Patents by Inventor Wendell Bradshaw

Wendell Bradshaw 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).

  • System and method for automated search by distributed elements
    Patent number: 7908040
    Abstract: A system and method for decentralized cooperative control of a team of agents for geographic and other search tasks. The approach is behavior-based and uses probability particle approach to the search problem. Agents are attracted to probability distributions in the form of virtual particles of probability that represent hypotheses about the existence of objects of interest in a geographic area or a data-space. Reliance on dependable, high-bandwidth communication is reduced by modeling the movements of other team members and the objects of interest between periodic update messages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Michael D. Howard, David Payton, Wendell Bradshaw, Timothy Smith
  • System and method for automated search by distributed elements
    Publication number: 20060015215
    Abstract: A system and method for decentralized cooperative control of a team of agents for geographic and other search tasks. The approach is behavior-based and uses probability particle approach to the search problem. Agents are attracted to probability distributions in the form of virtual particles of probability that represent hypotheses about the existence of objects of interest in a geographic area or a data-space. Reliance on dependable, high-bandwidth communication is reduced by modeling the movements of other team members and the objects of interest between periodic update messages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2004
    Publication date: January 19, 2006
    Inventors: Michael Howard, David Payton, Wendell Bradshaw, Timothy Smith