Patents by Inventor Patrick C. Regan

Patrick C. Regan 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).

  • AUTOMATED 3-D MODELING OF SHOE PARTS
    Publication number: 20240118073
    Abstract: Manufacturing of a shoe is enhanced by creating 3-D models of shoe parts. For example, a laser beam may be projected onto a shoe-part surface, such that a projected laser line appears on the shoe part. An image of the projected laser line may be analyzed to determine coordinate information, which may be converted into geometric coordinate values usable to create a 3-D model of the shoe part. Once a 3-D model is known and is converted to a coordinate system recognized by shoe-manufacturing tools, certain manufacturing steps may be automated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Patrick C. Regan, Chih-Chi Chang, Kuo-Hung Lee, Ming-Feng Jean
  • Automated 3-D modeling of shoe parts
    Patent number: 11879719
    Abstract: Manufacturing of a shoe is enhanced by creating 3-D models of shoe parts. For example, a laser beam may be projected onto a shoe-part surface, such that a projected laser line appears on the shoe part. An image of the projected laser line may be analyzed to determine coordinate information, which may be converted into geometric coordinate values usable to create a 3-D model of the shoe part. Once a 3-D model is known and is converted to a coordinate system recognized by shoe-manufacturing tools, certain manufacturing steps may be automated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick C. Regan, Chih-Chi Chang, Kuo-Hung Lee, Ming-Feng Jean
  • AUTOMATED 3-D MODELING OF SHOE PARTS
    Publication number: 20220252390
    Abstract: Manufacturing of a shoe is enhanced by creating 3-D models of shoe parts. For example, a laser beam may be projected onto a shoe-part surface, such that a projected laser line appears on the shoe part. An image of the projected laser line may be analyzed to determine coordinate information, which may be converted into geometric coordinate values usable to create a 3-D model of the shoe part. Once a 3-D model is known and is converted to a coordinate system recognized by shoe-manufacturing tools, certain manufacturing steps may be automated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Patrick C. Regan, Chih-Chi Chang, Kuo-Hung Lee, Ming-Feng Jean
  • Automated 3-D modeling of shoe parts
    Patent number: 11346654
    Abstract: Manufacturing of a shoe is enhanced by creating 3-D models of shoe parts. For example, a laser beam may be projected onto a shoe-part surface, such that a projected laser line appears on the shoe part. An image of the projected laser line may be analyzed to determine coordinate information, which may be converted into geometric coordinate values usable to create a 3-D model of the shoe part. Once a 3-D model is known and is converted to a coordinate system recognized by shoe-manufacturing tools, certain manufacturing steps may be automated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick C. Regan, Chih-Chi Chang, Kuo-Hung Lee, Ming-Feng Jean
  • AUTOMATED 3-D MODELING OF SHOE PARTS
    Publication number: 20190360797
    Abstract: Manufacturing of a shoe is enhanced by creating 3-D models of shoe parts. For example, a laser beam may be projected onto a shoe-part surface, such that a projected laser line appears on the shoe part. An image of the projected laser line may be analyzed to determine coordinate information, which may be converted into geometric coordinate values usable to create a 3-D model of the shoe part. Once a 3-D model is known and is converted to a coordinate system recognized by shoe-manufacturing tools, certain manufacturing steps may be automated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Patrick C. Regan, Chih-Chi Chang, Kuo-Hung Lee, Ming-Feng Jean
  • Automated 3-D modeling of shoe parts
    Patent number: 10393512
    Abstract: Manufacturing of a shoe is enhanced by creating 3-D models of shoe parts. For example, a laser beam may be projected onto a shoe-part surface, such that a projected laser line appears on the shoe part. An image of the projected laser line may be analyzed to determine coordinate information, which may be converted into geometric coordinate values usable to create a 3-D model of the shoe part. Once a 3-D model is known and is converted to a coordinate system recognized by shoe-manufacturing tools, certain manufacturing steps may be automated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick C. Regan, Chih-Chi Chang, Kuo-Hung Lee, Ming-Feng Jean
  • Automated 3-D Modeling Of Shoe Parts
    Publication number: 20140362079
    Abstract: Manufacturing of a shoe is enhanced by creating 3-D models of shoe parts. For example, a laser beam may be projected onto a shoe-part surface, such that a projected laser line appears on the shoe part. An image of the projected laser line may be analyzed to determine coordinate information, which may be converted into geometric coordinate values usable to create a 3-D model of the shoe part. Once a 3-D model is known and is converted to a coordinate system recognized by shoe-manufacturing tools, certain manufacturing steps may be automated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2014
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Inventors: Patrick C. Regan, Chih-Chi Chang, Kuo-Hung Lee, Ming-Feng Jean