Patents by Inventor Michael P. Sica
Michael P. Sica 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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Patent number: 11675348Abstract: A computer architecture includes an application program interface (API). The API does not include a user interface. The computer architecture asynchronously receives into the API data relating to mission plan domains from clients. The data include an identification of vehicles, goals of the vehicles, and threats to the vehicles. The mission plan domains include an air domain, a sea or ocean domain, and a land domain. The computer architecture uses a parallel processing scheme to process the mission plan domains from the clients for determining goal priorities for each of the plurality of vehicles, processing the data using a genetic algorithm and physics models associated with the plurality of vehicles, and transmitting to the vehicles path commands based on the processing of the genetic algorithm.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2019Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: Raytheon CompanyInventors: Michael P. Sica, Michael C. Xu
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Patent number: 11609892Abstract: A computing machine stores a tree structure representing a hierarchical organization. The tree structure comprises a command node and a plurality of domain nodes below the command node. The computing machine leverages the tree structure to generate a multi-domain operational plan.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2019Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: Raytheon CompanyInventors: Judy Y. Amato, Laura D. Strater, Michael H. Lewis, Terry L. Keeney, Vincent A. Pascente, Jared B. Dorny, Michael A. Young, David B. Jenks, Robert T. Stratton, Michael P. Sica
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Patent number: 11488047Abstract: Discussed herein are devices, systems, and methods for autonomous, dynamic course of action (COA) generation and management. A method can include issuing a communication to one or more assets indicating operations of a first COA to be performed, receiving, by an intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) device, data indicating an unexpected event, not accounted for in the first COA, has occurred, in response to the data indicating the unexpected event, identifying a second COA or a portion of a second COA that satisfies a mission of the first COA and accounts for the unexpected event, and issuing a second communication to the one or more assets indicating one or more operations of the second COA to be performed.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2020Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: Raytheon CompanyInventors: Paul C. Hershey, Michael P. Sica, Danielle J. Marchione, Marilyn W. Zett
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Publication number: 20210334687Abstract: Discussed herein are devices, systems, and methods for autonomous, dynamic course of action (COA) generation and management. A method can include issuing a communication to one or more assets indicating operations of a first COA to be performed, receiving, by an intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) device, data indicating an unexpected event, not accounted for in the first COA, has occurred, in response to the data indicating the unexpected event, identifying a second COA or a portion of a second COA that satisfies a mission of the first COA and accounts for the unexpected event, and issuing a second communication to the one or more assets indicating one or more operations of the second COA to be performed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2020Publication date: October 28, 2021Inventors: Paul C. Hershey, Michael P. Sica, Danielle J. Marchione, Marilyn W. Zett
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Publication number: 20210157782Abstract: A computing machine stores a tree structure representing a hierarchical organization. The tree structure comprises a command node and a plurality of domain nodes below the command node. The computing machine leverages the tree structure to generate a multi-domain operational plan.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2019Publication date: May 27, 2021Inventors: Judy Y. Amato, Laura D. Strater, Michael H. Lewis, Terry L. Keeney, Vincent a. Pascente, Jared B. Dorny, Michael A. Young, David B. Jenks, Robert T. Stratton, Michael P. Sica
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Publication number: 20210132601Abstract: A computer architecture includes an application program interface (API). The API does not include a user interface. The computer architecture asynchronously receives into the API data relating to mission plan domains from clients. The data include an identification of vehicles, goals of the vehicles, and threats to the vehicles. The mission plan domains include an air domain, a sea or ocean domain, and a land domain. The computer architecture uses a parallel processing scheme to process the mission plan domains from the clients for determining goal priorities for each of the plurality of vehicles, processing the data using a genetic algorithm and physics models associated with the plurality of vehicles, and transmitting to the vehicles path commands based on the processing of the genetic algorithm.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2019Publication date: May 6, 2021Inventors: Michael P. Sica, Michael C. Xu
