Patents by Inventor Brian Henri Le Floch

Brian Henri Le Floch 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).

  • Autonomous aircraft local planning to avoid obstructions
    Patent number: 11592843
    Abstract: A technique relates to autonomous obstacle avoidance. A vehicle is controlled on a route to a destination, the route being a three-dimensional route. An obstruction is determined on the global route. A local route including alternate points to avoid the obstruction is autonomously determined. The local route is autonomously converged back to the global route in response to avoiding the obstruction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Navid Dadkhah Tehrani, Brian Henri Le Floch, Ashish Bhatnagar, Suraj Unnikrishnan, Brian Scott MacAllister, Igor Cherepinsky
  • AUTONOMOUS AIRCRAFT LOCAL PLANNING TO AVOID OBSTRUCTIONS
    Publication number: 20210318697
    Abstract: A technique relates to autonomous obstacle avoidance. A vehicle is controlled on a route to a destination, the route being a three-dimensional route. An obstruction is determined on the global route. A local route including alternate points to avoid the obstruction is autonomously determined. The local route is autonomously converged back to the global route in response to avoiding the obstruction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Navid Dadkhah Tehrani, Brian Henri Le Floch, Ashish Bhatnagar, Suraj Unnikrishnan, Brian Scott MacAllister, Igor Cherepinsky