Patents by Inventor William Graham Patrick

William Graham Patrick 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: 8948935
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein may relate to an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) navigating to a medical situation in order to provide medical support. An illustrative method involves a UAV (a) housing a medical-support device, (b) determining a target location associated with at least one individual in need of medical assistance, (c) navigating the UAV from a remote location to the target location, (d) the computing system making a determination that the UAV is located at the target location, and (e) in response to the determination that the UAV is located at the target location, delivering by a delivery mechanism the medical-support device for providing medical assistance for the at least one individual in need of medical assistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Peeters, Eric Teller, William Graham Patrick, Sergey Brin
  • Patent number: 8930044
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein may relate to an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) navigating to a medical situation in order to provide medical support. An illustrative method involves a UAV (a) determining an approximate target location associated with a medical situation, (b) using a first navigation process to navigate the UAV to the approximate target location, where the first navigation process generates flight-control signals based on the approximate target location, (c) making a determination that the UAV is located at the approximate target location, and (d) in response to the determination that the UAV is located at the approximate target location, using a second navigation process to navigate the UAV to the medical situation, wherein the second navigation process generates flight-control signals based on real-time localization of the medical situation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Peeters, Eric Teller, William Graham Patrick
  • Patent number: 8909391
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a deployment system for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). In one aspect, an illustrative deployment system includes a communication system configured for receiving diagnostic data corresponding to an object held by a UAV, wherein the object has an expiration condition; and a logic module configured for (i) determining that the expiration condition has been satisfied based, at least in part, on the received diagnostic data, and (ii) responsive to determining that the expiration condition has been satisfied, initiating an action that includes sending to the UAV both (a) navigation data relating to a remedial facility, and (b) instructions to navigate to the remedial facility based, at least in part, on the navigation data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Peeters, Eric Teller, William Graham Patrick
  • Patent number: 8836222
    Abstract: Methods, apparatuses and systems for adaptive light projection are described herein. According to embodiments of the disclosure, optical data of a physical space around a user is received. Light from a light source is then projected onto a projection area that is determined based, at least in part, on the received optical data. User commands may include requests to locate and/or track objects within the physical space around the user. User commands may comprise a combination of the audible user command and a physical user gesture—e.g., a gesture identifying an object or a surface to receive the projected light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: William Graham Patrick, Eric Teller, Johnny Lee
  • Publication number: 20130303218
    Abstract: Methods and systems disclosed herein relate to determining a projected change in bandwidth demand in a specified area during a specified future time period, repositioning one or more balloons in a high-altitude balloon network based on the projected change in bandwidth demand, and providing, using the one or more balloons, at least a portion of the bandwidth demanded in the specified area during the specified future time period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2012
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicant: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Eric Teller, William Graham Patrick