Patents by Inventor James Douglas Matheny

James Douglas Matheny 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).

  • System and method for evaluating operation of a vehicle with respect to a plurality of environmental factors
    Patent number: 9251546
    Abstract: A system installed with a vehicle for evaluating operation of the vehicle with respect to environmental factors includes: (a) operational sensors for sensing data relating to operational factors of the environmental factors; (b) an operational information store coupled with selected sensors for storing operational data received from the selected sensors relating to the operational factors; (c) an operational standards store for storing operational standards associated with operating the vehicle; (d) an operational standard compliance evaluation unit coupled with the information store and coupled with the standards store for effecting comparison of the operational data with the operational standards to ascertain an operational comparison result, and determining whether the vehicle complies with the standards based upon the comparison result; and (e) an operational report and store unit coupled with the compliance evaluation unit for receiving the operational determination and generating at least one report rel
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Robert M. Beggs, Garry Anthony Barber, James Douglas Matheny
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EVALUATING OPERATION OF A VEHICLE WITH RESPECT TO A PLURALITY OF ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS
    Publication number: 20120245767
    Abstract: A system installed with a vehicle for evaluating operation of the vehicle with respect to environmental factors includes: (a) operational sensors for sensing data relating to operational factors of the environmental factors; (b) an operational information store coupled with selected sensors for storing operational data received from the selected sensors relating to the operational factors; (c) an operational standards store for storing operational standards associated with operating the vehicle; (d) an operational standard compliance evaluation unit coupled with the information store and coupled with the standards store for effecting comparison of the operational data with the operational standards to ascertain an operational comparison result, and determining whether the vehicle complies with the standards based upon the comparison result; and (e) an operational report and store unit coupled with the compliance evaluation unit for receiving the operational determination and generating at least one report rel
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2011
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: BOEING COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE
    Inventors: Robert M. Beggs, Garry Anthony Barber, James Douglas Matheny