Patents by Inventor G. Bowden Wise

G. Bowden Wise 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).

  • Patent number: 11410525
    Abstract: A system for generating hazard alerts is provided. The system includes a plurality of sensor units including a plurality of sensors and a locating device, and a hazard analyzing (HA) computing device configured to communicate with the sensor units and including at least one memory device configured to store a scene definition, the scene definition defining a coordinate space of a worksite, and at least one processor configured to receive, from the sensors, a plurality of sensor measurements, receive, from the locating device of each sensor unit, at least one coordinate of the coordinate space, determine, based on the at least one coordinate, a location of the sensor unit during each sensor measurement, and determine, for at least a first sensor unit, that an alert condition is present based on the scene definition, the sensor measurements, and the determined location associated with the first sensor unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Sm Shajedul Hasan, G. Bowden Wise, Lembit Salasoo, Robert Paul Fisher, Keith Francis Zeto
  • Publication number: 20220157147
    Abstract: A system for generating hazard alerts is provided. The system includes a plurality of sensor units including a plurality of sensors and a locating device, and a hazard analyzing (HA) computing device configured to communicate with the sensor units and including at least one memory device configured to store a scene definition, the scene definition defining a coordinate space of a worksite, and at least one processor configured to receive, from the sensors, a plurality of sensor measurements, receive, from the locating device of each sensor unit, at least one coordinate of the coordinate space, determine, based on the at least one coordinate, a location of the sensor unit during each sensor measurement, and determine, for at least a first sensor unit, that an alert condition is present based on the scene definition, the sensor measurements, and the determined location associated with the first sensor unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: SM Shajedul Hasan, G. Bowden Wise, Lembit Salasoo, Robert Paul Fisher, Keith Francis Zeto