Patents by Inventor Grant Mark Bristow

Grant Mark Bristow 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: 12300111
    Abstract: A method for controlling an autonomous vehicle fleet, including obtaining, by a fleet controller, from a master schedule, a mission for a vehicle of a fleet of autonomous vehicles, where the mission is associated with a mission entry of the master schedule, generating vehicle commands according to mission parameters associated with the mission, maintaining a persistent connection with the vehicle, sending the vehicle commands to the vehicle using the connection, the vehicle commands causing the vehicle to execute the mission under control of the fleet controller, and monitoring operation of the vehicle during performance of the mission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: TEXTRON INNOVATIONS INC.
    Inventors: Grant Mark Bristow, Matthew David Holvey, Naveed Ahmed Siddiqui
  • Publication number: 20240185730
    Abstract: A method for controlling an autonomous vehicle fleet, including obtaining, by a fleet controller, from a master schedule, a mission for a vehicle of a fleet of autonomous vehicles, where the mission is associated with a mission entry of the master schedule, generating vehicle commands according to mission parameters associated with the mission, maintaining a persistent connection with the vehicle, sending the vehicle commands to the vehicle using the connection, the vehicle commands causing the vehicle to execute the mission under control of the fleet controller, and monitoring operation of the vehicle during performance of the mission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2024
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventors: Grant Mark Bristow, Matthew David Holvey, Naveed Ahmed Siddiqui
  • Patent number: 11900821
    Abstract: An method for controlling an autonomous vehicle fleet, including obtaining, by a fleet controller, from a master schedule, a mission for a vehicle of a fleet of autonomous vehicles, where the mission is associated with a mission entry of the master schedule, generating vehicle commands according to mission parameters associated with the mission, maintaining a persistent connection with the vehicle, sending the vehicle commands to the vehicle using the connection, the vehicle commands causing the vehicle to execute the mission under control of the fleet controller, and monitoring operation of the vehicle during performance of the mission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: TEXTRON INNOVATIONS INC.
    Inventors: Grant Mark Bristow, Matthew David Holvey, Naveed Ahmed Siddiqui
  • Patent number: 11734623
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a fleet scheduler includes a processor; and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program to be executed by the processor, the program including instructions for: gathering data representing real-world conditions; generating and maintaining predictive models based on the gathered data; and generating a master schedule for a plurality of vehicles based on the gathered data and the predictive models.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: TEXTRON INNOVATIONS INC.
    Inventors: Grant Mark Bristow, Matthew David Holvey, Naveed Ahmed Siddiqui
  • Publication number: 20220238030
    Abstract: An method for controlling an autonomous vehicle fleet, including obtaining, by a fleet controller, from a master schedule, a mission for a vehicle of a fleet of autonomous vehicles, where the mission is associated with a mission entry of the master schedule, generating vehicle commands according to mission parameters associated with the mission, maintaining a persistent connection with the vehicle, sending the vehicle commands to the vehicle using the connection, the vehicle commands causing the vehicle to execute the mission under control of the fleet controller, and monitoring operation of the vehicle during performance of the mission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Grant Mark Bristow, Matthew David Holvey, Naveed Ahmed Siddiqui
  • Patent number: 11288972
    Abstract: An method for controlling an autonomous vehicle fleet, including obtaining, by a fleet controller, from a master schedule, a mission for a vehicle of a fleet of autonomous vehicles, where the mission is associated with a mission entry of the master schedule, generating vehicle commands according to mission parameters associated with the mission, maintaining a persistent connection with the vehicle, sending the vehicle commands to the vehicle using the connection, the vehicle commands causing the vehicle to execute the mission under control of the fleet controller, and monitoring operation of the vehicle during performance of the mission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: TEXTRON INNOVATIONS INC.
    Inventors: Grant Mark Bristow, Matthew David Holvey, Naveed Ahmed Siddiqui
  • Publication number: 20210192962
    Abstract: An method for controlling an autonomous vehicle fleet, including obtaining, by a fleet controller, from a master schedule, a mission for a vehicle of a fleet of autonomous vehicles, where the mission is associated with a mission entry of the master schedule, generating vehicle commands according to mission parameters associated with the mission, maintaining a persistent connection with the vehicle, sending the vehicle commands to the vehicle using the connection, the vehicle commands causing the vehicle to execute the mission under control of the fleet controller, and monitoring operation of the vehicle during performance of the mission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Grant Mark Bristow, Matthew David Holvey, Naveed Ahmed Siddiqui
  • Publication number: 20210192405
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a fleet scheduler includes a processor; and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program to be executed by the processor, the program including instructions for: gathering data representing real-world conditions; generating and maintaining predictive models based on the gathered data; and generating a master schedule for a plurality of vehicles based on the gathered data and the predictive models.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Grant Mark Bristow, Matthew David Holvey, Naveed Ahmed Siddiqui