INDENTATION HARDNESS TEST SYSTEM HAVING AN AUTOLEARNING SHADING CORRECTOR

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APP PUB NO 20140267679A1
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13799020

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An indentation hardness test system is provided that includes: a frame including an attached indenter; a movable stage for receiving a part attached to the frame; a camera; a display; a processor; and a memory subsystem. The processor performs the steps of: (a) capturing images of different portions of the part; (b) for each image, computing an average intensity; (c) computing an average intensity across all images; (d) for each pixel, computing PixelAverageDeltan(x,y) as a function of the raw pixel data and the average pixel intensity of the image frame; (e) for each pixel, computing a correction factor using the average intensity across all images and PixelAverageDeltan(x,y); (f) performing shading correction by adjusting the raw pixel values by corresponding correction factors; and (g) generating a composite image of the part. Steps (b)-(e) may be performed on moving images while not including stationary images in the computations of those steps.

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LECO CORPORATION3000 LAKEVIEW AVENUE ST JOSEPH MI 49085

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Barringham,, JR James W Thornleigh, AU 1 1
Hauck, John M Bridgman, US 2 15

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