Patents by Inventor Bradley James Christiansen

Bradley James Christiansen 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).

  • Apparatus for touch screen avionic device
    Patent number: 8712605
    Abstract: An apparatus having a graphical touch screen for flight planning and navigation of an aircraft by a pilot. The touch screen may be a graphical interface operable to detect the presence and location of a physical object on or in proximity to the touch screen. The touch screen may be used to perform functions previously only accessible by knobs and buttons on avionic navigational and/or flight planning units. The apparatus may comprise the touch screen and a control device configured to receive and interpret signals from the touch screen. The control device may command the touch screen to display a map and to modify a stored route, such as a flight plan, based on pilot selections input via various gestures of the object on or proximate to the touch screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Garmin Switzerland GmbH
    Inventors: Christopher E. P. Schulte, Bradley James Christiansen
  • Apparatus for touch screen avionic device
    Patent number: 8380366
    Abstract: An apparatus having a graphical touch screen for flight planning and navigation of an aircraft by a pilot. The touch screen may be a graphical interface operable to detect the presence and location of a physical object on or in proximity to the touch screen. The touch screen may be used to perform functions previously only accessible by knobs and buttons on avionic navigational and/or flight planning units. The apparatus may comprise the touch screen and a control device configured to receive and interpret signals from the touch screen. The control device may command the touch screen to display a map and to modify a stored route, such as a flight plan, based on pilot selections input via various gestures of the object on or proximate to the touch screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Garmin International, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher E. P. Schulte, Bradley James Christiansen