Patents by Inventor Joseph Frank Floyd
Joseph Frank Floyd 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).
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Patent number: 10635734Abstract: A database access computing device for utilizing a three dimensional model to access databases for information regarding one or more parts in a vehicle is provided. The database access computing device includes at least one processor. The database access computing device is configured to display a three dimensional model representing at least one version of a vehicle, receive a selection of a location within the three dimensional model, identify at least one part number associated with the location in a first database, retrieve part information from at least a second database using the part number, and display the part information retrieved from at least the second database on the three dimensional model.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2014Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Joseph Frank Floyd, Brent Louis Hadley, Patrick Jan Eames, Darren Brian Macer
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Publication number: 20190303782Abstract: A system for evaluating a measure of appropriateness of additive manufacturing (AM) to manufacture a vehicle part of a vehicle is provided. The system includes a plurality of data source importers to import a plurality of datasets from a plurality of data sources to a data collection system with a composite dataset including data of the plurality of datasets. The system also includes a dataset manager system (DMS) to manage the data collection system. The system further includes a client application coupled to the DMS. The client application receives a user request for the measure of appropriateness of AM to manufacture the vehicle part of the vehicle during a lifecycle of the vehicle. In response to the user request, the client application produces the measure of appropriateness using an evaluation of a plurality of assessments on the data retrieved from the composite dataset.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2018Publication date: October 3, 2019Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANYInventors: Gail L. Bohnhoff-Hlavacek, Brent Louis Hadley, Patrick Jan Eames, Robert James Martin, Joseph Frank Floyd, Chul Young Park
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Patent number: 10417803Abstract: A method is provided for rendering a scene including a digital three-dimensional (3D) model of a structure. The method includes traversing a scene graph composed of a hierarchical group of nodes representing respective 3D objects of the digital 3D model, and selecting nodes of the hierarchical group of nodes. The method includes adding a plurality of objects represented by the selected nodes to a render queue, performing a multiple-pass rendering of the plurality of 3D objects from the render queue. This includes in a pass of a plurality of passes, rendering a threshold portion but not all of the plurality of 3D objects to a framebuffer for output to a display device, with at least one of the plurality of 3D objects being left in the render queue after rendering the threshold portion. The method may also include a mesh simplification and/or z-occlusion.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2016Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Joseph Frank Floyd, Patrick James Eames, Brent Louis Hadley, Robert James Martin, Nicholas Shepherd, Ivan Rumsey, Jeremy David Scott
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Patent number: 10364049Abstract: A system for supporting maintenance of an aircraft is provided. The system includes a plurality of database importers. The database importers import a plurality of datasets from a plurality of data sources to a database with a composite dataset including data of the plurality of datasets. The system also includes a database-management system (DBMS) to manage the database. The system further includes a client application coupled to the DBMS. The client application receives a user request for a demand for replacement aircraft parts for maintenance during an in-service lifecycle of the aircraft. In response to the user request, the client application predicts and thereby produces a prediction of the demand based on the data retrieved from the composite dataset.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2017Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Joseph Frank Floyd, Brent Louis Hadley, Robert James Martin, John Timothy McCarty, Patrick J. Eames
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Patent number: 10324958Abstract: A method is provided that includes receiving a first electronic document for a manufactured product, with the first electronic document including first data regarding the manufactured product. The method includes extracting the first data from the first electronic document. And the method includes correlating the first data so extracted and second data regarding the manufactured product to produce aggregated data including the first data and second data, and storing the aggregated data in a storage from which the aggregated data is queryable.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2016Date of Patent: June 18, 2019Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANYInventors: Joseph Frank Floyd, Patrick J. Eames, Brent Louis Hadley, Robert James Martin
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Publication number: 20190177008Abstract: A system for supporting maintenance of an aircraft is provided. The system includes a plurality of database importers. The database importers import a plurality of datasets from a plurality of data sources to a database with a composite dataset including data of the plurality of datasets. The system also includes a database-management system (DBMS) to manage the database. The system further includes a client application coupled to the DBMS. The client application receives a user request for a demand for replacement aircraft parts for maintenance during an in-service lifecycle of the aircraft. In response to the user request, the client application predicts and thereby produces a prediction of the demand based on the data retrieved from the composite dataset.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2017Publication date: June 13, 2019Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANYInventors: Joseph Frank Floyd, Brent Louis Hadley, Robert James Martin, John Timothy McCarty, Patrick J. Eames
