Patents by Inventor Phillippe Lyles Winters Reed

Phillippe Lyles Winters Reed 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).

  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HIGH-ASSURANCE, HIGH-ACCURACY POSITIONING USING RANGING OF SATELLITES
    Publication number: 20200025927
    Abstract: A method to calculate position comprising the steps of creating a positioning system, wherein the positioning system comprises at least one satellite, at least one user, and at least one fixed ground site, and wherein the at least one satellite is coupled to a modulating retroreflector and a laser communications receiver, and wherein the at least one user comprises a space object tracking lidar system and a laser communications receiver, and wherein the at least one fixed ground site comprises a space object tracking lidar system and a laser communications transmitter and is configured to determine range and range rate to the modulating retroreflector; using the range and range rate to update the fixed ground site's estimate of a satellite ephemeris; configuring the at least one fixed ground site to use the laser communications transmitter to uplink the ephemeris to the at least one satellite's laser communications receiver; recording the ephemeris into the at least one satellite and replace ephemeris previou
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Applicant: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventor: Phillippe Lyles Winters Reed