Patents by Inventor David Merrick TWINING

David Merrick TWINING 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).

  • Unmanned aircraft navigation system and method
    Patent number: 10705541
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses and methods for landing an unmanned aircraft on a mobile structure are presented. Sensors on the aircraft identify a predetermined landing area on a mobile structure. The aircraft monitors the sensor data to maintain its position hovering over the landing area. The aircraft estimates a future attitude of the surface of the landing area and determines a landing time that corresponds to a desired attitude of the surface of the landing area. The unmanned aircraft executes a landing maneuver to bring the aircraft into contact with the surface of the landing area at the determined landing time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: PLANCK AEROSYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: David Merrick Twining, Joshua Wells
  • UNMANNED AIRCRAFT NAVIGATION SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20180173245
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses and methods for landing an unmanned aircraft on a mobile structure are presented. Sensors on the aircraft identify a predetermined landing area on a mobile structure. The aircraft monitors the sensor data to maintain its position hovering over the landing area. The aircraft estimates a future attitude of the surface of the landing area and determines a landing time that corresponds to a desired attitude of the surface of the landing area. The unmanned aircraft executes a landing maneuver to bring the aircraft into contact with the surface of the landing area at the determined landing time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: David Merrick TWINING, Joshua WELLS