Patents by Inventor William Roper, Jr.

William Roper, Jr. 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).

  • Publication number: 20240135059
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes receiving design and/or engineering data (D/E data) corresponding to a prototype representation of a product and transmitting one or more inputs derived from the D/E data to one or more digital engineering tools for processing. The method also includes receiving engineering-related data outputs from the one or more digital engineering tools and receiving data corresponding to one or more common validation and verification (V&V products). The method further includes identifying one or more requirements for the product based on the data corresponding to the one or more common V&V products; determining whether or not the one or more requirements have been satisfied; and presenting information corresponding to the engineering-related data outputs and/or the data corresponding to the one or more common V&V products. The method also includes receiving instructions from the user device, and performing one or more manipulations of the D/E data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: William Roper, JR., Christopher Benson, Long N. Phan, Alethea Duhon, Baha Abu Nojaim, Sriram Krishnan
  • Publication number: 20240135071
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes receiving design and/or engineering data (D/E data) corresponding to a prototype representation of a product and transmitting one or more inputs derived from the D/E data to one or more digital engineering tools for processing. The method also includes receiving engineering-related data outputs from the one or more digital engineering tools and receiving data corresponding to one or more common validation and verification (V&V products). The method further includes identifying one or more requirements for the product based on the data corresponding to the one or more common V&V products; determining whether or not the one or more requirements have been satisfied; and presenting information corresponding to the engineering-related data outputs and/or the data corresponding to the one or more common V&V products. The method also includes receiving instructions from the user device, and performing one or more manipulations of the D/E data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: William Roper, JR., Christopher Benson, Long N. Phan, Alethea Duhon, Baha Abu Nojaim, Danne Lauren Stayskal, Sriram Krishnan
  • Publication number: 20240135061
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes receiving design and/or engineering data (D/E data) corresponding to a prototype representation of a product and transmitting one or more inputs derived from the D/E data to one or more digital engineering tools for processing. The method also includes receiving engineering-related data outputs from the one or more digital engineering tools and receiving data corresponding to one or more common validation and verification (V&V products). The method further includes identifying one or more requirements for the product based on the data corresponding to the one or more common V&V products; determining whether or not the one or more requirements have been satisfied; and presenting information corresponding to the engineering-related data outputs and/or the data corresponding to the one or more common V&V products. The method also includes receiving instructions from the user device, and performing one or more manipulations of the D/E data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: William Roper, JR., Christopher Benson, Long N. Phan, Alethea Duhon, Baha Abu Nojaim, Sriram Krishnan
  • Publication number: 20240135058
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes receiving design and/or engineering data (D/E data) corresponding to a prototype representation of a product and transmitting one or more inputs derived from the D/E data to one or more digital engineering tools for processing. The method also includes receiving engineering-related data outputs from the one or more digital engineering tools and receiving data corresponding to one or more common validation and verification (V&V products). The method further includes identifying one or more requirements for the product based on the data corresponding to the one or more common V&V products; determining whether or not the one or more requirements have been satisfied; and presenting information corresponding to the engineering-related data outputs and/or the data corresponding to the one or more common V&V products. The method also includes receiving instructions from the user device, and performing one or more manipulations of the D/E data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: William Roper, JR., Christopher Benson, Long N. Phan, Alethea Duhon, Baha Abu Nojaim, Sriram Krishnan
  • Publication number: 20240135063
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes receiving design and/or engineering data (D/E data) corresponding to a prototype representation of a product and transmitting one or more inputs derived from the D/E data to one or more digital engineering tools for processing. The method also includes receiving engineering-related data outputs from the one or more digital engineering tools and receiving data corresponding to one or more common validation and verification (V&V products). The method further includes identifying one or more requirements for the product based on the data corresponding to the one or more common V&V products; determining whether or not the one or more requirements have been satisfied; and presenting information corresponding to the engineering-related data outputs and/or the data corresponding to the one or more common V&V products. The method also includes receiving instructions from the user device, and performing one or more manipulations of the D/E data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: William Roper, JR., Christopher Benson, Long N. Phan, Alethea Duhon, Baha Abu Nojaim, Sriram Krishnan
  • Publication number: 20240076056
    Abstract: An unmanned vehicle includes at least one navigation sensor configured to measure navigation data indicative of an environment, at least one status sensor configured to measure status data indicative of operating parameters of a hardware system and a computing system. The computing system includes a navigation engine configured to receive the navigation data and status data and plan a path through the environment and a security engine. The security engine is configured to detect that an unauthorized user is attempting to access the navigation data or the status data, send an alert to an authorized user indicating that the unauthorized user is attempting to access navigation data or status data, and send, to the unauthorized user, simulated data including one or both of simulated navigation data and simulated status data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: William Roper, JR., Christopher Benson, Long N. Phan, Thomas A. Campbell, Paul A. DeBitetto, Sanjay Emani Sarma
  • Publication number: 20240078915
    Abstract: A system for managing missions for unmanned vehicles includes a computing interface and a flight management system. The computing interface is configured to communicate with at least one unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and a client device. The flight management system is in communication with the computing interface and includes one or more processors coupled to a memory. The flight management system is configured to receive mission parameters through the computing interface from the client device, the mission parameters being indicative of at least one action to be completed by the UAV during a flight of the UAV and one or more operational features of the UAV. The one or more operational features are a resource available to the UAV or a functional capability of the UAV for completing the at least one action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: William Roper, JR., Christopher Benson, Long N. Phan, Paul A. DeBitetto, James Dion
  • Publication number: 20240076069
    Abstract: An unmanned aerial vehicle comprises a central body; at least one rotor motor configured to drive at least one propeller to rotate, rotation of the at least one propeller generating thrust and causing the unmanned aerial vehicle to fly; and an integrated micro hybrid generator system configured to provide power to the at least one rotor motor. The integrated micro hybrid generator system includes an engine configured to generate mechanical energy, and a generator motor directly coupled to the engine and configured to generate AC power using the mechanical energy generated by the engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: William Roper, JR., Christopher Benson, Long N. Phan, Mohammad Imani Nejad, Trey Nguyen
  • Patent number: 11775707
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes receiving design and/or engineering data (D/E data) corresponding to a prototype representation of a product and transmitting one or more inputs derived from the D/E data to one or more digital engineering tools for processing. The method also includes receiving engineering-related data outputs from the one or more digital engineering tools and receiving data corresponding to one or more common validation and verification (V&V products). The method further includes identifying one or more requirements for the product based on the data corresponding to the one or more common V&V products; determining whether or not the one or more requirements have been satisfied; and presenting information corresponding to the engineering-related data outputs and/or the data corresponding to the one or more common V&V products. The method also includes receiving instructions from the user device, and performing one or more manipulations of the D/E data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Istari, Inc.
    Inventors: William Roper, Jr., Christopher Benson, Long N. Phan, Alethea Duhon, Baha Abu Nojaim, Sriram Krishnan