Patents by Inventor Jacob Pete McHenry

Jacob Pete McHenry 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 and apparatus for coating thickness inspection of a surface and coating defects of the surface
    Patent number: 11216928
    Abstract: A method and apparatus is provided to inspect coverage of a coating applied to a surface of a component. A coating color space value of a color of the coating is obtained based on a camera, a light source, and the surface, each value having an associated coating thickness applied to the surface. Images of the coating covered surface are obtained. Each image is processed by determining color space values of the image, determining whether the associated coating thickness of the color space values is within a specified tolerance of a required thickness of coating based on a comparison of the color space values to color space values associated with the required thickness of coating, and responsive to the associated thickness of coating of the color space values being outside of the specified tolerance, providing an indication that the surface shown in the image is outside of the specified tolerance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Amir Afrasiabi, Gabriel Burnett, Chandler Chockalingam, William David Kelsey, Jacob Pete McHenry, Rosemary Pham
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COATING THICKNESS INSPECTION OF A SURFACE AND COATING DEFECTS OF THE SURFACE
    Publication number: 20210073970
    Abstract: A method and apparatus is provided to inspect coverage of a coating applied to a surface of a component. A coating color space value of a color of the coating is obtained based on a camera, a light source, and the surface, each value having an associated coating thickness applied to the surface. Images of the coating covered surface are obtained. Each image is processed by determining color space values of the image, determining whether the associated coating thickness of the color space values is within a specified tolerance of a required thickness of coating based on a comparison of the color space values to color space values associated with the required thickness of coating, and responsive to the associated thickness of coating of the color space values being outside of the specified tolerance, providing an indication that the surface shown in the image is outside of the specified tolerance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Amir Afrasiabi, Gabriel Burnett, Chandler Chockalingam, William David Kelsey, Jacob Pete McHenry, Rosemary Pham