Patents by Inventor Harold Anthony Zulch, III

Harold Anthony Zulch, III 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: 11313974
    Abstract: A system comprises processing circuitry configured to receive position data from a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receiver and to receive a first vehicle height above terrain (HAT) from HAT circuitry. A lateral position and an altitude are derived from the position data. The processing circuitry is further configured to determine terrain elevation based upon the lateral position. The processing circuitry is further configured to determine a second vehicle height above terrain (HAT) based upon subtracting the determined terrain elevation from the altitude. The processing circuitry is further configured to detect GNSS spoofing based upon a difference between the first vehicle HAT and the second vehicle HAT; and upon detecting GNSS spoofing, issue an alert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: John D. Savoy, Jr., Harold Anthony Zulch, III, Gary Ostrom
  • Publication number: 20210286086
    Abstract: A system comprises processing circuitry configured to receive position data from a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receiver and to receive a first vehicle height above terrain (HAT) from HAT circuitry. A lateral position and an altitude are derived from the position data. The processing circuitry is further configured to determine terrain elevation based upon the lateral position. The processing circuitry is further configured to determine a second vehicle height above terrain (HAT) based upon subtracting the determined terrain elevation from the altitude. The processing circuitry is further configured to detect GNSS spoofing based upon a difference between the first vehicle HAT and the second vehicle HAT; and upon detecting GNSS spoofing, issue an alert.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Applicant: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: John D. Savoy, JR., Harold Anthony Zulch, III, Gary Ostrom
  • Patent number: 10985831
    Abstract: In one example, a system for a preventing unauthorized access to operational aircraft data is provided. The system includes a server configured to be positioned on an aircraft. The server configured to communicate with a portable electronic device and a plurality of aircraft systems, wherein the server is configured to unidirectionally communicate with the plurality of aircraft systems, wherein the server is configured to receive avionic operational data from the plurality of aircraft systems. The server is further configured to implement security measures to prevent unauthorized electronic devices from accessing the avionic operational data produced by the plurality of aircraft systems. The server is further configured to control dissemination of avionic operational data to electronic devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Harold Anthony Zulch, III, Thomas D. Judd, Stephen Otis Hickman
  • Publication number: 20200112361
    Abstract: In one example, a system for a preventing unauthorized access to operational aircraft data is provided. The system includes a server configured to be positioned on an aircraft. The server configured to communicate with a portable electronic device and a plurality of aircraft systems, wherein the server is configured to unidirectionally communicate with the plurality of aircraft systems, wherein the server is configured to receive avionic operational data from the plurality of aircraft systems. The server is further configured to implement security measures to prevent unauthorized electronic devices from accessing the avionic operational data produced by the plurality of aircraft systems. The server is further configured to control dissemination of avionic operational data to electronic devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Harold Anthony Zulch, III, Thomas D. Judd, Stephen Otis Hickman
  • Patent number: 10523309
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide improved systems and methods for a programmable portable electronic device for airborne operational communications. In one embodiment, a system for preventing unauthorized access to operational aircraft data comprises a personal electronic device and a plurality of aircraft systems that produce avionic operational data. The system further comprises an airborne server in network communication with the personal electronic device and the plurality of aircraft systems, wherein the airborne server implements security measures to prevent unauthorized electronic devices from accessing the avionic operational data, wherein the airborne server controls the dissemination of avionic operational data to electronic devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Harold Anthony Zulch, III, Thomas D. Judd, Stephen Otis Hickman
  • Patent number: 9696878
    Abstract: A system comprises a physical display unit and an aircraft system component. The aircraft system component is configured to output a first signal for display according to a first display format. The system also includes an abstraction component configured to generate a virtual display page according to the first protocol based on the signal received from the aircraft system component and to map the virtual display page into two or more modified pages. Each of the modified pages is configured according to a second display format and corresponds to a respective portion of the virtual display page. The abstraction component is further configured to output a second signal comprising a first of the two or more modified pages to the physical display unit for display according to the second display format. The abstraction component is configured to output a signal comprising a second modified page based on user input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Harold Anthony Zulch, III, Thomas D. Judd, Andrew Abeyta
  • Patent number: 9571181
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide improved systems and methods for a programmable portable electronic device for airborne operational communications. In one embodiment, a method comprises loading application configuration information onto a storage medium on the portable electronic device from an external storage medium, the application configuration information defining an application configuration for the avionic operational data communications application and configuring an avionic operational data communications application stored in the storage medium on the portable electronic device according to the application configuration information stored in the storage medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Harold Anthony Zulch, III, Tom D. Judd, Stephen Otis Hickman
  • Publication number: 20160344734
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide improved systems and methods for a programmable portable electronic device for airborne operational communications. In one embodiment, a system for preventing unauthorized access to operational aircraft data comprises a personal electronic device and a plurality of aircraft systems that produce avionic operational data. The system further comprises an airborne server in network communication with the personal electronic device and the plurality of aircraft systems, wherein the airborne server implements security measures to prevent unauthorized electronic devices from accessing the avionic operational data, wherein the airborne server controls the dissemination of avionic operational data to electronic devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2014
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Harold Anthony Zulch, III, Thomas D. Judd, Stephen Otis Hickman
  • Publication number: 20160019188
    Abstract: A system comprises a physical display unit and an aircraft system component. The aircraft system component is configured to output a first signal for display according to a first display format. The system also includes an abstraction component configured to generate a virtual display page according to the first protocol based on the signal received from the aircraft system component and to map the virtual display page into two or more modified pages. Each of the modified pages is configured according to a second display format and corresponds to a respective portion of the virtual display page. The abstraction component is further configured to output a second signal comprising a first of the two or more modified pages to the physical display unit for display according to the second display format. The abstraction component is configured to output a signal comprising a second modified page based on user input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2014
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventors: Harold Anthony Zulch, III, Thomas D. Judd, Andrew Abeyta
  • Publication number: 20130232237
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide improved systems and methods for a programmable portable electronic device for airborne operational communications. In one embodiment, a method comprises loading application configuration information onto a storage medium on the portable electronic device from an external storage medium, the application configuration information defining an application configuration for the avionic operational data communications application and configuring an avionic operational data communications application stored in the storage medium on the portable electronic device according to the application configuration information stored in the the storage medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2012
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Harold Anthony Zulch, III, Tom D. Judd, Stephen Otis Hickman