Patents by Inventor Theodore B. Thompson

Theodore B. Thompson 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).

  • Method and system for dynamically determining and displaying navigation information
    Patent number: 9352850
    Abstract: A method and system for dynamically evaluating a quantity of context sensitive information used by an operator of an airborne mobile platform in performing an operational procedure involving said mobile platform, and determining, in real time, a sub-quantity of context sensitive information that pertains to only that sub-quantity of information required by said operator to execute said operational procedure. The sub-quantity of information is then displayed on a display in real time for the operator. The method and system significantly eases the cognitive workload of the operator by enabling the operator to focus on and digest only that sub-quantity of information that is pertinent to performing the operational procedure with the specific type of mobile platform being operated. In one embodiment the sub-quantity of information pertains to minima information for performing an aircraft landing approach operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Thorsten Wiesemann, Patrick R. Wipplinger, Theodore B. Thompson
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DYNAMICALLY DETERMINING AND DISPLAYING NAVIGATION INFORMATION
    Publication number: 20150029045
    Abstract: A method and system for dynamically evaluating a quantity of context sensitive information used by an operator of an airborne mobile platform in performing an operational procedure involving said mobile platform, and determining, in real time, a sub-quantity of context sensitive information that pertains to only that sub-quantity of information required by said operator to execute said operational procedure. The sub-quantity of information is then displayed on a display in real time for the operator. The method and system significantly eases the cognitive workload of the operator by enabling the operator to focus on and digest only that sub-quantity of information that is pertinent to performing the operational procedure with the specific type of mobile platform being operated. In one embodiment the sub-quantity of information pertains to minima information for performing an aircraft landing approach operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2014
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventors: Thorsten WIESEMANN, Patrick R. WIPPLINGER, Theodore B. THOMPSON
  • Method and system for dynamically determining and displaying navigation information
    Patent number: 8798818
    Abstract: A method and system for dynamically evaluating a quantity of context sensitive information used by an operator of an airborne mobile platform in performing an operational procedure involving said mobile platform, and determining, in real time, a sub-quantity of context sensitive information that pertains to only that sub-quantity of information required by said operator to execute said operational procedure. The sub-quantity of information is then displayed on a display in real time for the operator. The method and system significantly eases the cognitive workload of the operator by enabling the operator to focus on and digest only that sub-quantity of information that is pertinent to performing the operational procedure with the specific type of mobile platform being operated. In one embodiment the sub-quantity of information pertains to minima information for performing an aircraft landing approach operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Thorsten Wiesemann, Patrick R. Wipplinger, Theodore B. Thompson
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DYNAMICALLY DETERMINING AND DISPLAYING NAVIGATION INFORMATION
    Publication number: 20090093953
    Abstract: A method and system for dynamically evaluating a quantity of context sensitive information used by an operator of an airborne mobile platform in performing an operational procedure involving said mobile platform, and determining, in real time, a sub-quantity of context sensitive information that pertains to only that sub-quantity of information required by said operator to execute said operational procedure. The sub-quantity of information is then displayed on a display in real time for the operator. The method and system significantly eases the cognitive workload of the operator by enabling the operator to focus on and digest only that sub-quantity of information that is pertinent to performing the operational procedure with the specific type of mobile platform being operated. In one embodiment the sub-quantity of information pertains to minima information for performing an aircraft landing approach operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2007
    Publication date: April 9, 2009
    Inventors: Thorsten Wiesemann, Patrick R. Wipplinger, Theodore B. Thompson
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    Patent number: D647128
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Stephen A. Lewis, Kyle Jermyn, John H. Kasten, Theodore B. Thompson