Patents by Inventor Steven Crews

Steven Crews 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).

  • Method for measuring missing corner dimensions
    Patent number: 7782453
    Abstract: A method for obtaining the area of a missing portion of an object under inspection with a borescope includes aligning the borescope with the object under inspection, extrapolating the missing edges of the missing portion and calculating the missing portion area using the extrapolated missing edges and a defined remaining edge of the missing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: GE Inspection Technologies, LP
    Inventors: Clark A. Bendall, Steven Crews
  • METHOD FOR MEASURING MISSING CORNER DIMENSIONS
    Publication number: 20080158556
    Abstract: A method for obtaining the area of a missing portion of an object under inspection with a borescope includes aligning the borescope with the object under inspection, extrapolating the missing edges of the missing portion and calculating the missing portion area using the extrapolated missing edges and a defined remaining edge of the missing portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2006
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Inventors: Clark A. Bendall, Steven Crews
  • Method and apparatus for enhancing the contrast and clarity of an image captured by a remote viewing device
    Publication number: 20060050983
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for enhancing the contrast and visual clarity of an image captured by a remote viewing device. A luminance component of a captured image is isolated and represented within a first distribution of luminance values. One or more transformation functions are performed upon the first distribution of luminance values to generate a second distribution of luminance values. The second distribution of luminance values are used to construct and display a second image having enhanced visual clarity relative to the captured image. A portion of the captured image, such as a portion functioning as a magnified zoom window, can be enhanced for visual clarity independently from the remaining portion of the captured image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2004
    Publication date: March 9, 2006
    Applicant: Everest VIT, Inc.
    Inventors: Clark Bendall, Steven Crews