Patents by Inventor Sylvain Letourneau

Sylvain Letourneau 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).

  • Method of identifying abnormal behavior in a fleet of vehicles
    Patent number: 6732063
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for monitoring a complex system, such as a fleet of aircraft, having multiple sub-systems described by a plurality of operating parameters. Data pertaining to the operating parameters is continually generated during operation of the vehicles. The data is normalized to take into account variability factor and stored in a central database. New incoming data from the sub-systems is continually compared with the stored data to identify abnormalities. The invention is applicable to the monitoring of a fleet of aircraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2004
    Assignee: National Research Council of Canada
    Inventors: A. Famili, Sylvain Letourneau, Chris O'Brien
  • Method of identifying abnormal behaviour in a fleet of vehicles
    Publication number: 20030149550
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for monitoring a complex system, such as a fleet of aircraft, having multiple sub-systems described by a plurality of operating parameters. Data pertaining to the operating parameters is continually generated during operation of the vehicles. The data is normalized to take into account variability factor and stored in a central database. New incoming data from the sub-systems is continually compared with the stored data to identify abnormalities. The invention is applicable to the monitoring of a fleet of aircraft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2002
    Publication date: August 7, 2003
    Inventors: A. Famili, Sylvain Letourneau, Chris O'Brien