Air Traffic Control Patents (Class 342/36)
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Patent number: 12158532Abstract: The present disclosure generally pertains to systems and methods for autonomously detecting and correcting anomalies in position information provided to aircraft using radio-frequency signals. By enabling autonomously detecting and correcting for anomalies in the operation of a ground-based solution entirely independent of GPS, systems of the present disclosure can make the provided position information more accurate and robust, thereby enhancing the effectiveness and safety of navigation systems using the provided position information. More precisely, systems of the present disclosure may employ a series of ground-based beacon transmitters to provide radio-frequency (RF) signal pulse with a highly regular frequency. A locating receiver can detect the arrival times of these pulses and use this information to detect and report certain anomalies. These reports may then be used to autonomously correct the detected anomalies.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2022Date of Patent: December 3, 2024Assignee: Spartan Radar, Inc.Inventor: Scott Bergen
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Patent number: 12136350Abstract: A method, apparatus, system, and computer program product for operating air vehicles. Missions for the air vehicles are grouped into categories based on durations of the missions. The missions within the categories are clustered into subsets of the missions that can be concurrently performed to meet a set of mission performance criteria. The subsets of the missions are assigned to a set of air vehicle supervisors.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2021Date of Patent: November 5, 2024Assignee: Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation, a subsidiary of the Boeing CompanyInventors: Francisco A. Navarro FĂ©lix, Zarrin Chua, Alfredo Giuliano, Martin Kearney-Fischer, Tim Moser, Christopher John Devine, Jakob Widauer
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Patent number: 12128929Abstract: Methods and systems for controlling navigation of a vehicle are disclosed. The system will first identify a plurality of goal points corresponding to a drivable area that a vehicle is traversing or will traverse, where the plurality of goal points are potential targets that an uncertain road user (URU) within the drivable area can use to exit the drivable area. The system will then receive perception information relating to the URU within the drivable area, and identify a target exit point from the plurality goal points based on a score. The score is computed based on the received perception information and a loss function. The system will generate a trajectory of the URU from a current position of the URU to the target exit point, and control navigation of the vehicle to avoid collision with the URU.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2021Date of Patent: October 29, 2024Assignee: Argo AI, LLCInventors: Greydon Foil, Gregory B. Nichols
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Patent number: 12112649Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for assisting operation of a vehicle by automatically initiating activation of an automated functionality, such as autoland functionality of an aircraft, in the absence of user input within one or more monitoring periods. One method involves identifying a triggering event, identifying a monitoring period associated with the triggering event, monitoring one or more components for user input within the monitoring period associated with the triggering event, and automatically initiating activation of an automated functionality associated with the vehicle in the absence of user input within the monitoring period associated with the triggering event. In some implementations, the monitoring period adaptively and dynamically varies during operation.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2021Date of Patent: October 8, 2024Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.Inventors: Michael Blaine Johnson, Michael Mast, Jan Urbanec, Emmanuel Letsu-Dake, Nichola Lubold
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Patent number: 12092756Abstract: A system for providing integrated detection and deterrence against an unmanned vehicle including but not limited to aerial technology unmanned systems using a detection element, a tracking element, an identification element and an interdiction or deterrent element. Elements contain sensors that observe real time quantifiable data regarding the object of interest to create an assessment of risk or threat to a protected area of interest. This assessment may be based e.g., on data mining of internal and external data sources. The deterrent element selects from a variable menu of possible deterrent actions. Though designed for autonomous action, a Human in the Loop may override the automated system solutions.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2024Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: XiDrone Systems, Inc.Inventors: Dwaine A. Parker, Damon E. Stern, Lawrence S. Pierce
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Patent number: 12078748Abstract: A radar system includes an interference manager. The interference manager detects the presence and the characteristics of interfering radio signals used by other radar systems in proximity. The interference manager also controls the operating characteristics of the radar system in response to the detected interfering signal characteristics. The interference manager selects a time slot, or a frequency band, or a time slot and a frequency band to avoid or mitigate the interfering radio signals from other radar systems.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2021Date of Patent: September 3, 2024Assignee: Uhnder, Inc.Inventors: Ali Erdem Ertan, Murtaza Ali, Monier Maher, Aria Eshraghi, Curtis Davis
