Patents by Inventor NIGEL PETER BOSWELL

NIGEL PETER BOSWELL 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: 20200049533
    Abstract: A system for monitoring a condition of a pan line associated with a longwall mining system includes multiple pan segments arranged in a successive manner. Adjacently located pan segments are moveably coupled by an interconnecting joint. An underside of each pan segment defines an opening whose axis is parallel to a plane of the associated pan segment. The system also includes a fiber optic shape sensing system that has a fiber optic cable disposed along the multiple pan segments and located within the opening of each pan segment. A controller coupled to the fiber optic cable detects a shape of the fiber optic cable, identifies a position of each pan segment based on the detected shape of the fiber optic cable, and determines if a fault exists in the interconnecting joints between adjacently located pan segments based on the identified positions of respective ones of the adjacently located pan segments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Applicant: Caterpillar Global Mining Europe GmbH
    Inventors: Euan Russell Kirkhope, Nigel Peter BOSWELL
  • Publication number: 20140232871
    Abstract: A method for manually calibrating a camera mounted on a camera mount of a vehicle is provided. According to the present disclosure, the method includes acquiring an image data in a field of view of the camera based on an actual position of the camera. The captured image data is processed to determine a current pattern based on the actual position of the camera. The image data is displayed, wherein the current pattern is superimposed on the image data. The image data is also processed to display a marker pattern in the field of view of the camera. Thereafter a pre-determined orientation and/or a pre-determined height for the camera is calculated. Further, the actual position of the camera is manually adjusted to achieve the pre-determined orientation and the pre-determined height of the camera and to align the current pattern with the marker pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2014
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: BRADLEY S. KRIEL, MATTHEW ALLAN CSENCSITS, NIGEL PETER BOSWELL