| SONIX, INC. Patent applications |
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| 20120111118 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATED ULTRASONIC INSPECTION - A method and apparatus for ultrasonic inspection of one or more parts, in which one or more parts to be inspected are transferred from a parts carrier to a scan nest that is located in the scanning station. The parts are restrained in the scan nest and then scanned. A pick and place mechanism is used to transfer the parts to be inspected between the parts carrier the scan nest. The inspection path may be altered if a missing part is detected. In one embodiment, a first gas flow port located on the pick and place mechanism or on the transducer holder is used to blow ultrasonic coupling fluid from the front surface of the parts in the scan nest after they have been scanned. In a further embodiment, two or more scan nests are used for parallel operation. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120101764 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADJUSTING THE LEVEL OF A RESPONSE SIGNAL FROM AN ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER - A method and apparatus for dynamically adjusting the level of a response signal from an ultrasound transducer is disclosed. During a calibration phase, a description of a gain profile of a level adjuster is set dependent upon an expected response signal for a type of object to be tested and the description is stored in memory. During a measurement phase for an object under test, a description of a gain profile is selected for the type of the object under test and a gain profile is determined from the selected description. The response signal from the object under test is passed through a level adjuster and the level of the response signal is adjusted dynamically in accordance with the gain profile. The description of the gain profile is selected with reference to an expected response either by operator interaction with a user interface or automatically. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20110144935 | ULTRASONIC INSPECTION USING ACOUSTIC MODELING - Configuration of an ultrasonic inspection system is facilitated using an ultrasound response predicted by a simulation tool. In one embodiment, estimated material properties of an object to be inspected are input to the simulation tool. Also input to the simulation tool is at least one estimated property of an ultrasonic transducer of the ultrasonic inspection. The simulation tool predicts the response of the object to ultrasound from the ultrasonic transducer. This response is dependent upon the estimated material properties of the object to be inspected and the at least one estimated property of the ultrasonic transducer. The ultrasonic inspection system is then configured dependent upon a feature of the predicted response. The system may be configured, for example, by setting the position of a time gate, selecting an appropriate ultrasonic transducer, selecting the position of the transducer to achieve good focus, or selecting parameters for signal processing. | 06-16-2011 |
