Patents by Inventor Christopher Michael Gibson

Christopher Michael Gibson 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: 20230168666
    Abstract: Example embodiments of the present disclosure provide for an example method for controlling the activity of a production facility, such as a production facility having one or more automation environments. The example method includes receiving data indicative of a current production environment. The data can include data of a sensor representing a time since last unit or fill level at one or more processing stations in a production facility. The example method can include determining an impact probability of a downtime event based at least in part on data indicative of the current production environment. The example method can include determining the impact probability of a downtime event and performing a control action associated with the production facility in response to determining the impact probability of the downtime event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Gibson, Lauren Challe Matthews
  • Patent number: 6666410
    Abstract: A load relief system for a launch vehicle including a wind sensing system responsive to wind speed and direction at selected locations for providing an output of sensed wind speed and wind direction at the selected locations, a plant model responsive to the sensed wind speed and direction within a finite horizon, a current state of the launch vehicle, and control commands of the launch vehicle to predict the trajectory of the launch vehicle, an error circuit responsive to the predicted trajectory and a reference trajectory to produce a trajectory error, and an optimizer responsive to the trajectory error and configured to provide control commands to compensate for wind load over the finite horizon of the launch vehicle by reducing the total angle of attack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2003
    Assignee: The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc.
    Inventors: Frederick Wall Boelitz, Leena Singh, Christopher Michael Gibson, Stephen Randolph Smith, Jr., Piero Miotto, Andrew Allen Martin
  • Publication number: 20030150961
    Abstract: A load relief system for a launch vehicle including a wind sensing system responsive to wind speed and direction at selected locations for providing an output of sensed wind speed and wind direction at the selected locations, a plant model responsive to the sensed wind speed and direction within a finite horizon, a current state of the launch vehicle, and control commands of the launch vehicle to predict the trajectory of the launch vehicle, an error circuit responsive to the predicted trajectory and a reference trajectory to produce a trajectory error, and an optimizer-responsive to the trajectory error and configured to provide control commands to compensate for wind load over the finite horizon of the launch vehicle by reducing the total angle of attack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2002
    Publication date: August 14, 2003
    Inventors: Frederick Wall Boelitz, Leena Singh, Christopher Michael Gibson, Stephen Randolph Smith, Piero Miotto, Andrew Allen Martin