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Patent number: 12067887Abstract: A method and system for developing a flight plan for taking images from an area of interest is disclosed. A series of trajectories is determined. Each trajectory is determined based on a logarithmic spiral curve derived from a range of predetermined basis angles and selecting a constant tangent angle between a radial line from the location of an image sensor to a target location, and a tangent line to the logarithmic spiral curve at the location of the image sensor. A set of trajectories from the series of trajectories is selected. The selected trajectories are scaled to cover the area of interest. The selected trajectories are transformed to coordinates corresponding to the area of interest. The set of scaled and transformed trajectories are stored as the flight plan for taking images of the area of interest.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2022Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignee: D2, LLCInventors: James W. Dow, W. Scott Dow
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Patent number: 12061285Abstract: A vehicle radar detection system arranged to be mounted in an ego vehicle and including at least one detector arrangement and at least one control unit arrangement. The detector arrangement is adapted to obtain a dataset initially including a number K of radar detections. The control unit arrangement is adapted to repeatedly determine a dominating line from the dataset of radar detections, remove radar detections associated with the dominating line from the dataset of radar detections until a first stopping criterion is fulfilled, thereby determining a plurality of lines from the number K of radar detections.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2018Date of Patent: August 13, 2024Assignee: Arriver Software ABInventors: Andreas Schmid, Christopher Unverdorben, Christian Pfaffenzeller
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Patent number: 12055652Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment, a radar device includes transmit circuitry configured to emit a radar signal including a plurality of frames each comprising a respective sequence of chirps. The transmit circuitry is further configured to wirelessly emit information about the radar signal to a surrounding environment. The information indicates at least one of a positioning of sequential chirps with respect to each other for at least one of the plurality of frames and a positioning of sequential frames with respect to each other in the radar signal.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2021Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: Infineon Technologies AGInventor: Heinrich Guenther Heiss
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Patent number: 11994865Abstract: An autonomous navigation system which enables autonomous navigation of a vehicle along one or more portions of a driving route based on monitoring, at the vehicle, various features of the route as the vehicle is manually navigated along the route to develop a characterization of the route. The characterization is progressively updated with repeated manual navigations along the route, and autonomous navigation of the route is enabled when a confidence indicator of the characterization meets a threshold indication. Characterizations can be updated in response to the vehicle encountering changes in the route and can include a set of driving rules associated with the route, where the driving rules are developed based on monitoring the navigation of one or more vehicles of the route. Characterizations can be uploaded to a remote system which processes data to develop and refine route characterizations and provide characterizations to one or more vehicles.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2022Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Ahmad Al-Dahle, Matthew E Last, Philip J. Sieh, Benjamin Lyon
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Patent number: 11965977Abstract: A system for providing integrated detection and deterrence against an unmanned vehicle including but not limited to aerial technology unmanned systems using a detection element, a tracking element, an identification element and an interdiction or deterrent element. Elements contain sensors that observe real time quantifiable data regarding the object of interest to create an assessment of risk or threat to a protected area of interest. This assessment may be based e.g., on data mining of internal and external data sources. The deterrent element selects from a variable menu of possible deterrent actions. Though designed for autonomous action, a Human in the Loop may override the automated system solutions.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2023Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: XiDrone Systems, Inc.Inventors: Dwaine A. Parker, Damon E. Stern, Lawrence S. Pierce
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Patent number: 11961274Abstract: A method includes receiving a first image that is captured at a first time. The method also includes detecting a location of a first object in the first image. The method also includes determining a region of interest based at least partially upon the location of the first object in the first image. The method also includes receiving a second image that is captured at a second time. The method also includes identifying the region of interest in the second image. The method also includes detecting a location of a second object in a portion of the second image that is outside of the region of interest.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: AURORA FLIGHT SCIENCES CORPORATION, A SUBSIDIARY OF THE BOEING COMPANYInventors: Benjamin Jafek, Samvruta Tumuluru
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Patent number: 11940557Abstract: A processor in an object detection device is configured to: acquire settings data for one or more radar grids, each radar grid being set for a measurement area of a corresponding radar and consisting of radar cells; acquire settings data for a processing grid for clustering operations, the processing grid being set for the one or more measurement areas and consisting of processing cells; calculate, for each processing cell, one or more likelihoods associated with measurements of one or more related radar cells based on distances between the processing cell and the one or more related radar cells; calculate a grid value of each of the processing cells in the processing grid based on the one or more likelihoods; and perform a clustering operation on each processing cell based on distances between and/or grid values of the processing cell and one or more different processing cells.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2019Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: PANASONIC HOLDINGS CORPORATIONInventors: Weijie Liu, Makoto Yasugi, Yoichi Nakagawa
