Patents by Inventor Michael S. Ray

Michael S. Ray 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).

  • Patent number: 9783296
    Abstract: A deployment system for deploying a store from an aircraft includes a lock member that selectively engages the store to the deployment system, an ejector that selectively ejects the store from the deployment system, and a deployment system controller communicatively coupled to the lock member and to the ejector, the system controller communicatively coupled to the aircraft to receive commands from the aircraft, wherein upon receipt of a master arm command from the aircraft the system controller maintains the lock member in an engaged state relative to the store, and wherein upon receipt of a fire command from the aircraft the system controller disengages the lock member from the store and activates the ejector to eject the store from the deployment system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Michael S. Ray, Armando Guerrero
  • Patent number: 9734109
    Abstract: A multi-channel, selectable identity tagging (MCSIT) data translator includes a word monitor port and a channel identifier (ID) tagger. The word monitor port is configured to receive a word generated by a specified one of a plurality of controllable components. The word includes no identifying information for the specified controllable component. The word monitor port is also configured to generate a channel ID corresponding to the specified controllable component and a word type corresponding to the word. The channel ID tagger is configured to determine whether to tag the word with the channel ID based on the word type and, based on the determination, to generate a processed word.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Michael S. Ray, David J. Broadhead
  • Publication number: 20160085712
    Abstract: A multi-channel, selectable identity tagging (MCSIT) data translator includes a word monitor port and a channel identifier (ID) tagger. The word monitor port is configured to receive a word generated by a specified one of a plurality of controllable components. The word includes no identifying information for the specified controllable component. The word monitor port is also configured to generate a channel ID corresponding to the specified controllable component and a word type corresponding to the word. The channel ID tagger is configured to determine whether to tag the word with the channel ID based on the word type and, based on the determination, to generate a processed word.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2014
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Inventors: Michael S. Ray, David J. Broadhead
  • Publication number: 20160083089
    Abstract: A deployment system for deploying a store from an aircraft includes a lock member that selectively engages the store to the deployment system, an ejector that selectively ejects the store from the deployment system, and a deployment system controller communicatively coupled to the lock member and to the ejector, the system controller communicatively coupled to the aircraft to receive commands from the aircraft, wherein upon receipt of a master arm command from the aircraft the system controller maintains the lock member in an engaged state relative to the store, and wherein upon receipt of a fire command from the aircraft the system controller disengages the lock member from the store and activates the ejector to eject the store from the deployment system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2014
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Inventors: Michael S. Ray, Armando Guerrero
  • Publication number: 20140368650
    Abstract: An integrated audiovisual threat warning system configured to detect a threat, estimate a relative location of origin of the threat with respect to a host platform with which the system is associated, and to warn an occupant of the host platform of the threat. The system includes an audio processor configured to receive a warning tone, geo-spatial coordinate data from the host platform, and the estimated relative location of origin of the threat, and to process the warning tone based on the geo-spatial coordinate data and the direction information to generate a directional audio warning signal. The system also includes a plurality of speakers configured to audibly project the directional audio warning signal to audibly identify the estimated relative location of origin of the threat, and a display control unit configured to display the estimated relative location of origin of the threat overlaid on a map.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2011
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicant: RAYTHEON COMPANY
    Inventors: Michael S. Ray, Eric K. Moore, Todd A. Lovell, James A. Negro, Jason J. Braun
  • Patent number: 8902085
    Abstract: An integrated audiovisual threat warning system configured to detect a threat, estimate a relative location of origin of the threat with respect to a host platform with which the system is associated, and to warn an occupant of the host platform of the threat. The system includes an audio processor configured to receive a warning tone, geo-spatial coordinate data from the host platform, and the estimated relative location of origin of the threat, and to process the warning tone based on the geo-spatial coordinate data and the direction information to generate a directional audio warning signal. The system also includes a plurality of speakers configured to audibly project the directional audio warning signal to audibly identify the estimated relative location of origin of the threat, and a display control unit configured to display the estimated relative location of origin of the threat overlaid on a map.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Michael S. Ray, Eric K. Moore, Todd A. Lovell, James A. Negro, Jason J. Braun
  • Publication number: 20130051560
    Abstract: Described are computer-based methods and apparatuses, including computer program products, for audio data processing. In some examples, a 3-dimensional audio projection method includes receiving a first set of audio transmissions, each of the audio transmissions in the first set of audio transmissions comprises audio data and location data; determining, for each of the audio transmissions in the first set of audio transmissions, a relative location of the audio transmission based on a location of a receiver and the location data; and projecting, for each of the audio transmissions in the first set of audio transmissions, the audio data to a user in a 3-dimensional format based on the relative location of the audio transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2011
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: RAYTHEON COMPANY
    Inventors: Michael S. Ray, James A. Negro, Brian T. Hardman
  • Patent number: 7423665
    Abstract: A vehicle vision system displays a vehicle pathway image that includes a reticle for visually identifying the in-path portion of the image. A reticle array is disposed between a video camera chip and a lens, and includes a conical or frustro-conical region of substantially un-attenuated light transmissivity surrounded by a region of perceptibly attenuated light transmissivity, such that in-path portions of the displayed image are substantially unchanged and out-of-path portions of the displayed image are perceptibly attenuated. The reticle array may also include a number of reduced transmissivity lines traversing its conical or frustro-conical region to produce a series of receding stadia lines in the in-path portion of the displayed image, enabling the driver to reliably discern the range of displayed objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael S. Ray, Ronald M. Taylor, Dennis C. Nohns