Patents by Inventor Glen Edward Murphy

Glen Edward Murphy 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).

  • Log scanning system
    Patent number: 10503943
    Abstract: A log scanning system and method for scanning a log load. Each individual log in the log load may have an ID element with a unique log ID data on at least one log end face. The system has a handheld scanner unit for free-form scanning by an operator over a load end face of the log load. The scanner unit has a depth sensor configured to capture a series of depth images of the load end face and a texture sensor configured to capture a series of texture images of the load end face during the load end face scan. The system also has a data processor(s) that receives and processes the depth and texture images captured from the scan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: C 3 Limited
    Inventors: Nawar Sami Alwesh, Glen Edward Murphy, David William Penman, Johann August Schoonees, Robert Jan Valkenburg
  • LOG SCANNING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20170235983
    Abstract: A log scanning system and method for scanning a log load. Each individual log in the log load may have an ID element with a unique log ID data on at least one log end face. The system has a handheld scanner unit for free-form scanning by an operator over a load end face of the log load. The scanner unit has a depth sensor configured to capture a series of depth images of the load end face and a texture sensor configured to capture a series of texture images of the load end face during the load end face scan. The system also has a data processor(s) that receives and processes the depth and texture images captured from the scan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2015
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Inventors: Nawar Sami Alwesh, Glen Edward Murphy, David William Penman, Johann August Schoonees, Robert Jan Valkenburg