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Patent number: 11940548Abstract: Provided is an improved estimation and identification device that estimates the position of a plurality of identification targets and identifies the plurality of identification targets.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2021Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yohei Morishita, Junji Sato, Naganori Shirakata, Hidekuni Yomo, Kenta Iwasa, Kazuma Nishiyasu, Mei Okamoto
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Patent number: 11941995Abstract: Runway awareness and advisory systems (RAAS) and methods are provided for an aircraft. A variety of alerts can be provided based on integrating FMS data with the RAAS systems.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2021Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.Inventor: Ratan Khatwa
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Patent number: 11915597Abstract: A computer-implemented method for securing unmanned aerial system (UAS) operations includes receiving a UAS flight plan for a UAS and a UAS operation, the UAS flight plan including a flight profile and flight path for the UAS; determining a mission type for the UAS operation requires use of dummy aircraft information; and assigning a dummy UAS identification for the UAS. Generating dummy airframe information, including dummy airframe characteristics and performance data, for the UAS, includes generating dummy airframe information that corresponds to airframe information for an actual civil aircraft that could follow the received UAS flight plan. The method further includes causing the UAS to broadcast the dummy UAS identification and the dummy airframe information with an automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast signal during at least a portion of the UAS operation.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2022Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Architecture Technology CorporationInventors: Evan Eaves, William Colligan
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Patent number: 11914372Abstract: The method can include: determining sensor information with an aircraft sensor suite; based on the sensor information, determining a flight command using a set of models; validating the flight command S130; and facilitating execution of a validated flight command. The method can optionally include generating a trained model. However, the method S100 can additionally or alternatively include any other suitable elements. The method can function to facilitate aircraft control based on autonomously generated flight commands. The method can additionally or alternatively function to achieve human-in-the-loop autonomous aircraft control, and/or can function to generate a trained neural network based on validation of autonomously generated aircraft flight commands.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2022Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Merlin Labs, Inc.Inventors: Alexander Naiman, Cynthia Comer, Molly Connolly
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Patent number: 11892540Abstract: To provide a vehicle-mounted radar system capable of improving object detection performance depending on a situation. The vehicle-mounted radar system includes laser radars 2A to 2D that irradiate the surroundings of a vehicle 1 with a laser beam and receive light reflected by an object around the vehicle 1, and a control device 3 that controls the laser radars 2A to 2D and recognizes an object based on light reception results of the laser radars 2A to 2D. The control device 3 determines whether a laser beam of any of the laser radars 2A to 2D is blocked by the object, and thus an undetected area is created, based on a recognition result of the object. Thus, for example, when the laser beam of the laser radar 2B is blocked by another vehicle 10, and thus an undetected area 11 is created, a detection range of the laser radar 2A adjacent to the laser radar 2B is expanded so that at least a portion of the undetected area 11 is allowed to be detected.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2019Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.Inventors: Masayoshi Kuroda, Kosuke Sakata
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Patent number: 11887026Abstract: A misconnect management system models the movement of passengers, bags, and crew through flights and airports. In various embodiments, a misconnect management system identifies potential misconnected passengers and provides recommendations and input configured to support decision makers, such as ramp controllers and operations controller, in evaluating hold/no hold decisions for a flight. Via use of the misconnect management system and associated methods, misconnected passenger numbers may be reduced, expenses associated with missed connections may be reduced, and organizational efficiency may be improved.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2022Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC.Inventors: Ilhan Ince, Lourdmareddy Gumireddy, Noel Alfonso
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Patent number: 11876582Abstract: Examples disclosed herein relate to a radar system for object identification. The radar system transmitting an azimuth fan beam and incrementing elevation of the beam. The radar system may include a transmit antenna and a receive antenna, each having a plurality of antenna elements arranged in rows and columns. The radar system may include a transceiver coupled to the transmit antenna and the receive antenna, the transceiver configured to control transmit beams having an azimuth fan beam, or an elevation fan beam. The radar system may include a processing unit. In various embodiments, the processing unit may include a digital processing unit; a range Doppler mapping module; and an azimuth detection module coupled to the transceiver. The azimuth detection module may be configured to process received signals and identify an azimuth angle of arrival by correlating signals received at antenna elements in rows of the receive antenna.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2021Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: Metawave CorporationInventors: Abdullah Ahsan Zaidi, Kenneth Ray Carroll, Soren Shams, Maha Achour
