US 12,444,085 B2
Systems and methods for aircraft corrosion detection
Manoj Nath, Bangalore (IN)
Assigned to The Boeing Company, Arlington, VA (US)
Filed by THE BOEING COMPANY, Arlington, VA (US)
Filed on Jan. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/154,384.
Prior Publication US 2024/0242383 A1, Jul. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. G06T 7/90 (2017.01); B64D 45/00 (2006.01); B64F 5/60 (2017.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01)
CPC G06T 7/90 (2017.01) [B64D 45/00 (2013.01); B64F 5/60 (2017.01); G06T 7/0002 (2013.01); B64D 2045/0085 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
17. A method comprising:
obtaining, at a device, an image of at least a portion of an aircraft;
determining, at the device, a first color value descriptive of a first color associated with a first set of pixels that are included in a corrosion image section of the image;
determine a location on the aircraft corresponding to the first set of pixels;
determining, at the device, a second color value descriptive of a second color associated with a second set of pixels that are included in the corrosion image section; determining, at the device, that the first color value is associated with a first corrosion level;
determining, at the device, that the second color value is associated with a second corrosion level;
based on determining that an aircraft corrosion data repository that is associated with the aircraft indicates a previously detected corrosion level of the location on the aircraft, determining a change in corrosion level based on a comparison of the first corrosion level and the previously detected corrosion level;
generating a graphical user interface (GUI) indicating, on a model of the aircraft, that the location is associated with the first corrosion level;
storing the first corrosion level in the aircraft corrosion data repository; and
storing the second corrosion level in the aircraft corrosion data repository.