Patents by Inventor David Earl Selby

David Earl Selby 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).

  • MULTIPLE AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLE SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20240116610
    Abstract: Multiple autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) are operated by a host platform by configuring the AUVs with intermediate nodes (such as unmanned surface vehicles (USVs)) so as to allow the host platform to manage multiple AUVs. The intermediate nodes act as a relay for communications between the host platform and the AUVs allowing the host platform to scale to higher numbers of vehicles thus simultaneously operating the entire fleet of AUVs. The AUVs may provide underwater mapping data. The host platform may be stationary. The host platform may communicate with the intermediate nodes by satellite.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: SeaTrepid DeepSea LLC
    Inventors: Robert Douglas Christ, David Earl Selby
  • Multiple autonomous underwater vehicle systems and methods
    Patent number: 11724786
    Abstract: Multiple autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) are operated by a host platform by configuring the AUVs with intermediate nodes (such as unmanned surface vehicles (USVs)) so as to allow the host platform to manage multiple AUVs. The intermediate nodes act as a relay for communications between the host platform and the AUVs allowing the host platform to scale to higher numbers of vehicles thus simultaneously operating the entire fleet of AUVs. The AUVs may provide underwater mapping data. The host platform may be stationary. The host platform may communicate with the intermediate nodes by satellite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: SeaTrepid DeepSea LLC
    Inventors: Robert Douglas Christ, David Earl Selby
  • MULTIPLE AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLE SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20230079758
    Abstract: Multiple autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) are operated by a host platform by configuring the AUVs with intermediate nodes (such as unmanned surface vehicles (USVs)) so as to allow the host platform to manage multiple AUVs. The intermediate nodes act as a relay for communications between the host platform and the AUVs allowing the host platform to scale to higher numbers of vehicles thus simultaneously operating the entire fleet of AUVs. The AUVs may provide underwater mapping data. The host platform may be stationary. The host platform may communicate with the intermediate nodes by satellite.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: SeaTrepid DeepSea LLC
    Inventors: Robert Douglas Christ, David Earl Selby
  • Multiple autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) system
    Patent number: 11465718
    Abstract: Multiple autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) are operated by a single host surface vehicle (HSV) by configuring the AUVs with intermediate nodes (such as unmanned surface vehicles (USVs)) so as to allow the HSV to manage multiple AUVs. The intermediate nodes act as a relay for communications between the HSV and the AUVs allowing the HSV to scale to higher numbers of vehicles thus simultaneously operating the entire fleet of AUVs. The AUVs may provide underwater mapping data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: SeaTrepid DeepSea LLC
    Inventors: Robert Douglas Christ, David Earl Selby
  • Multiple Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) System
    Publication number: 20200180740
    Abstract: Multiple autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) are operated by a single host surface vehicle (HSV) by configuring the AUVs with intermediate nodes (such as unmanned surface vehicles (USVs)) so as to allow the HSV to manage multiple AUVs. The intermediate nodes act as a relay for communications between the HSV and the AUVs allowing the HSV to scale to higher numbers of vehicles thus simultaneously operating the entire fleet of AUVs. The AUVs may provide underwater mapping data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Robert Douglas Christ, David Earl Selby