Method for displaying material characteristic information
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method for displaying graphical information indicative of a plurality of material characteristics for a portion of a part under test, the method comprising:
- directing x-ray energy at the portion of the part under test;
detecting a single stream of diffracted energy from the portion of the part under test, the single stream of diffracted energy formed by interaction of the x-ray energy with the part under test, the single stream of diffracted energy being directly simultaneously indicative of a plurality of first order material characteristics of the part under test;
analyzing the single stream of diffracted x-ray energy and determining a first material characteristic and a second material characteristic for the same portion of the part under test and from the same single stream of diffracted x-ray energy;
forming a first graph and a second graph based upon the single stream of diffracted x-ray energy, the first graph relating to the first material characteristic and the second graph relating to the second material characteristic;
displaying the first and second graphs in a manner that facilitates simultaneous visual comparisons between the information contained in each of the graphs; and
determining by a human operator whether a relationship between the first and second material characteristics exists in the portion of the part under test that bears on a condition of the part under test based upon the simultaneous visual comparison afforded by the display of the first and second graphs.
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Abstract
A system and method for displaying graphical information indicative of a plurality of material characteristics for a portion of a part under test. Energy is directed at the selected portion of the part under test. Resultant energy is detected from the selected portion of the part under test and data representative of each of a plurality of material characteristics for the portion of the part under test is obtained based, at least in part, upon the detected energy. A plurality of graphs is formed based upon the obtained data. Each of the graphs has information indicative of a separate one of the plurality of material characteristics. The plurality of graphs is displayed discrete from each other in a manner that facilitates substantially simultaneous visual comparisons between the information contained in each of the plurality of graphs.
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22 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method for displaying graphical information indicative of a plurality of material characteristics for a portion of a part under test, the method comprising:
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directing x-ray energy at the portion of the part under test; detecting a single stream of diffracted energy from the portion of the part under test, the single stream of diffracted energy formed by interaction of the x-ray energy with the part under test, the single stream of diffracted energy being directly simultaneously indicative of a plurality of first order material characteristics of the part under test; analyzing the single stream of diffracted x-ray energy and determining a first material characteristic and a second material characteristic for the same portion of the part under test and from the same single stream of diffracted x-ray energy; forming a first graph and a second graph based upon the single stream of diffracted x-ray energy, the first graph relating to the first material characteristic and the second graph relating to the second material characteristic; displaying the first and second graphs in a manner that facilitates simultaneous visual comparisons between the information contained in each of the graphs; and determining by a human operator whether a relationship between the first and second material characteristics exists in the portion of the part under test that bears on a condition of the part under test based upon the simultaneous visual comparison afforded by the display of the first and second graphs. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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