Patents by Inventor Alfredo Giuliano

Alfredo Giuliano 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).

  • Causing a robot to execute a mission using a task graph and a task library
    Patent number: 11797004
    Abstract: A method and corresponding apparatus and computer-readable storage medium are provided for causing one or more robots to execute a mission. The method includes identifying the mission including a nominal sequence of selected tasks that are executable to cause the one or more robots to execute maneuvers to achieve a mission objective. The method includes determining a task graph in which the mission is modeled. The task graph is expressed as a directed graph and includes selected task nodes representing the selected tasks that are connected by edges representing transitions between the selected tasks. The method also includes causing the one or more robots to execute the mission using the task graph and a task library of tasks including a selected task executable to cause the one or more robots to execute a maneuver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation, A Subsidiary Of The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Alfredo Giuliano, Jeffery Saunders
  • Slot Allocation of Vertiport Resources
    Publication number: 20230222924
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, system, and computer program product for managing vertiport resources. A capacity for handling air traffic at a vertiport is determined. An allocation of arrival slots, departure slots, and service slots for the air traffic using the vertiport is managed based on the capacity determined for the vertiport.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2022
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Zarrin Chua, Alfredo Giuliano, Francisco A. Navarro Félix, Manuela Sauer, Martin Kearney-Fischer
  • Air Vehicle Mission Deconfliction
    Publication number: 20220284823
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, system, and computer program product for operating air vehicles. Missions for the air vehicles are grouped into categories based on durations of the missions. The missions within the categories are clustered into subsets of the missions that can be concurrently performed to meet a set of mission performance criteria. The subsets of the missions are assigned to a set of air vehicle supervisors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventors: Francisco A. Navarro Félix, Zarrin Chua, Alfredo Giuliano, Martin Kearney-Fischer, Tim Moser, Christopher John Devine, Jakob Widauer
  • Causing a Robot to Execute a Mission Using a Task Graph and a Task Library
    Publication number: 20220035372
    Abstract: A method and corresponding apparatus and computer-readable storage medium are provided for causing one or more robots to execute a mission. The method includes identifying the mission including a nominal sequence of selected tasks that are executable to cause the one or more robots to execute maneuvers to achieve a mission objective. The method includes determining a task graph in which the mission is modeled. The task graph is expressed as a directed graph and includes selected task nodes representing the selected tasks that are connected by edges representing transitions between the selected tasks. The method also includes causing the one or more robots to execute the mission using the task graph and a task library of tasks including a selected task executable to cause the one or more robots to execute a maneuver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Jeffery Saunders, Alfredo Giuliano