Patents by Inventor William David Null

William David Null 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).

  • Next-Generation Cross-Platform for Uncrewed Systems
    Publication number: 20230266753
    Abstract: A system having a networking device, a plurality of processing devices, and one or more unmanned devices, wherein each unmanned device couples to a corresponding one of the processing devices, wherein each unmanned device comprises one or more operational components. The system having a controller device configured to control at least one of the one or more unmanned devices via the networking device and the corresponding one of the processing devices, the controller device comprising one of the processing devices, wherein the controlled at least one unmanned device is configurable via the corresponding processing device in a control operating mode or in a robot operating mode, the control operating mode enabling the associated unmanned device to perform commands received from the controller device via the corresponding processing device, and the robot operating mode enabling the unmanned device to receive programmable instructions from the controller device via the corresponding processing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2022
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicant: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Blake J. Landry, William David Null