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Publication number: 20170365086Abstract: A method is provided for rendering a scene including a digital three-dimensional (3D) model of a structure. The method includes traversing a scene graph composed of a hierarchical group of nodes representing respective 3D objects of the digital 3D model, and selecting nodes of the hierarchical group of nodes. The method includes adding a plurality of objects represented by the selected nodes to a render queue, performing a multiple-pass rendering of the plurality of 3D objects from the render queue. This includes in a pass of a plurality of passes, rendering a threshold portion but not all of the plurality of 3D objects to a framebuffer for output to a display device, with at least one of the plurality of 3D objects being left in the render queue after rendering the threshold portion. The method may also include a mesh simplification and/or z-occlusion.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2016Publication date: December 21, 2017Inventors: Joseph Frank Floyd, Patrick James Eames, Brent Louis Hadley, Robert James Martin, Nicholas Shepherd, Ivan Rumsey, Jeremy David Scott
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Publication number: 20170270182Abstract: A method is provided that includes receiving a first electronic document for a manufactured product, with the first electronic document including first data regarding the manufactured product. The method includes extracting the first data from the first electronic document. And the method includes correlating the first data so extracted and second data regarding the manufactured product to produce aggregated data including the first data and second data, and storing the aggregated data in a storage from which the aggregated data is queryable.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2016Publication date: September 21, 2017Inventors: Joseph Frank Floyd, Patrick J. Eames, Brent Louis Hadley, Robert James Martin
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Patent number: 9676151Abstract: A method and apparatus for processing an inconsistency. A shape of the inconsistency is identified in a location having layers of composite materials. A model of the location is created with a portion of a number of layers in the layers of composite materials removed to form a section based on the shape of the inconsistency and a policy for rework.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2011Date of Patent: June 13, 2017Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANYInventors: Brent Louis Hadley, Joseph Frank Floyd, Patrick Jan Eames, Christian Isaacs, Pradeep Krishnaswamy, Steven Donald Blanchard
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Patent number: 9529832Abstract: A method and apparatus for managing a number of images. A plurality of resolutions in which the number of images are to be stored and a style of presentation for the number of images is identified using a policy. A plurality of copies of the number of images in the plurality of resolutions are stored. A copy of a particular image in the number of images for a selected location in a layout defining a presentation for the number of images is selected using the style of presentation. The copy of the particular image has a desired resolution in the plurality of resolutions for the selected location in the layout.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2014Date of Patent: December 27, 2016Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANYInventors: Patrick Jan Eames, Brent Louis Hadley, Stephen Paul Miller, Joseph Frank Floyd
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Patent number: 9123189Abstract: In accordance with one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, systems and methods for transferring data over a network include communicating with a user via a portable communication device over the network, receiving a request for at least one instruction sequence related to a particular repair task of a machine from the user via the portable communication device over the network, processing the request from the user by accessing and retrieving the at least one instruction sequence from a database component, and transferring the at least one instruction sequence from the database component to the portable communication device.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2008Date of Patent: September 1, 2015Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Jeffrey R Kollgaard, Joseph Frank Floyd, John Robert Linn, Brent Louis Hadley
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Publication number: 20150100571Abstract: A database access computing device for utilizing a three dimensional model to access databases for information regarding one or more parts in a vehicle is provided. The database access computing device includes at least one processor. The database access computing device is configured to display a three dimensional model representing at least one version of a vehicle, receive a selection of a location within the three dimensional model, identify at least one part number associated with the location in a first database, retrieve part information from at least a second database using the part number, and display the part information retrieved from at least the second database on the three dimensional model.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2014Publication date: April 9, 2015Inventors: Joseph Frank Floyd, Brent Louis Hadley, Patrick Jan Eames, Darren Brian Macer
