公开(公告)号：US20240066535A1

公开(公告)日：2024-02-29

申请号：US18237687

申请日：2023-08-24

Applicant: Spraying Systems Co.

Inventor： Chad Mathew Foster Sipperley ,  Justin Alan Burger ,  Rudolf J. Schick

IPC: B05B5/00 ,  B05B5/025

CPC classification number: B05B5/001 ,  B05B5/025

Abstract: A spray system and method are described for controllably applying a coating of nanoparticles to a substrate. In particular, spray system arrangements are described that are configured to meet the goals of high quality nanoparticle deposition on a substrate with minimal waste of costly nanoparticle material. More particularly, a nanoparticle spray system is described herein that includes: a spray nozzle configured to emit a nanoparticle-laden spray flow; a conveyed substrate configured to be conveyed at a velocity; and a controller configured to operate in a feedback loop such that nanoparticles of the nanoparticle-laden spray flow are controllably deposited on a surface of the conveyed substrate.

公开(公告)号：US11538233B2

公开(公告)日：2022-12-27

申请号：US16864969

申请日：2020-05-01

Applicant: Spraying Systems Co.

Inventor： Kyle M. Bade ,  Rudolf J. Schick

IPC: G06V10/60 ,  G06T7/80 ,  B05B12/00 ,  G03B15/02 ,  G03B17/56 ,  G06T3/40 ,  G06T5/00 ,  H04N5/225 ,  G06V10/141

Abstract: A spray pattern imaging apparatus, and method of operation, is described herein. The method is carried out by the spray pattern imaging apparatus that includes a frame having a set of known aspects corresponding to a first dimension and a second dimension within a first plane. The spray pattern imaging apparatus also includes a light source generating a planar light pattern within a substantially same plane as the first plane of the frame. The set of known aspects facilitate both correcting an image distortion and a scaling of a spray pattern image generated by an image acquisition device during a spray application by a nozzle positioned in a physical relationship with the planar light pattern such that spray particles emitted from the spray nozzle pass through the planar light pattern while an initial image is acquired by the image acquisition device.

公开(公告)号：US11536638B2

公开(公告)日：2022-12-27

申请号：US16442067

申请日：2019-06-14

Applicant: Spraying Systems Co.

Inventor： Chad Sipperley ,  Rudolf J. Schick ,  Kyle M. Bade

IPC: G01N15/02 ,  G06G7/48 ,  G06G7/52 ,  G01N15/00

Abstract: A system and method are described for rendering a characteristic for a set of particles passing through a measurement volume of a particle optical measurement system. The method includes acquiring raw particle data for the particles passing through the measurement volume. The raw particle data comprises a set of raw particle records. Each particle record comprises at least: a trajectory of at least one particle, and a second primary mark of the at least one particle whose value influences an effective sampling area corresponding to the measurement volume. The method includes generating and storing an effective sampling area based upon: the trajectory of the at least one particle, and the second primary mark. Thereafter, an ensemble characteristic is rendered for the set of particles by performing an operation on the sampling area-corrected set of particle records.

公开(公告)号：US20200349383A1

公开(公告)日：2020-11-05

申请号：US16864969

申请日：2020-05-01

Applicant: Spraying Systems Co.

Inventor： Kyle Bade ,  Rudolf J. Schick

IPC: G06K9/46 ,  G03B15/02 ,  G03B17/56 ,  G06K9/20 ,  G06T5/00 ,  G06T3/40 ,  H04N5/225 ,  G06T7/80 ,  B05B12/00

Abstract: A spray pattern imaging apparatus, and method of operation, is described herein. The method is carried out by the spray pattern imaging apparatus that includes a frame having a set of known aspects corresponding to a first dimension and a second dimension within a first plane. The spray pattern imaging apparatus also includes a light source generating a planar light pattern within a substantially same plane as the first plane of the frame. The set of known aspects facilitate both correcting an image distortion and a scaling of a spray pattern image generated by an image acquisition device during a spray application by a nozzle positioned in a physical relationship with the planar light pattern such that spray particles emitted from the spray nozzle pass through the planar light pattern while an initial image is acquired by the image acquisition device.