Patents by Inventor Timothy Paul

Timothy Paul 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: 10532825
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method that comprises acquiring one or more images of a plurality of markers of an off-board target using a camera onboard a rotorcraft, the plurality of markers arranged in a predefined pattern. The method also comprises processing, using an image processor, the one or more images of the plurality of markers to identify the predefined pattern of the plurality of markers. The method further comprises determining guidance information for the rotorcraft relative to the off-board target based on the identified predefined pattern of the plurality of markers, an orientation of the plurality of markers and a relative spacing of the plurality of markers. The method additionally comprises providing the determined guidance information to a display device within a field of view of an operator of the rotorcraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Brendan Blanton, Deanna Dibernardi, Robert Allen, Katherine Gresko, Timothy Paul, Joseph Kenney
  • Publication number: 20190337633
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method that comprises acquiring one or more images of an off-board signal source using a camera onboard a rotorcraft. The off-board signal source comprises a beacon array, which comprises at least two beacons. The method also comprises processing, using an image processor, the one or more images of the beacon array to identify one or more coded signals that are propagated from the off-board signal sour. The method further comprises decoding the one or more coded signals to identify information for providing guidance to an operator of the rotorcraft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2018
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Inventors: Brendan Blanton, Katherine Gresko, Deanna Dibernardi, Timothy Paul, Joseph Kenney, Robert Allen
  • Publication number: 20190337641
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method that comprises acquiring one or more images of a plurality of markers of an off-board target using a camera onboard a rotorcraft, the plurality of markers arranged in a predefined pattern. The method also comprises processing, using an image processor, the one or more images of the plurality of markers to identify the predefined pattern of the plurality of markers. The method further comprises determining guidance information for the rotorcraft relative to the off-board target based on the identified predefined pattern of the plurality of markers, an orientation of the plurality of markers and a relative spacing of the plurality of markers. The method additionally comprises providing the determined guidance information to a display device within a field of view of an operator of the rotorcraft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2018
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Inventors: Brendan Blanton, Deanna Dibernardi, Robert Allen, Katherine Gresko, Timothy Paul, Joseph Kenney
  • Patent number: 10450082
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method that comprises acquiring one or more images of an off-board signal source using a camera onboard a rotorcraft. The off-board signal source comprises a beacon array, which comprises at least two beacons. The method also comprises processing, using an image processor, the one or more images of the beacon array to identify one or more coded signals that are propagated from the off-board signal sour. The method further comprises decoding the one or more coded signals to identify information for providing guidance to an operator of the rotorcraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Brendan Blanton, Katherine Gresko, Deanna Dibernardi, Timothy Paul, Joseph Kenney, Robert Allen
  • Publication number: 20180075385
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to a system, method, or computer program product for creating a control dashboard for small business interaction. The application may be utilized by a small business and comprise three aggregation components from one or more extraction sources. As such, the invention may extract data and generate components for the dashboard that include information about the business utilization of entity products, third party products, and aggregation integration. Furthermore, the system may identify business underpenetrated customer populations, perform trend analysis to identify potential customers, and the like. Using this data, the system may generate marketing concepts for the business to target the underpenetrated customer populations. In addition, the system may monitor and provide recommendations for inventorying and invoicing. As such, the system may track trending data, past orders of the business, and the like to predict inventory requirements for the business.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2016
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Inventors: Kevin Patrick Condon, Matthew Dana Murphy, Kelly Elizabeth Firment, Robert Altemus Pascal, George William Taylor, Timothy Paul, Willard Andrew Barr, Renee Elaine Weiler, Jarett Steven Isralow
  • Patent number: 8798654
    Abstract: It is provided a method, including deciding, based on a previously estimated interference value, whether a user equipment or a sounding reference signal or a channel of a received uplink signal is affected by a colored interference more than a first predefined threshold, wherein colored interference is an interference having a spatial and/or spectral predominance; and suppressing interference rejection combining on the uplink signal if none of the user equipment, the sounding reference signal, and the channel of the received uplink signal is affected more than the first predefined threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Nokia Siemens Networks Oy
    Inventors: Sabine Rössel, Esa Tapani Tiirola, Olli Juhani Piirainen, Ji Jun Luo, Ingo Viering, Mikko Kalevi Taskinen, Timothy Paul, Josef Forster, Markku Juha Vainikka, Carsten Ritterhoff
  • Publication number: 20120115520
    Abstract: It is provided a method, including deciding, based on a previously estimated interference value, whether a user equipment or a sounding reference signal or a channel of a received uplink signal is affected by a colored interference more than a first predefined threshold, wherein colored interference is an interference having a spatial and/or spectral predominance; and suppressing interference rejection combining on the uplink signal if none of the user equipment, the sounding reference signal, and the channel of the received uplink signal is affected more than the first predefined threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2009
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Inventors: Sabine Rössel, Esa Tapani Tiirola, Olli Juhani Piiralnen, Ji Jun Luo, Ingo Viering, Mikko Kalevi Taskinen, Timothy Paul, Josef Forster, Markku Juha Vainikka, Carsten Ritterhoff