Patents by Inventor Patricia C. Glaab

Patricia C. Glaab 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).

  • Autonomous emergency flight management system for an unmanned aerial system
    Patent number: 10403153
    Abstract: An autonomous emergency flight management system may find safe and clear landing sites for unmanned aerial systems (UASs) in emergency situations. Emergency flight management software may reside on an onboard computing system. The computing system may continuously look at internal databases and input from other systems (e.g., a global positioning system (GPS), camera, compass, radar, sonar, etc.), depending on what is available. The emergency flight management system may make decisions on its own without human intervention. For instance, a database may provide some local likely candidates for landing sites. Information associated with the candidates may include latitude, longitude, altitude for top of a building, etc. Position updates may be continuously provided from an autopilot or other suitable system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE ADMINISTRATOR OF NASA
    Inventors: Patricia C. Glaab, Louis J. Glaab
  • Autonomous Emergency Flight Management System for an Unmanned Aerial System
    Publication number: 20180114450
    Abstract: An autonomous emergency flight management system may find safe and clear landing sites for unmanned aerial systems (UASs) in emergency situations. Emergency flight management software may reside on an onboard computing system. The computing system may continuously look at internal databases and input from other systems (e.g., a global positioning system (GPS), camera, compass, radar, sonar, etc.), depending on what is available. The emergency flight management system may make decisions on its own without human intervention. For instance, a database may provide some local likely candidates for landing sites. Information associated with the candidates may include latitude, longitude, altitude for top of a building, etc. Position updates may be continuously provided from an autopilot or other suitable system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Applicant: U.S.A., as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    Inventors: Patricia C. Glaab, Louis J. Glaab