Patents by Inventor Shawn Robert LaGrotta

Shawn Robert LaGrotta 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).

  • Local positioning with communication tags
    Patent number: 10382569
    Abstract: A local positioning system may include a reader assembly and a data processing assembly. The reader assembly may be configured to read tag data from at least one wireless communication tag of a plurality of wireless communication tags disposed in spaced-apart fixed positions relative to a structure extending along an expanse when the reader assembly is disposed in the expanse proximate to the at least one wireless communication tag. The reader assembly may also generate a communication-tag signal representative of the read tag data. A data processing assembly may be configured to access a mapping of the plurality of wireless communication tags relative to the structure. The data processing assembly may be further configured to determine a location of the reader assembly based on the read tag data and the mapping of the plurality of wireless communication tags relative to the structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Guangyu Pei, David Kirkland, Ethan Carl Owyang, Shawn Robert LaGrotta
  • LOCAL POSITIONING WITH COMMUNICATION TAGS
    Publication number: 20180063260
    Abstract: A local positioning system may include a reader assembly and a data processing assembly. The reader assembly may be configured to read tag data from at least one wireless communication tag of a plurality of wireless communication tags disposed in spaced-apart fixed positions relative to a structure extending along an expanse when the reader assembly is disposed in the expanse proximate to the at least one wireless communication tag. The reader assembly may also generate a communication-tag signal representative of the read tag data. A data processing assembly may be configured to access a mapping of the plurality of wireless communication tags relative to the structure. The data processing assembly may be further configured to determine a location of the reader assembly based on the read tag data and the mapping of the plurality of wireless communication tags relative to the structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2016
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Guangyu Pei, David Kirkland, Ethan Carl Owyang, Shawn Robert LaGrotta