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151.发明授权公开(公告)号：US11007635B2
公开(公告)日：2021-05-18
申请号：US16044651
申请日：2018-07-25
Applicant: The Boeing Company
Inventor： Gary E. Georgeson , James J. Troy , Scott W. Lea
Abstract: Apparatus and methods for providing gravity compensation to a cable-suspended, vacuum-adhered, tool-equipped crawler vehicle traveling along and following the contour of a non-level surface during the execution of an automated maintenance operation. One technical feature shared by multiple embodiments of the gravity-compensating systems is that a cable spool is operated to wind a portion of the cable from which the vacuum-adhered crawler vehicle is suspended to generate a tensile force that counteracts a gravitational force being exerted on the crawler vehicle during movement. Rotation of the cable spool may be driven by a motor or by a tensioning spring.
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公开(公告)号：US20210078177A1
公开(公告)日：2021-03-18
申请号：US16572390
申请日：2019-09-16
Applicant: The Boeing Company
Inventor： James J. Troy , Daniel James Wright , Scott Wesley Lea , William Joseph Tapia , Gary Ernest Georgeson
Abstract: A non-destructive inspection system is presented. The non-destructive inspection system comprises a robotic end effector having an extendable actuator and a flange-mounted roller containing an ultrasonic sensor, the flange-mounted roller connected to the extendable actuator by a pivot connection, the extendable actuator configured to extend the flange-mounted roller until the flange-mounted roller contacts an inspection surface.
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公开(公告)号：US10929670B1
公开(公告)日：2021-02-23
申请号：US16658395
申请日：2019-10-21
Applicant: The Boeing Company
Inventor： James J. Troy , Christopher D. Esposito
Abstract: A method for providing just-in-time access to data for calibrating an augmented reality (AR) device relative to an operation environment and then using the calibration data to register virtual content generated by the AR device with a scene being viewed by a user in the operation environment. An AR device is calibrated by pairing marker identifiers of 2-D markers affixed to objects in a physical environment with 3-D locations of those objects specified in a virtual environment containing 3-D model of those objects and then a marker-to-model location pairing list is generated. The pairing list is used to align displayed virtual 3-D content with an object appearing in the visualized physical environment. A location correction is computed at run-time based on a current AR device-to-marker offset computed from an image of the 2-D marker and the 3-D location of the object retrieved from the pairing list.
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公开(公告)号：US10924538B2
公开(公告)日：2021-02-16
申请号：US16227991
申请日：2018-12-20
Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANY
Inventor： James J. Troy , Bruce Marvin Craig
Abstract: A system for monitoring processes includes a first compute node and a second compute node. The first compute node includes a process monitor, a status data analyzer, a process monitor checker, and a peer monitor. The process monitor is configured to generate process status data for a first instance of a software application. The status data analyzer is configured to selectively restart the first instance of the software application based on determining that an expected process of the first instance of the software application has stopped running. The process monitor checker is configured to restart the process monitor in response to determining that the process monitor has stopped running. The peer monitor is configured to, in response to determining that a second instance of the software application failed at the second compute node, perform an action based on incomplete tasks associated with the second instance of the software application.
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155.发明授权公开(公告)号：US10861220B2
公开(公告)日：2020-12-08
申请号：US15842196
申请日：2017-12-14
Applicant: The Boeing Company
Inventor： James J. Troy , Todd J. Sleeman , Nikoli Prazak , William McGarry , Aaron A. Dost , David Michael Roni
IPC: G06T15/20 , G06F3/0481 , G06F3/0484 , G05B17/02 , G06F3/0483 , G06F30/15 , G06F16/904 , G06F3/0488
Abstract: A method is provided that includes generating a report template usable to produce a report to convey information about a structural product or one or more of a plurality of parts thereof, rendering for display. A model of the structural product is observed from a home viewpoint. Input is received to navigate the model to a part selected from the plurality of parts, the model at the navigated viewpoint including information for the part selected from the plurality of parts. A command string is generated that includes information specifying the navigated viewpoint. The command string is output to a recorder configured to record the command string on at least one of a physical medium or to an electronic document in which the command string is thereby included, the command string capable of being machine-read to automatically restore the model at the navigated viewpoint.
