Patents by Inventor Jonathan Wittmer

Jonathan Wittmer 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).

  • Systems and Methods for Measuring Lift of a Gas Cell
    Publication number: 20240092473
    Abstract: The disclosed invention describes a method for determining a lift of a gas cell of an airship. A computing device receives depth measurements of an interior surface of the gas cell comprising a lifting gas using a lidar sensor positioned outside at the top of the gas cell. The computing device performs a particular integration on the depth measurements and estimates a volume of the gas cell based on performing the particular integration. The computing device determines the lift of the gas cell comprising the lifting gas using estimated volume of the gas cell. The computing device sends the lift of the gas cell comprising the lifting gas to a control module of the airship.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Kyle Vernyi, Dennis L. Carter, Jonathan Wittmer
  • Systems and methods for measuring lift of a gas cell
    Patent number: 11851153
    Abstract: The disclosed invention describes a method for determining a current state of a gas cell in an airship, particularly the lift. A computing device receives depth measurements of the interior of the gas cell using a lidar sensor positioned outside the cell and uses these depth measurements to create a mesh, segment a space within the mesh into geometric shapes, calculate the volume of the shapes, and use the calculated volume to estimate the total volume of the space within the mesh, representing the volume of gas within the gas cell. The computing device then uses the estimated volume to calculate the lift of the gas cell and sends the calculated lift to a control module of the airship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: LTA Research and Exploration, LLC
    Inventors: Kyle Vernyi, Dennis L Carter, Jonathan Wittmer
  • Systems and Methods for Measuring Lift of a Gas Cell
    Publication number: 20230111851
    Abstract: The disclosed invention describes a method for determining a current state of a gas cell in an airship, particularly the lift. A computing device receives depth measurements of the interior of the gas cell using a lidar sensor positioned outside the cell and uses these depth measurements to create a mesh, segment a space within the mesh into geometric shapes, calculate the volume of the shapes, and use the calculated volume to estimate the total volume of the space within the mesh, representing the volume of gas within the gas cell. The computing device then uses the estimated volume to calculate the lift of the gas cell and sends the calculated lift to a control module of the airship.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Kyle Vernyi, Dennis L. Carter, Jonathan Wittmer