Patents by Inventor Mahesh Kumar Sampath

Mahesh Kumar Sampath 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).

  • Patent number: 11790909
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for validation of speech commands from an aircraft pilot. The method comprises receiving a speech command from the aircraft pilot with a voice communication device that is part of a cockpit system. Next, the speech command is decoded into a computer readable format. The decoded speech command is then checked against the present aircraft state as indicated by avionic sensors of the aircraft and against an approved pre-condition that is stored in a pre-condition database. The decoded speech command is validated if the decoded speech command is consistent with the present aircraft state and consistent with the approved pre-condition. An input to the cockpit system is updated to execute the speech command from the aircraft pilot if the decoded speech command is validated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Mahesh Kumar Sampath, Vasantha Selvi Paulraj, Chaya Garg, Anil Kumar Songa, Ravi Tupakula
  • Publication number: 20230215279
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media for identifying a cockpit alert context during an aircraft mission are provided. The system includes a controller configured to: store message content in a clearance look-up table for one or more clearance messages received from air traffic control (ATC) during the aircraft mission that contain cockpit data about which an avionic system in an aircraft may later sense and generate a cockpit system alert for display on a cockpit display device; monitor a plurality of avionic systems in the aircraft for a cockpit system alert; retrieve an ATC clearance message from the clearance look-up table that corresponds to a detected cockpit system alert when a cockpit system alert is detected; and signal an aircraft display device to display the ATC clearance message in a visually distinguishable manner that indicates that the displayed ATC clearance message relates to a detected cockpit system alert.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2022
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Mahesh Kumar Sampath, Gobinathan Baladhandapani
  • Patent number: 11676496
    Abstract: Systems and methods to identify a query parameter in an incoming flight voice or data communication to respond to a request. A processing system configured to: in response to receipt of a clearance message, decode the clearance message to determine whether the clearance message contains a command instruction or clearance data for a flight, and to present the command instruction to a pilot as notice to execute the command instruction or if available, obtain at least one query parameter from the clearance data to configure in a query operation to present in response to a pilot question about the command instruction. In response to receipt of the voice or data communication, determine further an intent within the voice or data communication of a question or instruction voiced by applying an acoustic model for tagging identified parts about the question or instruction voiced with query parameters in response to the pilot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Hariharan Saptharishi, Gobinathan Baladhandapani, Mahesh Kumar Sampath, Sivakumar Kanagarajan
  • Publication number: 20230011078
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for assisting operation of a vehicle using speech recognition and transcription using text-to-speech for transcription playback with variable emphasis. One method involves analyzing a transcription of an audio communication with respect to the vehicle to identify an operational term pertaining to a current operational context of the vehicle within the transcription, creating an indicator identifying the operational term within the transcription for emphasis when the operational term pertains to the current operational context of the vehicle, identifying a user-configured playback rate; and generating an audio reproduction of the transcription of the audio communication in accordance with the user-configured playback rate, wherein the operational term is selectively emphasized within the audio reproduction based on the indicator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Gobinathan Baladhandapani, Hariharan Saptharishi, Mahesh Kumar Sampath, Sivakumar Kanagarajan
  • Publication number: 20230005483
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for displaying transcriptions of radio communication transcription for an aircraft. The method comprises capturing audio signals of radio communication traffic to and from the aircraft. The captured audio signals are preprocessed to divide the signals into independent spoken utterances. Each spoken utterance is transcribed using a speech recognition decoder that utilizes an air traffic control (ATC) speech recognition model and classification data is extracted from the transcription of each spoken utterance. The transcription of each spoken utterance is logged with reference to the classification data and a textual display of the transcription is provided to a crew member of the aircraft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Chaya Garg, Vasantha Paulraj, Robert De Mers, Roger Burgin, Jitender Kumar Agarwal, Mahesh Kumar Sampath, Mohan M. Thippeswamy, Naveen Venkatesh Prasad Nama, Rahul Pradhan, Nitish Sharma
  • Publication number: 20220343897
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for assisting operation of a vehicle using speech recognition. One method involves analyzing a transcription of an audio communication with respect to the vehicle to characterize a nonstandard pattern within the transcription of the audio communication, obtaining a ground truth for the transcription of the audio communication, determining one or more performance metrics associated with the nonstandard pattern within the transcription based on a relationship between the transcription of the audio communication and the ground truth for the transcription, updating a speech recognition vocabulary for the vehicle to include the nonstandard pattern based at least in part on the one or more performance metrics and determining an updated speech recognition model for the vehicle using the updated speech recognition vocabulary and the audio communication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Jitender Kumar Agarwal, Chaya Garg, Vasantha Paulraj, Ramakrishnan Raman, Mahesh Kumar Sampath, Mohan M Thippeswamy
  • Patent number: 11289094
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for playback clearance assistance, the system includes a processing system configured to: in response to receipt of a voice clearance communication comprising a clearance message, decode the clearance message to identify features contained within the clearance message related to a command instruction or clearance data for a flight; determine, at least one applicable clearance message amendment solution for use to amend the clearance message from a set of applicable clearance message amendment solutions wherein the applicable clearance amendment solution is determined based on keywords retrieved from a plurality of databases comprising at least contextual and prior clearance message data; and apply the applicable clearance message amendment solution to append keywords to the clearance message to generate an appended clearance message that reduces ambiguity in the clearance message resulting from at least missing value data, non-standard terminology or incomplete message informa
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Gobinathan Baladhandapani, Sivakumar Kanagarajan, Mahesh Kumar Sampath, Hariharan Saptharishi, Kiran Krishna, Chaya Garg
  • Publication number: 20220084517
