IP Library Granted Patent US 12694501
Granted Patent B2
US 12694501 · App. 18/566,444 · Granted Jul 28, 2026

Wave motion analysis device, scanning device, wave motion analysis system, wave motion analysis method, and program

Inventors: Mizuho Nishi (Kyoto, JP); Yasuhito Watanabe (Takatsuki, JP); Mineo Tsushima (Seika-cho, JP)
Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
G06T7/0004G01N29/069G01N29/26G06T12/20G01N2291/023G01N2291/0289G06T2207/10088G06T2207/10132G06T2207/20056G06T2207/30108
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Patent No.
US 12694501
App. No.
18/566,444
Granted
Jul 28, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wave motion analysis device 100 that detects a defect of an inspection object on the basis of a reflection wave obtained from the inspection object, and includes a multiple reflection area extraction unit 106 that acquires tomographic data generated on the basis of the reflection wave and extracts, from the tomographic data, a multiple reflection area corresponding to a depth range deeper than a depth at which a real image of the inspection object is able to be detected and being an area in which a multiple reflection signal is able to be mainly detected, and a detection unit 107 that detects a multiple reflection image corresponding to the defect of the inspection object from the extracted multiple reflection area.

Claims (55)

1 . A wave motion analysis device that detects a defect of an inspection object on a basis of a reflection wave obtained from the inspection object, the wave motion analysis device comprising:

a multiple reflection area extractor that acquires tomographic data generated on a basis of the reflection wave and extracts a multiple reflection area from the tomographic data; and

a detector that detects a multiple reflection image corresponding to the defect of the inspection object from the extracted multiple reflection area,

wherein the multiple reflection area extractor designates, as a specific time area, a time area that is equal to or longer than a time in which the reflection wave from an inspection target range of the inspection object reaches and has a predetermined length, and specifies, as the multiple reflection area, an area where image data based on a reflection signal obtained in the specific time area exists in the tomographic data.

2 . The wave motion analysis device according to claim 1 , wherein

the multiple reflection area corresponds to a depth range deeper than a depth at which a real image of the inspection object is able to be detected in the tomographic data, and is an area in which a multiple reflection signal is able to be detected.

3 . The wave motion analysis device according to claim 1 , wherein

the detector selects line data located at a predetermined depth from the multiple reflection area, and in a case where there is a data portion exceeding a threshold luminance in a stepwise manner over a predetermined length or more in the line data, the detector determines the data portion as the multiple reflection image and detects the data portion.

4 . The wave motion analysis device according to claim 1 , wherein

the multiple reflection area extractor extracts the multiple reflection area on a basis of a preset parameter.

5 . The wave motion analysis device according to claim 1 , wherein

the multiple reflection area extractor extracts the multiple reflection area by determining signal attenuation.

6 . The wave motion analysis device according to claim 1 , wherein

the multiple reflection area extractor extracts data of a time-series luminance signal in the multiple reflection area and generates a signal train to be analyzed.

7 . The wave motion analysis device according to claim 1 , wherein

the multiple reflection area extractor calculates an average value of luminance signals in the multiple reflection area to generate a signal train to be analyzed.

8 . The wave motion analysis device according to claim 1 , wherein

the multiple reflection area extractor calculates a maximum value of luminance signals in the multiple reflection area to generate a signal train to be analyzed.

9 . The wave motion analysis device according to claim 1 , wherein

the detector selects, from the multiple reflection area, planar cross-sectional data in a planar direction of the inspection object corresponding to a specific depth,

extracts a spatial frequency of the planar cross-sectional data, and selects one or more principal components including a principal component that reacts to a spatial frequency component of a multiple reflection image corresponding to a defect of the inspection object in the planar cross-sectional data by principal component analysis.

10 . The wave motion analysis device according to claim 1 , wherein

the detector selects data of a solid portion corresponding to a specific depth range from the multiple reflection area, performs fast Fourier transform on the data of the solid portion for each unit data corresponding to a spatial position to perform frequency conversion, and

selects one or more principal components including a principal component that reacts to a frequency component of a multiple reflection image corresponding to a defect of the inspection object in the data of the solid portion by principal component analysis.

11 . A scanning device comprising:

the wave motion analysis device according to claim 1 ;

a reflection signal acquisitor that acquires a reflection signal based on a reflection wave obtained from the inspection object on a basis of a wave motion from a probe; and

a tomographic data generator that generates tomographic data on a basis of the reflection signal and supplies the tomographic data to the multiple reflection area extractor.

12 . A wave motion analysis system comprising:

the wave motion analysis device according to claim 1 ; and

a tomographic data generation device that generates tomographic data on a basis of a reflection wave obtained from an inspection object.

13 . A wave motion analysis system comprising:

the wave motion analysis device according to claim 1 ; and

a tomographic data generation device that generates a wave motion using a probe, acquires a reflection signal based on a reflection wave obtained from an inspection object, and generates tomographic data on a basis of the reflection signal.

14 . The wave motion analysis device according to claim 2 , wherein

the multiple reflection area extractor extracts the multiple reflection area on a basis of a preset parameter.

15 . The wave motion analysis device according to claim 9 , further comprising

a reconstructor/outputter that reconstructs the planar cross-sectional data in a selected principal component direction to generate cross-sectional image data in the principal component direction.

16 . The wave motion analysis device according to claim 10 , further comprising

a reconstructor/outputter that reconstructs data of the solid portion in a selected principal component direction to generate image data in the principal component direction.

17 . The scanning device according to claim 11 , wherein

the tomographic data generator generates the tomographic data by converting the reflection signal into luminance data.

18 . The scanning device according to claim 17 , wherein

the tomographic data generator logarithmically compresses the reflection signal and converts the reflection signal into the luminance data.

19 . A wave motion analysis method for detecting a defect of an inspection object on a basis of a reflection wave obtained from the inspection object, the wave motion analysis method comprising:

acquiring tomographic data generated on a basis of the reflection wave;

extracting, from the tomographic data, a multiple reflection area that corresponds to a depth range deeper than a depth at which a real image of the inspection object is able to be detected in the tomographic data and in which a multiple reflection signal is able to be detected; and

detecting a multiple reflection image corresponding to the defect of the inspection object from the extracted multiple reflection area,

wherein, the wave motion analysis method further comprises, in the extracting, designating, as a specific time area, a time area that is equal to or longer than a time in which the reflection wave from an inspection target range of the inspection object reaches and has a predetermined length, and specifying, as the multiple reflection area, an area where image data based on a reflection signal obtained in the specific time area exists in the tomographic data.

20 . A non-transitory recording medium storing a computer readable program that causes a computer to perform a wave motion analysis processing of detecting a defect of an inspection object on a basis of a reflection wave obtained from the inspection object,

the wave motion analysis processing comprising:

acquiring tomographic data generated on the basis of the reflection wave;

extracting, from the tomographic data, a multiple reflection area that corresponds to a depth range deeper than a depth at which a real image of the inspection object is able to be detected in the tomographic data and in which a multiple reflection signal is able to be detected; and

detecting a multiple reflection image corresponding to the defect of the inspection object from the extracted multiple reflection area,

wherein, the wave motion analysis processing further comprises, in the extracting, designating, as a specific time area, a time area that is equal to or longer than a time in which the reflection wave from an inspection target range of the inspection object reaches and has a predetermined length, and specifying, as the multiple reflection area, an area where image data based on a reflection signal obtained in the specific time area exists in the tomographic data.