Patents by Inventor Anthony B. Couzelis

Anthony B. Couzelis 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).

  • Alerting system for aircraft crew
    Patent number: 7121509
    Abstract: A method and system for alerting an aircrew of terrorist activity in a cabin of an aircraft. The system includes a plurality of fobs worn by flight attendants. The system also includes an antenna sending unit (ASU) located within the cabin and a cockpit display unit (CDU) located in the cockpit of the aircraft. When a terrorist situation is detected by a flight attendant, the flight attendant sends an alerting signal to the cockpit by sending a coded signal via the ASU to the CDU. The CDU provides an indicator to the cockpit crew and an alert to each fob. In addition, the CDU sends a test signal to each fob to check the status of each fob.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2006
    Assignee: iTex Wireless, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph L. Cordina, Anthony B. Couzelis
  • Voice activated alerting system for aircraft crew
    Patent number: 7113109
    Abstract: A method and system for alerting an aircrew of terrorist activity in a cabin of an aircraft. When a terrorist or emergency situation is detected by a flight attendant, the flight attendant speaks an activation word, which turns the personal alert unit to an active mode. The flight attendant then says one or more specific words stored as a vocabulary within the personal alert unit. Upon recognition of a spoken word stored in the personal alert unit, the personal alert unit converts the recognized word or words into a signal sent to the cockpit via the ASU to the CDU. The CDU provides an indicator to the cockpit crew of the recognized words spoken by the flight attendant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2006
    Assignee: I-Tex Wireless,Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph L. Cordina, Anthony B. Couzelis
  • Voice activated alerting system for aircraft crew
    Publication number: 20040245409
    Abstract: A method and system for alerting an aircrew of terrorist activity in a cabin of an aircraft. When a terrorist or emergency situation is detected by a flight attendant, the flight attendant speaks an activation word, which turns the personal alert unit to an active mode. The flight attendant then says one or more specific words stored as a vocabulary within the personal alert unit. Upon recognition of a spoken word stored in the personal alert unit, the personal alert unit converts the recognized word or words into a signal sent to the cockpit via the ASU to the CDU. The CDU provides an indicator to the cockpit crew of the recognized words spoken by the flight attendant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2004
    Publication date: December 9, 2004
    Inventors: Joseph L. Cordina, Anthony B. Couzelis
  • Alerting system for aircraft crew
    Publication number: 20040195449
    Abstract: A method and system for alerting an aircrew of terrorist activity in a cabin of an aircraft. The system includes a plurality of fobs worn by flight attendants. The system also includes an antenna sending unit (ASU) located within the cabin and a cockpit display unit (CDU) located in the cockpit of the aircraft. When a terrorist situation is detected by a flight attendant, the flight attendant sends an alerting signal to the cockpit by sending a coded signal via the ASU to the CDU. The CDU provides an indicator to the cockpit crew and an alert to each fob. In addition, the CDU sends a test signal to each fob to check the status of each fob.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2003
    Publication date: October 7, 2004
    Applicant: i-Tex Design Systems
    Inventors: Joseph L. Cordina, Anthony B. Couzelis
  • System and method for alerting a cockpit crew of terrorist activity
    Patent number: 6676078
    Abstract: A method and system for alerting a cockpit crew of terrorist activity in a cabin of an aircraft. The system includes a plurality of fobs worn by flight attendants. The system also includes an antenna sending unit (ASU) located within the cabin and a cockpit display unit (CDU) located in the cockpit of the aircraft. When a terrorist situation is detected by a flight attendant, the flight attendant sends an alerting signal to the cockpit by sending a coded signal via the ASU to the CDU. The CDU provides an indicator to the cockpit crew. The CDU may also optionally send a transponder code and an ACARS message to ground-based units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: i-Tex Design Systems
    Inventors: Joseph L. Cordina, Anthony B. Couzelis
  • System and method for alerting a cockpit crew of terrorist activity
    Publication number: 20030062447
    Abstract: A method and system for alerting a cockpit crew of terrorist activity in a cabin of an aircraft. The system includes a plurality of fobs worn by flight attendants. The system also includes an antenna sending unit (ASU) located within the cabin and a cockpit display unit (CDU) located in the cockpit of the aircraft. When a terrorist situation is detected by a flight attendant, the flight attendant sends an alerting signal to the cockpit by sending a coded signal via the ASU to the CDU. The CDU provides an indicator to the cockpit crew. The CDU may also optionally send a transponder code and an ACARS message to ground-based units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2001
    Publication date: April 3, 2003
    Applicant: i-Tex Design System.
    Inventors: Joseph L. Cordina, Anthony B. Couzelis