Patents by Inventor Gavin Whelan

Gavin Whelan 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).

  • Publication number: 20260177355
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a storage device, for guiding weapon systems to targets are disclosed. A method includes obtaining sensor data from one or more sensors mounted to a weapon system; providing the sensor data as input to a target model, the target model being an artificial intelligence model trained to detect a particular type of object within a set of sensor data from one or more particular types of sensors and to provide output that is decipherable by flight control systems to control navigation operations; obtaining output data from the target model; providing the output data from the target model to a flight control system of the weapon system; and controlling operation of one or more control surfaces of the weapon system, responsive to the output data to control a trajectory of the weapon system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2025
    Publication date: June 25, 2026
    Inventors: Carlos Guillermo Parodi, Lary Ray Cotten, Joseph Cieslik, Gavin Whelan, Garth Whelan, John Wiggins, Harpo Roeder