Patent Document ID: 8086425
Application ID: 11769216
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A material evaluation system comprising: at least one computer; a material features acquisition system operable to detect a plurality of material features in a material under evaluation for a service comprising at least one sensor with an output, said output comprising of signals indicative of said plurality of material features from said material under evaluation; at least one sensor interface for said at least one computer; at least one database comprising material features recognition equations; at least one program being executed on said at least one computer to utilize said material features recognition equations for identifying said plurality of material features; said at least one database further comprising a plurality of fitness for service assessment paths wherein different ones of said plurality of fitness for service assessment paths are used in response to said identifying of said plurality of material features by said at least one computer; wherein said at least one program being executed on said at least one computer evaluating said material features detected in said material under evaluation by selecting one or more of said plurality of fitness for service assessment paths from said at least one database to make a determination of whether said material is fit for use in said service or should be removed from use in said service.