Patents by Inventor Gilmer L. Blankeship

Gilmer L. Blankeship 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).

  • Method and system for locating and monitoring first responders
    Patent number: 8706414
    Abstract: The invention is directed to methods and systems for locating and monitoring the status of people and moveable assets, such as first responders, including firefighters and other public service personnel, and their equipment both indoors and out. The invention provides for locating and monitoring the status of people and assets in environments where GPS systems do not operate, or where operation is impaired or otherwise limited. The system and method uses inertial navigation to determine the location, motion and orientation of the personnel or assets and communicates with an external monitoring station to receive requests for location, motion orientation and status information and to transmit the location, motion orientation and status information to the monitoring station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: TRX Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin E. Funk, Amrit Bandyopadhyay, Eric A. Kohn, Neil Goldsman, Carole A. Teolis, Gilmer L. Blankeship