Patents by Inventor Paul P. Samanant

Paul P. Samanant 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).

  • Vehicle position keeping system
    Patent number: 6963795
    Abstract: A position keeping system, useable to maintain a position of a vehicle in a vehicle formation, to keep all formation members flying at a specified velocity and altitude, and to perform commanded maneuvers, determines guidance corrections based on a track state referenced to a leader or a virtual leader of the formation and on a formation position error indicating the error in the position of the vehicle in the formation. The guidance corrections are required so as to maintain the vehicles in the formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2005
    Assignee: Honeywell Interntaional Inc.
    Inventors: Christine M. Haissig, Paul P. Samanant, Dale Enns, Eric Euteneuer
  • Airborne alerting system
    Patent number: 6690296
    Abstract: Systems, methods and protocol for assuring separation of aircraft during parallel approaches. The systems, methods and protocol function in cooperation with existing TCAS to facilitate approaches of multiple aircraft on closely-spaced parallel runways. The systems, methods and protocol utilize data transmissions from equipped aircraft to obtain tracking information which is used in separation algorithms to generate alerts to an observer of possible threats. The systems, methods and protocol facilitate parallel approaches to closely-spaced parallel runways under Instrument Approach Procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2004
    Assignee: Honeywell Inc.
    Inventors: William R. Corwin, Christine M. Haissig, Michael Jackson, Paul P. Samanant, Scott I. Snyder, Jarold Weiser
  • AIRBORNE ALERTING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20030004641
    Abstract: Systems, methods and protocol for assuring separation of aircraft during parallel approaches. The systems, methods and protocol function in cooperation with existing TCAS to facilitate approaches of multiple aircraft on closely-spaced parallel runways. The systems, methods and protocol utilize data transmissions from equipped aircraft to obtain tracking information which is used in separation algorithms to generate alerts to an observer of possible threats. The systems, methods and protocol facilitate parallel approaches to closely-spaced parallel runways under Instrument Approach Procedure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 1998
    Publication date: January 2, 2003
    Inventors: WILLIAM H. CORWIN, CHRISTINE M. HAISSIG, MICHAEL JACKSON, PAUL P. SAMANANT, SCOTT I. SNYDER, JAROLD WEISER