Patents by Inventor Ronald McFarland

Ronald McFarland 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).

  • Publication number: 20080166033
    Abstract: A method, system and apparatus for processing a radiographic image of a scanned object is disclosed. A pixel offset correction is performed in integer format on the radiographic image using saturation arithmetic to produce an image in integer format with any negative corrected values clipped to a value of zero. The resulting pixels are converted to floating point format and the converted pixels are multiplied by a gain factor. Optionally the resulting pixels are recursively averaged with previous results. The resulting pixels are converted to integer format and the converted pixel values are clamped to a maximum value using saturation arithmetic. Non-functional pixel correction is performed in integer format and the resulting pixel values are clamped to a maximum value using saturation arithmetic. An optional processing path replaces the recursive average by a linear average. The resulting pixel values are optionally filtered to enhance features of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2007
    Publication date: July 10, 2008
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Clifford Bueno, Elizabeth Dixon, Walter Dixon, Forrest Hopkins, Michael Hopple, Brian Lasiuk, Ronald McFarland, August Matula, Robert Mitchell, Kevin Moermond, Gregory Mohr
  • Patent number: 7215801
    Abstract: A method, system and apparatus for processing a radiographic image of a scanned object is disclosed. A pixel offset correction is performed in integer format on the radiographic image using saturation arithmetic to produce an image in integer format with any negative corrected values clipped to a value of zero. The resulting pixels are converted to floating point format and the converted pixels are multiplied by a gain factor. Optionally the resulting pixels are recursively averaged with previous results. The resulting pixels are converted to integer format and the converted pixel values are clamped to a maximum value using saturation arithmetic. Non-functional pixel correction is performed in integer format and the resulting pixel values are clamped to a maximum value using saturation arithmetic. An optional processing path replaces the recursive average by a linear average. The resulting pixel values are optionally filtered to enhance features of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2007
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Clifford Bueno, Elizabeth Dixon, Walter Dixon, Forrest Hopkins, Michael Hopple, Brian Lasiuk, Ronald McFarland, August Matula, Robert Mitchell, Jr., Kevin Moermond, Gregory Mohr
  • Publication number: 20050008213
    Abstract: A system and method for identifying flaws in a part being inspected includes generating a 3-d representation of the part, the 3-d representation comprising 3-d spatial coordinates corresponding to different locations on the part, and registering the 3-d spatial coordinates with corresponding locations of a part being inspected. An image of the part being inspected is generated, and a flaw in the part being inspected is identified from the generated image. A location of the flaw is correlated to a corresponding 3-d spatial coordinate, and a device is controlled to perform an operation on the part being inspected at the flaw location using information of the corresponding 3-d spatial coordinate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2003
    Publication date: January 13, 2005
    Inventors: Suneel Shankarappa, Gregory Mohr, Mysore Dinesh, Brian Lasiuk, Ronald McFarland, Elizabeth Dixon
  • Publication number: 20040247167
    Abstract: A method, system and apparatus for processing a radiographic image of a scanned object is disclosed. A pixel offset correction is performed in integer format on the radiographic image using saturation arithmetic to produce an image in integer format with any negative corrected values clipped to a value of zero. The resulting pixels are converted to floating point format and the converted pixels are multiplied by a gain factor. Optionally the resulting pixels are recursively averaged with previous results. The resulting pixels are converted to integer format and the converted pixel values are clamped to a maximum value using saturation arithmetic. Non-functional pixel correction is performed in integer format and the resulting pixel values are clamped to a maximum value using saturation arithmetic. An optional processing path replaces the recursive average by a linear average. The resulting pixel values are optionally filtered to enhance features of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2003
    Publication date: December 9, 2004
    Inventors: Clifford Bueno, Elizabeth Dixon, Walter Dixon, Forrest Hopkins, Michael Hopple, Brian Lasiuk, Ronald McFarland, August Matula, Robert Mitchell, Kevin Moermond, Gregory Mohr