Detecting impact and heat events on products and generating a diagnosis
For generating a diagnosis, a method irradiates a product surface of a product with infrared light, the product surface including a stress sensitive pigment. The method detects an activation of the stress sensitive pigment as a color change at an infrared visible activation location. The method generates a diagnosis based on the activation.
1. A method comprising:
irradiating a product surface of a product with infrared light, the product surface comprising a plurality of stress sensitive hollow, opaque capsules that each enclose a pigment sensitive to infrared light and that are each configured to rupture in response to heat and/or an impact;
detecting, using a camera, an irreversible activation of the pigment as a color change in response to the infrared light, wherein the activation comprises an activation center and an activation area; and
generating, using a processor, a diagnosis based on the irreversible activation.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the heat corresponds to a temperature exceeding 50 degrees Celsius.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the impact exceeds 600 Newton seconds.
4. The method of claim 1 , the method further comprising receiving diagnostic data for the product, wherein the diagnosis is based on the irreversible activation and the diagnostic data.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the infrared light is generated by an infrared light source.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the diagnosis comprises an estimated remaining life, an estimated value, and/or a failure mechanism.
7. An apparatus comprising:
a processor executing code stored on a memory to perform:
irradiating a product surface of a product with infrared light, the product surface comprising a plurality of stress sensitive, hollow, opaque capsules that each enclose a pigment sensitive to infrared light and that are each configured to rupture in response to heat and/or an impact;
detecting an irreversible activation of the pigment as a color change in response to the infrared light, wherein the activation comprises an activation center and an activation area; and
generating a diagnosis based on the irreversible activation.
8. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the heat corresponds to a temperature exceeding 50 degrees Celsius.
9. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the impact exceeds 600 Newton seconds.
10. The apparatus of claim 7 , the method further comprising receiving diagnostic data for the product, wherein the diagnosis is based on the irreversible activation and the diagnostic data.
11. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the infrared light is generated by an infrared light source and the irreversible activation is captured by a camera.
12. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the diagnosis comprises an estimated remaining life, an estimated value, and/or a failure mechanism.
13. A system comprising:
an infrared light that irradiates a product surface of a product, the product surface comprising a plurality of stress sensitive, hollow, opaque capsules that each enclose a pigment sensitive to infrared light and that are each configured to rupture in response to heat and/or an impact;
a camera that captures a surface image of the product surface; and
a processor that detects an irreversible activation of the pigment as a color change in the surface image in response to the infrared light, wherein the activation comprises an activation center and an activation area and that generates a diagnosis based on the irreversible activation.
14. The system of claim 13 , wherein the heat corresponds to a temperature exceeding 50 degrees Celsius.
15. The system of claim 13 , wherein the impact exceeds 600 Newton seconds.
16. The system of claim 13 , the processor further receiving diagnostic data for the product, wherein the diagnosis is based on the irreversible activation and the diagnostic data.
17. The system of claim 13 , wherein the diagnosis comprises an estimated remaining life, an estimated value, and/or a failure mechanism.