Patents by Inventor Nikhil Beke

Nikhil Beke 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 and method to automatically distinguish between contamination and degradation of an article
    Patent number: 9508139
    Abstract: An inspection apparatus includes an imaging unit producing image signals; a processing unit for receiving the image signal; the imaging unit producing a stack of images of an article at different focal lengths in response to the processing unit; the processing unit generating a depth map from the stack of images; the processing unit analyzing the depth map to derive a depth profile of an object of interest; the processing unit determining a surface mean for the article from the stack of images; and the processing unit characterizing the article as degraded or contaminated in response to the depth profile and the surface mean.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Myra A. Torres, Abhijit Bhoite, Nikhil Beke, Kevin Patrick McCormick, Timothy Duffy, Jeremy W. Sheaffer, Maksim Bobrov, Michael Moore
  • Apparatus And Method To Automatically Distinguish Between Contamination And Degradation Of An Article
    Publication number: 20120320159
    Abstract: An inspection apparatus includes an imaging unit producing image signals; a processing unit for receiving the image signal; the imaging unit producing a stack of images of an article at different focal lengths in response to the processing unit; the processing unit generating a depth map from the stack of images; the processing unit analyzing the depth map to derive a depth profile of an object of interest; the processing unit determining a surface mean for the article from the stack of images; and the processing unit characterizing the article as degraded or contaminated in response to the depth profile and the surface mean.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation
    Inventors: Myra A. Torres, Abhijit Bhoite, Nikhil Beke, Kevin Patrick McCormick, Timothy Duffy, Jeremy W. Sheaffer, Maksim Bobrov, Michael Moore