Patent ID: 11885767
Assignee: RTX CORPORATION
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 13:
14. A process for detecting a sub-surface defect by use of a system including a transducer fluidly coupled to a part located in a tank containing a liquid configured to transmit ultrasonic energy, said transducer configured to scan said part to create scan data of the scanned part; a pulser/receiver coupled to said transducer configured to receive and transmit said scan data; a processor coupled to said pulser/receiver, said processor configured to communicate with said pulser/receiver and collect said scan data; and said processor configured to detect said sub-surface defect, a tangible, non-transitory memory configured to communicate with said processor, the tangible, non-transitory memory having instructions stored therein that, in response to execution by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
receiving, by the processor, said scan data for said part from said transducer, wherein said scan data comprises at least one of C-scan data and A-scan data;
collecting, by the processor, the scan data;
determining, by the processor, a defect indication in the scan data that indicates a distractor, wherein said indication is based on a learning phase module and an inference phase module that the processor uses to self-assess said defect indication; and
creating, by the processor, a defect indication report.