Patents by Inventor Ryan Steven WACKERLY

Ryan Steven WACKERLY 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: 20210318673
    Abstract: A method inspects weld quality in-situ. The method obtains a plurality of sequenced images of an in-progress welding process and generates a multi-dimensional data input based on the plurality of sequenced images and/or one or more weld process control parameters. The parameters may include: (i) shield gas flow rate, temperature, and pressure; (ii) voltage, amperage, wire feed rate and temperature (if applicable); (iii) part preheat/inter-pass temperature; and (iv) part and weld torch relative velocity). The method generates defect probability and analytics information by applying one or more computer vision techniques on the multi-dimensional data input. The analytics information includes predictive insights on quality features of the in-progress welding process. The method then generates a 3-D visualization of one or more as-welded regions, based on the analytics information, and the plurality of sequenced images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Applicant: BWXT Advanced Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Ryan Scott KITCHEN, Matthew Paul LEVASSEUR, Ryan Steven WACKERLY, Ross PIVOVAR