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| 1 | 10880899 | Method and apparatus for selecting unmanned aerial vehicle control and non-payload communication channel on basis of channel interference analysis | Disclosed is a method and apparatus for selecting a channel for UAV control and non-payload communication on the basis of a channel interference analysis. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, provided is a method of selecting a UAV control channel on the basis of an interference analysis, the method including: performing, by a user device, the interference analysis, selecting, by the user device, a channel on the basis of a result of the interference analysis, requesting, by the user device, a central management device to approve the selected channel, and performing, by the user device, communication with a UAV on the channel approved by the central management device. | Hee Wook Kim (Daejeon, KR), Kwang Jae Lim (Daejeon, KR) | Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (Daejeon, KR) | 2019-01-15 | 2020-12-29 | H04W72/08, H04W74/00, H04B17/336, H04B17/345, H04B7/185 | 16/248521 |
| 2 | 10878679 | Unmanned aerial vehicles | A UAV comprises a camera and an image processor. The camera is operable to output captured image data corresponding to a first representation of a scene within a field of view of the camera. The scene includes an item. The image processor is configured to receive the captured image data. The image processor is configured, in response to recognising a predetermined object indicative of the presence of the item in the first representation, to generate image data corresponding to a second, different representation of the scene. A part of the scene that is associated with the item in the first representation is represented differently in the first and second representations. The image processor is configured to output the generated image data. | Iain Matthew Russell (London, GB) | --- | 2018-07-30 | 2020-12-29 | G08B13/196, G06K9/00, H04N7/18, B64C39/02, H04N1/44 | 16/048402 |
| 3 | 10876873 | Optical flow sensor, methods, remote controller device, and rotatable electronic device | An optical flow sensing method includes: using an image sensor to capture images, using a directional-invariant filter device upon at least one first block of the first image to process values of pixels of the at least one first block of the first image, to generate a first filtered block image, using the first directional-invariant filter device upon at least one first block of the second image to process values of pixels of the at least one first block of the second image, to generate a second filtered block image, comparing the filtered block images to calculate a correlation result, and estimating a motion vector according to a plurality of correlation results. | Hsin-Chia Chen (Sunnyvale, CA), Sen-Huang Huang (Hsin-Chu, TW), Wei-Chung Wang (Hsin-Chu, TW), Chao-Chien Huang (Hsin-Chu, TW), Ting-Yang Chang (Hsin-Chu, TW), Chun-Wei Chen (Sunnyvale, CA) | Pixart Imaging Inc. (Hsin-Chu, TW) | 2020-02-11 | 2020-12-29 | G01F1/708, G01F1/712, G06T7/246, G01P5/26 | 16/787051 |
| 4 | 10871358 | Apparatus for producing charged incendiary spheres | An apparatus for processing incendiary capsules for the purpose of prescribed burning. The apparatus includes a reciprocating injector tube driven by a crankshaft and a reciprocating mechanical pump driven by a cam. In order to synchronize these reciprocating motions the crankshaft and cam are joined together as a single part. The incendiary spheres exit a hopper and line up in series in a tube which deposits them one by one into a nest. Each individual sphere is punctured in the nest by a needle then injected with reactant. Each sphere is then withdrawn from the nest and dropped through a discharge opening before the next incendiary in line is processed in the same manner. | Frederick Sparling (Fredricton, CA) | --- | 2019-09-25 | 2020-12-22 | F42B12/44, A62C3/02 | 16/581899 |
| 5 | 10856120 | Providing inter-vehicle data communications for multimedia content | Systems, methods, and software can be used to provide inter-vehicle data communications for multimedia content. In some aspects, a method is disclosed comprising: receiving, at a first vehicle, a multimedia content request message from a second vehicle, wherein the multimedia content request message indicates a target location at which multimedia content is requested, determining, a current location of the first vehicle, in response to determining that the current location matching the target location, generating the multimedia content, and transmitting, by the first vehicle, the multimedia content. | Edward Snow Willis (Ottawa, CA), Kristian Neil Spriggs (Ottawa, CA), Sameh Ayoub (Ottawa, CA) | Blackberry Limited (Waterloo, CA) | 2018-06-19 | 2020-12-01 | H04W4/46, H04W4/14, H04W4/70, G08G1/0967, H04L29/08, H04W4/02, H04W4/80 | 16/012276 |
| 6 | 10854019 | Methods and systems for remote identification, messaging, and tolling of aerial vehicles | An aircraft tolling system uses tolling tags that are configured for attachment to aerial vehicles. The tolling tags include a data format that can be used by any and all aerial vehicles. The system detects and tracks aerial vehicles in a monitored airspace, and receives data from the aerial vehicles in the monitored airspace. The data include unique identifiers for each of the aerial vehicles in the monitored airspace. The system and device determine operators for the aerial vehicles in the monitored airspace based on a database of aerial vehicle and operator associations, access accounts in the database associated with each of the operators, and apply charges to the accounts associated with each of the operators in response to the reception of the unique identifiers of the aerial vehicles in the monitored airspace. | Scott G. Barnes (Falls Church, VA), Katie J. Maxwell (Fishers, IN), Scott D. Harlan (Leesburg, VA), Luther John Durkop, III (Cedar Park, TX), John S. Lear (Purcellville, VA) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, MA) | 2019-10-30 | 2020-12-01 | G08G1/065, G07B15/06, G06Q20/32, G06Q30/02, H04K3/00, F41H11/02, G05D1/00, G07C5/00, H04W4/021, G08G5/00 | 16/668888 |
| 7 | 10841305 | Authenticating for a software service | Systems, methods, and software can be used to provide authentication for a software service. In some aspects, an identity provider (IDP) receives an identity authentication request from a client device. The IDP transmits an on-premises verification initiation request for a digest authentication to on-premises directory provider (OPDP) . The IDP receives an on-premises verification initiation request. The an on-premises verification initiation request includes one or more digest authentication attributes. The IDP transmits the one or more digest authentication attributes. The IDP receives a digest, wherein the digest is calculated based on the one or more digest authentication attributes and one or more identity authentication credentials. The IDP transmits the digest, and receives an on-premises verification response that indicates a result of the digest authentication. | Manvinder Singh (Bedford, CA), Mendel Elliot Spencer (Ottawa, CA) | Blackberry Limited (Ontario, CA) | 2017-10-02 | 2020-11-17 | H04L29/06, H04L9/32, G06F21/33 | 15/722764 |
| 8 | 10837630 | Lighting device alignment calibration system | A system for detecting misalignment of a light fixture uses a gateway controller device to receive images captured by an aerial drone. The gateway controller will select a group of the images and, for each image in the group: identify a segment of an illuminated surface that is contained in the image, identify a light fixture that is configured to direct light to the segment, and determine whether the image contains content indicating that the light fixture improperly aligned. for any image that indicating that the light fixture is improperly aligned, the system will output a signal indicating that the light fixture requires recalibration. | Daniel S. Foster (Syracuse, NY), Brian M. Wilson (Baldwinsville, NY), Christopher D. Nolan (Camillus, NY), Joseph R. Casper (Baldwinsville, NY) | Signify Holding B.V. (Eindhoven, NL) | 2019-03-04 | 2020-11-17 | G06K9/64, F21V23/00, F21V21/15, F21V21/30, H05B45/50 | 16/291735 |
| 9 | 10836406 | Drone railway system | A drone railway system comprises a rail comprising a contact surface and an interconnect member having a drone connecting end and a rail engaging end, wherein the rail engaging end comprises a contacting member. The rail engaging end is selectively engageable with the rail so the contacting member can contact the contact surface and selectively disengageable with the rail so the drone and interconnect member can fly away from the rail, whereby the drone and interconnect member are able to travel along the length of the rail when the rail engaging end is engaged with the rail. A method of flying a drone comprises engaging a rail with the drone by contacting a contact surface of the rail with a contacting member associated with the drone, traveling along a length of the rail with the contacting member contacting the contact surface of the rail, selectively disengaging the drone from the rail, and flying away from the rail. | Peter Lum (Bartonsville, PA), Tiffany Lum (Bartonsville, PA) | --- | 2018-07-11 | 2020-11-17 | B61B3/02, B61B1/00, B61B13/08, B64D47/00, B64C39/02 | 16/032318 |
| 10 | 10834607 | Method and apparatus for collecting data associated with wireless communications | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, wirelessly receiving test signals when an unmanned aircraft is at different positions in proximity to a transmission medium where the first group of test signals is transmitted from different locations, determining RF parameters associated with each of the test signals, and generating placement information indicative of a target location for a communication device to be positioned, where the placement information is generated based on the RF parameters. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Donald J. Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ), Dorothy Zarsky (Summit, NJ), Ken Liu (Edison, NJ), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Pamela A. M. Bogdan (Neptune, NJ), Brandon Pimm (Manalapan, NJ), David M. Britz (Rumson, NJ), Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), James Gordon Beattie, Jr. (Bergenfield, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2019-03-01 | 2020-11-10 | H04W16/18, B64C39/02, H04B17/318, H04W24/06, H04B7/0417, H04W24/08, H01Q1/28, H01Q1/24, H04W64/00, H04W16/28, H04B7/0413, H01Q1/12, H04W52/24 | 16/290518 |
| 11 | 10827363 | Systems and methods for performing a passive intermodulation mitigation audit at a wireless site | Systems and methods include obtaining data capture at a cell site utilizing any of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) , a satellite, a multiple camera apparatus, a telescoping apparatus, and a camera, creating a model of the cell site based on the data capture, processing the model to perform a plurality of measurements, utilizing the plurality of measurements to identify potential Passive Intermodulation (PIM) issues at the cell site, and displaying the identified PIM issues for mitigation thereof. | Charlie Terry (Charlotte, NC), James Perry (Charlotte, NC), Lee Priest (Charlotte, NC) | Etak Systems, Llc (Huntersville, NC) | 2020-01-23 | 2020-11-03 | H04W16/00, H04W16/18, G06F30/13 | 16/750301 |
| 12 | 10823842 | System and method for generating a temporal map of radio frequency (RF) signals | A system and method for generating a temporal map of radio frequency (RF) signals detected from a vehicle. The method includes: detecting a plurality of RF signals over a predetermined spectrum of frequencies at a first longitude, a first latitude and a first altitude, analyzing the plurality of RF signals to determine at least a first parameter associated with at least a first RF signal of the plurality of RF signals, and adding to the temporal map the first RF signal frequency, the at least a first parameter associated with the first RF signal, the first longitude, the first latitude and the first altitude. | Yoav Zangvil (Haifa, IL), Yonatan Zur (Tel Aviv, IL), Gal Cohen (Haifa, IL) | Regulus Cyber Ltd. (Haifa, IL) | 2018-08-06 | 2020-11-03 | G01S13/89, G01S3/02, H04B17/336, H04B17/345, H04B1/00, H04B17/318, H04B17/26 | 16/055611 |
| 13 | 10820160 | HF positioning via smoothing of ionospheric undulations | A system and method for HF positioning characterizes the undulations of the ionosphere in real-time to determine the refraction altitude of a specific HF frequency at a specific time of day at a specific position. The system accounts for the seasonal (summer, winter) and daily (daylight, night, grey-line transition) variations of the ionosphere determining a highly accurate timing error relative to a timing reference. The system employs a novel approach that is capable of passively and accurately determining a position anywhere in the world without use of a GNSS signal receiving known-time transmissions of narrow band HF timing signals refracted via ionospheric skywave. | Timothy E. Snodgrass (Palo, IA), John V. Thommana (Cedar Rapids, IA) | Rockwell Collins, Inc. (Cedar Rapids, IA) | 2020-01-24 | 2020-10-27 | H04W4/029, G01S5/02, H04W4/024, G01S5/10 | 16/752215 |
| 14 | 10819035 | Launcher with helical antenna and methods for use therewith | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a launching device including a transmitter configured to generate a radio frequency signal in a microwave frequency band. A helical antenna is configured to launch the radio frequency signal as a guided electromagnetic wave that is bound to an outer surface of a transmission medium, wherein the guided electromagnetic wave propagates along the outer surface of the transmission medium without an electrical return path. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Peter Wolniansky (Ocean Grove, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2016-12-06 | 2020-10-27 | H01Q11/08, H01Q13/10, H01Q1/48, H01P3/10, H04B1/00 | 15/370641 |
| 15 | 10818193 | Communications training system | A communications training system is provided having a user interface, a computer-based simulator and a performance measurement database. The user interface is configured to receive a speech communication input from the user based on a training content and the computer-based simulator is configured to transform the speech communication to a text data whereby the text data can be aligned to performance measurement database values to determine a performance measure of the speech communication. The format of the text data and the performance measurement database values enable the speech communication to be aligned with predefined performance measurement database values representing expected speech communications for that training content. | Kevin Sullivan (Burlington, MA), Matthew Roberts (North Chelmsford, MA), Michael Knapp (Orlando, FL), Brian Riordan (Pennington, NJ) | Aptima, Inc. (Woburn, MA) | 2017-02-20 | 2020-10-27 | G09B5/06, G06F40/30, G09B19/04, G10L15/26, G10L15/187, G09B5/02, G09B5/04, G09B9/00 | 15/437399 |
| 16 | 10814967 | Cargo transportation system having perimeter propulsion | A cargo transportation system includes a cargo platform having an upper surface and a perimeter. A propulsion system is disposed about the perimeter of the cargo platform. The propulsion system includes a plurality of propulsion assemblies, each including a propulsion unit disposed within a housing defining an airflow channel having an air inlet for incoming air and an air outlet for outgoing air such that the outgoing air is operable to generate at least vertical lift. A power system disposed within the cargo platform provides energy to drive the propulsion system. A flight control system operably associated with the propulsion system and the power system controls flight operations of the cargo transportation system. | Kirk Landon Groninga (Fort Worth, TX), Daniel Bryan Robertson (Fort Worth, TX), Brett Rodney Zimmerman (Fort Worth, TX) | Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI) | 2017-08-28 | 2020-10-27 | B64C39/00, B64C11/00, B64C27/20, B64D27/02, B64C39/02 | 15/688165 |
| 17 | 10814958 | Wing module having interior compartment | A wing module for an aerial vehicle in which the wing module has a flight configuration and an access configuration. The wing module includes an external wing skin having an upper skin with an upper surface having a curved profile and a lower skin forming the leading and trailing edges and having a generally planar lower surface. A hinge joint couples the upper and lower skins enabling relative rotation of the upper and lower skins between the flight configuration and the access configuration. The hinge joint is proximate the leading edge. An interior cavity is formed at least partially within the lower skin. In the flight configuration, the upper and lower skins have an airfoil cross section. In the access configuration, the upper and lower skins are split in the chordwise direction such that distal ends of the first and second skins are separated providing access to the interior cavity. | Dakota Charles Easley (Dallas, TX), Levi Charles Hefner (Wichita, KS) | Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI) | 2018-08-27 | 2020-10-27 | B64C3/26, B64C3/56, B64C39/02, B64C29/02 | 16/113547 |
| 18 | 10812174 | Client node device and methods for use therewith | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a client node device having a radio configured to wirelessly receive downstream channel signals from a communication network. An access point repeater (APR) launches the downstream channel signals on a guided wave communication system as guided electromagnetic waves that propagate along a transmission medium and to wirelessly transmit the downstream channel signals to at least one client device. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Donald J Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2015-06-03 | 2020-10-20 | H04B7/155, H04L5/14, H04B3/56, H04B3/58, H04B3/54, H04B7/04, H04L29/06, H04B3/52 | 14/729178 |
| 19 | 10811767 | System and dielectric antenna with convex dielectric radome | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a dielectric antenna and a convex dielectric radome having an operating face that radiates or receives microwave signals. The operating face is shaped to reduce an accumulation of water on the operating face. | Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Donald J. Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2016-10-21 | 2020-10-20 | H01Q1/42, H01Q1/02, H01Q19/08, H01Q1/36, H01Q13/24, H01Q13/06 | 15/331417 |
| 20 | 10810894 | Deep stall aircraft landing | An aircraft defining an upright orientation and an inverted orientation, a ground station, and a control system for remotely controlling the flight of the aircraft. The ground station has an auto-land function that causes the aircraft to invert, stall, and controllably land in the inverted orientation to protect a payload and a rudder extending down from the aircraft. In the upright orientation, the ground station depicts the view from a first aircraft camera. When switching to the inverted orientation: (1) the ground station depicts the view from a second aircraft camera, (2) the aircraft switches the colors of red and green wing lights, extends the ailerons to act as inverted flaps, and (3) the control system adapts a ground station controller for the inverted orientation. The aircraft landing gear is an expanded polypropylene pad located above the wing when the aircraft is in the upright orientation. | Christopher E. Fisher (Simi Valley, CA), Thomas Robert Szarek (Oak Park, CA), Justin B. McAllister (Seattle, WA), Pavel Belik (Simi Valley, CA) | Aerovironment, Inc. (Simi Valley, CA) | 2019-02-11 | 2020-10-20 | G08G5/02, B64D31/00, G05D1/00, B64C39/02, G05D1/06 | 16/271916 |
| 21 | 10810885 | Method and apparatus for transmitting data of unmanned aerial vehicle control system | Disclosed is a method and apparatus for transmitting data of an unmanned aerial vehicle control system. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, provided is a method of transmitting data of an unmanned aerial vehicle control system, the method including: connecting an unmanned aerial vehicle to a ground radio station via a mission data link and a non-mission data link, checking a maximum transmit power of the non-mission data link, checking a margin value of the non-mission data link considering a state of the unmanned aerial vehicle, checking a required transmit power of the non-mission data link by applying the margin value of the non-mission data link, and determining a transmit power of the non-mission data link by comparing the maximum transmit power with the required transmit power. | Hee Wook Kim (Daejeon, KR) | Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (Daejeon, KR) | 2018-09-25 | 2020-10-20 | G08G5/00, H04W52/38, H04W52/36, H04W4/40, H04W52/32, B64C39/02, G07C5/00 | 16/141763 |
| 22 | 10807711 | Unmanned aerial vehicles | An unmanned aerial vehicle, UAV, includes (i) a camera having a field of vision including, in use, a portion of a vehicle to be cleaned, (ii) a liquid container comprising waterless carwash liquid, (iii) a liquid dispenser operable to cause the waterless carwash liquid comprised in the liquid container to be dispensed from the liquid container, (iv) a cleaning implement, and (v) a controller communicatively coupled to the camera, the liquid dispenser and the cleaning implement. The controller is operable (a) to cause the liquid dispenser to dispense the waterless carwash liquid from the liquid container onto the portion of the vehicle to be cleaned and (b) to control the cleaning implement to clean the portion of the vehicle to be cleaned. | Iain Matthew Russell (London, GB) | --- | 2018-07-28 | 2020-10-20 | B64C39/02, B08B3/00, B60S3/04, B08B3/04, B08B3/02, B08B13/00, B60S3/06, B64D1/16 | 16/048231 |
| 23 | 10807707 | Vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft having variable center of gravity | An unmanned aircraft system (UAS) configured for both vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) and fixed-wing flight operations includes forward and aft wing assemblies mounted to the fuselage, each wing assembly including port and starboard nacelles terminating in motor-driven rotors powered by an onboard control system capable of adjusting rotor speeds. The UAS may transition between a powered-lift VTOL configuration to a winged-flight configuration by shifting its center of gravity forward, pivoting the wing assemblies from a powered-lift position perpendicular to the fuselage to a winged-flight position parallel to the fuselage. The forward rotor blades may be folded back so that the aft rotors may provide primary thrust for winged flight operations. Onboard attitude sensors may detect rotor or control failures, to which the control system responds by triggering a conversion to the winged-flight configuration for recovery operations. | Mark Ter Keurs (Surrey, CA), Garry Reusch (Calgary, CA) | Draganfly Innovations Inc. (Saskatoon, CA) | 2017-09-15 | 2020-10-20 | B64C29/00, B64D9/00, B64C39/02, B64C25/52, B64D45/04 | 15/706158 |
| 24 | 10805761 | Global registration system for aerial vehicles | Systems and methods for aerial vehicle registration are disclosed. A server computer and at least one database are constructed and configured for network communication with at least one aerial vehicle. The at least one aerial vehicle transmits a registration request to the server computer. The server computer assigns a unique registration ID for the at least one aerial vehicle. The at least one database comprises a geofence database storing information of a multiplicity of registered geofences. Each of the multiplicity of registered geofences comprises a plurality of geographic designators defined by a plurality of unique Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) addresses. One of the plurality of unique IPv6 addresses is encoded as a unique identifier for each of the multiplicity of registered geofences. The server computer caches the information of the multiplicity of registered geofences on the at least one aerial vehicle. | Benjamin T. Jones (Henderson, NV) | Geofrenzy, Inc. (Tiburon, CA) | 2018-07-12 | 2020-10-13 | H04W4/021, H04L12/403, G06F16/29, G06F16/951, G06F21/44, G01C21/28, G08G5/04, H04L12/28, H04W12/08, H04W68/00, B64C39/02, H04L29/08, G06F21/60, G08G5/00, H04L29/06, H04L29/12, G08B21/24, H04W80/04, H04W12/00 | 16/033525 |
| 25 | 10803313 | Systems and methods determining plant population and weed growth statistics from airborne measurements in row crops | This disclosure describes a system and a method for determining statistics of plant populations based on overhead optical measurements. The system may include one or more hardware processors configured by machine-readable instructions to receive output signals provided by one or more remote sensing devices mounted to an overhead platform. The output signals may convey information related to one or more images of a land area where crops are grown. The one or more hardware processors may be configured by machine-readable instructions to distinguish vegetation from background clutter, segregate image regions corresponding to the vegetation from image regions corresponding to the background clutter, and determine a plant count per unit area. | Michael Ritter (San Diego, CA), Michael Milton (San Diego, CA), Peter Matusov (La Jolla, CA) | Slantrange, Inc. (San Diego, CA) | 2019-06-07 | 2020-10-13 | G06K9/00, G06T7/194, G06T7/11, G06T7/174, G06T7/62, G06K9/62 | 16/434935 |
| 26 | 10800513 | Propeller system with directional thrust control | A propeller system with directional thrust control comprising a hub, a plurality of blade attachment apparatuses attached to the hub, and a plurality of blades, each blade of the plurality of blades being attached to a blade attachment apparatus of the plurality of blade attachment apparatuses. The hub is operable to rotate about a rotation axis thereof. The plurality of blades is attached to the hub via the plurality of blade attachment apparatuses such that the plurality of blades rotates about the rotation axis of the hub when the hub rotates about the rotation axis thereof. Each blade attachment apparatus of the plurality of blade attachment apparatuses is operable to rotate the blade attached thereto about a blade rotation axis. | Ricardo Romeu (Melbourne, FL), William Eric Holland (Indian Harbour Beach, FL) | Alluvionic, Inc. (Melbourne, FL) | 2018-02-19 | 2020-10-13 | B64C11/44, B64C15/02, B64C11/32, B64C39/02, B64C11/48, B64C11/06 | 15/899140 |
| 27 | 10798343 | Augmented video system providing enhanced situational awareness | A facility, comprising systems and methods, for providing enhanced situational awareness to captured image data is disclosed. The disclosed techniques are used in conjunction with image data, such as a real-time or near real-time image stream captured by a camera attached to an unmanned system, previously captured image data, rendered image data, etc. The facility enhances situational awareness by projecting overlays onto captured video data or ''wrapping'' captured image data with previously-captured and/or ''synthetic world'' information, such as satellite images, computer-generated images, wire models, textured surfaces, and so on. The facility also provides enhanced zoom techniques that allow a user to quickly zoom in on an object or area of interest using a combined optical and digital zoom technique. Additionally, the facility provides a digital lead indicator designed to reduce operator-induced oscillations in commanding an image capturing device. | Darcy Davidson, Jr. (Dallesport, WA), Theodore T. Trowbridge (Hood River, OR) | Insitu, Inc. (Bingen, WA) | 2019-05-09 | 2020-10-06 | H04N7/18, G01C11/00, G06T11/00, G06T17/05, G05D1/00, G06T11/60, G06T19/00, G01C11/02, G01C11/36 | 16/408073 |
| 28 | 10798237 | Automated individual security | A controller monitors for an activation condition through a monitoring interface of a wearable aerial device. In response to detecting the activation condition through the monitoring interface, the controller triggers the wearable aerial device to release from an aesthetic attachment proximate to a user and hover a distance above the user of a height above a selected height threshold. The controller analyzes a recording of content by the wearable aerial device to assess a particular threat level associated with the content from among multiple threat levels. The controller, in response to the particular threat level exceeding a threat threshold, automatically sends a communication to one or more emergency contacts. | Santosh S. Borse (Westchester, NY) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY) | 2018-10-28 | 2020-10-06 | H04M1/725, B64C39/02, G06F1/16, G08B21/02, A44C25/00, G06K9/00 | 16/172807 |
| 29 | 10797890 | Providing inter-enterprise data communications between enterprise applications on an electronic device | Systems, methods, and software can be used to provide inter-enterprise data communications between enterprise applications on an electronic device. In some aspects, a method comprises: receiving, by a bridge application executing on an electronic device, an interoperation request for a first enterprise, wherein the interoperation request includes a first token and a second token, sending, from the bridge application to an application of the first enterprise, the first token, wherein the application of the first enterprise executes on the electronic device, receiving, by the bridge application from the application of the first enterprise, a certificate in response to the first token, wherein the certificate is encrypted by the second token, decrypting, by the bridge application, the certificate by using the second token, and validating, by the bridge application, the application of the first enterprise based on the decrypted certificate. | Johnathan George White (St. Albans, GB), Siavash James Joorabchian Hawkins (Tonbridge, GB), Fraser George Stewart (London, GB) | Blackberry Limited (Waterloo, Ontario, CA) | 2018-02-26 | 2020-10-06 | H04L9/32, H04W12/06, G06F9/54, H04L29/06, G06F21/62, G06F21/33, H04W12/08 | 15/905394 |
| 30 | 10795010 | Systems and methods for detecting, tracking and identifying small unmanned systems such as drones | A system for providing integrated detection and countermeasures against unmanned aerial vehicles include a detecting element, a location determining element and an interdiction element. The detecting element detects an unmanned aerial vehicle in flight in the region of, or approaching, a property, place, event or very important person. The location determining element determines the exact location of the unmanned aerial vehicle. The interdiction element can either direct the unmanned aerial vehicle away from the property, place, event or very important person in a non-destructive manner, or can cause disable the unmanned aerial vehicle in a destructive manner. | Dwaine A. Parker (Naples, FL), Damon E. Stern (Riverview, FL), Lawrence S. Pierce (Huntsville, AL) | Xidrone Systems, Inc. (Naples, FL) | 2019-03-22 | 2020-10-06 | G01S13/06, F41H13/00, G01S7/38, G01S7/02, G01S13/86, G01S13/42, G01S7/41, G01S13/933, G01S3/782, G01S13/88, G01S13/91, F41H11/02 | 16/362285 |
| 31 | 10793285 | Fuselage embedded fuel tank | One embodiment is a system comprising fuel tank comprising a pressure vessel for storing fuel for a vehicle, the fuel tank disposed within a fuselage of the vehicle and extending a majority of a length of the fuselage, wherein a center of gravity of the fuel tank is substantially aligned with a center of gravity of the fuselage. The fuel tank may be disposed within the fuselage such that the fuel tank bears at least a portion of a load borne by the fuselage. Alternatively, the fuel tank may be disposed within the fuselage such that the fuel tank is isolated from loads borne by the fuselage. In certain embodiments, the fuel tank comprises a filament wound pressure vessel. | James Everett Kooiman (Fort Worth, TX), Greg Alan Whittaker (Mansfield, TX), Bryan Keith Sugg (Midlothian, TX) | Bell Helicopter Textron Inc. (Fort Worth, TX) | 2018-02-13 | 2020-10-06 | B64D37/04, B64C1/06, B64C39/02 | 15/895619 |
| 32 | 10793269 | Vision based calibration system for unmanned aerial vehicles | An unmanned aircraft system includes a testing and calibration system that enables automated testing of movable parts of an unmanned aircraft. The testing and calibration system uses a camera-based technique to determine the position and angle of movable parts, in order to establish whether or not those parts are moving in a manner consistent with correct function. | Peter Abeles (Redwood City, CA), Keenan Wyrobek (Half Moon Bay, CA) | Zipline International Inc. (San Francisco, CA) | 2018-06-25 | 2020-10-06 | B64C39/02, G06T7/73, B64F5/60 | 16/017831 |
| 33 | 10793267 | Unmanned aerial vehicle | Disclosed are a body of an unmanned aerial vehicle and an unmanned aerial vehicle including the same. The body includes a housing arranged in a first direction and including at least four housing sidewalls and an opening defined by the housing sidewalls and configured to receive a battery pack, a propeller support extending a specific distance from each housing sidewall in a second direction away from the center of the housing and perpendicular to the first direction and having, on a distal end, a motor and a propeller connected to the motor, and a PCB disposed on at least one of the housing sidewalls and associated with operating the motor and the propeller. | Wu Seong Lee (Asan-si, KR), Tae Kyun Kim (Suwon-si, KR), Bae Seok Lim (Suwon-si, KR), Youn Hyung Choi (Suwon-si, KR), Seung Nyun Kim (Incheon, KR), Yong Sang Yun (Osan-si, KR) | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR) | 2017-11-27 | 2020-10-06 | B64D39/02, B64D27/24, B64C39/02, B64D47/08, H05K1/14, H05K1/18 | 15/822619 |
| 34 | 10793258 | Aircraft, takeoff control method and system, and landing control method and system | A landing control method includes detecting whether a landing indication signal is received, and controlling an aircraft to automatically land in a pre-set landing mode if the landing indication signal is received. A takeoff control method comprises detecting whether a takeoff indication signal is received, and controlling an aircraft to automatically take off in a pre-set takeoff mode if the takeoff indication signal is received. | Canlong Lin (Shenzhen, CN) | Sz Dji Technology Co., Ltd. (Shenzhen, CN) | 2017-06-13 | 2020-10-06 | B64C13/18, G05D1/06, G05D1/10, B64D45/04, B64C39/02 | 15/621682 |
| 35 | 10789567 | Drone based delivery system using vehicles | A method for determining a route for a drone to deliver a package from an origin to a destination using vehicles that are not actively participating in a delivery of the package, a method for delivering the package from the origin to the destination using in the drone in accordance with the route, a method for determining a route for delivering a package from an origin to a destination using plurality of drones and vehicles that are not actively participating in a delivery of the package, a method for delivering the package from the origin to the destination using the plurality of drones and vehicles in accordance with the route, a vehicle-associated package repository, for retaining packages deposited and collected by a drone, to be transported by a vehicle, and a vehicle-transported container comprising the vehicle-associated package repository. | Shmuel Ur (Shorashim, IL) | Shmuel Ur Innovation Ltd (Shorashim, IL) | 2017-09-25 | 2020-09-29 | G06Q10/08, G01C21/34, G06Q10/04, B64C39/02 | 16/295916 |
| 36 | 10785792 | User device-initiated low-latency data transmissions | The present disclosure describes techniques and systems for user device-initiated low-latency data transmissions to reduce a latency in transmitting low-latency data. These techniques may include a user device that autonomously determines to transmit low-latency data, then transmits the low-latency data over one or more resources of a wireless network for which transmission of the low-latency data is not scheduled. | Jibing Wang (Saratoga, CA), Erik Richard Stauffer (Sunnyvale, CA) | Google Llc (Mountain View, CA) | 2018-03-28 | 2020-09-22 | H04W72/14, H04L5/14, H04L5/00, H04L1/18, H04W72/04, H04W72/12 | 15/939088 |
| 37 | 10785722 | Wakeup system and method for devices in power saving mode | A computer device may include a memory storing instructions and a processor configured to execute the instructions to select a broadcast method for a wakeup signal for a wireless communication device, instruct a base station to broadcast the wakeup signal using the selected broadcast method, and provide information identifying the selected broadcast method to the wireless communication device. The processor may be further configured to receiving a wakeup request from a machine-type communication interworking function (MTC-IWF) device, map the received wakeup request to a wakeup signature beacon signal associated with the wireless communication device, and instruct the base station to transmit a wakeup signature beacon signal to the wireless communication device based on the received wakeup request. | Lei Song (Fremont, CA), Ye Huang (San Ramon, CA), Jin Yang (Orinda, CA), Yee Sin Chan (San Jose, CA), Jignesh S. Panchal (Hillsborough, NJ) | Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ) | 2019-03-20 | 2020-09-22 | H04W52/02, H04W40/24, G06F1/3234, G06F1/3206, H04W40/00 | 16/358922 |
| 38 | 10777873 | Method and apparatus for mounting network devices | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a system with a mounting carriage connectable with a cylindrical member, where the mounting carriage includes an opening for receiving an antenna mount of an antenna. The mounting carriage when in an unlocked state slides along the cylindrical member and rotates about the cylindrical member. The mounting carriage when in a locked state does not slide along the cylindrical member and does not rotate about the cylindrical member. Other embodiments are disclosed. | David M. Britz (Rumson, NJ), Donald J. Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Robert Bennett (Southold, NY) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2016-12-08 | 2020-09-15 | H01Q1/12, H01Q9/04, H01Q1/46, H01Q21/00, H01Q1/22 | 15/372453 |
| 39 | 10776316 | Automated multi-domain operational services | A method for automated operational services across multiple data domains includes receiving requirement information related to one or more targets of interest. Information related to the one or more targets of interest is collected from one or more data sources across multiple data domains based on the received requirement information. A determination is made if the collected information meets the received requirements related to the one or more targets of interest. A classification tag containing domain agnostic information related to the one or more targets of interest is generated, responsive to determining that the collected information meets the received requirements. | Paul A. Baggeroer (Westford, MA), Eric E. Thompson (Hollis, NH), Christopher M. Jengo (Ayer, MA), Suhail Shabbir Saquib (Shrewsbury, MA), Kevin J. Whitcomb (Shrewsbury, MA), Jason R. Bruni (Westford, MA), Kenneth L. Warren (Manchester, NH) | Goodrich Corporation (Charlotte, NC) | 2018-01-05 | 2020-09-15 | G06F17/00, G06Q10/10, G06F16/16, G06F16/2455 | 15/863458 |
| 40 | 10769005 | Communication interface between a fusion engine and subsystems of a tactical information system | A subsystem of a tactical information system is provided that includes a memory configured to store instructions and a processor disposed in communication with the memory. The processor, upon execution of the instructions is configured to receive first standardized entity messages that include target information from multiple automatic target recognition (ATR) systems, parse the first standardized entity messages to extract the target information, provide the extracted target information to a fusion algorithm for fusion processing that determines whether to fuse the target information from different ATR systems and fuses the extracted target information to generate fused target information about a single target when determined to do so, receive fused target information about the single target, if any, from the fusion algorithm, and generate a second standardized entity message that includes the fused target information about the single target. | Allan B. Liburd (Worcester, MA), Matthew Goldstein (Nashua, NH), Emily Seto (Canton, MA) | Goodrich Corporation (Charlotte, NC) | 2018-12-07 | 2020-09-08 | G06F9/54, G06K9/62 | 16/213687 |