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Patent number: 11869373Abstract: An automatic, autonomous predictive aircraft surface state event track (ASSET) system, includes a mobile device onboard an aircraft and a remote service in communication with the mobile device. The mobile device includes a processor, and an application that in turn includes machine instructions encoded on a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium. The processor executes the machine instructions to receive sensor data from aircraft onboard sensors, the sensor data indicating an operational state of the aircraft; and transmit the sensor data. The remote service receives the sensor data and includes a remote processor that executes machine instructions to compute an operational state of the aircraft; identify an aircraft event associated the aircraft; and using the aircraft operational data, the sensor data, and the event, predict that the aircraft will meet a next scheduled aircraft event within a specified time window.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2022Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Architecture Technology CorporationInventors: Eric Chartier, Paul Davis, Erin Gambucci, Douglas Sweet
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Patent number: 11854408Abstract: Providing an open interface to a navigation system is provided herein. A single partition (or more than one partition) of a partitioned operating system can be utilized to provide connectivity between a navigation system and one or more user equipment devices. Thus, the navigation system and the one or more user equipment devices can be communicatively coupled via the at least one partition. Further, a Software Development Kit (SDK) can be configured to enable bi-directional communication between the navigation system and the one or more user equipment devices. In addition, the SDK can provide security for the navigation system when communicating with the one or more user equipment devices.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2021Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: GE Aviation Systems LLCInventors: Joachim Karl Ulf Hochwarth, Kevin John Jones
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Patent number: 11835544Abstract: Realized is a device capable of measuring a wind speed and a wind direction with high precision while reducing the effect of ambient noise. The device includes an acoustic wave transmitting section that transmits a measurement acoustic wave, an acoustic wave receiving section that receives the measurement acoustic wave transmitted from the acoustic wave transmitting section, a signal selecting section that determines a characteristic of the measurement acoustic wave, and a wind speed calculating section that calculates a wind speed by analyzing a signal received by the acoustic wave receiving section. The signal selecting section selects, as the measurement acoustic wave, an acoustic wave that includes a low-intensity frequency bandwidth selected from a noise signal which the acoustic wave receiving section receives when the measurement acoustic wave is not transmitted.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2019Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATIONInventor: Naoya Haneda
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Patent number: 11835633Abstract: Disclosed is a system for providing multiple location corrections streams to receiving devices using a high-power transmitter, such as a television station, for correcting errors in the determination of a location of a receiving device based on satellite data. The system enables a receiving device to select one of the location corrections streams for processing without any upstream/return path link to the television station or processing server. The system includes multiple base stations distributed across a geographic area that each transmit location corrections stream to the processing server, which combines them to a composite corrections stream and transmits it to television stations for further broadcasting. A receiving device within a coverage area of a television station receives the composite corrections stream, selects a corrections stream corresponding to a base station closest to the receiving device, and uses the selected corrections stream to correct the location determined using satellite data.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2022Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: SPECTRUM CO, LLCInventor: John Hane
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Patent number: 11816907Abstract: Examples of various method and systems are provided for information extraction from scene information. 2D image information can be generated from 2D images of the scene that are overlapping at least part of one or more object(s). The 2D image information can be combined with 3D information about the scene incorporating at least part of the object(s) to generate projective geometry information. Clustered 3D information associated with the object(s) can be generated by partitioning and grouping 3D data points present in the 3D information. The clustered 3D information can be used to provide, e.g., measurement information, dimensions, geometric information, and/or topological information about the object(s). Segmented 2D information can also be generated from the 2D image information. Validated 2D and 3D information can be produced by cross-referencing between the projective geometry information, clustered 3D information, and/or segmented 2D image information, and used to label the object(s) in the scene.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2022Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: POINTIVO, INC.Inventors: Habib Fathi, Miguel M. Serrano, Bradden John Gross, Daniel L. Ciprari
