Patents by Inventor Everett James Findlay

Everett James Findlay 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).

  • Formation flight path coordination of unmanned aerial vehicles
    Patent number: 10114384
    Abstract: A method for implementation of a formation flight path coordination for a scalable group of Unmanned Arial Vehicles (UAVs) including a recursive architecture with a leader UAV and a plurality of follower UAVs in communication with the leader UAV, the method comprising the steps of: receiving formation commands for the UAVs of the group from a ground controller station (GCS), the formation commands including positional and velocity information for implementation by onboard processing systems, the formation commands received on a first communication channel established between the leader UAV and the GCS; sending information from the formation commands by the leader UAV to the plurality of follower UAVs belonging to the leader UAV using a second communication channel established between the plurality of follower UAVs and the leader UAV, the second communication channel separate from the first communication channel; receiving updated formation commands for the flight path from the GCS on the first communication c
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Arrowonics Technologies Ltd.
    Inventors: Hugh Hong-Tao Liu, Hao Cheng Zhu, Everett James Findlay, Samuel Zhao
  • FORMATION FLIGHT PATH COORDINATION OF UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES
    Publication number: 20180074520
    Abstract: A method for implementation of a formation flight path coordination for a scalable group of Unmanned Arial Vehicles (UAVs) including a recursive architecture with a leader UAV and a plurality of follower UAVs in communication with the leader UAV, the method comprising the steps of: receiving formation commands for the UAVs of the group from a ground controller station (GCS), the formation commands including positional and velocity information for implementation by onboard processing systems, the formation commands received on a first communication channel established between the leader UAV and the GCS; sending information from the formation commands by the leader UAV to the plurality of follower UAVs belonging to the leader UAV using a second communication channel established between the plurality of follower UAVs and the leader UAV, the second communication channel separate from the first communication channel; receiving updated formation commands for the flight path from the GCS on the first communication c
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Inventors: Hugh Hong-Tao Liu, Hao Cheng Zhu, Everett James Findlay, Samuel Zhao