Patents by Inventor Charles L. Guffey

Charles L. Guffey 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).

  • Apparatus and method for capturing and displaying images of the undercarriage of vehicles including one or more scene cameras
    Patent number: 8067719
    Abstract: A portable undercarriage vehicle inspection system (UVIS) (100) uses an under vehicle imaging (UVI) module (110) to capture an image of the undercarriage of a vehicle. The UVIS also includes multiple scene cameras (120) that capture the associated vehicle scene images. The scene cameras are easy to view and manipulate. The undercarriage image and the associated vehicle scene images are provided to a power and communications unit (PCU) (140) through a network (130) such as Ethernet. These images may be stored in a database repository connected to the network. A notebook computer will serve as an operator workstation (150, 152, 154) for display of real-time, as well as historical, vehicular records. An operator viewing the images can enter additional information related to the images, such as comments and remarks, and archive all of the information for future reference and comparisons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: Perceptics, LLC
    Inventors: Juan A. Herrera, Charles A. Cruey, George E. Deichert, Alfred L Marston, III, Anthony S. Nelms, Christopher C. Richardson, Kent A. Rinehart, Richard P. Williams, Charles L. Guffey, Augustin L. Manolache
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CAPTURING AND DISPLAYING IMAGES OF THE UNDERCARRIAGE OF VEHICLES
    Publication number: 20080211914
    Abstract: A portable undercarriage vehicle inspection system (UVIS) (100) uses an under vehicle imaging (UVI) module (110) to capture an image of the undercarriage of a vehicle. The UVIS also includes multiple scene cameras (120) that capture the associated vehicle scene images. The scene cameras are easy to view and manipulate. The undercarriage image and the associated vehicle scene images are provided to a power and communications unit (PCU) (140) through a network (130) such as Ethernet. These images may be stored in a database repository connected to the network. A notebook computer will serve as an operator workstation (150, 152, 154) for display of real-time, as well as historical, vehicular records. An operator viewing the images can enter additional information related to the images, such as comments and remarks, and archive all of the information for future reference and comparisons.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2007
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Applicant: PERCEPTICS, LLC
    Inventors: Juan A. Herrera, Charles A. Cruey, George E. Deichert, Alfred L. Marston, Anthony S. Nelms, Christopher C. Richardson, Kent A. Rinehart, Richard P. Williams, Charles L. Guffey, Augustin L. Manolache
  • Automated inspection of packaging materials for package integrity
    Patent number: 7142707
    Abstract: An apparatus in one example comprises a computer component that receives one or more images of one or more packaging materials from one or more imaging components. The computer component employs an analysis of the one or more images to make a determination of a package integrity of the one or more packaging materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2006
    Assignee: Northrop Grumman Corporation
    Inventors: Mohsen Abdollahi, Kevin H. Giles, Charles L. Guffey, Jun Liu, Bernard Roche, Peter W. Sites, Robert P. Whalen