Patents by Inventor Carlton E. Nance

Carlton E. Nance 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).

  • Performance prediction for generation of point clouds from passive imagery
    Patent number: 9430872
    Abstract: A system and method of generating point clouds from passive images. Image clusters are formed, wherein each image cluster includes two or more passive images selected from a set of passive images. Quality of the point cloud that could be generated from each image cluster is predicted for each image cluster based on a performance prediction score for each image cluster. A subset of image clusters is selected for further processing based on their performance prediction scores. A mission-specific quality score is determined for each point cloud generated and the point cloud with the highest quality score is selected for storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Stephen J. Raif, John J. Coogan, Steven B. Seida, Paul L. Pryor, Carlton E. Nance, Wyatt D. Sharp, III, Jody D. Verret
  • Policy based data management and imaging chipping
    Patent number: 9024779
    Abstract: The technology described herein includes a system and/or a method for policy-based data management. The method includes receiving, by a sensor platform device, sensor data from one or more sensors; selecting, by the sensor platform device, one or more screening policies from a plurality of screening policies based on one or more mission parameters and a platform type associated with the sensor platform device; generating, by the sensor platform device, a data set from the sensor data based on the selected one or more screening policies; and transmitting, by the sensor platform device, the data set to one or more computing devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Paul C. Hershey, Christopher J. Graham, Leslie A. Ledda, Christopher L. Kuhn, Mu-Cheng Wang, Steve Davidson, Carlton E. Nance
  • PERFORMANCE PREDICTION FOR GENERATION OF POINT CLOUDS FROM PASSIVE IMAGERY
    Publication number: 20140253543
    Abstract: A system and method of generating point clouds from passive images. Image clusters are formed, wherein each image cluster includes two or more passive images selected from a set of passive images. Quality of the point cloud that could be generated from each image cluster is predicted for each image cluster based on a performance prediction score for each image cluster. A subset of image clusters is selected for further processing based on their performance prediction scores. A mission-specific quality score is determined for each point cloud generated and the point cloud with the highest quality score is selected for storage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Stephen J. Raif, John J. Coogan, Steven B. Seida, Paul L. Pryor, Carlton E. Nance, Wyatt D. Sharp, III, Jody D. Verret
  • POLICY-BASED DATA MANAGEMENT AND IMAGING CHIPPING
    Publication number: 20130127633
    Abstract: The technology described herein includes a system and/or a method for policy-based data management. The method includes receiving, by a sensor platform device, sensor data from one or more sensors; selecting, by the sensor platform device, one or more screening policies from a plurality of screening policies based on one or more mission parameters and a platform type associated with the sensor platform device; generating, by the sensor platform device, a data set from the sensor data based on the selected one or more screening policies; and transmitting, by the sensor platform device, the data set to one or more computing devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2012
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicant: RAYTHEON COMPANY
    Inventors: Paul C. Hershey, Christopher J. Graham, Leslie A. Ledda, Christopher L. Kuhn, Mu-Cheng Wang, Steve Davidson, Carlton E. Nance