Patents by Inventor Dane P. BROWN

Dane P. BROWN 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).

  • Autonomous path planning and path execution for decontamination of nuclear power plant objects
    Patent number: 11685054
    Abstract: A method of decontaminating an object removed from a nuclear power plant utilizing a decontamination system is disclosed. The decontamination system includes a platform, an imaging system, a robotic arm including an end effector configured to discharge a decontamination medium, and a control system operably coupled to the imaging system and the robotic arm. The method includes placing the object on the platform, scanning, by the imaging system, the object, generating, by the control system, a three-dimensional model of the object based on the scanned object, planning, by the control system, a decontamination path based on the generated three-dimensional model, controlling, by the control system, a position of the robotic arm according to the planned decontamination path, and discharging, by the end effector, the decontamination medium onto the object at a plurality of positions along the planned decontamination path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Company LLC
    Inventors: Michael A. Lapresti, Dane P. Brown, W. Edward Bruce, IV, Lyman J. Petrosky, Nicholas N. Bhai, Joonwhee Park, Murali Tejo Vijay Narasimhadevara, Mark Schnepf, Jared Glover
  • AUTONOMOUS PATH PLANNING AND PATH EXECUTION FOR DECONTAMINATION OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANT OBJECTS
    Publication number: 20220203552
    Abstract: A method of decontaminating an object removed from a nuclear power plant utilizing a decontamination system is disclosed. The decontamination system includes a platform, an imaging system, a robotic arm including an end effector configured to discharge a decontamination medium, and a control system operably coupled to the imaging system and the robotic arm. The method includes placing the object on the platform, scanning, by the imaging system, the object, generating, by the control system, a three-dimensional model of the object based on the scanned object, planning, by the control system, a decontamination path based on the generated three-dimensional model, controlling, by the control system, a position of the robotic arm according to the planned decontamination path, and discharging, by the end effector, the decontamination medium onto the object at a plurality of positions along the planned decontamination path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Applicant: Westinghouse Electric Company LLC
    Inventors: Michael A. LAPRESTI, Dane P. BROWN, W. Edward BRUCE, IV, Lyman J. PETROSKY, Nicholas N. BHAI, Joonwhee PARK, Murali Tejo Vijay NARASIMHADEVARA, Mark SCHNEPF, Jared GLOVER