Patents by Inventor Sanjay Emani Sarma
Sanjay Emani Sarma 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).
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Publication number: 20240076056Abstract: An unmanned vehicle includes at least one navigation sensor configured to measure navigation data indicative of an environment, at least one status sensor configured to measure status data indicative of operating parameters of a hardware system and a computing system. The computing system includes a navigation engine configured to receive the navigation data and status data and plan a path through the environment and a security engine. The security engine is configured to detect that an unauthorized user is attempting to access the navigation data or the status data, send an alert to an authorized user indicating that the unauthorized user is attempting to access navigation data or status data, and send, to the unauthorized user, simulated data including one or both of simulated navigation data and simulated status data.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2022Publication date: March 7, 2024Inventors: William Roper, JR., Christopher Benson, Long N. Phan, Thomas A. Campbell, Paul A. DeBitetto, Sanjay Emani Sarma
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Patent number: 11619722Abstract: A computer, including a processor and a memory, the memory including instructions to be executed by the processor to receive an emitted polarized light beam at a lidar receiver that determines a polarization pattern and a distance to an object, wherein the polarization pattern is determined by comparing a linear polarization pattern and a circular polarization pattern and identify the object by processing the polarization pattern and the distance with a deep neural network, wherein the identity of the object can be metallic or non-metallic. The instructions can include further instructions to operate a vehicle based on the identified object.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2020Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignees: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYInventors: Sanjay Emani Sarma, Dajiang Suo
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Publication number: 20210247505Abstract: A computer, including a processor and a memory, the memory including instructions to be executed by the processor to receive an emitted polarized light beam at a lidar receiver that determines a polarization pattern and a distance to an object, wherein the polarization pattern is determined by comparing a linear polarization pattern and a circular polarization pattern and identify the object by processing the polarization pattern and the distance with a deep neural network, wherein the identity of the object can be metallic or non-metallic. The instructions can include further instructions to operate a vehicle based on the identified object.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2020Publication date: August 12, 2021Applicants: Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Massachusetts Institute Of TechnologyInventors: Sanjay Emani Sarma, Dajiang Suo
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Publication number: 20190241264Abstract: An unmanned aerial vehicle comprising at least one rotor motor. The rotor motor is powered by a micro hybrid generation system. The micro hybrid generator system comprises a rechargeable battery configured to provide power to the at least one rotor motor, a small engine configured to generate mechanical power, a generator motor coupled to the small engine and configured to generate AC power using the mechanical power generated by the small engine, a bridge rectifier configured to convert the AC power generated by the generator motor to DC power and provide the DC power to either or both the rechargeable battery and the at least one rotor motor, and an electronic control unit configured to control a throttle of the small engine based, at least in part, on a power demand of at least one load, the at least one load including the at least one rotor motor.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2019Publication date: August 8, 2019Inventors: Long N. Phan, Sanjay Emani Sarma, Cody Miles Wojcik, Eli M. Davis, Benjamin Arthur Sena, Julian Lemus
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Patent number: 10344377Abstract: Methods of forming shaped structures on a surface are provided. The methods utilize 3D stencils in conjunction with depositing material(s) on a surface. The surface can be non-planar. In some exemplary embodiments, a method of forming a shaped structure on a surface includes placing a 3D stencil onto a non-planar surface such that a non-planar facing side of the stencil conformally covers the non-planar surface, and depositing a material onto the non-planar surface over which the 3D stencil is placed. The deposited material becomes the shaped structure that has at least a layer facing the non-planar surface that conforms to such surface. At least the non-planar facing side of the stencil maintains the shape that is congruent with the non-planar surface when no force is applied to both the non-planar facing side and an opposed opposing side of the stencil. Stencils, stencil masks, kits, and other methods are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2017Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignees: MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCEInventors: Isaac M. Ehrenberg, Bae-Ian Wu, Sanjay Emani Sarma
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Patent number: 10266262Abstract: An unmanned aerial vehicle comprising at least one rotor motor. The rotor motor is powered by a micro hybrid generation system. The micro hybrid generator system comprises a rechargeable battery configured to provide power to the at least one rotor motor, a small engine configured to generate mechanical power, a generator motor coupled to the small engine and configured to generate AC power using the mechanical power generated by the small engine, a bridge rectifier configured to convert the AC power generated by the generator motor to DC power and provide the DC power to either or both the rechargeable battery and the at least one rotor motor, and an electronic control unit configured to control a throttle of the small engine based, at least in part, on a power demand of at least one load, the at least one load including the at least one rotor motor.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2017Date of Patent: April 23, 2019Assignee: Top Flight Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Long N. Phan, Sanjay Emani Sarma, Cody Miles Wojcik, Eli M. Davis, Benjamin Arthur Sena, Julian Lemus
