Patents by Inventor ERIC P. SPELLMAN

ERIC P. SPELLMAN 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).

  • System for monitoring marine vessels and determining rendezvouses therebetween and related methods
    Patent number: 10399650
    Abstract: A system for monitoring marine vessels using a satellite network may include a plurality of satellite payloads to be carried by respective satellites. Each satellite payload may include a communications interface configured to communicate via the satellite network, a radio frequency (RF) transceiver configured to communicate with the plurality of marine vessels, and a controller cooperating with the communications interface and the RF transceiver. The controller may obtain automatic identification system (AIS) data including vessel position and call sign information via the transceiver, and communicate the AIS system data via the communications interface. The system may further include a terrestrial station configured to receive the AIS system data and determine therefrom a rendezvous between marine vessels which pass within a threshold distance for greater than a threshold time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: HARRIS CORPORATION
    Inventors: John L. Delay, Mark A. Ingersoll, Mark D. Rahmes, David A. Mottarella, Eric P. Spellman, Kevin L. Fox, John T. Farrell
  • SYSTEM FOR MONITORING MARINE VESSELS AND DETERMINING RENDEZVOUSES THEREBETWEEN AND RELATED METHODS
    Publication number: 20180201348
    Abstract: A system for monitoring marine vessels using a satellite network may include a plurality of satellite payloads to be carried by respective satellites. Each satellite payload may include a communications interface configured to communicate via the satellite network, a radio frequency (RF) transceiver configured to communicate with the plurality of marine vessels, and a controller cooperating with the communications interface and the RF transceiver. The controller may obtain automatic identification system (AIS) data including vessel position and call sign information via the transceiver, and communicate the AIS system data via the communications interface. The system may further include a terrestrial station configured to receive the AIS system data and determine therefrom a rendezvous between marine vessels which pass within a threshold distance for greater than a threshold time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2017
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Inventors: JOHN L. DELAY, MARK A. INGERSOLL, MARK D. RAHMES, DAVID A. MOTTARELLA, ERIC P. SPELLMAN, KEVIN L. FOX, JOHN T. FARRELL