Patents by Inventor Sarah Anne Mecklem

Sarah Anne Mecklem 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: 11417227
    Abstract: A method of generating an aircraft display includes receiving data at a device. The data includes information associated with a first aircraft and one or more other aircraft in an airspace associated with the first aircraft. The method includes determining, at the device, estimated flightpaths for the first aircraft and the one or more other aircraft. The method includes generating, at the device, a detect and avoid gauge display based on a current flightpath of the first aircraft and the estimated flightpaths. The method also includes sending, from the device to a display device coupled to the device, the detect and avoid gauge for display. The detect and avoid gauge is configured to display a flightpath indicator to indicate a direction of travel of the first aircraft and is configured to display alert bands related to projected separation violations with respect to the one or more other aircraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Sarah Anne Mecklem, Brendan Patrick Williams, Darcy Lynn Davidson, John W. Benton, Lennon Richard Cork, Peter Barton Popenoe
  • Patent number: 10937328
    Abstract: A method includes determining data indicating velocity uncertainty, relative position uncertainty, or both, associated with an aircraft and a navigation hazard. The method also includes determining a set of bounding vectors based on the data and determining a plurality of candidate intersection points that together correspond to circular or spherical regions defined by the set of bounding vectors. The method also includes identifying a region of interest based on a projected intersection of the aircraft or the navigation hazard with a candidate intersection point and generating a situational awareness display based on the region of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Grace Shanti Garden, Sarah Anne Mecklem, Reece A. Clothier, Brendan Patrick Williams, Neale Leslie Fulton
  • Publication number: 20200202732
    Abstract: A method of generating an aircraft display includes receiving data at a device. The data includes information associated with a first aircraft and one or more other aircraft in an airspace associated with the first aircraft. The method includes determining, at the device, estimated flightpaths for the first aircraft and the one or more other aircraft. The method includes generating, at the device, a detect and avoid gauge display based on a current flightpath of the first aircraft and the estimated flightpaths. The method also includes sending, from the device to a display device coupled to the device, the detect and avoid gauge for display. The detect and avoid gauge is configured to display a flightpath indicator to indicate a direction of travel of the first aircraft and is configured to display alert bands related to projected separation violations with respect to the one or more other aircraft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2020
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Sarah Anne Mecklem, Brendan Patrick Williams, Darcy Lynn Davidson, John W. Benton, Lennon Richard Cork, Peter Barton Popenoe
  • Publication number: 20200111375
    Abstract: A method includes determining data indicating velocity uncertainty, relative position uncertainty, or both, associated with an aircraft and a navigation hazard. The method also includes determining a set of bounding vectors based on the data and determining a plurality of candidate intersection points that together correspond to circular or spherical regions defined by the set of bounding vectors. The method also includes identifying a region of interest based on a projected intersection of the aircraft or the navigation hazard with a candidate intersection point and generating a situational awareness display based on the region of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2018
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Grace Shanti Garden, Sarah Anne Mecklem, Reece A. Clothier, Brendan Patrick Williams, Neale Leslie Fulton