Patents by Inventor Richard Neil Blair

Richard Neil Blair 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).

  • Cataloging system for recording manufacture anomaly data related to type, severity, and position with a wireless probe
    Patent number: 9067690
    Abstract: An anomaly detection and cataloging system is described that includes a handheld probe having a probe tip, a user interface, and a communications interface. The system further includes a system controller and a probe locating device. The probe is operable, via the user interface, for transmitting, via the communications interface, a user selected anomaly type to the system controller, the anomaly type being associated with a manufactured part or airplane on the ground (AOG). The probe locating device is operable to provide to the system controller a location associated with the probe tip, and the system is programmed to associate the user selected anomaly type with the location associated with the probe tip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Samuel Francis Pedigo, Brice A. Johnson, Craig Farris Battles, Donald L. Kaiser, Kimberly Jyl Kaiser, Richard Neil Blair, Winfeng Li, James M. Cobb, Matthew W. Smith
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED ANOMALY LOCATION AND CLASSIFICATION
    Publication number: 20130054176
    Abstract: An anomaly detection and cataloging system is described that includes a handheld probe having a probe tip, a user interface, and a communications interface. The system further includes a system controller and a probe locating device. The probe is operable, via the user interface, for transmitting, via the communications interface, a user selected anomaly type to the system controller, the anomaly type being associated with a manufactured part or airplane on the ground (AOG). The probe locating device is operable to provide to the system controller a location associated with the probe tip, and the system is programmed to associate the user selected anomaly type with the location associated with the probe tip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2011
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Inventors: Samuel Francis Pedigo, Brice A. Johnson, Craig Farris Battles, Donald L. Kaiser, Kimberly Jyl Kaiser, Richard Neil Blair, Winfeng Li, James M. Cobb, Matthew W. Smith
  • Data management for intermittently connected sensors
    Patent number: 8130081
    Abstract: A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for managing data on an intermittently connected sensor. A data management system manages the data on radio frequency identification tags. The data management system comprises a radio frequency identification tag capable of storing the data, program code stored on the radio frequency identification tag, and a reader data processing system. The reader data processing system is capable of receiving the data and the program code from the radio frequency identification tag in a radio frequency signal and capable of executing the program code to read the data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Kevin Yong Ung, Richard Neil Blair, Arun Ayyagari, Craig Farris Battles, Thanh Duc Hoang, Brian James Smith, William P. Coop, Marc Rollo Matsen
  • DATA MANAGEMENT FOR INTERMITTENTLY CONNECTED SENSORS
    Publication number: 20090212914
    Abstract: A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for managing data on an intermittently connected sensor. A data management system manages the data on radio frequency identification tags. The data management system comprises a radio frequency identification tag capable of storing the data, program code stored on the radio frequency identification tag, and a reader data processing system. The reader data processing system is capable of receiving the data and the program code from the radio frequency identification tag in a radio frequency signal and capable of executing the program code to read the data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2008
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Inventors: Kevin Yong Ung, Richard Neil Blair, Arun Ayyagari, Craig Farris Battles, Thanh Duc Hoang, Brian James Smith, William P. Coop, Marc Rollo Matsen