Patents by Inventor G. Christopher McAleenan

G. Christopher McAleenan 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: 11067388
    Abstract: Systems and methods for physical asset inspection are provided. According to one embodiment, a probe is positioned to multiple data capture positions with reference to a physical asset. For each position: odometry data is obtained from an encoder and/or an IMU; a 2D image is captured by a camera; a 3D sensor data frame is captured by a 3D sensor, having a view plane overlapping that of the camera; the odometry data, the 2D image and the 3D sensor data frame are linked and associated with a physical point in real-world space based on the odometry data; and switching between 2D and 3D views within the collected data is facilitated by forming a set of points containing both 2D and 3D data by performing UV mapping based on a known positioning of the camera relative to the 3D sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: The Charles Machine Works, Inc.
    Inventors: G. Christopher McAleenan, Matthew T. Wicke
  • Publication number: 20190242696
    Abstract: Systems and methods for physical asset inspection are provided. According to one embodiment, a probe is positioned to multiple data capture positions with reference to a physical asset. For each position: odometry data is obtained from an encoder and/or an IMU; a 2D image is captured by a camera; a 3D sensor data frame is captured by a 3D sensor, having a view plane overlapping that of the camera; the odometry data, the 2D image and the 3D sensor data frame are linked and associated with a physical point in real-world space based on the odometry data; and switching between 2D and 3D views within the collected data is facilitated by forming a set of points containing both 2D and 3D data by performing UV mapping based on a known positioning of the camera relative to the 3D sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2019
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: G. Christopher McAleenan, Matthew T. Wicke
  • Publication number: 20160249021
    Abstract: Systems and methods for physical asset inspection are provided. According to one embodiment, a probe is positioned to multiple data capture positions with reference to a physical asset. For each position: odometry data is obtained from an encoder and/or an IMU; a 2D image is captured by a camera; a 3D sensor data frame is captured by a 3D sensor, having a view plane overlapping that of the camera; the odometry data, the 2D image and the 3D sensor data frame are linked and associated with a physical point in real-world space based on the odometry data; and switching between 2D and 3D views within the collected data is facilitated by forming a set of points containing both 2D and 3D data by performing UV mapping based on a known positioning of the camera relative to the 3D sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Applicant: Industrial Technology Group, LLC
    Inventors: G. Christopher McAleenan, Matthew T. Wicke
  • Publication number: 20050108097
    Abstract: A web-based food ordering system includes a customer computer system in communication with a server. The server hosts a restaurant related web site that provides web pages of restaurant information for participating restaurants to a customer, via the customer computer system. The server is coupled to a public telephone network and the server provides verbal order information to a selected one of the participating restaurants responsive to input from the customer provided via the customer computer system. The input from the customer includes a special order entry in textual format.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2004
    Publication date: May 19, 2005
    Inventor: G. Christopher McAleenan