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公开(公告)号：US12056838B2
公开(公告)日：2024-08-06
申请号：US17805790
申请日：2022-06-07
Applicant: The Boeing Company
Inventor： James Philip Parsons , William Dwyer McGarry , James J. Troy , Steven E. Malarkey , Robert S. van den Berg
CPC classification number: G06T19/20 , G06T15/08 , G06V20/20 , G06T2210/21 , G06T2219/2004
Abstract: A computer-automated separation rules compliance method is disclosed. Separation rules that establish separation distance requirements between objects in a three-dimensional (3D) virtual environment are defined. Sample locations associated with at least some of the objects in the 3D virtual environment are specified. One or more of proximity and/or collision analysis is performed on the sample locations to determine separation distances between the objects. The determined separation distances are compared to the separation distance requirements. Objects in the 3D virtual environment that violate the separation rules based on said comparing are identified.
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32.发明公开公开(公告)号：US20230186489A1
公开(公告)日：2023-06-15
申请号：US17745691
申请日：2022-05-16
Applicant: The Boeing Company
Inventor： James J. Troy , Gary E. Georgeson , Joseph L. Hafenrichter
Abstract: Systems and methods for tracking the location of a non-destructive inspection (NDI) scanner using scan data converted into images of a target object. Scan images are formed by aggregating successive scan strips acquired using one or two one-dimensional sensor arrays. An image processor constructs and then compares successive partially overlapping scan images that include common features corresponding to respective structural features of the target object. The image processor is further configured to compute a change in location of the NDI scanner relative to a previous location based on the respective positions of those common features in the partially overlapping scan images. This relative physical distance is then added to the previous (old) absolute location estimate to obtain the current (new) absolute location of the NDI scanner.
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33.发明公开公开(公告)号：US20230182922A1
公开(公告)日：2023-06-15
申请号：US17551049
申请日：2021-12-14
Applicant: The Boeing Company
IPC: B64F1/02
CPC classification number: B64F1/0299
Abstract: End effectors and systems may capture, release, and/or create a mating engagement between the end effector and a target object. Said end effectors are tolerant of positional and rotational misalignment of the target object, and include a plurality of roller wheels, one or more of which is arranged in a non-parallel plane with respect to one or more other roller wheels. A first roller wheel configured to rotate in a first plane, a second roller wheel configured to rotate in a second plane, and a third roller wheel configured to rotate in a third plane may be arranged such that the end effector is configured to engage a passive receptacle of the target object, to capture the target object. Rotating the roller wheels in the opposite direction may cause the target object to be released or launched, by urging the passive receptacle off of or away from the roller wheels.
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公开(公告)号：US11630459B2
公开(公告)日：2023-04-18
申请号：US16776177
申请日：2020-01-29
Applicant: The Boeing Company
Inventor： Gary E. Georgeson , Joseph L. Hafenrichter , James J. Troy , Gregory J. Sweers
Abstract: Methods and apparatus for performing repair operations using an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The methods are enabled by equipping the UAV with tools for rapidly repairing a large structure or object (e.g., an aircraft or a wind turbine blade) that is not easily accessible to maintenance personnel. A plurality of tools are available for robotic selection and placement at the repair site. The tools are designed to perform respective repair operations in sequence in accordance with a specified repair plan, which plan may take into account the results of a previously performed UAV-enabled inspection.
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35.发明申请公开(公告)号：US20230051276A1
公开(公告)日：2023-02-16
申请号：US17953146
申请日：2022-09-26
Applicant: The Boeing Company
Inventor： Gary E. Georgeson , Joseph L. Hafenrichter , James J. Troy , Gregory J. Sweers , Jeong-Beom Ihn
Abstract: A method for wirelessly coupling respective transducers of an automated motion platform and a sub-surface sensor node through a skin of a limited-access structure for the purpose of wireless power and data transfer. Coordinates of an as-designed position of the transducer of the sensor node in a local coordinate system of the limited-access structure are retrieved from a non-transitory tangible computer-readable storage medium. Then coordinates of a target position on an external surface of the skin of the limited-access structure are estimated. The target position is calculated to be aligned with the as-designed position of the transducer of the sensor node. The motion platform is moved under computer control so that the transducer onboard the motion platform moves toward the target position. Movement ceases when the transducer onboard the motion platform is at the target position. Then wave energy is transferred between the aligned transducers.
