Patents by Inventor Stephen P. SIMON

Stephen P. SIMON 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).

  • Vehicle and drone management system
    Patent number: 10706381
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a system and method of delivering packages. The system may include a plurality of land vehicles that transport a plurality of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to locations within a distance of delivery destinations. The system may determine, based on a number of packages to be delivered to destinations in a geographical area, a number of land vehicles to carry the packages to within a UAV round-trip range of each of the destinations. The system may allocate the number of packages to the number of land vehicles. The system may determine a route for each land vehicle that brings the land vehicle within the UAV round-trip range of each destination. The system may dispatch the UAVs carrying the packages from the land vehicle at dispatch locations along the respective route.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Omnitracs, LLC
    Inventors: Stephen P. Simon, Wesley M. Mays
  • VEHICLE AND DRONE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20190012636
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a system and method of delivering packages. The system may include a plurality of land vehicles that transport a plurality of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to locations within a distance of delivery destinations. The system may determine, based on a number of packages to be delivered to destinations in a geographical area, a number of land vehicles to carry the packages to within a UAV round-trip range of each of the destinations. The system may allocate the number of packages to the number of land vehicles. The system may determine a route for each land vehicle that brings the land vehicle within the UAV round-trip range of each destination. The system may dispatch the UAVs carrying the packages from the land vehicle at dispatch locations along the respective route.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2017
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Inventors: Stephen P. SIMON, Wesley M. MAYS