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Patent number: 11804139Abstract: Systems and methods for navigating an aerial vehicle are provided. One example aspect of the present disclosure is directed to a method for navigating an aircraft. The method includes receiving, by one or more processors, one or more first geographic coordinates via an interface configured to receive geographic coordinates from a satellite transmission. The method includes receiving, by the one or more processors, one or more second geographic coordinates via an interface configured to receive geographic coordinates from a ground transmission. The method includes determining, by the one or more processors, that the one or more first geographic coordinates and the one or more second geographic coordinates are inconsistent. The method includes updating, by the one or more processors, a flight plan using the one or more second geographic coordinates when the one or more first geographic coordinates are inconsistent with the one or more second geographic coordinates.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2019Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: GE Aviation Systems LLCInventors: Bryan Adam Theriault, Dashiell Matthews Kolbe
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Patent number: 11790284Abstract: Methods and corresponding system are provided herewith that, in at least one embodiment, include the act or acts of: receiving a request to reserve a service that is provided by a restaurant. The request to reserve is for a particular time and a particular date and the service comprises at least one of: (i) preparing a consumable good that is consumed at the restaurant's location; (ii) preparing a consumable good that is received at the restaurant's location; or (iii) preparing a consumable good that is delivered to a location external to the restaurant's location. The methods and system also include comparing the particular time requested with a schedule associated with the restaurant. The schedule comprises a list of times that are available for reservation. The methods and system also include determining an availability of the request to reserve; and outputting an indicia that the request to reserve the service has been accepted or denied.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2020Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: CFPH, LLCInventors: Howard W. Lutnick, Dean P. Alderucci
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Patent number: 11756439Abstract: A collision avoidance system (CAS) airborne unit onboard an aerial platform of a first priority level includes a navigational module to determine current position of the aerial platform; a communication module to intermittently transmit a localization transmission, and to receive intermittently transmitted localization transmissions from another CAS airborne unit on-board another lower priority level aerial platform; and a processor to calculate, based on the received intermittently transmitted localization transmissions and on a current location, speed and heading of the CAS airborne unit, a collision risk between the aerial platform and the other aerial platform, and to generate one or a plurality of steering commands and cause a transmission of one or a plurality of a steering commands to be performed by the other aerial platform and to cause the steering commands to be transmitted by the communication module to the other CAS airborne unit.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2019Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: CICONIA LTD.Inventor: Moshe Cohen
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Patent number: 11722209Abstract: Disclosed is a method performed by an airborne base station (155) arranged at an aircraft (160) and providing radio coverage to a wireless device (150) residing in the aircraft (160). The method comprises obtaining altitude information indicating at least one of the present altitude of the aircraft (160) and an altitude rate of change of the aircraft (160), and handling a connection of the wireless device (150) to the airborne base station (155) based on the obtained altitude information.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2017Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)Inventors: Peter Ökvist, Tommy Arngren, Stefan Wänstedt
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Patent number: 11714418Abstract: A method for the automated control of a motor vehicle (10) is presented. The method includes the following steps: Generating and/or receiving a reference trajectory (T*) for the motor vehicle (10); Generating at least two possible trajectories ({circumflex over (x)}i) for the motor vehicle (10); Comparing the at least two possible trajectories ({circumflex over (x)}i) with the reference trajectory (T*); and Selecting one of the at least two possible trajectories ({circumflex over (x)}i) based on the comparison of the at least two possible trajectories ({circumflex over (x)}i) with the reference trajectory (T*). A control device (24) for a system for the control of a motor vehicle (10) is also proposed.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2020Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AGInventors: Markus Buss, Martin Keller, Torsten Bertram, Christian Lienke, Christian Wissing, Andreas Homann, Manuel Schmidt, Niklas Stannartz
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Patent number: 11710416Abstract: A multi-dimensional flight release efficiency evaluation method. The method comprises: obtaining air flow control production and operation data which mainly comprises airspace capacity information, flight scheduling basic information, flight four-dimensional trajectory information and the like through a business information comprehensive processing platform, identifying a flight object affected by flow control and a flight object restricted by flow control through processing the operation data, analyzing a flight release time-hopping degree, calculating flight release delay distribution, evaluating controlled flight release fairness, predicting a controlled flight release normal rate, comparing airspace flow capacity matching situations, establishing a multi-dimensional flight release efficiency evaluation index set, and visually displaying evaluation indexes in modes of list, histogram, line chart, radar chart and the like.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2022Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: THE 28TH RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHINA ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Jibo Huang, Hui Ding, Jing Tian, Ming Tong, Bin Dong, Xuan Wang, Xu Bao, Xi Chen
