A method includes receiving data characterizing a first acoustic signal reflected by a first defect in a target object, and a first depth of the first defect relative to a surface of the target object. The first acoustic signal is detected by a detector located at a first location on the surface of the target object. The method also includes assigning a defect color to the received data based on an amplitude value associated with the first acoustic signal and one or more of a first predetermined threshold value and a second predetermined threshold value associated with the first depth. The method further includes rendering, in a graphical user interface display space, a first visual representation of the first acoustic signal in a graph including a first axis indicative of target object defect depth and a second axis indicative of amplitudes of acoustic signals detected by the detector. The first visual representation of the first acoustic signal includes the assigned defect color.

According to one embodiment, a control method includes setting a transmission angle of an ultrasonic wave to a standard angle. The control method further includes transmitting an ultrasonic wave at the set transmission angle and detecting an intensity of a reflected wave from an object. The control method further includes calculating a tilt angle based on a gradient of the intensity. The tilt angle indicates a tilt of the object. The control method further includes resetting the transmission angle based on the tilt angle.

This application relates to an apparatus and method for detecting a microcrack using orthogonality analysis of a mode shape vector and a principal plane in a resonance point. The apparatus may include a measurement unit comprising multiple sensors and configured to measure whether a crack exists at a measurement target, and an analysis unit configured to determine whether a crack exists, on the basis of measurement values of the respective sensors. The measurement unit includes a fixing jig configured to fix the measurement target, an excitation means configured to apply a predetermined impact to the measurement target, and multiple acceleration sensors attached at predetermined locations on the measurement target. The analysis unit may further calculate frequency responses of the measurement target to the impact applied by the excitation means, and determine whether a crack exists by analyzing the number of resonance points and independence of the resonance points.

An ultrasonic quality control as disclosed can inspect a quality of a piece and classify the piece automatically. The piece can be scanned, and an image formed from the scanning. A reference piece is also scanned, and a reference image is formed. A negative image of the reference image is formed, and an indication image is created by utilizing the image and the negative image. The indication image is filtered by utilizing several image filters, each image filter filtering all data of the indication image except an image filter specific indication level data. Further several indication levels data are provided from the image filter specific indication level data, and the piece can be classified utilizing the several indication levels data.

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.

An ultrasonic inspection method in which a pulse signal is output to an ultrasonic sensor to generate and transmit ultrasonic waves, the ultrasonic waves reflected or scattered by an object are received and converted into a waveform signal by the ultrasonic sensor, and the waveform signal is digitized to acquire waveform data, includes: executing modulation processing for modulating a plurality of waveform data acquired in multiple inspections and under the same inspection conditions by a phase modulation method to generate composite waveform data; and executing demodulation processing for demodulating the composite waveform data to generate compressed waveform data.

This application relates to an apparatus and method for detecting a microcrack using orthogonality analysis of a mode shape vector and a principal plane in a resonance point. The apparatus may include a measurement unit comprising multiple sensors and configured to measure whether a crack exists at a measurement target, and an analysis unit configured to determine whether a crack exists, on the basis of measurement values of the respective sensors. The measurement unit includes a fixing jig configured to fix the measurement target, an excitation means configured to apply a predetermined impact to the measurement target, and multiple acceleration sensors attached at predetermined locations on the measurement target. The analysis unit may further calculate frequency responses of the measurement target to the impact applied by the excitation means, and determine whether a crack exists by analyzing the number of resonance points and independence of the resonance points.

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.

A system for non-destructive testing (NDT) a surface of a vehicle includes a track that is securable to the surface, and a sensor that is movable along the track to perform a scan of a region of the surface. The system also includes a computer to generate a baseline image of the surface from the scan, and define a map of the surface from a computer model of the surface. The baseline image includes a matrix of baseline data points, and the map includes a matrix of locations on the surface. The computer correlates the baseline image and the map to produce a mapped baseline image including the matrix of baseline data points registered to the locations on the surface. The mapped baseline image is formatted for NDT of the surface, and may thereby serve as an analytical digital twin for the NDT.

Systems, devices, and methods are provided for selecting a precise value within a large value range. Data received by an ultrasonic inspection device 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 device can be provided and can 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 can also include 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 displayed as a static display within the display portion of the control.