Patents by Inventor Harold Woodruff Tomlinson, Jr.
Harold Woodruff Tomlinson, Jr. 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).
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Patent number: 9872643Abstract: A non-intrusive physiological data measurement system and method, as well as an optically induced treatment system, are described. The measurement system includes a monitoring mechanism that includes light emitter modules capable of emitting light at at least two wavelengths. The light emitted from the light emitter modules is transmitted through a subject and to a light receiving mechanism, such as an optical sensor. Physiological data is taken from the received light. The system also can ascertain movement of the subject by obtaining an initial outline of the subject and comparing that outline with a subsequently obtained outline. A therapeutic optic system includes a non-adhering light emitting mechanism for providing light at therapeutic wavelengths.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2008Date of Patent: January 23, 2018Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Michael Joseph Mahony, John Erik Hershey, Glenn Alan Forman, Harold Woodruff Tomlinson, Jr., William Eugene Powell, III
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Patent number: 9346556Abstract: A method for providing one or more aircraft with weather data during flight includes generating a weather model using a source of weather data. The weather model incorporates flight operations information and performance requirements. The method includes generating a weather message from the weather model. The weather message is generated in a format that is compatible with the aircraft. The method also includes transmitting the weather message to the aircraft during flight of the aircraft.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2012Date of Patent: May 24, 2016Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Liling Ren, Joel Kenneth Klooster, Harold Woodruff Tomlinson, Jr.
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Patent number: 9014880Abstract: A trajectory-based sense-and-avoid system for use on an aircraft is provided that utilizes 4-D constructs, such as 4-D trajectories or 4-D polytopes, to maintain separation from other aircraft and/or to avoid collisions with other aircraft. In certain embodiments the trajectory-based sense-and-avoid system utilizes 4-D trajectories provided from an external source and/or 4-D trajectories estimated based on a variety of data sources during operation.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2010Date of Patent: April 21, 2015Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Michael Richard Durling, Harold Woodruff Tomlinson, Jr., Nikita Visnevski, Craig Alan Hoover, Glenn Alan Forman, Thomas Baby Sebastian, Mauricio Castillo-Effen, Steven Richard Hansen, Douglas Stuart Abernathy
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Patent number: 8798898Abstract: A method and system suitable for inferring trajectory predictor parameters of aircraft for the purpose of predicting aircraft trajectories. The method and system involve receiving trajectory prediction information regarding an aircraft, and then using this information to infer (extract) trajectory predictor parameters of the aircraft that are otherwise unknown to a ground automation system. The trajectory predictor parameters can then be applied to one or more trajectory predictors of the ground automation system to predict a trajectory of the aircraft. In certain embodiments, the method and system can utilize available air-ground communication link capabilities, which may include data link capabilities available as part of trajectory-based operations (TBO).Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2011Date of Patent: August 5, 2014Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Mauricio Castillo-Effen, David So Keung Chan, Harold Woodruff Tomlinson, Jr., Joel Kenneth Klooster, Sergio Torres
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Patent number: 8717146Abstract: An integrated interrogator for a RFID sensor is provided. The integrated interrogator comprises a digital reader in communication with the RFID sensor, an impedance reader in communication with the RFID sensor, and one or more controllers that coordinate actions of the digital reader and the impedance reader.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2010Date of Patent: May 6, 2014Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Radislav Alexandrovich Potyrailo, Harold Woodruff Tomlinson, Jr., William Guy Morris
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Publication number: 20140039733Abstract: A method for providing one or more aircraft with weather data during flight includes generating a weather model using a source of weather data. The weather model incorporates flight operations information and performance requirements. The method includes generating a weather message from the weather model. The weather message is generated in a format that is compatible with the aircraft. The method also includes transmitting the weather message to the aircraft during flight of the aircraft.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2012Publication date: February 6, 2014Applicant: General Electric CompanyInventors: Liling Ren, Joel Kenneth Klooster, Harold Woodruff Tomlinson, JR.
