Patent ID: 8255170
Filing Date: 2012-08-28
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A system for remote inspection, comprising: a hand-held portable nondestructive inspection (NDI) system including an NDI device configured to examine solid laminate or honeycombed sandwich structure for an aircraft and provide NDI data related to a damage condition of the structure, wherein the NDI device is selected from a group consisting of a pulse-echo NDI device, a resonance NDI device, a tap-testing NDI device, an ultrasonic imaging NDI device, and a thermographic imaging NDI device, the NDI system being configured to communicate the NDI data to a remote location; and a remote computer disposed at the remote location, the remote computer being configured to receive the NDI data and provide the received NDI data for a review, the remote computer being configured to communicate an analytical result based on the review to the NDI system, the analytical result including a repair disposition decision corresponding to the damage condition, the repair disposition decision including a fly or no-fly decision for the aircraft, wherein the system includes at least one of an audio communication link and a video communication link to the remote computer.