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Object evaluation accounting for motion-related dynamic forces

  • US 9,121,747 B2
  • Filed: 09/18/2012
  • Issued: 09/01/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/19/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system comprising:

  • a sensing element including;

    a load plate;

    a tiltmeter configured to acquire tilt measurement data for the load plate;

    a plurality of vertical force sensing devices located below the load plate and spaced in an area defined by the load plate; and

    a set of horizontal force sensing devices located below the load plate; and

    a computer system configured to perform a method of evaluating an object, the method including;

    obtaining load measurement data from the plurality of vertical force sensing devices and the set of horizontal sensing devices, wherein the load measurement data corresponds to a load applied to the load plate;

    processing the load measurement data to identify a horizontal component of the load and a vertical component of the load; and

    evaluating the object based on the horizontal and vertical components of the load and the tilt measurement data.

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