Patents by Inventor Gary Pitcher

Gary Pitcher has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20110273555
    Abstract: A method for filtering radiation on a CCD based camera inspection video, the method including: capturing video signals via the camera; converting the video signals to a plurality of digital video frames; identifying radiation bright spots, defined as xnoids, in a pixel of at least one of the frames, replacing the xnoids and surrounding pixels with corresponding pixels of another of the frames to create a filtered frame. A system for the inspection of a nuclear power plant comprising: a camera; and a computer, the computer configured to execute identifying xnoids in a pixel of at least one digitized video frame and replacing the xnoids and surrounding pixels with corresponding pixels of another of the frames to create a filtered frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2010
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Applicant: AREVA INC.
    Inventor: Gary Pitcher
  • Publication number: 20100119028
    Abstract: A BWR steam dryer remote visual inspection system including a support moveable along a first axis over the steam dryer, the support having a longitudinal direction; a trolley movable along the support in the longitudinal direction; a mast fixed to the trolley and moveable at a predetermined angle with respect to a plane defined by the first axis and longitudinal direction; and a camera coupled to an end of the mast.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2009
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Applicant: AREVA NP INC
    Inventors: Mark A. Sloman, Chuck Werner, Frank Klahn, Russ Croucher, Bob Furter, Gary Pitcher