Patents by Inventor Gerald Bernard Nightingale

Gerald Bernard Nightingale 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).

  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NON-DESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION OF AN ENGINE
    Publication number: 20100194749
    Abstract: A method for non-destructive examination of components within an assembly is described. The method includes producing an image of at least a portion of the assembly, extracting a point cloud of the image, registering the point cloud to a CAD coordinate system, and determining points in the point cloud of the image that are more than a selected distance from surfaces on a corresponding CAD model utilizing the same CAD coordinate system. The method also includes utilizing the determined points to detect the presence of anomalies within the assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2009
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Inventors: Gerald Bernard Nightingale, Andrew Joseph Galish, Francis Howard Little