Patents by Inventor Thomas Werling

Thomas Werling 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: 9286720
    Abstract: An exemplary system and method are disclosed for providing a combined video stream with geospatial information. Embodiments use a visualization tool to synchronize information in a virtual camera with attributes, such as video frames, from a physical camera. Once the camera position information is supplied to the visualization tool, the visualization tool retrieves geospatial data, such as terrain features, man made features, and time sensitive event data, and transforms the camera position information into a coordinate system of the virtual camera. The visualization tool uses the coordinate system of the virtual camera to generate geospatial snapshots. Embodiments use locative video software to combine the video frames from the physical camera with the geospatial snapshots from the virtual camera to generate a combined video stream, which provides a single view of multiple types of data to enhance an operator's ability to conduct surveillance and analysis missions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael Thomas Werling, Kenneth David Feldman, Raymond E. Bivens
  • Publication number: 20110043627
    Abstract: An exemplary system and method are disclosed for providing a combined video stream with geospatial information. Embodiments use a visualization tool to synchronize information in a virtual camera with attributes, such as video frames, from a physical camera. Once the camera position information is supplied to the visualization tool, the visualization tool retrieves geospatial data, such as terrain features, man made features, and time sensitive event data, and transforms the camera position information into a coordinate system of the virtual camera. The visualization tool uses the coordinate system of the virtual camera to generate geospatial snapshots. Embodiments use locative video software to combine the video frames from the physical camera with the geospatial snapshots from the virtual camera to generate a combined video stream, which provides a single view of multiple types of data to enhance an operator's ability to conduct surveillance and analysis missions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2009
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Applicant: Northrop Grumman Information Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Thomas Werling, Kenneth David Feldman, Raymond E. Bivens
  • Publication number: 20070038618
    Abstract: A method of tuning a database query includes selecting a database query, parsing the selected database query to determine relationships between portions of the selected database query, selecting an optimization mode from a plurality of available optimization modes, tuning the selected database query by modifying, at least one portion of the selected database query based on the determined relationships and the selected optimization mode and displaying the modified database query
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2006
    Publication date: February 15, 2007
    Inventors: Edward Kosciusko, Sreekumar Menon, Hung-Vuong Vo, John Vincent, Thomas Werling, Joyce Lau