Patents by Inventor Christopher David Richardson

Christopher David Richardson 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: 10133994
    Abstract: In a computer implemented method for management of materials on a construction site, a status of a project which uses at least one material is determined by a computer system. A report is generated by the computer system. The report identifies a vehicle, from a vehicle pool, to be utilized to move the material and defines a load of the material which is to be moved by the vehicle, according to a mass haul plan, from a first location to a second location. The vehicle is identified based on results of a simulation. The status of the project is automatically updated by the computer system based on an actual size and an actual drop-off location of the load of the material moved by the vehicle. The computer system updates the report based on the updating of the status of the project.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Trimble Inc.
    Inventors: Mark E. Nichols, Bryn Fosburgh, Christopher David Richardson, Peter Graham Gipps, George Derrick Darby, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20130024245
    Abstract: In a computer implemented method for management of materials on a construction site, a status of a project which uses at least one material is determined by a computer system. A report is generated by the computer system. The report identifies a vehicle, from a vehicle pool, to be utilized to move the material and defines a load of the material which is to be moved by the vehicle, according to a mass haul plan, from a first location to a second location. The vehicle is identified based on results of a simulation. The status of the project is automatically updated by the computer system based on an actual size and an actual drop-off location of the load of the material moved by the vehicle. The computer system updates the report based on the updating of the status of the project.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2012
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Applicant: Trimble Navigation Limited
    Inventors: Mark E. Nichols, Bryn Fosburgh, Christopher David Richardson, Peter Graham Gipps, George Derrick Darby, JR.
  • Patent number: 8306836
    Abstract: A computer implemented method and computer system for management of materials on a construction site. In one embodiment, at least one cost scenario is defined for moving at least one material with a vehicle pool. A status of a project which uses the material is then determined. A report is generated which identifies a vehicle of the vehicle pool and defines a load of the material which is to be moved by the vehicle from a first location to a second location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Trimble Navigation Limited
    Inventors: Mark E. Nichols, Bryn Fosburgh, Christopher David Richardson, Peter Graham Gipps, George Derrick Darby, Jr.