Patents by Inventor John P. Moussouris
John P. Moussouris 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).
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Publication number: 20230373662Abstract: Methods, apparatuses and systems for providing renewable energy powered, continuous geostationary orbital communications include arranging a plurality of renewable energy powered unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) having ground and air communication capabilities in a belt configuration around the earth, spacing apart the plurality of UAVs to provide intercommunication between at least neighboring ones of the plurality of UAVs, and positioning the plurality of UAVs in a relatively stationary location above the earth at a height of between 12 to 15 miles.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2023Publication date: November 23, 2023Inventors: Michael CYRUS, John P. MOUSSOURIS
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Patent number: 10450083Abstract: Embodiments of methods and apparatus for close formation flight are provided herein. In some embodiments, a method of sensing three dimensional (3D) airflow by an aircraft includes: collecting measurements characterizing airflow near the aircraft; analyzing the collected measurements; creating, by a processor, a computer model predicting one or more 3D airflow patterns parameter values based on the analyzing; obtaining one or more additional measurements characterizing airflow near an aircraft of the plurality of aircraft, and evaluating an error between an airflow parameter value predicted by the computer model and the one or more additional measurement.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2018Date of Patent: October 22, 2019Assignee: SUNLIGHT AEROSPACE INC.Inventors: Sergey V. Frolov, Michael Cyrus, Allan J. Bruce, John P. Moussouris
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Patent number: 10301037Abstract: Embodiments of methods and apparatus for close formation flight are provided herein. In some embodiments, a method for establishing situational awareness during formation flight includes exchanging transponder signals between at least two aircraft, establishing two-way communication links between the at least two aircraft, exchanging telemetry data between the at least two aircraft, and assigning the roles of a leader and a follower to the aircraft.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2016Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: SUNLIGHT PHOTONICS INC.Inventors: Sergey V. Frolov, Michael Cyrus, Allan J. Bruce, John P. Moussouris
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Publication number: 20180281984Abstract: Embodiments of methods and apparatus for close formation flight are provided herein. In some embodiments, a method of sensing three dimensional (3D) airflow by an aircraft includes: collecting measurements characterizing airflow near the aircraft; analyzing the collected measurements; creating, by a processor, a computer model predicting one or more 3D airflow patterns parameter values based on the analyzing; obtaining one or more additional measurements characterizing airflow near an aircraft of the plurality of aircraft, and evaluating an error between an airflow parameter value predicted by the computer model and the one or more additional measurement.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2018Publication date: October 4, 2018Inventors: SERGEY V. FROLOV, MICHAEL CYRUS, ALLAN J. BRUCE, JOHN P. MOUSSOURIS
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Patent number: 10017271Abstract: Embodiments of methods and apparatus for close formation flight are provided herein. In some embodiments, a method of sensing three dimensional (3D) airflow by an aircraft includes: collecting measurements characterizing airflow near the aircraft; analyzing the collected measurements; creating, by a processor, a computer model predicting one or more 3D airflow patterns parameter values based on the analyzing; obtaining one or more additional measurements characterizing airflow near an aircraft of the plurality of aircraft, and evaluating an error between an airflow parameter value predicted by the computer model and the one or more additional measurement.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2016Date of Patent: July 10, 2018Assignee: SUNLIGHT PHOTONICS INC.Inventors: Sergey V. Frolov, Michael Cyrus, Allan J. Bruce, John P. Moussouris
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Patent number: 9870005Abstract: Embodiments of methods and apparatus for close formation flight are provided herein. In some embodiments, an apparatus for close formation flight, comprises a plurality of sensors for collecting measurements characterizing airflow near an aircraft. The plurality of sensors are attachable to at least one of a wing, fuselage, or tail of the aircraft, and the measurements provide information about airflow velocity in a direction transverse to a direction of the aircraft flight.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2016Date of Patent: January 16, 2018Assignee: SUNLIGHT PHOTONICS INC.Inventors: Sergey V. Frolov, Michael Cyrus, Allan J. Bruce, John P. Moussouris
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Publication number: 20170297736Abstract: Embodiments of methods and apparatus for close formation flight are provided herein. In some embodiments, a method for establishing situational awareness during formation flight includes exchanging transponder signals between at least two aircraft, establishing two-way communication links between the at least two aircraft, exchanging telemetry data between the at least two aircraft, and assigning the roles of a leader and a follower to the aircraft.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2016Publication date: October 19, 2017Inventors: SERGEY V. FROLOV, MICHAEL CYRUS, ALLAN J. BRUCE, JOHN P. MOUSSOURIS
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Publication number: 20170293307Abstract: Embodiments of methods and apparatus for close formation flight are provided herein. In some embodiments, an apparatus for close formation flight, comprises a plurality of sensors for collecting measurements characterizing airflow near an aircraft. The plurality of sensors are attachable to at least one of a wing, fuselage, or tail of the aircraft, and the measurements provide information about airflow velocity in a direction transverse to a direction of the aircraft flight.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2016Publication date: October 12, 2017Inventors: SERGEY V. FROLOV, MICHAEL CYRUS, ALLAN J. BRUCE, JOHN P. MOUSSOURIS
