Patents by Inventor Daniel Hodyss

Daniel Hodyss 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: 8838515
    Abstract: A method for predicting the risk of a pirate attack in a geographical area and for generating a distribution of probabilities of a pirate attack based on intelligence (INTEL) information regarding the pirates and pirate behavior combined with information regarding environmental and meteorological (METOC) conditions and information regarding shipping activity and shipping vulnerabilities. The method can also be used to predict the probability of other activities that are subject to METOC conditions, such as anti-narcotics efforts, undersea warfare operations, mine warfare operations, and human trafficking interdiction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: James A. Hansen, Daniel Hodyss, Craig H. Bishop, William Campbell
  • Publication number: 20130144923
    Abstract: Methods of computer-implemented data assimilation are presented which permit more accurately finding a posterior distribution and estimating the mean xa of the posterior distribution for applications in which the prior distribution is not Gaussian, i.e., is “skewed.” The invention provides an improved Kalman filter, referred to herein as a “Quadratic Ensemble Filter,” which takes the conventional Kalman filter and adds a correction term that makes use of the third and fourth moment matrices of the probability density function ?(x).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Inventor: Daniel Hodyss
  • Publication number: 20120095946
    Abstract: A method for predicting the risk of a pirate attack in a geographical area and for generating a distribution of probabilities of a pirate attack based on intelligence (INTEL) information regarding the pirates and pirate behavior combined with information regarding environmental and meteorological (METOC) conditions and information regarding shipping activity and shipping vulnerabilities. The method can also be used to predict the probability of other activities that are subject to METOC conditions, such as anti-narcotics efforts, undersea warfare operations, mine warfare operations, and human trafficking interdiction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2011
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: James A. Hansen, Daniel Hodyss, Craig H. Bishop, William Campbell