Patents by Inventor Caishun Chen

Caishun Chen 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).

  • Mission re-planning for coordinated multivehicle task allocation
    Patent number: 9651950
    Abstract: A system and methods for mission re-planning are presented. Vehicles are monitored in real-time, and an incapacitated vehicle from among the vehicles that performs an incomplete task is detected. A remaining coverage set comprising a remaining coverage area for each of the vehicles is determined. A travel distance from a task completion location of each of the vehicles to a stopped point of the incapacitated vehicle is calculated to provide a travel set. An extra coverage set is determined based on the travel set and the remaining coverage set, and an incomplete coverage area for the incomplete task is calculated. The extra coverage set is compared to the incomplete coverage area and the remaining coverage area to provide a sufficiency list, and an assigned vehicle is selected from the vehicles based on the sufficiency list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Jung Soon Jang, Matthew A. Vavrina, John L. Vian, Meng Hiot Lim, Caishun Chen
  • MISSION RE-PLANNING FOR COORDINATED MULTIVEHICLE TASK ALLOCATION
    Publication number: 20140025228
    Abstract: A system and methods for mission re-planning are presented. Vehicles are monitored in real-time, and an incapacitated vehicle from among the vehicles that performs an incomplete task is detected. A remaining coverage set comprising a remaining coverage area for each of the vehicles is determined. A travel distance from a task completion location of each of the vehicles to a stopped point of the incapacitated vehicle is calculated to provide a travel set. An extra coverage set is determined based on the travel set and the remaining coverage set, and an incomplete coverage area for the incomplete task is calculated. The extra coverage set is compared to the incomplete coverage area and the remaining coverage area to provide a sufficiency list, and an assigned vehicle is selected from the vehicles based on the sufficiency list.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2012
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Inventors: Jung Soon Jang, Matthew A. Vavrina, John L. Vian, Meng Hiot Lim, Caishun Chen