Patents by Inventor Gerard Fairley

Gerard Fairley 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 systems for aircraft collision avoidance
    Patent number: 11161611
    Abstract: A system for aircraft collision avoidance includes a first aircraft, the first aircraft configured to detecting at least a projected flight path of at least a second aircraft, determine, as a function of the at least a projected flight path, that the first aircraft is on a collision course with the at least a second aircraft, select a collision avoidance maneuver, the collision avoidance maneuver including at least a flight path for the first aircraft and at least a flight path for the at least a second aircraft, and transmit the collision avoidance maneuver to the at least a second aircraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Inventors: Yan Zhang, Gerard Fairley
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AIRCRAFT COLLISION AVOIDANCE
    Publication number: 20210197966
    Abstract: A system for aircraft collision avoidance includes a first aircraft, the first aircraft configured to detecting at least a projected flight path of at least a second aircraft, determine, as a function of the at least a projected flight path, that the first aircraft is on a collision course with the at least a second aircraft, select a collision avoidance maneuver, the collision avoidance maneuver including at least a flight path for the first aircraft and at least a flight path for the at least a second aircraft, and transmit the collision avoidance maneuver to the at least a second aircraft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Yan Zhang, Gerard Fairley