Patents by Inventor Kenneth Porad

Kenneth Porad 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).

  • Methods and systems for monitoring structures and systems
    Patent number: 7705725
    Abstract: Methods and systems for structural and component health monitoring are provided. A system includes a plurality of sensor systems positioned about an object to be monitored and a processing system communicatively coupled to at least one of said plurality of sensor systems wherein the processing system includes an ontology and reasoning module configured to model the object to be monitored, reason about the received sensor data associated with the object to be monitored and reason about the relationships between the received sensor data to fuse the data into contextual information for the overall object to be monitored and a contextual analyzer configured to transmit the received sensor data to said ontology and reasoning module and to store the information into a contextual information database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Marc R. Matsen, Gary E. Georgeson, Everett Westerman, Kenneth Porad, Arun Ayyagari, Kevin Ung, Craig Farris Battles, David Blackwell
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MONITORING STRUCTURES AND SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20080167833
    Abstract: Methods and systems for structural and component health monitoring are provided. A system includes a plurality of sensor systems positioned about an object to be monitored and a processing system communicatively coupled to at least one of said plurality of sensor systems wherein the processing system includes an ontology and reasoning module configured to model the object to be monitored, reason about the received sensor data associated with the object to be monitored and reason about the relationships between the received sensor data to fuse the data into contextual information for the overall object to be monitored and a contextual analyzer configured to transmit the received sensor data to said ontology and reasoning module and to store the information into a contextual information database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2007
    Publication date: July 10, 2008
    Inventors: Marc R. Matsen, Gary E. Georgeson, Everett Westerman, Kenneth Porad, Arun Ayyagari, Kevin Ung, Craig Farris Battles, David Blackwell
  • Reducing electromagnetic interference in radio frequency identification applications
    Publication number: 20060097057
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein for radio frequency identification (RFID) applications. For example, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, an RFID label is attached to an item (e.g., a metal object or a metal surface of the item) via an absorber to reduce electromagnetic interference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2004
    Publication date: May 11, 2006
    Inventor: Kenneth Porad