Patents by Inventor Jonathan S. Lee

Jonathan S. Lee 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).

  • Acoustic airport surveillance system
    Patent number: 8059489
    Abstract: The different advantageous embodiments provide a method and apparatus for detecting an aircraft. The different advantageous embodiments may provide a method for detecting an acoustic emission emitted by the aircraft using a number of acoustic sensors to form a detected acoustic emission. The aircraft may be identified from the detected acoustic emission to form an identified aircraft. A bearing may be estimated for the identified aircraft using the detected acoustic emission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Jonathan S. Lee, Richard O. Nielsen, Henry Hooper Davis, Paul H. Dunholter