Patents by Inventor George Michael Roe

George Michael Roe 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: 9251698
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for managing a location. Soil sensor units are deployed in the location in a forest from a group of aerial vehicles. Information is generated about a number of soil conditions in the location in the forest using the soil sensor units in the location. The information is transmitted from the soil sensor units to a remote location for analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: John Lyle Vian, Charles B. Spinelli, Brian J. Tillotson, George Michael Roe, Joshua Przybylko
  • Patent number: 9117185
    Abstract: A method and apparatus of managing a forest. A forestry management system comprises a forestry manager. The forestry manager is configured to receive information about a forest from a group of autonomous vehicles, analyze the information to generate a result about a state of the forest from the information, and coordinate operation of the group of autonomous vehicles using the result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: John Lyle Vian, George Michael Roe, Josha Przbylko
  • Patent number: 9020652
    Abstract: A method and apparatus comprising an agent. The agent is configured to receive information from an electrical power grid. The agent is further configured to identify an event from the information. The agent is further configured to classify the event. The agent is further configured to determine whether to initiate an action based on a classification of the event. The agent is further configured to initiate the action in response to a determination to initiate the action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Vyacheslav Khozikov, Ronald Ward Sackman, George Michael Roe
  • Publication number: 20140081479
    Abstract: A method and apparatus of managing a forest. A forestry management system comprises a forestry manager. The forestry manager is configured to receive information about a forest from a group of autonomous vehicles, analyze the information to generate a result about a state of the forest from the information, and coordinate operation of the group of autonomous vehicles using the result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2012
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: John Lyle Vian, George Michael Roe, Josha Przbylko
  • Publication number: 20130274941
    Abstract: A method and apparatus comprising an agent. The agent is configured to receive information from an electrical power grid. The agent is further configured to identify an event from the information. The agent is further configured to classify the event. The agent is further configured to determine whether to initiate an action based on a classification of the event. The agent is further configured to initiate the action in response to a determination to initiate the action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2012
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Vyacheslav Khozikov, Ronald Ward Sackman, George Michael Roe
  • Patent number: 8439534
    Abstract: A mobile lighting apparatus includes a portable frame such as a moveable trailer or skid having a light tower thereon. The light tower is moveable from a stowed position to a deployed position. A hydrogen-powered fuel cell is located on the portable frame to provide electrical power to an array of the energy efficient lights located on the light tower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Inventors: George Michael Roe, Leonard Elliott Klebanoff, Gerald W. Rea, Robert A. Drake, Terry A. Johnson, Steven John Wingert, Thomas A. Damberger, Thomas J. Skradski, Christopher James Radley, James M. Oros, Paul G. Schuttinger, David J. Grupp, Stephen Carl Prey