Patents by Inventor John Pottle

John Pottle 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: 11150356
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for generating a test signal for a PNT configuration, and for testing a PNT configuration are disclosed. One such method comprises the steps of using one or more GNSS jamming signal detectors (100) to detect at least three different types of threat signal, each being an RF-based man-made GNSS jamming signal, and recording, to a database, information for the threat signals; receiving, from the database, information for at least one of the threat signals; generating a corresponding threat signal from the received information; and combining the corresponding threat signal with a PNT signal via a signal combiner to generate the test signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: NOTTINGHAM SCIENTIFIC LIMITED
    Inventors: Timothy Christopher Whitworth, Yeqiu Ying, Mark Dumville, John Pottle, Guy Buesnel
  • Publication number: 20180188379
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for generating a test signal for a PNT configuration, and for testing a PNT configuration are disclosed. One such method comprises the steps of using one or more GNSS jamming signal detectors (100) to detect at least three different types of threat signal, each being an RF-based man-made GNSS jamming signal, and recording, to a database, information for the threat signals; receiving, from the database, information for at least one of the threat signals; generating a corresponding threat signal from the received information; and combining the corresponding threat signal with a PNT signal via a signal combiner to generate the test signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventors: Timothy Christopher WHITWORTH, Yeqiu YING, Mark DUMVILLE, John POTTLE, Guy BUESNEL
  • Patent number: 9273982
    Abstract: The technology disclosed relates to testing hybrid positioning systems, including systems that rely on MEMS sensors. In particular, it relates to methods and devices for configuring and running tests of hybrid positioning systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: Spirent Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Kunal Shanishchara, Brock Butler, Jason Davis, Ram Garapaty, Manikantan Parameswaran, John Pottle, Colin Ford
  • Patent number: 9015386
    Abstract: The technology disclosed relates to testing of connected vehicle systems. The connections involved are sometimes referred to as Car-2-Car (C2C), Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V), Car-2-Infrastructure (C2I), or Vehicle-to-Infrastructure (V2I). More generically, the connections are referred to as C2X and V2X. The technology disclosed provides an over the wire simulation of signals that a system will receive in operation, which allows testing of algorithms, breadboards, prototypes and complete systems. The system simulates the position of multiple on board units as the move with the vehicles that carry them. It attenuates signals between the OBUs and can attenuate signals among the OBUs and other test components, including roadside units and synthetic OBUs. The simulation is can be practiced as a method, a device, or computer readable medium that causes a device to practice the method or that, when combined with appropriate hardware, produces the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Spirent Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter George Boulton, John Pottle
  • Publication number: 20130345926
    Abstract: The technology disclosed relates to testing of connected vehicle systems. The connections involved are sometimes referred to as Car-2-Car (C2C), Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V), Car-2-Infrastructure (C2I), or Vehicle-to-Infrastructure (V2I). More generically, the connections are referred to as C2X and V2X. The technology disclosed provides an over the wire simulation of signals that a system will receive in operation, which allows testing of algorithms, breadboards, prototypes and complete systems. The system simulates the position of multiple on board units as the move with the vehicles that carry them. It attenuates signals between the OBUs and can attenuate signals among the OBUs and other test components, including roadside units and synthetic OBUs. The simulation is can be practiced as a method, a device, or computer readable medium that causes a device to practice the method or that, when combined with appropriate hardware, produces the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Inventors: Peter George Boulton, John Pottle
  • Publication number: 20130338958
    Abstract: The technology disclosed relates to testing hybrid positioning systems, including systems that rely on MEMS sensors. In particular, it relates to methods and devices for configuring and running tests of hybrid positioning systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Applicant: Spirent Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Kunal Shanishchara, Brock Butler, Jason Davis, Ram Garapaty, Manikantan Parameswaran, John Pottle, Colin Ford