Patents Assigned to WEATHER DECISION TECHNOLOGIES
  • Patent number: 10126424
    Abstract: The present invention essentially comprises a system, method, computer program and combinations thereof to utilize dual-polarization generated data generally associated with weather and non-weather events for mapping data, producing geo-referenced data, producing mosaics, generation of precipitation masks, non-precipitation mask, and classification masks in general, production of vertical cross sections and predetermined fly throughs, producing short term forecasting, prediction of specific weather phenomenon, correcting or adjusting rain gauge data as well as quantitative precipitation estimation, and combining other meteorological data to correct or adjust estimated rainfall accumulation gathered by dual-polarization radar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Weather Decision Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Eilts, James T. Johnson, Jr., Christopher Porter, Matthew Gaffner, John William Conway, Noah A. Lock, Andrew MacKenzie
  • Patent number: 9753947
    Abstract: Storage of weather data in four dimensions in a mass storage data cube for ready access. Weather data to be stored is ingested and processed with respect to location and time to generate one or more tiles each characterized by a geographic location index and a time index. The tiles are stored in a mass storage data cube in accordance with the geographic location index and the time index of each tile. The tiles containing the stored weather data can be readily accessed and retrieved from the mass storage data cube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: WEATHER DECISION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Christian Goering, Matt Orr, Lee Robb, James T. Johnson
  • Patent number: 9519057
    Abstract: The present invention essentially comprises a system, method, computer program and combinations thereof to utilize dual-polarization generated data generally associated with weather and non-weather events for mapping data, producing geo-referenced data, producing mosaics, generation of precipitation masks, non-precipitation mask, and classification masks in general, production of vertical cross sections and predetermined fly throughs, producing short term forecasting, prediction of specific weather phenomenon, correcting or adjusting rain gauge data as well as quantitative precipitation estimation, and combining other meteorological data to correct or adjust estimated rainfall accumulation gathered by dual-polarization radar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: Weather Decision Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Eilts, James T. Johnson, Jr., Christopher Porter, Matthew Gaffner, John William Conway
  • Patent number: 9246610
    Abstract: A method, system, and device provide alert information using weather prediction data. The method includes: converting weather prediction data to a tile based tile set, the tiles each representative of a unique geographic projection of a rendered geographical area of defined size; determining for each time period of the forecast whether any of the one or more weather variables associated with each prediction geographical tile violates a weather variable threshold for the location associated with the prediction geographical tile, the determining performed by comparing for each time period of the forecast each weather variable of the one or more weather variables associated with the prediction geographical tile to the weather variable threshold for the location associated with the prediction geographical tile; and generating and communicating one or more alerts corresponding to one or more violations of the weather variable thresholds for the locations associated with the prediction geographical tiles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: WEATHER DECISION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: James T. Johnson, Lee M. Robb, Clair L. Hehnly, Jr., Xuechao Yu, Caleb Creed
  • Publication number: 20150256277
    Abstract: A method, system, and device provide alert information using weather prediction data. The method includes: converting weather prediction data to a tile based tile set, the tiles each representative of a unique geographic projection of a rendered geographical area of defined size; determining for each time period of the forecast whether any of the one or more weather variables associated with each prediction geographical tile violates a weather variable threshold for the location associated with the prediction geographical tile, the determining performed by comparing for each time period of the forecast each weather variable of the one or more weather variables associated with the prediction geographical tile to the weather variable threshold for the location associated with the prediction geographical tile; and generating and communicating one or more alerts corresponding to one or more violations of the weather variable thresholds for the locations associated with the prediction geographical tiles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Applicant: WEATHER DECISION TECHNOLOGIES
    Inventors: James T. Johnson, Lee M. Robb, Clair L. Hehnly, JR., Xuechao Yu, Caleb Creed
  • Publication number: 20150161150
    Abstract: Storage of weather data in four dimensions in a mass storage data cube for ready access. Weather data to be stored is ingested and processed with respect to location and time to generate one or more tiles each characterized by a geographic location index and a time index. The tiles are stored in a mass storage data cube in accordance with the geographic location index and the time index of each tile. The tiles containing the stored weather data can be readily accessed and retrieved from the mass storage data cube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2014
