Patents by Inventor Chris A. Cantrell

Chris A. Cantrell 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).

  • Patent number: 11941840
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods determine the three-dimensional position and orientation of a fiducial marker and tracking the three-dimensional position and orientation across different fields-of-view. Methods include: capturing an image of a first space in which the fiducial marker is disposed with a first sensor having a first field-of-view; determining the three-dimensional location and orientation of the fiducial marker within the first space based on the image of the first space in which the fiducial marker is disposed; capturing an image of a second space in which the fiducial marker is disposed with a second sensor having a second field-of-view; calculating pan and tilt information for the second sensor to move the second field-of-view of the second sensor to acquire an image of the fiducial marker; and determining the three-dimensional location and orientation of the fiducial marker within the second space based on the image of the second space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Yang Chen, Deepak Khosla, David Huber, Brandon M. Courter, Shane E. Arthur, Chris A. Cantrell, Anthony W. Baker
  • Publication number: 20230090757
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods determine the three-dimensional position and orientation of a fiducial marker and tracking the three-dimensional position and orientation across different fields-of-view. Methods include: capturing an image of a first space in which the fiducial marker is disposed with a first sensor having a first field-of-view; determining the three-dimensional location and orientation of the fiducial marker within the first space based on the image of the first space in which the fiducial marker is disposed; capturing an image of a second space in which the fiducial marker is disposed with a second sensor having a second field-of-view; calculating pan and tilt information for the second sensor to move the second field-of-view of the second sensor to acquire an image of the fiducial marker; and determining the three-dimensional location and orientation of the fiducial marker within the second space based on the image of the second space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Yang CHEN, Deepak KHOSLA, David HUBER, Brandon M. COURTER, Shane E. ARTHUR, Chris A. CANTRELL, Anthony W. BAKER
  • Patent number: 10732284
    Abstract: A method for live metrology of an object includes performing a scanning operation by a plurality of sensors to collect electronic images of an object. The electronic images include 3-D point cloud data for live metrology of the object and the point cloud data from each sensor define a point cloud that represents the object. The method also includes stitching the point clouds from the plurality of sensors to generate a reconstructed model of an as-manufactured object. The method further includes comparing the reconstructed model of the as-manufactured object to an as-designed model of the object to determine that the object is manufactured within an allowable tolerance to the as-designed model of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Liam Antonio Wingert, Chris A. Cantrell, Anthony W. Baker, Kenneth Paul Bowers, III, James A. Grossnickle
  • Publication number: 20190033461
    Abstract: A method for live metrology of an object includes performing a scanning operation by a plurality of sensors to collect electronic images of an object. The electronic images include 3-D point cloud data for live metrology of the object and the point cloud data from each sensor define a point cloud that represents the object. The method also includes stitching the point clouds from the plurality of sensors to generate a reconstructed model of an as-manufactured object. The method further includes comparing the reconstructed model of the as-manufactured object to an as-designed model of the object to determine that the object is manufactured within an allowable tolerance to the as-designed model of the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: Liam Antonio Wingert, Chris A. Cantrell, Anthony W. Baker, Kenneth Paul Bowers, III, James A. Grossnickle