Patent ID: 11933767
Assignee: IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A method, comprising:
scanning a batch of components with an ultrasonic transducer to form a scanned data set for each of the batch of components;
determining a microtexture level indicator for each of a plurality of regions for each of the batch of components based on the scanned data set for each of the batch of components;
separating a portion of the batch of components in response to each of the portion of the batch of components including one or more potential microtexture regions (MTRs) from the batch of components, wherein each of the one or more potential MTRs is determined based on the microtexture level indicator, each of the one or more potential MTRs including an area of interest;
analyzing a spatial correlation coefficient profile of each of the one or more potential MTRs along an elongation direction relative to the area of interest;
characterizing each of the one or more potential MTRs for each of the portion of the batch of components as an actual MTR, a rejectable MTR, or a defect; and
scrapping a component of the portion of the batch of components in response to at least one of the one or more potential MTRs of the component being characterized as the defect or the rejectable MTR.