Patents by Inventor Geoffrey James Hester

Geoffrey James Hester 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).

  • Vehicle navigation
    Patent number: 9122278
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for establishing a route for an autonomous vehicle, the method including: determining localization information for the vehicle with respect to a first frame of reference that is fixed with respect to a current state of the vehicle; determining localization information for the vehicle with respect to a second frame of reference that is fixed with respect to an entity (e.g. Earth), the vehicle being moveable with respect to the entity; establishing a route for the vehicle with respect to the second frame using the localization information for the vehicle with respect to the second frame; transforming the route from the second frame to the first frame; and determining a route for the vehicle with respect to the first frame using the localization information for the vehicle with respect to the first frame and the transformed route.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: BAE Systems PLC
    Inventors: Christopher Andrew Smith, Geoffrey James Hester
  • VEHICLE NAVIGATION
    Publication number: 20140136046
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for establishing a route for an autonomous vehicle, the method including: determining localisation information for the vehicle with respect to a first frame of reference that is fixed with respect to a current state of the vehicle; determining localisation information for the vehicle with respect to a second frame of reference that is fixed with respect to an entity (e.g. Earth), the vehicle being moveable with respect to the entity; establishing a route for the vehicle with respect to the second frame using the localisation information for the vehicle with respect to the second frame; transforming the route from the second frame to the first frame; and determining a route for the vehicle with respect to the first frame using the localisation information for the vehicle with respect to the first frame and the transformed route.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2012
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: BAE SYSTEMS plc
    Inventors: Christopher Andrew Smith, Geoffrey James Hester