Patent ID: 8972206
Filing Date: 2015-03-03
Classification: G01N

Abstract:
1. A system for use in determining a location of a defect in an object, the system comprising: an ultrasonic phased array configured to provide a sector scan of the object; a display; and a processor programmed to: provide a volume-corrected view of a sector of an ultrasonic inspection of the object on the display, wherein the object has a first surface defined by a first radius and a second surface defined by a second radius that is shorter than the first radius; receive gate parameters of a gate, comprising a gate start and a gate end, used to measure a location of a reflection, wherein the reflection is indicative of a defect on the first surface or the second surface; and calculate a location of the defect using the gate, by calculating a sound path distance of an ultrasonic beam angle of an ultrasonic beam to the gate start and the gate end for each ultrasonic beam angle in a sector scan; wherein the ultrasonic beam reflects off of the first surface and the second surface.