Patents by Inventor Michael Alex Ingerman

Michael Alex Ingerman 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).

  • Methods and apparatus for subterranean marker guidance
    Patent number: 12675114
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for subterranean guidance are disclosed. A disclosed apparatus to guide a vehicle includes interface circuitry communicatively coupled to a ground penetrating sensor supported by the vehicle, machine-readable instructions, and at least one processor circuit to be programmed by the machine-readable instructions to calculate, based on output from the ground penetrating sensor, a position of the vehicle relative to a subterranean marker, and guide movement of the vehicle at least partially based on the position of the vehicle relative to the subterranean marker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2026
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Jason Peter Monast, Michael Alex Ingerman
  • METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR SUBTERRANEAN MARKER GUIDANCE
    Publication number: 20250291349
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for subterranean guidance are disclosed. A disclosed apparatus to guide a vehicle includes interface circuitry communicatively coupled to a ground penetrating sensor supported by the vehicle, machine-readable instructions, and at least one processor circuit to be programmed by the machine-readable instructions to calculate, based on output from the ground penetrating sensor, a position of the vehicle relative to a subterranean marker, and guide movement of the vehicle at least partially based on the position of the vehicle relative to the subterranean marker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2024
    Publication date: September 18, 2025
    Inventors: Jason Peter Monast, Michael Alex Ingerman