Patents by Inventor Stephen E. Ross

Stephen E. Ross 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).

  • Gun salvo scheduler
    Patent number: 5682006
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a computer based eminent and dormant threat acquisition, assessment and defense system. Threats are classified as to eminence and incidence of detection and rounds are optimally scheduled to defeat the threats based on inventory of defensive rounds, response time and probability of kill.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 28, 1997
    Assignee: FMC Corp.
    Inventors: John Stephen Perry, Stephen E. Ross
  • System for parallel implementation of combinatorial optimization in a multiprocessor network for generating search graphs for solving enumerative problems
    Patent number: 5517654
    Abstract: The method and apparatus disclosed herein relates to parallel implementation of a combinatorial optimization in a multiprocessor network. The system operates as an intermediary between a root processor and a multiprocessor network. The system generates shadow nodes which are used to occupy idle capacity available within the multiprocessor network. Particularly, the shadow nodes are used to refine solutions for enumerative problems, search graph and the like while providing a near 100% utilization of a processor time in a multiprocessor network. The system provides a fully asynchronous and homogenous system design to enable the creation of locally ordered expansion queues.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 14, 1996
    Assignee: FMC Corp.
    Inventors: Jeffrey C. Kimbel, Marc D. Diamond, Stephen E. Ross, Charles L. Rennolet