Patents by Inventor David C. Swan

David C. Swan 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).

  • Voice-aided unattended surveillance sensor deployment system and associated methods
    Patent number: 7898408
    Abstract: The surveillance system includes a remote monitoring station, at least one mobile radio (e.g. a handheld radio), and one or more deployable sensors each for unattended surveillance to transmit a detection signal in response to a detected activity. A deployable gateway surveillance node includes a controller and at least one wireless transceiver cooperating therewith to transmit a notification to the remote monitoring station based upon a received detection signal, and determine and transmit a voice-message status report, based upon the received detection signal, to the at least one mobile radio identifying the deployable gateway surveillance node and corresponding deployable sensor for the received detection signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Harris Corporation
    Inventors: Michael J. Russell, David C. Swan, Paul Voglewede, Robert A. Johnson
  • VOICE-AIDED UNATTENDED SURVEILLANCE SENSOR DEPLOYMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED METHODS
    Publication number: 20100109863
    Abstract: The surveillance system includes a remote monitoring station, at least one mobile radio (e.g. a handheld radio), and one or more deployable sensors each for unattended surveillance to transmit a detection signal in response to a detected activity. A deployable gateway surveillance node includes a controller and at least one wireless transceiver cooperating therewith to transmit a notification to the remote monitoring station based upon a received detection signal, and determine and transmit a voice-message status report, based upon the received detection signal, to the at least one mobile radio identifying the deployable gateway surveillance node and corresponding deployable sensor for the received detection signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2008
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: Harris Corporation
    Inventors: Michael J. Russell, David C. Swan, Paul Voglewede, Robert A. Johnson