| 41 | 10768624 | Unmanned aircraft turn and approach system | An aircraft including a wing system, a plurality of control surfaces, a camera mounted on a camera pod, and a control system. The camera pod is configured to vary the orientation of the camera field of view only in yaw, relative to the aircraft, between a directly forward-looking orientation and a side-looking orientation. The control system controls the control surfaces such that they induce a significant aircraft yaw causing an identified target to be within the field of view of the camera with the camera in the directly forward-looking orientation. | William J. Nicoloff (Camarillo, CA), Eric M. Sornborger (Los Angeles, CA), Lars B. Cremean (Newbury Park, CA) | Aerovironment Inc. (Simi Valley, CA) | 2018-07-31 | 2020-09-08 | G05D1/00, F41G7/30, B64C9/00, B64C39/02, B64D47/08, F41G7/22 | 16/051481 |
| 42 | 10755584 | Apparatus, system and method for managing airspace for unmanned aerial vehicles | An apparatus, system and method for managing airspace for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) . The apparatus, system and method may include a platform comprising at least records of certified administratively acceptable requestors of restricted use of the airspace for UAVs, a plurality of airspace management rules for UAVs, and a broadcaster for providing notifications over at least one telecommunications network, and a plurality of applications, each instantiated by a processor on one of a plurality of corresponded devices by non-transitory computing code, wherein the plurality of corresponded devices comprises at least a plurality of mobile devices. A first of the plurality of applications may be capable of receiving the restricted UAV use request from a requestor within a physical area of the restricted UAV use request, and of forwarding the restricted UAV use request and an identification of the requestor to the platform over the at least one telecommunications network. | Ken Harold Stewart (Menlo Park, CA), Vineet Mehta (Boston, MA) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, NY) | 2018-02-13 | 2020-08-25 | G08G5/00, H04W4/02, B64C39/02 | 15/895517 |
| 43 | 10755542 | Method and apparatus for surveillance via guided wave communication | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a surveillance system operable to generate surveillance data based on a sensor input to at least one sensor device. A plurality of electromagnetic waves is generated for transmission to an administrator system of the surveillance system via a guided wave transceiver, where the plurality of electromagnetic waves includes a surveillance data signal generated based on the surveillance data. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Pamela A. M. Bogdan (Neptune, NJ), George Blandino (Bridgewater, NJ), Ken Liu (Edison, NJ), Leon Lubranski (Scotch Plains, NJ), Eric Myburgh (Bonita Springs, FL), Tracy Van Brakle (Colts Neck, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2016-12-06 | 2020-08-25 | G08B13/196, H04B3/54, H04N7/10, H04N5/225, G08B25/06, G06T7/20, G06K9/00 | 15/370607 |
| 44 | 10752354 | Remote control for implementing image processing, unmanned aircraft system and image processing method for unmanned aerial vehicle | The present application discloses a remote control for implementing image processing, including a remote control controller, an image transmission unit and a data transmission unit, and further including: a system processor, connected to the remote control controller and the image transmission unit to process an image transmitted by the image transmission unit, and a display unit, connected to the system processor to display or edit the image processed by the system processor, where the remote control controller exchanges system data with the system processor, to implement function operations of the remote control, and the image transmission unit sends image data obtained from an unmanned aerial vehicle to the system processor, to display or edit the image data on the display unit connected to the system processor. The remote control completes real-time display or editing of aerial videos while operating an aerial vehicle, thereby greatly improving user's operation experience and convenience. | Changnan Cheng (Guangdong, CN), Qinhui Gui (Guangdong, CN), Qingxiong Lai (Guangdong, CN), Huihua Zhang (Guangdong, CN), Yintao Huang (Guangdong, CN), Shuai Wang (Guangdong, CN) | Autel Robotics Co., Ltd. (Shenzhen, Guangdong, CN) | 2018-02-01 | 2020-08-25 | B64C39/02, H04N7/18, G05D1/00, G05D1/10, G06F3/041 | 15/886157 |
| 45 | 10750313 | Map display of unmanned aircraft systems | Described herein is a method comprising (a) sending unmanned aircraft system (UAS) data providing a first UAS location indication on a map on a display of the computing device, wherein the first UAS location indication comprises an aggregate indication of a plurality of UASs located within a first area on the map, (b) receiving data comprising a request for additional information related to the first UAS location indication, (c) in response to receiving the request for additional information, sending additional location data related to the plurality of UASs, including a plurality of second UAS location indications at a plurality of locations within the first area on the map, wherein each second UAS indication corresponds to a subset of the plurality of UASs represented by the first UAS location indication, and (d) updating the display of the computing device to show the plurality of second UAS location indications. | James Burgess (Mountain View, CA), Reinaldo Negron (Mountain View, CA), Jeremy Chalmer (Mountain View, CA) | Wing Aviation Llc (Mountain View, CA) | 2018-06-04 | 2020-08-18 | H04W4/021, H04W4/42, G01C21/00, G08G5/00, H04W4/44, G06F16/29, G01C21/36, G05D1/00 | 15/997615 |
| 46 | 10747998 | Structure from motion for drone videos | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method comprising obtaining, by a processing system including a processor, first and second models for a structure of an object, based respectively on ground-level and aerial observations of the object. Model parameters are determined for a three-dimensional (3D) third model of the object based on the first and second models, the determining comprises a transfer learning procedure. Data representing observations of the object is captured at an airborne unmanned aircraft system (UAS) operating at an altitude between that of the ground-level observations and the aerial observations. The method also comprises dynamically adjusting the third model in accordance with the operating altitude of the UAS, updating the adjusted third model in accordance with the data, and determining a 3D representation of the structure of the object, based on the updated adjusted third model. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Raghuraman Gopalan (Dublin, CA) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2019-01-02 | 2020-08-18 | G06K9/00, G06K9/62, G06K9/66, G06T17/05, G06T17/00, G06T7/579 | 16/238349 |
| 47 | 10746634 | Air sampling system | An atmosphere sampling system includes: an unmanned rotary-wing aircraft platform including: an airframe capable of lifting a selected payload mass, at least one motorized rotor, and, a flight control system including an on-board controller, an atmosphere sampling unit having a total mass no greater than the selected payload mass, and including: a blower preferably having backward-facing blades, an inlet structure to draw in air to be sampled, and an outlet to discharge air after sampling, a plurality of sample containers, and, an indexing mechanism to move selected sample containers, one at a time, into contact with the inlet structure so that samples may be collected, and, a power supply with sufficient capacity to operate the motorized rotor (s) , the onboard portion of the flight controller, the blower, and the indexing system. | Alexander B. Adams (Bristol, TN) | --- | 2019-01-28 | 2020-08-18 | G01N1/22, B64C39/02, B64D1/00, G01N33/00, G01N1/24 | 16/350875 |
| 48 | 10742309 | Spatial router with dynamic queues | Fifty seven percent of the world's population, some 4.2 billion people, reside in places without internet access. Consequently, these areas also have no or limited infrastructure to deploy Internet of Things (IoT) devices/sensors. Numerous companies are racing to fill this communication gap and provide internet not only to those without internet but to also improve and provide additional options to those with internet access. One exemplary aspect is capable of providing a technically unique lower-cost solution for internet connectivity, and in particular for applications requiring real-time and/or near-real-time connectivity. | Robert Reis (Palo Alto, CA), Darren Reis (Palo Alto, CA), Shmuel Shaffer (Palo Alto, CA) | Higher Ground Llc (Palo Alto, CA) | 2017-06-14 | 2020-08-11 | H04B7/185, H04L12/863, H04W16/28 | 15/622416 |
| 49 | 10739451 | Systems and methods for detecting, tracking and identifying small unmanned systems such as drones | A system for providing integrated detection and countermeasures against unmanned aerial vehicles include a detecting element, a location determining element and an interdiction element. The detecting element detects an unmanned aerial vehicle in flight in the region of, or approaching, a property, place, event or very important person. The location determining element determines the exact location of the unmanned aerial vehicle. The interdiction element can either direct the unmanned aerial vehicle away from the property, place, event or very important person in a non-destructive manner, or can cause disable the unmanned aerial vehicle in a destructive manner. | Dwaine A. Parker (Naples, FL), Damon E. Stern (Riverview, FL), Lawrence S. Pierce (Huntsville, AL) | Xidrone Systems, Inc. (Naples, FL) | 2020-05-05 | 2020-08-11 | G01S13/06, G01S3/782, F41H11/02, G01S13/42, G01S13/91, G01S13/933, G01S13/88, F41H13/00, G01S7/38, G01S7/02, G01S13/86, G01S7/41 | 16/867145 |
| 50 | 10735908 | Systems and apparatuses for detecting unmanned aerial vehicle | Apparatuses, methods, and computer program products disclosed herein provide improved unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) detection. A method may include receiving data including wireless signal strength collected by one or more devices, monitoring the data including the wireless signal strength to determine if the wireless signal strength of a wireless signal source increases over time in a manner to satisfy a predefined threshold in order to be indicative of a UAV, determining a trajectory of the UAV based upon the data including the wireless signal strength, and generating an alert based on, at least, the trajectory of the UAV as indicated by the data including the wireless signal strength. | Yuyang Liang (Beijing, CN) | Nokia Technologies Oy (Espoo, FI) | 2017-03-22 | 2020-08-04 | H04W24/00, H04W8/22, H04W4/029, H04B17/318, G10L25/51, G08B21/18, G06N20/00, H04W84/06 | 16/496105 |
| 51 | 10733894 | Direct-broadcast remote identification (RID) device for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) | A direct-broadcast remote identification (RID) device attachable to an unmanned aircraft system (UAS) encodes identifier signals based on a unique identifier of the UAS and position data, e.g., the current and originating (launch) positions of the UAS, and transmits encoded data signals receivable and decodable by specially configured receiver devices in range. The encoded identifier signals may be transmitted at low power via radio-control frequencies, whitespace frequencies, ISM frequencies, DME frequencies, or ADS-B frequencies as needed. The receiver devices may decode identifier signals to display the relative positions of, and information about, nearby UAS even in internet-denied areas (standalone mode) . The receiver devices may retrieve additional data, such as operator information and flight plans, from remote databases by establishing wireless connections when said connections are available (connected mode) . | Paul Beard (Bigfork, MT), Christian Ramsey (Purcellville, VA) | Uavionix Corporation (Bigfork, MT) | 2018-02-26 | 2020-08-04 | G08G5/00, B64C39/02, G05D1/00, H04W4/06, G01C5/06, G01S19/14 | 15/905340 |
| 52 | 10728767 | Systems and methods for augmented reality add-in of equipment and structures at a telecommunications site | Systems and methods for creating a three-dimensional (3D) model of a telecommunications site and performing an augmented reality add-in of equipment or structures therein include obtaining data capture of the telecommunications site utilizing a plurality of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) , a satellite, a multiple camera apparatus, and a telescoping apparatus, creating the 3D model utilizing the data capture, inserting currently non-existing equipment or structures in the 3D model, and performing engineering and planning for the telecommunications site utilizing the 3D model with the inserted currently non-existing equipment. | Lee Priest (Charlotte, NC), Charlie Terry (Charlotte, NC), Joshua Godwin (Charlotte, NC) | Etak Systems, Llc (Huntersville, NC) | 2018-05-01 | 2020-07-28 | H04W24/08, G01C11/06, H04W16/24, H04W16/18, G06F30/13, B64D47/08, B64C39/02, G05D1/00, G06Q50/08, G06Q10/08, G06T17/00, G06T19/00 | 15/968067 |
| 53 | 10727599 | Launcher with slot antenna and methods for use therewith | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a launching device including a transmitter configured to generate a radio frequency signal in a microwave frequency band. A slotline antenna is configured to launch the radio frequency signal as a guided electromagnetic wave that is bound to an outer surface of a transmission medium, wherein the guided electromagnetic wave propagates along the outer surface of the transmission medium without an electrical return path. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Peter Wolniansky (Ocean Grove, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2016-12-06 | 2020-07-28 | H01Q13/10, H04B3/52, H01Q13/08, H01Q13/18, H01Q1/44, H01Q21/24 | 15/370616 |
| 54 | 10721259 | System and method for automatic generation of filter rules | In general, certain embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods and systems for automatic generation of filter rules based on functional network flows for e-Enabled aviation systems. According to various embodiments, a method is provided comprising capturing network packets corresponding to a functional network flow transmitted within a networked aviation system, and parsing the network packets in order to extract one or more network messages corresponding to the functional network flow. The network message is examined in order to identify and classify a plurality of attributes corresponding to the header and data fields of the network packets. A table corresponding to the network messages is automatically generated, which includes one or more filter rules. In some embodiments, the table may be used to determine which communications are authorized during a particular context of the networked aviation system. The method further comprises validating the one or more filter rules. | John E. Bush (Bothell, WA), Arun Ayyagari (Seattle, WA), Steven L. Arnold (Kirkland, WA) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, IL) | 2016-03-31 | 2020-07-21 | H04L29/06, H04L12/26, H04L12/813, H04L29/08 | 15/088006 |
| 55 | 10720068 | Transportation using network of unmanned aerial vehicles | Embodiments described herein include a delivery system having unmanned aerial delivery vehicles and a logistics network for control and monitoring. In certain embodiments, a ground station provides a location for interfacing between the delivery vehicles, packages carried by the vehicles and users. In certain embodiments, the delivery vehicles autonomously navigate from one ground station to another. In certain embodiments, the ground stations provide navigational aids that help the delivery vehicles locate the position of the ground station with increased accuracy. | Andreas Raptopoulos (Palo Alto, CA), Darlene Damm (Mountain View, CA), Martin Ling (Edinburgh, GB), Ido Baruchin (San Francisco, CA) | Singularity University (Moffet Field, CA) | 2018-04-30 | 2020-07-21 | G08G5/00, G06Q10/08, H04B7/185, G08G5/02, G08G5/04, G01S5/00, G05D1/00, G05D1/10, G01S13/933, G01S13/935 | 15/966296 |
| 56 | 10718863 | Mobile radar for visualizing topography | A mobile radar system for visualizing forward looking topography is configured with at least two phased-array antennas to form a forwarding looking phased-array interferometer. | James R. Carswell (Yarmouthport, MA), Delwyn Karen Moller (Sierra Madre, CA) | Remote Sensing Solutions, Inc. (Barnstable, MA) | 2017-07-21 | 2020-07-21 | G01S13/90, G01S13/44, G01S13/89, G01S13/42, G01S13/935, H01Q3/38, G01S13/02, G01S13/93 | 15/657056 |
| 57 | 10710715 | Unmanned supply delivery aircraft | A heavy payload, autonomous UAV able to deliver supply by way of airdrop with more precision and at a lower cost. The UAV is equipped with two movable wing systems that rotate from a stowed position to a deployed position upon jettison of the UAV from a mothership. The UAV can be controlled remotely or it can operate autonomously and the movable wings can include ailerons to effectuate flight control of the UAV. The UAV can be reusable or can be an expendable UAV. | William M. Yates (Aliso Viejo, CA) | W.Morrison Consulting Group, Inc. (Aliso Viejo, CA) | 2018-04-30 | 2020-07-14 | B64C31/02, B64C39/08, B64C39/02, B64C1/26, B64C3/56 | 15/967197 |
| 58 | 10710710 | Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) compliance using standard protocol requirements and components to enable identifying and controlling rogue UAVS | A computer-implemented method for controlling an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) includes: receiving, by a computer device, UAV data from a UAV, displaying, by the computer device, a representation of the UAV on a map based on the UAV data, receiving, by the computer device, a user input to control the UAV, and transmitting, by the computer device, an authenticated control signal to the UAV based on the received user input, wherein the control signal is configured to override control of the UAV from a UAV remote controller associated with the UAV. | Cecelia Anabel-Leigh Price (San Diego, CA) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY) | 2016-10-27 | 2020-07-14 | B64C27/20, B64C39/02, G06F21/44, G06F21/64, G05D1/00 | 15/336200 |
| 59 | 10705541 | Unmanned aircraft navigation system and method | Systems, apparatuses and methods for landing an unmanned aircraft on a mobile structure are presented. Sensors on the aircraft identify a predetermined landing area on a mobile structure. The aircraft monitors the sensor data to maintain its position hovering over the landing area. The aircraft estimates a future attitude of the surface of the landing area and determines a landing time that corresponds to a desired attitude of the surface of the landing area. The unmanned aircraft executes a landing maneuver to bring the aircraft into contact with the surface of the landing area at the determined landing time. | David Merrick Twining (San Diego, CA), Joshua Wells (San Diego, CA) | Planck Aerosystems Inc. (San Diego, CA) | 2016-03-25 | 2020-07-07 | G05D1/06, B64F1/12, B64C39/02, B64D45/00, G01C21/20, B64D45/04 | 15/561400 |
| 60 | 10703506 | Systems and devices for remotely operated unmanned aerial vehicle report-suppressing launcher with portable RF transparent launch tube | An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) launch tube that comprises at least one inner layer of prepreg substrate disposed about a right parallelepiped aperture, at least one outer layer of prepreg substrate disposed about the right parallelepiped aperture, and one or more structural panels disposed between the at least one inner layer of prepreg substrate and the at least one outer layer of prepreg substrate. An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) launch tube that comprises a tethered sabot configured to engage a UAV within a launcher volume defined by an inner wall, the tethered sabot dimensioned to provide a pressure seal at the inner wall and tethered to the inner wall, and wherein the tethered sabot is hollow having an open end oriented toward a high pressure volume and a tether attached within a hollow of the sabot and attached to the inner wall retaining the high pressure volume or attach to the inner base wall. A system comprising a communication node and a launcher comprising an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in a pre-launch state configured to receive and respond to command inputs from the communication node. | Carlos Thomas Miralles (Burbank, CA), Guan H Su (Rowland Heights, CA), Alexander Andryukov (Simi Valley, CA), John McNeil (Tujunga, CA) | Aerovironment, Inc. (Simi Valley, CA) | 2019-09-18 | 2020-07-07 | B64F1/04, F41F3/042, F42B39/14, B64C39/02, F41F1/00, B64F1/06, F41A21/02 | 16/574344 |
| 61 | 10701913 | Methods and apparatus for unmanned aircraft-based object detection | The present disclosure describes a system and method for the use of unmanned aircraft systems to detect, locate, and identify objects in, on, or near the water that may provide useful information to people in a different location, such as on a nearby vessel for purposes of ultimately locating fish. The vessel can then take action based on data collected by the unmanned aircraft system, such as move to a new location to catch fish as detected by the unmanned aircraft system. | David Twining (San Diego, CA), Joshua Wells (San Diego, CA) | Planck Aerosystems Inc. (San Diego, CA) | 2017-01-12 | 2020-07-07 | A01K79/00, B64C27/46, A01M31/00, H04N7/18, B64C39/02 | 16/069861 |
| 62 | 10699125 | Systems and methods for object tracking and classification | A method for classifying at least one object of interest in a video is provided. The method includes accessing, using at least one processing device, a frame of the video, the frame including at least one object of interest to be classified, performing, using the at least one processing device, object detection on the frame to detect the object of interest, tracking, using the at least one processing device, the object of interest over a plurality of frames in the video over time using a persistent tracking capability, isolating, using the at least one processing device, a segment of the frame that includes the object of interest, classifying, using the at least one processing device, the object of interest by processing the segment using deep learning, and generating an output that indicates the classification of the object of interest. | Aaron Y. Mosher (Madison, AL), David Keith Mefford (Huntsville, AL) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, IL) | 2018-03-22 | 2020-06-30 | G06K9/00, G06T7/246, G06K9/32, G06K9/62, G06T7/215 | 15/928618 |
| 63 | 10696375 | Elevon control system | A system comprising an aerial vehicle or an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) configured to control pitch, roll, and/or yaw via airfoils having resiliently mounted trailing edges opposed by fuselage-house deflecting actuator horns. Embodiments include one or more rudder elements which may be rotatably attached and actuated by an effector member disposed within the fuselage housing and extendible in part to engage the one or more rudder elements. | Carlos Thomas Miralles (Burbank, CA), Robert Nickerson Plumb (Sylmar, CA), Tony Shuo Tao (Simi Valley, CA), Nathan Olson (Seattle, WA) | Aerovironment, Inc. (Simi Valley, CA) | 2015-07-10 | 2020-06-30 | B64C3/56, B64C3/50, B64C5/12, B64C3/44, B64C13/34, B64C13/18, B64C9/36, B64C39/02, B64C9/02, B64C9/08, B64C9/18, B64C11/00, B64C9/00 | 14/796906 |
| 64 | 10694379 | Waveguide system with device-based authentication and methods for use therewith | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method for use in a waveguide system that includes: receiving a wireless authentication request from a communication device, the wireless authentication request including a fiber authentication key, comparing, by the waveguide system, the fiber authentication key to fiber authentication data of the waveguide system to determine when the fiber authentication key is authenticated, wherein the fiber authentication data corresponds to a microwave fiber of the waveguide system, and when the fiber authentication key is authenticated, enabling communications with the communication device, wherein the communications include generating, by the waveguide system and in response to first wireless signals received from the communication device, first electromagnetic waves on a surface of a transmission medium, and wherein the first electromagnetic waves have a frequency within a microwave frequency range. | Ken Liu (Edison, NJ), Harold Rappaport (Middletown, NJ), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Donald J. Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Pamela A. M. Bogdan (Neptune, NJ), Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ), Robert Bennett (Southold, NY) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2016-12-06 | 2020-06-23 | H04W12/06, H01P3/16, H04L29/06, H01L29/06 | 15/370614 |
| 65 | 10689109 | Interceptor unmanned aerial system | The present disclosure primarily relates to interceptor unmanned aerial systems and methods for countering Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) , although the inventions disclosed herein are useful for capture of any aerial object. The system utilizes a rigid effector frame, an effector attached directly to the frame, and at least two propulsion elements connected to the effector frame, and is configured to intercept and disable threat UAS. The disclosed systems can be oriented to any virtually any angle to maximize the chances of intercept. | Aaron Wypyszynski (Meridianville, AL), Bill Martin (Madison, AL), John Roy (Madison, AL), Stephen R. Norris (Madison, AL) | --- | 2017-07-21 | 2020-06-23 | B64C39/02, F41H11/04 | 15/656295 |
| 66 | 10684137 | Work site monitoring system and method | A work site monitoring system includes a communication component receiving image data representing at least one image of a work site captured by an imaging apparatus of an unmanned aerial device. The system further includes a controller, with memory and processing architecture for executing instructions stored in the memory, coupled to the communication component. The controller includes a scene module, an object module, and a map module. The scene module is configured to evaluate the image data and generate a scene image of the work site based on at least the image data. The object module is configured to identify at least a first object in the image and to abstract the first object as object symbology. The map module is configured to generate a work site map with the object symbology layered onto the scene image. | Michael G. Kean (Dubuque, IA) | Deere & Company (Moline, IL) | 2017-11-29 | 2020-06-16 | G01C21/36, G06F16/51, G06K9/00, G06T3/40, B64C39/02, G06Q10/06, G06Q50/08, G06F16/29, G06F16/583 | 15/825583 |
| 67 | 10677953 | Magneto-optical detecting apparatus and methods | A system for magnetic detection includes a magneto-optical defect center material including at least one magneto-optical defect center that emits an optical signal when excited by an excitation light, a radio frequency (RF) exciter system configured to provide RF excitation to the magneto-optical defect center material, an optical light source configured to direct the excitation light to the magneto-optical defect center material, and an optical detector configured to receive the optical signal emitted by the magneto-optical defect center material. | John B. Stetson (New Hope, NJ), Arul Manickam (Mount Laurel, NJ), Peter G. Kaup (Marlton, NJ), Gregory Scott Bruce (Abington, PA), Wilbur Lew (Mount Laurel, NJ), Joseph W. Hahn (Erial, NJ), Nicholas Mauriello Luzod (Seattle, WA), Kenneth Michael Jackson (Westville, NJ), Jacob Louis Swett (Redwood City, CA), Peter V. Bedworth (Los Gatos, CA), Steven W. Sinton (Palo Alto, CA), Duc Huynh (Princeton Junction, NJ), Michael John Dimario (Doylestown, PA), Jay T. Hansen (Hainesport, NJ), Andrew Raymond Mandeville (Delran, NJ), Bryan Neal Fisk (Madison, AL), Joseph A. Villani (Moorestown, NJ), Jon C. Russo (Cherry Hill, NJ), David Nelson Coar (Philadelphia, PA), Julie Lynne Miller (Auberry, CA), Anjaney Pramod Kottapalli (San Jose, CA), Gary Edward Montgomery (Palo Alto, CA), Margaret Miller Shaw (Silver Spring, MD), Stephen Sekelsky (Princeton, NJ), James Michael Krause (Saint Michael, MN), Thomas J. Meyer (Corfu, NY) | Lockheed Martin Corporation (Bethesda, MD) | 2017-05-31 | 2020-06-09 | G01V3/14, G01R33/26, G01R33/032, G01V3/10 | 15/610526 |
| 68 | 10672081 | Providing data associated with insured losses | A computer-implemented method for providing data associated with insured losses is presented. Data regarding an event that is a cause of the insured losses may be received. Respective indications of locations of properties insured by an insurance provider and sustaining the insured losses may be received. Image data from at least one image capturing device, where the image data is obtained from an aerial view of the properties and indicative of respective conditions of the properties, may be received. The image data may be processed to determine, for each property, an indication of the respective condition. The data associated with the insured losses may be provided via a user interface. The data associated with the insured losses may include (i) the respective indications of the locations of the properties, and (ii) the indications of the respective conditions of the properties. | Roxane Lyons (Chenoa, IL), John H. Jenkins (Bloomington, IL), Brian N. Harvey (Bloomington, IL), Amber L. Wyatt (Bloomington, IL) | State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (Bloomington, IL) | 2017-01-04 | 2020-06-02 | G06Q40/08, G06K9/00 | 15/398422 |
| 69 | 10665942 | Method and apparatus for adjusting wireless communications | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method for adjusting an operational parameter of electromagnetic waves supplied to a feed point of a dielectric antenna to modify a beamwidth of far-field wireless signals generated by the dielectric antenna, the electromagnetic waves propagating along the feed point without an electrical return path, detecting that the beamwidth of the far-field wireless signals needs to be adjusted to improve a reception of the far-field wireless signals by a remote system, and adjusting the operational parameter of the electromagnetic waves to adjust the beamwidth of the far-field wireless signals. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Donald J Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Henry Kafka (Atlanta, GA), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2015-10-16 | 2020-05-26 | H01Q3/34, H01P3/16, H01P1/16, H01Q19/06, H01Q3/08, H01Q25/00, H01Q19/08, H01Q15/02, H01Q13/24, H04B3/52 | 14/885398 |
| 70 | 10665038 | Air traffic tolling system | Systems and methods are provided for managing air traffic and tolling for a plurality of unmanned aircraft system. Various embodiments include terrestrial and unmanned aircraft system based tracking modules for tracking a plurality of unmanned aircraft systems and reporting flight data to a tolling entity for collection from operators. | Jason J. Crist (Irvington, KY) | Class G Incorporated (Irvington, KY) | 2019-07-26 | 2020-05-26 | G07B15/00, H04N5/232, G08G5/00, G06K9/62 | 16/523406 |
| 71 | 10659125 | System and method for antenna array control and coverage mapping | A computer device may be configured to execute the instructions to identify a location for a user equipment (UE) device serviced by a base station slice associated with a base station, access a beam forming database (DB) to determine whether a match exists in the beam forming DB for the identified location, and determine that no match exists in the beam forming DB for the identified location. The computer device may be further configured to perform two-dimensional modeling of radio frequency signal propagation for the identified location using a terrain model, based on determining that no match exists in the beam forming DB for the identified location, determine antenna settings for an antenna array associated with the base station slice based on the performed two-dimensional modeling, and instruct the base station to apply the determined antenna settings to the antenna array. | Shukri A. Wakid (North Potomac, MD) | Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ) | 2019-05-24 | 2020-05-19 | H04L5/00, H04B7/0426, H04B7/06, H04W16/28, H04B3/52 | 16/422378 |
| 72 | 10657831 | Methods, computer programs, computing devices and controllers | A computing device receives image data from a camera. The received image data represents a scene comprising an unmanned aerial vehicle, UAV. The computing device receives identification data wirelessly from the UAV. The computing device associates the received image data with the received identification data. | Iain Matthew Russell (London, GB) | --- | 2018-10-15 | 2020-05-19 | G08G5/00, G06F21/44, H04W4/44, H04W24/00, H04W84/18, H04W24/02, B64C39/02, G06K9/00, H04B7/185, H04L29/08, H04W12/00 | 16/159751 |
| 73 | 10656643 | Safe and secure practical autonomy | Safe practical autonomy is ensured by encapsulating an unreliable or untrusted machine learning algorithm within a control-based algorithm. A safety envelope is utilized to ensure that the machine learning algorithm does not output control signals that are beyond safe thresholds or limits. Secure practical autonomy is ensured by verification using digital certificates or cryptographic signatures. The verification may be for individual partitions of an autonomous system or apparatus. The partitions include trusted and untrusted partitions. Trusted partitions are verified for security, while untrusted partitions are verified for safety and security. | Joshua R. Bertram (Ames, IA), Brian R. Wolford (Cedar Rapids, IA), Angus L. McLean (Bradenton, FL), Alexander V. Roup (Centreville, VA) | Rockwell Collins, Inc. (Cedar Rapids, IA) | 2017-06-21 | 2020-05-19 | G01C23/00, G05D1/00, G05D3/00, G06F7/00, G06F17/00, G08G5/00, G05D1/10, G06N20/00, G06F17/10, G06G7/78, G08G1/16, B64C13/18 | 15/629548 |
| 74 | 10653022 | Deployable hardened housing units | The housing relates to apparatus, systems, and methods for robust, adaptable, and deployable computing devices and radio systems. An embodiment can be the housing for a C-sUAS that can be deployed to detect, identify, locate and defeat hostile sUASs and locate the sUAS operators and that can be ruggedized and efficiently deployed for use in various power- and space-constrained mobile platforms and at fixed locations. An embodiment can be housing for a C-sUAS that operates under severe environmental conditions. | David McDowell (Arlington, VA) | Caci, Inc.-Federal (Arlington, VA) | 2019-07-10 | 2020-05-12 | H05K5/02, H05K5/06, H05K5/04, H05K7/20, F16F15/02 | 16/508225 |
| 75 | 10650940 | Transmission medium having a conductive material and methods for use therewith | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a transmission medium for propagating electromagnetic waves. The transmission medium can include a conductor for guiding electromagnetic waves longitudinally along the conductor, and a shell surrounding at least a portion of the conductor for reducing exposure of the electromagnetic waves to an adverse environment that increases propagation losses of the electromagnetic waves. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), William Scott Taylor (Norcross, GA), Donald J Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ), Ed Guntin (Barrington, IL) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2015-05-15 | 2020-05-12 | H01B7/02, H04B3/52, H04B5/00, H01P3/06, H01B3/30, H01B3/44 | 14/713753 |
| 76 | 10650684 | Guidance system and automatic control for vehicles | The present invention relates to a system and a method to guide and manage vehicles. These operations in total or partial absence of human intervention. The system developed through mobile radio systems appropriately specialized that oversee the operations with some appropriate control and safety features. | Francesco Ricci (Santarcangelo di Romagna, IT) | --- | 2016-02-17 | 2020-05-12 | G08G5/00, G05D1/00, G01S5/02, B64C39/02, G01S19/49, G05D1/10, G08G5/02 | 15/551604 |
| 77 | 10650582 | Systems and methods for closing out maintenance or installation work at a telecommunications site | Systems and methods for preparing and delivering a close out package detailing work performed at a telecommunications site includes, subsequent to the work, performing data capture at the telecommunications site through a plurality of techniques, processing the data capture to define a three dimensional (3D) model of the telecommunications site based on one or more objects of interest associated with the cell site components and noting the work in the 3D model, and incorporating the 3D model in a close out package and providing the close out package to one or more users. | Lee Priest (Charlotte, NC), Charlie Terry (Charlotte, NC), Joshua Godwin (Charlotte, NC) | Etak Systems, Llc (Huntersville, NC) | 2018-03-20 | 2020-05-12 | B64C39/00, G06T19/00, G05D1/00, G06T17/05, G06F30/13, G05D1/10, G06T17/00, G01C11/06, B64C39/02, G06T19/20, G06F30/36 | 15/926533 |
| 78 | 10647426 | High-flying solar unmanned aircraft system capable of extending endurance time | A high-flying solar unmanned aircraft system capable of extending endurance time is disclosed. The system includes a main aircraft, a separable auxiliary power source and a connection device. The main aircraft includes a first body, a second body, a first wing portion, a second wing portion, a third wing portion, a first propeller and a second propeller. The second wing portion locates between the first body and the second body, and the second wing portion connects the first body and the second body. The connection device connects the main aircraft and the auxiliary power source, and includes a separation device. When the system climbs, the separable auxiliary power source provides additional energy to assist the main aircraft to climb. When reaching a preset altitude, the separation device, by burning out a line of connection bent, is turned on such that the auxiliary power source is separated from the main aircraft. | Chiu-Shia Fen (Hsinchu County, TW) | Globalink Intelligence Limited (Zhubei, TW) | 2017-10-02 | 2020-05-12 | B64D1/02, B64D41/00 | 15/722474 |
| 79 | 10647402 | Gas-filled carrier aircrafts and methods of dispersing unmanned aircraft systems in delivering products | In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to transport unmanned aircraft systems to delivery products. In some embodiments, gas-filled aerial transport and launch system, comprises: a transport aircraft comprising: a gas chamber, and a carrier compartment where the gas chamber induces a lifting force on the carrier compartment, at least one propulsion system, and a navigation control system that controls the direction of travel of the transport aircraft, wherein the carrier compartment comprises: an unmanned aircraft system (UAS) storage area configured to receive multiple UASs, and an UAS launching bay that enables the UAS to be launched while the transport aircraft is in flight and while the UAS is carrying a package to be delivered. | Donald R. High (Noel, MO), David C. Cox (Rogers, AR) | Walmart Apollo, Llc (Bentonville, AR) | 2017-02-08 | 2020-05-12 | B64B1/02, G08G5/00, G06Q10/08, G05D1/00, B64D5/00, B64C39/02, B64B1/06 | 15/427277 |
| 80 | 10645565 | Systems and methods for external group identification in wireless networks | A computing device may include a memory configured to store instructions and a processor configured to execute the instructions to receive a request to generate a device group for a group of user equipment (UE) devices from an application server and identify a group of Home Subscriber Server (HSS) devices that store subscriber profiles for the group of UE devices. The processor may be further configured to send a request to a provisioning system to generate HSS subgroups in the group of HSS devices, with different HSS subgroups associated with different HSS devices and each HSS subgroup including at least one of the UE devices, receive, from the provisioning system, an indication that the HSS subgroups were generated, generate a mapping from the device group to the HSS subgroups, and process messages received from the application server for the device group based on the generated mapping. | Ye Huang (San Ramon, CA), Sudhakar Reddy Patil (Flower Mound, TX), Suzann Hua (Walnut Creek, CA), Hossein M. Ahmadi (Parsippany, NJ) | Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ) | 2019-01-28 | 2020-05-05 | H04W8/04, H04W4/08 | 16/259241 |
