Patents by Inventor Michael Greg Farley

Michael Greg Farley 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).

  • Systems and methods for absolute position navigation using pseudolites
    Patent number: 10302770
    Abstract: A pseudolite device for providing navigation data, while denied or having limited access to satellite navigation signals for instance, may include a receiver for receiving, from each of a plurality of pseudolites, respective navigation data including an indication of an absolute position of a respective pseudolite and a time instance at which the navigation data is transmitted by the respective pseudolite. The pseudolite device may include a processor configured to determine an absolute position of the pseudolite device according to the navigation data received from each of the plurality of pseudolites, and a transmitter for broadcasting positioning data and transmission time data. The positioning data can include an indication of the determined absolute position of the pseudolite device and the transmission time data includes an indication of a time instance at which the positioning data is transmitted by the transmitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC.
    Inventor: Michael Greg Farley
  • Systems and methods for absolute position navigation using pseudolites
    Patent number: 9903954
    Abstract: A pseudolite device for providing navigation data, while denied or having limited access to satellite navigation signals for instance, may include a receiver for receiving, from each of a plurality of pseudolites, respective navigation data including an indication of an absolute position of a respective pseudolite and a time instance at which the navigation data is transmitted by the respective pseudolite. The pseudolite device may include a processor configured to determine an absolute position of the pseudolite device according to the navigation data received from each of the plurality of pseudolites, and a transmitter for broadcasting positioning data and transmission time data. The positioning data can include an indication of the determined absolute position of the pseudolite device and the transmission time data includes an indication of a time instance at which the positioning data is transmitted by the transmitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Greg Farley