Patents by Inventor Marc D. Moody

Marc D. Moody 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).

  • Situational awareness display for unplanned landing zones
    Patent number: 9384670
    Abstract: A method for an airborne vehicle includes visually displaying a representation of an environment below the vehicle and a landing zone in the environment, computing a range of approach gates that enable the vehicle to reach the landing zone at a desired glide slope while satisfying minimum obstacle clearance, and visually displaying the range in the representation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Robert A. Fisher, Marc D. Moody, Judith Kristin Little
  • Real time intervisibility analysis
    Patent number: 9013500
    Abstract: A method comprises supplying textures and location information to a graphics processing unit. The textures represent elevation data of obstructions in an environment. The location information indicates locations of an object in the environment and a reference point. The method further comprises using a plurality of shader units of the graphics processing unit in parallel to process the texture to determine intervisibility between the object and the reference point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Marc D. Moody, Robert A. Fisher