Patents by Inventor Jeremy D. Childress

Jeremy D. Childress 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: 7612775
    Abstract: A method for rendering a real-time conformal view of terrestrial body's terrain being traversed by a mobile platform includes storing digital terrain elevation data (DTED) tiles for at least a portion of the terrain of a terrestrial body into an external removable mass data storage device (ERMDSD). The ERMDSD is connectable to an onboard computer system (OCS) comprising embedded mobile platform components that include at least one processing card, at least random access memory (RAM) device and at least one graphics card. The method additionally includes executing a real-time rendering assist application (RTRAA) stored in the processing card to dynamically repackage the DTED tiles into DTED chunks being representative of an area of the terrestrial body to be traversed (ATBT) by the mobile platform. The method further includes executing the RTRAA to create a base mesh of root diamonds representative of the ATBT and tessellate the root diamonds to create a plurality of leaf diamonds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2009
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Linda J Goyne, Ken L Bernier, Jeremy D Childress
  • Patent number: 6862649
    Abstract: The digital communication system (DCS) provides communication between users utilizing digital communication protocols. The DCS includes a first protocol interface system in communication with a first user for identifying a first message type of a first message being passed between the first user and the first protocol interface system. A second protocol interface system is in communication with a second user for identifying a second message type of a second message being passed between the second user and the second protocol interface system. A behavioral translator is in communication with the first protocol interface system and the second protocol interface system for receiving messages from either the first or the second protocol interface system. The behavioral translator performs behaviors sufficiently consistent with the users, based on the identifications of the first and second message types, so as to provide substantially seamless communication between the users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2005
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Jeremy D. Childress, Steven A. Lien, Thomas H. Rogge, Paul L. Tipton
  • Publication number: 20030229603
    Abstract: The digital communication system (DCS) provides communication between users utilizing digital communication protocols. The DCS includes a first protocol interface system in communication with a first user for identifying a first message type of a first message being passed between the first user and the first protocol interface system. A second protocol interface system is in communication with a second user for identifying a second message type of a second message being passed between the second user and the second protocol interface system. A behavioral translator is in communication with the first protocol interface system and the second protocol interface system for receiving messages from either the first or the second protocol interface system. The behavioral translator performs behaviors sufficiently consistent with the users, based on the identifications of the first and second message types, so as to provide substantially seamless communication between the users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2002
    Publication date: December 11, 2003
    Inventors: Jeremy D. Childress, Steven A. Lien, Thomas H. Rogge, Paul L. Tipton