ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,456,253, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to ROLLS-ROYCE PLC (London).
"Surface assessment" was invented by Nikita Pietrow (Derby, Great Britain), Donka Novovic (Birmingham, Great Britain), David T Curtis (Birmingham, Great Britain), Jamie C Mcgourlay (Derby, Great Britain) and Hassan Ghadbeigi (Sheffield, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer implemented method of modelling the degradation of at least a component within an abrasive environment, the method comprising: obtaining a 3D scan of a surface of a component, processing the surface images of the component, determining the surface properties, inputting the data int...