Patents by Inventor Bruce Mackie Wilson

Bruce Mackie Wilson 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).

  • Navigation and control system for autonomous vehicles
    Patent number: 8346480
    Abstract: A navigation and control system including a sensor configured to locate objects in a predetermined field of view from a vehicle. The sensor has an emitter configured to repeatedly scan a beam into a two-dimensional sector of a plane defined with respect to a first predetermined axis of the vehicle, and a detector configured to detect a reflection of the emitted beam from one of the objects. The sensor includes a panning mechanism configured to pan the plane in which the beam is scanned about a second predetermined axis to produce a three dimensional field of view. The navigation and control system includes a processor configured to determine the existence and location of the objects in the three dimensional field of view based on a position of the vehicle and a time between an emittance of the beam and a reception of the reflection of the emitted beam from one of the objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Gray & Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Gerard Trepagnier, Jorge Emilio Nagel, Powell McVay Kinney, Matthew Taylor Dooner, Bruce Mackie Wilson, Carl Reimers Schneider, Jr., Keith Brian Goeller
  • NAVIGATION AND CONTROL SYSTEM FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES
    Publication number: 20120035788
    Abstract: A navigation and control system including a sensor configured to locate objects in a predetermined field of view from a vehicle. The sensor has an emitter configured to repeatedly scan a beam into a two-dimensional sector of a plane defined with respect to a first predetermined axis of the vehicle, and a detector configured to detect a reflection of the emitted beam from one of the objects. The sensor includes a panning mechanism configured to pan the plane in which the beam is scanned about a second predetermined axis to produce a three dimensional field of view. The navigation and control system includes a processor configured to determine the existence and location of the objects in the three dimensional field of view based on a position of the vehicle and a time between an emittance of the beam and a reception of the reflection of the emitted beam from one of the objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Applicant: Gray & Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Gerard TREPAGNIER, Jorge Emilio Nagel, Powell McVay Kinney, Matthew Taylor Dooner, Bruce Mackie Wilson, Carl Reimers Schneider, JR., Keith Brian Goeller
  • Navigation and control system for autonomous vehicles
    Patent number: 8050863
    Abstract: A navigation and control system including a sensor configured to locate objects in a predetermined field of view from a vehicle. The sensor has an emitter configured to repeatedly scan a beam into a two-dimensional sector of a plane defined with respect to a first predetermined axis of the vehicle, and a detector configured to detect a reflection of the emitted beam from one of the objects. The sensor includes a panning mechanism configured to pan the plane in which the beam is scanned about a second predetermined axis to produce a three dimensional field of view. The navigation and control system includes a processor configured to determine the existence and location of the objects in the three dimensional field of view based on a position of the vehicle and a time between an emittance of the beam and a reception of the reflection of the emitted beam from one of the objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Gray & Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Gerard Trepagnier, Jorge Emilio Nagel, Powell McVay Kinney, Matthew Taylor Dooner, Bruce Mackie Wilson, Carl Reimers Schneider, Jr., Keith Brian Goeller