Patent ID: 9430189
Filing Date: 2016-08-30
CPC Classification: F41A,F41H,F41J,G01M,G01N,G06F,G06T,G07C,G08B,H04N,H05K,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A vehicle damage detection system comprising: a plurality of sensing devices supported by a vehicle and defining a sensing perimeter, each of the sensing devices including a layer, and a plurality of measuring portions supported by the layer, each of the measuring portions including an input coupling point and an output coupling point and adapted to conduct an electrical signal from the input coupling point to the output coupling point; a measurement system in electrical communication with the measuring portions of each of the sensing devices, the measurement system configured to provide electrical signal inputs to the input coupling points of each of the sensing devices, and configured to measure electrical signal outputs at the output coupling points of each of the sensing devices; a plurality of couplers securing the plurality of sensing devices to an exterior of the vehicle; and a damage detection processing system operably coupled to the measurement system, the processing system configured to determine data on a damage event from the sensing devices based on changes between the electrical signal inputs at the input coupling points and the electrical signal outputs at the output coupling points, the data including a location of the damage event on the sensing device and a damage event origination axis approximately oriented upon point of origin of an object associated with said damage event; wherein said damage event is determined based on a comparison of said changes between the electrical signal inputs at the input coupling points and the electrical signal outputs at the output coupling points; wherein said comparison and said determining said changes between the electrical signal inputs at the input coupling points and the electrical signal outputs at the output coupling points is based in part on using a baseline measurement data determination producing a baseline state data of said layer created based on taking a plurality of electromagnetic signal measurements of said layer for pairs of said input coupling points and opposing corresponding said output coupling points before at least one said damage event.