Patents by Inventor Thomas A. Snyder

Thomas A. Snyder 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).

  • Publication number: 20240079872
    Abstract: A method automatically detects stability of a regulator cascade having a number of cascaded regulators. A regulation error of a respective regulator is processed by the respective regulator and the processed regulation error is output as a regulator manipulated variable. A reference variable for the respectively downstream regulator in the regulator cascade is ascertained as a function of the regulator manipulated variable. The method includes: ascertaining an energy content of a respective regulation error; ascertaining whether an absolute value of a respective regulator manipulated variable exceeds an associated limiting value or not; and generating a stability measure for the regulator cascade as a function of the energy contents of the respective regulation errors and as a function of whether the respective regulator manipulated variables exceed their associated limiting values or not.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Thomas PETERSEN, Ingo SNYDERS-GLOCKE, Roland LUECKEN, Thomas EUTEBACH
  • Publication number: 20240053609
    Abstract: A system includes an event camera mounted in a cockpit of an aircraft, a pre-mapped data set representing the cockpit and a processor adapted to determine a location and a position of a head-mountable device comprising one or more visual markers based, at least in part, on data from the event camera and the pre-mapped data set, wherein the data from the event camera comprises at least one image comprising a portion of the cockpit represented by the pre-mapped data set and one or more of the visual markers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventor: Glenn Thomas Snyder
  • Patent number: 11887495
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer products according to the principles of the present inventions may involve a training system for a pilot of an aircraft. The training system may include an aircraft sensor system affixed to the aircraft adapted to provide a location of the aircraft, including an altitude of the aircraft, speed of the aircraft, and directional attitude of the aircraft. It may further include a helmet position sensor system adapted to determine a location of a helmet within a cockpit of the aircraft and a viewing direction of a pilot wearing the helmet. The helmet may include a see-through computer display through which the pilot sees an environment outside of the aircraft with computer content overlaying the environment to create an augmented reality view of the environment for the pilot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: RED SIX AEROSPACE INC.
    Inventors: Daniel Augustine Robinson, Nikola Vladimir Bicanic, Glenn Thomas Snyder
  • Patent number: 11869388
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer products according to the principles of the present inventions may involve a training system for a pilot of an aircraft. The training system may include an aircraft sensor system affixed to the aircraft adapted to provide a location of the aircraft, including an altitude of the aircraft, speed of the aircraft, and directional attitude of the aircraft. It may further include a helmet position sensor system adapted to determine a location of a helmet within a cockpit of the aircraft and a viewing direction of a pilot wearing the helmet. The helmet may include a see-through computer display through which the pilot sees an environment outside of the aircraft with computer content overlaying the environment to create an augmented reality view of the environment for the pilot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: RED SIX AEROSPACE INC.
    Inventors: Daniel Augustine Robinson, Nikola Vladimir Bicanic, Glenn Thomas Snyder
  • Publication number: 20240005811
    Abstract: A method, includes transmitting data for presenting an augmented reality image of a virtual aircraft positioned at a geospatial location to a pilot operating a real vehicle, wherein the virtual aircraft is presented through a head mounted see-through optical system, transmitting an instruction to present a target lock indication to the pilot, receiving an indication that the pilot has initiated launch of a weapon from the vehicle's weapons system, wherein the indication of launch initiation is communicated to the simulation computer system and the simulation computer system generates a launched weapon, transmitting data for presenting an augmented reality image to the pilot representing the launched weapon and transmitting data for presenting an augmented reality image graphically illustrated as an explosion based at least in part on an estimated intersection of the virtual weapon and virtual aircraft by the simulation computing system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Daniel Augustine Robinson, Glenn Thomas Snyder, Max M. Marosko, III, Geoffrey Edward Lohmiller
  • Publication number: 20240005812
    Abstract: A method, includes receiving training exercise data representative of interactions between at least a real aircraft and a virtually presented aircraft that participated in a simulated training exercise, wherein the exercise data is selected from the group consisting of tracked geospatial locations of the real aircraft, tracked geospatial locations of the virtual aircraft, tracked geospatial locations of a launched virtual missile from the real aircraft, a target lock indicating that a weapons system of the real vehicle had a weapons target lock on the virtual aircraft, an indication that the pilot-initiated launch of a weapon from the vehicle's weapons system and an indication of an explosion based at least in part on an estimated intersection of the virtual weapon and virtual aircraft by the simulation computing system and presenting the training exercise data as a three-dimensional battlefield that adapted to be paused and played.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Daniel Augustine Robinson, Glenn Thomas Snyder, Max M. Marosko, III, Geoffrey Edward Lohmiller
  • Patent number: 11862042
    Abstract: An augmented reality system includes a geospatial location system adapted to identify a current location of a vehicle, a plurality of vehicle condition sensors adapted to identify the vehicle's positional attitude, direction of motion, and speed within an environment at the current location, a helmet position sensor system adapted to determine a location of a helmet within the vehicle and a viewing direction of a pilot wearing the helmet the helmet comprising a see-through computer display through which the pilot is enabled to see an environment outside of the vehicle with computer content overlaying the environment to create an augmented reality view of the environment for the pilot, a data storage module adapted to store the data from the geospatial location system, plurality of vehicle condition sensors and the helmet position sensor with a time of acquisition of each respective type of data and a processor adapted to present geospatially located augmented reality content to the helmet based, at least in p
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: RED SIX AEROSPACE INC.
