Patents by Inventor Alison Leonard

Alison Leonard 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).

  • Vision Based Hover in Place
    Publication number: 20120197461
    Abstract: A method for providing vision based hover in place to an air vehicle is disclosed. Visual information is received using one or more image sensors on the air vehicle and based on the position of the air vehicle. A number of visual displacements is computed from the visual information. One or more motion values are computed based on the visual displacements. One or more control signals are generated based on the motion values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2011
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Inventors: Geoffrey Louis Barrows, James Sean Humbert, Alison Leonard, Craig William Neely, Travis Michael Young