Patents by Inventor Sergey Y. Potapenko

Sergey Y. Potapenko 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).

  • Methods for determining a shape of a substantially cylindrical specular reflective surface
    Patent number: 9835442
    Abstract: A method for determining a shape of a substantially cylindrical specular reflective surface includes the step of obtaining calibration data and the step of obtaining target data about a target structure. The method further includes the step of defining a target line from the target data, where the target line represents a feature of the target structure and the step of capturing a reflected image of the target structure in the specular reflective surface. The method further includes the step of obtaining reflected data from the reflected image and the step of defining a reflected line from the reflected data, where the reflected line represents a reflection of the feature of the target structure. The method also includes the step of determining a correspondence between the target line and the reflected line and using the correspondence and the calibration data to determine the shape of the specular reflective surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Joseph Richard Buono, Sergey Y Potapenko, Nicholas Leon Susch, Dale Alan Webb
  • MEASUREMENT OF ELECTRODE LENGTH IN A MELTING FURNACE
    Publication number: 20170268823
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to apparatuses melting batch materials, the apparatuses comprising a vessel; an electrode assembly comprising an electrode and at least one detection component coupled to the electrode; and at least one device configured to measure an electrical or optical property of the electrode assembly. Also disclosed herein are electrode assemblies for the optical or electrical detection of electrode length, and apparatuses comprising such electrode assemblies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2015
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventors: David Gustave Ehrenberg, Dennis Eugene Hay, Ming-Jun Li, William Brashear Mattingly, Sergey Y Potapenko
  • METHODS FOR DETERMINING A SHAPE OF A SUBSTANTIALLY CYLINDRICAL SPECULAR REFLECTIVE SURFACE
    Publication number: 20160290791
    Abstract: A method for determining a shape of a substantially cylindrical specular reflective surface includes the step of obtaining calibration data and the step of obtaining target data about a target structure. The method further includes the step of defining a target line from the target data, where the target line represents a feature of the target structure and the step of capturing a reflected image of the target structure in the specular reflective surface. The method further includes the step of obtaining reflected data from the reflected image and the step of defining a reflected line from the reflected data, where the reflected line represents a reflection of the feature of the target structure. The method also includes the step of determining a correspondence between the target line and the reflected line and using the correspondence and the calibration data to determine the shape of the specular reflective surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2014
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicant: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Joseph Richard Buono, Sergey Y. Potapenko, Nicholas Leon Susch, Dale Alan Webb