Patents by Inventor Mary Beth Lapis

Mary Beth Lapis 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).

  • Method and apparatus for guiding an aircraft through a cluster of hazardous areas
    Patent number: 6744382
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for displaying weather and other hazard information to a pilot with additional content which helps a pilot avoid no-fly-zones and to prepare a new flight path through a group of widely scattered thunderstorms. The display shows a no-fly-zone around the storm and the no-fly-zone is depicted differently, depending upon variables, such as distance from the aircraft, velocity of the storm being tracked and others.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2004
    Assignee: Rockwell Collins
    Inventors: Mary Beth Lapis, Karen L. Walling, Kevin M. Kronfeld
  • Method and apparatus for identification of hazards along an intended travel route
    Patent number: 6577947
    Abstract: Targets proximate to a travel route plan were evaluated to determine hazardousness. Projected geometric representation of a vehicle determines intrusion of hazardous targets along travel route plan. Geometric representation of hazardous targets projected along motion vector to determine intrusion upon travel route plan. Intrusion assessment presented on user display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2003
    Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin M. Kronfeld, Mary Beth Lapis, Karen L. Walling, Mathew S. Chackalackal