Patents by Inventor Yoshi K. Sasaki

Yoshi K. Sasaki 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 tornado prediction and detection
    Patent number: 9453940
    Abstract: The presently disclosed inventive concepts are directed, in at least one non-limiting embodiment, to a computer system and method for issuing a tornado-indicative notification, such as a warning. In one embodiment the method includes receiving time sequential radar reflectivity data from an area undergoing a weather event, via at least one computer port and at least one processor executing processor executable code, analyzing the radar reflectivity data of the area to determine if an entropic source and an entropic sink are present in the area, determining a distance between the entropic source and the entropic sink when the entropic source and the entropic sink are present in the area, and outputting a tornado-indicative notification for the area when the distance between the entropic source and the entropic sink is less than or equal to a predetermined distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma
    Inventor: Yoshi K. Sasaki
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TORNADO PREDICTION AND DETECTION
    Publication number: 20160011335
    Abstract: The presently disclosed inventive concepts are directed, in at least one non-limiting embodiment, to a computer system and method for issuing a tornado-indicative notification, such as a warning. In one embodiment the method includes receiving time sequential radar reflectivity data from an area undergoing a weather event, via at least one computer port and at least one processor executing processor executable code, analyzing the radar reflectivity data of the area to determine if an entropic source and an entropic sink are present in the area, determining a distance between the entropic source and the entropic sink when the entropic source and the entropic sink are present in the area, and outputting a tornado-indicative notification for the area when the distance between the entropic source and the entropic sink is less than or equal to a predetermined distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Inventor: Yoshi K. Sasaki