Patents by Inventor Timothy Kneier

Timothy Kneier 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 and system for measuring the orientation of one rigid object relative to another
    Patent number: 11137247
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for photogrammetrically determining a six degree of freedom spatial relationship between a first object and a second object is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises photogrammetrically determining a first orientation of the first object relative to the second object, photogrammetrically determining a second orientation of the second object relative to the first object, and determining the six degree of freedom spatial relationship between the first object and the second object from the photogrammetrically determined first orientation of the first object relative to the second object and the photogrammetrically determined second orientation of the second object relative to the first object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Mitchell D. Voth, Timothy Kneier, Donald A. Spurgeon
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MEASURING THE ORIENTATION OF ONE RIGID OBJECT RELATIVE TO ANOTHER
    Publication number: 20200300624
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for photogrammetrically determining a six degree of freedom spatial relationship between a first object and a second object is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Mitchell D. Voth, Timothy Kneier, Donald A. Spurgeon
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MEASURING THE ORIENTATION OF ONE RIGID OBJECT RELATIVE TO ANOTHER
    Publication number: 20200034985
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for photogrammetrically determining a six degree of freedom spatial relationship between a first object and a second object is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Mitchell D. Voth, Timothy Kneier, Donald A. Spurgeon