Patents by Inventor Brian Fix

Brian Fix 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: 11656670
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for controlling unmanned systems (UMSs), such as unmanned aircraft, are provided. A UMS can include core systems, auxiliary systems, a payload, a physical computer, a network, and a power system. The network can enable the physical computer to communicate with the auxiliary systems using a second communications tier and with the payload using a third communications tier. The network and the physical computer can logically separate the second and third communications tiers. The power system can provide a first, second, and third power domains respectively for the core systems, the auxiliary systems, and for the payload. The power system can include circuitry that inhibits an overcurrent fault in the third power domain from causing an electrical fault in the first and second power domains and that inhibits an overcurrent fault in the second power domain from causing an electrical fault in the first power domain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Insitu Inc.
    Inventors: David Rathbun, Douglas Allyn Miller, Kenneth Hillen, Brian Fix
  • Patent number: 11406343
    Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product for correcting the contrast levels of a medical image of a vascular system is described. One of the methods includes identifying a global reference contrast level. The method includes for each image location which represents a location within the vascular system, determining a corrected contrast level by multiplying the original contrast level of that location by the ratio of the global reference contrast level divided by a local reference contrast level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Dassault Systemes Simulia Corp.
    Inventors: Simone Melchionna, Brian Fix
  • Publication number: 20200192453
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for controlling unmanned systems (UMSs), such as unmanned aircraft, are provided. A UMS can include core systems, auxiliary systems, a payload, a physical computer, a network, and a power system. The network can enable the physical computer to communicate with the auxiliary systems using a second communications tier and with the payload using a third communications tier. The network and the physical computer can logically separate the second and third communications tiers. The power system can provide a first, second, and third power domains respectively for the core systems, the auxiliary systems, and for the payload. The power system can include circuitry that inhibits an overcurrent fault in the third power domain from causing an electrical fault in the first and second power domains and that inhibits an overcurrent fault in the second power domain from causing an electrical fault in the first power domain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: David Rathbun, Douglas Allyn Miller, Kenneth Hillen, Brian Fix
  • Publication number: 20200008769
    Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product for correcting the contrast levels of a medical image of a vascular system is described. One of the methods includes identifying a global reference contrast level. The method includes for each image location which represents a location within the vascular system, determining a corrected contrast level by multiplying the original contrast level of that location by the ratio of the global reference contrast level divided by a local reference contrast level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: Simone Melchionna, Brian Fix
  • Patent number: 10349911
    Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product for correcting the contrast levels of a medical image of a vascular system is described. One of the methods includes identifying a global reference contrast level. The method includes for each image location which represents a location within the vascular system, determining a corrected contrast level by multiplying the original contrast level of that location by the ratio of the global reference contrast level divided by a local reference contrast level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Dassault Systemes Simulia Corp.
    Inventors: Simone Melchionna, Brian Fix
  • Publication number: 20180333125
    Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product for correcting the contrast levels of a medical image of a vascular system is described. One of the methods includes identifying a global reference contrast level. The method includes for each image location which represents a location within the vascular system, determining a corrected contrast level by multiplying the original contrast level of that location by the ratio of the global reference contrast level divided by a local reference contrast level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Inventors: Simone Melchionna, Brian Fix