Patents by Inventor Neale Leslie Fulton

Neale Leslie Fulton 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: 10937328
    Abstract: A method includes determining data indicating velocity uncertainty, relative position uncertainty, or both, associated with an aircraft and a navigation hazard. The method also includes determining a set of bounding vectors based on the data and determining a plurality of candidate intersection points that together correspond to circular or spherical regions defined by the set of bounding vectors. The method also includes identifying a region of interest based on a projected intersection of the aircraft or the navigation hazard with a candidate intersection point and generating a situational awareness display based on the region of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Grace Shanti Garden, Sarah Anne Mecklem, Reece A. Clothier, Brendan Patrick Williams, Neale Leslie Fulton
  • Publication number: 20200111375
    Abstract: A method includes determining data indicating velocity uncertainty, relative position uncertainty, or both, associated with an aircraft and a navigation hazard. The method also includes determining a set of bounding vectors based on the data and determining a plurality of candidate intersection points that together correspond to circular or spherical regions defined by the set of bounding vectors. The method also includes identifying a region of interest based on a projected intersection of the aircraft or the navigation hazard with a candidate intersection point and generating a situational awareness display based on the region of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2018
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Grace Shanti Garden, Sarah Anne Mecklem, Reece A. Clothier, Brendan Patrick Williams, Neale Leslie Fulton
  • Patent number: 8892349
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method comprises receiving, in a computer-based airspace monitoring system, airspace information from a plurality of different sources via a plurality of different communication networks, receiving, in the computer-based airspace monitoring system, a first flightpath parameter from a first aircraft at a first point in time, wherein the first flightpath parameter comprises at least one of a three-dimensional position parameter, a flight trajectory parameter, or a speed parameter, establishing, in the computer-based airspace monitoring system, a first defined airspace in a region proximate the first aircraft, processing, in the computer-based airspace monitoring system, the airspace information for the first defined airspace based on the first position parameter received from the first aircraft to define a first data set of airspace information relevant to the first aircraft, and transmitting the first dataset of airspace information from the computer-based airspace monitoring system to the
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Regina I. Estkowski, Ted D. Whitley, Richard Baumeister, Neale Leslie Fulton
  • Patent number: 8886450
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a system and method for identifying maneuvers for a vehicle in conflict situations. A plurality of miss points are calculated for the vehicle and as well as object conditions at which the vehicle will miss an impact with the at least one other object by a range of miss distances. The miss points are displayed such that a plurality of miss points at which the vehicle would miss impact by a given miss distance indicative of a given degree of conflict is visually distinguishable from other miss points at which the vehicle would miss impact by greater miss distances indicative of a lesser degree of conflict. The resulting display indicates varying degrees of potential conflict to present, in a directional view display, a range of available maneuvers for the vehicle in accordance with varying degrees of conflict.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
    Inventors: David John Gates, Elliot Ashley Gates, Mark Westcott, Neale Leslie Fulton
  • Publication number: 20130080042
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method comprises receiving, in a computer-based airspace monitoring system, airspace information from a plurality of different sources via a plurality of different communication networks, receiving, in the computer-based airspace monitoring system, a first flightpath parameter from a first aircraft at a first point in time, wherein the first flightpath parameter comprises at least one of a three-dimensional position parameter, a flight trajectory parameter, or a speed parameter, establishing, in the computer-based airspace monitoring system, a first defined airspace in a region proximate the first aircraft, processing, in the computer-based airspace monitoring system, the airspace information for the first defined airspace based on the first position parameter received from the first aircraft to define a first data set of airspace information relevant to the first aircraft, and transmitting the first dataset of airspace information from the computer-based airspace monitoring system to the
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2011
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Inventors: Regina I. Estkowski, Ted D. Whitley, Richard Baumeister, Neale Leslie Fulton
  • Publication number: 20090259402
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a system and method for identifying manoeuvres for a vehicle in conflict situations. A plurality of miss points are calculated for the vehicle and as well as object conditions at which the vehicle will miss an impact with the at least one other object by a range of miss distances. The miss points are displayed such that a plurality of miss points at which the vehicle would miss impact by a given miss distance indicative of a given degree of conflict is visually distinguishable from other miss points at which the vehicle would miss impact by greater miss distances indicative of a lesser degree of conflict. The resulting display indicates varying degrees of potential conflict to present, in a directional view display, a range of available manoeuvres for the vehicle in accordance with varying degrees of conflict.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2007
    Publication date: October 15, 2009
    Inventors: David John Gates, Elliot Ashley Gates, Mark Westcott, Neale Leslie Fulton