The Boeing Company

Theboeing Company

Mathew Albert Coffman

Michael P Gleason

Nathan Christian Lee

Michael Allan Arrowsmith

Alan Frank Tegeler

Anthony C Roberts

Daniel Eugene Pulcher

William John Keyes

David G Betterly

Elizabeth K Kauffman

Elizabeth Kay Kauffman

Amoret Margaret Lambrecht

Robert A Gipperich

John M Robertson

Timothi A Purcell

Steven R Estes

Anthony Michael Hoff

John M Gerardi

Michael A Arrowsmith

Amoret M Lambrecht

A system for non-destructive testing (NDT) a surface of a vehicle includes a track that is securable to the surface, and a sensor that is movable along the track to perform a scan of a region of the surface. The system also includes a computer to generate a baseline image of the surface from the scan, and define a map of the surface from a computer model of the surface. The baseline image includes a matrix of baseline data points, and the map includes a matrix of locations on the surface. The computer correlates the baseline image and the map to produce a mapped baseline image including the matrix of baseline data points registered to the locations on the surface. The mapped baseline image is formatted for NDT of the surface, and may thereby serve as an analytical digital twin for the NDT.

Analytical digital twin for nondestructive inspection of a vehicle

A method is provided for generating a three-dimensional (3D) visually representative model of a vehicle. The method includes receiving images acquired from a number of viewpoints of different sections of the vehicle, and performing photogrammetry on the images to extract a profile of the vehicle. The method includes creating a wireframe mesh or point cloud from the profile, and generating the 3D model of the vehicle. The images are processed to determine areas on a surface of the vehicle in which a defect is detected, and markers are appended onto respective areas of the 3D model that correspond to the areas on the surface of the vehicle such that the defect is appended onto the 3D model. And the method includes generating a display of the 3D model of the vehicle including the markers that indicate the areas on the surface of the vehicle in which the defect is detected.

Three-dimensional inspection twin for remote visual inspection of a vehicle

A system, apparatus and method are provided for facilitating inspection of a target object. In the context of a method, an image is received that includes the target object. The method applies a first mask to at least a portion of the image in order to mask one or more foreground objects that at least partially block view of the target object. The method further includes applying a second mask to at least a portion of the image in order to mask a background of the target object. The method additionally includes analyzing the image of the target object following application of the first and second masks in order to identify one or more regions of the target object that merit further inspection. A corresponding system and apparatus are also provided.

System, apparatus and method for facilitating inspection of a target object

A method, apparatus, and augmented reality system comprising an active portable anchor used by an augmented reality device to display augmented reality information on a live view of an object. The active portable anchor is configured to output a current physical anchor position of the active portable anchor relative to an object.

Augmented reality system with an active portable anchor

A method and system for generating electrical energy from wind are described. In an example, a method includes capturing wind in an intake on an exterior surface of a structure. The method also includes directing, via a duct, the wind from the intake to a centrifugal fan and, while directing the wind from the intake to the centrifugal fan, compressing and accelerating the wind in the duct. The method further includes receiving, in the centrifugal fan, the wind from the duct and rotating, via the received wind, a fan blade assembly in the centrifugal fan. The method still further includes generating electrical energy, via a generator, based on the rotation of the fan blade assembly.

Internal mounted cylindrical turbine for electricity generation using exterior flush and scoop intakes

A method, apparatus, and augmented reality system comprising a network and a communications port in the network. The communications port is configured to communicate with a portable active anchor and send a current physical anchor position of the active portable anchor relative to an object to the active portable anchor in which the current physical anchor position of the active portable anchor relative to the object is determined using a physical anchor position of the active portable anchor and a physical object position of the object.

An aircraft skin panel includes a laminated composite layer and a ground plane coupled to the composite layer, wherein the ground plane is an electrically conductive elastic thermoplastic.

Conductive thermoplastic ground plane for use in an aircraft

A method and apparatus comprising a sealing member, an integral structure associated with the sealing member, and an engagement section extending from the sealing member. The sealing member is configured to be attached to a surface of an object. The sealing member is consolidated with the integral structure. The engagement section is deformable and configured to engage a receiving structure in the object.

Surface sealing system

The disclosure is directed to a method and system for processing work requests, preferably prototype operations work requests (POWR). In one of the embodiments the method is an automated method to be performed in a computing environment for processing a work request. The method comprises the steps of receiving the work request, inputting the work request into an electronic database, creating electronic work request instructions, linking the electronic work request instructions to multiple networked computers, transmitting between the networked computers electronic notifications relating to the work request instructions, and providing service reports filtered on specific data of interest relating to history and completion of the work request.

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Saint Charles, MO, United States of America

Mathew Albert Coffman