the inner surface of the pipeline on the basis of the frictional loss.

Provided are a diagnostic device and the like for easily diagnosing the condition of the interior of a pipeline. This diagnostic device is provided with: a frictional loss calculating unit which, on the basis of the pressure of a fluid in the pipeline, finds a pressure frictional loss; and a diagnosing unit which diagnoses the condition of the inner surface of the pipeline on the basis of the frictional loss.