Patents by Inventor James Leonard Nute

James Leonard Nute 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).

  • Publication number: 20230028196
    Abstract: A detection device is adapted to traverse a search area and generate sensor data associated with an object that may be present in the search area, the detection device comprising a first logic device configured to detect and classify the object in the sensor data, communicate object detection information to a control system when the detection device is within a range of communications of the control system, and generate and store object analysis information for a user of the control system when the detection device is not in communication with the control system. A control system facilitates user monitoring and/or control of the detection device during operation and to access the stored object analysis information. The object analysis information is provided in an interactive display to facilitate user detection and classification of the detected object by the user to update the detection information, trained object classifier, and training dataset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: A. Peter Keefe, James Leonard Nute
  • Publication number: 20220309767
    Abstract: A detection device, such as an unmanned vehicle, is adapted to traverse a search area and generate sensor data associated with objects that may be present in the search area. The generated sensor data is used by a system including object detection inference models configured to receive the sensor data and output object data, a local object tracker configured to track detected objects in a local map, and a global object tracker configured to track detected objects on a global map. The local object tracker is configured to fuse object detections from the object detection inference models to identify locally tracked objects, and a Kalman filter processes frames of fused object data to resolve duplicates and/or invalid object detections. The global object tracker includes a pose manager, configured to track global objects in the global map and update the pose based on a map optimization process. User-in-the-loop processing includes a user interface for displaying and manual editing of detected object data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: A. Peter Keefe, James Leonard Nute