Patents by Inventor Jeffery A. Bus

Jeffery A. Bus 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).

  • Data acquisition and encoding process linking physical objects with virtual data for manufacturing, inspection, maintenance and repair
    Patent number: 10289263
    Abstract: A method is provided that includes rendering for display, a digital three-dimensional (3D) model of a structural product composed of a plurality of parts, with the digital 3D model being observed from a home viewpoint. Input is received to navigate the digital 3D model to a part of the plurality of parts, observation of the digital 3D model being moved from the home viewpoint to a navigated viewpoint. A digital label is generated that includes information specifying the navigated viewpoint and includes information for the part. The digital label may be output to a label recorder configured to record the digital label on a physical medium and thereby produce a corresponding physical label. At least the navigated viewpoint of the digital 3D model in the digital label and corresponding physical label are in a machine-readable format and capable of being machine-read to automatically restore the digital 3D model at the navigated viewpoint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: James J. Troy, Kevin Puterbaugh, William E. Ward, John C. Gass, Michael P. Sciarra, Katherine I. Meza, Steven E. Malarkey, Nikoli E. Prazak, William J. McGarry, William J. Brown, Jeffery A. Bus
  • DATA ACQUISITION AND ENCODING PROCESS LINKING PHYSICAL OBJECTS WITH VIRTUAL DATA FOR MANUFACTURING, INSPECTION, MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR
    Publication number: 20170199645
    Abstract: A method is provided that includes rendering for display, a digital three-dimensional (3D) model of a structural product composed of a plurality of parts, with the digital 3D model being observed from a home viewpoint. Input is received to navigate the digital 3D model to a part of the plurality of parts, observation of the digital 3D model being moved from the home viewpoint to a navigated viewpoint. A digital label is generated that includes information specifying the navigated viewpoint and includes information for the part. The digital label may be output to a label recorder configured to record the digital label on a physical medium and thereby produce a corresponding physical label. At least the navigated viewpoint of the digital 3D model in the digital label and corresponding physical label are in a machine-readable format and capable of being machine-read to automatically restore the digital 3D model at the navigated viewpoint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: James J. Troy, Kevin Puterbaugh, William E. Ward, John C. Gass, Michael P. Sciarra, Katherine I. Meza, Steven E. Malarkey, Nikoli E. Prazak, William J. McGarry, William J. Brown, Jeffery A. Bus