Patents by Inventor Nordica A. Hudelson

Nordica A. Hudelson has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 6327921
    Abstract: A non-destructive inspection system makes use of a template that is put on a structure to be inspected to provide an image-based display of inspection results. The template, an example of which is a grid, defines locations on the structure from which inspection data are obtained. A portable display device, an example of which is a laptop computer, with information about the template receives information pertaining to inspection data obtained from locations defined by the template and displays inspection results in an image-based format that corresponds to the template. An example of such a system uses “tap test” non-destructive inspection techniques and provides an image-based display of a plurality of structural stiffness measures, each stiffness measure calculated from a measure of impact duration for a “tap”.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2001
    Assignee: Iowa State University
    Inventors: David K. Hsu, Daniel J. Barnard, John J. Peters, Nordica A. Hudelson