Patents by Inventor Michael A. Aucoin
Michael A. Aucoin 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).
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Publication number: 20250172702Abstract: A distributed navigation system includes navigation platforms, each having a universal navigation processor, relative navigation systems to provide source information to the navigation platforms, navigation filters provided on one or more of the universal navigation processors, and an anchor navigation node disposed on one or more of the navigation platforms to form one or more anchor navigation platforms. Each anchor navigation node includes an inertial navigation system, a clock, and absolute navigation systems, which are used, in combination with source information, to determine navigation information. The anchor navigation platforms provide the navigation information to other navigation platforms.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2025Publication date: May 29, 2025Inventors: Juha-Pekka J. Laine, Benjamin F. Lane, William W. Whitacre, Robin Mark Adrian Dawson, Joseph M. Kinast, Cort Nolan Johnson, Gregory P. Blasche, Michael A. Aucoin, Jeffrey D. Jungemann, Peter A. Lewis, Stephen P. Smith
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Patent number: 12235368Abstract: A distributed navigation system includes navigation platforms, each having a universal navigation processor, relative navigation systems to provide source information to the navigation platforms, navigation filters provided on one or more of the universal navigation processors, and an anchor navigation node disposed on one or more of the navigation platforms to form one or more anchor navigation platforms. Each anchor navigation node includes an inertial navigation system, a clock, and absolute navigation systems, which are used, in combination with source information, to determine navigation information. The anchor navigation platforms provide the navigation information to other navigation platforms.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2023Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignee: The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc.Inventors: Juha-Pekka J. Laine, Benjamin F. Lane, William W. Whitacre, Robin Mark Adrian Dawson, Joseph M. Kinast, Cort Nolan Johnson, Gregory P. Blasche, Michael A. Aucoin, Jeffrey D. Jungemann, Peter A. Lewis, Stephen P. Smith
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Publication number: 20240012164Abstract: A distributed navigation system includes navigation platforms, each having a universal navigation processor, relative navigation systems to provide source information to the navigation platforms, navigation filters provided on one or more of the universal navigation processors, and an anchor navigation node disposed on one or more of the navigation platforms to form one or more anchor navigation platforms. Each anchor navigation node includes an inertial navigation system, a clock, and absolute navigation systems, which are used, in combination with source information, to determine navigation information. The anchor navigation platforms provide the navigation information to other navigation platforms.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2023Publication date: January 11, 2024Inventors: Juha-Pekka J. Laine, Benjamin F. Lane, William W. Whitacre, Robin Mark Adrian Dawson, Joseph M. Kinast, Cort Nolan Johnson, Gregory P. Blasche, Michael A. Aucoin, Jeffrey D. Jungemann, Peter A. Lewis, Stephen P. Smith
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Patent number: 11774602Abstract: A distributed navigation system includes navigation platforms, each having a universal navigation processor, relative navigation systems to provide source information to the navigation platforms, navigation filters provided on one or more of the universal navigation processors, and an anchor navigation node disposed on one or more of the navigation platforms to form one or more anchor navigation platforms. Each anchor navigation node includes an inertial navigation system, a clock, and absolute navigation systems, which are used, in combination with source information, to determine navigation information. The anchor navigation platforms provide the navigation information to other navigation platforms.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2021Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc.Inventors: Juha-Pekka J. Laine, Benjamin F. Lane, William W. Whitacre, Robin Mark Adrian Dawson, Joseph M. Kinast, Cort Nolan Johnson, Gregory P. Blasche, Michael A. Aucoin, Jeffrey D. Jungemann, Peter A. Lewis, Stephen P. Smith
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Patent number: 11150357Abstract: A distributed navigation system architecture includes a plurality of navigation platforms, each having a universal navigation processor configured to communicate with other universal navigation processors, one or more relative navigation systems configured to provide source information to the navigation platforms, an anchor navigation node disposed on one or more of the plurality of navigation platforms in order to form one or more anchor navigation platforms, the anchor navigation node, including an inertial navigation system, a clock, and one or more absolute navigation systems, configured to determine navigation information based on the inertial navigation system, the clock, the one or more absolute navigation systems and optionally the source information, the one or more anchor navigation platforms providing the navigation information to the other navigation platforms, and a navigation processor system in communication with each of the universal navigation processors in order to provide operating informatType: GrantFiled: April 24, 2017Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc.Inventors: Juha-Pekka J. Laine, Benjamin F. Lane, William W. Whitacre, Robin Mark Adrian Dawson, Joseph M. Kinast, Cort Nolan Johnson, Gregory P. Blasche, Michael A. Aucoin, Jeffrey D. Jungemann, Peter A. Lewis, Stephen P. Smith
