Patents by Inventor Bryan P. Kesterson

Bryan P. Kesterson has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 8773330
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for performing a mission. Information for a mission is received at a control station. The control station comprises a display system, a motion capture system, a number of user input devices, a seat associated with the number of user input devices, and a processor unit. The display system is configured to be worn on the head of an operator and to present a display to the operator. The motion capture system is configured to track movement of the head. The processor unit is configured to execute program code to generate the display and adjust the display presented to the operator in response to detecting movement of the head of the operator. The mission is performed using the information and the control station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Richard E. Edwards, Bryan P. Kesterson, Ramzy Boutros, Mary E. Hornsby
  • Publication number: 20100328204
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for performing a mission. Information for a mission is received at a control station. The control station comprises a display system, a motion capture system, a number of user input devices, a seat associated with the number of user input devices, and a processor unit. The display system is configured to be worn on the head of an operator and to present a display to the operator. The motion capture system is configured to track movement of the head. The processor unit is configured to execute program code to generate the display and adjust the display presented to the operator in response to detecting movement of the head of the operator. The mission is performed using the information and the control station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2009
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Richard E. Edwards, Bryan P. Kesterson, Ramzy Boutros, Mary E. Hornsby
  • Patent number: 7636568
    Abstract: An aircraft wireless data communication system includes an aircraft computer/server in communication with a plurality of aircraft systems. Access to the aircraft systems via the computer/server is available in real-time via wireless communication with a ground-based computer system. The ground-based computer system includes a computer that can be accessed from one or more networks of computers. Each authorized computer user on an airline, manufacturer, or supplier network has remote real-time access to the aircraft computer/server. Properly authorized remote users can: perform comparisons between the aircraft actual configuration identity and an aircraft authorized configuration identity; perform system diagnostic testing; view system status and parameters; collaborate with users from local and remote organizations using real-time aircraft data; and upload and download software and data to and from aircraft systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2009
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Todd W. Gould, Steve R. Stovner, Richard J. Reuter, Stanely W. Engdahl, James M. Parker, Bryan P. Kesterson
  • Patent number: 7580235
    Abstract: Systems and methods for presenting information corresponding to circuit breakers and for controlling such circuit breakers are disclosed. In one embodiment, the system can include a menu-driven, pointer-accessible graphical user interface via which an operator can receive information corresponding to circuit breakers, and can automatically change the states of the circuit breakers. Menus of circuit breaker information can be organized by the state of the circuit breaker, the location of the circuit breaker, the bus to which the circuit breaker is coupled, the electrical system to which the circuit breaker belongs, and/or the system or subsystem of which the circuit breaker is a part. In further embodiments, the circuit breaker information can be organized according to custom-made arrangements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: George H. Hamasaki, Joseph A. Sikora, Bryan P. Kesterson, Gregory P. Owens, Justin E. Hale, Norman F. Kirby, Thanh-Ha N. Herter, Michael B. McAvoy, Phuoc D. Nguyen, Robert J. Crane
  • Publication number: 20040106404
    Abstract: An aircraft wireless data communication system includes an aircraft computer/server in communication with a plurality of aircraft systems. Access to the aircraft systems via the computer/server is available in real-time via wireless communication with a ground-based computer system. The ground-based computer system includes a computer that can be accessed from one or more networks of computers. Each authorized computer user on an airline, manufacturer, or supplier network has remote real-time access to the aircraft computer/server. Properly authorized remote users can: perform comparisons between the aircraft actual configuration identity and an aircraft authorized configuration identity; perform system diagnostic testing; view system status and parameters; collaborate with users from local and remote organizations using real-time aircraft data; and upload and download software and data to and from aircraft systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2002
    Publication date: June 3, 2004
    Inventors: Todd W. Gould, Steve R. Stovner, Richard J. Reuter, Stanley W. Engdahl, James M. Parker, Bryan P. Kesterson