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Patent number: 11704011Abstract: A method of operating a user terminal includes receiving occupancy data for an operating environment responsive to navigation of the operating environment by a mobile robot, and displaying a visual representation of the operating environment based on the occupancy data. The method flintier includes receiving information identifying a plurality of electronic devices that are local to the operating environment and respective operating states thereof, and populating the visual representation of the operating environment with visual indications of respective spatial locations of the electronic devices in the operating environment and status indications of the respective operating states of the electronic devices. Related methods for controlling the electronic devices based on their respective spatial locations and the relative spatial context of the operating environment are also discussed.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2021Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: iRobot CorporationInventors: Christopher V. Jones, Colin Angle
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Patent number: 11704603Abstract: Methods and corresponding system are provided herewith that, in at least one embodiment, include the act or acts of: determining that a service provided by a restaurant is available for bidding. The service is provided for a particular time and a particular date. The methods and system also include receiving a bid for the service provided by the restaurant, in which the bid is associated with a first amount; storing the bid with a plurality of other bids in a storage device; and comparing the bid with at least one other bid that is submitted for reserving the service. The at least one other bid is associated with a second amount. The methods and system also include determining that the first amount is greater than the second amount; and outputting an indicia that grants the request to reserve the service provided by the restaurant to a highest bidder, in which the first amount submitted by the highest bidder is greater than the second amount.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2020Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: CFPH, LLCInventors: Howard W. Lutnick, Dean P. Alderucci
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Patent number: 11698461Abstract: A system and method of identifying and responding to a GPS denial of service includes: configuring a mode S transponder for transmitting a GPS time-of-day message as a downlink format message using a BDS register, and configuring an aircraft surveillance system for receiving one or more GPS time-of-day messages transmitted as a downlink format message. The surveillance system compares the received time-of-day message(s) from the aircraft to a comparison time of day, and validates reception of authentic GPS signals by the aircraft when the received time-of-day message is within a threshold amount of the comparison time of day. The comparison time of day may be the GPS time of day of one of a plurality of aircraft in the surveillance volume or may be the GPS time of day determined by the aircraft surveillance system. An indicator on the transponder indicates counterfeit GPS signals, permitting mitigation od induced navigation error.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2020Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: Telephonics Corp.Inventors: Frank D. Messina, Michael Stein
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Patent number: 11689277Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for utilizing parallel links to improve sub-network availability and latency performance for ATC traffic. An embodiment operates by receiving a generated message. The type of the generated message is determined, where the type is an air traffic control message or a non-air traffic control message. Based on the type of message, communication links are selected, where the communication links include parallel transmission links or a serial link. The method continues by copying the generated message and transmitting the copied message using the selected communication links. The method waits to receive an acknowledgement indicating receipt of the transmitted message. Upon identifying an acknowledgement, any of the copied messages not yet retransmitted are deleted.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2021Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: THE MITRE CORPORATIONInventors: Dongsong Zeng, John C. Gonda, III
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Patent number: 11682312Abstract: The present disclosure includes devices, systems, and methods for autonomously landing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) with collaborative information sharing and without a central coordinating entity. In one embodiment, the present disclosure includes an unmanned aerial vehicle including a communication interface, a memory; and an electronic processor. The communication interface is configured to establish a wireless communication link with one or more unmanned aerial vehicles. The electronic processor configured to autonomously coordinate landings at a landing strip with the one or more unmanned aerial vehicles to prevent collisions exchanging messages with the one or more unmanned aerial vehicles via the wireless communication link according to a collision avoidance protocol, and wherein the autonomous coordination occurs without a central coordination entity.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2019Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: ATC Technologies, LLCInventors: Tamara Casey, Santanu Dutta, Michael Gagne
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Patent number: 11669512Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and devices for facilitating in determining, logging, and analyzing intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) information in near real-time. According to one embodiment, a method is implemented on a server for facilitating identification tagging and logging of ISR information. The method includes receiving georeferenced map data and receiving image data. The method further includes transmitting the georeferenced map data and image data to a client device. The method also includes receiving ISR data from the client device and storing the ISR data. In another embodiment, a method implemented on a client device for facilitating an analyst in determining and logging ISR information is disclosed. The method includes receiving georeferenced map data, displaying the georeferenced map data on a GUI implemented on the client device, receiving analyst provided input from the GUI, and transmitting ISR data to a server.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2021Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: Geo Owl, LLCInventor: Nicholas Smith
