Patents by Inventor Theodore H. Cannaday

Theodore H. Cannaday 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 for digital transmission and display of weather imagery
    Patent number: 7668656
    Abstract: A method for creating minimal data representing a source image is presented. The source image is divided into a grid of cells. A color is selected for each cell corner based on sampling an area defined by the cell corner. An indication of the selected color is stored in an array dependent on the co-ordinates of the cell corner in the source image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2010
    Assignee: Avidyne Corporation
    Inventors: David A. Southard, Lowell F. Bell, Michael A. Aucoin, Frédéric Gouin, Theodore H. Cannaday, Jr.
  • Method for digital transmission and display of weather imagery
    Publication number: 20080158049
    Abstract: A method for creating minimal data representing a source image is presented. The source image is divided into a grid of cells. A color is selected for each cell corner based on sampling an area defined by the cell corner. An indication of the selected color is stored in an array dependent on the co-ordinates of the cell corner in the source image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2008
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Inventors: David A. Southard, Lowell F. Bell, Michael A. Aucoin, Frederic Gouin, Theodore H. Cannaday.
  • Method for digital transmission and display of weather imagery
    Patent number: 7379816
    Abstract: A method for creating minimal data representing a source image is presented. The source image is divided into a grid of cells. A color is selected for each cell corner based on sampling an area defined by the cell corner. An indication of the selected color is stored in an array dependent on the co-ordinates of the cell corner in the source image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Avidyne Corporation
    Inventors: David A. Southard, Lowell F. Bell, Michael A. Aucoin, Frédéric Gouin, Theodore H. Cannaday, Jr.
  • Method for digital transmission and display of weather imagery
    Patent number: 7039505
    Abstract: A method for creating minimal data representing a source image is presented. The source image is divided into a grid of cells. A color is selected for each cell corner based on sampling an area defined by the cell corner. An indication of the selected color is stored in an array dependent on the co-ordinates of the cell corner in the source image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2006
    Assignee: Avidyne Corporation
    Inventors: David A. Southard, Lowell F. Bell, Michael A. Aucoin, Frédéric Gouin, Theodore H. Cannaday, Jr.
  • Beam width display method and system
    Patent number: 6614383
    Abstract: A weather radar display system displays a beam indicator indicative of a radar beam. The beam indicator represents width of the radar beam as a function of range (distance from the radar beam source). The beam indicator allows a pilot to easily discern accuracy of detected weather conditions based on the beam width.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Assignee: Avidyne Corporation
    Inventor: Theodore H. Cannaday, Jr.
  • Beam elevation display method and system
    Patent number: 6614382
    Abstract: The relative altitude of the center of a radar beam in relation to the aircraft's altitude at a plurality of distance ranges from the radar source is computed. A plurality of range rings representing the distance ranges are displayed. The computed relative altitude is displayed adjacent to each range ring displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Assignee: Avidyne Corporation
    Inventors: Theodore H. Cannaday, Jr., Edward C. Pershouse
  • Displaying lightning strikes
    Patent number: 6606564
    Abstract: Lightning strikes are displayed as uniformly-structured (e.g., gaussian) kernels that decay in size and intensity over time. The lightning strikes may be displayed as they occur, or stored for later display. Overlapping areas of the kernels are displayed in different colors than corresponding non-overlapping areas. A color (or colors) displayed in an overlapping area is a function of the number of kernels that overlap in that area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2003
    Assignee: Avidyne Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel J. Schwinn, Theodore H. Cannaday, Frederic D. Barber, David P. Bedrosian
  • Displaying lightning strikes
    Patent number: 6560538
    Abstract: Lightning strikes are displayed as uniformly-structured (e.g., gaussian) kernels that decay in size and intensity over time. The lightning strikes may be displayed as they occur, or stored for later display. Overlapping areas of the kernels are displayed in different colors than corresponding non-overlapping areas. A color (or colors) displayed in an overlapping area is a function of the number of kernels that overlap in that area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2003
    Assignee: Avidyne Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel J. Schwinn, Theodore H. Cannaday, Frederic D. Barber, David P. Bedrosian
  • Displaying lightning strikes
    Publication number: 20020163446
    Abstract: Lightning strikes are displayed as uniformly-structured (e.g., gaussian) kernels that decay in size and intensity over time. The lightning strikes may be displayed as they occur, or stored for later display. Overlapping areas of the kernels are displayed in different colors than corresponding non-overlapping areas. A color (or colors) displayed in an overlapping area is a function of the number of kernels that overlap in that area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2002
    Publication date: November 7, 2002
    Inventors: Daniel J. Schwinn, Theodore H. Cannaday, Frederic D. Barber, David P. Bedrosian
  • Displaying lightning strikes
    Publication number: 20020133295
    Abstract: Lightning strikes are displayed as uniformly-structured (e.g., gaussian) kernels that decay in size and intensity over time. The lightning strikes may be displayed as they occur, or stored for later display. Overlapping areas of the kernels are displayed in different colors than corresponding non-overlapping areas. A color (or colors) displayed in an overlapping area is a function of the number of kernels that overlap in that area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2002
    Publication date: September 19, 2002
    Inventors: Daniel J. Schwinn, Theodore H. Cannaday, Frederic D. Barber, David P. Bedrosian
  • Displaying lightning strikes
    Publication number: 20020075170
    Abstract: Lightning strikes are displayed as uniformly-structured (e.g., gaussian) kernels that decay in size and intensity over time. The lightning strikes may be displayed as they occur, or stored for later display. Overlapping areas of the kernels are displayed in different colors than corresponding non-overlapping areas. A color (or colors) displayed in an overlapping area is a function of the number of kernels that overlap in that area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2002
    Publication date: June 20, 2002
    Inventors: Daniel J. Schwinn, Theodore H. Cannaday, Frederic D. Barber, David P. Bedrosian
  • Displaying lightning strikes
    Patent number: 6405133
    Abstract: Lightning strikes are displayed as uniformly-structured (e.g., gaussian) kernels that decay in size and intensity over time. The lightning strikes may be displayed as they occur, or stored for later display. Overlapping areas of the kernels are displayed in different colors than corresponding non-overlapping areas. A color (or colors) displayed in an overlapping area is a function of the number of kernels that overlap in that area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2002
    Assignee: Avidyne Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel J. Schwinn, Theodore H. Cannaday, Frederic D. Barber, David P. Bedrosian