Patents by Inventor Scott W. Nicholson

Scott W. Nicholson 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).

  • Three-dimensional (3D) radar weather data rendering techniques
    Patent number: 11300680
    Abstract: Disclosed in some examples are methods, systems, devices, and machine-readable media for 3D radar weather data rendering techniques. A computer-implemented method for 3D radar weather data rendering includes retrieving weather data from a weather radar. Gridded data is generated based on the weather data. The gridded data includes a uniform grid of cubes, where each of the cubes is associated with at least one weather parameter value of a plurality of weather parameter values corresponding to the weather data. A triangular mesh for a data grouping within the gridded data is extracted. An object file including vertices and faces associated with the triangular mesh is generated. The object file is communicated to a three-dimensional (3D) visualization system to present a 3D rendering of the object file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Mark A. Cornell, Rachel M. Phinney, Nicole A. Haffke, John Elkins, Alan M. Lee, Sabien D. Jarmin, Scott W. Nicholson
  • THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) RADAR WEATHER DATA RENDERING TECHNIQUES
    Publication number: 20200319335
    Abstract: Disclosed in some examples are methods, systems, devices, and machine-readable media for 3D radar weather data rendering techniques. A computer-implemented method for 3D radar weather data rendering includes retrieving weather data from a weather radar. Gridded data is generated based on the weather data. The gridded data includes a uniform grid of cubes, where each of the cubes is associated with at least one weather parameter value of a plurality of weather parameter values corresponding to the weather data. A triangular mesh for a data grouping within the gridded data is extracted. An object file including vertices and faces associated with the triangular mesh is generated. The object file is communicated to a three-dimensional (3D) visualization system to present a 3D rendering of the object file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: Mark A. Cornell, Rachel M. Phinney, Nicole A. Haffke, John Elkins, Alan M. Lee, Sabien D. Jarmin, Scott W. Nicholson