Patents by Inventor Andy George

Andy George 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).

  • Data acquisition for liquid composite molding
    Patent number: 11250555
    Abstract: A method for in-situ data acquisition comprises providing a mold, wherein at least a portion of the mold is transparent, inserting a liquid composite molding reinforcement into a cavity of the mold, injecting a fluid into the cavity of the mold, the fluid comprising a fluorescent dye, lighting the mold with an ultraviolet lighting source and capturing a plurality of images of a front portion of the fluid as the fluid advances within the cavity of the mold. Capturing the plurality of images of a front portion of the fluid may include advancing a camera along a camera track as the fluid advances within the cavity of the mold. A corresponding method and computer program product for processing images captured by the above method are also disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Brigham Young University
    Inventors: Brock Zobell, Caleb Lystrup, Kim Stevens, Andy George, Razmik Boodaghians
  • DATA ACQUISITION FOR LIQUID COMPOSITE MOLDING
    Publication number: 20200143530
    Abstract: A method for in-situ data acquisition comprises providing a mold, wherein at least a portion of the mold is transparent, inserting a liquid composite molding reinforcement into a cavity of the mold, injecting a fluid into the cavity of the mold, the fluid comprising a fluorescent dye, lighting the mold with an ultraviolet lighting source and capturing a plurality of images of a front portion of the fluid as the fluid advances within the cavity of the mold. Capturing the plurality of images of a front portion of the fluid may include advancing a camera along a camera track as the fluid advances within the cavity of the mold. A corresponding method and computer program product for processing images captured by the above method are also disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Applicant: Brigham Young University
    Inventors: Brock Zobell, Caleb Lystrup, Kim Stevens, Andy George, Razmik Boodaghians