Patents by Inventor Robert A. LeMire

Robert A. LeMire 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 collision avoidance in unmanned aerial vehicles
    Patent number: 8378881
    Abstract: Systems and methods for collision avoidance in unmanned aerial vehicles are provided. In one embodiment, the invention relates to a method for collision avoidance system for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), the method including scanning for objects within a preselected range of the UAV using a plurality of phased array radar sensors, receiving scan information from each of the plurality of phased array radar sensors, wherein the scan information includes information indicative of objects detected within the preselected range of the UAV, determining maneuver information including whether to change a flight path of the UAV based on the scan information, and sending the maneuver information to a flight control circuitry of the UAV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Robert A. LeMire, John M. Branning, Jr.
  • Systems and methods for collision avoidance in unmanned aerial vehicles
    Patent number: 8354954
    Abstract: Systems and methods for collision avoidance in unmanned aerial vehicles are provided. In one embodiment, the invention relates to a method for collision avoidance system for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), the method including scanning for objects within a preselected range of the UAV using a plurality of phased array radar sensors, receiving scan information from each of the plurality of phased array radar sensors, wherein the scan information includes information indicative of objects detected within the preselected range of the UAV, determining maneuver information including whether to change a flight path of the UAV based on the scan information, and sending the maneuver information to a flight control circuitry of the UAV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Robert A. LeMire, John M. Branning, Jr.
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COLLISION AVOIDANCE IN UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES
    Publication number: 20120092208
    Abstract: Systems and methods for collision avoidance in unmanned aerial vehicles are provided. In one embodiment, the invention relates to a method for collision avoidance system for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), the method including scanning for objects within a preselected range of the UAV using a plurality of phased array radar sensors, receiving scan information from each of the plurality of phased array radar sensors, wherein the scan information includes information indicative of objects detected within the preselected range of the UAV, determining maneuver information including whether to change a flight path of the UAV based on the scan information, and sending the maneuver information to a flight control circuitry of the UAV.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2010
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Inventors: Robert A. LeMire, John M. Branning, JR.