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Patent number: 11644535Abstract: A system for providing integrated detection and deterrence against an unmanned vehicle including but not limited to aerial technology unmanned systems using a detection element, a tracking element, an identification element and an interdiction or deterrent element. Elements contain sensors that observe real time quantifiable data regarding the object of interest to create an assessment of risk or threat to a protected area of interest. This assessment may be based e.g., on data mining of internal and external data sources. The deterrent element selects from a variable menu of possible deterrent actions. Though designed for autonomous action, a Human in the Loop may override the automated system solutions.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2022Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: XiDrone Systems, Inc.Inventors: Dwaine A. Parker, Damon E. Stern, Lawrence S. Pierce
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Patent number: 11622297Abstract: An Aircraft Communication and Addressing Reporting System (ACARS) compatible transmitter is disclosed. In embodiments, the transmitter receives outbound (e.g., downlink or uplink) ACARS messages from aircraft end systems and compresses the header/trailer (H/T) and/or text payloads of ACARS blocks (e.g., text messages) or ACARS acknowledgements (ACK)) prior to transmission. For example, the transmitter compresses ACARS blocks by removing fixed markers and encoding variable fields. The transmitter parses incoming text payloads to determine their character distribution and selects a radix alphabet including the ASCII characters used in the text payload.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2020Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc.Inventors: James A. Stevens, Alain J. M. Bothorel
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Patent number: 11585942Abstract: In some examples, a system includes a transceiver configured to receive surveillance messages from Y target vehicles, where Y is an integer greater than two. The system includes processing circuitry configured to determine predicted positions of the Y target vehicles based on the surveillance messages. The processing circuitry is also configured to determine reported positions of the Y target vehicles based on later received surveillance messages. The processing circuitry is further configured to determine that respective differences between the respective predicted position and the respective reported position for X of the Y target vehicles is greater than a threshold distance. The processing circuitry is configured to determine that Global Navigation Satellite System interference has occurred in response to determining that X divided by Y is greater than a threshold level.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2020Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Guoqing Wang, Xiao Cao, Ping Ye
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Patent number: 11586227Abstract: An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) uses a first baseband processor to establish a first communication link with a ground station of a wireless network and a second baseband processor that establishes a second communication link with a user device. The second baseband processor for processing a radio transmission from a user equipment. The second baseband processor is communicatively coupled to the first baseband processor such that the radio transmission is communicated to the ground station via the first communication link. Flight-control hardware steers the UAV along a flight trajectory that is determined by a ground-based UAV controller based at least on the radio transmission, such that the UAV or the ground station can locate or track the user equipment.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2020Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: Tybalt, LLCInventor: Steve Shattil
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Patent number: 11567982Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to processing and organizing electronic content. In accordance with one implementation, a computer-implemented method is provided that comprises receiving source data from at least one content server, the source data being associated with electronic content. The method also includes generating local data based on at least one of an analysis of the received source data or an extraction from the received source data. Additionally, the method includes classifying the electronic content as being associated with one or more content stacks. Further, the method includes generating representations of the electronic content based on the local data and generating instructions to display at least one content stack on a user interface, each displayed contact stack being operable to display one or more of the representations of the electronic content associated with the content stack based on the classification.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2019Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: Yahoo Assets LLCInventors: William Wetherell, Joshua S. Ramirez, Marc A. Katchay, Gabriela Meirelles Moore, David Louie, Douglas Hamman, Brian Behnke, Kiersten L. Lammerding
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Patent number: 11561279Abstract: An estimating method includes: measuring and receiving reception signals including a reflected signal reflected by a moving body, for a first period equivalent to a cycle of movement of the moving body; calculating first complex transfer functions indicating propagation characteristics, from the reception signals measured in the first period; calculating second complex transfer functions having reduced components corresponding to fluctuations, from the first complex transfer functions; extracting moving body information corresponding to a component related to the moving body by extracting moving body information corresponding to a predetermined frequency range of the second complex transfer functions calculated; and estimating a direction in which the moving body is present using the moving body information.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2019Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Takeshi Nakayama, Shoichi Iizuka, Naoki Honma, Nobuyuki Shiraki, Abudusaimi Abuduaini
