Patents by Inventor Colin Anthony Noonan

Colin Anthony Noonan 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: 10295662
    Abstract: Methods and systems for producing data describing target measurements using a processor (102) in a system (100) having at least one on-board sensor (106) on a vehicle. The method includes obtaining data from an on-board sensor (106), obtaining data from a sensor (108) off-board the vehicle, approximating (312) a target alignment error between the on-board and off-board sensor data, receiving target alignment error data in respect of at least one other sensor set comprising at least two sensors, estimating (316) a bias using the received target alignment error data and correcting the approximated target alignment error using the bias, and performing (320) a data fusion process on the obtained off-board sensor data and the obtained on-board sensor data using the approximated target alignment error to produce target measurement data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: BAE Systems plc
    Inventor: Colin Anthony Noonan
  • Publication number: 20170010348
    Abstract: Methods and systems for producing data describing target measurements using a processor (102) in a system (100) having at least one on-board sensor (106) on a vehicle. The method includes obtaining data from an on-board sensor (106), obtaining data from a sensor (108) off-board the vehicle, activation approximating (312) a target alignment error between the on-board and off-board sensor data, receiving target alignment error data in respect of at least one other sensor set comprising at least two sensors, estimating (316) a bias using the received target alignment error data and correcting the approximated target alignment error using the bias, and performing (320) a data fusion process on the obtained off-board sensor data and the obtained on-board sensor data using the approximated target alignment error to produce target measurement data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventor: Colin Anthony NOONAN
  • Patent number: 8886394
    Abstract: Methods and systems for producing data describing states of a plurality of targets using a processor in a system having at least one onboard sensor. The method includes obtaining data from at least one onboard sensor and performing a first data fusion process on the obtained onboard sensor data to produce onboard sensor fused data. Data is also obtained from at least one off-board sensor, and a second, different data fusion process is performed on the obtained off-board sensor data and the onboard sensor fused data to produce target state data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: BAE Systems PLC
    Inventor: Colin Anthony Noonan
  • Publication number: 20120277948
    Abstract: Methods and systems for producing data describing states of a plurality of targets (105A, 105B) using a processor (102) in a system (100) having at least one onboard sensor (106). The method includes obtaining (404) data from at least one onboard sensor (106A, 106B) and performing a first data fusion process (412) on the obtained onboard sensor data to produce onboard sensor fused data. Data is also obtained (422) from at least one off-board sensor (108A, 108B), and a second, different data fusion process (430) is performed on the obtained off-board sensor data and the onboard sensor fused data to produce target state data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Applicant: BAE Systems plc
    Inventor: Colin Anthony Noonan