Patents by Inventor Steven L. Fleiger-Holmes

Steven L. Fleiger-Holmes 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).

  • Airplane position assurance monitor
    Patent number: 9257050
    Abstract: An onboard monitor that ensures the accuracy of data representing the calculated position of an airplane during final approach to a runway. This airplane position assurance monitor is a software function that uses dissimilar sources of airplane position and runway data to ensure the accuracy of the respective data from those dissimilar sources. ILS data and GPS or GPS/Baro data are the dissimilar sources of airplane position data used by this function. This function will calculate the airplane's angular deviations from the runway centerline and from the glide slope with onboard equipment and then compare those angular deviations to the ILS angular deviation information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Steven L. Fleiger-Holmes, Timothy Allen Murphy, Jean Marie Crane
  • Perspective runway system
    Patent number: 8711007
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and computer program product for displaying information about runways. A runway for an aircraft is identified when the aircraft is within a selected distance of the runway. A number of graphical indicators are displayed on a display in a flight deck. The number of graphical indicators corresponds to a number of features of the runway present in a field of view for an eye reference point in the flight deck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Sherwin S. Chen, Jean M. Crane, Steven L. Fleiger-Holmes, Wayne R. Jones, Bruce P. Samuels, Bechara J. Mallouk
  • Airplane Position Assurance Monitor
    Publication number: 20140100720
    Abstract: An onboard monitor that ensures the accuracy of data representing the calculated position of an airplane during final approach to a runway. This airplane position assurance monitor is a software function that uses dissimilar sources of airplane position and runway data to ensure the accuracy of the respective data from those dissimilar sources. ILS data and GPS or GPS/Baro data are the dissimilar sources of airplane position data used by this function. This function will calculate the airplane's angular deviations from the runway centerline and from the glide slope with onboard equipment and then compare those angular deviations to the ILS angular deviation information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2013
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Steven L. Fleiger-Holmes, Timothy Allen Murphy, Jean Marie Crane
  • Airplane position assurance monitor
    Patent number: 8630756
    Abstract: An onboard monitor that ensures the accuracy of data representing the calculated position of an airplane during final approach to a runway. This airplane position assurance monitor is a software function that uses dissimilar sources of airplane position and runway data to ensure the accuracy of the respective data from those dissimilar sources. ILS data and GPS or GPS/Baro data are the dissimilar sources of airplane position data used by this function. This function will calculate the airplane's angular deviations from the runway centerline and from the glide slope with onboard equipment and then compares those angular deviations to the ILS angular deviation information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Steven L. Fleiger-Holmes, Timothy Allen Murphy, Jean Marie Crane
  • Airplane Position Assurance Monitor
    Publication number: 20120265376
    Abstract: An onboard monitor that ensures the accuracy of data representing the calculated position of an airplane during final approach to a runway. This airplane position assurance monitor is a software function that uses dissimilar sources of airplane position and runway data to ensure the accuracy of the respective data from those dissimilar sources. ILS data and GPS or GPS/Baro data are the dissimilar sources of airplane position data used by this function. This function will calculate the airplane's angular deviations from the runway centerline and from the glide slope with onboard equipment and then compares those angular deviations to the ILS angular deviation information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2011
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Steven L. Fleiger-Holmes, Timothy Allen Murphy, Jean Marie Crane
  • Perspective Runway System
    Publication number: 20110304479
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and computer program product for displaying information about runways. A runway for an aircraft is identified when the aircraft is within a selected distance of the runway. A number of graphical indicators are displayed on a display in a flight deck. The number of graphical indicators corresponds to a number of features of the runway present in a field of view for an eye reference point in the flight deck.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2010
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Sherwin S. Chen, Jean M. Crane, Steven L. Fleiger-Holmes, Wayne R. Jones, Bruce P. Samuels, Bechara J. Mallouk