G01N29/0609

Ultrasonic bridge for wireless communication

There is provided an ultrasonic bridge for ultrasonic-based wireless communication. For example, there is provided an ultrasonic bridge that includes a microphone configured to transduce an ultrasound into an analog voltage. The ultrasonic bridge further includes hardware configured to convert the analog voltage to digital information. The ultrasonic further includes a transceiver configured to send the digital information wirelessly to a remote device via one of an RF link and a light-based link.

Ultrasonic inspection apparatus and ultrasonic inspection method

According to embodiments, an ultrasonic inspection apparatus comprises: an ultrasonic array probe having a plurality of ultrasonic elements; an estimated shape reflected wave arrival time calculator for computing the estimated shape reflected wave arrival time for the estimated shape reflected wave on the basis of the estimated sound velocity in the test object; an actual shape reflected wave arrival time extractor for extracting the actual shape reflected wave arrival time on the basis of the actual shape reflected wave; a shape reflected waves time difference calculator for computing the difference by subtracting the actual shape reflected wave arrival time from the estimated shape reflected wave arrival time as shape reflected waves time difference; and a delay time calculator for computing the delay times for mutually shifting the timings of ultrasonic wave transmission and ultrasonic wave reception by the ultrasonic elements, considering the shape reflected waves time differences.

Portable ultrasonic facilities diagnosis device

A portable facility failure diagnosis device using detection of radiation ultrasonic waves, comprising: an ultrasonic sensor array; a data acquisition board (DAQ board) in which an electronic circuit for acquiring ultrasonic signals at a sampling frequency of the ultrasonic signals sensed by the ultrasonic sensor array is mounted on a substrate of the data acquisition board (DAQ board); a main board in which an operation processing device that processes the ultrasonic signals received from the DAQ board is mounted on the substrate and the processed ultrasonic sound source information to a display device; a data storage medium storing data processed in the operation processing device of the main board; a display device visually displaying the data processed; and an optical camera picking up an image of a direction.

System for non-destructively inspecting and determining sealing of aluminum pouch by using ultrasonic waves
10921294 · 2021-02-16 · ·

A non-destructive inspection judgment system for inspecting a non-destructive inspection subject using ultrasonic waves, including an ultrasonic wave generator transmitting and receiving ultrasonic signals by generating ultrasonic waves to the non-destructive inspection subject placed on an inspection table, an interface transmitting an ultrasonic signal received from the ultrasonic wave generator to an ultrasonic wave generation data controller, the ultrasonic wave generation data controller processing ultrasonic wave data received from the interface, a sealing defect presence judger determining, using the processed ultrasonic wave data, whether a sealing defect is present, and a display displaying a result of the judgment on a monitor to detect an unsealed portion of an aluminum pouch.

PORTABLE ARTICULATING ULTRASONIC INSPECTION
20210041400 · 2021-02-11 ·

Methods of assessing internal features of oilfield equipment including elbows, connections, valves, branches, olets, and other structures include the methods and apparatus for determining the physical geometric boundaries of oilfield structures using an automated articulating arm with an external laser scanner and an ultrasonic probe.

METHOD AND DEVICE FOR NONDESTRUCTIVELY ACOUSTICALLY EXAMINING AT LEAST ONE REGION OF A COMPONENT OF A TURBOMACHINE FOR SEGREGATIONS
20210215641 · 2021-07-15 · ·

The invention relates to a method for nondestructively acoustically examining at least one region of a component of a turbomachine, wherein at least the following steps are performed: a) arranging a transmitter comprising a plurality of individual oscillators on the region of the component to be examined, b) introducing at least one ultrasound beam into the component by means of the transmitter, c) receiving at least one ultrasound beam reflected by the component by means of a receiver comprising a plurality of individual receivers and d) checking, on the basis of the received ultrasound beam, whether there is a deviation in the region of the component which characterizes a segregation. The invention further relates to a device for carrying out a method of this type.

Precise value selection within large value ranges

Systems, methods, and computer readable mediums are provided for selecting a precise value within a large value range. Data received from an ultrasonic testing environment can include a range of values associated with one or more parameters to be configured for performing ultrasonic inspection of a test object. A control in a user interface of the ultrasonic testing environment can be provided and include a display portion displaying one or more parameters and one or more values within the range of values associated with the one or more parameters. The control also includes an interactive portion configured to receive a plurality of inputs. Based on the inputs a selected value associated with a first parameter can be determined. The selected value associated with the first parameter can be output as a static display within the display portion of the control.

STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING FOR AN INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE
20200355575 · 2020-11-12 ·

Methods and systems for analyzing an industrial structure are provided. With a plurality of sensors (e.g. FBGs and/or piezoelectric transducers and/or electromagnetic acoustic transducers) deployed in, on or in proximity to the structure, sensors are interrogated and a function representative of the impulse response of the structure is determined by passive inverse filter. Subsequently, a map of the propagation of the elastic waves through the structure is determined via various modalities, and in particular by tomography (of bulk or guided waves, by analysis of time of flight or of the complete signal). Embodiments especially relate to the management of the number and position of the sensors, to the use of artificial noise sources, and to automatically controlling the sensors and/or noise sources to monitor the health of the structure, or even to view the dynamic behavior of the structure.

ULTRASOUND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD AND APPARATUS, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE

This present disclosure describes an ultrasound image display method and apparatus, a storage medium, and an electronic device. The method includes acquiring, by a device, an input signal by performing detection on a to-be-detected object, the input signal comprising a three-dimensional (3D) radio-frequency (RF) signal. The device includes a memory storing instructions and a processor in communication with the memory. The method also includes performing, by the device, a modulus calculation on the 3D RF signal to obtain envelope information in a 3D ultrasound image, the modulus calculation being at least used for directly acquiring a 3D amplitude of the 3D RF signal; and displaying, by the device, the envelope information in the 3D ultrasound image, the envelope information being at least used for indicating the to-be-detected object.

Method and system for multi-channel acoustic communication and sensing

Provided is a method and a system for multi-channel acoustic communication and sensing. For example, there is provided a system that includes a processor and a memory. The processor, when executing instructions from the memory, can perform certain operations. The operations can include classifying a motion detected near an ultrasonic receiver based on a Doppler shift observed in a signal measured by the ultrasonic receiver. The classifying can further include detecting a side lobe in a power spectrum of the signal to indicate that the motion has been detected.