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公开(公告)号：US10814480B2
公开(公告)日：2020-10-27
申请号：US15878642
申请日：2018-01-24
Applicant: The Boeing Company
Inventor： Gary E. Georgeson , James J. Troy , Scott W. Lea , Daniel James Wright
IPC: G06F19/00 , B25J9/10 , B25J5/00 , B25J9/16 , F41A31/02 , B25J15/00 , B64F5/10 , F41H11/16 , F41H11/32 , B64F5/40 , B64F5/60
Abstract: Apparatus and methods that can be used to stabilize the distal end of an arm (and an end effector attached thereto) of an automated extended-reach tool-equipped assembly. Stabilization is provided by three or more stabilizers, each comprising a stationary part and a movable part. Each stationary part has a fixed location relative to the end effector; each movable part is translatably coupled to a respective stationary part and comprises a contactor disposed at a distal end of the movable part. When the stabilizers are actuated, the contactors are translated toward and into contact with the surface of the workpiece and then locked in place to stabilize the distal end of the arm and the end effector. During tool operation, the stabilizers reduce oscillation of the end effector (and all structure fixedly coupled thereto).
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公开(公告)号：US10791275B2
公开(公告)日：2020-09-29
申请号：US15833094
申请日：2017-12-06
Applicant: The Boeing Company
Inventor： James J. Troy , Gary E. Georgeson , Scott W. Lea
IPC: H04N5/232 , G01C3/02 , G01B11/00 , G06T7/73 , G06T7/521 , H04N7/18 , G01B5/00 , G01N21/88 , F03D17/00 , G01C11/02 , G01N21/95
Abstract: Systems and methods for measuring the distance to a target object and acquiring three-dimensional coordinates, scale information, and point-to-point distance information for that target object in an environment using a remotely operated cable-suspended platform. The system uses on-board sensors and processing techniques to provide discrete or continuous measurements of the distances between points on a target object or the scale of the target object. The addition of on-board three-dimensional measurement capabilities to cable-suspended platforms enables these systems to acquire three-dimensional position data defined in the coordinate system of the environment, determine distances between objects or between points on the same object. The system can also be used to determine the scale factors of items in images captured by a camera carried by the cable-suspended platform, in the course of performing metrology-related tasks.
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158.发明申请公开(公告)号：US20200030962A1
公开(公告)日：2020-01-30
申请号：US16044651
申请日：2018-07-25
Applicant: The Boeing Company
Inventor： Gary E. Georgeson , James J. Troy , Scott W. Lea
Abstract: Apparatus and methods for providing gravity compensation to a cable-suspended, vacuum-adhered, tool-equipped crawler vehicle traveling along and following the contour of a non-level surface during the execution of an automated maintenance operation. One technical feature shared by multiple embodiments of the gravity-compensating systems is that a cable spool is operated to wind a portion of the cable from which the vacuum-adhered crawler vehicle is suspended to generate a tensile force that counteracts a gravitational force being exerted on the crawler vehicle during movement. Rotation of the cable spool may be driven by a motor or by a tensioning spring.
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公开(公告)号：US10537986B2
公开(公告)日：2020-01-21
申请号：US16134446
申请日：2018-09-18
Applicant: The Boeing Company
Inventor： James J. Troy , Gary E. Georgeson , Paul S. Rutherford , Nathan R. Smith
IPC: H04N7/18 , B25J1/02 , B25J1/08 , B25J15/00 , B23Q17/22 , G06T19/20 , G06T19/00 , G01N21/954 , B64F5/40
Abstract: A tracking-enabled extended-reach tool system acting upon a workpiece. The tool system includes a gimbal positioned adjacent an opening in a surface, a sensor system, a computer control, and a display. The extended-reach arm has a first end, a second end, an end effector including a tool adjacent the first end. The extended-reach arm engages the gimbal for relative rotational movement and relative slidable movement through the opening positioning the end effector and the tool on a side of the surface opposite the second end. The sensor system is configured to measure a linear position of the extended-reach arm relative to the gimbal. The computer control receives signals from the sensor system indicative of the linear position of the extended-reach arm relative to the gimbal. The display is connected to the computer control and displays a representation of the workpiece and the tool relative to each other in real time.
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公开(公告)号：US20190311555A1
公开(公告)日：2019-10-10
申请号：US15945640
申请日：2018-04-04
Applicant: The Boeing Company
Inventor： James J. Troy , Scott W. Lea , Daniel J. Wright , Gary E. Georgeson
Abstract: A ground-based visual-inspection system includes a ground-based visual-inspection apparatus and a control system. The ground-based visual-inspection apparatus includes a mobile base, an actuatable arm coupled to the mobile base, and an effector coupled to the actuatable arm. The actuatable arm is locatable in a three dimensional space. The end effector includes a camera configured to capture images of a structure, such as an aircraft. The control system is configured to determine location information of the camera relative to a reference location and associate the location information with the images.
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