Patents by Inventor Lee Dwayne Lepper

Lee Dwayne Lepper 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 system for controlling automated operations on a workpiece
    Patent number: 10281898
    Abstract: A method of controlling at least one operation performed on a workpiece is provided. The method includes transmitting, from a first electronic reference device coupled to the workpiece, at least one operating parameter to at least one autonomous device. The method also includes performing, by the at least one autonomous device, the at least one operation on the workpiece in accordance with the received at least one operating parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Kirk Douglas Skaggs, Lee Dwayne Lepper
  • Method and device for performing automated operations on a workpiece
    Patent number: 10146202
    Abstract: A method of performing automated operations on a workpiece by at least one autonomous device is provided. The method includes sensing, by a first of the at least one autonomous devices, a guidance pattern positioned on the workpiece along a first path. The method also includes traversing, by the first autonomous device, along the first path by following the sensed guidance pattern, to a first path location that is within a detection distance of a first precision target indicator positioned on the workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Kirk Douglas Skaggs, Lee Dwayne Lepper
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING AUTOMATED OPERATIONS ON A WORKPIECE
    Publication number: 20170017223
    Abstract: A method of controlling at least one operation performed on a workpiece is provided. The method includes transmitting, from a first electronic reference device coupled to the workpiece, at least one operating parameter to at least one autonomous device. The method also includes performing, by the at least one autonomous device, the at least one operation on the workpiece in accordance with the received at least one operating parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2015
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Inventors: Kirk Douglas Skaggs, Lee Dwayne Lepper
  • METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PERFORMING AUTOMATED OPERATIONS ON A WORKPIECE
    Publication number: 20170017224
    Abstract: A method of performing automated operations on a workpiece by at least one autonomous device is provided. The method includes sensing, by a first of the at least one autonomous devices, a guidance pattern positioned on the workpiece along a first path. The method also includes traversing, by the first autonomous device, along the first path by following the sensed guidance pattern, to a first path location that is within a detection distance of a first precision target indicator positioned on the workpiece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2015
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Inventors: Kirk Douglas Skaggs, Lee Dwayne Lepper