    Inventors: Daniel Augustine Robinson, Nikola Vladimir Bicanic, Glenn Thomas Snyder
  • Publication number: 20230419853
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer products according to the principles of the present inventions may involve a training system for a pilot of an aircraft. The training system may include an aircraft sensor system affixed to the aircraft adapted to provide a location of the aircraft, including an altitude of the aircraft, speed of the aircraft, and directional attitude of the aircraft. It may further include a helmet position sensor system adapted to determine a location of a helmet within a cockpit of the aircraft and a viewing direction of a pilot wearing the helmet. The helmet may include a see-through computer display through which the pilot sees an environment outside of the aircraft with computer content overlaying the environment to create an augmented reality view of the environment for the pilot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Daniel Augustine Robinson, Nikola Vladimir Bicanic, Glenn Thomas Snyder
  • Publication number: 20230360555
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer products according to the principles of the present inventions may involve a training system for a pilot of an aircraft. The training system may include an aircraft sensor system affixed to the aircraft adapted to provide a location of the aircraft, including an altitude of the aircraft, speed of the aircraft, and directional attitude of the aircraft. It may further include a helmet position sensor system adapted to determine a location of a helmet within a cockpit of the aircraft and a viewing direction of a pilot wearing the helmet. The helmet may include a see-through computer display through which the pilot sees an environment outside of the aircraft with computer content overlaying the environment to create an augmented reality view of the environment for the pilot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: RED SIX AEROSPACE INC
    Inventors: Daniel Augustine Robinson, Nikola Vladimir Bicanic, Glenn Thomas Snyder
  • Publication number: 20230360554
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer products according to the principles of the present inventions may involve a training system for a pilot of an aircraft. The training system may include an aircraft sensor system affixed to the aircraft adapted to provide a location of the aircraft, including an altitude of the aircraft, speed of the aircraft, and directional attitude of the aircraft. It may further include a helmet position sensor system adapted to determine a location of a helmet within a cockpit of the aircraft and a viewing direction of a pilot wearing the helmet. The helmet may include a see-through computer display through which the pilot sees an environment outside of the aircraft with computer content overlaying the environment to create an augmented reality view of the environment for the pilot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: RED SIX AEROSPACE INC
    Inventors: Daniel Augustine Robinson, Nikola Vladimir Bicanic, Glenn Thomas Snyder
  • Publication number: 20230215287
    Abstract: A system, includes a memory in communication with a processor, the memory storing instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to receive a first location of a real vehicle, receive an updated location of the real vehicle, compute, utilizing at least the first location and the updated location, a future location of the real vehicle at a predetermined time in the future and output data to a display device adapted to display to a user of the display device at the predetermined time a mixed reality representation of an environment surrounding the real vehicle as viewed from the future location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Daniel Augustine Robinson, Glenn Thomas Snyder, Nikola Vladimir Bicanic
  • Publication number: 20230201723
    Abstract: A computer system, includes a memory in communication with a processor, the memory storing instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to maintain a virtual environment, manage a virtual asset within the virtual environment, map a geospatial position of a real vehicle into a position within the virtual environment representative of the geospatial position and determine a measurement between the position of the real vehicle in the virtual environment to the virtual asset, wherein one or more attributes of the virtual asset are controlled by a user playing a game comprising the virtual environment and wherein the user controls the virtual asset with respect to a virtual representation of the real vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Daniel Augustine Robinson, Glenn Thomas Snyder
  • Publication number: 20230206781
    Abstract: A system, including a memory in communication with a processor, the memory storing instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to create and store a geospatial virtual environment comprising a plurality of entities each having one or more location attributes and corresponding time attributes wherein at least one of the plurality of entities is a virtual asset and wherein at least one of the plurality of entities represents a real vehicle having a defined location within a physical space having spatial coordinates that are mapped to the virtual environment, receive an updated location of the real vehicle, map the received location of the real vehicle to the geospatial virtual environment, update the entity of the geospatial virtual environment corresponding to the real vehicle with the mapped received location and output data comprising a portion of the geospatial virtual environment to a display device adapted to display to an operator of the real vehicle a mixed reality representatio
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Daniel Augustine Robinson, Glenn Thomas Snyder, Nikola Vladimir Bicanic
  • Publication number: 20230206780
    Abstract: A computer system including a memory in communication with a processor, the memory storing instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to maintain a virtual environment, manage a virtual asset within the virtual environment, map a geospatial position of a real vehicle into a position within the virtual environment representative of the geospatial position. determine a measurement between the position of the real vehicle in the virtual environment to the virtual asset and communicate content representative of the virtual asset to a mixed reality optical system configured for an operator of the real vehicle, wherein the content is presented at a time and position based, at least in part, on the measurement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Daniel Augustine Robinson, Glenn Thomas Snyder
