Patents by Inventor Richard Charles Freeman

Richard Charles Freeman 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 coordination among a plurality of vehicles
    Patent number: 11037451
    Abstract: A method for coordinating a plurality of vehicles (102, 104) comprising: defining, as a command vehicle (C), a vehicle in the plurality; storing, by one or more storage devices (204) located on one or more of the vehicles (102, 104), a list of capabilities of each vehicle (102, 104); receiving, by one or more processors (202) on the command vehicle (C), a specification of a goal; based on the stored vehicle capabilities, allocating, by the one or more processors (202), to one or more of the vehicles (102, 104), one or more tasks, the one or more tasks being such that, if each of those tasks was to be performed, the goal would be accomplished; and sending, from the command vehicle (C), to each vehicle (102, 104) to which a task has been allocated, a specification of the one or more tasks allocated to that vehicle (102, 104).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: BAE Systems plc
    Inventors: Roderick Buchanan, Richard Charles Freeman, David William Thomas Clark, Andrew James Thomas
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COORDINATION AMONG A PLURALITY OF VEHICLES
    Publication number: 20200082728
    Abstract: A method for coordinating a plurality of vehicles (102, 104) comprising: defining, as a command vehicle (C), a vehicle in the plurality; storing, by one or more storage devices (204) located on one or more of the vehicles (102, 104), a list of capabilities of each vehicle (102, 104); receiving, by one or more processors (202) on the command vehicle (C), a specification of a goal; based on the stored vehicle capabilities, allocating, by the one or more processors (202), to one or more of the vehicles (102, 104), one or more tasks, the one or more tasks being such that, if each of those tasks was to be performed, the goal would be accomplished; and sending, from the command vehicle (C), to each vehicle (102, 104) to which a task has been allocated, a specification of the one or more tasks allocated to that vehicle (102, 104).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Applicant: BAE Systems plc
    Inventors: Roderick Buchanan, Richard Charles Freeman, David William Thomas Clark, Andrew James Thomas