Patents by Inventor Faycal E. Benayad-Cherif

Faycal E. Benayad-Cherif 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).

  • Beacon navigation system and method for guiding a vehicle
    Patent number: 4829442
    Abstract: A beacon navigation system for a vehicle including a plurality of navigation beacons distributed about a premises through which the vehicle is to navigate, and a detector assembly for sensing a beacon and for resolving the azimuthal angle between the beacon and the vehicle. The system further includes an element for defining an optimum azimuthal angle between that beacon and the vehicle, and a device for determining the difference between the resolved angle and the optimum angle to represent the deviation of the vehicle from a designated path. A method of establishing navigational paths among navigation nodes proximate beacons is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 1986
    Date of Patent: May 9, 1989
    Assignee: Denning Mobile Robotics, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark B. Kadonoff, James F. Maddox, Robert W. George, II, Faycal E. Benayad-Cherif
  • Beacon proximity detection system for a vehicle
    Patent number: 4710020
    Abstract: A proximity detection system for determining the distance between a vehicle and a navigation beacon by resolving the altitude angle between the beacon and the vehicle and determining the distance between them. The system then defines an optimum distance between the beacon and the vehicle and compares the determined distance and the optimum distance to establish any difference between them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 1986
    Date of Patent: December 1, 1987
    Assignee: Denning Mobil Robotics, Inc.
    Inventors: James F. Maddox, Mark B. Kadonoff, Alan D. Berger, Amy L. Taivalkoski, Robert W. George, II, Faycal E. Benayad-Cherif