| 81 | 10641616 | Remote sensing calibration, validation, and signature characterization from unmanned aircraft systems | A method, computer program product and system where a processor (s) configures sensor (s) on an unmanned aircraft system, to capture data related to a surface of a defined geographic area. The processor (s) navigate the unmanned aircraft system in a repeatable defined travel path proximate to the defined geographic area, such that the sensor (s) capture surface data related to the defined geographic area during the navigating, wherein a position of the unmanned aircraft system in the travel path is within a satellite view geometry of a satellite. The processor (s) maintain the unmanned aircraft system at a distance from the surface at which atmosphere does not obscure the data and obtain the data collected by the sensor (s) . The processor (s) compares the data collected by the sensor (s) to data collected by one or more instruments on the satellite related to the defined geographic area to determine is the instrument (s) of the satellite are calibrated. | Francis Padula (Alexandria, VA), Aaron Pearlman (Alexandria, VA) | --- | 2017-02-02 | 2020-05-05 | G01C25/00, G01C21/36, G05D1/00, B64G1/00, B64C39/02, G01S1/00, B64G1/10, B64G3/00 | 15/423372 |
| 82 | 10640233 | Systems, methods, and devices improving safety and functionality of craft having one or more rotors | This application describes systems, methods, and devices to enhance the safety and functionality of unmanned rotorcraft by improving reliability, transparency, operational capabilities, and effectiveness. Embodiments include integration of rotorcraft with objects attached to the ground (including kites, balloons, or elevated structures) in order to create safe and visible sky moorings from which devices such as cameras on the craft can operate for extended periods of time while remote control can be used to move and stabilize the camera and/or the kite or balloon to which it is attached. In addition, the rotorcraft in such sky moorings can be enclosed for protection, can employ connections for systems maintenance, and can utilize changeable payload modules having supplies that the rotorcraft can dispatch or use in various contexts such as emergency situations or to provide security at venues with large gatherings of people, such as concerts. | Ralph Irad Miller (Arlington, VA), Wannett Smith Ogden Miller (Arlington, VA) | --- | 2018-04-26 | 2020-05-05 | B64C39/02, B64F1/12, B64C31/06 | 15/963847 |
| 83 | 10638366 | Flow level pacing by controlling socket send buffer size | A computing device may include a memory configured to store instructions and a processor configured to execute the instructions to identify a data connection from an application server device to a user equipment (UE) device, wherein the UE device is connected to the network via a wireless connection, determine a target sending rate for the data connection, determine a round trip time for packets associated with the data connection, and calculate a send buffer size for the data connection based on the determined target sending rate and the determined round trip time. The processor may be further configured to set a send buffer size for a socket associated with the data connection to the calculated send buffer size and control a send rate from the application server device to the UE device for the data connection using the set send buffer size for the socket. | Feng Li (Lexington, MA), Jae Won Chung (Lexington, MA), Haim Ner (Fair Lawn, NJ), Bjorn Olof Erland Kalderen (South Orange, NJ) | Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ) | 2018-06-18 | 2020-04-28 | H04W28/10, H04L12/26, H04L12/835, H04W28/02, H04L12/825 | 16/010824 |
| 84 | 10637149 | Injection molded dielectric antenna and methods for use therewith | In accordance with one or more embodiments, a method includes injection molding of a dielectric material in a pre-distorted antenna mold, and curing the dielectric material. The pre-distorted dielectric mold has a shape that compensates for shape distortion of the dielectric material during the curing. | David M. Britz (Rumson, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2016-12-06 | 2020-04-28 | H01Q13/24, H01Q9/04, B29C45/00, B29C35/02, B29C45/26, B29C33/38, H01Q19/08 | 15/370667 |
| 85 | 10628672 | Method and system for aerial detection and mapping of aquatic species | What is provided is a method and system for more precisely, accurately, and reliably detecting aquatic species, namely infestations of invasive aquatic plants. The system and methods disclosed herein allow for a more effective determination of a treatment plan to reduce any potential negative impact on the aquatic ecology and to minimize any unnecessary human exposure to toxic chemicals. | Dennis Wiand (Bloomfield Hills, MI) | --- | 2018-03-07 | 2020-04-21 | G06K9/00, G01V8/10, G01S17/89, A01M21/04, H04N5/77, H04N5/76, G01N33/00, G06K9/62, G01N21/17, G01N21/25, G01N21/84, G01N21/359, G01N21/85 | 15/914062 |
| 86 | 10625878 | Camera mounting apparatus for airborne oblique photogrammetric system | The present disclosure provides a camera mounting apparatus for an airborne oblique photogrammetric system that is simple in structure, scalable in the number of capturing cameras, and adjustable in tilt angle. The camera mounting apparatus includes: at least one oblique hanger plate for mounting an oblique camera, a parallel hanger plate securely connected to an aircraft chassis, and a tilt angle adjusting assembly for connecting the oblique hanger plate to the parallel hanger plate in an angle-adjustable manner. The tilt angle adjusting assembly further includes a first fixed bearing secured to the parallel hanger plate, a second fixed bearing secured to the oblique hanger plate opposite to the first fixed bearing, a hinged bearing hinging the oblique hanger plate to the parallel hanger plate, and an angle adjusting sheet connected between the first fixed bearing and the second fixed bearing. | Chi Pang Yau (Hong Kong, CN) | --- | 2017-11-22 | 2020-04-21 | B64D47/08, H04N5/225, G03B15/00, G03B17/56, F16M11/14 | 16/095382 |
| 87 | 10623086 | Dynamic shielding system of cellular signals for an antenna of an unmanned aerial vehicle | Example methods, apparatus, systems, and machine-readable mediums for a dynamic shield system of cellular signals for an antenna of an unmanned aerial vehicle are disclosed. An example method may include receiving a navigation route for an unmanned aerial vehicle to execute during flight of the unmanned aerial vehicle and determining an orientation of a radio signal shield for an antenna of the unmanned aerial vehicle using ground level signal propagation information of radio signals for a network and the navigation route, wherein the radio signal shield prevents the radio signals from being received by the antenna from directions based on the orientation. The method may further include adjusting the radio signal shield using the orientation and communicating with a cellular base station of the network using the antenna. | Mario Kosseifi (Roswell, GA), Joseph Thomas (Marietta, GA), Giuseppe De Rosa (Atlanta, GA) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2018-12-10 | 2020-04-14 | B64C39/02, H04B7/185, H04W4/02, H01Q1/52, H04W48/20, H04W88/08, H04W84/06, H04W84/04, G01C21/20, H01Q1/28 | 16/215525 |
| 88 | 10619832 | Tower obstruction light mounting apparatus | A system for installation of an obstruction light on a tower, to alert pilots to the danger of a tower, is disclosed. The system comprises an unmanned aircraft system, the unmanned aircraft system including a light receiving pod adapted to releasably receive an obstruction light and light housing. The light receiving pod is permanently attached proximal to the unmanned aircraft system, wherein the light receiving pod comprising a hollow cylindrical tube. The system further includes an obstruction light housing specially adapted to be releasably received in the light receiving pod, and the system includes a light receiving fixture, the light receiving fixture permanently attached to a tower, including electrical and mechanical connections between the obstruction light housing and the light receiving fixture. The unmanned aircraft system remotely registers the obstruction light housing with the light receiving fixture, securing the obstruction light housing into the light receiving fixture while simultaneously making electrical connections with the light. Finally the unmanned aircraft system separates from the light leaving the light both electrically and mechanically connected. The process can be reversed to remove a burned out light. | Larry Lippert (Wilsonville, OR) | --- | 2017-09-11 | 2020-04-14 | F21V21/36, B64D47/08, B64C39/02 | 15/732048 |
| 89 | 10619625 | Power generating windbags and waterbags | A method of using a bagged power generation system comprising windbags and waterbags integrated with drones and adapting drone technologies for harnessing wind and water power to produce electricity. An extremely scalable and environmentally friendly method, system, apparatus, equipment, techniques and ecosystem configured to produce renewable green energy with high productivity and efficiency. | Yik Hei Sia (Johor Bahru, MY) | --- | 2019-03-11 | 2020-04-14 | F03D7/06, F03B17/06, F03D15/10, F03D9/30, F03D5/00, F03D5/02, H02K7/06, H02K7/18, F03D9/25, B64C39/02, F03D9/00 | 16/298043 |
| 90 | 10612951 | Optical flow sensor, methods, remote controller device, and rotatable electronic device | An optical flow sensing method includes: using an image sensor to capture images, using a directional-invariant filter device upon at least one first block of the first image to process values of pixels of the at least one first block of the first image, to generate a first filtered block image, using the first directional-invariant filter device upon at least one first block of the second image to process values of pixels of the at least one first block of the second image, to generate a second filtered block image, comparing the filtered block images to calculate a correlation result, and estimating a motion vector according to a plurality of correlation results. | Hsin-Chia Chen (Sunnyvale, CA), Sen-Huang Huang (Hsin-Chu, TW), Wei-Chung Wang (Hsin-Chu, TW), Chao-Chien Huang (Hsin-Chu, TW), Ting-Yang Chang (Hsin-Chu, TW), Chun-Wei Chen (Sunnyvale, CA) | Pixart Imaging Inc. (Hsin-Chu, TW) | 2017-05-31 | 2020-04-07 | G01F1/708, G06T7/246, G01F1/712, G01P5/26 | 15/609023 |
| 91 | 10611474 | Unmanned aerial vehicle data management | A secure chain of data blocks is maintained at a given computing node, wherein the given computing node is part of a set of computing nodes in a distributed network of computing nodes, and wherein each of the set of computing nodes maintains the secure chain of data blocks. The secure chain of data blocks maintained at each computing node comprises one or more data blocks that respectively represent one or more transactions associated with an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) . At least one data block is added to the secure chain of data blocks maintained at the given computing node in response to determining that transaction data associated with the at least one data block is valid. | Abhishek Kumar (Elmsford, NY), Ashish Kundu (Elmsford, NY), Clifford A. Pickover (Yorktown Heights, NY), Komminist Weldemariam (Nairobi, KE) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY) | 2017-03-20 | 2020-04-07 | H04L29/06, B64C39/02, H04W4/029, H04L9/32, H04W4/44 | 15/463147 |
| 92 | 10608734 | Virtualization and orchestration of a radio access network | A distributed radio frequency communication system facilitates communication between wireless terminals and a core network. The system includes a group of remote radio units (RRUs) . Each RRU of the group of RRUs is coupled to an antenna to communicate with at least some of the mobile terminals and includes electronic circuitry to perform at least a first portion of a first-level protocol of a radio access network (RAN) and communicate over a fronthaul link. The system also includes a baseband unit (BBU) coupled to the core network and the fronthaul link, and communicably coupled to the group of RRUs over the fronthaul link. The BBU includes electronic circuitry to assign one or more RRUs, selected from the group of RRUs, to a cluster of RRUs based on one or more parameters, and to perform at least a second-level protocol of the RAN. | Alan Barbieri (La Jolla, CA), Dario Fertonani (La Jolla, CA) | --- | 2016-10-23 | 2020-03-31 | H04W4/00, H04W36/08, H04W28/02, G06F9/455, H04B7/155, H04B7/26, H04W36/22, H04W88/08 | 15/765254 |
| 93 | 10607330 | System and method for assessing usability of captured images | A system estimates quality of a digital image by accessing a corpus of digital images of one or more subjects, such as a facet of a property. The system will receive, for at least a subset of the corpus, an indicator that one or more patches of each image in the subset is out of focus. The system will train a classifier by obtaining a feature representation of each pixel in each image, along with a focus value that represents an extent to which each pixel in the image is in focus or out of focus. The system will use the classifier to analyze pixels of a new digital image and assess whether each analyzed pixel in the new digital image is in focus or out of focus. The system may use the image to assess whether an incident occurred, such as storm-related damage to the property. | Pramod Sankar Kompalli (Telangana, IN), Arjun Sharma (Karnataka, IN), Richard L. Howe (Webster, NY) | Conduent Business Services, Llc (Florham Park, NJ) | 2017-12-05 | 2020-03-31 | G06K9/66, G06K9/03, G06K9/62, G06T7/00, B64C39/02, G06K9/46 | 15/831737 |
| 94 | 10606283 | Modular autopilot design and development featuring bayesian non-parametric adaptive control | According to an embodiment, there is provided an onboard integrated computational system for an unmanned aircraft system (''Stabilis'' autopilot) . This is an integrated suite of hardware, software, and data-to-decisions services that are designed to meet the needs of business and research developers of UAS. Stabilis is designed to accelerate the development of any UAS platform and avionics system, it does so with hardware modularity and software adaptation. The Stabilis offers multiple technological advantages technological advantages including: Plug-and-adapt functionality, Data-to-decisions capability, and, On board parallelization capability. | Girish Vinayak Chowdhary (Champaign, IL), Jacob Stockton (Edmond, OK), Hassan Kingravi (Marietta, GA) | The Board of Regents for Oklahoma State University (Stillwater, OK) | 2016-08-15 | 2020-03-31 | G05D1/08, B64C39/02, G06N7/00, B64C13/16 | 15/751708 |
| 95 | 10605607 | Two step pruning in a PHD filter | In one embodiment, a method of tracking multiple objects with a probabilistic hypothesis density filter is provided. The method includes providing a plurality of intensities. The plurality of intensities are pruned based on their respective weight to remove lower weighted intensities and produce a first set of intensities. Intensities in the first set of intensities that are identified as corresponding to the same object are then merged to produce a second set of intensities. The second set of intensities is then pruned again to produce a final set of intensities, wherein pruning the second set of intensities includes in the final set of intensities, up to a threshold number of intensities having the largest weights in the second set of intensities and excludes from the final set of intensities any remaining intensities in the second set of intensities. | Vibhor L. Bageshwar (Minneapolis, MN), Michael Ray Elgersma (Plymouth, MN), Eric A. Euteneuer (St. Anthony Village, MN) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morris Plains, NJ) | 2014-07-31 | 2020-03-31 | G01C21/20, G01S13/93, G01S13/72, G01S13/86, G01B21/16 | 14/448819 |
| 96 | 10604236 | Fault-tolerant aircraft flight control using a subset of aerodynamic control surfaces | A method for controlling an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is described. In one example, the method includes: detecting, by one or more processors of a controller within a UAV, whether flight control surfaces of the UAV are operating nominally, switching, by the one or more processors of the controller, in response to detecting that one or more of the flight control surfaces of the UAV are not operating nominally, to implementing a backup control mode configured to operate the UAV in flight with non-nominal operability of one or more of the control surfaces of the UAV, and operating, by the one or more processors of the controller, the UAV in the backup control mode. | Raghu Venkataraman (Minneapolis, MN), Peter Seiler (St. Paul, MN), Brian Taylor (Portland, OR) | Regents of The University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, MN) | 2017-05-31 | 2020-03-31 | B64C13/18, B64C39/02, G05D1/08 | 15/610315 |
| 97 | 10601495 | Rapidly-deployable, drone-based wireless communications systems and methods for the operation thereof | Drone-based wireless communications systems are provided, as are methods carried-out by such wireless communications systems. In one embodiment, the wireless communications system includes a Satellite Signal Transformation (SST) unit and a plurality of aerial network drones, which can be deployed over a designated geographical area to form a multi-drone network thereover. During operation, the SST unit transmits a network source signal, which contains content extracted from a satellite signal. The multi-drone network receives the network source signal, disseminates drone relay signals containing the content through the multi-drone network, and broadcastings user device signals containing the content over the designated geographical area. In embodiments, the multi-drone network may broadcast multiple different types of user device signals for reception by various different types of user devices located within the designated geographical area, such as an arear containing communication infrastructure disabled by a natural disaster, a hostile attack, or other catastrophic event. | Chris Hardy (Cheyenne, WY), Paul Bellotti (Cheyenne, WY) | Dish Technologies L.L.C. (Englewood, CO) | 2019-08-28 | 2020-03-24 | H04B7/185, G01S5/04, G06K9/00, G05D1/10, B64C39/02, H04W4/06, H04N7/18, H04W84/00 | 16/554378 |
| 98 | 10601494 | Dual-band communication device and method for use therewith | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method for use with a communication device that includes: communicating in a first frequency band with a remote device via at least one transceiver, wherein the remote device is oriented at a direction relative to the communication device, wherein the communicating is in accordance with first antenna beam steering parameters and a first antenna beam corresponding to the direction, and, communicating in a second frequency band with the remote device via the at least one transceiver, wherein the second frequency band is higher than the first frequency band, wherein the at least one transceiver is pre-initialized with second antenna beam steering parameters to generate a second antenna beam corresponding to the direction, and wherein the second antenna beam steering parameters are generated based on the first antenna beam steering parameters. | Giovanni Vannucci (Middletown, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2016-12-08 | 2020-03-24 | H01Q3/00, H04W16/28, H04B1/00, H04B7/06, H04B7/155, H01Q5/22, H04W88/10, H04B3/56, H04B3/58, H01Q3/36, H01Q3/26, H04W72/04, H01Q1/24, H01Q5/10, H01Q21/22 | 15/372454 |
| 99 | 10599949 | Automatic moving object verification | A method for determining a likelihood that a first object captured in a first image and a second object captured in a second image are the same object includes capturing the first image from a first viewpoint and a second image from a second viewpoint, wherein the first object is in the first image, and the second object is in the second image. The method also includes determining a first likelihood that a first visual feature on the first object and a second visual feature on the second object are the same visual feature, and determining a second likelihood that a dimension of the first object and a corresponding dimension of the second object are the same. The method then includes determining a final likelihood that the first object and the second object are the same object based at least partially upon the first likelihood and the second likelihood. | Gang Qian (McLean, VA), Zeeshan Rasheed (Herndon, VA) | Avigilon Fortress Corporation (Vancouver, CA) | 2018-07-03 | 2020-03-24 | G06K9/62, G06K9/00 | 16/027075 |
| 100 | 10599205 | Methods and systems for managing machine learning involving mobile devices | A computer device may include a memory configured to store instructions and a processor configured to execute the instructions to determine a device status associated with the wireless communication device and determine that a machine learning process is to be performed based on the determined device status. The processor may be further configured to execute the instructions to select a machine learning model based on the determined device status, select one or more data inputs based on the determined device status, and perform the machine learning process using the selected machine learning model and the selected one or more data inputs. | Dayong He (Bridgewater, NJ), Jyotsna Kachroo (Millburn, NJ), Manuel Enrique Caceres (Basking Ridge, NJ), Azam Jiva (Bridgewater, NJ), Ray P. Hwang (Green Brook, NJ), Bruno Mendez (Springfield, NJ) | Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ) | 2017-09-18 | 2020-03-24 | G06F1/3234, H04W52/02, G06N20/00 | 15/707256 |
| 101 | 10599138 | Autonomous package delivery system | The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods for enabling unmanned and optionally-manned cargo delivery to personnel on the ground. for example, an aircraft may be used to provide rapid response cargo delivery to widely separated small units in demanding and unpredictable conditions that pose unacceptable risks to both ground resupply personnel and aircrew. Together with a ground vehicle, packages from the aircraft may be deployed to ground personnel in disbursed operating locations without exposing the ground personnel to the aircraft's open landing zone. | William Bosworth (Cambridge, MA) | Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation (Manassas, VA) | 2017-09-08 | 2020-03-24 | G05D1/00, G05D1/02, G06Q10/08, G06Q50/28, B64D1/08, B64C39/02 | 15/699276 |
| 102 | 10586464 | Unmanned aerial vehicles | Various systems, methods, for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) are disclosed. In one aspect, UAVs operation in an area may be managed and organized by UAV corridors, which can be defined ways for the operation and movement of UAVs. UAV corridors may be supported by infrastructures and/or systems supported UAVs operations. Support infrastructures may include support systems such as resupply stations and landing pads. Support systems may include communication UAVs and/or stations for providing communications and/or other services, such as aerial traffic services, to UAV with limited communication capabilities. Further support systems may include flight management services for guiding UAVs with limited navigation capabilities as well as tracking and/or supporting unknown or malfunctioning UAVs. | Dennis J. Dupray (Golden, CO), Frederick W. LeBlanc (Coconut Creek, FL) | --- | 2016-07-29 | 2020-03-10 | G08G5/00, G05D1/10, B64C39/02, H04B7/185, H04W88/04 | 15/224497 |
| 103 | 10583910 | Elevon control system | A system comprising an aerial vehicle or an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) configured to control pitch, roll, and/or yaw via airfoils having resiliently mounted trailing edges opposed by fuselage-house deflecting actuator horns. Embodiments include one or more rudder elements which may be rotatably attached and actuated by an effector member disposed within the fuselage housing and extendible in part to engage the one or more rudder elements. | Tony Shuo Tao (Simi Valley, CA), Nathan Olson (Simi Valley, CA), Carlos Thomas Miralles (Burbank, CA), Robert Nickerson Plumb (Los Angeles, CA) | Aerovironment, Inc. (Simi Valley, CA) | 2017-02-09 | 2020-03-10 | B64C3/56, B64C13/34, B64C5/12, B64C9/36, B64C3/44, B64C11/00, B64C3/50, B64C13/18, B64C39/02, B64C9/02, B64C9/08, B64C9/18, B64C9/00 | 15/428974 |
| 104 | 10580199 | Systems and methods for data capture for telecommunications site modeling via a telescoping apparatus | Systems and methods for creating a three dimensional (3D) model of a telecommunications site for planning, engineering, and installing equipment utilizing data capture from a camera attached to a telescoping apparatus including positioning the telescoping apparatus at or near a cell tower and extending the camera at or near cell site components on the cell tower, obtaining data capture via the camera at one or more locations at or near the cell tower and at one or more angles relative to the cell site components, and processing the data capture to define a three dimensional (3D) model of the cell site based on one or more objects of interest associated with the cell site components in the data capture. | Lee Priest (Charlotte, NC), Charlie Terry (Charlotte, NC), Joshua Godwin (Charlotte, NC) | Etak Systems, Llc (Huntersville, NC) | 2018-02-19 | 2020-03-03 | G06T15/20, G01C11/02, G06T17/00, H04W16/24 | 15/898695 |
| 105 | 10575312 | Method of assigning channel for UAS control and non-payload communication (CNPC) system | Disclosed is a channel assignment method of a communication system for controlling an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) , the method including receiving assignment data and an interference analysis criterion from a spectrum authority, performing an interference analysis and selecting a control and non-payload communication (CNPC) channel based on the assignment data and the interference analysis criterion, and requesting the spectrum authority for assigning the CNPC channel. | Hee Wook Kim (Daejeon, KR), Kwang Jae Lim (Daejeon, KR), Tae Chul Hong (Daejeon, KR) | Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (Daejeon, KR) | 2017-11-30 | 2020-02-25 | H04W72/08, H04B7/185, H04W72/04 | 15/827527 |
| 106 | 10574293 | Apparatus of communication utilizing wireless network devices | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example a housing defining an open volume therein where the housing includes a connection structure for connecting with a utility structure, a first wireless device contained in the housing where the first wireless device is coupled with a first antenna extending outside of the housing, and a second wireless device contained in the housing where the second wireless device is coupled with a second antenna extending outside of the housing. The first and second wireless devices can be coupled to each other. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Donald J. Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Henry Kafka (Atlanta, GA) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2019-04-05 | 2020-02-25 | H04B3/54, H04L5/00, H04B1/40, H04M19/00, H04W88/08 | 16/376572 |
| 107 | 10571933 | Unmanned aerial vehicles | A UAV comprises a camera arrangement configurable such that a field of view of the camera arrangement includes airspace directly above the UAV, a lighting arrangement configurable in an upwards-facing configuration, and a controller operable to cause the lighting arrangement to illuminate an object in the airspace directly above the UAV. | Iain Matthew Russell (London, GB) | --- | 2018-08-27 | 2020-02-25 | G05D1/10, B64C39/02, B64D45/08, G05D1/06, G08G5/04, G05D1/00, B64D47/08 | 16/112808 |
| 108 | 10571931 | Vehicle control system | A vehicle control system may include a vehicle frame, a mount secured to the vehicle frame and configured for rigidly securing a smartphone therein such that motions experienced by the vehicle frame are correspondingly experienced by the smartphone, and system electronics arranged on the frame and in communication with the smartphone and vehicle controllers, the system electronics configured to receive signals from the smartphone and control directional devices of the vehicle based on the signals via the vehicle controllers. A system for preparing signals for transmission to the vehicle to control navigation may also be provided. | Benjamin Malay (Centreville, VA) | Ares Aerosystems Corporation (Centreville, VA) | 2016-12-07 | 2020-02-25 | G05D1/10, B64D47/08, G05D1/00, G01C21/20, A63H27/00, A63H30/04, G08C17/02, B64C13/20, B64C13/18, G01C9/00, H04W88/02, B64C39/02 | 15/371910 |
| 109 | 10571930 | Method and system for landing an unmanned aerial vehicle | A method (100) of landing an unmanned aerial vehicle (101) on another vehicle (103) , the method including: determining (110) the velocity of the unmanned aerial vehicle, determining (120) the velocity of the other vehicle, and adjusting (130) the velocity of at least one of the unmanned aerial vehicle and the other vehicle to ensure that the difference between the velocity of the unmanned aerial vehicle and the velocity of the other vehicle is greater than a predetermined amount as the unmanned aerial vehicle lands on the other vehicle. | Jonathan H. Coleman (Saline, MI) | Ford Global Technologies, Llc (Dearborn, MI) | 2018-08-16 | 2020-02-25 | G05D1/04, B60W30/18, B60P3/11, G05D1/06, B64C7/00, B64F1/36, B64C39/02 | 15/998832 |
| 110 | 10564174 | Optical sensing apparatuses, method, and optical detecting module capable of estimating multi-degree-of-freedom motion | A method capable of estimating multi-degree-of-freedom motion of an optical sensing apparatus includes: providing an image sensor having a pixel array having a plurality of image zones to sense and capture a frame, providing and using a lens to vary optical magnifications of a plurality of portion images of the frame to generate a plurality of reconstructed images with different of field of views, the portion images of the frame respectively corresponding to the image zones, and estimating and obtaining a motion result for each of the reconstructed images to estimate the multi-degree-of-freedom motion of the optical sensing apparatus. | Sai Mun Lee (Penang, MY) | Pixart Imaging Inc. (Hsin-Chu, TW) | 2017-09-06 | 2020-02-18 | G01P13/02, G06T7/20, G01C23/00, G01S3/00, H04N5/232 | 15/697433 |
| 111 | 10562625 | Drone device | A fact checking system utilizes social networking information and analyzes and determines the factual accuracy of information and/or characterizes the information by comparing the information with source information. The social networking fact checking system automatically monitors information, processes the information, fact checks the information and/or provides a status of the information, including automatically modifying a web page to include the fact check results. The fact checking system is able to be implemented utilizing a drone device. | Lucas J. Myslinski (Sunnyvale, CA) | --- | 2019-04-02 | 2020-02-18 | B64C39/02, B64D5/00, G06Q50/26, B64D47/02, B64D47/08, G08B21/18, H04N5/77, G05D1/00, G05D1/10, G06Q30/02, G06Q10/08, G06Q10/04, G06Q10/06, G06K9/00, G06K9/62, G06Q50/00, G06T7/20, H04N7/18 | 16/372933 |
| 112 | 10560844 | Authentication of users for securing remote controlled devices | In one embodiment, a system includes a processing circuit and logic integrated with the processing circuit, executable by the processing circuit, or integrated with and executable by the processing circuit. The logic is configured to cause the processing circuit to limit functionality of a remote controlled device during periods of time that a user of the remote controlled device is not authenticated, and to receive identity information of the user of the remote controlled device via an authentication process, with the identity information establishing an identity of the user. Also, the logic is configured to cause the processing circuit to authenticate the user prior to allowing full functionality of the remote controlled device, send an indication of the identity of the user to the remote controlled device, and provide full functionality of the remote controlled device to the user in response to successfully authenticating the user. | Michael A. Amisano (East Northport, NY), John F. Behnken (Hurley, NY), Jeb R. Linton (Manassas, VA), John Melchionne (Kingston, NY), David K. Wright (Riverview, MI) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY) | 2017-03-15 | 2020-02-11 | H04W12/06, B64C39/02, G05D1/00, H04L29/06, G08C17/02 | 15/460063 |
| 113 | 10560180 | Ground radio station (GRS) apparatus and radio station apparatus included in unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) | A ground radio station (GRS) apparatus and a radio station apparatus included in an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) are provided. The GRS apparatus may include an antenna configured to transmit and receive a radio frequency (RF) signal, an RF and/or intermediate frequency (IF) (RF/IF) chain configured to perform a conversion between the RF signal and a baseband signal, a baseband transceiving processor configured to transmit and receive the baseband signal, and a BB-IF interface configured to map the baseband signal to the RF/IF chain or the baseband transceiving processor. | Kwang Jae Lim (Daejeon, KR), Hee Wook Kim (Daejeon, KR) | Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (Daejeon, KR) | 2017-05-19 | 2020-02-11 | H04B7/185 | 15/600044 |
| 114 | 10556681 | Rotary device with integrated power storage | A rotational power device including a blade having a core formed by battery material as a power source. | David W. Carroll (Grantsburg, WI) | --- | 2017-03-07 | 2020-02-11 | B64C39/02, B64D35/02, B64C11/20, B64D27/24 | 15/451750 |
| 115 | 10547348 | Method and apparatus for switching transmission mediums in a communication system | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a system for transmitting signals by first electromagnetic waves guided by a first transmission medium, and, responsive to a determination of an undesired condition, adjusting the first electromagnetic waves to cause cross-medium coupling between the first transmission medium and a second transmission medium resulting in the signals being transmitted by second electromagnetic waves guided by the second transmission medium. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Donald J. Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ), Robert Bennett (Southold, NY) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2016-12-07 | 2020-01-28 | H04B3/46, H01Q21/24, H01Q9/04, H04B1/50, H01Q1/46, H01Q13/06 | 15/371290 |
| 116 | 10542459 | Systems and methods for accessing multiple application servers via a service capability exposure function | A computing device may include a memory configured to store instructions and a processor configured to execute the instructions to receive a message from a user equipment (UE) device via a Mobility Management Entity (MME) , wherein the computing device is configured as a Service Capability Exposure Function (SCEF) device. The processor may be further configured to identify an application server associated with the message based on one or more application server identifiers included in the received message, map uplink data, included in the received message and associated with the identified application server, to an application programming interface (API) associated with the identified application server, and send the mapped uplink data to the identified application server using the API associated with the identified application server. | Suzann Hua (Walnut Creek, CA), Sudhakar Reddy Patil (Flower Mound, TX), Ye Huang (San Ramon, CA), Priscilla Lau (Fremont, CA) | Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ) | 2017-03-17 | 2020-01-21 | H04W4/00, H04W28/10, H04W8/26 | 15/462103 |
| 117 | 10538329 | Drone device security system for protecting a package | A fact checking system utilizes social networking information and analyzes and determines the factual accuracy of information and/or characterizes the information by comparing the information with source information. The social networking fact checking system automatically monitors information, processes the information, fact checks the information and/or provides a status of the information, including automatically modifying a web page to include the fact check results. The fact checking system is able to be implemented utilizing a drone device. The drone device is able to be implemented in conjunction with a security system. | Lucas J. Myslinski (Sunnyvale, CA) | --- | 2018-10-24 | 2020-01-21 | B64C39/02, B64D47/02, B64D47/08, G08B21/18, G06Q50/26, B64D5/00, G06Q30/02, G06Q10/08, G06Q10/04, G06Q10/06, G06Q50/00, G05D1/10, G05D1/00, H04N5/77, G06T7/20, H04N7/18, G06K9/62, G06K9/00 | 16/169328 |
| 118 | 10535928 | Antenna system and methods for use therewith | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, an antenna structure that includes a dielectric antenna and a dielectric core. The dielectric antenna can include an antenna lens that operates as an aperture. The antenna lens can have a structure configured to direct a beam pattern generated by the dielectric antenna from a center axis of the dielectric antenna. The dielectric core can be coupled to a feed point of the dielectric antenna. The dielectric core can supply electromagnetic waves that are converted by the dielectric antenna to the beam pattern directed away from the center axis. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Donald J. Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2016-11-23 | 2020-01-14 | H01Q13/06, H01Q13/10, H01Q15/08, H01Q13/02, H01Q21/06, H01Q21/20 | 15/360672 |
| 119 | 10533851 | Inverted-landing aircraft | An aircraft defining an upright orientation and an inverted orientation, a ground station, and a control system for remotely controlling the flight of the aircraft. The ground station has an auto-land function that causes the aircraft to invert, stall, and controllably land in the inverted orientation to protect a payload and a rudder extending down from the aircraft. In the upright orientation, the ground station depicts the view from a first aircraft camera. When switching to the inverted orientation: (1) the ground station depicts the view from a second aircraft camera, (2) the aircraft switches the colors of red and green wing lights, extends the ailerons to act as inverted flaps, and (3) the control system adapts a ground station controller for the inverted orientation. The aircraft landing gear is an expanded polypropylene pad located above the wing when the aircraft is in the upright orientation. | Christopher E. Fisher (Simi Valley, CA), Thomas Robert Szarek (Oak Park, CA), Justin B. McAllister (Seattle, WA), Pavel Belik (Simi Valley, CA) | Aerovironment, Inc. (Simi Valley, CA) | 2018-03-18 | 2020-01-14 | G01C5/00, B64C39/02, G05D1/08, G05D1/06, B64D47/08, G05D1/00 | 15/924253 |
| 120 | 10531344 | Radio access technology change reporting | A computing device may include a memory configured to store instructions and a processor configured to execute the instructions to monitor a radio access technology type being used by a user equipment (UE) device to wirelessly communicate with a base station. The processor may be further configured to detect a change from a first radio access technology type to a second radio access technology type, determine that the second radio access technology type has been sustained for at least a particular time period, and report information identifying the change from the first radio access technology type to the second radio access technology type to a Policy and Charging Rules Function (PCRF) device. | Imtiyaz Shaikh (Irving, TX), Ho Yin Cheuk (Hoboken, NJ) | Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ) | 2018-05-24 | 2020-01-07 | H04W36/00, H04M15/00, H04L12/14, H04W4/24 | 15/988268 |
| 121 | 10530505 | Apparatus and methods for launching electromagnetic waves along a transmission medium | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, launching, by a plurality of launchers of a waveguide system, a wave mode that propagates along a transmission medium without requiring an electrical return path, detecting, by the waveguide system, that the wave mode has a propagation loss caused by an obstruction, and generating, by the plurality of launchers, an adjusted wave mode having an electric field structure that reduces the propagation loss of the obstruction. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Giovanni Vannucci (Middletown, NJ), Peter Wolniansky (Atlanta, GA), Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Donald J. Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2016-12-08 | 2020-01-07 | H04B3/54, H04B17/391, H01Q3/08, H01Q13/24, H01Q19/08, H01Q21/20, H01Q21/06, H04B3/52, H01Q3/26 | 15/372483 |
