Patents by Inventor Dom BERTA

Dom BERTA 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).

  • DERIVATION OF SEA ICE THICKNESS USING ISOSTACY AND UPWARD LOOKING SONAR PROFILES
    Publication number: 20150160006
    Abstract: A method for estimating a total thickness of sea ice floating in sea water having a sea water level includes obtaining a set of surface topographic data points of the sea ice representing elevation of those surface topographic data points with reference to a sea water level using a surface topography acquisition system, and estimating, using a processor, the total thickness of the sea ice above and below the sea water level using the elevation of each of the points.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2014
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Inventors: Khalid A. SOOFI, Dom BERTA
  • ICE ALERT SYSTEM AND METHOD OF EVACUATING AN ARCTIC FLOATING PLATFORM FROM A HAZARDOUS ICE CONDITION
    Publication number: 20150134158
    Abstract: An ice alert system includes an ice floe monitoring system, and an ice floe forecast system operatively connected to the ice floe monitoring system. The ice floe forecast system is configured to determine a hazardous ice condition. An evacuation system is operatively connected to the ice floe forecast system. The evacuation system is configured and disposed to determine, in response to the hazardous ice condition, a safe harbor location, and a navigational course from an original anchor point to the safe harbor location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: Dom BERTA, Alex IYERUSALIMSKIY, Brenda K. MASKOS, Chris YETSKO, George GU, Khalid SOOFI