Patents by Inventor Phillip Riste

Phillip Riste 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).

  • Systems and methods for detecting anomalies in objects
    Patent number: 12196689
    Abstract: A system and method for detecting an anomaly of an optically transparent or translucent object are disclosed. The system and method include a light source configured to emit light, a light transmission element having a textured surface, and an optical couplant configured to be disposed between the light transmission element and the object. At least a portion of the light emitted by the light source is configured to pass into the light transmission element through the textured surface and pass into the object through the optical couplant. At least a portion of the light that passes into the object internally reflects within the object and impinges on the anomaly to provide an illumination that indicates the location of the anomaly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: James J. Troy, Gary E. Georgeson, Armando Xavier Membrila, Phillip Riste, Gregory James Sweers, Walter Joseph Jarecki
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING ANOMALIES IN OBJECTS
    Publication number: 20230221263
    Abstract: A system and method for detecting an anomaly of an optically transparent or translucent object are disclosed. The system and method include a light source configured to emit light, a light transmission element having a textured surface, and an optical couplant configured to be disposed between the light transmission element and the object. At least a portion of the light emitted by the light source is configured to pass into the light transmission element through the textured surface and pass into the object through the optical couplant. At least a portion of the light that passes into the object internally reflects within the object and impinges on the anomaly to provide an illumination that indicates the location of the anomaly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2022
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: James J. Troy, Gary E. Georgeson, Armando Xavier Membrila, Phillip Riste, Gregory James Sweers, Walter Joseph Jarecki