Patents by Inventor Robert D. Windhorst

Robert D. Windhorst 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).

  • Publication number: 20250005220
    Abstract: System and methods for a digital twin simulator according to various aspects of the present invention operate in conjunction with a source of actual National Airspace System data, a testbed, a set of interfaces containing instructions on how to process archived data, a set of external components for processing the archived data according to the interfaces, and a simulator. The testbed receives archived National Airspace System data during a test and feeds the data to the external components. Processed results are forwarded to the simulator to run a simulation. The digital twin simulator may then compare differences between the simulated results and the archived National Airspace System data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2024
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Inventors: JOSEPH L. RIOS, TODD A. LAUDERDALE, ROBERT D. WINDHORST, RICHARD A. COPPENBARGER, HEINZ ERZBERGER
  • Patent number: 6082666
    Abstract: A system (30) for determining a missile kinematic property. The inventive system includes a radar system (36) for obtaining radar range measurements (34). An inertial reference unit (40) tracks changes in missile acceleration without the use of the radar range measurements and provides a signal (38, 42) in response thereto. An altitude Kalman filter (32) and a subtractor circuit (48) are used to combine the signal (38, 42) and the radar range measurements (34) to provide an accurate estimate (50) of the property. In a specific embodiment, the kinematic property includes missile vertical velocity and missile altitude. A radar system (36) supplies radar range information (34) to the Kalman filter (32). A loop (52) from the Kalman filter (32) to the radar system (36) facilitates estimating the radar range measurements (34) when invalid radar range measurements are provided by the radar system (36).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2000
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Robert D. Windhorst, Stephen V. Sosinski