Patents by Inventor Tu-Anh Ton

Tu-Anh Ton 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).

  • Patent number: 8456329
    Abstract: In one preferred embodiment, an aircraft marshaling wand controller displays aircraft marshaling instructions to a pilot on a video display monitor on-board an aircraft, such as an aircraft on an aircraft carrier. When an aircraft marshal uses arm motion gestures to form aircraft marshaling instructions for the pilot on the aircraft, the wand controller of the present invention senses or detects those gesture motions, and generates digitized command signals representative of those gesture motions made by the aircraft marshal. A wireless transceiver then transmits those digitized command signals to the aircraft for display on the video monitor for viewing by the pilot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Nghia Tran, Hoa Phan, Tu-Anh Ton, John D. Rockway, Anthony Ton
  • Publication number: 20100134327
    Abstract: A haptic language communication glove is disclosed containing, a wearable glove with accommodations for fingers therein, a plurality of motion sensors positioned near tips of fingers of the glove, a plurality of vibrators positioned near the tips of the fingers of the glove, a controller having communication channels to the plurality of motion sensors and plurality of vibrators, a wireless transceiver coupled to the controller, and a power supply, wherein tapping motion by the fingers of a user of the glove is interpreted as language characters of a first type, the language characters of the first type being converted into language characters of a second type for at least one of transmission and storage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2008
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Inventors: Vincent Vinh DINH, Hoa Van Phan, Nghia Xuan Tran, Marion G. Ceruti, Tu-Anh Ton, LorRaine Duffy