Patents by Inventor Mark C. Singer

Mark C. Singer 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).

  • Triplex cockpit control data acquisition electronics
    Patent number: 8690101
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for controlling aircraft flight control surfaces. The system may include at least three pilot sensor channels, each pilot sensor channel including a set of pilot sensor data. The system may also include at least three aircraft sensor channels, each aircraft sensor channel including a set of aircraft sensor data. The system may further include an actuator control component configured to synchronously receive and vote on the pilot sensor data and the aircraft sensor data, such that a voted output of the at least three pilot sensor channels is transmitted to a flight control computer and augmented before being transmitted to remote electronics units. The voted output of the at least three pilot sensor channels providing for the control of the aircraft surfaces coupled to the remote electronics units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc.
    Inventors: Zafar S. Ahmad, John W. Roltgen, Mark C. Singer, Douglas L. Bader
  • TRIPLEX COCKPIT CONTROL DATA ACQUISITION ELECTRONICS
    Publication number: 20130311006
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for controlling aircraft flight control surfaces. The system may include at least three pilot sensor channels, each pilot sensor channel including a set of pilot sensor data. The system may also include at least three aircraft sensor channels, each aircraft sensor channel including a set of aircraft sensor data. The system may further include an actuator control component configured to synchronously receive and vote on the pilot sensor data and the aircraft sensor data, such that a voted output of the at least three pilot sensor channels is transmitted to a flight control computer and augmented before being transmitted to remote electronics units. The voted output of the at least three pilot sensor channels providing for the control of the aircraft surfaces coupled to the remote electronics units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2012
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC.
    Inventors: Zafar S. Ahmad, John W. Roltgen, Mark C. Singer, Douglas L. Bader
  • Dissimilar processor synchronization in fly-by-wire high integrity computing platforms and displays
    Patent number: 8015390
    Abstract: A flight control system includes an output device, a first processor, and a second processor. The second processor is dissimilar to the first processor. The flight control system also includes a first arbitration device coupled to the first processor and a second arbitration device coupled to the second processor. The second arbitration device is configured to coordinate transaction synchronization with the first arbitration device and the first arbitration device is configured to coordinate transaction synchronization with the second arbitration device. A comparator processor is coupled to the first arbitration device and the second arbitration device. The comparator processor is configured to compare transaction synchronized outputs of the first and second processors and the comparator processor effectuates a command to the output device if the comparison is valid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc.
    Inventors: James J. Corcoran, Eric J. Danielson, Samir S. Hemaidan, John W. Roltgen, James E. Sisson, Mark A. Kovalan, Mark C. Singer