Patents by Inventor Richard Parker McElveen

Richard Parker McElveen 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).

  • Optical device for fuel filter debris
    Patent number: 10650511
    Abstract: A fuel filter inspection method includes capturing an image of a fuel filter sample using an imaging device and sending the captured image to an image processor. The method further includes the image processor receiving the captured image, thresholding the captured image to generate a binary image, determining sizes for a plurality of particles present in the binary image, comparing the size of each of particle of the plurality of particles to a particle size threshold, and quantifying the number of particles of the plurality of plurality of particles with a size greater than the particle size threshold. The method further includes the image processor comparing the number of particles of the plurality of particles with a size greater than the particle size threshold to a particle count threshold, and modifying a graphical user interface to indicate a state of the fuel filter sample based on the comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Mike Ivor Jones, Kyle Alson McGehee, Eric White, Richard Parker McElveen, Jr., Jennifer C. Byrne
  • OPTICAL SYSTEM FOR FIBER OPTIC TERMINI
    Publication number: 20190064444
    Abstract: A system includes a first optical fiber having a first fiber face at a first end. The system further includes a second optical fiber having a second fiber face at a second end. The first end and the second end are separated by a distance. The system also includes a first lens coupled to the first fiber face at the first end, and a second lens coupled to the second fiber face at the second end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2017
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: Mike Ivor Jones, Kurt M. Chankaya, Ling Zhang Larson, Darrel John Russell, Effort Toplin, JR., Ryan B. Haygood, Richard Parker McElveen, JR.
  • OPTICAL DEVICE FOR FUEL FILTER DEBRIS
    Publication number: 20180300866
    Abstract: A fuel filter inspection method includes capturing an image of a fuel filter sample using an imaging device and sending the captured image to an image processor. The method further includes the image processor receiving the captured image, thresholding the captured image to generate a binary image, determining sizes for a plurality of particles present in the binary image, comparing the size of each of particle of the plurality of particles to a particle size threshold, and quantifying the number of particles of the plurality of plurality of particles with a size greater than the particle size threshold. The method further includes the image processor comparing the number of particles of the plurality of particles with a size greater than the particle size threshold to a particle count threshold, and modifying a graphical user interface to indicate a state of the fuel filter sample based on the comparison.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Inventors: Mike Ivor Jones, Kyle Alson McGehee, Eric White, Richard Parker McElveen, Jennifer C. Byrne
  • Optical device for fuel filter debris
    Patent number: 10049444
    Abstract: A fuel filter inspection method includes capturing an image of a fuel filter sample using an imaging device and sending the captured image to an image processor. The method further includes the image processor receiving the captured image, thresholding the captured image to generate a binary image, determining sizes for a plurality of particles present in the binary image, comparing the size of each of particle of the plurality of particles to a particle size threshold, and quantifying the number of particles of the plurality of plurality of particles with a size greater than the particle size threshold. The method further includes the image processor comparing the number of particles of the plurality of particles with a size greater than the particle size threshold to a particle count threshold, and modifying a graphical user interface to indicate a state of the fuel filter sample based on the comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Mike Ivor Jones, Kyle Alson McGehee, Eric White, Richard Parker McElveen, Jr., Jennifer C. Byrne
  • Optical Device for Fuel Filter Debris
    Publication number: 20170278230
    Abstract: A fuel filter inspection method includes capturing an image of a fuel filter sample using an imaging device and sending the captured image to an image processor. The method further includes the image processor receiving the captured image, thresholding the captured image to generate a binary image, determining sizes for a plurality of particles present in the binary image, comparing the size of each of particle of the plurality of particles to a particle size threshold, and quantifying the number of particles of the plurality of plurality of particles with a size greater than the particle size threshold. The method further includes the image processor comparing the number of particles of the plurality of particles with a size greater than the particle size threshold to a particle count threshold, and modifying a graphical user interface to indicate a state of the fuel filter sample based on the comparison.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Inventors: Mike Ivor Jones, Kyle Alson McGehee, Eric White, Richard Parker McElveen, JR., Jennifer C. Byrne