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Publication number: 20170267371Abstract: Embodiments of methods and apparatus for close formation flight are provided herein. In some embodiments, a method of sensing three dimensional (3D) airflow by an aircraft includes: collecting measurements characterizing airflow near the aircraft; analyzing the collected measurements; creating, by a processor, a computer model predicting one or more 3D airflow patterns parameter values based on the analyzing; obtaining one or more additional measurements characterizing airflow near an aircraft of the plurality of aircraft, and evaluating an error between an airflow parameter value predicted by the computer model and the one or more additional measurement.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2016Publication date: September 21, 2017Inventors: SERGEY V. FROLOV, MICHAEL CYRUS, ALLAN J. BRUCE, JOHN P. MOUSSOURIS
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Publication number: 20170269612Abstract: Embodiments of methods and apparatus for close formation flight are provided herein. In some embodiments, a method of operating aircraft for flight in close formation includes establishing a communication link between a first aircraft and a second aircraft, assigning to at least one of the first aircraft or the second aircraft, via the communication link, initial positions relative to one another in the close formation, providing flight control input for aligning the first and second aircraft in their respective initial positions, tracking, by at least one aircraft in the close formation, at least one vortex-generated by at least one other aircraft in the close formation, and based on the tracking, providing flight control input to adjust a relative position between the first aircraft and the second aircraft.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2016Publication date: September 21, 2017Inventors: SERGEY V. FROLOV, MICHAEL CYRUS, ALLAN J. BRUCE, JOHN P. MOUSSOURIS
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Patent number: 9758257Abstract: Embodiments of air flow sensing systems are provided herein. In some embodiments, one or more sensors are positionable on an aircraft and dimensioned and arranged to measure vector components of airflow velocity having at least one of a transverse or streamwise direction relative to a flight direction of the aircraft. In some embodiments, the one or more sensors are positioned in front of an aircraft wing and distributed as an array of sensors along the span of the aircraft wing.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2016Date of Patent: September 12, 2017Assignee: SUNLIGHT PHOTONICS INC.Inventors: Sergey V. Frolov, Michael Cyrus, Allan J. Bruce, John P. Moussouris
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Patent number: 5113506Abstract: A cache-based computer architecture is disclosed in which the address generating unit and the tag comparator are packaged together and separately from the cache RAMs. If the architecture supports virtual memory, an address translation unit may be included on the same chip as, and logically between, the address generating unit and the tag comparator logic. Further, interleaved access to more than one cache may be accomplished on the external address, data and the tag busses.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 1990Date of Patent: May 12, 1992Assignee: MIPS Computer Systems, Inc.Inventors: John P. Moussouris, Lester M. Crudele, Steven A. Przybylski
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Patent number: 4953073Abstract: A cache-based computer architecture has the address generating unit and the tag comparator packaged together and separately from the cache RAMS. If the architecture supports virtual memory, an address translation unit may be included on the same chip as, and logically between, the address generating unit and the tag comparator logic. Further, interleaved access to more than one cache may be accomplished on the external address, data and tag busses.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 1986Date of Patent: August 28, 1990Assignee: MIPS Computer Systems, Inc.Inventors: John P. Moussouris, Lester M. Crudele, Steven A. Przybylski
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Patent number: 4684921Abstract: An apparatus for producing, from four consecutive unconstrained data bits in a bit string, a run-length-limited (RLL) encoded symbol consisting of three coded data bits. The internal state of the encoder is described by one state bit. The encoder performs RLL (1,7) encoding on a bit-by-bit basis, and can be cascaded in parallel to perform encoding on sequential, equally-sized groups of unencoded data bits. An attractive feature of the encoder is that it can be cascaded to simultaneously encode consecutive bytes of data.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 1986Date of Patent: August 4, 1987Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Wilson W. Fok, John P. Moussouris
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Method and apparatus for generating a noiseless sliding block code for a (1,7) channel with rate 2/3
Patent number: 4413251Abstract: An algorithm and the hardware embodiment for producing a run length limited code useful in magnetic recording channels are described. The system described produces sequences which have a minimum of 1 zero and a maximum of 7 zeros between adjacent 1's. The code is generated by a sequential scheme that map 2 bits of unconstrained into 3 bits of constrained data. The encoder is a finite state machine whose internal state description requires 3 bits. It possesses the attractive feature of reset data blocks which reset it to a fixed state. The decoder requires a lookahead of two future channel symbols (6 bits) and its operation is channel state independent. The error propagation due to a random error is 5 bits. The hardware implementation is extremely simple and can operate at very high data speeds.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 1981Date of Patent: November 1, 1983Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Roy L. Adler, Martin Hassner, John P. Moussouris