Patents by Inventor Stephen James Pember

Stephen James Pember 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).

  • Patent number: 9754494
    Abstract: An air traffic control system in which several tactical sectors each control of a respective tactical controller can be amalgamated into a single super-sector under control of a single planning controller. The tactical controllers can collaboratively manage flights in neighboring tactical sectors within the same planning sector and have awareness of selected flights and interactions outside their own tactical sector; the invention assesses and selects which flights to display for each controller (based upon separation responsibility).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: NATS (EN ROUTE) PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
    Inventors: Melodi Irfan, Michael John Bull, Andrew Trevor Clinch, Stephen James Pember
  • Patent number: 9245451
    Abstract: An air traffic control system, for use by a controller controlling multiple aircraft, comprising a processor, an input device and a display device, further comprising: trajectory prediction means for calculating a trajectory for each aircraft, for inputting aircraft detected position data, and for recalculating the trajectories based on said position data, and conflict detection means for detecting, based on the trajectories, future circumstances under which pairs of aircraft violate predetermined proximity tests, and for causing a display on the display device indicating said circumstances, further comprising means for inputting instruction data corresponding to instructions issued by the controller to an aircraft, and in which the proximity indication means is arranged to use a first proximity test and a second, more restrictive, proximity test; and in which the system is arranged to display a symbol representing pairs of aircraft which violate the second test in a first display mode, and those which violat
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: NATS (EN ROUTE) PLC
    Inventors: Alison Laura Udal Roberts, Stephen James Pember
  • Publication number: 20120303253
    Abstract: An air traffic control system in which several tactical sectors each control of a respective tactical controller can be amalgamated into a single super-sector under control of a single planning controller. The tactical controllers can collaboratively manage flights in neighbouring tactical sectors within the same planning sector and have awareness of selected flights and interactions outside their own tactical sector; the invention assesses and selects which flights to display for each controller (based upon separation responsibility).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2010
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: NATS (EN ROUTE) PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
    Inventors: Melodi Irfan, Michael John Bull, Andrew Trevor Clinch, Stephen James Pember
  • Patent number: 8255147
    Abstract: An air traffic control system includes a trajectory prediction module for calculating a trajectory for each aircraft, for inputting aircraft detected position data, and for recalculating the trajectories based on said position data, and a conflict detector for detecting, based on the trajectories, future circumstances under which pairs of aircraft violate predetermined proximity tests, and for causing a display on the display device indicating said circumstances. The systems uses a first proximity test and a second, more restrictive, proximity test; and displays a symbol representing pairs of aircraft which violate the second test in a first mode, and those which violate the first set but not the second set in a second mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Nats (En Route) Public Limited Company
    Inventors: Alison Laura Udal Roberts, Stephen James Pember
  • Publication number: 20090012660
    Abstract: An air traffic control system, for use by a controller controlling multiple aircraft, comprising a processor, an input device and a display device, further comprising: trajectory prediction means for calculating a trajectory for each aircraft, for inputting aircraft detected position data, and for recalculating the trajectories based on said position data, and conflict detection means for detecting, based on the trajectories, future circumstances under which pairs of aircraft violate predetermined proximity tests, and for causing a display on the display device indicating said circumstances, further comprising means for inputting instruction data corresponding to instructions issued by the controller to an aircraft, and in which the proximity indication means is arranged to use a first proximity test and a second, more restrictive, proximity test; and in which the system is arranged to display a symbol representing pairs of aircraft which violate the second test in a first display mode, and those which violat
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2006
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Applicant: NATS (EN ROUTE) PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
    Inventors: Alison Laura Udal Roberts, Stephen James Pember
  • Publication number: 20090005960
    Abstract: An air traffic control system, for use by a controller controlling multiple aircraft, comprising a processor, an input device and a display device, further comprising: trajectory prediction means for calculating a trajectory for each aircraft, for inputting aircraft detected position data, and for recalculating the trajectories based on said position data, and conflict detection means for detecting, based on the trajectories, future circumstances under which pairs of aircraft violate predetermined proximity tests, and for causing a display on the display device indicating said circumstances, further comprising means for inputting instruction data corresponding to instructions issued by the controller to an aircraft, and in which the proximity indication means is arranged to use a first proximity test and a second, more restrictive, proximity test; and in which the system is arranged to display a symbol representing pairs of aircraft which violate the second test in a first display mode, and those which violat
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2006
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Inventors: Alison Laura Udal Roberts, Stephen James Pember