Patents by Inventor Sunitha Panchangam

Sunitha Panchangam 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: 11594144
    Abstract: In some examples, a collision awareness system includes two cameras mounted on portions of a vehicle and processing circuitry configured to determine a position of an object based on an image captured by a first camera when the object is within a field of view of the first camera. The processing circuitry is further configured to determine the position of the object based on an image captured by a second camera when the object is within a field of view of the second camera. The processing circuitry is also configured to determine whether a distance between a future position of the vehicle and a current or future position of the object is less than a threshold level. In response to determine that the distance is less than the threshold level, the processing circuitry can generate an alert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Sunitha Panchangam, Anoop Surendran, Nathan Krishnamoorthy, Lawrence J. Surace
  • Publication number: 20220309934
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods and systems, for a detection and avoidance system for beyond visual line of sight operations of urban air mobility in airspace. For instance, the method may include: receiving tracking data from a first source, the tracking data including information identifying a position of a tracked object within a radius of the vehicle, receiving map data from a second source, the map data comprising information identifying a position and/or a status of a mapped object within a radius of the vehicle, receiving sensor data from one or more sensors, determining a position of a target object within a radius of the vehicle by analyzing the tracking data, the map data, and/or the sensor data, and continuously determining whether to perform an adjustment to a route of the vehicle based on the determined position of each target object within the third predetermined radius of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventor: Sunitha PANCHANGAM
  • Publication number: 20210241637
    Abstract: In some examples, a collision awareness system includes two cameras mounted on portions of a vehicle and processing circuitry configured to determine a position of an object based on an image captured by a first camera when the object is within a field of view of the first camera. The processing circuitry is further configured to determine the position of the object based on an image captured by a second camera when the object is within a field of view of the second camera. The processing circuitry is also configured to determine whether a distance between a future position of the vehicle and a current or future position of the object is less than a threshold level. In response to determine that the distance is less than the threshold level, the processing circuitry can generate an alert.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Sunitha Panchangam, Anoop Surendran, Nathan Krishnamoorthy, Lawrence J. Surace
  • Patent number: 11030907
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatuses are provided for a Secondary Runway Aiming Point (SRAP) procedure of an approach by an ownship that includes identifying at least one aircraft making an approach that satisfy a set of preconditions to pair the aircraft to the ownship in the SRAP procedure; calculating a set of results based on lateral and vertical deviations of a paired SRAP aircraft to the ownship, and differential lateral and vertical rates of the paired SRAP aircraft to the ownship; deriving one or more points from the calculated set of results to determine whether in a flight path of the ownship there is an occurrence of an intrusion into a wake of the paired SRAP aircraft during the approach, and generating graphic data to present on the cockpit display the occurrence of the intrusion in the wake of the flight path of the ownship to the paired SRAP aircraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Anoop S, Sabu Mathew, Nathan Krishna Moorthy, Sunitha Panchangam
  • Publication number: 20200283165
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for alerting non-compliance with aviation standard operating procedures. In some examples, a method may include: determining an operating condition of an aircraft; based on the determined operating condition, determining one or more actions of operating the aircraft expected to be performed by an operator of the aircraft to adhere to a standard operating procedure applicable to the operating condition; determining whether the one or more actions have been performed; and upon determining that the one or more expected actions have not been performed, alerting the operator or an air traffic controller to indicate that the aircraft is not adhering to the applicable standard operating procedure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Nathan KRISHNAMOORTHY, Anoop S, Sunitha PANCHANGAM, Justin SCHASSLER
  • Publication number: 20200231148
    Abstract: In some examples, a collision awareness system for a vehicle includes a camera configured to mount on a protrusion of the vehicle and capture an image and a wireless transmitter configured to mount on the protrusion of the vehicle. The collision awareness system includes processing circuitry configured to mount on the protrusion of the vehicle, receive the image from the camera, and determine a distance between a point on the vehicle and an object based on the image. The processing circuitry is also configured to determine whether the distance between the point on the vehicle and the object is less than a threshold level. The processing circuitry is further configured to cause the wireless transmitter to transmit an alert to a receiver mounted on the vehicle in response to determining that the distance between the point on the vehicle and the object is less than the threshold level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2019
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventors: Sunitha Panchangam, Nathan Krishnamoorthy, Anoop Surendran, Lawrence J. Surace
  • Patent number: 10713962
    Abstract: Systems and methods and disclosed for alerting improper inhibition of alerts of aircraft warning systems. In some examples, a method may include: determining whether an inhibition of a safety alert of a warning system of an aircraft is activated; upon determining that the inhibition is activated, determining whether the inhibition is improper under current or upcoming operating conditions of the aircraft, the current or upcoming operating conditions including a current or projected position of the aircraft and a weather condition at the current or projected position; and upon determining that the inhibition is improper under the current or upcoming operating conditions, alerting an operator of the aircraft to deactivate the inhibition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Anoop S, Sunitha Panchangam, Nathan Krishnamoorthy, Justin Schassler
  • Patent number: 10176721
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for displaying portions of a route on a coverage map that are non-compliant for a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) navigation system in an aircraft. A route compliance module defines a geodetic reference datum standard based on the GNSS navigation system. A navigation system database has compliance information corresponding to each of a plurality of airports. A flight management system determines the route of the aircraft and a visual display displays the route and the coverage map. The route compliance module identifies a non-compliant region of the coverage map that is not compliant with the geodetic reference datum standard based on the compliance information and adjusts the visual display to differentiate a non-compliant portion of the route extending within the non-compliant region of the coverage map.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Pramod Kumar Malviya, Pradeep Huncha, Vinay Somashekar, Sreenivasan Govindillam K, Nathan K, Anoop S, Sunitha Panchangam
  • Publication number: 20180247548
    Abstract: A method of supplementing high design assurance level system information for an aircraft is provided. The method includes dynamically gathering low design assurance level information from the internet with a communication system based on a requests by a cockpit browser. The low design assurance level information is parsed with the high design assurance level information with a parser of the cockpit browser to generate combined assurance level information. The combined assurance level information is displayed on a display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: Sunitha Panchangam, Anoop S, Prasanna Murthy Gurajapu, Nathan K
  • Publication number: 20180158343
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for displaying portions of a route on a coverage map that are non-compliant for a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) navigation system in an aircraft. A route compliance module defines a geodetic reference datum standard based on the GNSS navigation system. A navigation system database has compliance information corresponding to each of a plurality of airports. A flight management system determines the route of the aircraft and a visual display displays the route and the coverage map. The route compliance module identifies a non-compliant region of the coverage map that is not compliant with the geodetic reference datum standard based on the compliance information and adjusts the visual display to differentiate a non-compliant portion of the route extending within the non-compliant region of the coverage map.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Pramod Kumar Malviya, Pradeep Huncha, Vinay Somashekar, Sreenivasan Govindillam K, Nathan K, Anoop S, Sunitha Panchangam