Patents by Inventor Paul A. DIFFENDERFER

Paul A. DIFFENDERFER 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 displaying aircraft separation information
    Patent number: 10163356
    Abstract: An aircraft separation system for receiving tracking data for a plurality of aircraft from a tracking system, determining at least some of the plurality of aircraft to include in a three-dimensional awareness zone, determining a first track pair in the awareness zone comprising a first aircraft and a second aircraft of the at least some of the plurality of aircraft, wherein the first aircraft is on a first heading and the second aircraft is on a second heading that is different from the first heading, determining a separation distance between the first aircraft and the second aircraft, and displaying, on a display of the aircraft separation system, a user interface comprising a representation of the first aircraft, a representation of the second aircraft, and an indication of the separation distance between the first aircraft and the second aircraft displayed proximate to the representation of the second aircraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: The MITRE Corporation
    Inventors: Clark D. Britan, Paul A. Diffenderfer
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISPLAYING AIRCRAFT SEPARATION INFORMATION
    Publication number: 20180012500
    Abstract: An aircraft separation system for receiving tracking data for a plurality of aircraft from a tracking system, determining at least some of the plurality of aircraft to include in a three-dimensional awareness zone, determining a first track pair in the awareness zone comprising a first aircraft and a second aircraft of the at least some of the plurality of aircraft, wherein the first aircraft is on a first heading and the second aircraft is on a second heading that is different from the first heading, determining a separation distance between the first aircraft and the second aircraft, and displaying, on a display of the aircraft separation system, a user interface comprising a representation of the first aircraft, a representation of the second aircraft, and an indication of the separation distance between the first aircraft and the second aircraft displayed proximate to the representation of the second aircraft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2016
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Applicant: The MITRE Corporation
    Inventors: Clark D. BRITAN, Paul A. DIFFENDERFER