Patent ID: 9442061
Filing Date: 2016-09-13
CPC Classification: E04B,E04D,G01B,G01L,G01M,G01N,G05B

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method of inspecting a structure, the method comprising: deploying one or more three-dimensional (3D) contact scanners to scan a structure; detecting 3D information about the structure by implementing a tactile sensor system of the one or more 3D contact scanners across a surface of at least part of the structure, the tactile sensor system including at least one tactile sensor, the at least one tactile sensor including a pinscreen stamp, wherein implementing the tactile sensor system includes measuring one or more of: (1) resistance to pressure being applied to at least one point of a plurality of points on the surface of at least part of the structure via the at least one tactile sensor; or (2) a depth of at least one point of the plurality of points on the surface of the at least part of the structure via the at least one tactile sensor; and generating, at the one or more 3D contact scanners, a plurality of 3D data points, wherein at least one point of the plurality of 3D data points corresponds to at least one point of the plurality of points on the surface of the structure detected by the at least one tactile sensor.