Patents by Inventor Brian R. Van Voorst

Brian R. Van Voorst 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: 10690772
    Abstract: A system for creating a three dimensional model of an environment includes a LIDAR scanning system to scan an environment to provide an image of a scene of the scanned environment, a geo-locator to tag a plurality of points within the image with geo-reference points and a labeler to label features of interest within the image of the scene and to identify possible access paths within the three dimensional model of the environment from the features of interest potentially providing an access path for a target drone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Raytheon BBN Technologies Corp.
    Inventor: Brian R. Van Voorst
  • Patent number: 10408936
    Abstract: A system comprising includes a plurality of three dimensional line-scanner LIDAR sensors disposed to provide a set of fanned beams that travel from one horizon into the air to the other horizon arranged to provide a light fence to detect an object that breaks the light fence and a sensor processor connected to the plurality of three dimensional multi-beam line-scanner LIDAR sensors to establish a vector of travel and a velocity of the object that passes through the multi-beam light fence at the location of where the beams are broken.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Raytheon BBN Technologies Corp.
    Inventor: Brian R. Van Voorst
  • Publication number: 20190004176
    Abstract: A system comprising includes a plurality of three dimensional line-scanner LIDAR sensors disposed to provide a set of fanned beams that travel from one horizon into the air to the other horizon arranged to provide a light fence to detect an object that breaks the light fence and a sensor processor connected to the plurality of three dimensional multi-beam line-scanner LIDAR sensors to establish a vector of travel and a velocity of the object that passes through the multi-beam light fence at the location of where the beams are broken.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicant: Raytheon BBN Technologies Corp.
    Inventor: Brian R. Van Voorst
  • Publication number: 20180364741
    Abstract: A system for tracking a drone includes a device where a human designates a drone as a target drone and a second autonomous intercept drone having an on-board sensor to track the target drone and self pilots to the location of the target drone
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Applicant: Raytheon BBN Technologies Corp.
    Inventor: Brian R. Van Voorst
  • Publication number: 20170261999
    Abstract: A system for creating a three dimensional model of an environment includes a LIDAR scanning system to scan an environment to provide an image of a scene of the scanned environment, a geo-locator to tag a plurality of points within the image with geo-reference points and a labeler to label features of interest within the image of the scene and to identify possible access paths within the three dimensional model of the environment from the features of interest potentially providing an access path for a target drone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Applicant: Raytheon BBN Technologies Corp.
    Inventor: Brian R. Van Voorst
  • Publication number: 20170261604
    Abstract: A system includes a long range LIDAR tracking system to track a target drone and provide detection and tracking information of the target drone; a control system to process the detection and tracking information and provide guidance information to intercept the target drone; and a high powered intercept drone controlled by supervised autonomy, the supervised autonomy provided by processing the detection and tracking information of the target drone and sending guidance information to the intercept drone to direct the intercept drone to the target drone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Applicant: Raytheon BBN Technologies Corp.
    Inventor: Brian R. Van Voorst
  • Publication number: 20170261613
    Abstract: A counter drone system includes a cueing sensor to detect the presence of an object wherein the cueing sensor cues the presence of a target drone, a long range LIDAR system having a sensor pointed in a direction of the target drone to acquire and track at long range the target drone to provide an accurate location of the target drone wherein once a track is acquired, the motion of the target drone is used to maintain the track of the target drone and a threat detector wherein LIDAR data is provided to the threat detector to determine if the target drone is a threat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Applicant: Raytheon BBN Technologies Corp.
    Inventor: Brian R. Van Voorst