    Abstract: A voice recognition system in an aircraft is provided. The voice recognition system includes: a voice recognition controller configured to receive a voice command from a flight crew member voice interface, convert the voice command to an avionics system command, and forward the avionics system command to an avionics system for execution. The voice recognition system further includes an application controller configured to: receive the avionics system command that has been converted from the voice command; determine whether the avionics system command can be performed; cause the avionics system command to be performed when it is determined that the avionics system command can be performed; and when it is determined that the avionics system command cannot be performed, generate a message that provides a reason why the avionics system command cannot be performed and cause the message to be displayed on a display device and/or annunciated on an aural device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Chaya Garg, Anil Kumar Songa, Ravi Tupakula, Vasantha Paulraj, Mahesh Kumar Sampath
  • Publication number: 20220084514
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for validation of speech commands from an aircraft pilot. The method comprises receiving a speech command from the aircraft pilot with a voice communication device that is part of a cockpit system. Next, the speech command is decoded into a computer readable format. The decoded speech command is then checked against the present aircraft state as indicated by avionic sensors of the aircraft and against an approved pre-condition that is stored in a pre-condition database. The decoded speech command is validated if the decoded speech command is consistent with the present aircraft state and consistent with the approved pre-condition. An input to the cockpit system is updated to execute the speech command from the aircraft pilot if the decoded speech command is validated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Mahesh Kumar Sampath, Vasantha Selvi Paulraj, Chaya Garg, Anil Kumar Songa, Ravi Tupakula
  • Publication number: 20210312927
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for playback clearance assistance, the system includes a processing system configured to: in response to receipt of a voice clearance communication comprising a clearance message, decode the clearance message to identify features contained within the clearance message related to a command instruction or clearance data for a flight; determine, at least one applicable clearance message amendment solution for use to amend the clearance message from a set of applicable clearance message amendment solutions wherein the applicable clearance amendment solution is determined based on keywords retrieved from a plurality of databases comprising at least contextual and prior clearance message data; and apply the applicable clearance message amendment solution to append keywords to the clearance message to generate an appended clearance message that reduces ambiguity in the clearance message resulting from at least missing value data, non-standard terminology or incomplete message informa
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Gobinathan Baladhandapani, Sivakumar Kanagarajan, Mahesh Kumar Sampath, Hariharan Saptharishi, Kiran Krishna, Chaya Garg
  • Publication number: 20210295710
    Abstract: Systems and methods to identify a query parameter in an incoming flight voice or data communication to respond to a request. A processing system configured to: in response to receipt of a clearance message, decode the clearance message to determine whether the clearance message contains a command instruction or clearance data for a flight, and to present the command instruction to a pilot as notice to execute the command instruction or if available, obtain at least one query parameter from the clearance data to configure in a query operation to present in response to a pilot question about the command instruction. In response to receipt of the voice or data communication, determine further an intent within the voice or data communication of a question or instruction voiced by applying an acoustic model for tagging identified parts about the question or instruction voiced with query parameters in response to the pilot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Hariharan Saptharishi, Gobinathan Baladhandapani, Mahesh Kumar Sampath, Sivakumar Kanagarajan
  • Patent number: 10664142
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for entering data into a data entry system. The data entry system includes a user-control device coupled to a display configured to display data field entry locations. The system includes a receiving module for receiving input data. The system includes a parsing module connected to the receiving module for parsing the input data and identifying constituent data elements in the input data. The system also includes a contextual tagging module connected to the parsing module and configured to determine associations between the constituent data elements and the multiple data field entry locations. The system also includes a processor configured to preview the constituent data element on the display when a data field entry location associated with the constituent data element is selected and enter the preview into the data field entry location when the preview is confirmed using the user-control device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Mahesh Kumar Sampath, Vasantha Selvi Paulraj, Karthic V, Sivaprakash Pasupathi
  • Publication number: 20190346992
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for entering data into a data entry system. The data entry system includes a user-control device coupled to a display configured to display data field entry locations. The system includes a receiving module for receiving input data. The system includes a parsing module connected to the receiving module for parsing the input data and identifying constituent data elements in the input data. The system also includes a contextual tagging module connected to the parsing module and configured to determine associations between the constituent data elements and the multiple data field entry locations. The system also includes a processor configured to preview the constituent data element on the display when a data field entry location associated with the constituent data element is selected and enter the preview into the data field entry location when the preview is confirmed using the user-control device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Mahesh Kumar Sampath, Vasantha Selvi Paulraj, Karthic V, Sivaprakash Pasupathi
  • Publication number: 20120209458
    Abstract: A system and method for verifying an available runway length is provided. The method may include receiving, by a processor, a digital notice to airmen including an available runway length, receiving, by the processor, takeoff data or landing data including a length of runway needed by an aircraft in any configuration, and verifying, by the processor, and alerting the pilot if that the available runway length is greater than or equal to the length of runway needed by the aircraft in the configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2011
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventor: Mahesh Kumar Sampath
  • Publication number: 20110264313
    Abstract: Provided are methods and systems for the automatic assessment and presentation of data on a display device that describes the operational impact on mission critical parameters resulting from a change in a vehicle's mission plan. The change in mission plan may be inputted manually by the vehicle operator but may also be received electronically and automatically over a data up link from an outside authority.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2010
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventor: Mahesh Kumar Sampath