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Patent number: 11043132Abstract: A navigation system for determining quality and integrity of source information includes one or more data sources that provide the source information, a situation module that provides situation data, an information module that determines an estimate of the quality and an estimate of the integrity of the source information based on the source information and the situation data, an integrity monitor module that determines the integrity and the quality of the source information based on the estimate of the quality and the estimate of the integrity of the source information from the information module, and that validates the source information based on the integrity of the source information and/or the quality of the source information, and a navigation state estimator that determines the navigation information of the one or more objects based on the validated source information and corresponding quality of the source information received from the integrity monitor module.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2019Date of Patent: June 22, 2021Assignee: The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc.Inventors: Michael A. Aucoin, Juha-Pekka J. Laine
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Publication number: 20180306930Abstract: A distributed navigation system architecture includes a plurality of navigation platforms, each having a universal navigation processor configured to communicate with other universal navigation processors, one or more relative navigation systems configured to provide source information to the navigation platforms, an anchor navigation node disposed on one or more of the plurality of navigation platforms in order to form one or more anchor navigation platforms, the anchor navigation node, including an inertial navigation system, a clock, and one or more absolute navigation systems, configured to determine navigation information based on the inertial navigation system, the clock, the one or more absolute navigation systems and optionally the source information, the one or more anchor navigation platforms providing the navigation information to the other navigation platforms, and a navigation processor system in communication with each of the universal navigation processors in order to provide operating informatType: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2017Publication date: October 25, 2018Inventors: Juha-Pekka J. Laine, Benjamin F. Lane, William W. Whitacre, Robin Mark Adrian Dawson, Joseph M. Kinast, Cort Nolan Johnson, Gregory P. Blasche, Michael A. Aucoin, Jeffrey D. Jungemann, Peter A. Lewis, Stephen P. Smith
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Patent number: 7668656Abstract: A method for creating minimal data representing a source image is presented. The source image is divided into a grid of cells. A color is selected for each cell corner based on sampling an area defined by the cell corner. An indication of the selected color is stored in an array dependent on the co-ordinates of the cell corner in the source image.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2008Date of Patent: February 23, 2010Assignee: Avidyne CorporationInventors: David A. Southard, Lowell F. Bell, Michael A. Aucoin, Frédéric Gouin, Theodore H. Cannaday, Jr.
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Publication number: 20080158049Abstract: A method for creating minimal data representing a source image is presented. The source image is divided into a grid of cells. A color is selected for each cell corner based on sampling an area defined by the cell corner. An indication of the selected color is stored in an array dependent on the co-ordinates of the cell corner in the source image.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2008Publication date: July 3, 2008Inventors: David A. Southard, Lowell F. Bell, Michael A. Aucoin, Frederic Gouin, Theodore H. Cannaday.
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Patent number: 7379816Abstract: A method for creating minimal data representing a source image is presented. The source image is divided into a grid of cells. A color is selected for each cell corner based on sampling an area defined by the cell corner. An indication of the selected color is stored in an array dependent on the co-ordinates of the cell corner in the source image.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2006Date of Patent: May 27, 2008Assignee: Avidyne CorporationInventors: David A. Southard, Lowell F. Bell, Michael A. Aucoin, Frédéric Gouin, Theodore H. Cannaday, Jr.
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Patent number: 7039505Abstract: A method for creating minimal data representing a source image is presented. The source image is divided into a grid of cells. A color is selected for each cell corner based on sampling an area defined by the cell corner. An indication of the selected color is stored in an array dependent on the co-ordinates of the cell corner in the source image.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2003Date of Patent: May 2, 2006Assignee: Avidyne CorporationInventors: David A. Southard, Lowell F. Bell, Michael A. Aucoin, Frédéric Gouin, Theodore H. Cannaday, Jr.