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Patent number: 8483240Abstract: Systems and/or methods for relaying messages between nodes in a network (e.g. a wireless network) are provided. In accordance with certain exemplary embodiments, substantially simultaneous communications between nodes may be accomplished. At least one secondary message may be piggybacked onto a primary message. Messages in the network may be queued and sent from a transmitter to at least one receiver based at least in part on the signal-to-noise ratio(s) of the receiver nodes with respect to the transmitter. The queuing of the messages may be performed in dependence on a link set that indicates which messages are capable of piggyback communications. Thus, it may be possible to realize a network that reduces collision problems, reduces delays in communications, and/or increases throughput.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2006Date of Patent: July 9, 2013Assignee: Lockheed Martin CorporationInventors: John Anderson Fergus Ross, Michael James Hartman, Harold Woodruff Tomlinson, Jr., John Erik Hershey
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Publication number: 20130110387Abstract: A method and system suitable for inferring trajectory predictor parameters of aircraft for the purpose of predicting aircraft trajectories. The method and system involve receiving trajectory prediction information regarding an aircraft, and then using this information to infer (extract) trajectory predictor parameters of the aircraft that are otherwise unknown to a ground automation system. The trajectory predictor parameters can then be applied to one or more trajectory predictors of the ground automation system to predict a trajectory of the aircraft. In certain embodiments, the method and system can utilize available air-ground communication link capabilities, which may include data link capabilities available as part of trajectory-based operations (TBO).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2011Publication date: May 2, 2013Applicants: LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION, GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Mauricio Castillo-Effen, David So Keung Chan, Harold Woodruff Tomlinson, JR., Joel Kenneth Klooster, Sergio Torres
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Patent number: 8315241Abstract: A method and apparatus that provides quality of service in wireless or sensor networks is disclosed. The method may include determining a class of service for transmission of one or more messages, adjusting a maximum packet length based on the determined class of service, allocating message time slots based on the determined class of service, setting a guard band size and frequency of resynchronization, and transmitting one or more messages using the adjusted maximum packet length, the allocated message time slots, and the set guard band size and frequency of resynchronization.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2008Date of Patent: November 20, 2012Assignee: Lockheed Martin CorporationInventors: Suresh K. Iyer, Scott Charles Evans, Harold Woodruff Tomlinson, Jr., Budhaditya Deb, Giri Kuthethoor, Ishan P. Weerakoon
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Publication number: 20120158219Abstract: A trajectory-based sense-and-avoid system for use on an aircraft is provided that utilizes 4-D constructs, such as 4-D trajectories or 4-D polytopes, to maintain separation from other aircraft and/or to avoid collisions with other aircraft. In certain embodiments the trajectory-based sense-and-avoid system utilizes 4-D trajectories provided from an external source and/or 4-D trajectories estimated based on a variety of data sources during operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2010Publication date: June 21, 2012Inventors: Michael Richard Durling, Harold Woodruff Tomlinson, JR., Nikita Visnevski, Craig Alan Hoover, Glenn Alan Forman, Thomas Baby Sebastian, Mauricio Castillo-Effen, Steven Richard Hansen, Douglas Stuart Abernathy
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Publication number: 20120001730Abstract: An integrated interrogator for a RFID sensor is provided. The integrated interrogator comprises a digital reader in communication with the RFID sensor, an impedance reader in communication with the RFID sensor, and one or more controllers that coordinate actions of the digital reader and the impedance reader.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2010Publication date: January 5, 2012Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Radislav Alexandrovich Potyrailo, Harold Woodruff Tomlinson, JR., William Guy Morris
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Patent number: 8089846Abstract: The present techniques provide systems and methods for modulation coding of data on optical disks, such as holographic data disks, and techniques for reading that data back from the disks. The techniques involve parsing a bit stream into a sequence of individual bit-patterns, and then using the individual bit patterns to select a symbol, or matrix, from a lookup table of previously selected matrices. The symbols are selected according to predetermined criteria that may help make the disk more resistant to interferences and errors, such as surface scratches, and the like. For example, criteria that may be used to select the symbols are the number of reflective and non-reflective regions within each matrix, and the number of sequential reflective regions, among others. The symbols may be written to the disk in a two-dimensional fashion, e.g., across adjacent tracks, or in a three-dimensional fashion, e.g., across adjacent data layers.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2008Date of Patent: January 3, 2012Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: John Erik Hershey, Nick Andrew Van Stralen, Harold Woodruff Tomlinson, Jr., John Anderson Fergus Ross, Zhiyuan Ren, Zexin Pan, Victor Petrovich Ostroverkhov, Xiaolei Shi
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Patent number: 8050879Abstract: A method to identify phase is presented. The method includes obtaining electrical parameters at a node and a substation of an electrical grid, processing the electrical parameters of the node and the substation into processed electrical parameters comprising at least one of a voltage harmonic amplitude, a current harmonic amplitude, a geometric harmonic modulated signal, and a noise pattern. The method further includes comparing the processed electrical parameters from the node and the substation and identifying phase information of the node with respect to the substation.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2009Date of Patent: November 1, 2011Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Glen Peter Koste, John Erik Hershey, Harold Woodruff Tomlinson, Jr., Pierino Gianni Bonanni, Amol Rajaram Kolwalkar
