Patents by Inventor Alexander L. Xydes

Alexander L. Xydes 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).

  • Mission modeling planning, and execution module (M2PEM) systems and methods
    Patent number: 11599109
    Abstract: Methods and systems for accomplishing a mission using a plurality of unmanned vehicles can include graphically describing the mission tasks at a graphical user interface (GUI) using Business Process Model Notation (BPMN), and translating the graphical description into extensible machine language (XML) formatted robot operating system (ROS) instructions, which can be understood by each of the plurality of unmanned vehicles with a translator. An execution engine transmits the XML ROS instructions to a respective local controller on the respective unmanned vehicle. The BPMN graphical descriptor symbols can allow for planning of a mission by an end user that does not have expertise in the ROS domain, and that does not have an understanding of the ROS construct. The execution engine can provide feedback back to the GUI regarding mission execution. Based on the feedback, the graphical description can be modified while the mission is being accomplished.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Chris Scrapper, Greg N Droge, Alexander L Xydes, Jean-Pierre de la Croix, Amir Rahmani, Joshua Vander Hook, Grace Lim
  • Mission Modeling Planning, and Execution Module (M2PEM) Systems and Methods
    Publication number: 20190339691
    Abstract: Methods and systems for accomplishing a mission using a plurality of unmanned vehicles can include graphically describing the mission tasks at a graphical user interface (GUI) using Business Process Model Notation (BPMN), and translating the graphical description into extensible machine language (XML) formatted robot operating system (ROS) instructions, which can be understood by each of the plurality of unmanned vehicles with a translator. An execution engine transmits the XML ROS instructions to a respective local controller on the respective unmanned vehicle. The BPMN graphical descriptor symbols can allow for planning of a mission by an end user that does not have expertise in the ROS domain, and that does not have an understanding of the ROS construct. The execution engine can provide feedback back to the GUI regarding mission execution. Based on the feedback, the graphical description can be modified while the mission is being accomplished.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2019
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Applicant: United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Chris Scrapper, Greg N. Droge, Alexander L. Xydes, Jean-Pierre de la Croix, Amir Rahmani, Joshua Vander Hook, Grace Lim