Patents by Inventor Thomas Charles Ward

Thomas Charles Ward 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: 20150350534
    Abstract: A system includes an image capture device configured to capture an image of at least a portion of an industrial device or machinery. The system also includes a display configured to display the image. The system further includes a processor communicatively coupled to the image capture device and the display and configured to cause the display to display a graphical user interface (GUI) on the display, wherein the GUI comprises a first indicator located in user selectable first portion of the display and a window configured to display a portion of the image corresponding to a location of the first indicator, wherein the processor is configured to cause the first indicator to move to a second portion of the display in response to receiving an indication of a user interaction with the window.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Bryan David Maule, Daniel McClung, Melissa Rose Stancato, Thomas Charles Ward
  • Publication number: 20150350639
    Abstract: A system includes a portable non-destructive testing (NDT) device. The NDT device includes a processor configured to receive imaging data captured via a sensor of the NDT device, cause a display of the NDT device to display an image to be analyzed based on the imaging data, and cause the display to display a graphical user interface (GUI). The GUI includes a first plurality of user-selectable objects. Each of the first plurality of user-selectable objects is configured to activate one or more monitoring functions of the NDT device. The processor is also configured to cause the display to display at least a first set of the first plurality of user-selectable objects. The first set of the first plurality of user-selectable objects is configured to substantially overlay the image. The first set of the first plurality of user-selectable objects is displayed based at least in part on an inspection state of the NDT device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventors: Bryan David Maule, Thomas Charles Ward, Melissa Rose Stancato
  • Publication number: 20150347396
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and tangible, non-transitory, computer readable media is described herein. For example, a system includes a portable non-destructive testing (NDT) device. The NDT device includes a display, a user interface, a memory storing an operations object having a first text in a first language, and a processor. The processor is configured to present the first text on the operations object via the display during an operation of the portable NDT device, and wherein the processor is configured to create a second text in a second language via the user interface of the NDT device, and to present the second text on the operations object as an alternative to the first text via the display during the operation of the NDT device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventors: Chen Goldberger, Bryan David Maule, Thomas Charles Ward, Thomas Durkee Britton
  • Publication number: 20150317816
    Abstract: A method and system for detecting a known measurable object feature using a video inspection system. The method and system displays an image of a viewed object and detects a known measurable object feature on the viewed object. The method and system then displays a set of available measurement types including a measurement type associated with the detected known measurable object feature and/or automatically positions a plurality of measurement markers on the displayed image based on the measurement type associated with the detected known measurable object feature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Inventors: Clark Alexander Bendall, Thomas Charles Ward
  • Publication number: 20150029500
    Abstract: Systems and methods provided herein. In one embodiment, a borescope system includes a probe to capture images and a display a settings menu, measurements, the images captured by the probe, or any combination thereof. In addition, the borescope system a processor programmed to display a user interface to enable a user to control movement of the probe, adjust settings, navigate menus, make selections, or any combination thereof. The processor is communicatively coupled to the probe, and the display, and is programmed to instruct the borescope to enter a live menu view when an articulation mode is selected from the settings menu. In the live menu view, the processor is programmed to instruct the display to display the images captured by the probe, and to enable a user to control the movement of the probe and adjust articulation sensitivity of the probe while viewing the images on the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Thomas Charles Ward, Bryan David Maule, Melissa Rose Stancato, Matthew William Pankow, David Scott Andreasen
  • Publication number: 20140184794
    Abstract: Systems and methods provided herein. In one embodiment, a system includes a mobile device comprising a display screen. The system further includes a non-destructive testing (NDT) device comprising a camera configured to capture image data, video data, or a combination thereof, and a wireless system configured to communicate the image data, the video data, an overlay data or a combination thereof, to the mobile device; wherein the mobile device is configured to visually display the image data, the video data, the overlay data, or the combination thereof, on the display screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2012
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Kevin Andrew Coombs, Michael Christopher Domke, Thomas Charles Ward