Patents by Inventor William F. Wyman

William F. Wyman 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).

  • Integrated inertial stellar attitude sensor
    Patent number: 7216036
    Abstract: An integrated inertial stellar attitude sensor for an aerospace vehicle includes a star camera system, a gyroscope system, a controller system for synchronously integrating an output of said star camera system and an output of said gyroscope system into a stream of data, and a flight computer responsive to said stream of data for determining from the star camera system output and the gyroscope system output the attitude of the aerospace vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2007
    Assignee: The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc.
    Inventors: Tye M. Brady, Anthony S. Kourepenis, William F. Wyman, Jr.
  • Integrated inertial stellar attitude sensor
    Publication number: 20040098178
    Abstract: An integrated inertial stellar attitude sensor for an aerospace vehicle includes a star camera system, a gyroscope system, a controller system for synchronously integrating an output of said star camera system and an output of said gyroscope system into a stream of data, and a flight computer responsive to said stream of data for determining from the star camera system output and the gyroscope system output the attitude of the aerospace vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2003
    Publication date: May 20, 2004
    Inventors: Tye M. Brady, Anthony S. Kourepenis, William F. Wyman