Patent ID: 8218852

Claim:
A computer-readable medium encoded with a computer program for repairing a composite part having a plurality of composite plies stacked on top of each other, a portion of the composite part being taper cut, thereby forming a plurality of ply boundaries of the composite plies and exposing surfaces of the composite plies between the ply boundaries, wherein the computer-readable medium is a non-transitory computer-readable medium, the computer program comprising: a code segment for receiving data corresponding to at least one image of the surfaces of the composite plies exposed between the ply boundaries, wherein the at least one image displays differing properties of adjacent ones of the composite plies; and a code segment for creating a map of the ply boundaries based on the at least one image, wherein each of the ply boundaries are substantially continuous ply boundaries, wherein the ply boundaries are taper sanded and the ply boundaries of successive adjacent ones of the composite plies extend farther inward laterally than a previous adjacent one of the composite plies.