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Patent number: 11558107Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for utilizing parallel links to improve sub-network availability and latency performance for ATC traffic. An embodiment operates by receiving a generated message. The type of the generated message is determined, where the type is an air traffic control message or a non-air traffic control message. Based on the type of message, communication links are selected, where the communication links include parallel transmission links or a serial link. The method continues by copying the generated message and transmitting the copied message using the selected communication links. The method waits to receive an acknowledgement indicating receipt of the transmitted message. Upon identifying an acknowledgement, any of the copied messages not yet retransmitted are deleted.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2021Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: THE MITRE CORPORATIONInventors: Dongsong Zeng, John C. Gonda, III
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Patent number: 11514802Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for determining, by a processor, an unmanned aerial system (UAS) position relative to at least one flight boundary; and effecting, by the processor, at least one flight limitation of a UAS if the determined UAS position crosses the at least one flight boundary.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2020Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: AEROVIRONMENT, INC.Inventors: Andrew Joseph Thurling, Joseph Frank Mohos
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Patent number: 11493623Abstract: In many applications such as automobiles on busy highways, if a lot of vehicles on road are equipped with Doppler radars to help improve driving safety, no matter human-driven or auto-driven, if the radars use same frequency band, avoiding interference between them is a hard task. Assigning distinct frequencies is one of the solutions, however not only it wastes expensive spectrum resource, but also the task itself to dynamically assign frequency to vehicles randomly come together becomes a hard one to do. The disclosed invention of Doppler group radar will allow radar devices to work together using shared frequency band without interfering one another, without sacrificing performance, and without much increase in costs.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2020Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Inventor: Xin Jin
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Patent number: 11455736Abstract: A method and system for integrating multiple measurement hypotheses in an efficient labeled multi-Bernoulli (LMB) filter. The LMB filter estimates a plurality of tracks for a plurality of objects, each track of the plurality of tracks having a unique label, a probability, and a state, wherein each track of the plurality of tracks is associated to an object of a plurality of objects to be tracked, each object having an object state.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2018Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke AktiengesellschaftInventors: Michael Aeberhard, Dominik Kellner
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Patent number: 11438868Abstract: A communication device comprising: a plurality of wireless communication units configured to perform wireless communication with another communication device; and a control unit configured to estimate positional information indicating a position at which the other communication device is located based on at least one distance measurement value indicating a distance between the other communication device and at least one wireless communication unit and obtained through the wireless communication of each of the plurality of wireless communication units, wherein the control unit corrects first positional information among a plurality of pieces of positional information estimated at different times based on second positional information different from the first positional information among the plurality of pieces of positional information.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2021Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHOInventors: Yosuke Ohashi, Masateru Furuta, Yuki Kono, Shigenori Nitta
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Patent number: 11416006Abstract: A technique relates to evaluating autonomous landing of an aircraft. An autonomous vehicle receives cellular metadata and determines whether a landing site is suitable for the autonomous vehicle based on the cellular metadata.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2019Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATIONInventor: Jonathan K. Garhart
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Patent number: 11415801Abstract: A personal, electronic target vision system renders targets in the field of view of the user in real-time so that the user can visualize where the targets are relative to him, in an orientation analogous to unaided human vision. An electronic vision device exchanges target selection information with a target vision server which returns to the electronic vision device the corresponding selected target location information for rendering selected targets in accordance with the user's changing viewpoint. The target vision server queries a target information server in order to access, filter and provide the real-time target location information required by the electronic vision device. A surveillance system of sensors and target tracking systems provides the target information server with target location information.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2017Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: ACCIPITER RADAR TECHNOLOGIES INC.Inventor: Timothy J. Nohara