| 122 | 10529221 | Modular approach for smart and customizable security solutions and other applications for a smart city | A modular approach is provided for sensing and responding to detected activity or an event in a region that can be implemented quickly and easily using existing city infrastructure to establish a grid of sensors and detectors to provide localized or wide area coverage. The approach provides a turnkey solution or smart city in a box that can be adapted to different situations and needs to provide communications functionality and/or a desired or customized functionality for a wide range of different applications. | John A. Jarrell (Tiburon, CA), Ernest C. Brown (Berkeley, CA) | Navio International, Inc. (San Francisco, CA) | 2017-04-17 | 2020-01-07 | G08B25/10, H04W4/70, H04W84/18, H04L29/08, H04W4/50 | 15/489526 |
| 123 | 10529064 | Artificial vision system | One aspect of the present invention includes artificial vision system. The system includes an image system comprising a video source that is configured to capture sequential frames of image data of non-visible light and at least one processor configured as an image processing system. The image processing system includes a wavelet enhancement component configured to normalize each pixel of each of the sequential frames of image data and to decompose the normalized image data into a plurality of wavelet frequency bands. The image processing system also includes a video processor configured to convert the plurality of wavelet frequency bands in the sequential frames into respective visible color images. The system also includes a video display system configured to display the visible color images. | Bruce J. Schachter (Clarksville, MD), Dustin D. Baumgartner (Ellicott City, MD) | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation (Falls Church, VA) | 2017-01-19 | 2020-01-07 | G06T5/00, G06T5/10, G06K9/62, B60R1/00, H04N5/33, G06T7/90, B64D45/08 | 15/410538 |
| 124 | 10527709 | System and method of detecting individuals in a target geographic location with a disastrous site using smart antenna borne drone | A system and method for detecting individuals in a target geographic location, such as a disastrous site, that identifies and locates potential victims using signals from the victims' cell phone utilizes an unmanned aerial vehicle controlled equipped with a retractable antenna component and a core network connection component. The retractable antenna component includes a mobile telephony base station and employs a smart antenna system so as to estimate the direction of arrival of all incoming signals. The core network connection component is operative to establish a wireless communication link with an Internet Protocol based core network of. When a victim's cell phones attempts to connect to the base station in order to access the core network, the location of the cell phone can be determined. The locations can be plotted on a map and based on the distribution of phones on the map, rescue efforts can be optimized. | Raziq Yaqub (Stewartsville, NJ), Kaveh Heidary (Huntsville, AL) | --- | 2017-06-06 | 2020-01-07 | G01S5/02, G01S5/06, B64C39/02, G01S3/40, G01S3/42, G01S5/12, H04W88/08, G01S5/00 | 15/615599 |
| 125 | 10518877 | Inter-vehicle communication for hazard handling for an unoccupied flying vehicle (UFV) | Disclosed herein are example embodiments for inter-vehicle communication for hazard handling with an unoccupied flying vehicle (UFV) . for certain example embodiments, at least one machine may: (i) receive one or more flight attributes from a remote UFV, with the one or more flight attributes indicative of one or more flight characteristics of the remote UFV, or (ii) adjust a flight path of a UFV based at least partially on one or more flight attributes received from a remote UFV. However, claimed subject matter is not limited to any particular described embodiments, implementations, examples, or so forth. | Royce A. Levien (Lexington, MA), Robert W. Lord (Seattle, WA), Richard T. Lord (Tacoma, WA), Mark A. Malamud (Seattle, WA), John D. Rinaldo, Jr. (Bellevue, WA), Lowell L. Wood, Jr. (Bellevue, WA) | Elwha Llc (Bellevue, WA) | 2012-12-19 | 2019-12-31 | G05D1/10, G08G5/00, B64C39/02 | 13/720694 |
| 126 | 10511676 | Image analysis system for property damage assessment and verification | A system for assessing a property damage claim uses an imaging device to capture images of a property that has reportedly been damaged by an incident. The system receives a property damage incident type, along with image processing criteria for processing images that are associated with the incident type. The system automatically processes the images according to the image processing criteria to identify one or more characteristics in the images and, based on the identified characteristics, determines whether certain claim processing criteria are satisfied. The claim processing criteria may help the system determine whether the property actually was damaged by the reported incident. The system will generate a command to process the property damage claim only if the system determines that one or more images show that the claim processing criteria are satisfied. | Richard L. Howe (Webster, NY), Valerie J. Raburn (South Haven, MI), Edgar A. Bernal (Webster, NY), Matthew Adam Shreve (Webster, NY), Peter Paul (Penfield, NY), Pramod Sankar Kompalli (Telangana, IN) | Conduent Business Services, Llc (Florham Park, NJ) | 2016-03-17 | 2019-12-17 | G06Q40/08, G06K9/46, H04L29/08, G06Q50/16 | 15/072652 |
| 127 | 10507917 | Apparatuses and methods for gesture-controlled unmanned aerial vehicles | Systems, apparatuses, and methods are provided herein for unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) control. A system for UAV control comprises a flight control system of a UAV, an image sensor on the UAV, an aircraft marshaling signal database, and a control circuit coupled to the flight control system, the image sensor, and the aircraft marshaling signal database. The control circuit being configured to: detect, with the image sensor, a gesture from a ground crew member, verify that the ground crew member is an authorized controller of the UAV, compare the gesture with marshaling signals in the aircraft marshaling signal database to determine a corresponding marshaling signal, determine a flight command based on the corresponding marshaling signal, and execute the flight command with the flight control system of the UAV. | Robert C. Taylor (Rogers, AR), Donald R. High (Noel, MO), John P. Thompson (Bentonville, AR) | Walmart Apollo, Llc (Bentonville, AR) | 2018-03-06 | 2019-12-17 | B64C39/02, G06K9/00, G06F3/03, G06F21/32, G06F3/01, B64D47/08, G08G5/00 | 15/913544 |
| 128 | 10504375 | Method, apparatus, and computer-readable medium for gathering information | Presented are a method, apparatus, and computer-readable medium for gathering information. An exemplary apparatus includes at least one processor and a memory storing computer instructions executable by the at least one processor, wherein the memory with the computer instructions and the at least one processor are configured to cause the apparatus to at least receive a flight path from a predetermined location to a location of an emergency. The apparatus is further caused to travel the flight path from the predetermined location to the location of the emergency, capture information at the location of the emergency, and transmit the captured information. | David Thomas (Rochester, NY) | Bryx, Inc. (Rochester, NY) | 2017-03-02 | 2019-12-10 | G08G5/00, G08G5/04, B64C39/02 | 15/448163 |
| 129 | 10503615 | Spime.TM. host system, process, object, self-determination apparatus, and host device | A method including executing a portion of a service which is part of at least one service provided by a system including a distributed computing platform, determining object capability parameters required to perform the executing, storing information about at least one target host device, generating an announcement message reporting presence of a service type and the object capability parameters, receiving information from other announcement messages, evaluating current host device capability parameters with respect to the object capability parameters, determining when the current host device capability parameters meet a criterion, initiating a migration request message from the object for migration of the object, the object including software code and processing instructions and service function instructions, the migration to a target object host device, when the module capability parameters meet a criterion, and managing the migration of the object to the target host device. | Pasi Markus Hurri (Degerby, FI), Erik Jackson Bunn (Basel, CH), Kaj Johannes Niemi (Helsinki, FI) | Basen Corporation (Helsinki, FI) | 2017-01-31 | 2019-12-10 | G06F11/00, G06F11/20, G06F11/16, H04L12/24, H04L29/08, G01D4/00, G06Q50/06, G06Q50/10, G06Q30/02 | 15/421330 |
| 130 | 10502584 | Mission monitor and controller for autonomous unmanned vehicles | A system and related method for monitoring the performance of one or more autonomous unmanned aircraft (UA) includes a flight assistant for periodically determining the viability of an aircraft flight command, flight, or mission by comparing expected flight segment configuration and performance against at least actual performance. The flight assistant may trend actual performance as a function of differences in expected position and actual position and determine whether a flight command, flight, or mission may be performed or continued according to a hierarchy of user selectable detected anomalies or safety concerns. The flight assistant may report to an operator, controller, pilot, or monitor a rate of deviation, size of deviation, or change in the rate of deviation in accordance with a hierarchy based at least in part on flight segment, altitude, proximity to people or things. | Sean Patrick Suiter (Omaha, NE), Richard Andrew Kruse (Lincoln, NE) | --- | 2018-12-12 | 2019-12-10 | G01C23/00, G07C5/08, B64C39/02, B64D45/00, G08G5/00, B64D43/00 | 16/217715 |
| 131 | 10501173 | Magnetic rotor alignment for aircraft | An aircraft motor includes a bearing assembly including a first plurality of rotor alignment magnets, a magnet support structure fixedly mounted on a shaft of the motor in a spaced apart relation to the bearing assembly, the magnet support structure including a second plurality of rotor alignment magnets such that when the vertical thrust engine is disengaged, attraction between the first and second rotor alignment magnets causes the magnet support structure to rotate relative to the bearing assembly to an alignment position defined by the relative placement of north and south poles of the first and second plurality of rotor alignment magnets. | Jason Michael K. Douglas (Tucson, AZ), Justin Armer (Tucson, AZ), Carlos Murphy (Tucson, AZ) | L3 Latitude, Llc (Tucson, AZ) | 2016-06-17 | 2019-12-10 | B64C27/30, B64C9/00, B64C39/02, B64D27/24, B64C29/00, B64C5/02 | 15/185445 |
| 132 | 10499628 | Dispensers and methods of use thereof for dispensing solid mosquito larvicides and other materials of interest | Dispenser devices suitable for use on unmanned aerial vehicles are described having utility for dispensing solid larvicides to difficult to reach insect habitats. | Gregory M. Williams (Milltown, NJ), Randy Gaugler (North Brunswick, NJ) | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, NJ) | 2016-09-09 | 2019-12-10 | B65D83/04, A01M1/20 | 15/261235 |
| 133 | 10498044 | Apparatus for configuring a surface of an antenna | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, an antenna structure having a feedline, and a dielectric antenna coupled to the feedline. A first structural feature of an aperture of the dielectric antenna and a second structural feature of a junction between the feedline and the dielectric antenna can be configured to increase a front-to-back ratio of wireless signals received by the aperture of the dielectric antenna and received outside a reception area of the aperture of the dielectric antenna. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Donald J. Barnickel (Flemington, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2016-11-03 | 2019-12-03 | H01Q13/00, H01Q19/08, H01Q1/46 | 15/342300 |
| 134 | 10494095 | Hybrid powered unmanned aircraft system | An unmanned aircraft system has a vertical takeoff and landing flight mode and a forward flight mode. The unmanned aircraft system includes an airframe, a rotor assembly rotatably coupled to the airframe and a propeller rotatably coupled to the airframe. The rotor assembly including at least two rotor blades having tip jets that are operably associated with a compressed gas power system. The propeller is operably associated with an electric power system. In the vertical takeoff and landing flight mode, compressed gas from the compressed gas power system is discharged through the tip jets to rotate the rotor assembly and generate vertical lift. In the forward flight mode, the electric power system drives the propeller to generate forward thrust and autorotation of the rotor assembly generates vertical lift. | Kirk Landon Groninga (Fort Worth, TX), Daniel Bryan Robertson (Fort Worth, TX) | Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI) | 2017-08-18 | 2019-12-03 | B64C27/18, B64C27/02, B64C27/82, B64C39/02, B64D47/08, B64D27/24, B64C27/24, G01S19/13, B64C27/37 | 15/680501 |
| 135 | 10494093 | Multimode unmanned aerial vehicle | A system comprising an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) configured to transition from a terminal homing mode to a target search mode, responsive to an uplink signal and/or an autonomous determination of scene change. | Carlos Thomas Miralles (Burbank, CA) | Aerovironment, Inc. (Simi Valley, CA) | 2018-08-31 | 2019-12-03 | B64C15/00, B64C39/00 | 16/119872 |
| 136 | 10488095 | Evaporative cooling systems and methods of controlling product temperatures during delivery | In some embodiments, systems and methods are provided that limit the change in temperature and/or control a temperature of a product during delivery. Some embodiments provide systems to limit temperature changes, comprising: an evaporative product cooling system comprising: a product cavity that supports a product while the product is transported to a delivery location, wherein the product cooling system comprises an interior wall defining the product cavity, an exterior wall, an evaporative cavity between the interior and exterior walls, a coolant dispensing system, at least one evaporative opening, and a temperature sensor, and a temperature control circuit configured to receive temperature data from the temperature sensor while the product is in transit, determine that a temperature of the product is greater than a transport temperature threshold, and autonomously activate the coolant dispensing system to release evaporative coolant into the evaporative cavity while the product is transported. | David C. Winkle (Bella Vista, AR), Brian G. McHale (Chadderton Oldham, GB), Donald R. High (Noel, MO), Todd D. Mattingly (Bentonville, AR) | Walmart Apollo, Llc (Bentonville, AR) | 2017-05-18 | 2019-11-26 | F25D3/06, F25D7/00, F25D29/00, F25D3/10 | 15/598699 |
| 137 | 10486883 | Systems and methods for delivering climate controlled product | In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to delivering climate controlled product. In some embodiments, there is provided a system for delivering climate controlled product via at least one autonomous unmanned aircraft system (UAS) that self-evaluates power sufficiency based on temperature tolerance of at least one product including: an autonomous UAS and at least one climate controlled product chamber. The UAS comprising: a control circuit, at least one rotor, a power supply, and a package coupler. The product chamber comprising: a chamber, at least one product reader, and a temperature control mechanism. The control circuit configured to: receive product identifier data, determine at least one climate threshold value, determine a confidence value of sufficient power remaining, compare whether the confidence value is within a risk threshold probability that a first mission will be completed, and initiate supply of power to the at least one rotor. | David C. Winkle (Bella Vista, AR) | Walmart Apollo, Llc (Bentonville, AR) | 2018-05-29 | 2019-11-26 | B65D81/18, B64C39/02, G06Q50/28, B64D5/00 | 15/991704 |
| 138 | 10482772 | System and method for generating an optimized search and rescue profile for an in-flight aircraft | Methods and systems are provided for generating a flight profile for search and rescue (SAR) operations. The method comprises monitoring flight parameters of an in-flight aircraft engaged in star operations through the aircraft's flight management system (FMS) . The flight parameters are transmitted to a ground-based FMS that accesses a terrain database and a real-time weather database. With this information, the ground-based FMS generates a star flight profile for the aircraft. The flight profile is then transmitted to the in-flight aircraft's FMS. | Sanju Kumari (Karnataka, IN), Minni Ambooken (Karnataka, IN), Subhadeep Pal (Karnataka, IN), Nithin Ambika (Karnataka, IN) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morris Plains, NJ) | 2017-10-18 | 2019-11-19 | G08G5/00, G01C23/00, B64D43/00 | 15/786725 |
| 139 | 10474982 | Systems and methods utilizing nanotechnology insulation materials in limiting temperature changes during product delivery | In some embodiments, systems and methods are provided that limit the change in temperature and/or control a temperature of a product during delivery. Some embodiments provide systems comprising an unmanned delivery vehicle (UDV) comprising: a body comprising a nanotechnology insulation material, wherein the nanotechnology insulation material comprises material having been manipulated at a molecular level during the macroscale fabrication of the nanotechnology insulation material to enhance insulation effectiveness, at least one propulsion system, a control circuit coupled with the at least one propulsion system to control the operation of the at least one propulsion system and control a direction of travel of the UDV, wherein the body physically supports the propulsion system and the control circuit, and a product cavity defined within the body and configured to receive at least one product while the at least one product is transported by the UDV to a delivery location. | David C. Winkle (Bella Vista, AR), Brian G. McHale (Chadderton Oldham, GB), Donald R. High (Noel, MO), Todd D. Mattingly (Bentonville, AR) | Walmart Apollo, Llc (Bentonville, AR) | 2017-10-04 | 2019-11-12 | B64C39/00, G06Q10/08, B64C39/02, B65D81/38, B65D81/18, B82Y30/00, G08G5/00 | 15/724583 |
| 140 | 10472056 | Unmanned aerial vehicle and operations thereof | The present invention provides methods and apparatus for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) with improved reliability. According to one aspect of the invention, interference experienced by onboard sensors from onboard electrical components is reduced. According to another aspect of the invention, user-configuration or assembly of electrical components is minimized to reduce user errors. | Tao Wang (Shenzhen, CN), Tao Zhao (Shenzhen, CN), Shaojie Chen (Shenzhen, CN), Zhigang Ou (Shenzhen, CN) | Sz Dji Technology Co., Ltd. (Shenzhen, CN) | 2019-03-14 | 2019-11-12 | B64C27/08, G01R33/00, B64D43/00, B64C25/32, B64C1/30, G05D1/00, B64C25/06, B64C27/54, B64D31/14, B64C27/00, G01V3/16, B64C39/02, A63H27/00 | 16/353999 |
| 141 | 10469021 | Airborne renewable energy generation and storage | An energy collection system uses one or more airborne energy collection vehicles having a lighter-than-air balloon structure. The balloon structure has an outer gas envelope formed of a substantially inelastic material and an inner gas envelope at least partially separate from the outer gas envelope, contained within the outer gas envelope and separated from the outer gas envelope by a flexible diaphragm. The space between the outer and inner gas envelopes is filled with air. An air chamber pressurization mechanism maintains the outer gas envelope gas pressure at a target value. An energy storage facility receives energy from a photovoltaic collector array and converts the received energy to stored energy. Storage of the received energy can be accomplished by conversion of a precursor to a high energy fuel as the stored energy, by use of storage batteries or by storage in an inertial mass. | Robert Matthew Panas (Livermore, CA), Philip Rettger (Moraga, CA), Cynthia Panas (Livermore, CA), Jonathan Harrington (Mountain View, CA), Matthew Offenbacher (North Grafton, MA) | --- | 2016-10-17 | 2019-11-05 | H02S10/40, B64B1/58, H02S40/38, H02S20/32 | 15/295165 |
| 142 | 10467376 | Unmanned aircraft systems and methods of assembly | Some embodiments provide a system to design an unmanned aircraft system (UAS) based on an intended task, comprising: UAS component database and a design control circuit configured to: obtain a first set of multiple task parameters corresponding to a requested task that the UAS is being designed to perform, identify at least one primary type of UAS component to be included in the UAS being designed, identify a first set of one or more secondary types of UAS components to support the primary type of UAS component while implementing the task, and provide a design plan of the designed UAS designed to be utilized to implement the task. | John P. Thompson (Bentonville, AR), Donald R. High (Noel, MO), Nathan G. Jones (Bentonville, AR) | Walmart Apollo, Llc (Bentonville, AR) | 2017-03-23 | 2019-11-05 | G06F17/50, G06Q30/06, H04B7/185 | 15/467783 |
| 143 | 10457391 | Method and system for a small unmanned aerial system for delivering electronic warfare and cyber effects | A system and method for conducting electronic warfare on a target site includes the use of a small unmanned aircraft system (SUAS) having a fuselage and a Prandtl wing, wherein at least two electric ducted fans are positioned on the fuselage. A power system of the SUAS has a plurality of hydrogen fuel cells positioned within the Prandtl wing. An electronic warfare payload is carried by the fuselage, wherein the electronic warfare payload and the at least two electric ducted fans are powered by at least a portion of the plurality of hydrogen fuel cells. During an operation, the SUAS may launch near an IAD site and initiate an electronic warfare effect on an integrated air defense site with electronic warfare payload carried by the SUAS to interfere with at least one surface-to-air missile (SAM) system. | Matthew Keegan (McLean, VA), Stephen Leonard Engelson Wyatt (Diamondhead, MS) | Selex Galileo Inc. (Arlington, VA) | 2016-03-15 | 2019-10-29 | B64C39/02, B64C3/26, B64C3/38, B64C39/10, H04K3/00 | 15/071018 |
| 144 | 10450089 | Systems and devices for remotely operated unmanned aerial vehicle report-suppressing launcher with portable RF transparent launch tube | An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) launch tube that comprises at least one inner layer of prepreg substrate disposed about a right parallelepiped aperture, at least one outer layer of prepreg substrate disposed about the right parallelepiped aperture, and one or more structural panels disposed between the at least one inner layer of prepreg substrate and the at least one outer layer of prepreg substrate. An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) launch tube that comprises a tethered sabot configured to engage a UAV within a launcher volume defined by an inner wall, the tethered sabot dimensioned to provide a pressure seal at the inner wall and tethered to the inner wall, and wherein the tethered sabot is hollow having an open end oriented toward a high pressure volume and a tether attached within a hollow of the sabot and attached to the inner wall retaining the high pressure volume or attach to the inner base wall. A system comprising a communication node and a launcher comprising an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in a pre-launch state configured to receive and respond to command inputs from the communication node. | Carlos Thomas Miralles (Burbank, CA), Guan H Su (Rowland Heights, CA), Alexander Andryukov (Simi Valley, CA), John McNeil (Tujunga, CA) | Aerovironment, Inc. (Simi Valley, CA) | 2018-09-20 | 2019-10-22 | B64F1/04, B64F1/06, B64C39/02, F41A21/02, F41F3/042, F42B39/14, F41F1/00 | 16/137196 |
| 145 | 10446936 | Multi-feed dielectric antenna system and methods for use therewith | In accordance with one or more embodiments, an antenna system includes a dielectric antenna having a feed point, wherein the dielectric antenna is a single antenna. At least one cable having a plurality of conductorless dielectric cores is coupled to the feed point of the dielectric antenna, wherein electromagnetic waves that are guided by differing ones of the plurality of conductorless dielectric cores to the dielectric antenna result in differing ones of a plurality of antenna beam patterns. | Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Donald J. Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2016-12-07 | 2019-10-15 | H01Q13/24, H01Q19/08, H01Q15/24, H01Q25/00, H01Q13/02, H04B3/56, H04B3/58, H01P3/16, H01Q3/24 | 15/371273 |
| 146 | 10439790 | Communication apparatus and method for unmanned aerial vehicle | A communication system for an unmanned aerial vehicle according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: an onboard communication apparatus, mounted on an unmanned aerial vehicle, for communicating by means of a previously configured frequency band, and a ground communication apparatus for communicating with the onboard communication apparatus by means of the previously configured frequency band. | Chang Sun Yoo (Daejeon, KR), Joong Wook Kim (Daejeon, KR) | Korea Aerospace Research Institute (Daejeon, KR) | 2016-10-12 | 2019-10-08 | H04L5/14, H04B7/185, H04B7/208, B64C39/02, H01Q1/28 | 15/767147 |
| 147 | 10439705 | Rapidly-deployable, drone-based wireless communications systems and methods for the operation thereof | Drone-based wireless communications systems are provided, as are methods carried-out by such wireless communications systems. In one embodiment, the wireless communications system includes a Satellite Signal Transformation (SST) unit and a plurality of aerial network drones, which can be deployed over a designated geographical area to form a multi-drone network thereover. During operation, the SST unit transmits a network source signal, which contains content extracted from a satellite signal. The multi-drone network receives the network source signal, disseminates drone relay signals containing the content through the multi-drone network, and broadcastings user device signals containing the content over the designated geographical area. In embodiments, the multi-drone network may broadcast multiple different types of user device signals for reception by various different types of user devices located within the designated geographical area, such as an arear containing communication infrastructure disabled by a natural disaster, a hostile attack, or other catastrophic event. | Chris Hardy (Cheyenne, WY), Paul Bellotti (Cheyenne, WY) | Dish Technologies L.L.C. (Englewood, CO) | 2018-04-05 | 2019-10-08 | H04B7/185, G01S5/04, H04W4/06, H04W84/00, H04N7/18, G05D1/10, G06K9/00, B64C39/02 | 15/946675 |
| 148 | 10439675 | Method and apparatus for repeating guided wave communication signals | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a guided wave repeater system operable to receive via a guided wave transceiver a first plurality of electromagnetic waves that includes a first communication signal. A second plurality of electromagnetic waves that includes a second communication signal is transmitted via the guided wave transceiver. The first plurality of electromagnetic waves and the second plurality of electromagnetic waves are guided by a power line of a utility pole. A third communication signal is received from a smart grid device. A fourth communication signal is transmitted to the smart grid device. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Shikik Johnson (Tinton Falls, NJ), Pamela A. M. Bogdan (Neptune, NJ), Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Donald J. Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2016-12-06 | 2019-10-08 | H04B3/58, H04B17/40, H04B3/56, H01P5/103, H01Q13/26, H01Q13/02 | 15/369993 |
| 149 | 10438062 | Cascade recognition for personal tracking via unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) | Systems and methods for tracking a subject using an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) are disclosed. The UAV includes an onboard camera to capture/stream multiple images. The camera captures reference images of a subject to be stored in memory, the reference images may portray gestures performed by the subject and associated with specific command procedures. The camera may capture subsequent images portraying the subject, the control system may, based on cascade recognition, identify the subject and a stored gesture to a determined confidence level. Once the subject and gesture are positively identified, the control system and/or propulsion system of the UAV may execute the associated command procedures to change the position, velocity, or heading of the UAV. | Paul Beard (Bigfork, MT), Cameron Chell (Calgary, CA), Jamie Clarke (Calgary, CA), Craig McDermott (Cedar Rapids, IA), Erika Racicot (Calgary, CA), Paul Readwin (Calgary, CA) | Draganfly Innovations Inc. (Saskatoon, SK, CA) | 2018-02-12 | 2019-10-08 | G06K9/00, H04N5/44, G06K9/62, H04N7/18, G06T7/20, G06F16/51, B64C39/02, G06K9/46, G06F3/044, B64D47/08 | 15/894292 |
| 150 | 10437246 | Communication apparatus and method for unmanned aerial vehicle | A communication system for an unmanned aerial vehicle according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: an onboard communication apparatus mounted on an unmanned aerial vehicle, for communicating by means of a previously configured first band and a previously configured second frequency band, and a ground communication apparatus for communicating with the onboard communication apparatus by means of the previously configured first band and previously configured second frequency band. | Chang Sun Yoo (Daejeon, KR), Joong Wook Kim (Daejeon, KR) | Korea Aerospace Research Institute (Daejeon, KR) | 2016-10-12 | 2019-10-08 | G05D1/00, H04B7/185, H04B7/208, B64C39/02, G05D1/10, G07C5/00 | 15/767155 |
| 151 | 10431101 | System and method for customizing a search and rescue pattern for an aircraft | Systems and methods are provided for customizing a search and rescue (SAR) pattern for an aircraft. A search and rescue pattern system (SARPS) is configured to obtain SAR mission information from a SAR information database, weather information from a weather source, terrain information from a terrain database, and the flight traffic information. The SARPS is further configured to generate a customized SAR pattern using the obtained mission information, the weather information, the terrain information, and the flight traffic information. A display is configured to display the customized SAR pattern and a flight management system (FMS) is configured to receive the customized SAR pattern. | Abneesh Singla (Karnataka, IN), Vageesh S (Karnataka, IN), Visvanathan Thanigai Nathan (Karnataka, IN), Sudarshan Parthasarathy (Karnataka, IN) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morris Plains, NJ) | 2017-05-22 | 2019-10-01 | G08G5/00, G06F3/0488 | 15/601062 |
| 152 | 10429836 | Channel access method in unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) control and non-payload communication (CNPC) system | A channel access method in an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) control and non-payload communication (CNPC) system is provided. The channel access method may include setting an uplink frequency and a downlink frequency to each of a ground station and an airborne radio station, and performing, by the ground station and the airborne radio station, an initial access using the uplink frequency or the downlink frequency. | Tae Chul Hong (Seoul, KR), Hee Wook Kim (Daejeon, KR), Kwang Jae Lim (Daejeon, KR) | Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (Daejeon, KR) | 2017-05-31 | 2019-10-01 | G08C17/00, H04W74/00, H04W72/04, G08C17/02, G05D1/00, H04N21/2347 | 15/609213 |
| 153 | 10429514 | Unoccupied flying vehicle (UFV) location assurance | Disclosed herein are example embodiments for unoccupied flying vehicle (UFV) location assurance. for certain example embodiments, at least one machine, such as a UFV, may: (i) obtain one or more satellite positioning system (SPS) coordinates corresponding to at least an apparent location of at least one UFV, or (ii) perform at least one analysis that uses at least one or more SPS coordinates and at least one assurance token. However, claimed subject matter is not limited to any particular described embodiments, implementations, examples, or so forth. | Royce A. Levien (Lexington, MA), Robert W. Lord (Seattle, WA), Richard T. Lord (Federal Way, WA), Mark A. Malamud (Seattle, WA), John D. Rinaldo, Jr. (Bellevue, WA), Lowell L. Wood, Jr. (Bellevue, WA) | Elwha Llc (Bellevue, WA) | 2017-10-11 | 2019-10-01 | G01S19/21, H04L29/06, G08G5/00, B64C39/02, G01C21/00, G01S19/14, G01S19/39, G05D1/10, F41H11/02, B64C33/00, G01D1/10 | 15/730629 |
| 154 | 10426393 | Systems and methods for monitoring pilot health | Pilot health monitoring systems, methods, and apparatuses are provided. A pilot health monitoring system is configured to collect information regarding the pilot's physiological and/or physical characteristics, and information regarding a state of the aircraft, analyze the information, determine a health condition of the pilot and/or a state of the aircraft, and/or provide warnings and/or commands as a function of the information. | William Robert Bosworth (Somerville, MA), Zarrin Khiang-Huey Chua (Boston, MA), Jessica Edmonds Duda (Wayland, MA), Eugene H. Nahm (Allston, MA) | Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation (Manassas, VA) | 2018-07-11 | 2019-10-01 | A61B5/18, A61B5/00, B64D45/00, G16H50/30, A61B5/1455, A61B5/01 | 16/032679 |
| 155 | 10417922 | Systems and methods for integrating terrain and weather avoidance for detection and avoidance | Various systems may benefit from the appropriate interworking of subsystems. for example, various avionics systems and method may benefit from the integration of terrain and/or weather avoidance, for example with other detection and avoidance subsystems. A method can include determining, by an avionics system, a hazard condition with respect to an ownship aircraft. The method can also include generating, by the avionics system, a maneuver inhibition based on the determined hazard condition. The method can further include providing the maneuver inhibition to a traffic avoidance or alerting system. | Robert John McCullen (Queen Creek, AZ) | Aviation Communication & Surveillance Systems Llc (Phoenix, AZ) | 2017-05-19 | 2019-09-17 | G08G5/04, G08G5/00, B64D45/00, B64C39/02 | 15/600496 |
| 156 | 10414492 | Aircraft having rotor-to-wing conversion capabilities | A tail sitter aircraft includes a fuselage having a forward portion and an aft portion. The forward portion of the fuselage includes first and second rotor stations. A first rotor assembly is positioned proximate the first rotor station. A second rotor assembly is positioned proximate the second rotor station. A tailboom assembly extends from the aft portion of the fuselage. The tailboom assembly includes a plurality of landing members. In a vertical takeoff and landing mode of the aircraft, the first and second rotor assemblies rotate about the fuselage to provide vertical thrust. In a forward flight mode of the aircraft, the first rotor assembly rotates about the fuselage to provide forward thrust and the second rotor assembly is non-rotatable about the fuselage forming wings to provide lift. | Daniel Bryan Robertson (Fort Worth, TX), Kirk Landon Groninga (Fort Worth, TX), Frank Bradley Stamps (Fort Worth, TX) | Bell Textron Inc. (Fort Worth, TX) | 2016-08-30 | 2019-09-17 | B64C29/02, B64C27/54, B64C27/50, B64C27/24, B64C25/52, B64C3/56 | 15/251128 |
| 157 | 10411356 | Apparatus and methods for selectively targeting communication devices with an antenna array | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, detecting a communication device in transit, determining a trajectory of the communication device, selecting a section from a plurality of sections of an array of dielectric antennas according to the trajectory of the communication device, where the section corresponds to a set of one more dielectric antennas from the array of dielectric antennas coupled to a set of launchers, and directing the set of launchers to launch electromagnetic waves directed to the set of one more dielectric antennas to generate a beam pattern directed to the communication device while in transit. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Shikik Johnson (Tinton Falls, NJ), David M. Britz (Rumson, NJ), Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Donald J. Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2016-12-08 | 2019-09-10 | H01Q1/24, H01Q1/38, H01Q3/24, H01Q3/34, H01Q9/04, H04B7/06, H04W4/02, H04W16/28, H04W4/029, H01Q21/20, H01Q25/00 | 15/372448 |
| 158 | 10407169 | Aircraft having dual rotor-to-wing conversion capabilities | A tail sitter aircraft includes a fuselage having a forward portion and an aft portion. The forward portion of the fuselage includes first and second rotor stations. A first rotor assembly is positioned proximate the first rotor station. A second rotor assembly is positioned proximate the second rotor station. A tailboom assembly extends from the aft portion of the fuselage and includes a plurality of landing members. A pusher propeller extends from the tailboom assembly. In a vertical takeoff and landing mode, the first and second rotor assemblies rotate about the fuselage to provide vertical thrust. In a forward flight mode, rotation of the pusher propeller provides forward thrust and the first and second rotor assemblies are non-rotatable about the fuselage forming a dual wing configuration to provide lift. | Kirk Landon Groninga (Fort Worth, TX), Daniel Bryan Robertson (Fort Worth, TX), Frank Bradley Stamps (Fort Worth, TX) | Bell Textron Inc. (Fort Worth, TX) | 2016-08-30 | 2019-09-10 | B64C29/02, B64C25/52, B64C11/00, B64C27/24, B64C3/56, B64D27/24, B64C39/08, B64C27/50 | 15/251110 |
| 159 | 10401136 | Radio frequency tracking system for projectiles | A tracking apparatus for use in tracking an arrow, crossbow bolt, or other suitable projectile, includes an electronics unit configured to be connected to a shaft of the projectile. The electronics unit includes a radio frequency (''RF'') module. The RF module is electrically associated with a head of the projectile to cause the head to function as a first RF radiating element. The RF module is electrically associated with the shaft to cause the shaft to function as a second RF radiating element. One of the first RF radiating element and the second RF radiating element can be a poise, and the other of the first RF radiating element and the second RF radiating element can be a counterpoise. | Doug VanTassell (Charlotte, NC), David Silva (Reserve, NM), Jerry Merritt (Farmington, UT), Kevin Harcourt (Bountiful, UT) | --- | 2017-09-13 | 2019-09-03 | F42B12/38, F42B6/04, H04B1/38, G01S19/14 | 15/703075 |
| 160 | 10399703 | Articulated support for unmanned aircraft system | An articulated support includes a base and pitch-roll-yaw assembly having a pitch/roll subassembly and a yaw subassembly. The pitch/roll subassembly includes a central member configured for spring-loaded rotation about a pitch/roll axis, and the yaw subassembly has a U-shaped member configured (a) at end portions to engage under-wing connection lugs of an unmanned aircraft system (UAS) and (b) at a central portion to mate to the central member of the pitch/roll subassembly in a rotatable manner providing for rotation of the yaw subassembly about a yaw axis. The pitch/roll subassembly and yaw subassembly are further co-configured to define first and second fixed yaw positions in which a fuselage of the UAS is, respectively, parallel to and perpendicular to the pitch/roll axis, permitting roll motion and pitch motion of the UAS when mounted on the articulated support. | Graham Schill (Upperco, MD), Sean Marshall Baity (Westminster, MD), Kyle W. McCool (Baltimore, MD), Leonard T. Katilas (Baltimore, MD) | Aai Corporation (Hunt Valley, MD) | 2017-10-05 | 2019-09-03 | B64F1/22, B64C39/02, B64F1/10 | 15/725382 |
