Patents by Inventor Roberto SILVA FILHO

Roberto SILVA FILHO 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).

  • Patent number: 10682677
    Abstract: A three-dimensional model data store may contain a three-dimensional model of an industrial asset, including points of interest associated with the industrial asset. An inspection plan data store may contain an inspection plan for the industrial asset, including a path of movement for an autonomous inspection robot. An industrial asset inspection platform may receive sensor data from an autonomous inspection robot indicating characteristics of the industrial asset and determine a current location of the autonomous inspection robot along the path of movement in the inspection plan along with current context information. A forward simulation of movement for the autonomous inspection robot may be executed from the current location, through a pre-determined time window, to determine a difference between the path of movement in the inspection plan and the forward simulation of movement along with future context information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Shiraj Sen, Steven Gray, Nicholas Abate, Roberto Silva Filho, Ching-Ling Huang, Mauricio Castillo-Effen, Ghulam Ali Baloch, Raju Venkataramana, Douglas Forman
  • Patent number: 10633093
    Abstract: Provided are systems and methods for monitoring an asset via an autonomous model-driven inspection. In an example, the method may include storing an inspection plan including a virtually created three-dimensional (3D) model of a travel path with respect to a virtual asset that is created in virtual space, converting the virtually created 3D model of the travel path about the virtual asset into a physical travel path about a physical asset corresponding to the virtual asset, autonomously controlling vertical and lateral movement of the unmanned robot in three dimensions with respect to the physical asset based on the physical travel path and capturing data at one or more regions of interest, and capturing data at one or more regions of interest, and storing information concerning the captured data about the asset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Mauricio Castillo-Effen, Ching-Ling Huang, Raju Venkataramana, Roberto Silva Filho, Alex Tepper, Steven Gray, Yakov Polishchuk, Viktor Holovashchenko, Charles Theurer, Yang Zhao, Ghulam Ali Baloch, Douglas Forman, Shiraj Sen, Huan Tan, Arpit Jain
  • Publication number: 20180330027
    Abstract: A three-dimensional model data store may contain a three-dimensional model of an industrial asset, including points of interest associated with the industrial asset. An inspection plan data store may contain an inspection plan for the industrial asset, including a path of movement for an autonomous inspection robot. An industrial asset inspection platform may receive sensor data from an autonomous inspection robot indicating characteristics of the industrial asset and determine a current location of the autonomous inspection robot along the path of movement in the inspection plan along with current context information. A forward simulation of movement for the autonomous inspection robot may be executed from the current location, through a pre-determined time window, to determine a difference between the path of movement in the inspection plan and the forward simulation of movement along with future context information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Inventors: Shiraj SEN, Steven GRAY, Nicholas ABATE, Roberto SILVA FILHO, Ching-Ling HUANG, Mauricio CASTILLO-EFFEN, Ghulam Ali BALOCH, Raju VENKATARAMANA, Douglas FORMAN
  • Publication number: 20180321692
    Abstract: Provided are systems and methods for monitoring an asset via an autonomous model-driven inspection. In an example, the method may include storing an inspection plan including a virtually created three-dimensional (3D) model of a travel path with respect to a virtual asset that is created in virtual space, converting the virtually created 3D model of the travel path about the virtual asset into a physical travel path about a physical asset corresponding to the virtual asset, autonomously controlling vertical and lateral movement of the unmanned robot in three dimensions with respect to the physical asset based on the physical travel path and capturing data at one or more regions of interest, and capturing data at one or more regions of interest, and storing information concerning the captured data about the asset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2017
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Mauricio CASTILLO-EFFEN, Ching-Ling HUANG, Raju VENKATARAMANA, Roberto SILVA FILHO, Alex TEPPER, Steven GRAY, Yakov POLISHCHUK, Viktor HOLOVASHCHENKO, Charles THEURER, Yang ZHAO, Ghulam Ali BALOCH, Douglas FORMAN, Shiraj SEN, Huan TAN, Arpit JAIN