Patents by Inventor BENJAMIN J. MONTGOMERY

BENJAMIN J. MONTGOMERY 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).

  • Patent number: 10706821
    Abstract: One example includes a mission monitoring system. The system includes a data store configured to store map data associated with a geographic region of interest and a plurality of graphical elements corresponding to at least one mission asset and to mission constraints. Each of the plurality of graphical elements includes a layer assignment associated with one of a plurality of graphical layers. The system also includes a human-machine interface (HMI) configured to facilitate user inputs to selectively activate the plurality of graphical layers associated with the plurality of graphical elements and to display a graphical rendering of the selectively activated graphical layers superimposed over a graphical virtual environment of the geographic region of interest via a display system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Henry H. Fung, Wayne S. Kim, Devang R. Parekh, Louis A. Oddo, Feng Cao, Michel Azar, Benjamin J. Montgomery
  • Publication number: 20170243567
    Abstract: One example includes a mission monitoring system. The system includes a data store configured to store map data associated with a geographic region of interest and a plurality of graphical elements corresponding to at least one mission asset and to mission constraints. Each of the plurality of graphical elements includes a layer assignment associated with one of a plurality of graphical layers. The system also includes a human-machine interface (HMI) configured to facilitate user inputs to selectively activate the plurality of graphical layers associated with the plurality of graphical elements and to display a graphical rendering of the selectively activated graphical layers superimposed over a graphical virtual environment of the geographic region of interest via a display system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2016
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Applicant: NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: HENRY H. FUNG, WAYNE S. KIM, DEVANG R. PAREKH, LOUIS A. ODDO, FENG CAO, MICHEL AZAR, BENJAMIN J. MONTGOMERY