Patents by Inventor Carolyn L. Nye

Carolyn L. Nye 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).

  • Publication number: 20230236017
    Abstract: The disclosure describes systems (2) of navigating a hazardous environment (8). The system includes personal protective equipment (PPE) (13) and computing device(s) (32) configured to process sensor data from the PPE (13), generate pose data of an agent (10) based on the processed sensor data, and track the pose data as the agent (10) moves through the hazardous environment (8). The PPE (13) may include an inertial measurement device to generate inertial data and a radar device to generate radar data for detecting a presence or arrangement of objects in a visually obscured environment (8). The PPE (13) may include a thermal image capture device to generate thermal image data for detecting and classifying thermal features of the hazardous environment (8). The PPE (13) may include one or more sensors to detect a fiducial marker (21) in a visually obscured environment (8) for identifying features in the visually obscured environment (8).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2021
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Nicholas T. Gabriel, John M. Kruse, Gautam Singh, Brian J. Stankiewicz, Jason L. Aveldson, Glenn E. Casner, Elisa J. Collins, Samuel J. Fahey, Haleh Hagh-Shenas, Frank T. Herfort, Ronald D. Jesme, Steven G. Lucht, Carolyn L. Nye, Adam C. Nyland, Jacob E. Odom, Antonia E. Schaefer, Justin Tungjunyatham