Patents by Inventor Ray Slocum

Ray Slocum 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).

  • Electronic checklists with dynamic visibility of annotations
    Patent number: 9889946
    Abstract: Display systems, controllers, and methods are provided. A display system for an aircraft includes a display unit, an input device, and a controller. The controller is communicatively coupled with the display and the input device and is configured to retrieve an electronic checklist that includes a plurality of tasks including an annotated task associated with at least one of a note, a warning, a caution, and task information. The controller is further configured to hide from view the at least one of the note, the warning, the caution, and the task information in an image of the electronic checklist based at least in part on viewing criteria. The controller is further configured to generate a signal that causes the display unit to visually present the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation
    Inventors: Ray Slocum, Nicholas Kershaw, Jeffrey Hausmann
  • ELECTRONIC CHECKLISTS WITH DYNAMIC VISIBILITY OF ANNOTATIONS
    Publication number: 20170275017
    Abstract: Display systems, controllers, and methods are provided. A display system for an aircraft includes a display unit, an input device, and a controller. The controller is communicatively coupled with the display and the input device and is configured to retrieve an electronic checklist that includes a plurality of tasks including an annotated task associated with at least one of a note, a warning, a caution, and task information. The controller is further configured to hide from view the at least one of the note, the warning, the caution, and the task information in an image of the electronic checklist based at least in part on viewing criteria. The controller is further configured to generate a signal that causes the display unit to visually present the image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2016
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Inventors: Ray Slocum, Nicholas Kershaw, Jeffrey Hausmann