Patent ID: 7743660

Claim:
A method of automatically inspecting a workpiece, the method comprising: providing a plurality of non-destructive inspection sensors mounted on a frame that is on a transport device; disposing a plurality of fiducials on a workpiece at a plurality of predetermined locations on the workpiece configured to receive the plurality of fiducials; using one or more of the plurality of fiducials, measuring position of a first predetermined location of the workpiece with a tracking system; moving the transport device to position the plurality of non-destructive inspection sensors proximate to the first predetermined location of the workpiece; non-destructively inspecting a first portion of the workpiece proximate to the first predetermined location with the plurality of non-destructive inspection sensors; providing data from the plurality of non-destructive sensors to a computing system; analyzing the data with the computing system by comparing the data to predetermined threshold criteria for the workpiece; and when analyzed data for an associated location is outside the predetermined threshold criteria for the workpiece, directing a marking device under control of the computing system to mark the workpiece at the associated location.