Patents by Inventor Mark E. Messenger

Mark E. Messenger 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).

  • Publication number: 20230243976
    Abstract: A system includes a lidar system, a camera system, and a computing device. The computing device can receive lidar data from the lidar system, receive camera data from the camera system, execute object recognition process(es) to identify, from the camera data, a utility pole and components attached to the utility pole and to create corresponding classified camera data. The computing device can align the camera data with the lidar data and can classify the lidar data to create classified lidar data. The computing device can determine characteristics of the components based on the classified camera data and the classified lidar data. Based on the characteristics, the computing system can perform a pole loading analysis, a clearance analysis, and/or a wire sag analysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2022
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Mark E. Messenger, Randal K. More, John Ware
  • Publication number: 20220243493
    Abstract: A pole reinforcement truss is disclosed. The truss can be configured to attach to a pole in a longitudinal direction of the pole. The truss can include an elongate body having a pair of opposite ends connected by a pair of longitudinal edges, a first side portion including one of the longitudinal edges, a second side portion including the other of the longitudinal edges, and a center portion connecting the first side portion and the second side portion. The first side portion can include a first substantially straight section and a second substantially straight section separated by a first bend having a first angle that is greater than 45 degrees, and the second side portion can include a third substantially straight section and a fourth substantially straight section separated by a second bend having a second angle that is greater than 45 degrees.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Keith Fadel, Jeffrey R. Giffen, Lawrence J. Geitner, Stephanie Singer, Mark E. Messenger