Patents by Inventor Christopher Evan Watson

Christopher Evan Watson 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: 8768620
    Abstract: A navigational deployment and initialization system, including: at least one personal inertial navigation module associated with at least one user and comprising a plurality of sensors and at least one controller configured to generate navigation data derived at least in part upon output of the plurality of sensors and at least one navigation routine; at least one deployment recognition device configured to directly or indirectly receive at least one of the following: user data, time data, event data, navigation data, or any combination thereof; and at least one central controller in direct or indirect communication with the at least one deployment recognition device and configured to receive at least a portion of at least one of the following: the user data, the time data, the event data, the navigation data, or any combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: MSA Technology, LLC
    Inventors: Paul A. Miller, Christopher Evan Watson, Scott R. Pavetti, Thomas Trautzsch
  • Patent number: 8744765
    Abstract: A personal navigation system, including: at least one inertial sensor module associated with a user, the inertial sensor module comprising at least one sensor to generate location data associated with the user; a communication device to receive and/or transmit at least a portion of the location data; and an onsite computer to communicate with the communication device and receive at least a portion of the location data; wherein at least one of the inertial sensor module and the onsite computer is configured to determine at least one activity of the user based at least in part upon the location data; wherein the onsite computer is programmed to configure a display including a representation of the user based at least in part upon the location data; wherein at least one of the determination and the configuration is performed substantially in real-time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: MSA Technology, LLC
    Inventors: Paul A. Miller, David Kodrin, Christopher Evan Watson, Chadd Cron, Scott Pavetti
  • Publication number: 20130197951
    Abstract: An incident management and monitoring system, including: at least one central controller configured to receive global resource data, user data, and organizational data; and at least one user interface in direct or indirect communication with the at least one central controller and configured to display content comprising at least one of the following: at least a portion of the global resource data; at least a portion of the user data, at least a portion of the organizational data, at least one selectable element, at least one configurable element, at least one control element, at least one user input area, visual data, processed data, or any combination thereof. A user interface for incident management and monitoring is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2012
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Inventors: Christopher Evan Watson, Chadd M. Cron, Scott R. Pavetti
  • Publication number: 20130030700
    Abstract: A navigational deployment and initialization system, including: at least one personal inertial navigation module associated with at least one user and comprising a plurality of sensors and at least one controller configured to generate navigation data derived at least in part upon output of the plurality of sensors and at least one navigation routine; at least one deployment recognition device configured to directly or indirectly receive at least one of the following: user data, time data, event data, navigation data, or any combination thereof; and at least one central controller in direct or indirect communication with the at least one deployment recognition device and configured to receive at least a portion of at least one of the following: the user data, the time data, the event data, the navigation data, or any combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2012
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Inventors: Paul A. Miller, Christopher Evan Watson, Scott R. Pavetti, Thomas Trautzsch
  • Publication number: 20120259544
    Abstract: A feature location and management system having: a user-associated marker unit, including: a controller to generate feature data associated with at least one feature located at a site; an activation device to activate the controller to generate the feature data; and a communication device to transmit at least a portion of the feature data. A central control device directly or indirectly receives at least a portion of the feature data transmitted by the marker unit; and generates display data based at least partially on the received feature data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2011
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Inventors: Christopher Evan Watson, John H. Reno, II, Chadd M. Cron, Scott R. Pavetti, Christopher S. Detka, Paul A. Miller
  • Publication number: 20110029241
    Abstract: A personal navigation system, including: at least one inertial sensor module associated with a user, the inertial sensor module comprising at least one sensor to generate location data associated with the user; a communication device to receive and/or transmit at least a portion of the location data; and an onsite computer to communicate with the communication device and receive at least a portion of the location data; wherein at least one of the inertial sensor module and the onsite computer is configured to determine at least one activity of the user based at least in part upon the location data; wherein the onsite computer is programmed to configure a display including a representation of the user based at least in part upon the location data; wherein at least one of the determination and the configuration is performed substantially in real-time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2010
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Applicant: Mine Safety Appliances Company
    Inventors: Paul A. Miller, David Kodrin, Christopher Evan Watson, Chadd Cron, Scott Pavetti