Patents by Inventor Ross D. Anderson

Ross D. Anderson 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: 20230306285
    Abstract: A pilot, commander, or user within an aircraft may ask a query via voice. The query may be converted into text and used to search a knowledge graph. The result from the query may be provided to the user such that the user may obtain improved situational awareness during a mission or otherwise while flying. A line-replaceable unit of the aircraft may execute an architecture for searching the knowledge graph. The knowledge graph may include a schema based, at least in part, on a mission requirement of an aircraft and one or more aircraft systems of the aircraft. Thus, the user may ask for the effect of various sensors or components of the aircraft systems as it relates to the mission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Ross D. Anderson, Subhashish CHAKRAVARTY, Matthew T. Higgins
  • Publication number: 20220396376
    Abstract: Information regarding flight schedules, available aircraft, and maintenance information is received from one or more systems. A graph database is generated based on the received information. A graph traversal algorithm is applied to the graph database to determine an assignment of the available aircraft to the flight schedules based on reducing a risk of aircraft-on-ground at a remote location, reducing actual costs, or reducing a time cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2021
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Inventors: Ross D. Anderson, Subhashish CHAKRAVARTY, Darin M. Underwood, Matthew M. Lorch, Rhonda Dawn Walthall
  • Publication number: 20220245975
    Abstract: A system and method for sensor quality detection continuously monitors a context (vehicle state, proximal environmental factors, surrounding environmental conditions) surrounding a vehicle as well as actual sensor output. The system compares actual sensor output with expected sensor output to determine if the sensor has become degraded or if the degradation is due to the surrounding context. Once the system determines the context-based or actual degradation, it determines if the sensor is able to complete an assigned tasking with the degradation within the specific mission-based requirements of the sensor. Should the degraded sensor be unable to complete the task, the system transfers the tasking to a second vehicle equipped with an operational sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: Rockwell Collins, Inc.
    Inventors: Ross D. Anderson, Subhashish CHAKRAVARTY, Matthew M. Lorch