Patents by Inventor John Suddreth

John Suddreth 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: 11790860
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing image motion artifact correction for a color sequential (CS) display in a display system in a vehicle. The system includes a processor operationally coupled to a source of a coherent RGB image frame, a source of a line of sight (LOS) motion rate, and the display system, the processor configured to, calculate a sub-frame (SF) timing rate for the CS display; unpack the coherent RGB image frame into a Red, a Green, and a Blue frame; calculate a red, a green, and a blue pixel shift, as a function of a LOS rate change; apply the red pixel shift to the Red frame, the green pixel shift to the Green frame, and the blue pixel shift to the Blue frame, thereby creating modified RGB sub-frames; and re-packing the modified RGB sub-frames into a modified coherent RGB image frame for the CS display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: James Fye, John Suddreth, Kenneth Leiphon, Sean Caufield
  • Patent number: 11749119
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for generating and displaying a location, time, amount of one or more transitions along a flight path of a vehicle to ensure sonic boom values remain within permissible threshold values. The method may include receiving speed data, altitude data, and flight path data, including environment data, for a flight path of the vehicle, and generating, for each of one or more transitions along the flight path of the vehicle, at least one of a transition location, of upcoming locations along the flight path, a transition time, and a transition amount, based on the received speed data, altitude data, and flight path data, and a permissible threshold boom value of the upcoming transitions along the flight path. The method may also include outputting the generated transition location, transition time, and transition amount for the one or more transitions to a display system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventor: John Suddreth
  • Patent number: 11726340
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed that include a video processing system associated with a vehicle. The video processing system receives video data from at least one camera mounted to the vehicle, the video data representing an external scene, receives motion data, a virtual gaze direction of viewing of the external scene and a direction of facing of a head of a user. The video data is transformed based at least on a disparity between the virtual gaze direction and the direction of facing and based on the motion data. The transformed video data is displayed on a display device of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: John Suddreth, Kenneth Leiphon
  • Patent number: 11727815
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods, systems, and a non-transitory computer-readable medium for regenerating at least a portion of a flight plan of a vehicle. The method may include generating an adjustment to a speed, an altitude, and/or a heading for one or more locations along a flight path within at least one of a predetermined distance of the vehicle and a predetermined window of time, based on received speed data, altitude data, and flight path data, including a subset of points along each boom footprint included in the flight path data, and a permissible threshold boom value for each of the one or more locations. The method may also include regenerating a portion of a flight plan corresponding to the one or more locations, based on the generated adjustment to the speed, altitude, and/or heading for the one or more locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel E. Lewis, John Suddreth
  • Patent number: 11694559
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods, systems, and a non-transitory computer-readable medium for modifying a flight plan of a vehicle. The method may include identifying a maneuver of a flight path that will generate a focus boom, based on received flight path data and permissible threshold boom values for locations along a boom footprint of the maneuver, and generating an adjustment to at least one of a speed, an altitude, an attitude, a location, and a turn radius of the maneuver based on the received data and the permissible threshold boom values. In addition, the method may include updating the flight plan based on the generated adjustment to the at least one of the speed, the altitude, the attitude, the location, and the turn radius of the at least one maneuver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: John Suddreth, Daniel E. Lewis
  • Publication number: 20230074306
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing image motion artifact correction for a color sequential (CS) display in a display system in a vehicle. The system includes a processor operationally coupled to a source of a coherent RGB image frame, a source of a line of sight (LOS) motion rate, and the display system, the processor configured to, calculate a sub-frame (SF) timing rate for the CS display; unpack the coherent RGB image frame into a Red, a Green, and a Blue frame; calculate a red, a green, and a blue pixel shift, as a function of a LOS rate change; apply the red pixel shift to the Red frame, the green pixel shift to the Green frame, and the blue pixel shift to the Blue frame, thereby creating modified RGB sub-frames; and re-packing the modified RGB sub-frames into a modified coherent RGB image frame for the CS display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: James Fye, John Suddreth, Kenneth Leiphon, Sean Caufield
  • Publication number: 20220327938
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for generating and displaying a location, time, amount of one or more transitions along a flight path of a vehicle to ensure sonic boom values remain within permissible threshold values. The method may include receiving speed data, altitude data, and flight path data, including environment data, for a flight path of the vehicle, and generating, for each of one or more transitions along the flight path of the vehicle, at least one of a transition location, of upcoming locations along the flight path, a transition time, and a transition amount, based on the received speed data, altitude data, and flight path data, and a permissible threshold boom value of the upcoming transitions along the flight path. The method may also include outputting the generated transition location, transition time, and transition amount for the one or more transitions to a display system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventor: John SUDDRETH
  • Publication number: 20220327940
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods, systems, and a non-transitory computer-readable medium for modifying a flight plan of a vehicle. The method may include identifying a maneuver of a flight path that will generate a focus boom, based on received flight path data and permissible threshold boom values for locations along a boom footprint of the maneuver, and generating an adjustment to at least one of a speed, an altitude, an attitude, a location, and a turn radius of the maneuver based on the received data and the permissible threshold boom values. In addition, the method may include updating the flight plan based on the generated adjustment to the at least one of the speed, the altitude, the attitude, the location, and the turn radius of the at least one maneuver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: John SUDDRETH, Daniel E. LEWIS
  • Publication number: 20220326043