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Patent number: 10877634Abstract: A computing machine receives an input comprising: a representation of one or more tasks and a representation of one or more assets. The computing machine initiates generation of a mission plan data structure comprising an assignment of an available asset to each task. Upon successfully generating the mission plan data structure, the computing machine provides an output comprising the mission plan data structure.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2019Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: Raytheon CompanyInventors: Michael P. Sica, Jennifer N. Coston, Michael C. Xu, Kyle V. Dumouchelle
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Patent number: 10402835Abstract: A system for collecting and analyzing agricultural data. A team of crop scouts performs a scouting operation in a farm, each crop scout interacting with a mobile device. The mobile device provides a navigation display guiding the scout along a route, from one data collection point to the next. At each data collection point, the crop scout makes observations and measurements and inputs the corresponding data into the mobile device. A control operator at a central location monitors the progress of the scouting operation and revises the routes or locations of data collection points when appropriate, based on data received during the scouting operation. A cloud service analyzes the data and provides recommendations to a farm operator.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2015Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignee: RAYTHEON COMPANYInventors: John G. Benkert, William J. Kyker, Michael P. Sica, Jason Dudash, Joseph L. Shivers, Justin W. Ray
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Patent number: 9851870Abstract: A processor implemented method and system are disclosed. The method includes generating, based on geographical data and associated video data, a geo-located path having an interactive segment representative of the associated video data. The width of the interactive segment may be adjusted based on the geographical data and time data. A timeline, based on the geographical data and the time data, is generated. The geo-located path is displayed with the interactive segment. The timeline is displayed in response to a selection of the interactive segment. A representation of the video data is displayed in response to the selection of the interactive segment. The representation of the video data is associated with the selected interactive segment. The representation of the video data and the timeline are selectable for time-based navigation through the representation of the video data.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2015Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: Raytheon CompanyInventors: Michael P. Sica, Jason Dudash
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Publication number: 20160378789Abstract: A global object detection server reduces the amount of time needed to determine whether an object is present in a collection of images for a geographic area. In particular, the disclosed global object detection server selects one or more object recognition algorithms from a collection of algorithms based on one or more characteristics of the object to be detected. The algorithm results may then be fed back to reduce input data sets from iterative collections for similar regions. The global object detection server can also derive stochastic probabilities for object detection accuracy. Thereafter, one or more visualizations may be created that show confidence levels for the object's probable location in the collection of images.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2015Publication date: December 29, 2016Inventors: Paul C. Hershey, Michael P. Sica, Jason Dudash, Christopher J. Graham
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Publication number: 20160274743Abstract: A processor implemented method and system are disclosed. The method includes generating, based on geographical data and associated video data, a geo-located path having an interactive segment representative of the associated video data. The width of the interactive segment may be adjusted based on the geographical data and time data. A timeline, based on the geographical data and the time data, is generated. The geo-located path is displayed with the interactive segment. The timeline is displayed in response to a selection of the interactive segment. A representation of the video data is displayed in response to the selection of the interactive segment. The representation of the video data is associated with the selected interactive segment. The representation of the video data and the timeline are selectable for time-based navigation through the representation of the video data.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2015Publication date: September 22, 2016Inventors: Michael P. Sica, Jason Dudash
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Publication number: 20160019560Abstract: A system for collecting and analyzing agricultural data. A team of crop scouts performs a scouting operation in a farm, each crop scout interacting with a mobile device. The mobile device provides a navigation display guiding the scout along a route, from one data collection point to the next. At each data collection point, the crop scout makes observations and measurements and inputs the corresponding data into the mobile device. A control operator at a central location monitors the progress of the scouting operation and revises the routes or locations of data collection points when appropriate, based on data received during the scouting operation. A cloud service analyzes the data and provides recommendations to a farm operator.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2015Publication date: January 21, 2016Inventors: John G. Benkert, William J. Kyker, Michael P. Sica, Jason Dudash, Joseph L. Shivers, Justin W. Ray