Patents by Inventor Graeme John Winstanley

Graeme John Winstanley 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).

  • Digital terrain mapping with GPS and laser system
    Patent number: 8358810
    Abstract: This invention concerns digital terrain mapping, and in particular a method for producing digital terrain maps of the vicinity around large rotating machinery, such as draglines, shovels, excavators, wheel loaders or cranes. The method involves the following steps: Mounting a 2-Dimensions laser scanner and a high-accuracy RTK GPS system to an item of large rotating machinery, at a radial extremity of the machinery. Arranging the laser scanner to record radial lines of data representing the terrain below the extremity of the machinery. Rotating the machinery completely about its axis of rotation and generating data from both the laser scanner and GPS system that represents the terrain around the machinery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
    Inventors: Jonathan Michael Roberts, Graeme John Winstanley
  • DIGITAL TERRAIN MAPPING WITH GPS AND LASER SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20100034421
    Abstract: This invention concerns digital terrain mapping, and in particular a method for producing digital terrain maps of the vicinity around large rotating machinery, such as draglines, shovels, excavators, wheel loaders or cranes. The method involves the following steps: Mounting a 2-Dimensions laser scanner and a high-accuracy RTK GPS system to an item of large rotating machinery, at a radial extremity of the machinery. Arranging the laser scanner to record radial lines of data representing the terrain below the extremity of the machinery. Rotating the machinery completely about its axis of rotation and generating data from both the laser scanner and GPS system that represents the terrain around the machinery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2007
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Inventors: Jonathan Michael Roberts, Graeme John Winstanley