Patents by Inventor David Purves

David Purves 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).

  • Severe weather detection, classification and localization using dual-polarization radar
    Patent number: 10324180
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a system that predicts the occurrence and location of a severe weather event including a non-transitory tangible media containing software or firmware encoded thereon for operation by one or more processors that receive a plurality of weather variables, at least one of said weather variables being from radar data from a dual-polarization radar, where the processor (i) generates at least one derived radar variable based on the weather variables, (ii) identifies a geographical region of interest, (iii) validates the presence of the region of interest, (iv) determines whether there is a vertical column of regions of interest, wherein the presence of the vertical column of regions of interest is indicative of the vertical size of the severe weather event and (viii) validates the presence of the vertical columns of regions of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Baron Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Lawton, Nathan Purves, David Purves