Patents by Inventor Albert Jeffrey Ellis

Albert Jeffrey Ellis 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).

  • Aircraft control based on fuel, time, and deterioration costs
    Patent number: 10579053
    Abstract: Systems and methods for determine a cost-improved set of control commands for an aircraft based at least in part on deterioration costs are provided. One example computing device is configured to iteratively: input a candidate set of control commands for the aircraft into the deterioration cost model; receive, as an output of the deterioration cost model, an estimated deterioration cost associated with the candidate set of control commands; input the estimated deterioration cost into a cost function to obtain a total estimated cost associated with the candidate set of control commands; and determine an improved set of control commands based at least in part on the total estimated cost and the cost function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: GE Aviation Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Albert Jeffrey Ellis, Mark Lawrence Darnell, David Michael Lax
  • AIRCRAFT CONTROL BASED ON FUEL, TIME, AND DETERIORATION COSTS
    Publication number: 20180067480
    Abstract: Systems and methods for determine a cost-improved set of control commands for an aircraft based at least in part on deterioration costs are provided. One example computing device is configured to iteratively: input a candidate set of control commands for the aircraft into the deterioration cost model; receive, as an output of the deterioration cost model, an estimated deterioration cost associated with the candidate set of control commands; input the estimated deterioration cost into a cost function to obtain a total estimated cost associated with the candidate set of control commands; and determine an improved set of control commands based at least in part on the total estimated cost and the cost function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2017
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Inventors: Albert Jeffrey Ellis, Mark Lawrence Darnell, David Michael Lax