Patents by Inventor Clinton Courier

Clinton Courier 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: 10319247
    Abstract: A method for navigating an aerial vehicle from a first location to a second location, wherein the aerial vehicle having a localization system, the method including guiding the aerial vehicle according to a ground navigation map from the first location to the second location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Voll, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Lee Bietz, Clinton Courier
  • Patent number: 10241194
    Abstract: A method for determining the location of a frequency receiver device with respect to at least two frequency originator devices, each of a current location, the method including synchronizing a clock of the frequency receiver device with a clock of one of the at least two frequency originator devices; receiving by the frequency receiver device, a message including an identification code configured for identifying one of the at least two frequency originator devices and obtaining a broadcast time and a current location of the one of the at least two frequency originator devices by looking up a table correlating the at least two frequency originator devices and their respective broadcast times and current locations; calculating a time of flight of the message by calculating the difference between a receive time at which the message is received by the frequency receiver device and the broadcast time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Voll, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Lee Bietz, Clinton Courier
  • Publication number: 20180231634
    Abstract: A method for determining the location of a frequency receiver device with respect to at least two frequency originator devices, each of a current location, the method including synchronizing a clock of the frequency receiver device with a clock of one of the at least two frequency originator devices; receiving by the frequency receiver device, a message including an identification code configured for identifying one of the at least two frequency originator devices and obtaining a broadcast time and a current location of the one of the at least two frequency originator devices by looking up a table correlating the at least two frequency originator devices and their respective broadcast times and current locations; calculating a time of flight of the message by calculating the difference between a receive time at which the message is received by the frequency receiver device and the broadcast time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Steven Lee Bietz, Clinton Courier
  • Publication number: 20170287343
    Abstract: A method for navigating an aerial vehicle from a first location to a second location, wherein the aerial vehicle having a localization system, the method including guiding the aerial vehicle according to a ground navigation map from the first location to the second location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Steven Lee Bietz, Clinton Courier
  • Patent number: 9651651
    Abstract: A method for calibrating a frequency receiver device (FRD) includes obtaining an image of a visually unique object having a visually unique pattern, the visually unique object disposed at a known location; detecting a match by comparing the pattern to a list of pre-determined patterns; upon detecting a match, determining a relative location of the FRD from the pattern based on the pattern and a new broadcast frequency of a frequency originator device (FOD) from a lookup table correlating a plurality of patterns, their corresponding known locations and a broadcast frequency of at least one corresponding FOD for each of the plurality of patterns and determining the location of the FRD from the FOD based on the relative location of the FRD from the known location of the pattern; and synchronizing a clock of a FRD and a clock of a FOD based on said new frequency of the FOD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Voll, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Lee Bietz, Clinton Courier