Patents by Inventor Bert Larue BRADFORD

Bert Larue BRADFORD 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).

  • Method and apparatus for sensor fusion
    Patent number: 10754922
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide a method and an apparatus for sensor fusion. The method includes receiving, by a processor, track reports of at least a first sensor and a second sensor for sensor fusion, selecting a best track from at least the first sensor and the second sensor to reduce track error, determining a fused track that combines at least the first sensor and the second sensor and selecting one of the fused track and the best track as a system track of sensor fusion to minimize a system error.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventor: Bert Larue Bradford
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SENSOR FUSION
    Publication number: 20160314097
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide a method and an apparatus for sensor fusion. The method includes receiving, by a processor, track reports of at least a first sensor and a second sensor for sensor fusion, selecting a best track from at least the first sensor and the second sensor to reduce track error, determining a fused track that combines at least the first sensor and the second sensor and selecting one of the fused track and the best track as a system track of sensor fusion to minimize a system error.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2016
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Applicant: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventor: Bert Larue BRADFORD