Patents by Inventor Robert R. Bacon

Robert R. Bacon 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).

  • GYROSCOPIC FAILURE DETECTION IN A NAVIGATION DEVICE THROUGH SENSOR CORRELATION
    Publication number: 20100243791
    Abstract: A method of determining the integrity of a gyro in a navigation system is provided. The method includes detecting a relatively sudden change in one of a pitch, yaw and roll signal from a respective pitch, yaw and roll gyro and reviewing at least one other of the pitch, yaw and roll signals to verify the relatively sudden change.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2006
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Zygmunt Zubkow, Robert R. Bacon
  • Inertial measurement unit fault detection isolation reconfiguration using parity logic
    Patent number: 7805245
    Abstract: A method of implementing a fault-tolerant-avionic architecture in a vehicle includes using parity logic to monitor the functionality of at least three non-fault-tolerant inertial measurement units during a parity check and calculating a threshold from expected inertial measurement unit performance during a parity check. If a failure of an inertial measurement unit is detected based on the calculated threshold, then the method further includes identifying the failed inertial measurement units based on a direction of a parity vector in parity space. Each inertial measurement unit comprises at least one triad of sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Robert R. Bacon, Zygmunt Zubkow
  • INERTIAL MEASUREMENT UNIT FAULT DETECTION ISOLATION RECONFIGURATION USING PARITY LOGIC
    Publication number: 20080262729
    Abstract: A method of implementing a fault-tolerant-avionic architecture in a vehicle includes using parity logic to monitor the functionality of at least three non-fault-tolerant inertial measurement units during a parity check and calculating a threshold from expected inertial measurement unit performance during a parity check. If a failure of an inertial measurement unit is detected based on the calculated threshold, then the method further includes identifying the failed inertial measurement units based on a direction of a parity vector in parity space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2007
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Robert R. Bacon, Zygmunt Zubkow