Patents by Inventor Michael Kevin Hernandez

Michael Kevin Hernandez 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).

  • Communication systems and methods
    Patent number: 10291326
    Abstract: In an example, a method of communication includes receiving a data set comprising a plurality of data items, and analyzing the data set to determine a plurality of distinct data values of the plurality of data items. The method also includes associating, based on the analysis of the data set, each distinct data value with a respective wavelength among a plurality of wavelengths. The method further includes transmitting each data item, one data item at a time, as an optical signal at the wavelength associated with the distinct data value of the data item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: John William Glatfelter, Michael Kevin Hernandez
  • Communication Systems and Methods
    Publication number: 20180091226
    Abstract: In an example, a method of communication includes receiving a data set comprising a plurality of data items, and analyzing the data set to determine a plurality of distinct data values of the plurality of data items. The method also includes associating, based on the analysis of the data set, each distinct data value with a respective wavelength among a plurality of wavelengths. The method further includes transmitting each data item, one data item at a time, as an optical signal at the wavelength associated with the distinct data value of the data item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Inventors: John William Glatfelter, Michael Kevin Hernandez
  • Concealing data within images
    Patent number: 9542714
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for concealing data. Frequency information is identified for a number of data object types of a set of data objects in the data using a frequency map. A set of pixel values is assigned to the set of data objects based on the frequency information for use in encrypting the set of data objects to form encrypted data. An image is generated that includes a set of pixels that represents the encrypted data. Each pixel in the set of pixels has a pixel value from the set of pixel values that is assigned to a corresponding data object of the set of data objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Michael Kevin Hernandez, John W. Glatfelter
  • Concealing Data Within Images
    Publication number: 20160350891
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for concealing data. Frequency information is identified for a number of data object types of a set of data objects in the data using a frequency map. A set of pixel values is assigned to the set of data objects based on the frequency information for use in encrypting the set of data objects to form encrypted data. An image is generated that includes a set of pixels that represents the encrypted data. Each pixel in the set of pixels has a pixel value from the set of pixel values that is assigned to a corresponding data object of the set of data objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Michael Kevin Hernandez, John W. Glatfelter