Patents by Inventor Ying C. Lai

Ying C. Lai 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 detecting turbulence with reduced errors resulting from vertical shear components
    Patent number: 6388608
    Abstract: A system and method for enhancing turbulence detection, display and alerting with avionics weather radars which includes automatically making multiple scans, measuring a wind velocity gradient at varying elevations, and comparing the measured gradient to known predetermined wind velocity gradients over known elevation variations, wherein the predetermined gradients have known vertical shear components, and using a vertical shear component information in making determinations regarding the existence of turbulence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2002
    Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel L. Woodell, Roy E. Robertson, Ying C. Lai