Abstract: Non invasive method used to detect a “sonic imprint” of three-dimensional objects, particularly suitable for the identification and monitoring of artworks, consisting in acquiring the vibrations caused by a source of elastic waves and using a set of detectors fixed in various predetermined points of the external surface of the object. An apparatus, cheap and simple to utilize, suitable to execute this method, is also described.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 6, 2008
Date of Patent:
May 1, 2012
Assignees:
Universita' Degli Studi Di Palermo, Diasis S.r.L.
Inventors:
Pietro Lucio Cosentino, Gianluca Fiandaca, Paolo Messina, Raffaele Martorana, Patrizia Capizzi, Isaac Razo Amoroz