Patents by Inventor Michael J. Bluett

Michael J. Bluett 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).

  • Apparatus for detecting corrosion in an article
    Patent number: 10438341
    Abstract: A system and method of detecting, quantifying, and characterizing corrosion and degradation of an article, includes receiving signals indicative of a stack of images of a surface of the article; determining depth and nature of features in the stack of images; generating a surface model of the article in response to the determination of the depth and the nature of features; determining features of interest from the surface model; comparing the features of interest with predetermined information on the article; and characterizing the article as corroded or degraded in response to the comparisons of the features of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Myra Torres, Avinash Sarlashkar, Michael J. Moore, Maksim Bobrov, Carl Palmer, Michael J. Bluett, Jeremy W. Sheaffer
  • APPARATUS FOR DETECTING CORROSION IN AN ARTICLE
    Publication number: 20170294008
    Abstract: A system and method of detecting, quantifying, and characterizing corrosion and degradation of an article, includes receiving signals indicative of a stack of images of a surface of the article; determining depth and nature of features in the stack of images; generating a surface model of the article in response to the determination of the depth and the nature of features; determining features of interest from the surface model; comparing the features of interest with predetermined information on the article; and characterizing the article as corroded or degraded in response to the comparisons of the features of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Myra Torres, Avinash Sarlashkar, Michael J. Moore, Maksim Bobrov, Carl Palmer, Michael J. Bluett, Jeremy W. Sheaffer