Patent Document ID: 9228958
Application ID: 13416610
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A system comprising: an illumination source configured to illuminate an engine component using visible light; an imaging system configured to capture a surface image of the engine component based on the illumination of the engine component using the visible light; a component manipulation system configured to position the engine component in a variety of orientations relative to at least one of the illumination source and the imaging system; and a computer based user interface comprising an inspection processor, wherein the computer based user interface is configured to allow a user to select an automated inspection protocol, and wherein the inspection processor is configured to perform the automated inspection protocol to: acquire surface images of the engine component at the variety of positions using the illumination system, the imaging system, and the component manipulation system, perform a fuzzy logic analysis on at least one of the surface images of the engine component to detect a defect on a surface of the engine component, and report the defect to the computer based user interface.