Patent ID: 9739728
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: G01N,G06K,G06T

Claim:
1. A method for automatic detection and classification of crystalline defects of a crystalline material, said method comprising: obtaining a first image of a crystalline material utilizing electron channeling contrast imaging (ECCI) under a particular channeling condition; altering the ECCI conditions to obtain a second image; distinguishing crystalline defects from other features present in said second image; tallying the number of said crystalline defects; processing, using an algorithm, features of said crystalline defects in said second image to determine a defect fingerprint for each of said crystalline defects; and classifying the defect type of each of said crystalline defects by comparing said defect fingerprint to a library containing images of defect fingerprints of known defect types.