Patents by Inventor Jeffrey S. Nicholas

Jeffrey S. Nicholas 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).

  • Method, system, and computer program product for tactile cueing flight control
    Patent number: 6735500
    Abstract: A system, a method, and a computer program product for determining tactile cueing of a flight control input apparatus includes an interface for receiving observed parameters relating to the flight envelope of an aircraft. Upstream processing elements receive the observed states, convert dimensional aircraft state parameters into nondimensional aircraft state parameters, and provide the data to neural networks. The neural networks receive combinations of observed parameters and nondimensional aircraft state parameters and predict flight envelope limiting parameters. The neural networks are trained to predict the limiting parameters. A downstream processing element determines the most limiting flight envelope limiting parameter provided from the neural networks, therefore providing a tactile cueing position for a flight control input apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2004
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Jeffrey S. Nicholas, David G. Miller
  • Method, system, and computer program product for tactile cueing flight control
    Publication number: 20040010354
    Abstract: A system, a method, and a computer program product for determining tactile cueing of a flight control input apparatus includes an interface for receiving observed parameters relating to the flight envelope of an aircraft. Upstream processing elements receive the observed states, convert dimensional aircraft state parameters into nondimensional aircraft state parameters, and provide the data to neural networks. The neural networks receive combinations of observed parameters and nondimensional aircraft state parameters and predict flight envelope limiting parameters. The neural networks are trained to predict the limiting parameters. A downstream processing element determines the most limiting flight envelope limiting parameter provided from the neural networks, therefore providing a tactile cueing position for a flight control input apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2003
    Publication date: January 15, 2004
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Jeffrey S. Nicholas, David G. Miller