Patents by Inventor Ethan J. Phelps

Ethan J. Phelps 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).

  • Classification of target objects in motion
    Patent number: 8625905
    Abstract: A method for classifying objects in motion that includes providing, to a processor, feature data for one or more classes of objects to be classified, wherein the feature data is indexed by object class, orientation, and sensor. The method also includes providing, to the processor, one or more representative models for characterizing one or more orientation motion profiles for the one or more classes of objects in motion. The method also include acquiring, via a processor, feature data for a target object in motion from multiple sensors and/or for multiple times and trajectory of the target object in motion to classify the target object based on the feature data, the one or more orientation motion profiles and the trajectory of the target object in motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Michael S. Schmidt, Prakruti S. Prativadi, Shane A. Griffin, Ethan J. Phelps
  • CLASSIFICATION OF TARGET OBJECTS IN MOTION
    Publication number: 20120195459
    Abstract: A method for classifying objects in motion that includes providing, to a processor, feature data for one or more classes of objects to be classified, wherein the feature data is indexed by object class, orientation, and sensor. The method also includes providing, to the processor, one or more representative models for characterizing one or more orientation motion profiles for the one or more classes of objects in motion. The method also include acquiring, via a processor, feature data for a target object in motion from multiple sensors and/or for multiple times and trajectory of the target object in motion to classify the target object based on the feature data, the one or more orientation motion profiles and the trajectory of the target object in motion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2011
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Inventors: Michael S. Schmidt, Prakruti S. Prativadi, Shane A. Griffin, Ethan J. Phelps