| 161 | 10392109 | Mutually symbiotic aircraft systems | An aircraft system includes a wing member and a plurality of unmanned aircraft systems selectively connectable to the wing member. The wing member has a generally airfoil cross-section, a leading edge and a trailing edge. The unmanned aircraft systems have a connected flight mode while coupled to the wing member and an independent flight mode when detached from the wing member. In the connected flight mode, the unmanned aircraft systems are operable to provide propulsion to the wing member to enable flight. The unmanned aircraft systems are operable to be launched from the wing member to perform aerial missions in the independent flight mode and are operable to be recovered by the wing member and returned to the connected flight mode. Thereafter, in the connected flight mode, the unmanned aircraft systems are operable to be resupplied by the wing member. | Joseph Scott Drennan (Fort Worth, TX), John William Lloyd (Fort Worth, TX), Frank Bradley Stamps (Fort Worth, TX), Brett Rodney Zimmerman (Fort Worth, TX) | Bell Textron Inc. (Fort Worth, TX) | 2016-11-02 | 2019-08-27 | B64C37/02, B64D39/00, B64C39/02, B64C3/32 | 15/341887 |
| 162 | 10389432 | Maintaining network connectivity of aerial devices during unmanned flight | Example methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture (e.g., physical storage media) to facilitate maintaining network connectivity of aerial devices during unmanned flight are disclosed. An example method may include providing, to an access point of a radio access network (RAN) during flight of the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) on a flight route, channel allocation instructions for connecting the UAV to the radio access network via communication channels. The method may further include detecting an interference event associated with a portion of the flight route of the UAV during the flight. The method may further include adjusting, during the flight, the channel allocation instructions in response to detecting the interference event. The method may further include providing the adjusted channel allocation instructions to an access point of the radio access network during the flight. | Giuseppe De Rosa (Atlanta, GA), Mario Kosseifi (Roswell, GA), Ronald Kiefer (Louisville, KY) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2017-06-22 | 2019-08-20 | G08G5/00, H04B7/185, H04W72/04, B64C39/02 | 15/630872 |
| 163 | 10389037 | Apparatus and methods for selecting sections of an antenna array and use therewith | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, selecting a first segment from a plurality of selectable segments of an array of dielectric antennas, where the first segment corresponds to a first set of one or more dielectric antennas from the array of dielectric antennas coupled to a first set of launchers, directing the first set of launchers to launch first electromagnetic waves directed to the first set of one or more dielectric antennas to generate a first beam pattern, selecting a second segment from the plurality of selectable segments, where the second segment corresponds to a second set of one or more dielectric antennas from the array of dielectric antennas coupled to a second set of launchers, and directing the second set of launchers to launch second electromagnetic waves directed to the second set of one or more dielectric antennas to generate a second beam pattern. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Shikik Johnson (Tinton Falls, NJ), David M. Britz (Rumson, NJ), Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Donald J. Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2016-12-08 | 2019-08-20 | H01Q1/22, H04B7/0495, H01Q3/30, H01Q13/24, H01Q21/00, H01Q21/20, H01Q3/24, H01Q1/38, H01Q3/26 | 15/372460 |
| 164 | 10389029 | Multi-feed dielectric antenna system with core selection and methods for use therewith | In accordance with one or more embodiments, an antenna system includes a dielectric antenna having a feed-point, wherein the dielectric antenna is a single antenna having a plurality of antenna beam patterns. At least one cable having a plurality of conductorless dielectric cores is coupled to the feed-point of the dielectric antenna, each of the plurality of conductorless dielectric cores corresponding to one of the plurality of antenna beam patterns. A core selector switch couples electromagnetic waves from a source to a selected one of the plurality of conductorless dielectric cores, the selected one of the plurality of conductorless dielectric cores corresponding to a selected one of the plurality of antenna beam patterns. | Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Donald J. Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2016-12-07 | 2019-08-20 | H01Q13/02, H01Q3/24, H01Q13/24, H01Q15/24, H01Q1/22, H01Q25/00, H01Q19/08, H01Q9/04 | 15/371286 |
| 165 | 10386848 | Identifying a sensor in an autopilot vehicle | Systems, methods, and software can be used to identify a sensor on an autopilot vehicle. In some aspects, a video frame that is captured by a lens coupled to a vehicle is received. The video frame is determined to include an identifier of the lens. In response to determining that the video frame includes the identifier of the lens, the video frame is transmitted to an autopilot processor. | Marcus Klische (Dorfen, DE) | Blackberry Limited (Waterloo, Ontario, CA) | 2017-02-28 | 2019-08-20 | G05D1/02, B60R11/04, G06K9/00, G05D1/00, G06K19/06, G06K7/14 | 15/445446 |
| 166 | 10382976 | Method and apparatus for managing wireless communications based on communication paths and network device positions | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, different groups of network devices mounted on utility poles. The different groups of network devices can be arranged along different paths. A communication path for transmitting wireless signals can alternate between the different groups of network devices. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Donald J. Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2016-12-06 | 2019-08-13 | H04W40/00, H04W16/26, H04B3/56, H04B3/52, H04W16/32, H04B3/58, H01Q13/20, H01Q13/02, H04W88/08 | 15/370539 |
| 167 | 10377488 | Tandem-wing aircraft system with shrouded propeller | A tandem-wing unmanned aircraft system (UAS) includes forward and aft wings mounted to the fuselage by frangible spar elements, the forward wings in a shoulder-wing configuration and the aft wings in a low-wing configuration. The forward and aft wings may incorporate fill-span multifunctional control surfaces on their trailing edges. The wing design prevents interference with airflow over the fuselage into a tail-mounted ducted propeller assembly, which pivots to provide vectored thrust. A nose compartment at the nose end of the fuselage may include a forward-mounted camera with a hemispherical field of view, the nose camera protected by transparent exterior panels. A ventral cargo compartment mounted amidships may include a ventral camera gimbal-mounted to provide an overhead perspective, the ventral camera may be gimbal-mounted for articulation along multiple rotational axes to provide additional views of the UAS exterior. | Garry Reusch (Calgary, CA), Mark Ter Keurs (Surrey, CA), Nathan Armstrong (Calgary, CA), Zenon Dragan (Saskatoon, CA) | Draganfly Innovations Inc. (Saskatoon, CA) | 2017-05-02 | 2019-08-13 | B64C39/08, B64C39/02, B64C1/16, B64C5/08, B64C3/18, B64C3/16 | 15/584815 |
| 168 | 10375535 | SMS-IWF reassignment for SMS link outage | A computer device may include a memory configured to store instructions and a processor configured to execute the instructions to receive a service request from a user equipment (UE) device via a wireless access network, identify a Short Message Service Inter-Working Function (SMS-IWF) device associated with the UE device, and determine that the identified SMS-IWF device is associated with a link failure. The processor may further be configured to instruct the UE device to detach based on determining that the identified SMS-IWF device is associated with a link failure, receive a re-attach request from the UE device, in response to instructing the UE device to detach, and assign a functioning SMS-IWF device to the UE device, in response to receiving the re-attach request. | Suzann Hua (Walnut Creek, CA), Priscilla Lau (Fremont, CA) | Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ) | 2017-06-23 | 2019-08-06 | H04W36/14, H04W80/04, H04W48/12, H04W72/00, H04W92/14, H04W4/14, H04W76/19, H04B1/707 | 15/631660 |
| 169 | 10374657 | Method and apparatus of communication utilizing waveguide and wireless devices | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example a communication device that includes first and second waveguide devices that provide communications via electromagnetic waves that propagate along a transmission medium without utilizing an electrical return path, where the electromagnetic waves are guided by the transmission medium. The communication device can include a housing supporting a first plurality of antennas and a second plurality of antennas. The communication device can include a support structure physically connecting the first and second waveguide devices with the housing. Other embodiments are disclosed. | David M. Britz (Rumson, NJ), John W. MacNeill (Watertown, MA), David DeVincentis (Hackettstown, NJ), Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ), Donald J. Barnickel (Flemington, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2018-09-05 | 2019-08-06 | H01Q13/24, H01Q19/08, H01Q1/36, H01Q3/08, H01Q7/08, H01Q13/08, H01Q1/46, H04B3/52, H04L29/06, H04B3/36 | 16/122442 |
| 170 | 10374316 | System and dielectric antenna with non-uniform dielectric | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a solid dielectric antenna having a non-uniform spatial distribution of relative permittivity. | Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ), Donald J. Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2016-10-21 | 2019-08-06 | H01Q1/50, H01Q5/55, H04B1/00, H01Q13/06, H01Q13/24, H01Q15/08, H01Q19/08 | 15/299576 |
| 171 | 10371066 | Unmanned aircraft and operation method for the same | An unmanned aircraft includes a propulsion system having a diesel or kerosene internal combustion engine and a charger device for engine charging. The propulsion system can be a hybrid propulsion system or a parallel hybrid propulsion system. | Juergen Steinwandel (Uhldingen-Muehlhofen, DE), Florian Stagliano (Munich, DE), Jan Van Toor (Munich, DE) | Airbus Defence and Space Gmbh (Ottobrunn, DE) | 2018-04-13 | 2019-08-06 | F02D29/02, B64D41/00, B64D31/00, B64D27/24, B64D27/02, B64C39/02 | 15/953209 |
| 172 | 10361489 | Dielectric dish antenna system and methods for use therewith | In accordance with one or more embodiments, a method includes receiving a first wireless signal via a feed point on an antenna body, wherein the antenna body includes a dielectric core having a reflective surface configured as a dish reflector, reflecting the first wireless signal via the reflective surface to an aperture of the antenna body, and radiating the first wireless signal from the aperture. | David M. Britz (Rumson, NJ), Shikik Johnson (Tinton Falls, NJ), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2016-12-01 | 2019-07-23 | H01Q19/12, H01Q15/16, H01Q19/19, H01Q1/22, H01Q9/04, H01Q3/18, H01Q3/24 | 15/366767 |
| 173 | 10359749 | Method and apparatus for utilities management via guided wave communication | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a utilities management system operable to receive via a guided wave transceiver a plurality of utility status signals from a plurality of utility sensors located at a plurality of supervised sites. Utility control data is generated based on the plurality of utility status signals. At least one control signal is generated for transmission via the guided wave transceiver to at least one of the plurality of supervised sites, and the at least one control signal includes at least one utility deployment instruction based on the utility control data. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Pamela A. M. Bogdan (Neptune, NJ), George Blandino (Bridgewater, NJ), Ken Liu (Edison, NJ), Leon Lubranski (Scotch Plains, NJ), Eric Myburgh (Bonita Springs, FL), Tracy Van Brakle (Colts Neck, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2016-12-07 | 2019-07-23 | G05B19/042, H02J13/00, H04B3/54, H04L12/46, H04L12/28, H02J7/00, H02J7/35, B60L53/30, H02J3/46, H02J3/38 | 15/371321 |
| 174 | 10355367 | Antenna structure for exchanging wireless signals | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, an antenna structure that includes a feed point that facilitates coupling to a dielectric core that supplies electromagnetic waves to the feed point, and a dielectric antenna coupled to the feed point for receiving the electromagnetic waves, the dielectric antenna including an antenna lens that operates as an aperture of the dielectric antenna, the antenna lens having a structure that adjusts a propagation of the electromagnetic waves in the dielectric antenna to reduce a cross section of far-field wireless signals generated by the dielectric antenna. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Donald J Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Henry Kafka (Atlanta, GA), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2015-10-16 | 2019-07-16 | H01Q19/06, H01Q13/24, H01Q13/02, H01Q19/08, H01P1/16, H01P3/16, H01Q1/36, H01Q15/08, H04B3/52 | 14/885379 |
| 175 | 10354441 | Augmented reality systems and methods for telecommunications site modeling | Systems and method for augmented reality to visualize a telecommunications site for planning, engineering, and installing equipment include creating a three-dimensional (3D) model of a virtual object representing the equipment, providing the 3D model of the virtual object to an augmented reality server, providing a virtual environment representing the telecommunications site, obtaining the virtual object from the augmented reality server, and selectively inserting the virtual object in the virtual environment for one or more of planning, engineering, and installation associated with the telecommunications site. | Joshua Godwin (Charlotte, NC), Charlie Terry (Charlotte, NC), Lee Priest (Charlotte, NC) | Etak Systems, Llc (Huntersville, NC) | 2017-11-17 | 2019-07-16 | G06T17/20, B64C39/02, H04W24/08, G06F17/50, G06T7/73, G06T19/00, G06T17/05, H04W88/08, H04N5/232, H04W16/18 | 15/815786 |
| 176 | 10349418 | Method and apparatus for managing utilization of wireless resources via use of a reference signal to reduce distortion | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a wireless communication node that receives instructions in a control channel directing it to utilize a spectral segment at a first carrier frequency to communicate with a mobile communication device. Responsive to the instructions, the wireless communication node receives a modulated signal in the spectral segment at a second carrier frequency from the base station, the modulated signal including communications data provided by the base station. The wireless communication node down-shifts the modulated signal at the second carrier frequency to the first carrier frequency, and wirelessly transmits the modulated signal at the first carrier frequency to the mobile communication device. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2016-06-08 | 2019-07-09 | H04W72/00, H04W72/04, H04L5/00, H04W72/08, H04W36/32, H04W28/04, H04W36/04, H04W84/04 | 15/176616 |
| 177 | 10347139 | Autonomous nap-of-the-earth (ANOE) flight path planning for manned and unmanned rotorcraft | A flight path planning approach may be deterministic and guarantee a safe, quasi-optimal path. A plurality of three-dimensional voxels may be determined as cells of a rectangular grid. The cells may have a predetermined length and width. A shortest safe path through the grid graph may be calculated from a local start to a local goal defined as points on a nominal global path. Geometric smoothing may be performed on the basis line from the local start to the local goal to generate a smooth three-dimensional trajectory that can be followed by a given rotorcraft. Dynamic smoothing may be performed on the three-dimensional trajectory to provide a maximum possible speed profile over a path defined by the dynamic smoothing. The three dimensional path information may be provided to an autopilot, which may then control the rotorcraft to fly along the defined path. | Sylvia Kohn-Rich (Manhattan Beach, CA) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, CA) | 2016-11-10 | 2019-07-09 | G08G5/00, G05D1/04, G05D1/10, G01C21/20, G05D1/08, G05D1/06, G08G5/04 | 15/348513 |
| 178 | 10341142 | Apparatus and methods for generating non-interfering electromagnetic waves on an uninsulated conductor | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, receiving a plurality of communication signals, and generating, according to the plurality of communication signals, a plurality of electromagnetic waves bound at least in part to a dielectric layer environmentally formed on a conductor. The plurality of electromagnetic waves propagates along the dielectric layer of the conductor without an electrical return path, where each electromagnetic wave of the plurality of electromagnetic waves includes a different portions of the plurality of communication signals, and where the plurality of electromagnetic waves utilizes a signal multiplexing configuration that at least reduces an interference between the plurality of electromagnetic waves. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ), Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Donald J. Barnickel (Flemington, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2016-10-14 | 2019-07-02 | H04L12/64, H04B15/00 | 15/293819 |
| 179 | 10341011 | Apparatus and method for communications management | Apparatus for on-board management of communications in a mobile node comprising a communications system configured to effect wireless data communication between the mobile node and another node by means of at least one supported wireless communications link, wherein the apparatus comprises a node manoeuvre planning module and a dynamic route planner, the node manoeuvre planning module being configured to: identify that a wireless communications link associated with the mobile node (i) has been lost, degraded or is otherwise not optimal, and/or (ii) would violate an emissions control restriction, define a desired wireless communications link between the mobile node and the other node to (i) support wireless communications therebetween, and/or (ii) comply with the emissions control restriction, determine an attitude and/or position of the mobile node with respect to the other node required to support the desired wireless communications link, derive a node manoeuvre plan including data representative of the determined attitude and/or position of the mobile node and generate a plan metric in respect of the node manoeuvre plan, and transmit node manoeuvre plan data to the dynamic route planner, wherein the node manoeuvre plan data is configured to cause the dynamic route planner (11) to derive a route plan designed to manoeuvre the mobile node to the determined attitude and/or position, the dynamic route planner being configured to: in response to receipt of the node manoeuvre plan data, generate a route plan designed to manoeuvre the mobile node to the determined attitude and/or position and generate corresponding route plan data, and provide the route plan data and data representative of the plan metric to a node authority with a request for authorisation. | Peter Noble Hudson (Preston, GB), Rania Hamdi Eissa (Preston, GB), Monadl Abd Al-Abbas Mansour Al-Ameri (Preston, GB) | Bae Systems Plc (London, GB) | 2016-08-05 | 2019-07-02 | H04L12/26, B64C39/02, H04B7/185, G05D1/10, G05D1/00, G08G5/00 | 15/749633 |
| 180 | 10340996 | System and method for antenna array control and coverage mapping | A computer device may be configured to execute the instructions to identify a location for a user equipment (UE) device serviced by a base station slice associated with a base station, access a beam forming database (DB) to determine whether a match exists in the beam forming DB for the identified location, and determine that no match exists in the beam forming DB for the identified location. The computer device may be further configured to perform two-dimensional modeling of radio frequency signal propagation for the identified location using a terrain model, based on determining that no match exists in the beam forming DB for the identified location, determine antenna settings for an antenna array associated with the base station slice based on the performed two-dimensional modeling, and instruct the base station to apply the determined antenna settings to the antenna array. | Shukri A. Wakid (North Potomac, MD) | Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ) | 2018-03-06 | 2019-07-02 | H04B3/52, H04B7/0426, H04B7/06, H04W16/28 | 15/913482 |
| 181 | 10340983 | Method and apparatus for surveying remote sites via guided wave communications | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a surveying system operable to receive a plurality of electromagnetic waves via a guided wave transceiver that include environmental data collected via a plurality of sensors at a plurality of remote sites. Weather pattern data is generated based on the environmental data. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Ken Liu (Edison, NJ), Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Pamela A. M. Bogdan (Neptune, NJ), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Donald J. Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2016-12-09 | 2019-07-02 | H04B3/58, B64C39/02, H04B3/54, H04B3/52, H04B3/50, H04B3/46, H04B3/36, H04B3/21 | 15/373663 |
| 182 | 10340603 | Antenna system having shielded structural configurations for assembly | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, an antenna array having a plurality of dielectric antennas and a plurality of dielectric cores. At least one surface, excluding an aperture, of each dielectric antenna can be configured to reduce a transfer of signals between the plurality of dielectric antennas. Each dielectric antenna of the plurality of dielectric antennas can further have a structural configuration that enables flat surfaces of the plurality of dielectric antennas to be adjacent to each other. Each dielectric core of the plurality of dielectric cores can be coupled to a select one of the plurality of dielectric antennas to facilitate guiding a select one of a plurality of electromagnetic waves to the select one of the plurality of dielectric antennas. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Donald J. Barnickel (Flemington, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2016-11-23 | 2019-07-02 | H01Q1/22, H01Q13/10, H01Q21/22, H01Q1/46, H01Q19/08, H01Q1/36, H01Q9/04 | 15/360705 |
| 183 | 10340601 | Multi-antenna system and methods for use therewith | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, an antenna structure that includes first and second dielectric antennas that each redirect a beam pattern generated by the first and second dielectric antennas away from a center axis of the of the first and second dielectric antennas. Each of the first and second dielectric antennas can be coupled to at least one dielectric core via a feed point of each dielectric antenna. The at least one dielectric core can be configured to supply electromagnetic waves that are converted by the first and second dielectric antennas to first and second beam patterns redirected away from the center axis. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Donald J. Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2016-11-23 | 2019-07-02 | H01Q13/02, H01Q13/06, H01Q9/04, H01Q13/24, H01Q1/46, H01Q13/10, H01Q15/08, H01P3/16, H01Q21/20, H01Q21/06 | 15/360712 |
| 184 | 10340600 | Apparatus and methods for launching guided waves via plural waveguide systems | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a system having a first plurality of transmitters for launching according to a signal, first electromagnetic waves, and a second plurality of transmitters for launching, according to the signal, second electromagnetic waves. The first electromagnetic waves and the second electromagnetic waves combine at an interface of a transmission medium to induce a propagation of a third electromagnetic wave, the third electromagnetic wave having a non-fundamental wave mode and a non-optical operating frequency, and wherein the second plurality of transmitters are spaced apart from the first plurality of transmitters in a direction of propagation of the third electromagnetic wave. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Donald J. Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2016-10-18 | 2019-07-02 | H01P1/16, H01P3/12, H01P3/16, H01P5/00, H01P5/02, H01P5/08, H01Q1/50, H01P3/10, H01P3/00, H01Q3/12, H04B10/90, H01Q13/20, H04B3/52, H04B3/54, H01Q13/02, H01Q13/06, H01Q13/08 | 15/296101 |
| 185 | 10340573 | Launcher with cylindrical coupling device and methods for use therewith | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a launching device including a transmitter configured to generate a radio frequency signal on a transmission medium, wherein the transmitter is included in a launching circuit with the transmission medium having an electrical return path. A cylindrical coupler launches the radio frequency signal from an aperture of the cylindrical coupler as a guided electromagnetic wave that is bound to an outer surface of the transmission medium, wherein the guided electromagnetic wave propagates along the outer surface of the transmission medium without an electrical return path. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Shikik Johnson (Tinton Falls, NJ), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Robert Bennett (Southold, NY) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2016-10-26 | 2019-07-02 | H01P3/10, H01Q15/14, H01Q13/10, H01Q1/36, H01P5/08, H04B1/00 | 15/334427 |
| 186 | 10336453 | System and method for payload management for unmanned aircraft | A system and method for payload management for an unmanned aircraft system is disclosed. The payload management system and method may comprise a containment system configured to contain payload carried by the UAV/aircraft. The UAV/aircraft may be configured to carry payload in an external pod as part of the containment system. The pod carried by the UAV/craft may be fillable/inflatable to contain payload and facilitate aerodynamic performance of the UAV/craft carrying payload (e.g. on a mission from originator to destination for delivery in operating conditions) . Systems and methods may provide managing and monitoring for payload carried by UAV/aircraft (e.g. with instrumentation) . | Alistair K. Chan (Bainbridge Island, WA), Roderick A. Hyde (Redmond, WA), Muriel Y. Ishikawa (Livermore, CA), Jordin T. Kare (San Jose, CA), Lowell L. Wood, Jr. (Bellevue, WA) | Elwha Llc (Bellevue, WA) | 2016-01-14 | 2019-07-02 | B64D1/08, B64C39/02, B64D9/00 | 14/995332 |
| 187 | 10334412 | Autonomous vehicle assistance systems | Apparatuses and methods of operating the same are described. A sensor system including a sensor, a processor, and a communication subsystem. The sensor may measure a defined area of a path located below the sensor system to obtain a sensor measurement. The processor may be coupled to the sensor. The processor may determine at least one of environmental condition information within the defined area or characteristic information associated with an object within the defined area using the sensor measurement. The communication subsystem may be coupled to the processor. The communication subsystem may send at least one of the environmental condition information or the characteristic information to a communication system of a vehicle. | Boaz Kenane (Portland, OR) | --- | 2018-01-09 | 2019-06-25 | G05D1/00, B60W40/06, H04W4/44, G08G1/0967 | 15/865483 |
| 188 | 10333839 | Routing a data packet in a communication network | In one aspect, a method includes receiving a data packet at a routing node that includes a processor. The method also includes determining at least one value for the data packet, selecting a routing table from a plurality of routing tables stored at the routing node in response to the at least one value for the packet and forwarding the data packet in response to the routing table selected. Each routing table is associated with a respective one cost function. | Mu-Cheng Wang (Acton, MA), Steven A. Davidson (Acton, MA), Yi-Chao S. Chuang (Acton, MA) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, MA) | 2013-03-14 | 2019-06-25 | H04L12/741, H04L12/721 | 13/827029 |
| 189 | 10332405 | Unmanned aircraft systems traffic management | The present invention provides a traffic management system for managing unmanned aerial systems (UASs) operating at low-altitude. The system includes surveillance for locating and tracking UASs in uncontrolled airspace, for example, in airspace below 10,000 feet MSL. The system also includes flight rules for safe operation of UASs in uncontrolled airspace. The system further includes computers for processing said surveillance and for applying the flight rules to UASs. The traffic management system may be portable, persistent, or a hybrid thereof. | Parimal Kopardekar (Cupertino, CA) | The United States of America As Represented By The Administrator of Nasa (Washington, DC) | 2014-12-19 | 2019-06-25 | G08G5/00 | 14/577272 |
| 190 | 10330571 | Air sampling system | An atmosphere sampling system includes: an unmanned rotary-wing aircraft platform including: an airframe capable of lifting a selected payload mass, at least one motorized rotor, and, a flight control system including an on-board controller, an atmosphere sampling unit having a total mass no greater than the selected payload mass, and including: a blower preferably having backward-facing blades, an inlet structure to draw in air to be sampled, and an outlet to discharge air after sampling, a plurality of sample containers, and, an indexing mechanism to move selected sample containers, one at a time, into contact with the inlet structure so that samples may be collected, and, a power supply with sufficient capacity to operate the motorized rotor (s) , the onboard portion of the flight controller, the blower, and the indexing system. | Alexander B. Adams (Bristol, TN) | --- | 2017-03-07 | 2019-06-25 | G01N1/22, B64C39/02, G01N33/00, B64D1/00 | 15/530844 |
| 191 | 10326937 | Horizontal-posture maintaining apparatus | A horizontal-posture maintaining apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a barrel, a cover unit provided on a side surface of the barrel, a first driver provided in the cover unit, for rotating the barrel in a first direction (around an X axis) to keep the barrel in horizontal posture, a second driver provided in the cover unit, for rotating the cover unit in a second direction (around a Y axis) to keep the barrel in the horizontal posture, and a controller for controlling rotation of the first and second drivers. | Yoon-Seok Kang (Seoul, KR), Sung-Jin Park (Suwon-si, KR), Bae-Seok Lim (Suwon-si, KR), Bon-Min Koo (Seoul, KR), Jae-Kyu Shim (Suwon-si, KR), Woo-Jong Cho (Suwon-si, KR) | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, KR) | 2017-04-27 | 2019-06-18 | H04N9/47, G03B15/00, H04N7/18, H04N5/232, B64C39/02, B64D47/08, F16M11/12, H04N5/225, G05D1/00, G03B17/56, F16M13/02, F16M11/18 | 15/499103 |
| 192 | 10326689 | Method and system for providing alternative communication paths | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, detecting an issue associated with data communications between a first node and a second node of a distributed communications system, wherein the issue is related to a change in a condition between the first node and the second node. Locations of the first and second nodes are determined. An intermediary node is identified, based on the locations of the first and second nodes and the detecting of the issue, wherein equipment of the intermediary node is operable to engage in wireless communications with the first and second nodes, and a redirection of data communications is facilitated between the first and second nodes responsive to the detecting of the issue. The redirection of the data communications places the equipment of the intermediary node in communications between the first node and the second node. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Ken Liu (Edison, NJ), Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Pamela A. M. Bogdan (Neptune, NJ), Donald J. Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ), Leon Lubranski (Scotch Plains, NJ), Tracy Van Brakle (Colts Neck, NJ), George Blandino (Bridgewater, NJ), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2016-12-08 | 2019-06-18 | H04W28/02, H04W40/16, H04W40/20, H04L12/707, H04W40/24, H04W40/12, H04W88/16 | 15/372804 |
| 193 | 10326494 | Apparatus for measurement de-embedding and methods for use therewith | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, a transmission medium having a first end configured to be coupled to a first port of the launching device, wherein electromagnetic waves are induced by the launching device on a surface of the transmission medium, wherein the electromagnetic waves are bound to the surface of the transmission medium, and wherein the electromagnetic waves propagate without requiring an electrical return path to a second end of the transmission medium. A short circuit, coupled to the second end of the transmission medium, reflects the electromagnetic waves back to the first end of the transmission medium for reception by the launching device as reflected electromagnetic waves at the first port to facilitate a de-embedding of the launching device. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Harold Rappaport (Middletown, NJ), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2016-12-06 | 2019-06-18 | H04B3/46, H04B3/52 | 15/369968 |
| 194 | 10320586 | Apparatus and methods for generating non-interfering electromagnetic waves on an insulated transmission medium | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, receiving a plurality of communication signals, and generating, according to the plurality of communication signals, signals that induce a plurality of electromagnetic waves bound at least in part to a dielectric material. Each electromagnetic wave of the plurality of electromagnetic waves conveys at least one communication signal of the plurality of communication signals, and the plurality of electromagnetic waves has a multiplexing configuration that reduces an interference between the plurality of electromagnetic waves. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ), Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Donald J. Barnickel (Flemington, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2016-10-14 | 2019-06-11 | H04L12/64, H04B15/00 | 15/293929 |
| 195 | 10317914 | Wind finding and compensation for unmanned aircraft systems | An unmanned aircraft includes a forward propulsion system comprising one or more forward thrust engines and one or more corresponding rotors coupled to the forward thrust engines, a vertical propulsion system comprising one or more vertical thrust engines and one or more corresponding rotors coupled to the vertical thrust engines, a plurality of sensors, and a yaw control system, that includes a processor configured to monitor one or more aircraft parameters received from at least one of the plurality of sensors and to enter a free yaw control mode based on the received aircraft parameters. | Jason Michael K. Douglas (Tucson, AZ), Justin Armer (Tucson, AZ), Carlos Murphy (Tucson, AZ) | Latitude Engineering, Llc (Tucson, AZ) | 2016-04-18 | 2019-06-11 | G05D1/08, B64C29/00, B64C39/02 | 15/131914 |
| 196 | 10312567 | Launcher with planar strip antenna and methods for use therewith | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a launching device including a transmitter configured to generate a radio frequency signal in a microwave frequency band. A planar strip antenna is configured to launch the radio frequency signal as a guided electromagnetic wave that is bound to an outer surface of a transmission medium, wherein the guided electromagnetic wave propagates along the outer surface of the transmission medium without an electrical return path. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Donald J. Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2016-10-26 | 2019-06-04 | H01Q1/50, H01Q1/48, H01P3/10, H01P5/08, H01Q9/28, H04B1/00 | 15/334903 |
| 197 | 10309784 | Merging intensities in a PHD filter based on a sensor track ID | In one embodiment, a method of tracking multiple objects with a probabilistic hypothesis density filter is provided. The method includes generating a first intensity by combining a first one or more measurements, wherein a first set of track IDs associated with the first intensity includes track IDs corresponding to respective measurements in the first one or more measurements. A second intensity is generated by combining a second one or more measurements, wherein a second set of track IDs associated with the second intensity includes track IDs corresponding to respective measurements in the second one or more measurements. The first set of track IDs is compared to the second set of track IDs, and the first intensity is selectively merged with the second intensity based on whether any track IDs in the first set of track IDs match any track IDs in the second set of track IDs. | Vibhor L. Bageshwar (Minneapolis, MN), Michael Ray Elgersma (Plymouth, MN), Eric A. Euteneuer (St. Anthony Village, MN) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morris Plains, NJ) | 2014-07-31 | 2019-06-04 | G01C21/00, G01S13/93, G01S13/72, G01S13/86, G01B21/16 | 14/448808 |
| 198 | 10305190 | Reflecting dielectric antenna system and methods for use therewith | In accordance with one or more embodiments, a method includes receiving a first wireless signal via a feed point on an antenna body, wherein the antenna body includes a dielectric core having a first reflective surface and a second reflective surface that are spatially aligned in a reflecting telescope configuration, reflecting the first wireless signal via the first reflective surface and the second reflective surface to an aperture of the antenna body, and radiating the first wireless signal from the aperture. | David M. Britz (Rumson, NJ), Shikik Johnson (Tinton Falls, NJ), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2016-12-01 | 2019-05-28 | H01Q13/00, H01Q9/04, H01Q19/19, H01Q13/24, H01Q13/02, H01Q3/24, H01Q15/14, H01Q1/22 | 15/366832 |
| 199 | 10305176 | Conformal antennas for unmanned and piloted vehicles and method of antenna operation | A vehicle includes a body providing structural support and defining a fuselage perimeter and including a plurality of bands, a plurality of antennas integrated into the plurality of bands, and a transceiver operatively connected to each of the plurality of antennas. The transceiver is configured to power selected sub-sets of the plurality of antennas to generate a directional antenna beam. | Raj Bridgelall (Planno, TX), Michael Corcoran (Grand Forks, ND) | University of North Dakota (Grand Forks, ND), Ndsu Research Foundation (Fargo ND) | 2015-05-19 | 2019-05-28 | B64C1/36, B64D43/00, H04B7/06, H01Q3/26, H01Q1/28, H01Q1/27, H04B7/185 | 14/716288 |
| 200 | 10302770 | Systems and methods for absolute position navigation using pseudolites | A pseudolite device for providing navigation data, while denied or having limited access to satellite navigation signals for instance, may include a receiver for receiving, from each of a plurality of pseudolites, respective navigation data including an indication of an absolute position of a respective pseudolite and a time instance at which the navigation data is transmitted by the respective pseudolite. The pseudolite device may include a processor configured to determine an absolute position of the pseudolite device according to the navigation data received from each of the plurality of pseudolites, and a transmitter for broadcasting positioning data and transmission time data. The positioning data can include an indication of the determined absolute position of the pseudolite device and the transmission time data includes an indication of a time instance at which the positioning data is transmitted by the transmitter. | Michael Greg Farley (Coggon, IA) | Rockwell Collins, Inc. (Cedar Rapids, IA) | 2018-01-09 | 2019-05-28 | G01S19/11, G01S5/10, H04B7/185 | 15/866258 |
