Patents by Inventor Travis DESELL

Travis DESELL 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: 10466266
    Abstract: A neural network including a set of input nodes may consume a respective stream of time-series data recorded during a flight of a flying aircraft, each stream of time-series data representing measurements of a respective flight parameter captured by a sensor at various time-steps of the flight. A training circuit set may train the neural network to predict a future measurement of the flight parameter. Training the neural network may include comparing a predictive value from the neural network to a measured value of a flight parameter and modifying structural components of the neural network to bring the predictive value closer to the measured value. A parameter acquisition circuit set may acquire time-series data of a flight parameter. A prediction circuit set may apply the time-series data to the trained neural network to predict the next measurement for the flight parameter in the time-series data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: University of North Dakota
    Inventors: Travis Desell, Jim Higgins, Sophine Clachar
  • Patent number: 10248742
    Abstract: Various embodiments for analyzing flight data using predictive models are described herein. In various embodiments, a quadratic least squares model is applied to a matrix of time-series flight parameter data for a flight, thereby deriving a mathematical signature for each flight parameter of each flight in a set of data including a plurality of sensor readings corresponding to time-series flight parameters of a plurality of flights. The derived mathematical signatures are aggregated into a dataset. A similarity between each pair of flights within the plurality of flights is measured by calculating a distance metric between the mathematical signatures of each pair of flights within the dataset, and the measured similarities are combined with the dataset. A machine-learning algorithm is applied to the dataset, thereby identifying, without predefined thresholds, clusters of outliers within the dataset by using a unified distance matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: University of North Dakota
    Inventors: Travis Desell, James Higgins, Sophine Clachar
  • Publication number: 20180348250
    Abstract: A neural network including a set of input nodes may consume a respective stream of time-series data recorded during a flight of a flying aircraft, each stream of time-series data representing measurements of a respective flight parameter captured by a sensor at various time-steps of the flight. A training circuit set may train the neural network to predict a future measurement of the flight parameter. Training the neural network may include comparing a predictive value from the neural network to a measured value of a flight parameter and modifying structural components of the neural network to bring the predictive value closer to the measured value. A parameter acquisition circuit set may acquire time-series data of a flight parameter. A prediction circuit set may apply the time-series data to the trained neural network to predict the next measurement for the flight parameter in the time-series data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2015
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Jim Higgins, Sophine Clachar, Travis Desell
  • Publication number: 20150324501
    Abstract: Various embodiments for analyzing flight data using predictive models are described herein. In various embodiments, a quadratic least squares model is applied to a matrix of time-series flight parameter data for a flight, thereby deriving a mathematical signature for each flight parameter of each flight in a set of data including a plurality of sensor readings corresponding to time-series flight parameters of a plurality of flights. The derived mathematical signatures are aggregated into a dataset. A similarity between each pair of flights within the plurality of flights is measured by calculating a distance metric between the mathematical signatures of each pair of flights within the dataset, and the measured similarities are combined with the dataset. A machine-learning algorithm is applied to the dataset, thereby identifying, without predefined thresholds, clusters of outliers within the dataset by using a unified distance matrix.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Inventors: Travis DESELL, Jame HIGGINS, Sophine CLACHAR