Patents by Inventor Fernando Caballero Benitez

Fernando Caballero Benitez 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).

  • Methods and apparatus for positioning aircraft based on images of mobile targets
    Patent number: 10037035
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for positioning aircraft based on images of mobile targets are disclosed. An example method includes identifying, by executing first instructions via a processor, a mobile target in an image obtained by a camera mounted on a first aircraft and obtaining, by executing second instructions via the processor, current coordinates of the first aircraft. The example method includes determining, by executing third instructions via the processor, coordinates of the mobile target based on the coordinates of the first aircraft and the image. The coordinates of the mobile target are within an area of uncertainty. The example method includes determining, by executing fourth instructions via the processor, a first position for the first aircraft that reduces the area of uncertainty of the coordinates of the mobile target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Enrique Casado Magaña, David Scarlatti, David Esteban Campillo, Jesús Iván Maza Alcañiz, Fernando Caballero Benitez
  • METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR POSITIONING AIRCRAFT BASED ON IMAGES OF MOBILE TARGETS
    Publication number: 20170023941
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for positioning aircraft based on images of mobile targets are disclosed. An example method includes identifying, by executing first instructions via a processor, a mobile target in an image obtained by a camera mounted on a first aircraft and obtaining, by executing second instructions via the processor, current coordinates of the first aircraft. The example method includes determining, by executing third instructions via the processor, coordinates of the mobile target based on the coordinates of the first aircraft and the image. The coordinates of the mobile target are within an area of uncertainty. The example method includes determining, by executing fourth instructions via the processor, a first position for the first aircraft that reduces the area of uncertainty of the coordinates of the mobile target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventors: Enrique Casado Magaña, David Scarlatti, David Esteban Campillo, Jesús Iván Maza Alcañiz, Fernando Caballero Benitez
  • Mobile unmanned aerial vehicle infrastructure and management system and method
    Patent number: 9481475
    Abstract: A mobile UAV infrastructure and management system for control and management of one or more unmanned aerial vehicles including at least one landing platform to facilitate operational readiness of the unmanned aerial vehicle, radio beacons for localization of the unmanned aerial vehicle, a command and control station in communication with the unmanned aerial vehicle, and an unmanned ground vehicle for deploying the landing platform, the radio beacons and the command and control station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: David Esteban Campillo, Enrique Juan Casado Magaña, David Scarlatti, Ivan Maza Alcañiz, Fernando Caballero Benitez, Ricardo Ragel de la Torre
  • Mobile Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Infrastructure and Management System and Method
    Publication number: 20160207637
    Abstract: A mobile UAV infrastructure and management system for control and management of one or more unmanned aerial vehicles including at least one landing platform to facilitate operational readiness of the unmanned aerial vehicle, radio beacons for localization of the unmanned aerial vehicle, a command and control station in communication with the unmanned aerial vehicle, and an unmanned ground vehicle for deploying the landing platform, the radio beacons and the command and control station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2015
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Inventors: David Esteban Campillo, Enrique Juan Casado Magaña, David Scarlatti, Ivan Maza Alcañiz, Fernando Caballero Benitez, Ricardo Ragel de la Torre