Patents by Inventor Vanessa Louise Martin

Vanessa Louise Martin 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).

  • Training system of a powered vehicle
    Patent number: 9171479
    Abstract: A training system for the solo operation of a powered vehicle, wherein the system includes: —providing means for electronic control of the speed and orientation of a ground vehicle or of the speed, orientation and height of a flying vehicle; —providing a virtual enclosure training area delineated by a plurality of spaced sensors; —providing means associated with said vehicle for communicating with, and receiving instructions from, each of said sensors; —whereby instructions received from said sensors may be used to control said means for electronic control such that movement of said vehicle is restricted to said virtual enclosure training area, and within said virtual enclosure training area, the speed and orientation of a ground vehicle or the speed, orientation and height of a flying vehicle controlled within preset parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: Martin Aircraft Company Limited
    Inventors: Glenn Neil Martin, Vanessa Louise Martin
  • TRAINING SYSTEM OF A POWERED VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20120107776
    Abstract: A training system for the solo operation of a powered vehicle, wherein the system includes: —providing means for electronic control of the speed and orientation of a ground vehicle or of the speed, orientation and height of a flying vehicle; —providing a virtual enclosure training area delineated by a plurality of spaced sensors; —providing means associated with said vehicle for communicating with, and receiving instructions from, each of said sensors; —whereby instructions received from said sensors may be used to control said means for electronic control such that movement of said vehicle is restricted to said virtual enclosure training area, and within said virtual enclosure training area, the speed and orientation of a ground vehicle or the speed, orientation and height of a flying vehicle controlled within preset parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2010
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Inventors: Glenn Neil Martin, Vanessa Louise Martin