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Patent number: 7954770Abstract: In a jointless track system, passive signaling devices (“PSDs”) are coupled to a railroad track. The PSDs are used to optimize the amplitude, modulation, coding, and frequency of waveforms that are applied to the track (by signaling points) for at least three track circuit functions: detecting trains, detecting broken rails, and communicating between the signaling points and PSDs.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2006Date of Patent: June 7, 2011Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Harold Woodruff Tomlinson, Jr., John Erik Hershey, Jeffrey Michael Fries
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Publication number: 20110130991Abstract: A method to identify phase is presented. The method includes obtaining electrical parameters at a node and a substation of an electrical grid, processing the electrical parameters of the node and the substation into processed electrical parameters comprising at least one of a voltage harmonic amplitude, a current harmonic amplitude, a geometric harmonic modulated signal, and a noise pattern. The method further includes comparing the processed electrical parameters from the node and the substation and identifying phase information of the node with respect to the substation.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2009Publication date: June 2, 2011Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Glen Peter Koste, John Erik Hershey, Harold Woodruff Tomlinson, JR., Pierino Gianni Bonanni, Amol Rajaram Kolwalkar
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Publication number: 20100305889Abstract: A method of identifying energy consumption associated with at least one appliance is provided. The method includes measuring an energy consumption signal, obtaining publicly available information of a location of the at least one appliance and estimating a plurality of probabilities of energized appliances based on the energy consumption signal and the publicly available information. The method further includes generating a new combination of the estimated plurality of probabilities of energized appliances and decomposing the at least one energy consumption signal into constituent individual loads and corresponding energy consumption.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2009Publication date: December 2, 2010Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Harold Woodruff Tomlinson, JR., Michael Richard Durling, Rashi Tiwari, Yaser Khalifa
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Patent number: 7837749Abstract: A system (10) for monitoring an operating condition of an electrostatic precipitator rapper system (12) includes a rapper (24) configured to mechanically actuate to disengage pollutants from a plate of the electrostatic precipitator (12). The system also includes a sensor (38, 40) configured to obtain and transmit signals representative of vibration, motion, or current behavior of the rapper; and a processor (52) configured to receive the signals from the sensor and to detect whether the rapper is mechanically actuated.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2006Date of Patent: November 23, 2010Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Charles Erklin Seeley, Eladio Clemente Delgado, John Erik Hershey, Harold Woodruff Tomlinson, Jr., David Fulton Johnston, Terry Lewis Farmer
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Publication number: 20100149958Abstract: The present techniques provide systems and methods for modulation coding of data on optical disks, such as holographic data disks, and techniques for reading that data back from the disks. The techniques involve parsing a bit stream into a sequence of individual bit-patterns, and then using the individual bit patterns to select a symbol, or matrix, from a lookup table of previously selected matrices. The symbols are selected according to predetermined criteria that may help make the disk more resistant to interferences and errors, such as surface scratches, and the like. For example, criteria that may be used to select the symbols are the number of reflective and non-reflective regions within each matrix, and the number of sequential reflective regions, among others. The symbols may be written to the disk in a two-dimensional fashion, e.g., across adjacent tracks, or in a three-dimensional fashion, e.g., across adjacent data layers.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2008Publication date: June 17, 2010Applicant: General Electric CompanyInventors: John Erik Hershey, Nick Andrew Van Stralen, Harold Woodruff Tomlinson, JR., John Anderson Fergus Ross, Zhiyuan Ren, Zexin Pan, Victor Petrovich Ostroverkhov, Xiaolei Shi
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Publication number: 20090245224Abstract: A method and apparatus that provides quality of service in wireless or sensor networks is disclosed. The method may include determining a class of service for transmission of one or more messages, adjusting a maximum packet length based on the determined class of service, allocating message time slots based on the determined class of service, setting a guard band size and frequency of resynchronization, and transmitting one or more messages using the adjusted maximum packet length, the allocated message time slots, and the set guard band size and frequency of resynchronization.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2008Publication date: October 1, 2009Applicant: LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATIONInventors: Suresh K. IYER, Scott Charles Evans, Harold Woodruff Tomlinson, JR., Budhaditya Deb, Giri Kuthethoor, Ishan P. Weerakoon
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Patent number: 7499711Abstract: A system and method involve determining the location of objects within an area of interest using wireless signals. The system includes at least three base stations communicating with a central processor and a plurality of mobile devices. Further, at least one fixed beacon transmitter of known location may be provided. The mobile devices transmit a wireless signal to the base stations, which then determine a location of the mobile devices based on time difference of arrival information between the mobile devices measured at all the base stations.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2003Date of Patent: March 3, 2009Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Ralph Thomas Hoctor, John Erik Hershey, Nick Andrew Van Stralen, Harold Woodruff Tomlinson, Jr.