Patents by Inventor Blake Wall

Blake Wall 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 decentralized, multi-agent unmanned vehicle navigation and formation control
    Patent number: 9436187
    Abstract: A system and method for a USV fleet is disclosed that can execute autonomous path-planning in an A2/AD environment, where communication reach back to a base station for instruction or Positional, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) data is not assured. This process has the ability to adapt considering the failure and intermittent connection of the ad-hoc USV-to-USV data network. This process also has the ability to continue operation considering the failure of any or all communications between members and is immediately prepared for reconnection should failures occur.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: William Dale Arbogast, Waleed Barnawi, Michael Eric Lind, Blake Wall
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DECENTRALIZED, MULTI-AGENT UNMANNED VEHICLE NAVIGATION AND FORMATION CONTROL
    Publication number: 20160209849
    Abstract: A system and method for a USV fleet is disclosed that can execute autonomous path-planning in an A2/AD environment, where communication reach back to a base station for instruction or Positional, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) data is not assured. This process has the ability to adapt considering the failure and intermittent connection of the ad-hoc USV-to-USV data network. This process also has the ability to continue operation considering the failure of any or all communications between members and is immediately prepared for reconnection should failures occur.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2015
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Inventors: William Dale Arbogast, Waleed Barnawi, Michael Eric Lind, Blake Wall