| 201 | 10302759 | Automatic dependent surveillance broadcast (ADS-B) system with radar for ownship and traffic situational awareness | The present invention proposes an automatic dependent surveillance broadcast (ADS-B) architecture and process, in which priority aircraft and ADS-B IN and radar traffic information are included in the transmission of data through the telemetry communications to a remote ground control station. The present invention further proposes methods for displaying general aviation traffic information in three and/or four dimension trajectories using an industry standard Earth browser for increased situation awareness and enhanced visual acquisition of traffic for conflict detection. The present invention enable the applications of enhanced visual acquisition of traffic, traffic alerts, and en-route and terminal surveillance used to augment pilot situational awareness through ADS-B IN display and information in three or four dimensions for self-separation awareness. | Ricardo A Arteaga (Lancaster, CA) | The United States of America As Represented By The Administrator of The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, DC) | 2016-05-09 | 2019-05-28 | G01S13/91, G01S13/86, G01S7/00, G01S19/03, G01S13/93 | 15/149451 |
| 202 | 10301023 | Drone device for news reporting | A fact checking system utilizes social networking information and analyzes and determines the factual accuracy of information and/or characterizes the information by comparing the information with source information. The social networking fact checking system automatically monitors information, processes the information, fact checks the information and/or provides a status of the information, including automatically modifying a web page to include the fact check results. The fact checking system is able to be implemented utilizing a drone device. | Lucas J. Myslinski (Sunnyvale, CA) | --- | 2018-06-25 | 2019-05-28 | B64D5/00, G06Q10/04, G06Q10/06, G06Q10/08, G06Q30/02, G06Q50/00, G06Q50/26, G08B21/18, B64D47/02, B64D47/08, G06F17/27, B64C39/02, H04N7/18, H04N5/77, G06T7/20, G06K9/62, G06K9/00, G05D1/10, G05D1/00 | 16/017536 |
| 203 | 10298664 | Systems and methods of capturing and distributing imaging content captured through unmanned aircraft systems | In some embodiments, systems and methods are provided to capture and distribute imaging content. Some embodiments, provide remote inspection systems, comprising: an unmanned aircraft system (UAS) base station control system that wirelessly communicates with an UAS, and comprises: a wireless transceiver, a control circuit, and a memory wherein the control circuit: receives imaging content, captured by a camera of the UAS, establishes a network connection with a content distribution system and activate a distribution session, and communicates the imaging content to the content distribution system that enables multiple remote authorized rendering systems to access the networked content distribution system over the Internet, join the distribution session, and receive over the Internet in real time the imaging content allowing each of the rendering systems to visually play back the imaging content such that a user at each of the multiple rendering systems can watch the imaging content in real time. | Donald R. High (Noel, MO), John P. Thompson (Bentonville, AR), Timothy M. Fenton (Bentonville, AR), Erik Rye (Rogers, AR) | Walmart Apollo, Llc (Bentonville, AR) | 2016-12-15 | 2019-05-21 | G06F15/16, B64D47/08, G06K9/00, B64C39/02, H04L29/08, H04W4/80, H04W84/04, H04W84/12, H04W88/12 | 15/380086 |
| 204 | 10298293 | Apparatus of communication utilizing wireless network devices | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example a housing defining an open volume therein where the housing includes a connection structure for connecting with a utility structure, a first wireless device contained in the housing where the first wireless device is coupled with a first antenna extending outside of the housing, and a second wireless device contained in the housing where the second wireless device is coupled with a second antenna extending outside of the housing. The first and second wireless devices can be coupled to each other. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Donald J. Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Henry Kafka (Atlanta, GA) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2017-03-13 | 2019-05-21 | H04B3/54, H04L5/00, H04B1/40, H04W88/08, H04M19/00 | 15/456723 |
| 205 | 10293938 | Unmanned aircraft systems with a customer interface system and methods of delivery utilizing unmanned aircraft systems | In some embodiments, systems and methods are provided to enable package delivery and interaction with customers. Some embodiments comprise unmanned aircraft system (UAS) , comprising: a crane system comprising a first spool system and a crane motor, the first spool system comprises a first cord that is extended and retracted, a retractable interface system cooperated with the first cord, a package holder configured to hold a first package to be delivered by the UAS at a delivery location, a control circuit coupled with the crane motor to control the crane motor, and to activate the crane motor to extend the first cord and lower the retractable interface system while the UAS is maintained in flight at least at a threshold height, wherein the retractable interface system comprises an input interface to receive input from a customer at the delivery location. | John P. Thompson (Bentonville, AR), Donald R. High (Noel, MO), Nathan G. Jones (Bentonville, AR), David C. Winkle (Bella Vista, AR), Brian G. McHale (Chadderton Oldham, GB) | Walmart Apollo, Llc (Bentonville, AR) | 2017-03-02 | 2019-05-21 | B64D1/22, B64D9/00, B64C39/02, G05D1/00, G06Q10/08, B64D47/08 | 15/447474 |
| 206 | 10293931 | Aircraft generating a triaxial dynamic thrust matrix | A tri-wing aircraft includes a fuselage having a longitudinally extending fuselage axis. Three wings extend generally radially outwardly from the fuselage axis and are circumferentially distributed generally uniformly about the fuselage at approximately 120-degree intervals. The wings have airfoil cross-sections including first and second surfaces having chordwise channels therebetween. A distributed propulsion system includes a plurality of propulsion assemblies. Each propulsion assembly includes a variable thrust cross-flow fan disposed within one of the chordwise channels of one of the wings. At least two variable thrust cross-flow fans are disposed within the chordwise channels of each of the wings. A flight control system is operably associated with the distributed propulsion system such that the flight control system and the distributed propulsion system are operable to generate a triaxial dynamic thrust matrix. | Daniel Bryan Robertson (Fort Worth, TX), Kirk Landon Groninga (Fort Worth, TX) | Bell Helicopter Textron Inc. (Fort Worth, TX) | 2016-08-31 | 2019-05-21 | B64C29/00, B64C39/12, B64C39/00, B64C23/02, B64C29/02 | 15/253449 |
| 207 | 10291334 | System for detecting a fault in a communication system | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a system for transmitting a source test signal directed to a second system of a distributed communication system for a retransmission of the source test signal by the second system and a plurality of other systems of the distributed communication system, receiving a plurality of returned messages from the second system, where each of the plurality of returned messages includes information associated with a signal test performed by the second system and at least one of the plurality of other systems, where the signal test comprises a comparison of a retransmission of the source test signal and an expected signal profile of the source test signal, and determining from the plurality of returned messages whether any one of the plurality of other systems is experiencing a degradation in transmission signal quality. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2016-11-03 | 2019-05-14 | H04B17/00, H04W24/06, H04B17/318, H04B17/23, H04B17/10, G01R29/10 | 15/342159 |
| 208 | 10291311 | Method and apparatus for mitigating a fault in a distributed antenna system | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving a first wireless signal at a first carrier frequency, the first wireless signal including a first modulated signal generated by a second antenna system by frequency-shifting the first modulated signal from a first native frequency band to the first carrier frequency, receiving a second wireless signal at a second carrier frequency, the second wireless signal including a second modulated signal generated by a third antenna system by frequency-shifting the second modulated signal from a second native frequency band to the second carrier frequency, detecting a fault in the second antenna system, and responsive to the detecting, adjusting a power level of a first wireless transmission to generate an adjusted first wireless transmission directed to the third antenna system. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2016-09-09 | 2019-05-14 | H04B7/08, H04L12/24, H04L12/26, H04L12/12, H04W52/24, H04W52/42, H04W88/08, H04B17/318, H04L29/14 | 15/260426 |
| 209 | 10287010 | Rotor sequencing for dual rotor aircraft | An aircraft has a fuselage, a first rotor assembly having a first rotor hub and first rotor blades pivotably coupled to the first rotor hub and a second rotor assembly having a second rotor hub and second rotor blades pivotably coupled to the second rotor hub. The first and second rotor blades have deployed configurations extending generally radially from the fuselage and stowed configurations extending generally parallel with the fuselage. A sequencing cam, positioned between the first and second rotor hubs, is coupled to the second rotor blades. The sequencing cam has a retracted orientation when the second rotor blades are in the stowed configuration and an extended orientation when the second rotor blades are in the deployed configuration in which the sequencing cam props support arms of the first rotor blades preventing transition of the first rotor blades from the deployed configuration to the stowed configuration. | Frank Bradley Stamps (Fort Worth, TX), Eric Ricardo Gonzalez (Fort Worth, TX) | Bell Helicopter Textron Inc. (Fort Worth, TX) | 2016-11-02 | 2019-05-14 | B64C27/605, B64C39/02, B64C27/10, B64C27/12, B64C27/50, B64C11/28 | 15/341905 |
| 210 | 10285129 | Wakeup system and method for devices in power saving mode | A computer device may include a memory storing instructions and a processor configured to execute the instructions to select a broadcast method for a wakeup signal for a wireless communication device, instruct a base station to broadcast the wakeup signal using the selected broadcast method, and provide information identifying the selected broadcast method to the wireless communication device. The processor may be further configured to receiving a wakeup request from a machine-type communication interworking function (MTC-IWF) device, map the received wakeup request to a wakeup signature beacon signal associated with the wireless communication device, and instruct the base station to transmit a wakeup signature beacon signal to the wireless communication device based on the received wakeup request. | Lei Song (Fremont, CA), Ye Huang (San Ramon, CA), Jin Yang (Orinda, CA), Yee Sin Chan (San Jose, CA), Jignesh S. Panchal (Hillsborough, NJ) | Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ) | 2017-10-02 | 2019-05-07 | G06F1/32, G06F1/3234, H04W40/24, H04W52/02, G06F1/3206, H04W40/00 | 15/722504 |
| 211 | 10281570 | Systems and methods for detecting, tracking and identifying small unmanned systems such as drones | A system for providing integrated detection and countermeasures against unmanned aerial vehicles include a detecting element, a location determining element and an interdiction element. The detecting element detects an unmanned aerial vehicle in flight in the region of, or approaching, a property, place, event or very important person. The location determining element determines the exact location of the unmanned aerial vehicle. The interdiction element can either direct the unmanned aerial vehicle away from the property, place, event or very important person in a non-destructive manner, or can cause disable the unmanned aerial vehicle in a destructive manner. | Dwaine A. Parker (Naples, FL), Damon E. Stern (Riverview, FL), Lawrence S. Pierce (Huntsville, AL) | Xidrone Systems, Inc. (Naples, FL) | 2018-04-30 | 2019-05-07 | G01S7/02, G01S7/38, G01S3/782, G01S13/93, G01S13/91, G01S13/88, G01S13/86, G01S13/42, G01S13/06, F41H13/00, G01S7/41, F41H11/02 | 15/967291 |
| 212 | 10279906 | Automated hazard handling routine engagement | Disclosed herein are example embodiments for automated hazard handling routine engagement. for certain example embodiments, at least one machine, such as an unoccupied flying vehicle (UFV) , may: (i) detect at least one motivation to engage at least one automated hazard handling routine of the UFV, or (ii) engage at least one automated hazard handling routine of a UFV based at least partially on at least one motivation. However, claimed subject matter is not limited to any particular described embodiments, implementations, examples, or so forth. | Royce A. Levien (Lexington, MA), Robert W. Lord (Seattle, WA), Richard T. Lord (Tacoma, WA), Mark A. Malamud (Seattle, WA), John D. Rinaldo, Jr. (Bellevue, WA), Lowell L. Wood, Jr. (Bellevue, WA) | Elwha Llc (Bellevue, WA) | 2012-12-31 | 2019-05-07 | G05D1/00, G08G5/00, B64C39/02 | 13/731363 |
| 213 | 10278235 | Assignment of channels for communicating with an unmanned vehicle | An embodiment of a radio for disposition on an unmanned vehicle includes first and second receiver circuits. The first receiver circuit is configured to receive a signal over a current active channel within a frequency sub band corresponding to the unmanned vehicle. and the second receiver circuit is configured to monitor a respective availability and a respective quality of each of a current standby channel and at least one other channel within the frequency sub band while the first receiver circuit is receiving the signal, and to request an assignment of one of the at least one other channel as a new standby channel if the second receiver circuit determines that the quality of the one of the at least one other channel is better than the quality of the current standby channel. | Kyle Yakubisin (Shawnee, KS) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morris Plains, NJ) | 2017-10-11 | 2019-04-30 | H04W4/70, G05D1/00, G08G5/00, H04W84/06, B64C39/02, H04B7/185 | 15/730509 |
| 214 | 10273001 | Apparatus and method for unmanned flight | Systems, apparatuses, and methods are provided herein for unmanned flight optimization. A system for unmanned flight comprises a set of motors configured to provide locomotion to an unmanned aerial vehicle, a set of wings coupled to a body of the unmanned aerial vehicle via an actuator and configured to move relative to the body of the unmanned aerial vehicle, a sensor system on the unmanned aerial vehicle, and a control circuit. The control circuit being configured to: retrieve a task profile for a task assigned to the unmanned aerial vehicle, cause the set of motors to lift the unmanned aerial vehicle, detect condition parameters based on the sensor system, determine a position for the set of wings based on the task profile and the condition parameters, and cause the actuator to move the set of wings to the wing position while the unmanned aerial vehicle is in flight. | Robert L. Cantrell (Herndon, VA), John P. Thompson (Bentonville, AR), David C. Winkle (Bella Vista, AR), Michael D. Atchley (Springdale, AR), Donald R. High (Noel, MO), Todd D. Mattingly (Bentonville, AR), John J. O'Brien (Farmington, AR), John F. Simon (Pembroke Pines, FL) | Walmart Apollo, Llc (Bentonville, AR) | 2017-09-07 | 2019-04-30 | B64C39/02, B64C3/56, B64C3/42, B64C33/02 | 15/698516 |
| 215 | 10272994 | Unmanned aerial vehicle and operations thereof | The present invention provides methods and apparatus for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) with improved reliability. According to one aspect of the invention, interference experienced by onboard sensors from onboard electrical components is reduced. According to another aspect of the invention, user-configuration or assembly of electrical components is minimized to reduce user errors. | Tao Wang (Shenzhen, CN), Tao Zhao (Shenzhen, CN), Shaojie Chen (Shenzhen, CN), Zhigang Ou (Shenzhen, CN) | Sz Dji Technology Co., Ltd. (Shenzhen, CN) | 2018-07-03 | 2019-04-30 | B64C39/02, G01R33/00, B64D31/14, B64C25/32, B64C1/30, B64C27/54, G05D1/00, B64D43/00, B64C27/00, G01V3/16, B64C25/06, B64C27/08, A63H27/00 | 16/027178 |
| 216 | 10269255 | Unmanned aircraft systems and methods | Some embodiments provide a system to identify geographic zones into which unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) are inhibited from flying. In some instances, the system detects, while the UAS is in flight and traveling along a flight path to a delivery location where the UAS is scheduled to deliver a package, a no fly zone (NFZ) into which the UAS is to avoid flying, obtains a revised flight path to the delivery location that includes a detour route around the no fly zone, directs the motor controller to control the motors to implement the revised flight path, and detects when the UAS is at a threshold distance from the delivery location and initiate delivery of the package. | Donald R. High (Noel, MO), David C. Winkle (Bella Vista, AR) | Walmart Apollo, Llc (Bentonville, AR) | 2017-03-16 | 2019-04-23 | B60L3/00, G08G5/00, B64C39/02, G05D1/00, G05D1/02, G05D1/10 | 15/460578 |
| 217 | 10264586 | Cloud-based packet controller and methods for use therewith | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a cloud-based communication resource controller that operates by correlating communication requirements, network parameters, end-user device information for a plurality of end-user devices in accordance with the position and trajectory data for these devices to generate correlated end-user and network data. The cloud-based communication resource controller allocates communication resources of a wireless access network for communication to the plurality of end-user devices and controls beamforming by the communication nodes in accordance with the position and trajectory data. | James Gordon Beattie, Jr. (Bergenfield, NJ), Haywood Peitzer (Randolph, NJ), Donald J. Barnickel (Flemington, NJ) | At&T Mobility Ii Llc (Atlanta, GA), At&T Intellectual Property I L.P. (Atlanta GA) | 2016-12-09 | 2019-04-16 | H04W4/029, H04W72/04, H04W72/12 | 15/373714 |
| 218 | 10264467 | Method and apparatus for collecting data associated with wireless communications | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, wirelessly receiving test signals when an unmanned aircraft is at different positions in proximity to a transmission medium where the first group of test signals is transmitted from different locations, determining RF parameters associated with each of the test signals, and generating placement information indicative of a target location for a communication device to be positioned, where the placement information is generated based on the RF parameters. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Donald J. Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ), Dorothy Zarsky (Summit, NJ), Ken Liu (Edison, NJ), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Pamela A. M. Bogdan (Neptune, NJ), Brandon Pimm (Manalapan, NJ), David M. Britz (Rumson, NJ), Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), James Gordon Beattie, Jr. (Bergenfield, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2016-12-08 | 2019-04-16 | H04W40/00, H04W16/18, H04W24/06, H04B17/318, B64C39/02 | 15/372462 |
| 219 | 10255719 | Systems and methods for satellite data capture for telecommunications site modeling | Systems and methods for creating a three dimensional (3D) model of a telecommunications site for planning, engineering, and installing equipment utilizing one or more satellites for data capture include providing a location of a cell site to one or more satellites, receiving data capture from the one or more satellites with the data capture comprising photos or videos of a cell tower and cell site components at the cell site, and processing the data capture to define a three dimensional (3D) model of the cell site based on one or more objects of interest in the data capture. | Lee Priest (Charlotte, NC) | Etak Systems, Llc (Huntersville, NC) | 2018-01-23 | 2019-04-09 | H04L12/24, G06T17/00, G01C11/00, G01B11/24, G06T17/05, H04N7/14, B64C39/02, H04N7/18, G01B21/16, G06K9/00 | 15/877555 |
| 220 | 10244364 | System and method for location determination using received ADS-B accuracy data | A system and related methods for location determination aboard a subject vehicle not equipped with a GNSS-based positioning system receives position signals transmitted by non-satellite atmospheric vehicles and surface objects, which may include precise locations of the transmitting objects or position metrics associated with containment regions within which the transmitting objects should be to a particular certainty level. The received position signals may include ADS-B signals transmitted by proximate aircraft and facilities. The system may determine ownship location via multilateration of received position signals, via processing the received position metrics and corresponding containment regions, or via combining or correlating the two to determine accurate ownship location data of the subject vehicle. | Paul Beard (Bigfork, MT) | Uavionix Corporation (Bigfork, MT) | 2017-04-21 | 2019-03-26 | H04W24/00, G01S19/03, G01S13/76 | 15/494230 |
| 221 | 10243784 | System for generating topology information and methods thereof | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a system for receiving topology information from a plurality of waveguide systems or other transmission devices, the topology information identifying one or more transmission media available to each waveguide system for transmitting or receiving electromagnetic waves, and updating a topology of a communication system from the topology information provided by the plurality of waveguide systems. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Donald J Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2014-11-20 | 2019-03-26 | H04L12/24, H04B10/2575, H04B3/54 | 14/548456 |
| 222 | 10243270 | Beam adaptive multi-feed dielectric antenna system and methods for use therewith | In accordance with one or more embodiments, an antenna system includes a dielectric antenna having a feed-point, wherein the dielectric antenna is a single antenna having a plurality of antenna beam patterns. At least one cable having a plurality of conductorless dielectric cores is coupled to the feed-point of the dielectric antenna, each of the plurality of conductorless dielectric cores corresponding to one of the plurality of antenna beam patterns. A controller, selects one of the plurality of antenna beam patterns and generates a control signal in response thereto. A core selector, responsive to the control signal, couples electromagnetic waves from a source to a selected one of the plurality of conductorless dielectric cores, the selected one of the plurality of conductorless dielectric cores corresponding to the selected one of the plurality of antenna beam patterns. | Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Donald J. Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2016-12-07 | 2019-03-26 | H01Q9/04, H01Q25/04, H01Q13/02, H01Q1/46, H01Q1/24, H01Q15/24, H01Q13/24, H01Q3/24, H01Q3/22 | 15/371298 |
| 223 | 10239616 | Apparatus and method for providing package release to unmanned aerial system | Systems, apparatuses, and methods are provided herein for providing package release for an unmanned aerial system. An apparatus for releasing packages for retrieval by an unmanned aerial system comprises a plurality of arms configured to surround a plurality of packages stacked vertically in an extended position, a plurality of powered hinges at a base of each of the plurality of arms, and a control circuit coupled to the plurality of powered hinges. The control circuit being configured to: determine a height for a first lowered position for the plurality of arms at which the plurality of arms do not obstruct an unmanned aerial vehicle from coupling with a coupling structure on a first package of the plurality of packages positioned at a top of the plurality of packages, and cause the plurality of powered hinges to pivot the plurality of arms from the extended position to the first lowered position. | Donald R. High (Noel, MO), Michael D. Atchley (Springdale, AR), John P. Thompson (Bentonville, AR), Chandrashekar Natarajan (Valencia, CA) | Walmart Apollo, Llc (Bentonville, AR) | 2018-07-16 | 2019-03-26 | B64D9/00, B64C39/02, B64D1/22, B60P3/00 | 16/035987 |
| 224 | 10237758 | System and method for a usage category specific self-organizing network | A computer device may include a memory configured to store instructions and a processor configured to execute the instructions to select a base station, obtain one or more metric values for user equipment (UE) devices attached to the selected base station, and determine usage categories for at least some of the UE devices attached to the selected base station, wherein a usage category identifies a combination of a data type, a movement type, and a user type associated with a particular UE device. The processor may be further configured to execute the instructions to classify the obtained one or more metric values based on the determined usage categories, select one or more optimization actions for the selected base station based on the classified one or more metric values, and instruct the selected base station to perform the selected one or more optimization actions. | Shankar Venkatraman (San Jose, CA), Lee K. Tjio (Danville, CA), Jin Yang (Orinda, CA), Vikram K. Rawat (Orinda, CA), Parvez Ahmad (Fremont, CA) | Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ) | 2017-01-19 | 2019-03-19 | H04W4/70, H04L12/801, H04L12/721, H04W84/18, H04W24/02, H04L29/08 | 15/410146 |
| 225 | 10233902 | Power generating windbags and waterbags | A method of using a bagged power generation system comprising windbags and waterbags integrated with drones and adapting drone technologies for harnessing wind and water power to produce electricity. An extremely scalable and environmentally friendly method, system, apparatus, equipment, techniques and ecosystem configured to produce renewable green energy with high productivity and efficiency. | Yik Hei Sia (Johor Bahru, MY) | --- | 2018-02-06 | 2019-03-19 | F03D5/02, H02K7/18, F03D9/00, F03D15/10, F03B17/06, F03D9/30, F03D5/00, F03D7/06, F03D9/25, B64C39/02, H02K7/06 | 15/889937 |
| 226 | 10232957 | Method and device for attaching an aircraft or spacecraft component to a fuselage section | This relate to a method for attaching a component to a fuselage section of an aircraft or spacecraft. In a step of the method, a rail is arranged within a fuselage section of an aircraft, which rail extends in a longitudinal direction of the fuselage section. In another step, a support structure is movably mounted to the rail such that the support structure can be moved along the rail in the longitudinal direction of the fuselage section. The support structure comprises a positioning unit for positioning a tool for attaching the component to the fuselage section at a location where the component is to be attached to the fuselage section. The embodiments also relate to a device for attaching a component to a fuselage section of an aircraft. | Robert Alexander Goehlich (Hamburg, DE), Sven Chromik (Hamburg, DE), Ingo Krohne (Hamburg, DE) | Airbus Operations Gmbh (Hamburg, DE) | 2015-11-10 | 2019-03-19 | B64F5/10, A47C9/02, B25H5/00, F16M13/04 | 14/937486 |
| 227 | 10232938 | Unmanned supply delivery aircraft | A heavy payload, autonomous UAV able to deliver supply by way of airdrop with more precision and at a lower cost. The UAV can be equipped with a movable wing system. The UAV can include a removable storage box. The UAV can be equipped with a drogue parachute for deploying the wings upon jettison of the UAV from a mothership. The UAV can be controlled remotely or it can operate autonomously. The UAV can include canard wings. The canard wings and the movable wings can include ailerons to effectuate flight control of the UAV. The UAV can be reusable or can be an expandable UAV. The UAV's wings can be configured to automatically separate from the UAV during the landing sequence. | William M. Yates (Aliso Viejo, CA) | W.Morrison Consulting Group, Inc. (Aliso Viejo, CA) | 2016-06-30 | 2019-03-19 | B64C39/12, B64C39/02, G05D1/10, B64C1/26, B64D17/80, B64C5/04, B64D9/00, G05D1/00, B64C3/56 | 15/198946 |
| 228 | 10231113 | Systems and methods for external group identification in wireless networks | A computing device may include a memory configured to store instructions and a processor configured to execute the instructions to receive a request to generate a device group for a group of user equipment (UE) devices from an application server and identify a group of Home Subscriber Server (HSS) devices that store subscriber profiles for the group of UE devices. The processor may be further configured to send a request to a provisioning system to generate HSS subgroups in the group of HSS devices, with different HSS subgroups associated with different HSS devices and each HSS subgroup including at least one of the UE devices, receive, from the provisioning system, an indication that the HSS subgroups were generated, generate a mapping from the device group to the HSS subgroups, and process messages received from the application server for the device group based on the generated mapping. | Ye Huang (San Ramon, CA), Sudhakar Reddy Patil (Flower Mound, TX), Suzann Hua (Walnut Creek, CA), Hossein M. Ahmadi (Parsippany, NJ) | Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ) | 2018-03-30 | 2019-03-12 | H04W4/00, H04W8/04, H04W4/08 | 15/941627 |
| 229 | 10229605 | Systems and methods to allocate unmanned aircraft systems | In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to allocate unmanned aircraft system (UAS) . Some embodiments, provide UAS allocation systems, comprising: a UAS database that stores for each registered UAS an identifier and corresponding operational capabilities, an allocation control circuit configured to: obtain a first set of multiple task parameters specified by a first customer and corresponding to a requested first predefined task that the customer is requesting a UAS be allocated to perform, identify, from the UAS database, a first UAS having operational capabilities to perform the first set of task parameters while implementing the first task, and cause an allocation notification to be communicated to a first UAS provider, of the multiple UAS providers, associated with the first UAS requesting the first UAS provider to allocate the identified first UAS to implement the first task. | Donald R. High (Noel, MO), Robert C. Taylor (Rogers, AR), David C. Winkle (Bella Vista, AR), John P. Thompson (Bentonville, AR) | Walmart Apollo, Llc (Bentonville, AR) | 2017-02-08 | 2019-03-12 | G08G5/00, B64C39/02, G06Q10/06, G06Q50/30 | 15/427260 |
| 230 | 10225842 | Method, device and storage medium for communications using a modulated signal and a reference signal | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a wireless communication node that receives instructions in a control channel directing it to utilize a spectral segment at a first carrier frequency to communicate with a mobile communication device. Responsive to the instructions, the wireless communication node receives a modulated signal in the spectral segment at a second carrier frequency from the base station, the modulated signal including communications data provided by the base station. The wireless communication node down-shifts the modulated signal at the second carrier frequency to the first carrier frequency, and wirelessly transmits the modulated signal at the first carrier frequency to the mobile communication device. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2016-06-08 | 2019-03-05 | H04L5/00, H04W72/04, H04W72/08, H04W28/04, H04W36/32, H04W84/04, H04W36/04 | 15/176253 |
| 231 | 10225025 | Method and apparatus for detecting a fault in a communication system | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a system for transmitting a source test signal directed to a second system of a distributed communication system for a retransmission of the source test signal by the second system and a plurality of other systems of the distributed communication system, receiving a plurality of returned test signals from the second system, wherein the plurality of returned test signals corresponds to a retransmission of the source test signal by at least one of the plurality of other systems, and determining from the plurality of returned test signals whether any one of the plurality of other systems is experiencing an operational fault based on an expected round trip delay for each of the plurality of returned test signals. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2016-11-03 | 2019-03-05 | H04B17/00, H04L12/24, H04B17/10 | 15/342251 |
| 232 | 10224981 | Passive electrical coupling device and methods for use therewith | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a coupling device includes a circuit that receives a signal. At least one passive electrical circuit element generates an electromagnetic field in response to the signal. A portion of the electromagnetic field is guided by a surface of a transmission medium to propagate as a guided electromagnetic wave longitudinally along the transmission medium. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Donald J Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, Lp (Atlanta, GA) | 2015-04-24 | 2019-03-05 | H04B3/52, G01R31/44, H02J13/00, H02J50/10, H02J50/05, H04B3/56, H04L25/02, H04B5/00, H01P1/00, G01R31/00 | 14/695092 |
| 233 | 10224634 | Methods and apparatus for adjusting an operational characteristic of an antenna | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a system for receiving a first electromagnetic wave supplied by a dielectric antenna in a first position, where the first electromagnetic wave propagates along an outer surface of a feedline of the dielectric antenna, receiving a second electromagnetic wave supplied by the dielectric antenna in a second position, where the second electromagnetic wave propagates along the outer surface of the feedline of the dielectric antenna, measuring a ratio of a first signal strength of the first electromagnetic wave and a second signal strength of the second electromagnetic wave, detecting that the ratio is below a threshold, and adjusting an operational characteristic of a system to increase the ratio. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Donald J. Barnickel (Flemington, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2016-11-03 | 2019-03-05 | H01Q13/10, H01Q3/30, H01Q1/46, H01Q19/10, H01Q9/04 | 15/342330 |
| 234 | 10222793 | Method and system for controlling remotely piloted aircraft | Disclosed are a method and a system for modifying flight parameters of a remotely piloted aircraft. The remotely piloted aircraft includes a clock, at least one radio receiver and at least one radio transmitter for communicating with at least one radio transmitter of a ground station, via at least one radio communication network. The method includes analysing a communication between the remotely piloted aircraft and the ground station, such as calculating a communication quality. The method also includes modifying at least one flight parameter based on the calculated communication quality and pre-loaded instructions. The pre-loaded instructions comprise at least one threshold value of the communication quality and allowed flight parameters. | Tero Heinonen (Jarvenpaa, FI), Atte Korhonen (Helsinki, FI) | Sharper Shape Oy (Espoo, FI) | 2017-09-12 | 2019-03-05 | G05D1/00 | 15/701521 |
| 235 | 10222177 | Multimode unmanned aerial vehicle | A system comprising an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) configured to transition from a terminal homing mode to a target search mode, responsive to an uplink signal and/or an autonomous determination of scene change. | Carlos Thomas Miralles (Burbank, CA) | Aerovironment, Inc. (Monrovia, CA) | 2015-08-21 | 2019-03-05 | G05D1/00, F41G7/00, F41G9/00, G08G5/00, B64C39/02, G05D1/12, F41G7/22 | 14/832688 |
| 236 | 10220945 | Drone device | A fact checking system utilizes social networking information and analyzes and determines the factual accuracy of information and/or characterizes the information by comparing the information with source information. The social networking fact checking system automatically monitors information, processes the information, fact checks the information and/or provides a status of the information, including automatically modifying a web page to include the fact check results. The fact checking system is able to be implemented utilizing a drone device. | Lucas J. Myslinski (Sunnyvale, CA) | --- | 2018-09-10 | 2019-03-05 | B64D5/00, H04N5/77, G06T7/20, B64C39/02, B64D47/02, B64D47/08, G06F17/27, G06Q10/04, G06Q10/06, G06Q10/08, G06Q30/02, G06Q50/00, G06Q50/26, G08B21/18, H04N7/18, G05D1/00, G06K9/62, G06K9/00, G05D1/10 | 16/126672 |
| 237 | 10205655 | Apparatus and methods for communicating utilizing an antenna array and multiple communication paths | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, a system that can transmit first wireless signals associated with communication signals, where the first wireless signals are directed via beam steering by an antenna array towards a wireless receiver. The system can transmit second wireless signals associated with the communication signals, where the second wireless signals are directed via the beam steering by the antenna array towards a transmission medium. The second wireless signals can induce electromagnetic waves at a physical interface of the transmission medium where the electromagnetic waves are associated with the communication signals. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ), Donald J. Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Shikik Johnson (Tinton Falls, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2016-12-08 | 2019-02-12 | H04B3/00, H01Q21/00, H01Q21/06, H04L12/64, H04B3/58, H04L12/707, H04B3/54, H01Q1/22, H01Q13/24, H01Q3/30, H04B3/36 | 15/372817 |
| 238 | 10204522 | Deep stall aircraft landing | An aircraft defining an upright orientation and an inverted orientation, a ground station, and a control system for remotely controlling the flight of the aircraft. The ground station has an auto-land function that causes the aircraft to invert, stall, and controllably land in the inverted orientation to protect a payload and a rudder extending down from the aircraft. In the upright orientation, the ground station depicts the view from a first aircraft camera. When switching to the inverted orientation: (1) the ground station depicts the view from a second aircraft camera, (2) the aircraft switches the colors of red and green wing lights, extends the ailerons to act as inverted flaps, and (3) the control system adapts a ground station controller for the inverted orientation. The aircraft landing gear is an expanded polypropylene pad located above the wing when the aircraft is in the upright orientation. | Christopher E. Fisher (Simi Valley, CA), Thomas Robert Szarek (Oak Park, CA), Justin B. McAllister (Seattle, WA), Pavel Belik (Simi Valley, CA) | Aerovironment, Inc. (Simi Valley, CA) | 2017-06-01 | 2019-02-12 | G08G5/02, B64C39/02, G05D1/06, B64D31/00, G05D1/00 | 15/611723 |
