Patents by Inventor Erika Tsutsumi

Erika Tsutsumi 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).

  • Control systems for unmanned aerial vehicles
    Patent number: 11726502
    Abstract: A method for controlling an unmanned aerial vehicle within a flight operating space. The unmanned aerial vehicle includes one or more sensor arrays on each spar. The method includes determining, using a plurality of sensor arrays, a flight path for the unmanned aerial vehicle. The method also includes receiving, by at least one sensor array of the plurality of sensor arrays, sensor data identifying at least one object in the operating space. The sensor data is transmitted over a communications bus connecting components of the UAV. The method further includes determining, by one or more processors onboard the unmanned aerial vehicle, a flight path around the at least one object. The method also includes generating, by the one or more onboard processors, a first signal to cause the unmanned aerial vehicle to navigate within the operating space around the at least one object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Teledyne FLIR Detection, Inc.
    Inventors: Samuel A. Johnson, Samir S. Mistry, Erika Tsutsumi, Chad Thomson, John Aleman, Bretton E. Anderson, Felipe Bohorquez, Terrance Bordelon, Ben Corman, Dion Gonano, Laura Major, Ben Minerd, Megan Mitchell
  • CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES
    Publication number: 20220334599
    Abstract: A method for controlling an unmanned aerial vehicle within a flight operating space. The unmanned aerial vehicle includes one or more sensor arrays on each spar. The method includes determining, using a plurality of sensor arrays, a flight path for the unmanned aerial vehicle. The method also includes receiving, by at least one sensor array of the plurality of sensor arrays, sensor data identifying at least one object in the operating space. The sensor data is transmitted over a communications bus connecting components of the UAV. The method further includes determining, by one or more processors onboard the unmanned aerial vehicle, a flight path around the at least one object. The method also includes generating, by the one or more onboard processors, a first signal to cause the unmanned aerial vehicle to navigate within the operating space around the at least one object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Samuel A. Johnson, Samir S. Mistry, Erika Tsutsumi, Chad Thomson, John Aleman, Bretton E. Anderson, Felipe Bohorquez, Terrance Bordelon, Ben Corman, Dion Gonano, Laura Major, Ben Minerd, Megan Mitchell
  • Control systems for unmanned aerial vehicles
    Patent number: 11294397
    Abstract: A method for controlling an unmanned aerial vehicle within a flight operating space. The unmanned aerial vehicle includes one or more sensor arrays on each spar. The method includes determining, using a plurality of sensor arrays, a flight path for the unmanned aerial vehicle. The method also includes receiving, by at least one sensor array of the plurality of sensor arrays, sensor data identifying at least one object in the operating space. The sensor data is transmitted over a communications bus connecting components of the UAV. The method further includes determining, by one or more processors onboard the unmanned aerial vehicle, a flight path around the at least one object. The method also includes generating, by the one or more onboard processors, a first signal to cause the unmanned aerial vehicle to navigate within the operating space around the at least one object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: TELEDYNE FUR DETECTION, INC.
    Inventors: Samuel A. Johnson, Erika Tsutsumi, Samir S. Mistry, Chad Thomson, John Aleman, Bretton E. Anderson, Felipe Bohorquez, Terrance Bordelon, Ben Corman, Dion Gonano, Laura Major, Ben Minerd, Megan Mitchell
  • CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES
    Publication number: 20200218288
    Abstract: A method for controlling an unmanned aerial vehicle within a flight operating space. The unmanned aerial vehicle includes one or more sensor arrays on each spar. The method includes determining, using a plurality of sensor arrays, a flight path for the unmanned aerial vehicle. The method also includes receiving, by at least one sensor array of the plurality of sensor arrays, sensor data identifying at least one object in the operating space. The sensor data is transmitted over a communications bus connecting components of the UAV. The method further includes determining, by one or more processors onboard the unmanned aerial vehicle, a flight path around the at least one object. The method also includes generating, by the one or more onboard processors, a first signal to cause the unmanned aerial vehicle to navigate within the operating space around the at least one object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: Samuel A. Johnson, Samir S. Mistry, Erika Tsutsumi, Chad Thomson, John Aleman, Bretton E. Anderson, Felipe Bohorquez, Terrance Bordelon, Ben Corman, Dion Gonano, Laura Major, Ben Minerd, Megan Mitchell