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods, systems, and a non-transitory computer-readable medium for generating and displaying a target altitude and a target speed for a vehicle to ensure sonic boom values remain within permissible threshold values. For instance, the method may include receiving speed data, altitude data, and flight path data for a flight path of the vehicle, and generating at least one of a target altitude and a target speed for each of one or more locations along the flight path based on the received speed data, altitude data, and flight path data, and a permissible threshold boom value for each of the one or more locations. The method may also include outputting the generated at least one of the target altitude and the target speed to a display system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2021
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: John SUDDRETH, Jerry Ball
  • Publication number: 20220327942
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods, systems, and a non-transitory computer-readable medium for regenerating at least a portion of a flight plan of a vehicle. The method may include generating an adjustment to a speed, an altitude, and/or a heading for one or more locations along a flight path within at least one of a predetermined distance of the vehicle and a predetermined window of time, based on received speed data, altitude data, and flight path data, including a subset of points along each boom footprint included in the flight path data, and a permissible threshold boom value for each of the one or more locations. The method may also include regenerating a portion of a flight plan corresponding to the one or more locations, based on the generated adjustment to the speed, altitude, and/or heading for the one or more locations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2021
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: Daniel E. LEWIS, John SUDDRETH
  • Patent number: 11403058
    Abstract: Systems and Methods are provided for displaying flight data parameters to aircrew members of an aircraft. The system includes a first display for a pilot flying (PF) that shows computer generated images of flight data parameters that are designated for the PF. A second display is used for a pilot monitoring (PM) that shows computer generated images of flight data parameters that are designated for the PM. An augmented reality vision system (ARVS) re-assigns the displays of designated computer generated images of flight data parameters between the first display and the second display according to instructions by the PF or the PM.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Jerry D. Ball, Jayasenthilnathan B., Kenneth Leiphon, John Suddreth
  • Publication number: 20210357168
    Abstract: Systems and Methods are provided for displaying flight data parameters to aircrew members of an aircraft. The system includes a first display for a pilot flying (PF) that shows computer generated images of flight data parameters that are designated for the PF. A second display is used for a pilot monitoring (PM) that shows computer generated images of flight data parameters that are designated for the PM. An augmented reality vision system (ARVS) re-assigns the displays of designated computer generated images of flight data parameters between the first display and the second display according to instructions by the PF or the PM.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Jerry D. Ball, Jayasenthilnathan B., Kenneth Leiphon, John Suddreth
  • Patent number: 10053224
    Abstract: A system method for providing aircraft lateral navigation system capability feedback to a pilot includes determining, in a processor, when a flight plan has been received that includes a flight leg that needs to be captured by the aircraft. A determination is made, in the processor, when an armed signal has been received, where the armed signal indicating that an aircraft autopilot navigation mode (NAV) has been armed. The processor is used to command a display device to render the flight leg using a first display paradigm when the armed signal has not been received, and to render the flight leg using a second display paradigm when the armed signal has been received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Dave Pepitone, John Meeker, Mark Giddings, Ivan Sandy Wyatt, John Suddreth, Aaron Gannon
  • Publication number: 20170349295
    Abstract: A system method for providing aircraft lateral navigation system capability feedback to a pilot includes determining, in a processor, when a flight plan has been received that includes a flight leg that needs to be captured by the aircraft. A determination is made, in the processor, when an armed signal has been received, where the armed signal indicating that an aircraft autopilot navigation mode (NAV) has been armed. The processor is used to command a display device to render the flight leg using a first display paradigm when the armed signal has not been received, and to render the flight leg using a second display paradigm when the armed signal has been received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2016
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Dave Pepitone, John Meeker, Mark Giddings, Ivan Sandy Wyatt, John Suddreth, Aaron Gannon
  • Publication number: 20070038339
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for using a display system for a first vehicle. The system includes a processor adapted to receive data representative of a position of the first vehicle and operable, in response thereto, to supply one or more image rendering display commands and a display device coupled to receive the image rendering display commands and operable, in response thereto, to simultaneously render (i) a first vehicle icon representing the position of the first vehicle and (ii) one or more altitude lines, wherein each altitude line extends at least partially across the image and represents a vertical distance from the first vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2005
    Publication date: February 15, 2007
    Inventors: David Shirley, John Suddreth
  • Publication number: 20070018887
    Abstract: A system and method for displaying obstacles in a conformal perspective view. The system comprises a display screen for graphical display of data, at least one obstacle data source, one or more graphics processors for receiving obstacle data from the at least one obstacle data source, and for providing input to the display screen. The display screen displays obstacles in a 3-dimensional graphical representation of real space. The display size of the obstacles varies based on the distance to the obstacles. Obstacles located beyond a selected distance are displayed as semi-transparent line objects and obstacles located within the selected distance are displayed as semi-transparent polygons.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2005
    Publication date: January 25, 2007
    Applicant: Honeywell International Inc
    Inventors: Thea Feyereisen, Gang He, Blake Wilson, John Suddreth, Ivan Wyatt
  • Publication number: 20050137758
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for interactively building flight paths for entry into an aircraft flight management system (FMS). The apparatus comprises a database containing map information, a display for presenting the map information, a user controlled cursor and selection buttons, all under the control of a graphics processor. The processor presents the map information with included navigation features on the display, correlated with the aircraft position and cursor location. When the cursor overlies a navigational feature (airways, waypoints, etc.), the processor highlights the feature. Feature ID information may also pop up when the feature is highlighted. Using a mouse button or equivalent, the user selects the highlighted feature or ID, whereupon the processor sends the information associated therewith to the FMS. By successively highlighting and selecting features or IDs an entire flight path can be identified and entered automatically into the FMS without the need for individual text entry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2003
    Publication date: June 23, 2005
    Inventors: Gang He, Blake Wilson, John Suddreth, Carlos Gameros, Peter Daniel