| 239 | 10203209 | Resource-aware large-scale cooperative 3D mapping using multiple mobile devices | A method includes: receiving, with a computing platform, respective trajectory data and map data independently generated by each of a plurality of vision-aided inertial navigation devices (VINS devices) traversing an environment, wherein the trajectory data specifies poses along a path through the environment for the respective VINS device and the map data specifies positions of observed features within the environment as determined by an estimator executed by the respective VINS device, determining, with the computing platform and based on the respective trajectory data and map data from each of the VINS devices, estimates for relative poses within the environment by determining transformations that geometrically relate the trajectory data and the map data between one or more pairs of the VINS devices, and generating, with the computing platform and based on the transformations, a composite map specifying positions within the environment for the features observed by the VINS devices. | Stergios I. Roumeliotis (St Paul, MN), Esha D. Nerurkar (Mountain View, CA), Joel Hesch (Mountain View, CA), Chao Guo (Minneapolis, MN), Ryan C. DuToit (San Jose, CA), Kourosh Sartipi (Santa Clara, CA), Georgios Georgiou (San Francisco, CA) | Regents of The University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, MN) | 2017-05-25 | 2019-02-12 | G01C21/00, G01C21/32, G06T19/00, G06T17/00, G06T17/05, G01C21/16, G06T7/00, H04W4/02 | 15/605448 |
| 240 | 10196144 | Drone device for real estate | A fact checking system utilizes social networking information and analyzes and determines the factual accuracy of information and/or characterizes the information by comparing the information with source information. The social networking fact checking system automatically monitors information, processes the information, fact checks the information and/or provides a status of the information, including automatically modifying a web page to include the fact check results. The fact checking system is able to be implemented utilizing a drone device. | Lucas J. Myslinski (Sunnyvale, CA) | --- | 2018-06-25 | 2019-02-05 | B64D5/00, G06K9/00, G06K9/62, G06T7/20, H04N5/77, H04N7/18, G08B21/18, B64D47/02, B64D47/08, G06F17/27, G06Q10/04, G06Q10/06, G06Q10/08, G06Q30/02, G06Q50/00, G06Q50/26, G05D1/10, G05D1/00, B64C39/02 | 16/017133 |
| 241 | 10196137 | Unmanned aerial vehicle and operations thereof | The present invention provides methods and apparatus for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) with improved reliability. According to one aspect of the invention, interference experienced by onboard sensors from onboard electrical components is reduced. According to another aspect of the invention, user-configuration or assembly of electrical components is minimized to reduce user errors. | Tao Wang (Shenzhen, CN), Tao Zhao (Shenzhen, CN), Shaojie Chen (Shenzhen, CN), Zhigang Ou (Shenzhen, CN) | Sz Dji Technology Co., Ltd. (Shenzhen, CN) | 2018-06-11 | 2019-02-05 | B64C27/08, B64C39/02, B64C1/30, B64C27/54, G01V3/16, B64D43/00, B64C27/00, B64C25/32, G05D1/00, B64C25/06, B64D31/14, G01R33/00, A63H27/00 | 16/005309 |
| 242 | 10194437 | Backhaul link for distributed antenna system | A distributed antenna and backhaul system provide network connectivity for a small cell deployment. Rather than building new structures, and installing additional fiber and cable, embodiments described herein disclose using high-bandwidth, millimeter-wave communications and existing power line infrastructure. Above ground backhaul connections via power lines and line-of-sight millimeter-wave band signals as well as underground backhaul connections via buried electrical conduits can provide connectivity to the distributed base stations. An overhead millimeter-wave system can also be used to provide backhaul connectivity. Modules can be placed onto existing infrastructure, such as streetlights and utility poles, and the modules can contain base stations and antennas to transmit the millimeter-waves to and from other modules. | Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Donald J Barnickel, Jr. (Flemington, NJ), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), George Blandino (Bridgewater, NJ), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2016-05-27 | 2019-01-29 | H04W72/04, H04B7/04, H04B3/56, H04B10/2575, H04W16/26, H04W36/22, H04W24/02, H04J13/00, H04L29/06, H04B3/54, H04B3/52, H04B3/38, H04W84/04, H02J13/00 | 15/167121 |
| 243 | 10192111 | Structure from motion for drone videos | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method comprising obtaining, by a processing system including a processor, first and second models for a structure of an object, based respectively on ground-level and aerial observations of the object. Model parameters are determined for a three-dimensional (3D) third model of the object based on the first and second models, the determining comprises a transfer learning procedure. Data representing observations of the object is captured at an airborne unmanned aircraft system (UAS) operating at an altitude between that of the ground-level observations and the aerial observations. The method also comprises dynamically adjusting the third model in accordance with the operating altitude of the UAS, updating the adjusted third model in accordance with the data, and determining a 3D representation of the structure of the object, based on the updated adjusted third model. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Raghuraman Gopalan (Dublin, CA) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2017-03-10 | 2019-01-29 | G06K9/00, G06T17/05, G06K9/62, G06K9/66 | 15/455745 |
| 244 | 10189562 | Unmanned aerial vehicle and operations thereof | The present invention provides methods and apparatus for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) with improved reliability. According to one aspect of the invention, interference experienced by onboard sensors from onboard electrical components is reduced. According to another aspect of the invention, user-configuration or assembly of electrical components is minimized to reduce user errors. | Tao Wang (Shenzhen, CN), Tao Zhao (Shenzhen, CN), Shaojie Chen (Shenzhen, CN), Zhigang Ou (Shenzhen, CN) | Sz Dji Technology Co., Ltd. (Shenzhen, CN) | 2018-04-06 | 2019-01-29 | B64D43/00, G01V3/16, B64C27/00, G05D1/00, B64C27/54, B64C1/30, B64C25/32, B64D31/14, B64C25/06, B64C39/02, B64C27/08, G01R33/00, A63H27/00 | 15/947650 |
| 245 | 10187670 | Method and system for datacasting and content management | A method and system for datacasting and content management. Such a system may have, as its core, a dashboard system for managing data feeds. A dashboard system may receive data feeds from one or more associated devices, such as the hardware devices of first responders or other public safety officers, and may aggregate and prioritize them. The dashboard system may then manage, prioritize and encrypt the video, files and other data in preparation for broadcast over the television or satellite transmitter, via, for example, a television broadcasting station, and may then broadcast the video, files, or other data to a plurality of users. Alerts and notifications may be created, files attached and links to video streams distributed over this same broadcast network. The broadcasting system may be able to send multiple streams of content simultaneously, may be able to target specific users to be broadcast to, and may be able to incorporate data from public data sources, such as public security cameras. | Thomas J. Buono (Spotsylvania, VA), Mark O'Brien (Great Falls, VA), Rodney G. Herrmann (Agra, OK) | Spectrarep, Llc (Chantilly, VA) | 2017-05-16 | 2019-01-22 | H04N21/2347, H04W4/90, H04N7/04, H04N21/435, H04H20/59, H04N21/462, H04N21/218, H04N21/81, H04H20/42, H04L9/06, H04N21/4405, H04N21/258, H04N21/235, H04H60/23, H04L12/24, H04N7/15, H04W72/00, H04W72/04, H04L29/06 | 15/596362 |
| 246 | 10183749 | Drone device security system | A fact checking system utilizes social networking information and analyzes and determines the factual accuracy of information and/or characterizes the information by comparing the information with source information. The social networking fact checking system automatically monitors information, processes the information, fact checks the information and/or provides a status of the information, including automatically modifying a web page to include the fact check results. The fact checking system is able to be implemented utilizing a drone device. | Lucas J. Myslinski (Sunnyvale, CA) | --- | 2018-06-25 | 2019-01-22 | B64D5/00, G08B21/18, G06Q50/26, G06Q50/00, G06Q30/02, G06Q10/08, G06F17/27, G06Q10/04, G06K9/00, G05D1/10, G05D1/00, G06Q10/06, B64D47/08, B64D47/02, B64C39/02, H04N7/18, H04N5/77, G06T7/20, G06K9/62 | 16/017168 |
| 247 | 10183748 | Drone device security system for protecting a package | A fact checking system utilizes social networking information and analyzes and determines the factual accuracy of information and/or characterizes the information by comparing the information with source information. The social networking fact checking system automatically monitors information, processes the information, fact checks the information and/or provides a status of the information, including automatically modifying a web page to include the fact check results. The fact checking system is able to be implemented utilizing a drone device. The drone device is able to be implemented in conjunction with a security system. | Lucas J. Myslinski (Sunnyvale, CA) | --- | 2017-06-21 | 2019-01-22 | B64D5/00, G05D1/10, G05D1/00, G08B21/18, G06Q50/26, G06Q50/00, G06Q30/02, G06Q10/08, G06Q10/06, G06Q10/04, G06F17/27, B64D47/08, B64D47/02, B64C39/02, H04N7/18, H04N5/77, G06T7/20, G06K9/00, G06K9/62 | 15/628907 |
| 248 | 10181332 | System and method for detecting and identifying unmanned aircraft systems | Systems, methods, and apparatuses are presented herein for detecting and identifying unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) or drones. The system can include one or more UAS sensor nodes distributed about an area to be monitored. Each UAS sensor node can be communicably coupled to a central server but is able to conduct detection and identification procedures separate from the central server. The UAS sensor node can include a microphone that detects an audio signal generated within the area to be monitored. The node can convert the audio signal into a digital signal, can segment the audio signal, and can pass the signal through a bandpass filter. The node can also conduct a Fourier transform and smooth filtering on the digital audio signal before comparing the signal to multiple stored sample UAS audio signals for known UAS vehicles and motor stresses to determine a likelihood of a match. | Edward Aric Laag (Leesburg, VA), Kiley Lauren Yeakel (Middleburg, VA), Eric Bernard Wendoloski (Burke, VA), Jason Laurence Tichy (Winchester, VA) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, CA) | 2018-03-21 | 2019-01-15 | H04R29/00, G10L25/51, G10L25/27, B64C39/02 | 15/927609 |
| 249 | 10178593 | Self-organizing customer premises network | A computer device may include a memory configured to store instructions and a processor configured to execute the instructions to determine a service requirement for a client device connected to a WiFi access point in a customer premises network that includes a plurality of WiFi access points. The processor may be further configured to monitor a service requirement parameter, associated with the determined service requirement, for the client device, detect that the service requirement parameter is within a threshold of the determined service requirement, and perform a self-organizing network (SON) action on the customer premises network, in response to detecting that the service requirement parameter is within the threshold of the determined service requirement. | Michael Talbert (Nazareth, PA), Meaghan Leong (Cohasset, MA), Christina Fyock (Sudbury, MA), Daniel J. O'Callaghan (Fairfax Station, VA), Edward J. Norris (Lancaster, MA), William E. Garrett, Jr. (Framingham, MA), Roland W. Hicks, Jr. (Annandale, NJ) | Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ) | 2017-02-15 | 2019-01-08 | H04W4/00, H04W8/18, H04M15/00, H04W36/32, H04W36/14, H04W88/08, H04W84/18, H04W84/12 | 15/433625 |
| 250 | 10178445 | Methods, devices, and systems for load balancing between a plurality of waveguides | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, identifying an overload event according to monitoring signals received from a group of source devices over a network. Other aspects can include receiving load information from each of a plurality of waveguides resulting in a plurality of load information. Further aspects can include analyzing the plurality of load information resulting in a load analysis of the plurality of waveguides. Additional aspect can include identifying a recipient waveguide from the plurality of waveguides based on the load analysis. Also, aspects can include identifying a first source device, and notifying the first source device to provide communications to the recipient waveguide and not to the waveguide device to mitigate the overload event. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Leon Lubranski (Scotch Plains, NJ), Tracy Van Brakle (Colts Neck, NJ), George Blandino (Bridgewater, NJ), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2016-11-23 | 2019-01-08 | G01R31/08, H04Q3/00, H04W24/08, H04W24/04 | 15/360699 |
| 251 | 10170840 | Apparatus and methods for sending or receiving electromagnetic signals | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, a generator that facilitates generation of an electromagnetic wave, a core, and a waveguide that facilitates guiding the electromagnetic wave towards the core to induce a second electromagnetic wave that propagates along the core. The core and/or the waveguide can be configured to reduce radiation loss of the second electromagnetic wave, propagation loss of the second electromagnetic wave, or a combination thereof. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ), Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Donald J Barnickel (Flemington, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2016-09-23 | 2019-01-01 | H01P5/08, H04B3/52, H01Q19/08, H01P3/16, H01Q13/06, H01Q1/50, H01Q13/02, H01Q21/20, H01Q3/08, H01P1/16, H01R3/00, H01Q3/36, H04B3/00, H04B5/00, H04B3/54 | 15/274987 |
| 252 | 10168695 | Method and apparatus for controlling an unmanned aircraft | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, wirelessly receiving first control signals that are received directly from a remote control device according to user input at the remote control device, adjusting a flight of the unmanned aircraft according to the first control signals, wirelessly receiving second control signals that are received from a network device where the second control signals are not sourced by the remote control device, and adjusting the flight of the unmanned aircraft according to the second control signals. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Donald J. Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), James Gordon Beattie, Jr. (Bergenfield, NJ), Ken Liu (Edison, NJ), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Pamela A. M. Bogdan (Neptune, NJ), Brandon Pimm (Manalapan, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ), David M. Britz (Rumson, NJ), Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Dorothy Zarsky (Summit, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2016-12-07 | 2019-01-01 | G05D1/00, B64C39/02, H04B7/185, H04L29/08, H04W84/04, H04W88/08 | 15/371274 |
| 253 | 10162367 | Combined pitch and forward thrust control for unmanned aircraft systems | An unmanned aircraft includes a forward propulsion system comprising one or more forward thrust engines and one or more corresponding rotors coupled to the forward thrust engines, a vertical propulsion system comprising one or more vertical thrust engines and one or more corresponding rotors coupled to the vertical thrust engines, and a pitch angle and throttle control system, comprising a processor configured to receive a first pitch angle command, and generate a second pitch angle command and a forward thrust engine throttle command based on a bounded pitch angle for the aircraft. | Jason Michael K. Douglas (Tucson, AZ), Justin Armer (Tucson, AZ), Carlos Murphy (Tucson, AZ) | Latitude Engineering, Llc (Tucson, AZ) | 2016-04-18 | 2018-12-25 | G05D1/08, B64C29/00, B64C39/02, G05D1/00 | 15/131944 |
| 254 | 10161795 | Irregular motion compensation for three-dimensional spectroscopy | Methods and media for compensating for irregular motion in three-dimensional spectroscopy are provided herein. Exemplary methods include: receiving a plurality of spectrographs for a series of respective locations and corresponding images of the respective locations, each spectrograph of the plurality of spectrographs being produced using a spectrographic data set of a plurality of spectrographic data sets, each of the plurality of spectrographic data sets being measured by a spectrometer and each of the corresponding images being captured by a camera at substantially the same time, the spectrometer being coupled to the camera such that the spectrometer and camera move in tandem and at least partially share the same point of view, generating a continuous image using the images, identifying a respective corresponding position in the continuous image for each spectrograph, such that each spectrograph is a measurement of the respective position, and associating each spectrograph with the respective position. | Shu Zhang (Fremont, CA), Guocai Shu (Pleasanton, CA), William Yang (Fremont, CA) | Bayspec, Inc. (San Jose, CA) | 2016-10-14 | 2018-12-25 | G01J3/02, G01J3/28, G06T7/33 | 15/294435 |
| 255 | 10160542 | Autonomous mobile device security system | A fact checking system utilizes social networking information and analyzes and determines the factual accuracy of information and/or characterizes the information by comparing the information with source information. The social networking fact checking system automatically monitors information, processes the information, fact checks the information and/or provides a status of the information, including automatically modifying a web page to include the fact check results. The fact checking system is able to be implemented utilizing a drone device. | Lucas J. Myslinski (Sunnyvale, CA) | --- | 2018-06-25 | 2018-12-25 | B64D5/00, G08B21/18, G06Q50/26, G06Q50/00, G06Q30/02, G06Q10/08, G06Q10/06, G06Q10/04, G06F17/27, B64D47/08, B64D47/02, H04N5/77, H04N7/18, B64C39/02, G06T7/20, G06K9/62, G06K9/00, G05D1/10, G05D1/00 | 16/017510 |
| 256 | 10155584 | Unmanned aerial vehicle and operations thereof | The present invention provides methods and apparatus for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) with improved reliability. According to one aspect of the invention, interference experienced by onboard sensors from onboard electrical components is reduced. According to another aspect of the invention, user-configuration or assembly of electrical components is minimized to reduce user errors. | Tao Wang (Shenzhen, CN), Tao Zhao (Shenzhen, CN), Shaojie Chen (Shenzhen, CN), Zhigang Ou (Shenzhen, CN) | Sz Dji Technology Co., Ltd. (Shenzhen, CN) | 2016-06-07 | 2018-12-18 | B64C27/08, G01R33/00, B64D31/14, B64C25/32, B64C1/30, B64C27/54, B64C27/00, B64D43/00, G05D1/00, B64C25/06, G01V3/16, B64C39/02, A63H27/00 | 15/175473 |
| 257 | 10153830 | Dynamic shielding system of cellular signals for an antenna of an unmanned aerial vehicle | Example methods, apparatus, systems, and machine-readable mediums for a dynamic shield system of cellular signals for an antenna of an unmanned aerial vehicle are disclosed. An example method may include receiving a navigation route for an unmanned aerial vehicle to execute during flight of the unmanned aerial vehicle and determining an orientation of a radio signal shield for an antenna of the unmanned aerial vehicle using ground level signal propagation information of radio signals for a network and the navigation route, wherein the radio signal shield prevents the radio signals from being received by the antenna from directions based on the orientation. The method may further include adjusting the radio signal shield using the orientation and communicating with a cellular base station of the network using the antenna. | Mario Kosseifi (Roswell, GA), Joseph Thomas (Marietta, GA), Giuseppe De Rosa (Atlanta, GA) | At&T Intellectual Propertyi, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2017-04-06 | 2018-12-11 | B64C39/02, H04B7/185, H04L29/08, G01C21/20, H04W84/04, H04W84/06, H04W88/08 | 15/481368 |
| 258 | 10148016 | Apparatus and methods for communicating utilizing an antenna array | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, a system having a polyrod antenna array. Beam steering can be performed according to a first subset of elements of the polyrod antenna array generating first electromagnetic waves with a first phase that is different from a second phase of the first electromagnetic waves being generated by a second subset of elements of the polyrod antenna array. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Shikik Johnson (Tinton Falls, NJ), Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ), Donald J. Barnickel (Flemington, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2016-12-08 | 2018-12-04 | H01Q13/24, H01Q3/30, H01P1/213, H01Q21/00, H04B3/00, H01Q1/22, H04B3/58, H04B3/54, H04W88/08 | 15/372635 |
| 259 | 10147000 | Manned unmanned teaming (MUM-T) system to transform image data based on geographic orientation | A manned unmanned teaming (MUM-T) image system includes an unmanned vehicle (UV) configured to travel in a first heading and includes at least one sensor configured to capture at least one image having a first visual orientation pursuant to the first heading. The MUM-T image system generates image data indicative of the at least one image. A manually operated vehicle (MOV) in signal communication with the UV is configured to travel in a second heading. The MOV comprises an electronic image transformation module configured to receive the image data and to transform the image data into a second orientation different from the first orientation based on the second heading. An electronic display unit is configured to receive the transformed image data and to display the at least one image according to the second orientation. | Robert Pupalaikis (Palm Beach Gardens, FL), James S. Magson (North Haven, CT) | Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation (Stratford, CT) | 2016-09-15 | 2018-12-04 | G06K9/00, B64D47/08, G06T7/00, B64C39/02, G05D1/00, G06T11/60, G06K9/62, G06T3/00, G06K9/46 | 15/266886 |
| 260 | 10144036 | Method and apparatus for mitigating interference affecting a propagation of electromagnetic waves guided by a transmission medium | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a system for detecting an accumulation of a liquid on a transmission medium that may interfere with the propagation of guided electromagnetic waves on a surface of the transmission medium, and directing a device to remove at least a portion of the liquid accumulating on the surface of the transmission medium to mitigate the interference. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Mitchell Harvey Fuchs (Toms River, NJ), Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Kenneth C. Reichmann (Yardville, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2015-01-30 | 2018-12-04 | H04B3/52, B06B1/18, B06B3/00, G01R31/00, H04B3/54, H04Q9/00, G08C23/06 | 14/609573 |
| 261 | 10142086 | Repeater and methods for use therewith | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a repeater device having a first coupler to extract downstream channel signals from first guided electromagnetic waves bound to a transmission medium of a guided wave communication system. An amplifier amplifies the downstream channel signals to generate amplified downstream channel signals. A channel selection filter selects one or more of the amplified downstream channel signals to wirelessly transmit to the at least one client device via an antenna. A second coupler guides the amplified downstream channel signals to the transmission medium of the guided wave communication system to propagate as second guided electromagnetic waves. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Donald J Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2016-06-10 | 2018-11-27 | H04B7/005, H04L5/14, H04L5/00, H04B3/36, H04B7/04 | 15/179224 |
| 262 | 10142010 | Repeater and methods for use therewith | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a repeater device having a first coupler to extract downstream channel signals from first guided electromagnetic waves bound to a transmission medium of a guided wave communication system. An amplifier amplifies the downstream channel signals to generate amplified downstream channel signals. A channel selection filter selects one or more of the amplified downstream channel signals to wirelessly transmit to the at least one client device via an antenna. A second coupler guides the amplified downstream channel signals to the transmission medium of the guided wave communication system to propagate as second guided electromagnetic waves. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Donald J Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2016-06-10 | 2018-11-27 | H04B3/36, H04B7/155, H04L5/14, H04B3/52, H04B3/38, H04W88/08, H04B1/00, H04B7/04, H04B3/54, H04B3/56, H04W84/12 | 15/179235 |
| 263 | 10139820 | Method and apparatus for deploying equipment of a communication system | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining, by an unmanned aircraft including a processor, a control signal that causes the unmanned aircraft to fly in proximity to a transmission medium, where the unmanned aircraft includes a carrying system that releasably carries a communication device, and where a positioning of the communication device in proximity to the transmission medium enables the communication device to be physically connected on the transmission medium and enables the communication device to provide communications. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Ken Liu (Edison, NJ), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Pamela A. M. Bogdan (Neptune, NJ), Donald J. Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Brandon Pimm (Manalapan, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ), David M. Britz (Rumson, NJ), Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Dorothy Zarsky (Summit, NJ), James Gordon Beattie, Jr. (Bergenfield, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2016-12-07 | 2018-11-27 | G05D1/00, B64C39/02, B64D47/08, H04W4/02, H04B5/00 | 15/371323 |
| 264 | 10136434 | Method and apparatus for use with a radio distributed antenna system having an ultra-wideband control channel | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving, by a network element of a distributed antenna system, a reference signal, an ultra-wideband control channel and a first modulated signal at a first carrier frequency, the first modulated signal including first communications data provided by a base station and directed to a mobile communication device. The instructions in the ultra-wideband control channel direct the network element of the distributed antenna system to convert the first modulated signal at the first carrier frequency to the first modulated signal in a first spectral segment. The reference signal is received at an in-band frequency relative to the control channel. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Henry Kafka (Atlanta, GA), Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Donald J Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2016-06-10 | 2018-11-20 | H04L5/00, H04J11/00, H04W84/04, H04L29/06, H04W16/32, H04W72/04, H04B7/26, H04W88/08 | 15/179530 |
| 265 | 10135147 | Apparatus and methods for launching guided waves via an antenna | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a system having an antenna for launching, according to a signal, a first electromagnetic wave to induce a propagation of a second electromagnetic wave along a transmission medium, the second electromagnetic wave having a non-fundamental wave mode and a non-optical operating frequency. A reflective plate is spaced a distance behind the antenna relative to a direction of the propagation of the second electromagnetic wave. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Donald J. Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2016-10-18 | 2018-11-20 | H01Q1/00, H01Q13/26, H01P1/16, H01Q15/14, H01Q1/20, H01Q1/50, H01P3/00, H01P5/04, H01Q13/06, H01P1/10, H04B1/00, H01Q13/24, H01Q15/02, H01Q15/12, H01Q13/02, H01Q21/06, H01Q21/20, H01P5/02, H01Q19/08 | 15/296099 |
| 266 | 10135146 | Apparatus and methods for launching guided waves via circuits | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a system having a plurality of transmitters for launching, according to a signal, instances of first electromagnetic waves having different phases to induce propagation of a second electromagnetic wave at an interface of a transmission medium, the second electromagnetic wave having a non-fundamental wave mode and a non-optical operating frequency, wherein the plurality of transmitters has a corresponding plurality of antennas. A reflective plate is spaced a distance behind the plurality of antennas relative to a direction of the propagation of the second electromagnetic wave. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Donald J. Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2016-10-18 | 2018-11-20 | H01Q1/00, H01Q13/26, H04B3/52, H01Q1/50, H01Q15/14, H01Q25/04, H01P1/10, H01Q13/06, H01Q13/08, H01P5/04, H01P3/00, H01P5/02 | 15/296098 |
| 267 | 10135145 | Apparatus and methods for generating an electromagnetic wave along a transmission medium | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, generating, by a plurality of dielectric antennas of a waveguide system, a plurality of instances of electromagnetic waves that combines to form a combined electromagnetic wave, and directing, by the waveguide system, the combined electromagnetic wave to an interface of a transmission medium for guiding propagation of the combined electromagnetic wave along the transmission medium without requiring an electrical return path. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Shikik Johnson (Tinton Falls, NJ), Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ), Donald J. Barnickel (Flemington, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2016-12-06 | 2018-11-20 | H01P3/10, H01Q13/02, H01P5/02 | 15/370514 |
| 268 | 10134291 | System and method for management of airspace for unmanned aircraft | A system and method for management of airspace for unmanned aircraft is disclosed. The system and method comprises administration of the airspace including designation of flyways and zones with reference to features in the region. The system and method comprises administration of aircraft including registration of aircraft and mission. A monitoring system tracks conditions and aircraft traffic in the airspace. Aircraft may be configured to transact with the management system including to obtain rights/priority by license and to operate in the airspace under direction of the system. The system and aircraft may be configured for dynamic transactions (e.g. licensing/routing) . The system will set rates for licenses and use/access to the airspace and aircraft will be billed/pay for use/access of the airspace at rates using data from data sources. | Alistair K. Chan (Bainbridge Island, WA), Jesse R. Cheatham, III (Seattle, WA), William David Duncan (Sammamish, WA), Eun Young Hwang (Sausalito, CA), Roderick A. Hyde (Redmond, WA), Tony S. Pan (Bellevue, WA), Clarence T. Tegreene (Mercer Island, WA), Victoria Y. H. Wood (Livermore, CA) | Elwha Llc (N/A) | 2017-07-06 | 2018-11-20 | G08G5/00, B64C39/02, G08G5/04, G05D1/00 | 15/643129 |
| 269 | 10127822 | Drone user equipment indication | The disclosure relates to drone user equipment (UE) indications that may be conveyed to a wireless network. In particular, a UE that has flight capabilities (i.e., capabilities to operate as an unmanned aircraft system) and optional further capabilities to report a current height level may indicate such capabilities to the wireless network. As such, the wireless network may differentiate the drone UE from other UEs that only operate on the ground. Furthermore, the optional current height level may enable the wireless network to differentiate among drone UEs operating at different heights and/or from other UEs that are operating on the ground. The wireless network may further use the information indicating the flight capabilities either alone or in combination with the optional height information to configure power control parameters, manage interference, provide mobility management functions, generate neighbor lists, control beamforming, or implement a radio resource configuration or management procedure. | Aleksandar Damnjanovic (Del Mar, CA), Juan Montojo (San Diego, CA), Yongbin Wei (La Jolla, CA), Peter Gaal (San Diego, CA), Alberto Rico Alvarino (San Diego, CA), Edward Teague (San Diego, CA) | Qualcomm Incorporated (San Diego, CA) | 2017-09-21 | 2018-11-13 | G08G5/00, B64C39/02, G05D1/00 | 15/712103 |
| 270 | 10124909 | Systems and devices for remotely operated unmanned aerial vehicle report-suppressing launcher with portable RF transparent launch tube | An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) launch tube (100) that comprises at least one inner layer of prepreg substrate (370) disposed about a right parallelepiped aperture (305) , at least one outer layer of prepreg substrate (380) disposed about the right parallelepiped aperture, and one or more structural panels (341-344) disposed between the at least one inner layer of prepreg substrate (340) and the at least one outer layer of prepreg substrate (380) . An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) launch tube (100) that comprises a tethered sabot (700,740) configured to engage a UAV within a launcher volume defined by an inner wall, the tethered sabot (700,740) dimensioned to provide a pressure seal at the inner wall and tethered to the inner wall, and wherein the tethered sabot (700,740) is hollow having an open end oriented toward a high pressure volume and a tether (740) attached within a hollow (910) of the sabot (700) and attached to the inner wall retaining the high pressure volume or attach to the inner base wall (1013) . A system comprising a communication node (1500-1505) and a launcher (1520) comprising an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in a pre-launch state configured to receive and respond to command inputs from the communication node (1500-1505) . | Carlos Thomas Miralles (Burbank, CA), Guan H Su (Rowland Heights, CA), Alexander Andryukov (Simi Valley, CA), John McNeil (Tujunga, CA) | Aerovironment, Inc. (Monrovia, CA) | 2015-10-20 | 2018-11-13 | B64F1/04, F41F1/00, F41A21/02, F41F3/042, F42B39/14, B64F1/06, B64C39/02 | 14/887675 |
| 271 | 10115048 | Method and system for configurable and scalable unmanned aerial vehicles and systems | An unmanned aircraft system (UAS) making use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for more than one task. The inventors discovered that an improved UAS could be provided by combining one or more of these three elements: (1) hot-swappable modular kits (e.g., a plurality of components useful in UAVs to perform particular user-selectable tasks) , (2) an interconnection mechanism for each component with identification protocols that provides both a physical and a data connection, and (3) an intelligent system that interprets the identification protocols and determines the configuration for a selected task, error checking, airworthiness, and calibration. The system and associated methods for the task based drone configuration and verification reduces the possibility of task failure by an operator. | Errin T. Weller (Superior, CO), Jeffrey B. Franklin (Superior, CO) | Limitless Computing, Inc. (Superior, CO) | 2016-07-11 | 2018-10-30 | B64F5/10, B64C39/02, B64D47/08, G06K19/07, B64F5/60, B64D45/00, G08G5/00, G06F3/00, G06F11/00, G06Q10/00, G06Q50/30, G06F3/0482 | 15/206645 |
| 272 | 10114384 | Formation flight path coordination of unmanned aerial vehicles | A method for implementation of a formation flight path coordination for a scalable group of Unmanned Arial Vehicles (UAVs) including a recursive architecture with a leader UAV and a plurality of follower UAVs in communication with the leader UAV, the method comprising the steps of: receiving formation commands for the UAVs of the group from a ground controller station (GCS) , the formation commands including positional and velocity information for implementation by onboard processing systems, the formation commands received on a first communication channel established between the leader UAV and the GCS, sending information from the formation commands by the leader UAV to the plurality of follower UAVs belonging to the leader UAV using a second communication channel established between the plurality of follower UAVs and the leader UAV, the second communication channel separate from the first communication channel, receiving updated formation commands for the flight path from the GCS on the first communication channel, and sending information from the updated formation commands by the leader UAV to the plurality of follower UAVs using the second communication channel. Safety features such as collision avoidance and geofencing, as well as GCS configuration are also presented. | Hugh Hong-Tao Liu (Richmond Hill, CA), Hao Cheng Zhu (Toronto, CA), Everett James Findlay (Toronto, CA), Samuel Zhao (Oakville, CA) | Arrowonics Technologies Ltd. (Richmond Hill, CA) | 2016-09-13 | 2018-10-30 | G05D1/00, G08G5/04, G05D1/10, B64C39/02 | 15/263901 |
| 273 | 10113534 | Power generating windbags and waterbags | A method of using a bagged power generation system comprising windbags and waterbags integrated with drones and adapting drone technologies for harnessing wind and water power to produce electricity. An extremely scalable and environmentally friendly method, system, apparatus, equipment, techniques and ecosystem configured to produce renewable green energy with high productivity and efficiency. | Yik Hei Sia (Johor Bahru, MY) | --- | 2017-06-22 | 2018-10-30 | F03B13/00, F03D9/00, B64C39/02, F03D9/25, F03D5/00, F03B17/06, H02P9/04, F03D7/06, H02K7/18, F03D15/10 | 15/630670 |
| 274 | 10110274 | Method and apparatus of communication utilizing waveguide and wireless devices | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example a communication device that includes first and second waveguide devices that provide communications via electromagnetic waves that propagate along a transmission medium without utilizing an electrical return path, where the electromagnetic waves are guided by the transmission medium. The communication device can include a housing supporting a first plurality of antennas and a second plurality of antennas. The communication device can include a support structure physically connecting the first and second waveguide devices with the housing. Other embodiments are disclosed. | David M. Britz (Rumson, NJ), John W. MacNeill (Watertown, MA), David Devincentis (Hackettstown, NJ), Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ), Donald J. Barnickel (Flemington, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2017-01-27 | 2018-10-23 | H04B3/52, H01Q1/36, H01Q3/08, H01Q1/46, H01Q7/08, H04L29/06, H01Q13/24, H01Q13/08, H04B3/36 | 15/418175 |
| 275 | 10104708 | Methods for initial channel setting and connection establishment in unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) control and non-payload communication (CNPC) | Disclosed are methods for communication channel setting and connection establishment in a new UAS CNPC system which can dynamically allocate a UA controlling a communication frequency resource to efficiently operate multiple UAs to channels in a limited UA control dedicated frequency band in a national airspace and be applied even to a next-generation P2MP type CNPC system, in order to stably operate the UA and extend the demand of the UA. That is, the present invention has been made in an effort to provide a method for setting a UA controlling communication channel between a ground radio station (GRS) and an unmanned aircraft (UA) , which is used for supporting dynamic allocation and management of a UA controlling communication channel and a procedure for establishing connection of a UA controlling communication channel among a ground control system (GCS) , the ground radio station (GRS) , and the unmanned aircraft (UA) . | Hee Wook Kim (Daejeon, KR), Jae Young Ahn (Daejeon, KR) | Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (Daejeon, KR) | 2016-12-07 | 2018-10-16 | H04W76/14, H04W76/11, H04W24/02, H04W16/14, H04W84/10, H04B7/185 | 15/371745 |
