Patents by Inventor Robert Edwin Root

Robert Edwin Root 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 TAIL-SPECIFIC PARAMETER COMPUTATION
    Publication number: 20220013019
    Abstract: A device for tail-specific parameter computation includes a memory, a network interface, and a processor. The memory is configured to store a tail-specific aircraft performance model for a first aircraft of an aircraft type. The tail-specific aircraft performance model is based on historical flight data of the first aircraft and a nominal aircraft performance model associated with a second aircraft of the aircraft type. The network interface is configured to receive flight data from a databus of the first aircraft. The processor is configured to generate, based at least in part on the flight data and the tail-specific aircraft performance model, a recommended cost index and a recommended cruise altitude. The processor is also configured to provide the recommended cost index and the recommended cruise altitude to a display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: Robert Edwin Root, Charles E. Kaul, James Louis Tylee
  • Systems and methods for tail-specific parameter computation
    Patent number: 11158197
    Abstract: A device for tail-specific parameter computation includes a memory, a network interface, and a processor. The memory is configured to store a tail-specific aircraft performance model for a first aircraft of an aircraft type. The tail-specific aircraft performance model is based on historical flight data of the first aircraft and a nominal aircraft performance model associated with a second aircraft of the aircraft type. The network interface is configured to receive flight data from a databus of the first aircraft. The processor is configured to generate, based at least in part on the flight data and the tail-specific aircraft performance model, a recommended cost index and a recommended cruise altitude. The processor is also configured to provide the recommended cost index and the recommended cruise altitude to a display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Robert Edwin Root, Charles E. Kaul, James Louis Tylee
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TAIL-SPECIFIC PARAMETER COMPUTATION
    Publication number: 20200273348
    Abstract: A device for tail-specific parameter computation includes a memory, a network interface, and a processor. The memory is configured to store a tail-specific aircraft performance model for a first aircraft of an aircraft type. The tail-specific aircraft performance model is based on historical flight data of the first aircraft and a nominal aircraft performance model associated with a second aircraft of the aircraft type. The network interface is configured to receive flight data from a databus of the first aircraft. The processor is configured to generate, based at least in part on the flight data and the tail-specific aircraft performance model, a recommended cost index and a recommended cruise altitude. The processor is also configured to provide the recommended cost index and the recommended cruise altitude to a display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2019
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Robert Edwin Root, Charles E. Kaul, James Louis Tylee