Patents by Inventor Charles Donly

Charles Donly 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).

  • Tsunami detection system with data storage devices in autonomous underwater vehicles
    Patent number: 11579320
    Abstract: A method of underwater tsunami detection includes detecting a trigger event using disruption of at least one of a plurality of hard disk drives (HDDs), each different one of the plurality of HDDs in a different one of a plurality of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs). A time and location of each of the at least one HDD for the trigger event is logged. Based on at least one of the HDD disruptions, times, and locations of the at least one HDD of the plurality of HDDs, a size, strength, and direction of a tsunami caused by the trigger event is determined. Information regarding the tsunami is transmitted to a monitoring station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventor: Charles Donly
  • Underwater imaging system with multiple connected autonomous underwater vehicles
    Patent number: 11280905
    Abstract: A method of stereoscopic mapping an underwater location includes determining a relative position and relative distance between two separate sensors on separate underwater platforms. Each of the two separate sensors scans a same underwater feature from its respective determined relative position. A stereoscopic image of the underwater feature is created from the two scanned images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: Charles Donly, Jon Trantham
  • UNDERWATER IMAGING SYSTEM WITH MULTIPLE CONNECTED AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLES
    Publication number: 20200348414
    Abstract: A method of stereoscopic mapping an underwater location includes determining a relative position and relative distance between two separate sensors on separate underwater platforms. Each of the two separate sensors scans a same underwater feature from its respective determined relative position. A stereoscopic image of the underwater feature is created from the two scanned images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Inventors: Charles Donly, Jon Trantham
  • TSUNAMI DETECTION SYSTEM WITH DATA STORAGE DEVICES IN AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLES
    Publication number: 20200348429
    Abstract: A method of underwater tsunami detection includes detecting a trigger event using disruption of at least one of a plurality of hard disk drives (HDDs), each different one of the plurality of HDDs in a different one of a plurality of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs). A time and location of each of the at least one HDD for the trigger event is logged. Based on at least one of the HDD disruptions, times, and locations of the at least one HDD of the plurality of HDDs, a size, strength, and direction of a tsunami caused by the trigger event is determined. Information regarding the tsunami is transmitted to a monitoring station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Inventor: Charles Donly