Patents by Inventor Adam Leppert

Adam Leppert 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).

  • Flight deck door surveillance and lock control
    Patent number: 9975647
    Abstract: In one example, a method includes capturing, by a camera system including at least one camera device positioned within an aircraft, image data of an interior of the aircraft. The method further includes determining, by a processing device positioned within the aircraft, that one or more alert criteria are satisfied, and outputting, in response to determining that the one or more alert criteria are satisfied, at least a portion of the captured image for transmission to a ground-based computing device via a wireless communications network. The method further includes receiving, from the ground-based computing device, a lock override command configured to cause the processing device to unlock an electronically-controlled door lock of a flight deck door of the aircraft, and responsively unlocking the electronically-controlled door lock of the flight deck door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Rosemount Aerospace Inc.
    Inventors: Travis W. Fleck, Adam Leppert
  • FLIGHT DECK DOOR SURVEILLANCE AND LOCK CONTROL
    Publication number: 20170043881
    Abstract: In one example, a method includes capturing, by a camera system including at least one camera device positioned within an aircraft, image data of an interior of the aircraft. The method further includes determining, by a processing device positioned within the aircraft, that one or more alert criteria are satisfied, and outputting, in response to determining that the one or more alert criteria are satisfied, at least a portion of the captured image for transmission to a ground-based computing device via a wireless communications network. The method further includes receiving, from the ground-based computing device, a lock override command configured to cause the processing device to unlock an electronically-controlled door lock of a flight deck door of the aircraft, and responsively unlocking the electronically-controlled door lock of the flight deck door.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: Travis W. Fleck, Adam Leppert