Patents by Inventor Carl E. Bouffiou
Carl E. Bouffiou 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).
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Patent number: 8996151Abstract: A method for visualization of product build which includes compilation of a virtual temporal configuration of an in-process assembly and visualization of the results using three-dimensional representations of the affected products and associated resources. An illustrative embodiment of the method includes formulating a plurality of installation plans each adapted to direct production of a portion of a product within a build sequence of the product and enabling three-dimensional virtual visualization of a temporal build state of the portion of a product for each of the installation plans.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2010Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Carl E. Bouffiou, Robert J. Schreiber, Steven E. Franzen, Joe Anelle, William A. Kehner, Mark E. VanHorne, Robert Lorbeski
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Patent number: 8401688Abstract: Engineering requirements are defined in an electronic environment. In one embodiment, a method includes providing at least one of a set of master requirements and a set of version requirements to be applied to the electronic product definition, and referencing an electronic reference document from at least one of the set of master requirements and the set of version requirements, the electronic reference document including one or more particular engineering requirements to be applied to the electronic product definition. Alternately, a method includes defining a callout linked to the at least one of the set of master requirements and the set of version requirements, the callout being adapted to supersede a conflicting engineering requirement set forth in at least one of the set of master requirements and the set of version requirements.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2008Date of Patent: March 19, 2013Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Allan M. Hansen, Bradley K. Jackson, Lawrence W. Rogers, Scott A. Schieferdecker, David W. Patterson, Philip H. Farcy, Carl E. Bouffiou, Jerry D. Zayic
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Patent number: 8060237Abstract: A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for manufacturing a product. In response to receiving an identification of the product, a process object associated with the product may be identified. A completed instance of the process object may be created for the product. A set of instructions may be presented to manufacture the product using the completed instance of the process object.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2007Date of Patent: November 15, 2011Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Steven E. Franzen, Joseph Anelle, Carl E. Bouffiou, William J. Hlavacek, Max N. Jensen, David Q. Ledosquet, Robert J. Schreiber
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Publication number: 20110022208Abstract: A method for visualization of product build which includes compilation of a virtual temporal configuration of an in-process assembly and visualization of the results using three-dimensional representations of the affected products and associated resources. An illustrative embodiment of the method includes formulating a plurality of installation plans each adapted to direct production of a portion of a product within a build sequence of the product and enabling three-dimensional virtual visualization of a temporal build state of the portion of a product for each of the installation plans.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2010Publication date: January 27, 2011Inventors: CARL E. BOUFFIOU, Robert J. Schreiber, Steven E. Franzen, Joe Anelle, William A. Kehner, Mark E. VanHorne, Robert Lorbeski
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Publication number: 20090171490Abstract: Engineering requirements are defined in an electronic environment. In one embodiment, a method includes providing at least one of a set of master requirements and a set of version requirements to be applied to the electronic product definition, and referencing an electronic reference document from at least one of the set of master requirements and the set of version requirements, the electronic reference document including one or more particular engineering requirements to be applied to the electronic product definition. Alternately, a method includes defining a callout linked to the at least one of the set of master requirements and the set of version requirements, the callout being adapted to supersede a conflicting engineering requirement set forth in at least one of the set of master requirements and the set of version requirements.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2008Publication date: July 2, 2009Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANYInventors: Allan M. Hansen, Bradley K. Jackson, Lawrence W. Rogers, Scott A. Schieferdecker, David W. Patterson, Philip H. Farcy, Carl E. Bouffiou, Jerry D. Zayic
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Publication number: 20090069920Abstract: A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for manufacturing a product. In response to receiving an identification of the product, a process object associated with the product may be identified. A completed instance of the process object may be created for the product. A set of instructions may be presented to manufacture the product using the completed instance of the process object.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2007Publication date: March 12, 2009Inventors: Steven E. Franzen, Joseph Anelle, Carl E. Bouffiou, William J. Hlavacek, Max N. Jensen, David Q. Ledosquet, Robert J. Schreiber
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Publication number: 20090030661Abstract: Systems and methods are described for three-dimensional process planning. In one embodiment, one or more manufacturing requirements are received, and an authoritative three-dimensional (3D) computer-aided design (CAD) model of a component is generated or selected. A sub-process associated with the authoritative 3D CAD model of the component is generated based on the one or more manufacturing requirements. The authoritative 3D CAD model of the component is associated with the sub-process using a product-to-process relationship, and the sub-process (or the product-to-process relationship) is included into a process plan. The authoritative 3D CAD model of the component is displayed in a display of a 3D definition of the product in accordance with the product-to-process relationship.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2007Publication date: January 29, 2009Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANYInventors: Carl E. Bouffiou, William J. Hlavacek, Steven E. Franzen, Robert J. Schreiber, Joe Anelle, David Q. LeDosquet, Jerry D. Zayic, Gerald S. Frazier
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Patent number: 7471989Abstract: Methods for defining engineering requirements in an electronic environment are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes providing at least one of a set of master requirements and a set of version requirements to be applied to the electronic product definition, and referencing an electronic reference document from at least one of the set of master requirements and the set of version requirements, the electronic reference document including one or more particular engineering requirements to be applied to the electronic product definition. Alternately, a method includes defining a callout linked to the at least one of the set of master requirements and the set of version requirements, the callout being adapted to supersede a conflicting engineering requirement set forth in at least one of the set of master requirements and the set of version requirements.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2004Date of Patent: December 30, 2008Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Allan M. Hansen, Bradley K. Jackson, Lawrence W. Rogers, Scott A. Schieferdecker, David W. Patterson, Philip H. Farcy, Carl E. Bouffiou, Jerry D. Zayic
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Publication number: 20080187897Abstract: A system and method that makes use of a software module for implementing a work instruction authoring tool having a user selectable output format. In one embodiment the software module is in communication with a single source library containing a plurality of different types of process data for enabling a plurality of different types of work instruction authoring tools to be executed. The software module provides a user selectable output field. This enables the user to select output information from the work authoring tool to be presented in a text window, as an annotation, or as an audio output. Enabling the user to select the output format of information being used to perform a work instruction significantly enhances the flexibility and ease of manipulating and working with various types of data and information while creating or modifying a work instruction.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2007Publication date: August 7, 2008Inventors: Steven E. Franzen, Carl E. Bouffiou, Robert J. Schreiber, Joseph Anelle, Jennifer C. Theisen, Mark O. Fortney, Jay S. Seddon
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Patent number: 7321804Abstract: The present invention is directed to systems and methods for compiling production and planning information. In one embodiment, a system for planning the production of a product includes at least one database configured to store engineering information related to the product, and further configured to store process information related to the product, and a processor coupled to the at least one database to combine selected information from the at least one database to generate a manufacturing planning document that defines the product. In another embodiment, a method of generating a manufacturing bill of material for a selected product includes compiling a process data structure from the process information, compiling a product data structure from the engineering information, and generating a manufacturing bill of material by combining the process data structure and the product data structure.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2004Date of Patent: January 22, 2008Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Jerry D. Zayic, Carl E. Bouffiou, Joe Anelle, Robert J. Schreiber, Steve DuPont, Steve E. Franzen, Brad J. Harrison