Patents by Inventor Jim Gardiner

Jim Gardiner 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: 9964765
    Abstract: Systems and methods for virtually displaying a robotic device to a human operator. An exemplary system includes an augmented reality headset for use by the human operator. The system includes a first imaging device having a field of view of a first side of an object, and tracks coordinate data for a first marker on the robotic device positioned on the first side. The system includes a second imaging device having a field of view of a second side of the object, and tracks coordinate data for a second marker on the augmented reality headset positioned on the second side. The system includes a controller that generates a virtual image of the robotic device in a coordinate system based on the coordinate data for the first and second markers, and provides the virtual image of the robotic device to the augmented reality headset for display to the human operator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Jim Gardiner
  • Publication number: 20170075116
    Abstract: Systems and methods for virtually displaying a robotic device to a human operator. An exemplary system includes an augmented reality headset for use by the human operator. The system includes a first imaging device having a field of view of a first side of an object, and tracks coordinate data for a first marker on the robotic device positioned on the first side. The system includes a second imaging device having a field of view of a second side of the object, and tracks coordinate data for a second marker on the augmented reality headset positioned on the second side. The system includes a controller that generates a virtual image of the robotic device in a coordinate system based on the coordinate data for the first and second markers, and provides the virtual image of the robotic device to the augmented reality headset for display to the human operator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2015
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Inventor: Jim Gardiner
  • Patent number: 7565980
    Abstract: The semiconductor wafer containment device or wafer box includes a base with a planar floor and a double concentric cylindrical wall structure arising therefrom. The double concentric cylindrical wall structure includes slots through which latch elements pivot radially. The latch elements include an inward padded spacer element. The latch elements pivot between an outward position wherein the padded spacer elements are relatively away from the wafer containment space and an inward upright position wherein the padded spacer elements impinge into the wafer containment space and are urged against the semiconductor wafers therein. Ramps on the lid capture the latch elements in the outward position and urge the latch elements to pivot to the inward upright position and be detent engaged in this position by slots formed on the lid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2009
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Valoris L. Forsyth, Jim Gardiner, Berry Brown
  • Publication number: 20060180499
    Abstract: The semiconductor wafer containment device or wafer box includes a base with a planar floor and a double concentric cylindrical wall structure arising therefrom. The double concentric cylindrical wall structure includes slots through which latch elements pivot radially. The latch elements include an inward padded spacer element. The latch elements pivot between an outward position wherein the padded spacer elements are relatively away from the wafer containment space and an inward upright position wherein the padded spacer elements impinge into the wafer containment space and are urged against the semiconductor wafers therein. Ramps on the lid capture the latch elements in the outward position and urge the latch elements to pivot to the inward upright position and be detent engaged in this position by slots formed on the lid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2004
    Publication date: August 17, 2006
    Inventors: Valoris Forsyth, Jim Gardiner, Berry Brown