Patent ID: 9177371
Filing Date: 2015-11-03
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
1. A method for assessing and interpreting non-destructive examination data collected with regard to a component under evaluation, comprising: acquiring non-destructive examination data that is collected with reference to an industrial component under evaluation, wherein the non-destructive examination data includes a plurality of measurands that are derived from at least one non-destructive examination method that measures conditions of the component under evaluation; acquiring position information that associates the collected measurands to corresponding positions associated with the component under evaluation; automatically transforming by a computer processor the acquired measurands and corresponding position information, which comprise data that is not in a format representative of an image of the component under evaluation into a visualization defined by a volumetric representation that is rendered on at least one display device as at least one view representative of the component under evaluation; and utilizing a graphical user interface that interacts with the processor to navigate the volumetric representation to investigate the integrity of the industrial component including non-surface conditions thereof by: wherein automatically transforming by a computer processor the acquired the acquired measurands and corresponding position information further comprises: utilizing a graphical user interface that interacts with the processor to navigate the volumetric representation further comprises controlling the displayed representation in each displayed view such that navigation in any displayed view automatically navigates to the same location in each displayed view; wherein: rendering, in response to inspector selection, the visualization based upon a selected one of: