Patents by Inventor Oliver H. Hubbard

Oliver H. Hubbard 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).

  • System and method for social networking of aircraft for information exchange
    Patent number: 9208687
    Abstract: A system and method for exchanging information between aircraft (210). Sensors on a first aircraft (210) provide data about the first aircraft's environment, including hazards such as turbulence, icing, lightning, or birds. The system transmits the data to receiving systems in other aircraft (210), which display the data, to warn the pilots flying the other aircraft of potential hazards. The pilot of the first aircraft may supplement the information with visual observations, about birds or unmanned aerial vehicles, for example. In one embodiment, the information is transmitted from aircraft to aircraft over a data link using ADS-B. In another embodiment, a first aircraft may transmit data to a second aircraft, which may relay, or re-transmit, the data to a third aircraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: Raytheon Canada Limited
    Inventors: Jian Wang, Yuchoi F. Lok, Anthony M. Ponsford, Oliver H. Hubbard, Eli Brookner, Robert W. Bowne
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SOCIAL NETWORKING OF AIRCRAFT FOR INFORMATION EXCHANGE
    Publication number: 20140197982
    Abstract: A system and method for exchanging information between aircraft (210). Sensors on a first aircraft (210) provide data about the first aircraft's environment, including hazards such as turbulence, icing, lightning, or birds. The system transmits the data to receiving systems in other aircraft (210), which display the data, to warn the pilots flying the other aircraft of potential hazards. The pilot of the first aircraft may supplement the information with visual observations, about birds or unmanned aerial vehicles, for example. In one embodiment, the information is transmitted from aircraft to aircraft over a data link using ADS-B. In another embodiment, a first aircraft may transmit data to a second aircraft, which may relay, or re-transmit, the data to a third aircraft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2013
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: RAYTHEON CANADA LIMITED
    Inventors: Jian Wang, Yuchoi F. Lok, Anthony M. Ponsford, Oliver H. Hubbard, Eli Brookner, Robert W. Bowne