US4298808A
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Defect detection
Assignee: British Steel Corp
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Filing: 1979-01-08
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Granted: 1981-11-03
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Expires: 1999-01-08
Abstract
Abstract A method for indicating a defect in a workpiece, comprises applying a continuously variable signal derived from inspection of the workpiece and including a pulse component representative of the defect to a bank of filters having different frequency transmission characteristics respectively representative of defects of different type so that the filter corresponding most closely to the defect inspected, produces a relatively greater output and provides an indication of defect type.
Inventors
- 👤 Walter J. Hill
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-05 02:30
CPC Classifications
G; G01; G01N; G01N29/00; G01N29/44; G01N29/4409; G01N29/4427; G01N21/00; G01N21/84; G01N21/88; G01N21/89; G01N29/04; G01N29/11; G01N29/34; G01N29/348; G01N29/36; G01N29/42; G01N29/4445; G01N29/48; G01N2291/00; G01N2291/02; G01N2291/023; G01N2291/0234; G01N2291/04; G01N2291/044
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 20
Claim 1
Independent Claim
72 words
A method for indicating a defect in a workpiece, the method comprising applying a continuously variable signal derived from insepection of the workpiece and including a pulse component representative of the defect to a bank of filters having different frequency transmission characteristics respectively representative of defects of different type so that the filter corresponding most closely to the defect inspected, produces a relatively greater output and provides an indication of defect type.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
72 words
A method for indicating a defect in a workpiece, the method comprising applying a continuously variable signal derived from insepection of the workpiece and including a pulse component representative of the defect to a bank of filters having different frequency transmission characteristics respectively representative of defects of different type so that the filter corresponding most closely to the defect inspected, produces a relatively greater output and provides an indication of defect type.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
33 words
A method as claimed in claim 1 wherein inspection is produced by scanning the workpiece with radiation which subsequently is incident upon a sensor effective to produce the signal including the defect pulse.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
32 words
A method as claimed in claim 1 wherein inspection is produced by providing scanned access of the workpiece, when irradiated, to a sensor effective to produce the signal including the defect pulse.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
30 words
A method as claimed in claim 2 wherein the workpiece is scanned by a light beam, and a photo-electric device is arranged to receive light reflected from the workpiece surface.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
24 words
A method as claimed in claim 3 wherein the workpiece is substantially uniformly illuminated and a photo-electric device is arranged to scan the workpiece.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
32 words
A method as claimed in claim 3 wherein the workpiece is substantially uniformly illuminated and an optical system effective to direct light onto a photo-electric device is arranged to scan the workpiece.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
20 words
A method as claimed in claim 1 wherein the outputs of the filters are applied to a greatest value detector.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
25 words
A method as claimed in claim 7 wherein the signal applied to each filter is delayed to compensate for differences in the inherent filter delays.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
19 words
A method as claimed in claim 8 wherein delay is produced by individual delay elements in the filter inputs.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
20 words
A method as claimed in claim 8 wherein delay is produced by a delay line tapped to feed individual filters.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
18 words
A method as claimed in claim 7 wherein the largest value detector is effective to produce binary outputs.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
29 words
A method as claimed in claim 7 wherein the largest value detector is effective to operate above a threshold effective to select only pulses representative of a significant defect.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
28 words
A method as claimed in claim 8, wherein a signal derived from the output of the filter bank is compared with the filter input to identify the defect.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
44 words
A method as claimed in claim 13, wherein the outputs of the filters are applied to peak detectors arrange, together with the outputs of a greatest value detector, to trigger AND gates effective to operate monostable pulse generators providing outputs representative of defect size.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
29 words
A method as claimed in claim 14, wherein the pulse applied to the filter bank is compared with the output of the pulse generators to further identify the defect.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
34 words
A method as claimed in claim 15 wherein a time delay is used to produce substantial signal coincidence between the pulse input to the filter bank and to the output of the pulse generators.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
28 words
A method as claimed in claim 8 wherein a plurality of pulses derived from a plurality of inspection scans of the workpiece are applied to the filter bank.
Claim 19
Independent Claim
97 words
An apparatus for detecting a defect in the surface of a workpiece comprising in combination means for receiving a continuously variable electrical signal derived from inspectin of the surface of the workpiece and including a pulse component representative of the surface defect, said receiving means including a bank of a plurality of electrical filters each having different frequency transmission characteristics representative of different types of surface defects, and means for receiving signals from the outputs of the filter bank, identifying the filter producing the greatest output and indicating the type of surface defect corresponding to this filter.
Claim 20
Independent Claim
97 words
An apparatus for detecting a defect in the surface of a workpiece comprising in combination means for receiving a continuously variable electrical signal derived from inspectin of the surface of the workpiece and including a pulse component representative of the surface defect, said receiving means including a bank of a plurality of electrical filters each having different frequency transmission characteristics representative of different types of surface defects, and means for receiving signals from the outputs of the filter bank, identifying the filter producing the greatest output and indicating the type of surface defect corresponding to this filter.
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