Patents by Inventor Luke Loftis Jensen

Luke Loftis Jensen 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).

  • Aircraft fuel efficiency tunnel display for pilots and dispatchers
    Patent number: 11042150
    Abstract: An embodiment includes an apparatus that supports a user to make planning decisions of fuel efficiency of an aircraft versus time of arrival of the aircraft along a flight path. An embodiment of the apparatus accepts input data related to the aircraft. The input data may include (i) flight plan data that includes a flight path of the aircraft, (ii) state of the aircraft along the flight path, (iii) environmental data, and (iv) an aircraft performance model of the aircraft. The apparatus calculates aircraft performance and an objective function for a range of altitudes and speeds as a function of the input data. The apparatus causes a user interface to display aircraft performance contour boundaries and a vertical routing path that meets the objective function to provide graphical representations to support a user's planning decisions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Robert John Hansman, Luke Loftis Jensen, Clement Li
  • Aircraft Fuel Efficiency Tunnel Display for Pilots and Dispatchers
    Publication number: 20190317489
    Abstract: An embodiment includes an apparatus that supports a user to make planning decisions of fuel efficiency of an aircraft versus time of arrival of the aircraft along a flight path. An embodiment of the apparatus accepts input data related to the aircraft. The input data may include (i) flight plan data that includes a flight path of the aircraft, (ii) state of the aircraft along the flight path, (iii) environmental data, and (iv) an aircraft performance model of the aircraft. The apparatus calculates aircraft performance and an objective function for a range of altitudes and speeds as a function of the input data. The apparatus causes a user interface to display aircraft performance contour boundaries and a vertical routing path that meets the objective function to provide graphical representations to support a user's planning decisions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Robert John Hansman, Luke Loftis Jensen, Clement Li