Patent Document ID: 9274135
Application ID: 14054672
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A system for conformal imaging vibrometry, comprising: a plurality of optical elements arranged according to an arbitrary geometry of a structure, each of the plurality of optical elements configured to emit a laser beam to conform to the arbitrary geometry, substantially orthogonally illuminate the structure at multiple locations and receive a plurality of optical signals resulting from light reflected from the structure, each optical signal including information for measuring a surface displacement or a surface velocity at a measurement location on the structure; a multi-channel interferometer configured to receive and process the plurality of optical signals received from the plurality of optical elements; a multi-channel receiver array configured to receive the plurality of processed optical signals from the multi-channel interferometer and convert the plurality of processed optical signals to a plurality of analog signals having information regarding the surface displacement or the surface velocity at multiple measurement locations on the structure; a multi-channel digitizer for converting the plurality of analog signals into a plurality of digital signals having information regarding the surface displacement or the surface velocity at the multiple measurement locations on the structure; and a processor configured to process the plurality of digital signals to determine the surface displacement or the surface velocity at the multiple measurement locations on the structure, convert the surface displacements or the surface velocities into a single contiguous displacement or velocity image and sequentially reconstruct a plurality of the contiguous displacement or velocity images to display the real-time structural dynamics of the structure.