Patents by Inventor Lloyd E. Smith

Lloyd E. Smith 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 and acoustic tracking device
    Patent number: 9606220
    Abstract: The present invention relates a method and device for tracking movements of marine animals or objects in large bodies of water and across significant distances. The method and device can track an acoustic transmitter attached to an animal or object beneath the ocean surface by employing an unmanned surface vessel equipped with a hydrophone array and GPS receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Michael L. Berumen, Lloyd E. Smith, Pedro R. De la Torre Olazábal
  • Satellite and Acoustic Tracking Device
    Publication number: 20160041255
    Abstract: The present invention relates a method and device for tracking movements of marine animals or objects in large bodies of water and across significant distances. The method and device can track an acoustic transmitter attached to an animal or object beneath the ocean surface by employing an unmanned surface vessel equipped with a hydrophone array and GPS receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Applicant: KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Michael L. Berumen, Lloyd E. Smith, Pedro de la Torre
  • Program planning management system
    Patent number: 6609100
    Abstract: A data processing system provides development of complex schedule plans under user control by using sorting and grouping processing to interface between a relational database and a scheduler application. The sorting and grouping processing provides for user-interactive editing of data in the database by presentation of groupings of activities developed in accordance with attributes of the activities concurrently with activities which are not included in a group. Editing of the group based on the presentation of other activities allows the user to apply acquired knowledge and understanding of the subtleties and dynamics of the activities and to make business decisions which therefore do not need to be represented in the scheduler application. Changes to data in the database are logged in a notebook or scratch-pad store so that data may be returned to its original or any prior state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2003
    Assignee: Lockhead Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Lloyd E. Smith, Edward W. Balunas
  • PROGRAM PLANNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20020062239
    Abstract: A data processing system provides development of complex schedule plans under user control by using sorting and grouping processing to interface between a relational database and a scheduler application. The sorting and grouping processing provides for user-interactive editing of data in the database by presentation of groupings of activities developed in accordance with attributes of the activities concurrently with activities which are not included in a group. Editing of the group based on the presentation of other activities allows the user to apply acquired knowledge and understanding of the subtleties and dynamics of the activities and to make business decisions which therefore do not need to be represented in the scheduler application. Changes to data in the database are logged in a notebook or scratch-pad store so that data may be returned to its original or any prior state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 1997
    Publication date: May 23, 2002
    Inventors: LLOYD E. SMITH, EDWARD W. BALUNAS