Patents by Inventor Robert Crenshaw Allen

Robert Crenshaw Allen 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).

  • Patent number: 9514664
    Abstract: A latency measurement system includes an event generation device that generates an initial event used to measure system latency. A component test system receives the event and in response outputs a test component output signal and a zero-latency indicator. An electronics system including a multifunction display unit receives the test component output signal and displays a visible element on the multifunction display unit. A camera generates a series of recorded images, where each recorded image contains an image of the zero-latency indicator and an image of the visible element. A processor then determines the system latency by determining a time difference in the series of recorded images between a representation of an occurrence of the event in the image of the zero-latency indicator and a representation of the occurrence of the event in the image of the visible element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: William Brendan Blanton, Robert Crenshaw Allen, Thomas Alfred DuBois
  • Patent number: 9188644
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a system for, and method operating latency measurement including an event generation device that generates an initial event used to measure system latency. A component test system receives the event and in response outputs a test component output signal and a zero-latency indicator. An electronics system including a multifunction display unit receives the test component output signal and displays a visible element on the multifunction display unit. A camera generates a series of recorded images, where each recorded image contains an image of the zero-latency indicator and an image of the visible element. A processor then determines the system latency by determining a time difference in the series of recorded images between a representation of an occurrence of the event in the image of the zero-latency indicator and a representation of the occurrence of the event in the image of the visible element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: William Brendan Blanton, Robert Crenshaw Allen, Thomas Alfred DuBois
  • Publication number: 20140085459
    Abstract: The present disclosure is generally directed to a system for, and method operating a latency measurement system including an event generation device that generates an initial event used to measure system latency. A component test system receives the event and in response outputs a test component output signal and a zero-latency indicator. An electronics system including a multifunction display unit receives the test component output signal and displays a visible element on the multifunction display unit. A camera generates a series of recorded images, where each recorded image contains an image of the zero-latency indicator and an image of the visible element. A processor then determines the system latency by determining a time difference in the series of recorded images between a representation of an occurrence of the event in the image of the zero-latency indicator and a representation of the occurrence of the event in the image of the visible element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2012
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: William Brendan Blanton, Robert Crenshaw Allen, Thomas Alfred DuBois