Patents by Inventor Frank QUERFURTH

Frank QUERFURTH 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).

  • Method for automatically mapping the radiation in a portion of a building and a robot vehicle
    Patent number: 12693434
    Abstract: A method is for automatically mapping the radiation in a portion of a building (7) using a robot vehicle (1). The portion of the building includes a plurality of building surfaces (9, 10). The method includes acquiring (1010) a 3D map (42) of a portion of a building (7). The 3D map (42) includes a plurality of segments (44), each representing a substantially flat building surface. The method further comprises applying (1020) to each segment (44) a plurality sectors forming a grid of sectors (46), each sector (46) having a border (48); physically marking, by the robot vehicle (1), the border (48) of each sector (46) with paint on the corresponding building surface (9, 10); and for one or more sectors (46), scanning, by the robot vehicle (1), with a radiation sensor (28) each sector (46), to measure the radioactive radiation within that sector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2026
    Assignee: FRAMATOME GmbH
    Inventors: Sebastian Kohn, Oliver Sommer, Felix Jan Rösel, Ansgar Kleideiter, Naeel Muhamad Ali, Frank Querfurth
  • METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY MAPPING THE RADIATION IN A PORTION OF A BUILDING AND A ROBOT VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20240393481
    Abstract: A method is for automatically mapping the radiation in a portion of a building (7) using a robot vehicle (1). The portion of the building includes a plurality of building surfaces (9, 10). The method includes acquiring (1010) a 3D map (42) of a portion of a building (7). The 3D map (42) includes a plurality of segments (44), each representing a substantially flat building surface. The method further comprises applying (1020) to each segment (44) a plurality sectors forming a grid of sectors (46), each sector (46) having a border (48); physically marking, by the robot vehicle (1), the border (48) of each sector (46) with paint on the corresponding building surface (9, 10); and for one or more sectors (46), scanning, by the robot vehicle (1), with a radiation sensor (28) each sector (46), to measure the radioactive radiation within that sector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2021
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Inventors: Sebastian KOHN, Oliver SOMMER, Felix Jan RÖSEL, Ansgar KLEIDEITER, Naeel MUHAMAD ALI, Frank QUERFURTH