Patents by Inventor John Roman Bystroff

John Roman Bystroff 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).

  • Satellite transfer orbit search methods
    Patent number: 9939260
    Abstract: Satellite transfer orbit search methods are described herein. One disclosed example method includes determining, based on boundary transfer orbits of a satellite, end points of an oblate epicycloid segment related to a transfer orbit of the satellite, and calculating, using a processor, a shape of the oblate epicycloid segment based on satellite data and the end points to define a search zone to determine a position of the satellite as the satellite moves along the transfer orbit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Stephanie Lauren McNair, John Roman Bystroff, Caleb Luke Pool
  • SATELLITE TRANSFER ORBIT SEARCH METHODS
    Publication number: 20160061598
    Abstract: Satellite transfer orbit search methods are described herein. One disclosed example method includes determining, based on boundary transfer orbits of a satellite, end points of an oblate epicycloid segment related to a transfer orbit of the satellite, and calculating, using a processor, a shape of the oblate epicycloid segment based on satellite data and the end points to define a search zone to determine a position of the satellite as the satellite moves along the transfer orbit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2014
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Stephanie Lauren McNair, John Roman Bystroff, Caleb Luke Pool