Patents by Inventor John G. Schoenfeld

John G. Schoenfeld 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 and system for teaming manned and unmanned aerial vehicles
    Patent number: 10665112
    Abstract: A method of teaming a manned aerial vehicle and an unmanned aerial vehicle includes inputting to a controller in a manned vehicle coordinates for an area of interest, plotting a course to the area of interest in a navigation computer operatively connected to the controller, identifying one or more unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) near the area of interest, communicating to a ground controller rendezvous coordinates for one of the one or more UAVs, and negotiating a control hand-off of the one of the one or more UAVs from the ground controller to the controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Cherry Cwalina, Gary Howland, Luca F. Bertuccelli, Margaret M. Lampazzi, Robert Pupalaikis, Thomas Guido, James S. Magson, John G. Schoenfeld
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TEAMING MANNED AND UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES
    Publication number: 20170365176
    Abstract: A method of teaming a manned aerial vehicle and an unmanned aerial vehicle includes inputting to a controller in a manned vehicle coordinates for an area of interest, plotting a course to the area of interest in a navigation computer operatively connected to the controller, identifying one or more unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) near the area of interest, communicating to a ground controller rendezvous coordinates for one of the one or more UAVs, and negotiating a control hand-off of the one of the one or more UAVs from the ground controller to the controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Cherry Cwalina, Gary Howland, Luca F. Bertuccelli, Margaret M. Lampazzi, Robert Pupalaikis, Thomas Guido, James S. Magson, John G. Schoenfeld