  • Patent number: 11636028
    Abstract: A method for testing a system under test (SUT) in an active environment to identify cause of a soft failure includes recording a first difference vector by executing a set of test cases on a baseline system and monitoring performance parameters of the baseline system before and after executing the test cases. Each performance record represents differences in the performance parameters of the baseline system from before and after the execution of a corresponding test case. The method further includes, similarly, recording a second difference vector by executing the test cases on the SUT and monitoring performance parameters of the SUT before and after executing the test cases. The method further includes identifying an outlier performance record from the second difference vector by comparing the difference vectors and further, determining a root cause of the soft failure by analyzing a test case corresponding to the outlier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew C. M. Hicks, Ryan Thomas Rawlins, Dale E. Blue, Jacob Thomas Snyder
  • Publication number: 20230108678
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a system for facilitating real pilots in real aircraft using augmented and virtual reality to meet in a virtual piece of airspace, in accordance with some embodiments. Accordingly, the system may include a communication device configured for receiving at least one first sensor data corresponding to at least one first sensor associated with a first vehicle (and receiving at least one second sensor data corresponding to at least one second sensor associated with a second vehicle). Further, the communication device may be configured for transmitting at least one second presentation data to at least one second presentation device associated with the second vehicle. Further, the system may include a processing device configured for generating the at least one second presentation data based on the at least one first sensor data and the at least one second sensor data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Applicant: RED SIX AEROSPACE INC
    Inventors: Daniel Augustine Robinson, Nikola Vladimir Bicanic, Glenn Thomas Snyder
  • Patent number: 11580873
    Abstract: A method, includes saving in-flight data from an aircraft during a simulated training exercise, wherein the in-flight data includes geospatial locations of the aircraft, positional attitudes of the aircraft, and head positions of a pilot operating the aircraft, saving simulation data relating to a simulated virtual object presented to the pilot as augmented reality content in-flight, wherein the virtual object was programmed to interact with the aircraft during the simulated training exercise and representing the in-flight data from the aircraft and the simulation data relating to the simulated virtual object as a replay of the simulated training exercise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: RED SIX AEROSPACE INC.
    Inventors: Daniel Augustine Robinson, Nikola Vladimir Bicanic, Glenn Thomas Snyder
  • Patent number: 11568756
    Abstract: An augmented reality system, includes a head-mounted see-through optic adapted to present digital content viewable by a user and having a transparency that allows the user to see though to the surrounding environment, a non-visual tracking system adapted to identify and track objects in a surrounding environment that cannot be seen visually, a training simulation system adapted to present a virtual training object on a display on the non-visual tracking system and a virtual content presentation system adapted to present digital content in the optic when the distance between the optic and the virtual training object indicates the object is in visual range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: RED SIX AEROSPACE INC.
    Inventors: Daniel Augustine Robinson, Nikola Vladimir Bicanic, Glenn Thomas Snyder
  • Publication number: 20230008484
    Abstract: Various electric scooter docking stations are described herein. In some embodiments, the docking stations facilitate the collection, movement, and/or storage of electric scooters in a compact, elegant, and efficient configuration. For example, the docking stations can be configured to take advantage of the unique shape of a scooter, providing the storage and positioning of many scooters in a compact area. Also, the docking stations can be simple structures that facilitate the self-powered movement of electric scooters within a station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Inventors: Forrest Jean NORTH, Javier Gonzalez CARRACELAS, Ricardo Abdiel Mora GONZALEZ, Steven Thomas SNYDER, Michelle Valerie CARLOMUSTO, Justin David ALMELEH, Matthew Coleman TINDALL, Ana Gabriela Costilla GONZALEZ, Federico VORRATH SEPÚLVEDA, Ernesto Alejandro Cantu ZAMARRÓN, David Osman DOLUCA, Erik Daryl AYLEN, Kyle Allen HARTELT
  • Patent number: 11508255
    Abstract: A system for facilitating provisioning of a virtual experience is disclosed. The system may include a communication device configured for receiving at least one first sensor data from at least one first sensor of a first vehicle and at least one second sensor data from at least one second sensor of a second vehicle. Further, the communication device may be configured for transmitting at least one first presentation data to at least one first presentation device and at least one second presentation data to at least one second presentation device. Further, the at least one presentation device may be configured for presenting the at least one first presentation data and the at least one second presentation data. Further, the system may include a processing device configured for generating the at least one first presentation data and the at least one second presentation data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: RED SIX AEROSPACE INC.
    Inventors: Nick Vladimir Bicanic, Daniel Augustine Robinson, Glenn Thomas Snyder