Patents by Inventor Scott M. Manderville

Scott M. Manderville 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: 20130115969
    Abstract: In one preferred embodiment the present invention will provide a system and method for tracking a plurality of user cell phones within a defined coverage area, including indoor areas of a buildings and/or within sub-surface structures. Such a system will include: at least one cell phone located within a predefined coverage area; a direction finding receiver, comprising a plurality of sensors, for receiving transmissions from the cell phone; and a location server for calculating the position and tracking movement of the cell phone. In another preferred embodiment, the inventive system will further comprise at least one local cell through which the tracked cell phone communicates with a cellular phone network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2012
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Inventors: Fred H. Holmes, Kevin C. Baxter, Scott M. Manderville
  • Patent number: 8325563
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for locating a weapon fire incident such as an acoustic transient from a gunshot, explosion, weapons launch, etc. In one exemplary implementation, there is provided a method of locating the incident from a combination of propagation phenomena including a discharge time of the weapon fire incident. Moreover, the method may include obtaining a first propagation parameter of the incident from one or more first sensors, obtaining the discharge time from another sensor, and processing the data to determine a location using a common time basis among sensor measurements. According to further exemplary implementations, the discharge time may include a transient event that has a different propagation velocity than that of sound in the atmosphere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Shotspotter, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert B. Calhoun, Robert L. Showen, James G. Beldock, Scott M. Manderville, Jason W. Dunham
  • Publication number: 20120182837
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for locating a weapon fire incident such as an acoustic transient from a gunshot, explosion, weapons launch, etc. In one exemplary implementation, there is provided a method of locating the incident from a combination of propagation phenomena including a discharge time of the weapon fire incident. Moreover, the method may include obtaining a first propagation parameter of the incident from one or more first sensors, obtaining the discharge time from another sensor, and processing the data to determine a location using a common time basis among sensor measurements. According to further exemplary implementations, the discharge time may include a transient event that has a different propagation velocity than that of sound in the atmosphere.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2008
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Inventors: Robert B. Calhoun, Robert L. Showen, James G. Beldock, Scott M. Manderville, Jason W. Dunham