Patents by Inventor Rick Thibodeau

Rick Thibodeau 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).

  • Method and system for tracking, processing, and integrating airport ground vehicle position data into the automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) network infrastructure
    Patent number: 11327179
    Abstract: A method and system for tracking the real-time positions of airport ground vehicles, and integrating the positional data into the Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) network infrastructure. The system may include one or more ground receiver stations that receives positional telemetry data from one or more airport ground vehicles, and transmits the ground vehicle positional data to a centralized ground base station. A computer system connected to the ground base aggregates the ground vehicle telemetry data from one or more ground vehicles, converts the aggregate telemetry data into an ADS-B compatible data protocol, and integrates that data into the ADS-B network infrastructure for dissemination and reporting across the ADS-B network. The method enables the use of and dissemination of ADS-B information for ground vehicles without the need for ADS-B transponders on each ground vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: EAGLE AEROSPACE LTD
    Inventors: Stephen Lyle McKeown, Rick Thibodeau, Paul Edward Cudmore, Ty Shattuck
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRACKING, PROCESSING, AND INTEGRATING AIRPORT GROUND VEHICLE POSITION DATA INTO THE AUTOMATIC DEPENDENT SURVEILLANCE-BROADCAST (ADS-B) NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE
    Publication number: 20190101650
    Abstract: A method and system for tracking the real-time positions of airport ground vehicles, and integrating the positional data into the Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) network infrastructure. The system may include one or more ground receiver stations that receives positional telemetry data from one or more airport ground vehicles, and transmits the ground vehicle positional data to a centralized ground base station. A computer system connected to the ground base aggregates the ground vehicle telemetry data from one or more ground vehicles, converts the aggregate telemetry data into an ADS-B compatible data protocol, and integrates that data into the ADS-B network infrastructure for dissemination and reporting across the ADS-B network. The method enables the use of and dissemination of ADS-B information for ground vehicles without the need for ADS-B transponders on each ground vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Inventors: Stephen Lyle McKeown, Rick Thibodeau, Paul Edward Cudmore, Ty Shattuck