US 12,092,591 B2
Scan procedure generation systems and methods to generate scan procedures
Jackson Turner, Plymouth, MN (US); Joseph Schlecht, Edina, MN (US); and Eric Ferley, Minneapolis, MN (US)
Assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US)
Filed by Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US)
Filed on Jun. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/853,022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/217,175, filed on Jun. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0003671 A1, Jan. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 30/12 (2020.01); G01N 23/046 (2018.01); G01N 23/083 (2018.01)
CPC G01N 23/046 (2013.01) [G01N 23/083 (2013.01); G06F 30/12 (2020.01); G01N 2223/04 (2013.01); G01N 2223/1016 (2013.01); G01N 2223/305 (2013.01); G01N 2223/306 (2013.01); G01N 2223/419 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A scan procedure generation system, comprising:
a display;
a processor; and
a computer readable storage medium comprising computer readable instructions which, when executed, cause the processor to:
output, via the display, a first visual representation of an arrangement of a radiation source, a radiation detector, a workpiece positioner, and a workpiece; and
based on positions and orientations of the radiation source, the radiation detector, the workpiece positioner, and the workpiece, generate a scanning procedure for execution by a physical scanner having a physical radiation source, a physical radiation detector, and a physical workpiece positioner,
wherein the generated scanning procedure comprises a plurality of movements of one or more of the physical radiation source, the physical radiation detector, and the physical workpiece positioner and a plurality of image captures to capture a plurality of scan images of a physical workpiece corresponding to the workpiece in the first virtual representation.