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Publication number: 20190112049Abstract: An unmanned aerial vehicle includes a platform configured to transport a second unmanned aerial vehicle and release the second unmanned aerial vehicle in response to satisfying a condition. The unmanned aerial vehicle includes a hybrid generator system including an engine configured to generate mechanical power; and a generator motor coupled to the engine and configured to generate electrical power from the mechanical power generated by the engine; and at least one rotor motor configured to drive at least one propeller to rotate, wherein the at least one rotor motor is powered by the electrical power generated by the generator motor.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2018Publication date: April 18, 2019Inventors: Long N. Phan, Sanjay Emani Sarma, Paul A. DeBitetto
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Patent number: 10035596Abstract: An unmanned aerial vehicle comprising at least one rotor motor. The rotor motor is powered by a micro hybrid generation system. The micro hybrid generator system comprises a rechargeable battery configured to provide power to the at least one rotor motor, a small engine configured to generate mechanical power, a generator motor coupled to the small engine and configured to generate AC power using the mechanical power generated by the small engine, a bridge rectifier configured to convert the AC power generated by the generator motor to DC power and provide the DC power to either or both the rechargeable battery and the at least one rotor motor, and an electronic control unit configured to control a throttle of the small engine based, at least in part, on a power demand of at least one load, the at least one load including the at least one rotor motor.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2017Date of Patent: July 31, 2018Assignee: Top Flight Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Long N. Phan, Sanjay Emani Sarma, Cody Miles Wojcik, Eli M. Davis, Benjamin Arthur Sena, Julian Lemus
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Publication number: 20180022452Abstract: An unmanned aerial vehicle comprising at least one rotor motor. The rotor motor is powered by a micro hybrid generation system. The micro hybrid generator system comprises a rechargeable battery configured to provide power to the at least one rotor motor, a small engine configured to generate mechanical power, a generator motor coupled to the small engine and configured to generate AC power using the mechanical power generated by the small engine, a bridge rectifier configured to convert the AC power generated by the generator motor to DC power and provide the DC power to either or both the rechargeable battery and the at least one rotor motor, and an electronic control unit configured to control a throttle of the small engine based, at least in part, on a power demand of at least one load, the at least one load including the at least one rotor motor.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2017Publication date: January 25, 2018Inventors: Long N. Phan, Sanjay Emani Sarma, Cody Miles Wojcik, Eli M. Davis, Benjamin Arthur Sena, Julian Lemus
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Publication number: 20180009529Abstract: An unmanned aerial vehicle comprising at least one rotor motor. The rotor motor is powered by a micro hybrid generation system. The micro hybrid generator system comprises a rechargeable battery configured to provide power to the at least one rotor motor, a small engine configured to generate mechanical power, a generator motor coupled to the small engine and configured to generate AC power using the mechanical power generated by the small engine, a bridge rectifier configured to convert the AC power generated by the generator motor to DC power and provide the DC power to either or both the rechargeable battery and the at least one rotor motor, and an electronic control unit configured to control a throttle of the small engine based, at least in part, on a power demand of at least one load, the at least one load including the at least one rotor motor.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2017Publication date: January 11, 2018Inventors: Long N. Phan, Sanjay Emani Sarma, Cody Miles Wojcik, Eli M. Davis, Benjamin Arthur Sena, Julian Lemus
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Patent number: 9764837Abstract: An unmanned aerial vehicle comprising at least one rotor motor. The rotor motor is powered by a micro hybrid generation system. The micro hybrid generator system comprises a rechargeable battery configured to provide power to the at least one rotor motor, a small engine configured to generate mechanical power, a generator motor coupled to the small engine and configured to generate AC power using the mechanical power generated by the small engine, a bridge rectifier configured to convert the AC power generated by the generator motor to DC power and provide the DC power to either or both the rechargeable battery and the at least one rotor motor, and an electronic control unit configured to control a throttle of the small engine based, at least in part, on a power demand of at least one load, the at least one load including the at least one rotor motor.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2015Date of Patent: September 19, 2017Assignee: Top Flight Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Long N. Phan, Sanjay Emani Sarma, Cody Miles Wojcik, Eli M. Davis, Benjamin Arthur Sena, Julian Lemus
