Patents by Inventor Bernardo Pires

Bernardo Pires 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).

  • System and method for monitoring a cockpit of an aircraft
    Patent number: 10252815
    Abstract: A method of monitoring a cockpit of an aircraft includes receiving, by one or more controllers, an image depicting an operator manipulated input device located within the cockpit. The method can include determining, by the one or more controllers, an observed state of the operator manipulated input device. In particular, the observed state can be based on the image. The method can include determining, by the one or more controllers, a sensed state of the operator manipulated input device. In particular, the sensed state can be based on data from a sensor. The method can include determining, by the one or more controllers, a mismatch between the observed and sensed states of the operator manipulated input device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Sundar Murugappan, Alexander Kaber Carroll, Norman Leonard Ovens, Sharon Ann Green, Jennifer Ruth Cooper, So Young Kim, Michael Eric Figard, Masaki Merritt Akiyama, Bernardo Pires
  • System and Method for Monitoring a Cockpit of an Aircraft
    Publication number: 20180312272
    Abstract: A method of monitoring a cockpit of an aircraft includes receiving, by one or more controllers, an image depicting an operator manipulated input device located within the cockpit. The method can include determining, by the one or more controllers, an observed state of the operator manipulated input device. In particular, the observed state can be based on the image. The method can include determining, by the one or more controllers, a sensed state of the operator manipulated input device. In particular, the sensed state can be based on data from a sensor. The method can include determining, by the one or more controllers, a mismatch between the observed and sensed states of the operator manipulated input device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Inventors: Sundar Murugappan, Alexander Kaber Carroll, Norman Leonard Ovens, Sharon Ann Green, Jennifer Ruth Cooper, So Young Kim, Michael Eric Figard, Masaki Merritt Akiyama, Bernardo Pires