Patents by Inventor BINU M. NAIR

BINU M. NAIR 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: 11834198
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an end-to-end cargo handling system. The end-to-end cargo handling system comprises a transportation unit comprising a first sensing agent, a lift unit comprising a second sensing agent, and a control module in communication with the transportation unit and the lift unit via a network, wherein the transportation unit and the lift unit are configured to move a cargo unit from a first location to a second location autonomously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: GOODRICH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Zamira A Daw Perez, Alessandro Pinto, Richa Varma, Xiaobin Zhang, Binu M Nair
  • Publication number: 20230120320
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an end-to-end cargo handling system. The end-to-end cargo handling system comprises a transportation unit comprising a first sensing agent, a lift unit comprising a second sensing agent, and a control module in communication with the transportation unit and the lift unit via a network, wherein the transportation unit and the lift unit are configured to move a cargo unit from a first location to a second location autonomously.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: GOODRICH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Zamira A. Daw Perez, ALESSANDRO PINTO, RICHA VARMA, XIAOBIN ZHANG, BINU M. NAIR
  • Patent number: 11535397
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an end-to-end cargo handling system. The end-to-end cargo handling system comprises a transportation unit comprising a first sensing agent, a lift unit comprising a second sensing agent, and a control module in communication with the transportation unit and the lift unit via a network, wherein the transportation unit and the lift unit are configured to move a cargo unit from a first location to a second location autonomously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Goodrich Corporation
    Inventors: Zamira A. Daw Perez, Alessandro Pinto, Richa Varma, Xiaobin Zhang, Binu M. Nair
  • Patent number: 11203431
    Abstract: An autonomous cargo handling system having a sensor self-calibration system may comprise a sensing agent configured to monitor a sensing zone, and a system controller in electronic communication with the first sensing agent. The system controller may be configured to receive structural cargo deck data from the first sensing agent, generate a real-time cargo deck model, identify a cargo deck component in the real-time cargo deck model, and determine a position of the sensing agent relative to the cargo deck component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: Goodrich Corporation
    Inventors: Zamira A. Daw Perez, Alessandro Pinto, Richa Varma, Binu M. Nair, Xiaobin Zhang
  • Publication number: 20210179291
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an end-to-end cargo handling system. The end-to-end cargo handling system comprises a transportation unit comprising a first sensing agent, a lift unit comprising a second sensing agent, and a control module in communication with the transportation unit and the lift unit via a network, wherein the transportation unit and the lift unit are configured to move a cargo unit from a first location to a second location autonomously.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Applicant: GOODRICH CORPORATION
    Inventors: ZAMIRA A. DAW PEREZ, ALESSANDRO PINTO, RICHA VARMA, XIAOBIN ZHANG, BINU M. NAIR
  • Patent number: 10994865
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an end-to-end cargo handling system. The end-to-end cargo handling system comprises a transportation unit comprising a first sensing agent, a lift unit comprising a second sensing agent, and a control module in communication with the transportation unit and the lift unit via a network, wherein the transportation unit and the lift unit are configured to move a cargo unit from a first location to a second location autonomously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Goodrich Corporation
    Inventors: Zamira A. Daw Perez, Alessandro Pinto, Richa Varma, Xiaobin Zhang, Binu M. Nair
  • Patent number: 10782179
    Abstract: A system for estimating mass of a ULD while on-board a vessel includes a system controller energizing one or more PDUs in communication with a conveyance surface of the vessel, the PDUs applying first and second forces to the ULD and transmitting first and second force parameters to a system integrator, one or more sensors measuring first and second accelerations of the ULD when the ULD moves into one or more sensing zones as a result of the forces and transmits first and second acceleration parameters to the system integrator, and the system integrator, which receives the first and second force parameters, and the first and second acceleration parameters, and calculates the mass of the ULD while the ULD is on-board the vessel by performing regression analysis on ordered pairs including the first force parameter and the first acceleration parameter, and the second force parameter and the second acceleration parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Goodrich Corporation
    Inventors: Zamira A. Daw Perez, Alessandro Pinto, Richa Varma, Binu M. Nair, Xiaobin Zhang, Aaron J Roberts, Scott Harms
  • Publication number: 20200122834
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a cargo handling system. The cargo handling system comprises a first cargo handling robot and a second cargo handling robot, wherein the first cargo handling robot and the second cargo handling robot are configured to transport a cargo unit from a first position to a second position, the first cargo handling robot and the second cargo handling robot configured to move in two dimensions about a cargo deck.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Applicant: GOODRICH CORPORATION
    Inventors: ZAMIRA A. DAW PEREZ, ALESSANDRO PINTO, RICHA VARMA, XIAOBIN ZHANG, BINU M. NAIR
  • Publication number: 20200122858
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an end-to-end cargo handling system. The end-to-end cargo handling system comprises a transportation unit comprising a first sensing agent, a lift unit comprising a second sensing agent, and a control module in communication with the transportation unit and the lift unit via a network, wherein the transportation unit and the lift unit are configured to move a cargo unit from a first location to a second location autonomously.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Applicant: GOODRICH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Zamira A. Daw Perez, Alessandro Pinto, Richa Varma, Xiaobin Zhang, Binu M. Nair
  • Publication number: 20200122835
    Abstract: An autonomous cargo handling system having a sensor self-calibration system may comprise a sensing agent configured to monitor a sensing zone, and a system controller in electronic communication with the first sensing agent. The system controller may be configured to receive structural cargo deck data from the first sensing agent, generate a real-time cargo deck model, identify a cargo deck component in the real-time cargo deck model, and determine a position of the sensing agent relative to the cargo deck component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Applicant: GOODRICH CORPORATION
    Inventors: ZAMIRA A. DAW PEREZ, ALESSANDRO PINTO, RICHA VARMA, BINU M. NAIR, XIAOBIN ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20200124463
    Abstract: A system for estimating mass of a ULD while on-board a vessel includes a system controller energizing one or more PDUs in communication with a conveyance surface of the vessel, the PDUs applying first and second forces to the ULD and transmitting first and second force parameters to a system integrator, one or more sensors measuring first and second accelerations of the ULD when the ULD moves into one or more sensing zones as a result of the forces and transmits first and second acceleration parameters to the system integrator, and the system integrator, which receives the first and second force parameters, and the first and second acceleration parameters, and calculates the mass of the ULD while the ULD is on-board the vessel by performing regression analysis on ordered pairs including the first force parameter and the first acceleration parameter, and the second force parameter and the second acceleration parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Applicant: Goodrich Corporation
    Inventors: Zamira A. Daw Perez, Alessandro Pinto, Richa Varma, Binu M. Nair, Xiaobin Zhang, Aaron J. Roberts, Scott Harms