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Patent number: 8977528Abstract: A method and apparatus may be present for managing rework. A section in a platform having a number of composite materials needing a rework may be identified to form an identified section. A selected rework process to perform the rework of the identified section may be identified. The selected rework process may comprise a process to bond a patch to the identified section. A computer system may perform a simulation of the selected rework process to determine whether the selected rework process provides the rework for the identified section. The simulation may include a thermal analysis. The thermal analysis may take into account a number of structures associated with the identified section. The number of structures associated with the identified section may be located within a distance of the identified section such that the number of structures affect or are affected by bonding of the patch to the identified section.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2009Date of Patent: March 10, 2015Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Craig Greenberg, Steven Donald Blanchard, Joseph Frank Floyd, Brent Louis Hadley, Lawrence S. Lindgren
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Publication number: 20140279982Abstract: A method and apparatus for managing a number of images. A plurality of resolutions in which the number of images are to be stored and a style of presentation for the number of images is identified using a policy. A plurality of copies of the number of images in the plurality of resolutions are stored. A copy of a particular image in the number of images for a selected location in a layout defining a presentation for the number of images is selected using the style of presentation. The copy of the particular image has a desired resolution in the plurality of resolutions for the selected location in the layout.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2014Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Patrick Jan Eames, Brent Louis Hadley, Stephen Paul Miller, Joseph Frank Floyd
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Publication number: 20130311111Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes receiving damage information by a user interface device and quantifying at least one parameter of the damage. A structural analysis is performed to determine a damage allowability based on the parameter. An output result of the structural analysis is displayed from the user interface device. The system includes a compliance system having a database of structural information relating to the structure. A computer enabled user interface device is coupled to the compliance system. The user interface device includes a processor configured to access the structural information and display a location of the damage based on the structural information. The processor is configured to quantify at least one parameter of the damage. The processor is further configured to perform a structural analysis to determine a damage allowability based on the parameter and display a maintenance instruction based on the damage allowability.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2012Publication date: November 21, 2013Inventors: Arne K. Lewis, Joseph Frank Floyd, Brent Louis Hadley, Stephen Paul Miller, Phillip Jon Fisher
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Publication number: 20120296460Abstract: A method and apparatus for processing an inconsistency. A shape of the inconsistency is identified in a location having layers of composite materials. A model of the location is created with a portion of a number of layers in the layers of composite materials removed to form a section based on the shape of the inconsistency and a policy for rework.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2011Publication date: November 22, 2012Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANYInventors: Brent Louis Hadley, Joseph Frank Floyd, Patrick Jan Eames, Christian Isaacs, Pradeep Krishnaswamy, Steven Donald Blanchard
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Publication number: 20120188248Abstract: A method for managing a number of images. A plurality of resolutions in which the number of images are to be stored and a style of presentation for the number of images is identified using a policy. A plurality of copies of the number of images in the plurality of resolutions are stored. A copy of a particular image in the number of images for a selected location in a layout defining a presentation for the number of images is selected using the style of presentation. The copy of the particular image has a desired resolution in the plurality of resolutions for the selected location in the layout.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2011Publication date: July 26, 2012Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANYInventors: Patrick Jan Eames, Brent Louis Hadley, Stephen Paul Miller, Joseph Frank Floyd
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Publication number: 20100274545Abstract: A method and apparatus may be present for managing rework. A section in a location of a platform having a number of composite materials needing rework may be identified to form an identified section. A layup for the number of composite materials in the identified section of the platform may be determined. A patch for the identified section of the platform and the layup for the number of composite materials may be generated. A simulation may be performed of a selected rework process and the patch in the identified section.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2009Publication date: October 28, 2010Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANYInventors: Craig Greenberg, Steven Donald Blanchard, Joseph Frank Floyd, Brent Louis Hadley, Lawrence S. Lindgren
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Publication number: 20080301152Abstract: In accordance with one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, systems and methods for transferring data over a network include communicating with a user via a portable communication device over the network, receiving a request for at least one instruction sequence related to a particular repair task of a machine from the user via the portable communication device over the network, processing the request from the user by accessing and retrieving the at least one instruction sequence from a database component, and transferring the at least one instruction sequence from the database component to the portable communication device.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2008Publication date: December 4, 2008Applicant: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Jeffrey R. Kollgaard, Joseph Frank Floyd, John Robert Linn, Brent Louis Hadley