Patents by Inventor Brent D. Appleby

Brent D. Appleby 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).

  • Collaborative system for a team of unmanned vehicles
    Patent number: 7451023
    Abstract: A system collaboratively and autonomously plans and controls a team of unmanned vehicles within an environment. A mission planning component creates a mission plan for a plurality of members of the team of unmanned vehicles. The mission planning component creates a task plan for each member based on the mission plan. A collaboration component assigns members to the team and roles for the assigned members. The collaboration component updates membership and roles of the members based on the changing situation of the environment. A situational awareness component evaluates the changing situation of the environment based on information from the assigned members of the team. A contingency management component monitors the changing situation of the environment. The contingency management component monitors changes of capabilities of the assigned members of the team and execution of the mission plan and task plans.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2008
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Brent D. Appleby, Jerry L. Franke, Stephen M. Jameson, Adam Jung, Robert J. Szczerba, Joel J. Tleon