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Patent number: 9751626Abstract: An unmanned aerial vehicle comprising at least one rotor motor. The rotor motor is powered by a micro hybrid generation system. The micro hybrid generator system comprises a rechargeable battery configured to provide power to the at least one rotor motor, a small engine configured to generate mechanical power, a generator motor coupled to the small engine and configured to generate AC power using the mechanical power generated by the small engine, a bridge rectifier configured to convert the AC power generated by the generator motor to DC power and provide the DC power to either or both the rechargeable battery and the at least one rotor motor, and an electronic control unit configured to control a throttle of the small engine based, at least in part, on a power demand of at least one load, the at least one load including the at least one rotor motor.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2016Date of Patent: September 5, 2017Assignee: Top Flight Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Long N. Phan, Sanjay Emani Sarma, Cody Miles Wojcik, Eli M. Davis, Benjamin Arthur Sena, Julian Lemus
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Patent number: 9751625Abstract: An unmanned aerial vehicle comprising at least one rotor motor. The rotor motor is powered by a micro hybrid generation system. The micro hybrid generator system comprises a rechargeable battery configured to provide power to the at least one rotor motor, a small engine configured to generate mechanical power, a generator motor coupled to the small engine and configured to generate AC power using the mechanical power generated by the small engine, a bridge rectifier configured to convert the AC power generated by the generator motor to DC power and provide the DC power to either or both the rechargeable battery and the at least one rotor motor, and an electronic control unit configured to control a throttle of the small engine based, at least in part, on a power demand of at least one load, the at least one load including the at least one rotor motor.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2016Date of Patent: September 5, 2017Assignee: Top Flight Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Long N. Phan, Sanjay Emani Sarma, Cody Miles Wojcik, Eli M. Davis, Benjamin Arthur Sena, Julian Lemus
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Patent number: 9656290Abstract: A new 3D stencil mask guides deposition of a shaped structure, typically an electromagnetic device component, onto a non-planar surface. The 3D stencil mask includes islands and bridges from prior art two-dimensional lettering stencils, but raises the islands and stencils above the side of the 3D stencil mask facing a non-planar surface, forming undercuts, so that material particles, such as from vacuum metal deposition, will form connected shapes. The 3D stencil mask is also configures so that the dimensions of the resulting electromagnetic structures are altered from a simple projected image of a structure designed for a planar surface so that the electromagnetic properties of the deposited structure are more nearly the same as those of a corresponding structure on a planar surface.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2014Date of Patent: May 23, 2017Assignees: MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCEInventors: Isaac M. Ehrenberg, Bae-Ian Wu, Sanjay Emani Sarma
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Publication number: 20160376005Abstract: An unmanned aerial vehicle comprising at least one rotor motor. The rotor motor is powered by a micro hybrid generation system. The micro hybrid generator system comprises a rechargeable battery configured to provide power to the at least one rotor motor, a small engine configured to generate mechanical power, a generator motor coupled to the small engine and configured to generate AC power using the mechanical power generated by the small engine, a bridge rectifier configured to convert the AC power generated by the generator motor to DC power and provide the DC power to either or both the rechargeable battery and the at least one rotor motor, and an electronic control unit configured to control a throttle of the small engine based, at least in part, on a power demand of at least one load, the at least one load including the at least one rotor motor.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2016Publication date: December 29, 2016Inventors: Long N. Phan, Sanjay Emani Sarma, Cody Miles Wojcik, Eli M. Davis, Benjamin Arthur Sena, Julian Lemus
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Publication number: 20160311544Abstract: An unmanned aerial vehicle comprising at least one rotor motor. The rotor motor is powered by a micro hybrid generation system. The micro hybrid generator system comprises a rechargeable battery configured to provide power to the at least one rotor motor, a small engine configured to generate mechanical power, a generator motor coupled to the small engine and configured to generate AC power using the mechanical power generated by the small engine, a bridge rectifier configured to convert the AC power generated by the generator motor to DC power and provide the DC power to either or both the rechargeable battery and the at least one rotor motor, and an electronic control unit configured to control a throttle of the small engine based, at least in part, on a power demand of at least one load, the at least one load including the at least one rotor motor.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2016Publication date: October 27, 2016Inventors: Long N. Phan, Sanjay Emani Sarma, Cody Miles Wojcik, Eli M. Davis, Benjamin Arthur Sena, Julian Lemus
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Publication number: 20160137304Abstract: An unmanned aerial vehicle comprising at least one rotor motor. The rotor motor is powered by a micro hybrid generation system. The micro hybrid generator system comprises a rechargeable battery configured to provide power to the at least one rotor motor, a small engine configured to generate mechanical power, a generator motor coupled to the small engine and configured to generate AC power using the mechanical power generated by the small engine, a bridge rectifier configured to convert the AC power generated by the generator motor to DC power and provide the DC power to either or both the rechargeable battery and the at least one rotor motor, and an electronic control unit configured to control a throttle of the small engine based, at least in part, on a power demand of at least one load, the at least one load including the at least one rotor motor.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2015Publication date: May 19, 2016Inventors: Long N. Phan, Sanjay Emani Sarma, Cody Miles Wojcik, Eli M. Davis, Benjamin Arthur Sena, Julian Lemus