Patent Document ID: 8494810
Application ID: 12795538
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. An inspection system comprising: a sensor for collecting first spatial data from a component, the first spatial data comprising a first sensor response for at least one location on the component; and a computing system comprising: an inspection archive comprising second spatial data having a second sensor response for the component and third spatial data having a third sensor response for the component, wherein the first, second and third spatial data are a set of spatial data; a database comprising a plurality of data points, each data point storing a material condition of the component and a time; a filtering module to spatially register the set of spatial data; an estimation module to compute a first change in the material condition from the spatially registered set of spatial data, compute a second change in the material condition from the spatially registered set of spatial data, and estimate a current condition of the component based at least in part on the first change; and a prediction module to predict a future condition of the component, based at least in part on the current condition, using the database, wherein the future condition is further based on the second change.