Patents by Inventor Senthilnathan Kannan

Senthilnathan Kannan 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).

  • Distance correction for damage prevention system
    Patent number: 7920068
    Abstract: A system and method for determining a distance of a utility asset from a moving equipment. The invention determines a first current location of the equipment; accesses stored coordinates for a plurality of utility assets; selects an area of interest including a portion of the plurality of utility assets; identifies local utility assets in the selected area; determines a utility asset nearest to the first current position of the equipment, from the local utility assets; determines velocity and direction of the moving equipment; and determines the distance from the nearest utility asset to the second current location of the equipment responsive to the determined velocity and direction of the equipment. The invention may then generate a warning indication responsive to the determined distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2011
    Assignee: Global Precision Solutions, LLP.
    Inventors: Tom Y. Sawyer, Jr., Daniel E. Colby, Senthilnathan Kannan
  • DISTANCE CORRECTION FOR DAMAGE PREVENTION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20090237263
    Abstract: A system and method for determining a distance of a utility asset from a moving equipment. The invention determines a first current location of the equipment; accesses stored coordinates for a plurality of utility assets; selects an area of interest including a portion of the plurality of utility assets; identifies local utility assets in the selected area; determines a utility asset nearest to the first current position of the equipment, from the local utility assets; determines velocity and direction of the moving equipment; and determines the distance from the nearest utility asset to the second current location of the equipment responsive to the determined velocity and direction of the equipment. The invention may then generate a warning indication responsive to the determined distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2006
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Inventors: Tom Y. Sawyer, JR., Daniel E. Colby, Senthilnathan Kannan