Patents by Inventor Kenneth Joseph ERNANDES

Kenneth Joseph ERNANDES 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 automatic identification system (AIS) for tracking a plurality of maritime vessels and related methods
    Patent number: 10884138
    Abstract: A satellite Automatic Identification System (AIS) for tracking maritime vessels includes a constellation of Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites. Each LEO satellite includes an AIS payload for receiving AIS messages from the maritime vessels and determining therefrom reported vessel position data and satellite-based observation data. The system also includes an AIS reporting system configured to obtain the reported maritime vessel position data and satellite-based observation data from the LEO satellites over time. In addition, the AIS reporting system is configured to filter the reported maritime vessel position data and satellite-based observation data to recursively produce estimated maritime vessel positions and update the estimated maritime vessel positions for the maritime vessels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: EAGLE TECHNOLOGY, LLC
    Inventors: Kenneth Joseph Ernandes, Sean Kevin Freeman
  • SATELLITE AUTOMATIC IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM (AIS) FOR TRACKING A PLURALITY OF MARITIME VESSELS AND RELATED METHODS
    Publication number: 20190391277
    Abstract: A satellite Automatic Identification System (AIS) for tracking maritime vessels includes a constellation of Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites. Each LEO satellite includes an AIS payload for receiving AIS messages from the maritime vessels and determining therefrom reported vessel position data and satellite-based observation data. The system also includes an AIS reporting system configured to obtain the reported maritime vessel position data and satellite-based observation data from the LEO satellites over time. In addition, the AIS reporting system is configured to filter the reported maritime vessel position data and satellite-based observation data to recursively produce estimated maritime vessel positions and update the estimated maritime vessel positions for the maritime vessels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: Kenneth Joseph ERNANDES, Sean Kevin Freeman