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Applicant: WEATHER DECISION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Christian Goering, Matt Orr, Lee Robb, James T. Johnson
  • Patent number: 8990333
    Abstract: A method, system, apparatus, and device provides alert information to a user of a device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Weather Decision Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: James T. Johnson, Lee M. Robb, Clair L. Hehnly, Jr., Xuechao Yu, Caleb Creed, Karl Michael Kirch
  • Patent number: 8984939
    Abstract: The present invention essentially comprises a system, method, computer program and combinations thereof to utilize dual-polarization generated data generally associated with weather and non-weather events for mapping data, producing geo-referenced data, producing mosaics, generation of precipitation masks, non-precipitation mask, and classification masks in general, production of vertical cross sections and predetermined fly throughs, producing short term forecasting, prediction of specific weather phenomenon, correcting or adjusting rain gauge data as well as quantitative precipitation estimation, and combining other meteorological data to correct or adjust estimated rainfall accumulation gathered by dual-polarization radar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Weather Decision Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Eilts, James T. Johnson, Jr., Christopher Porter, Matthew Gaffner, John William Conway
  • Publication number: 20140327547
    Abstract: A method, system, apparatus, and device provides alert information to a user of a device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2014
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicant: Weather Decision Technologies
    Inventors: James T. Johnson, Lee M. Robb, Clair L. Hehnly, JR., Xuechao Yu, Caleb Creed, Karl Michael Kirch
  • Patent number: 8788606
    Abstract: A method, system, apparatus, and device provides alert information to a user of a device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Weather Decision Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: James T. Johnson, Mark Taylor, William Todd Daniell, Michael D. Eilts, Sheetal Wrzesien, Charles Barrere
  • Patent number: 8601864
    Abstract: The present invention essentially comprises a system, method, computer program and combinations thereof to utilize dual-polarization generated date generally associated with weather events for mapping data, producing geo-referenced data, producing mosaics, generation of conditional precipitation masks, production of vertical cross sections and predetermined fly throughs, producing short term forecasting, prediction of specific weather phenomenon, correcting or adjusting rain gauge data as well as quantitative precipitation estimation, and combining other meteorological data to correct or adjust estimated rainfall accumulation gathered by dual-polarization radar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Weather Decision Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Eilts, James T. Johnson, Jr., Christopher Porter, Matthew Gaffner, J. William Conway
  • Patent number: 8519860
    Abstract: Alert information is provided to a user of a device. In response to receiving an alert notification, a current location of the device is determined and converted to a device geographical tile that encompasses the determined current location; alert data received about the alert are processed and stored in an alert database if it is determined that a device tile code of the device geographical tile matches any alert geographical tiles that define the alert; a database query of the alert database is performed to identify alerts having one or more alert geographical tile codes that match the device tile code that have not been presented to a user of the device; and the user of the device is notified via the user interface of the device of the identified alerts and the user is prompted to view the identified one or more alerts via the user interface of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Weather Decision Technologies
    Inventors: James T. Johnson, Mark Taylor, William Todd Daniell, Michael D. Eilts, Sheetal Wrzesien, Charles Barrere
  • Publication number: 20110270940
    Abstract: A method, system, apparatus, and device provides alert information to a user of a device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2011
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: WEATHER DECISION TECHNOLOGIES
    Inventors: James T. Johnson, Mark Taylor, William Todd Daniell, Michael D. Eilts, Sheetal Wrzesien, Charles Barrere
  • Publication number: 20110248863
    Abstract: Alert information is provided to a user of a device. In response to receiving an alert notification, a current location of the device is determined and converted to a device geographical tile that encompasses the determined current location; alert data received about the alert are processed and stored in an alert database if it is determined that a device tile code of the device geographical tile matches any alert geographical tiles that define the alert; a database query of the alert database is performed to identify alerts having one or more alert geographical tile codes that match the device tile code that have not been presented to a user of the device; and the user of the device is notified via the user interface of the device of the identified alerts and the user is prompted to view the identified one or more alerts via the user interface of the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2011
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Applicant: WEATHER DECISION TECHNOLOGIES
    Inventors: James T. Johnson, Mark Taylor, William Todd Daniell, Michael D. Eilts, Sheetal Wrzesien, Charles Barrere