Christopher A Richardson

US Patent:

6954999, Oct 18, 2005

Filed:

Dec 13, 2004

Appl. No.:

11/010467

Inventors:

Christopher D. Richardson - Peoria IL, US
Vincent Lansing Lasher - West Milton OH, US
Robert Marvin Beekman - Oxford OH, US

Assignee:

Trimble Navigation Limited - Sunnyvale CA

International Classification:

E02F005/02
G05D001/02
G05D001/04

US Classification:

37348, 701 50

Abstract:

A guidance control system is configured to control the positioning and spatial orientation of a digging implement mounted on a frame of an trenching machine for working a subsurface of earth to a desired trench profile. The position of a dynamic cutting edge of the digging implement is monitored and then controlled so that the sensed dynamic cutting edge position is equal substantially to the calculated dynamic cutting edge position. The guidance control system includes sensors, a processor, and accessible memory providing digital design information regarding the desired trench profile.

US Patent:

8067719, Nov 29, 2011

Filed:

Aug 17, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/840256

Inventors:

Juan A. Herrera - Knoxville TN, US
Charles A. Cruey - Lenoir City TN, US
George E. Deichert - Knoxville TN, US
Anthony S. Nelms - Knoxville TN, US
Christopher C. Richardson - Maryville TN, US
Kent A. Rinehart - Knoxville TN, US
Richard P. Williams - Andersonville TN, US
Charles L. Guffey - Sweetwater TN, US
Augustin L. Manolache - Knoxville TN, US

Assignee:

Perceptics, LLC - Knoxville TN

International Classification:

H01L 27/00

US Classification:

2502081, 25055946

Abstract:

A portable undercarriage vehicle inspection system (UVIS) () uses an under vehicle imaging (UVI) module () to capture an image of the undercarriage of a vehicle. The UVIS also includes multiple scene cameras () that capture the associated vehicle scene images. The scene cameras are easy to view and manipulate. The undercarriage image and the associated vehicle scene images are provided to a power and communications unit (PCU) () through a network () such as Ethernet. These images may be stored in a database repository connected to the network. A notebook computer will serve as an operator workstation () for display of real-time, as well as historical, vehicular records. An operator viewing the images can enter additional information related to the images, such as comments and remarks, and archive all of the information for future reference and comparisons.

US Patent:

20160358033, Dec 8, 2016

Filed:

Jun 2, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/171401

Inventors:

- Knoxville TN, US
Anthony Scott NELMS - Knoxville TN, US
Charles Andrew CRUEY - Lenoir City TN, US
Alfred Lawrence MARSTON III - Knoxville TN, US
Christopher Clair RICHARDSON - Maryville TN, US

International Classification:

G06K 9/34
G06K 9/32
H04N 5/225

Abstract:

A vehicle imaging system may include a first circuit board, and the system may also include an additional circuit board. The circuit boards may hold components for capturing images of vehicles as well as components for analyzing images of vehicles that have been captured. The analyzing may include performing optical character recognition on portions on images to identify characters in the images. A housing may enclose the circuit boards. The vehicle imaging system may be a license plate recognition system, a DOT number reader system, a hazardous material placard reader system, or a container code reader system, for example.