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公开(公告)号：US11238675B2
公开(公告)日：2022-02-01
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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公开(公告)号：US20210232141A1
公开(公告)日：2021-07-29
申请号：US16776177
申请日：2020-01-29
Applicant: The Boeing Company
Inventor： Gary E. Georgeson , Joseph L. Hafenrichter , James J. Troy , Gregory J. Sweers
Abstract: Methods and apparatus for performing repair operations using an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The methods are enabled by equipping the UAV with tools for rapidly repairing a large structure or object (e.g., an aircraft or a wind turbine blade) that is not easily accessible to maintenance personnel. A plurality of tools are available for robotic selection and placement at the repair site. The tools are designed to perform respective repair operations in sequence in accordance with a specified repair plan, which plan may take into account the results of a previously performed UAV-enabled inspection.
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公开(公告)号：US20210089817A1
公开(公告)日：2021-03-25
申请号：US16580200
申请日：2019-09-24
Applicant: The Boeing Company
Inventor： Joseph L. Hafenrichter , James J. Troy , Gary E. Georgeson
Abstract: Systems and methods for tracking the location of a non-destructive inspection (NDI) scanner using images of a target object acquired by the NDI scanner. The system includes a frame, an NDI scanner supported by the frame, a system configured to enable motorized movement of the frame, and a computer system communicatively coupled to receive sensor data from the NDI scanner and track the location of the NDI scanner. The NDI scanner includes a two-dimensional (2-D) array of sensors. Subsurface depth sensor data is repeatedly (recurrently, continually) acquired by and output from the 2-D sensor array while at different locations on a surface of the target object. The resulting 2-D scan image sequence is fed into an image processing and feature point comparison module that is configured to track the location of the scanner relative to the target object using virtual features visible in the acquired scan images.
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公开(公告)号：US10957116B2
公开(公告)日：2021-03-23
申请号：US16124625
申请日：2018-09-07
Applicant: The Boeing Company
Inventor： James Parsons , Steven Malarkey , William McGarry , Robert Brandt , James J. Troy
Abstract: A system for analysis of gaps between modeled parts of an assembly to be produced is provided. The system generates a three-dimensional (3D) visualization environment of 3D models of a plurality of parts in the assembly and performs an analysis of those of the 3D models within a given proximity to each other to determine gaps therebetween, including any non-acceptable gaps with gap distances that exceed an acceptable gap threshold. The system generates, for a non-acceptable gap, an instruction and automatically implements the instruction to correct the non-acceptable gap and confirms that the non-acceptable gap as corrected does not have a gap distance that exceeds the acceptable gap threshold. The system generates an output of a 3D model of the assembly populated with the 3D models and with the non-acceptable gap as corrected for use in connection with production of the assembly.
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公开(公告)号：US10803848B1
公开(公告)日：2020-10-13
申请号：US16691639
申请日：2019-11-22
Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANY
Inventor： James J. Troy
Abstract: An audio instrument includes a component assembly, a pan-tilt mechanism, and one or more processors. The component assembly includes a parabolic reflector, an audio device, and a sensor unit. The audio device is configured to one or more of receive or transmit sound waves via a transducer element disposed within a communication envelope of the parabolic reflector. The sensor unit includes a distance measurement sensor. The pan-tilt mechanism orients the component assembly at independent angular rotations about two orthogonal axes relative to a support platform. The one or more processors are configured to control the pan-tilt mechanism to orient the component assembly such that a central axis of the parabolic reflector is aimed towards a specific three-dimensional location for targeted audio communication between the audio device and a target at the specific three-dimensional location.
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