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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2014
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Stuart Edwin Lawrence, III, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Christopher L Baker, Allison Park, PA (US);
Christopher Randolph Baker, New Kensington, PA (US);
David G Galati, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Justin C Haines, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Herman Herman, Gibsonia, PA (US);
Alonzo J Kelly, Sewickley, PA (US);
Eric Meyhofer, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Anthony Stentz, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Jean-Sebastien Valois, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Andrew Strat, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Abstract
The invention disclosed herein describes a supervised autonomy system designed to precisely model, inspect and process the surfaces of complex three-dimensional objects. The current application context for this system is laser coating removal of aircraft, but this invention is suitable for use in a wide variety of applications that require close, precise positioning and maneuvering of an inspection or processing tool over the entire surface of a physical object. For example, this system, in addition to laser coating removal, could also apply new coatings, perform fine-grained or gross inspection tasks, deliver and/or use manufacturing process tools or instruments, and/or verify the results of other manufacturing processes such as but not limited to welding, riveting, or the placement of various surface markings or fixtures.