| 276 | 10103801 | Host node device and methods for use therewith | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a repeater device having a first coupler to extract downstream channel signals from first guided electromagnetic waves bound to a transmission medium of a guided wave communication system. An amplifier amplifies the downstream channel signals to generate amplified downstream channel signals. A channel selection filter selects one or more of the amplified downstream channel signals to wirelessly transmit to the at least one client device via an antenna. A second coupler guides the amplified downstream channel signals to the transmission medium of the guided wave communication system to propagate as second guided electromagnetic waves. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Donald J Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2016-06-10 | 2018-10-16 | H04B3/36, H04B1/38, H04L5/14, H04B7/155, H04L5/00, H04B7/022 | 15/179440 |
| 277 | 10103422 | Method and apparatus for mounting network devices | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, an antenna including a dielectric antenna and a mounting carriage connectable with a mounting bracket. Wireless signals can be transmitted by electromagnetic waves that propagate without requiring an electrical return path, where the electromagnetic waves are guided by a dielectric core of a cable coupled to a feed point of the dielectric antenna. The mounting bracket is connectable with a cross member of a utility pole, where the mounting carriage includes an opening for receiving an antenna mount, and where, when received in the mounting carriage, the antenna is suspended beyond distal ends of the cross member. Other embodiments are disclosed. | David M. Britz (Rumson, NJ), Donald J. Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2016-12-08 | 2018-10-16 | H01Q5/10, H01Q1/12, H01Q5/22, H01Q9/04 | 15/372472 |
| 278 | 10097214 | Error correcting method | An error correcting method is provided, which includes the following steps. An error value is obtained. The error value is substituted into an error correcting function, so that the error correcting function causes the error value to converge to 0 in a finite time. The error correcting function conforms to a non-Lipschitzian characteristic. An embodiment of the disclosure solves the problem in traditional system stability analysis through a differential equation, adjusts parameters to determine a convergence time, and ensures that a convergence target fully conforms to an expected value and that a unique solution of the error value is 0. | Chih-Ming Chang (Kaohsiung, TW), Kuang-Shine Yang (Tainan, TW), Ho-Chung Fu (Kaohsiung, TW), Ying-Cherng Lu (Kaohsiung, TW) | Metal Industries Research & Development Centre (Kaohsiung, TW) | 2015-11-30 | 2018-10-09 | H03M13/00, H03M13/47, H03M13/15, G06F17/13 | 14/953422 |
| 279 | 10096881 | Guided wave couplers for coupling electromagnetic waves to an outer surface of a transmission medium | A dielectric waveguide coupling system for launching and extracting guided wave communication transmissions from a wire. At millimeter-wave frequencies, wherein the wavelength is small compared to the macroscopic size of the equipment, transmissions can propagate as guided waves guided by a strip of dielectric material. Unlike conventional waveguides, the electromagnetic field associated with the dielectric waveguide is primarily outside of the waveguide. When this dielectric waveguide strip is brought into close proximity to a wire, the guided waves decouple from the dielectric waveguide and couple to the wire, and continue to propagate as guided waves about the surface of the wire. | Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Donald J Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2016-05-17 | 2018-10-09 | H01P5/08, H01P5/103, H01P3/16, H04B3/52, H01P3/10 | 15/156450 |
| 280 | 10096005 | Drone and drone-based system for collecting and managing waste for improved sanitation | A type of a waste item is identified at a waste collection location using at least a drone-based system. The drone-based system characterizes one or more properties of the waste item. Based on the identified type and the one or more properties, the drone-based system performs a risk assessment based on human health of content of the waste item. One or more actions are taken by one or more drones of the drone-based system based on the risk assessment of the content of the waste item. | Michael S. Gordon (Yorktown Heights, NY), Meenal Pore (Nairobi, KE), Komminist Weldemariam (Nairobi, KE) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY) | 2016-09-15 | 2018-10-09 | B64C39/02, G06Q10/00 | 15/266475 |
| 281 | 10095231 | Drone and drone-based system for collecting and managing waste for improved sanitation | A type of a waste item is identified at a waste collection location using at least a drone-based system. The drone-based system characterizes one or more properties of the waste item. Based on the identified type and the one or more properties, the drone-based system performs a risk assessment based on human health of content of the waste item. One or more actions are taken by one or more drones of the drone-based system based on the risk assessment of the content of the waste item. | Michael S. Gordon (Yorktown Heights, NY), Meenal Pore (Nairobi, KE), Komminist Weldemariam (Nairobi, KE) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY) | 2016-09-14 | 2018-10-09 | B64C39/02, G06K9/62, B64D1/22, G06K9/00, B64D47/08, G05D1/00, G06Q10/00 | 15/264720 |
| 282 | 10094855 | Frequency visualization apparatus and method | A frequency visualization apparatus for detecting and displaying one or more specific sets of energy waves based on one or more of defined discrete sets of frequency ranges is disclosed, the apparatus including two or more directional radio frequency antennas for capturing a field of view, such orientation comprising a detector array, each antenna configured to output a specific voltage based on the strength of the intercepted radio waves, two or more voltage amplifiers in communication with the one or more radio frequency antennas, two or more analog to digital converters, a digital memory apparatus connected to the two or more converters for receiving and storing the digital data in a numeric array, a processor connected to the digital memory apparatus, and a display connected to the processor for displaying a visual array comprising visual array elements, each visual array element corresponding to a specific antenna of the detector. | Peter Fuhr (Knoxville, TN), Harris Kagan (Foxboro, MA) | --- | 2014-06-24 | 2018-10-09 | G01R13/02 | 14/313721 |
| 283 | 10094773 | Apparatus and method for detecting a gas using an unmanned aerial vehicle | A gas detection apparatus mountable to an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) comprises a transceiver module, a reflector module and an electronics module. The transceiver module comprises a laser emitter and a laser receiver, the laser emitter is tunable to emit a laser spectroscopy beam that can detect at least one target gas, and the laser receiver is configured to convert the laser spectroscopy beam into absorption spectroscopy measurement data. The reflector module comprises a reflective surface capable of reflecting the laser spectroscopy beam emitted by the laser emitter to the laser receiver. The transceiver and reflector modules are mountable on parts of the UAV such that the transceiver and reflector modules are spaced apart and the laser emitter and laser receiver have an unimpeded line of sight with the reflecting surface. The electronics module is communicative with the transceiver module and with a flight computer of the UAV, and comprises a gas detection program that determines a concentration of the target gas from the measurement data received from the transceiver module, when the determined concentration of the target gas meets or exceeds an alarm threshold, the program records the received measurement data and instructs the flight computer to execute a defined flight plan for the UAV. | Stephen Myshak (Lethbridge, CA), Owen Brown (Lethbridge, CA) | Isis Geomatics Inc. (Lethbridge, CA) | 2015-08-24 | 2018-10-09 | G01N21/25, G01N21/39, G01J3/42, G01J3/02, G01N21/3504, G01N21/17 | 15/506218 |
| 284 | 10093414 | Method and apparatus for remote, interior inspection of cavities using an unmanned aircraft system | An interior length of a confined space is inspected by autonomously flying an unmanned aerial vehicle having a sensor pod. The sensor pod can be tethered to the unmanned aerial vehicle and lowered into the confined space from above perhaps by an electromechanical hoist. An altitude or heading of the sensor pod can be measured. The confined space can be the flue of a chimney. | Jared David Salzmann (McDonough, GA), J Eric Corban (McDonough, GA) | Versatol, Llc (McDonough, GA) | 2016-10-27 | 2018-10-09 | B64D47/08, B64C27/04, G05D1/10, B64D1/08, B64D1/02, B64C39/02 | 15/335851 |
| 285 | 10091787 | Remote distributed antenna system | A distributed antenna system is provided that frequency shifts the output of one or more microcells to a 60 GHz or higher frequency range for transmission to a set of distributed antennas. The cellular band outputs of these microcell base station devices are used to modulate a 60 GHz (or higher) carrier wave, yielding a group of subcarriers on the 60 GHz carrier wave. This group will then be transmitted in the air via analog microwave RF unit, after which it can be repeated or radiated to the surrounding area. The repeaters amplify the signal and resend it on the air again toward the next repeater. In places where a microcell is required, the 60 GHz signal is shifted in frequency back to its original frequency (e.g., the 1.9 GHz cellular band) and radiated locally to nearby mobile devices. | Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Donald J Barnickel, Jr. (Flemington, NJ), George Blandino (Bridgewater, NJ), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2016-06-07 | 2018-10-02 | H04L12/28, H04W72/04, H04L29/08, H01Q1/24, H04B7/155, H04L5/00, H04B7/26, H04J1/16 | 15/175081 |
| 286 | 10090606 | Antenna system with dielectric array and methods for use therewith | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, an antenna system that includes a plurality of dielectric members configured to propagate first guided electromagnetic waves. A dielectric antenna array is configured to receive the first guided electromagnetic waves and to transmit a controllable beam in response thereto. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), William Scott Taylor (Norcross, GA), Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Donald J Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2015-07-15 | 2018-10-02 | H01Q3/00, H01Q3/26, H01Q13/24, H01Q9/04, H01Q15/08, H04B3/52, H01Q3/24, H01P3/16, H01Q21/29, H01P3/10, H01Q1/46, H04R3/00, H01P1/16 | 14/800191 |
| 287 | 10090594 | Antenna system having structural configurations for assembly | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, an antenna array having a plurality of dielectric antennas and a plurality of dielectric cores. Each dielectric antenna of the plurality of dielectric antennas can have a structural configuration that enables flat surfaces of the plurality of dielectric antennas to be adjacent to each other. Each dielectric antenna of the plurality of dielectric antennas further includes an aperture for radiating a wireless signal in response to an electromagnetic wave received by each dielectric antenna. Each dielectric core of the plurality of dielectric cores can be coupled to a select one of the plurality of dielectric antennas to facilitate guiding a select one of a plurality of electromagnetic waves to the select one of the plurality of dielectric antennas. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Donald J. Barnickel (Flemington, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2016-11-23 | 2018-10-02 | H01Q1/36, H01Q21/22, H01Q9/04, H01Q13/10, H01Q1/22 | 15/360683 |
| 288 | 10085235 | Method and system for datacasting and content management | A method and system for datacasting and content management. Such a system may have, as its core, a dashboard system for managing data feeds. A dashboard system may receive data feeds from one or more associated devices, such as the hardware devices of first responders or other public safety officers, and may aggregate and prioritize them. The dashboard system may then manage, prioritize and encrypt the video, files and other data in preparation for broadcast over the television or satellite transmitter, via, for example, a television broadcasting station, and may then broadcast the video, files, or other data to a plurality of users. Alerts and notifications may be created, files attached and links to video streams distributed over this same broadcast network. The broadcasting system may be able to send multiple streams of content simultaneously, may be able to target specific users to be broadcast to, and may be able to incorporate data from public data sources, such as public security cameras. | Thomas J. Buono (Spotsylvania, VA), Mark O'Brien (Great Falls, VA), Rodney G. Herrmann (Agra, OK) | Spectrarep, Llc (Chantilly, VA) | 2017-05-16 | 2018-09-25 | H04W72/00, H04W4/90, H04W72/04, H04L12/24, H04H20/42, H04H60/23, H04N7/15 | 15/596371 |
| 289 | 10084615 | Handover method and control transfer method | A handover method and a control transfer method are provided. A handover method of performing an inter-cell handover between a first ground station and a second ground station may include setting a first channel to the second ground station, measuring, by an airborne radio station, a second channel and reporting a measurement result to the first ground station, sending, by the first ground station, a handover request to at least one of a ground control station (GCS) or a control and non-payload communication (CNPC) network, determining, by the at least one of the GCS or the CNPC network, whether to perform a handover, and transmitting, by the at least one of the GCS or the CNPC network, a handover instruction to the airborne radio station based on a result of the determining. | Tae Chul Hong (Seoul, KR), Hee Wook Kim (Daejeon, KR), Kwang Jae Lim (Daejeon, KR) | Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (Daejeon, KR) | 2017-05-30 | 2018-09-25 | H04L12/54, H04W36/08, H04W36/28, H04W36/16, H04W84/04, H04W72/04 | 15/607889 |
| 290 | 10080099 | Cellular enabled restricted zone monitoring | A restricted zone monitoring system and associated methods are disclosed. The restricted zone monitoring system can include a connection to a network that includes cellular device location information. The restricted zone monitoring system can also include a restricted zone database including information defining one or more restricted zones. In addition, the restricted zone monitoring system can include a processor that compares the cellular device location information to the restricted zone database to determine whether a cellular device is located in a restricted zone. | Warren W. Kusumoto (Los Alamitos, CA), Uma Jha (Tustin, CA) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, MA) | 2016-04-28 | 2018-09-18 | H04W4/02, H04W4/021 | 15/141719 |
| 291 | 10079661 | Method and apparatus for use with a radio distributed antenna system having a clock reference | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving, by a network element of a distributed antenna system, a clock signal, a control channel and a first modulated signal at a first carrier frequency, the first modulated signal including first communications data provided by a base station and directed to a mobile communication device. The clock signal synchronizes timing of digital control channel processing by the network element to recover instructions from the control channel. The instructions in the control channel direct the network element of the distributed antenna system to convert the first modulated signal at the first carrier frequency to the first modulated signal in a first spectral segment. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Donald J Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2016-06-10 | 2018-09-18 | H04L5/00, H04L7/00, H04J3/06, H04L27/38 | 15/179498 |
| 292 | 10074886 | Dielectric transmission medium comprising a plurality of rigid dielectric members coupled together in a ball and socket configuration | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a transmission medium that includes a dielectric core comprising a plurality of rigid dielectric members configured to propagate guided electromagnetic waves. A dielectric cladding is disposed on at least a portion of an outer surface of the first dielectric core. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), William Scott Taylor (Norcross, GA), Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Donald J Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2016-03-15 | 2018-09-11 | H01P3/16, H01Q1/50, H01P11/00, H01P1/04, H01P3/06, H04B3/54, H01P3/12, H04B3/52, H01P1/02, H01P1/06 | 15/070017 |
| 293 | 10069535 | Apparatus and methods for launching electromagnetic waves having a certain electric field structure | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, receiving a signal, and launching, according to the signal, an electromagnetic wave along a transmission medium, where the electromagnetic wave propagates along the transmission medium without requiring an electrical return path, and where the electromagnetic wave has a phase delay profile that is dependent on an azimuth angle about an axis of the transmission medium. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Giovanni Vannucci (Middletown, NJ), Peter Wolniansky (Atlanta, GA), Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Donald J. Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2016-12-08 | 2018-09-04 | H04B3/56, H04B3/52, H01P3/10, H01P1/18, H04B3/58, H04B3/28 | 15/372467 |
| 294 | 10069185 | Methods and apparatus for inducing a non-fundamental wave mode on a transmission medium | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a system for generating first electromagnetic waves and directing instances of the first electromagnetic waves to an interface of a transmission medium to induce propagation of second electromagnetic waves having at least a dominant non-fundamental wave mode. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Donald J. Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2017-02-23 | 2018-09-04 | H01Q13/02, H01P3/127, H01P1/16, H01P3/16, H01P3/10, H01P5/08, H01P5/19, H04W84/04 | 15/440500 |
| 295 | 10067172 | Far-field antenna pattern characterization via drone/UAS platform | A far-field antenna characterization system for characterizing a far-field antenna pattern of a target antenna. An unmanned aircraft system (''UAS'') with a flight control system receives preprogrammed flight instructions for maneuvering the UAS within the far-field antenna pattern of the target antenna. A sensing antenna mounted to the UAS senses the far-field antenna pattern of the target antenna. A power measurement sensor provides a power level signal indicative thereof. A position measurement sensor provides a position signal for the UAS. The data logger associates the power level signal with the position signal at multiple measurement points to create a power density pattern for the far-field antenna pattern. | Robert H. Sternowski (Cedar Rapids, IA) | Softronics, Ltd. (Marion, IA) | 2016-11-28 | 2018-09-04 | G01R29/10, G01R29/08, G08G5/00, B64C39/02, G05D1/00, G05D1/10 | 15/361795 |
| 296 | 10065746 | Determining validity of location signal combinations for securing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) navigation | A navigation security module of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) receives a combination of signals from a location technology, each signal comprising at least a signal identification and location data. The combination of signal identifications is processed against known identifications. If the identification is not found, or if the combination of signal identification is not possible, the signal may be a rogue signal, resulting in a quarantine protocol. | Naga Kishore Reddy Tarimala (Bangalore, IN), Anil Kaushik (Bangalore, IN) | Fortinet, Inc (Sunnyvale, CA) | 2016-06-27 | 2018-09-04 | B64D45/00, B64C39/02, H04W4/02, G05D1/10, G01S19/21, G01S13/00, G01S19/13, G01S13/87, G08G5/00 | 15/194503 |
| 297 | 10063435 | System and method for context aware network filtering | In general, certain embodiments of the present disclosure provide techniques or mechanisms for automatically filtering network messages in an aviation network for an aircraft based on a current system context. According to various embodiments, a method is provided comprising receiving a network message transmitted from a source avionic device to a destination avionic device via one or more network packets within the aviation network. A current system context, indicating an aggregate status of avionic devices within the aviation network, is determined based on monitoring the avionic devices. The network message is analyzed by identifying a plurality of attributes corresponding to header and data fields of the one or more network packets corresponding to the network message. The acceptability of the network message within the current system context is determined based on one or more filter rules that specify what attributes are allowed within a particular system context. | John E. Bush (Bothell, WA), Steven L. Arnold (Kirkland, WA), Arun Ayyagari (Seattle, WA) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, IL) | 2016-04-11 | 2018-08-28 | G06F21/00, H04L12/721, H04L29/06, H04L9/00, H04L12/26 | 15/095973 |
| 298 | 10063280 | Monitoring and mitigating conditions in a communication network | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a system for receiving telemetry information from an apparatus that induces electromagnetic waves on a wire surface of a wire of a power grid for delivery of communication signals to a recipient communication device coupled to the power grid, and detecting a condition from the telemetry information that is adverse to a delivery of the communication signals to the recipient communication device. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Mitchell Harvey Fuchs (Toms River, NJ), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2014-09-17 | 2018-08-28 | G08C19/16, H04B3/46, H04B3/54, H04B17/345, G08C23/06, H04Q9/00, H01Q1/46, H04B3/52 | 14/488346 |
| 299 | 10061318 | Drone device for monitoring animals and vegetation | A fact checking system utilizes social networking information and analyzes and determines the factual accuracy of information and/or characterizes the information by comparing the information with source information. The social networking fact checking system automatically monitors information, processes the information, fact checks the information and/or provides a status of the information, including automatically modifying a web page to include the fact check results. The fact checking system is able to be implemented utilizing a drone device. The drone device is able to be implemented in conjunction with a security system. | Lucas J. Myslinski (Sunnyvale, CA) | --- | 2018-01-11 | 2018-08-28 | G01C23/00, G08B21/18, B64D47/08, B64D5/00, B64C39/02, G06F7/00, G06F17/00, G05D3/00, G05D1/00 | 15/868193 |
| 300 | 10061311 | System for identifying and controlling unmanned aerial vehicles | A beacon for attachment to an unmanned aerial vehicle that provides information needed to identify the owner of a particular unmanned vehicle. The beacon may also include a remote communications module configured to participate on wireless or optical communications networks and a beacon control system configured to issue commands compatible with the unmanned aerial vehicle. The beacon may further a beacon control system configured to translate multiple types of commands from different controls systems into commands compatible with the unmanned aerial vehicle. | John Mansfield Falk (Alexandria, VA), Mark Anthony Sullivan (Alexandria, VA) | Vigilent Inc. (Tysons Corner, VA) | 2017-10-06 | 2018-08-28 | G06F17/00, G05D1/00, G08C17/02, G08C23/04, G06K19/07, G06K19/06, B64C39/02 | 15/727061 |
| 301 | 10059462 | Helicopter hoist systems, devices, and methodologies | A helicopter-hoist system is described. The system may include: hoist equipment, illumination systems, range-measuring equipment, camera (s) , communication systems, display devices, processing/control systems including image-processing systems, and power-management systems. The system may also include a smart-hook for measuring a load on the hook. Based on the measured load on the cable, the lighting may be illuminated in different manners. In another aspect, the system may communicate with display devices, which render images of a mission to helicopter crew members or other observers. Measured parameters appurtenant to the mission--such as the weight of the load, height of the smart-hook above a surface, altitude of the aircraft, distance between the aircraft and end of the hook, location of the hook in three-dimensional space, forces on the hook and cable, and other mission-critical information--may be overlaid, or rendered proximate to the real images to provide crew members with a full understanding of a mission. | Brad Repp (Fredericksburg, VA), Brad Pedersen (Mountain Lakes, NJ), Ezra Johnson (Fredericksburg, VA), Chad Cariano (Richmond, VA), Chad Dize (Arlington, VA) | Breeze-Eastern Llc (Whippany, NJ) | 2017-05-08 | 2018-08-28 | B66C1/40, H04N5/225, B64D45/00, B64D47/02, B64D47/08, B66D1/60, H04N5/445, H04N7/18, H04N5/232, B64D1/22, G06T11/00 | 15/589031 |
| 302 | 10059451 | Apparatus and method for providing package release to unmanned aerial system | Systems, apparatuses, and methods are provided herein for providing package release for an unmanned aerial system. An apparatus for releasing packages for retrieval by an unmanned aerial system comprises a plurality of arms configured to surround a plurality of packages stacked vertically in an extended position, a plurality of powered hinges at a base of each of the plurality of arms, and a control circuit coupled to the plurality of powered hinges. The control circuit being configured to: determine a height for a first lowered position for the plurality of arms at which the plurality arms do not obstruct an unmanned aerial vehicle from coupling with a coupling structure on a first package of the plurality of packages positioned at a top of the plurality of packages, and cause the plurality of powered hinges to pivot the plurality of arms from the extended position to the first lowered position. | Donald R. High (Noel, MO), Michael D. Atchley (Springdale, AR), John P. Thompson (Bentonville, AR), Chandrashekar Natarajan (San Ramon, CA) | Walmart Apollo, Llc (Bentonville, AR) | 2016-10-28 | 2018-08-28 | B64D1/12, B64D9/00, B64D1/22, B64C39/02 | 15/337397 |
| 303 | 10059444 | Systems and methods for integrating automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast capabilities in small unmanned aircraft system (sUAS) operations | A system and method are provided to support accommodating safe integration of small unmanned aircraft systems (sUASs) into the National Airspace Structure in the United States and to augment previously untracked aircraft positions by opportunistically acquiring their position information and forwarding this information to other systems for display. The disclosed schemes integrate automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) capabilities in sUASs by providing an ADS-B receiver on the small unmanned aircraft or in association with a ground-based sUAS control and communication workstation. Processing of the ADS-B information is integrated with processing of acquired information on sUAS aerial platform operations. Processed integrated information is displayed locally on the workstation and transmitted to other facilities to be remotely displayed. Acquired position information for the sUAS aerial platform and manned aerial vehicles in a vicinity of the sUAS aerial platform are converted to formats commonly used by air traffic control systems. | Rolf Stefani (West River, MD) | Arinc Incorporated (Annapolis, MD) | 2014-02-13 | 2018-08-28 | B64C39/02, G08G5/00, G05D1/00 | 14/180312 |
| 304 | 10059442 | Vertical takeoff and landing unmanned aircraft system | A vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) unmanned aircraft system (UAS) may be uniquely capable of VTOL via a folded wing design while also configured for powered flight as the wings are extended. In a powered flight regime with wings extended, the VTOL UAS may maintain controlled powered flight as a twin pusher canard design. In a zero airspeed (or near zero airspeed) nose up attitude in a VTOL flight regime with the wings folded, the unmanned aircraft system may maintain controlled flight using main engine thrust as well as vectored thrust as a vertical takeoff and landing aircraft. An airborne transition from VTOL flight regime to powered flight and vice versa may allow the VTOL UAS continuous controlled flight in each regime. | Orville Olm (Saskatoon, CA), Zenon Dragan (Saskatoon, CA) | Zenon Dragan (Saskatoon, SK, CA) | 2016-05-25 | 2018-08-28 | B64C29/02, B64C39/02, B64C39/12, B64C3/56 | 15/164718 |
| 305 | 10054941 | Systems and methods for regulating the location of an unmanned aerial system (UAS) | A system and related method for regulating the location of an unmanned aircraft system (UAS) determines the current position of the UAS via onboard sensors or via decoding and derivation of ADS-B signals received from other vehicles. The system may operate in inert mode, where the position of the UAS is not broadcast, or alert mode, where the position of the UAS is continually broadcast via ADS-B Out signal. Based on the position of the UAS, the system detects proximate vehicles, restricted airspaces, or other problem statuses of the UAS. If a problem status is detected, the UAS may activate the alert mode. If a problem status is critical, the UAS may execute an auto-landing or correct course to exit a restricted airspace or avoid a detected vehicle. | Paul Beard (Bigfork, MT) | Uavionix Corporation (Bigfork, MT) | 2016-10-11 | 2018-08-21 | G05D1/00, G05D1/02 | 15/290790 |
| 306 | 10051630 | Remote distributed antenna system | A distributed antenna system is provided that frequency shifts the output of one or more microcells to a 60 GHz or higher frequency range for transmission to a set of distributed antennas. The cellular band outputs of these microcell base station devices are used to modulate a 60 GHz (or higher) carrier wave, yielding a group of subcarriers on the 60 GHz carrier wave. This group will then be transmitted in the air via analog microwave RF unit, after which it can be repeated or radiated to the surrounding area. The repeaters amplify the signal and resend it on the air again toward the next repeater. In places where a microcell is required, the 60 GHz signal is shifted in frequency back to its original frequency (e.g., the 1.9 GHz cellular band) and radiated locally to nearby mobile devices. | Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Donald J. Barnickel, Jr. (Flemington, NJ), George Blandino (Bridgewater, NJ), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2016-11-14 | 2018-08-14 | H04L12/28, H04W72/04, H04L29/08, H04B7/26, H04L5/00, H04B7/155, H01Q1/24, H04J1/16 | 15/350745 |
| 307 | 10050697 | Host node device and methods for use therewith | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a host node device having a terminal interface that receives downstream channel signals from a communication network and sends upstream channel signals to the communication network. An access point repeater launches the downstream channel signals as guided electromagnetic waves on a guided wave communication system and to extract a first subset of the upstream channel signals from the guided wave communication system. A radio wirelessly transmits the downstream channel signals to at least one client node device and to wirelessly receive a second subset of the upstream channel signals from the at least one client node device. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Donald J Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2016-06-10 | 2018-08-14 | H04B7/04, H04L5/14, H04B3/54, H04B3/52, H04B7/155, H01P3/10, H04W84/04, H04W88/10 | 15/179546 |
| 308 | 10044409 | Transmission medium and methods for use therewith | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a transmission medium having a core. A conductive layer forms an uninsulated outer surface of the transmission medium. The conductive layer is configured to impede accumulation of water to support propagation of first electromagnetic waves guided by the uninsulated outer surface. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Donald J Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2015-07-14 | 2018-08-07 | H04B3/52, H04B3/54, H04B3/56 | 14/799292 |
| 309 | 10043104 | Automatic moving object verification | A method for determining a likelihood that a first object captured in a first image and a second object captured in a second image are the same object includes capturing the first image from a first viewpoint and a second image from a second viewpoint, wherein the first object is in the first image, and the second object is in the second image. The method also includes determining a first likelihood that a first visual feature on the first object and a second visual feature on the second object are the same visual feature, and determining a second likelihood that a dimension of the first object and a corresponding dimension of the second object are the same. The method then includes determining a final likelihood that the first object and the second object are the same object based at least partially upon the first likelihood and the second likelihood. | Gang Qian (McLean, VA), Zeeshan Rasheed (Herndon, VA) | Avigilon Fortress Corporation (Vancouver, CA) | 2015-12-08 | 2018-08-07 | G06K9/46, G06K9/00, G06K9/62 | 14/962269 |
| 310 | 10042360 | Unmanned aircraft turn and approach system | An aircraft including a wing system, a plurality of control surfaces, a camera mounted on a camera pod, and a control system. The camera pod is configured to vary the orientation of the camera field of view only in yaw, relative to the aircraft, between a directly forward-looking orientation and a side-looking orientation. The control system controls the control surfaces such that they induce a significant aircraft yaw causing an identified target to be within the field of view of the camera with the camera in the directly forward-looking orientation. | William J. Nicoloff (Camarillo, CA), Eric M. Sornborger (Los Angeles, CA), Lars B. Cremean (Newbury Park, CA) | Aerovironment, Inc. (Simi Valley, CA) | 2016-11-17 | 2018-08-07 | G05D1/00, F41G7/22, F41G7/30, B64C9/00, B64D47/08, B64C39/02 | 15/355014 |
| 311 | 10040553 | Vertical take-off and landing detachable carrier and system for airborne and ground transportation | An aircraft assembly includes at least one first wing portion providing a lift force during a horizontal flight, at least one wing opening disposed on a vertical axis of the at least one first wing portion, at least one vertical thruster positioned inside the at least one wing opening to provide vertical thrust during a vertical flight, and a mounting system including an open frame portion in a frame of the aircraft and at least one attachment member disposed in the open frame portion to attach at least one pod to the open frame portion in the aircraft frame. The aircraft assembly can further include at least one pod including a mounting frame to attach to the mounting system and a cabin to contain at least one of cargo and passengers. | Sergey V. Frolov (New Providence, NJ), Michael Cyrus (Castle Rock, CO), John Peter Moussouris (Palo Alto, CA) | Sunlight Photonics Inc. (Edison, NJ) | 2017-06-12 | 2018-08-07 | B64C39/02, B64C39/10, B64C29/00, B64D9/00, G08G7/02, G05D1/00, G05D1/06, G05D1/10, G08G5/02, G05D1/02, G08G5/00, G08G5/04 | 15/620178 |
| 312 | 10035595 | Drone device security system | A fact checking system utilizes social networking information and analyzes and determines the factual accuracy of information and/or characterizes the information by comparing the information with source information. The social networking fact checking system automatically monitors information, processes the information, fact checks the information and/or provides a status of the information, including automatically modifying a web page to include the fact check results. The fact checking system is able to be implemented utilizing a drone device. | Lucas J. Myslinski (Sunnyvale, CA) | --- | 2017-03-29 | 2018-07-31 | G01C23/00, G06F7/00, G06F17/00, B64C39/02, G06Q50/00, G05D1/10, H04N5/77, G06T7/20, H04N7/18, G06K9/62, G06K9/00, G06F17/27, G06Q10/06, B64D5/00, G06Q50/26, G05D3/00, G05D1/00, B64D47/02, G06Q30/02, G06Q10/08, G06Q10/04 | 15/472894 |
| 313 | 10035594 | Drone device security system | A fact checking system utilizes social networking information and analyzes and determines the factual accuracy of information and/or characterizes the information by comparing the information with source information. The social networking fact checking system automatically monitors information, processes the information, fact checks the information and/or provides a status of the information, including automatically modifying a web page to include the fact check results. The fact checking system is able to be implemented utilizing a drone device. | Lucas J. Myslinski (Sunnyvale, CA) | --- | 2017-03-29 | 2018-07-31 | G01C23/00, B64D47/02, G06Q10/04, G06Q10/08, G06Q30/02, G05D1/00, G05D3/00, G06F7/00, G06F17/00, B64C39/02, G06Q50/00, G05D1/10, H04N5/77, G06T7/20, H04N7/18, G06K9/62, G06K9/00, G06F17/27, G06Q10/06, B64D5/00, G06Q50/26 | 15/472858 |
| 314 | 10033108 | Apparatus and methods for generating an electromagnetic wave having a wave mode that mitigates interference | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, receiving an electrical signal, and generating on an outer surface of a transmission medium, according to the electrical signal, electromagnetic waves having a target wave mode. At least a portion of electric fields of the electromagnetic waves has a spatial alignment that reduces a propagation loss of the electromagnetic waves when the electric fields of the electromagnetic waves propagate through a substance disposed on the outer surface of the transmission medium in a direction of propagation of the electromagnetic waves. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ), Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Donald J. Barnickel (Flemington, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2016-10-14 | 2018-07-24 | H04B3/36, H01Q9/04, H01Q13/06, H04B3/52 | 15/293608 |
| 315 | 10033107 | Method and apparatus for coupling an antenna to a device | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving, by a feed point of a dielectric antenna, electromagnetic waves from a dielectric core coupled to the feed point without an electrical return path, where at least a portion of the dielectric antenna comprises a conductive surface, directing, by the feed point, the electromagnetic waves to a proximal portion of the dielectric antenna, and radiating, via an aperture of the dielectric antenna, a wireless signal responsive to the electromagnetic waves being received at the aperture. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Donald J Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2015-12-10 | 2018-07-24 | H04L1/00, H01Q13/06, H01P3/16, H01Q19/08, H01Q1/50, H01Q21/20, H01Q3/36, H01Q13/02, H01Q3/08, H01P5/08, H01P1/16, H04B3/52 | 14/965523 |
| 316 | 10032464 | Drone detection and classification with compensation for background clutter sources | A system, method, and apparatus for detecting drones are disclosed. An example method includes receiving a digital sound sample and partitioning the digital sound sample into segments. The method also includes applying a frequency and power spectral density transformation to each of the segments to produce respective sample vectors. for each of the sample vectors, the example method determines a combination of drone sound signatures and background sound signatures that most closely match the sample vector. The method further includes determining, for the sample vectors, if the drone sound signatures in relation to the background sound signatures that are included within the respective combinations are indicative of a drone. Conditioned on determining that the drone sound signatures are indicative of a drone, an alert message indicative of the drone is transmitted. | John Franklin (Washington, DC), Brian Hearing (Falls Church, VA) | Droneshield, Llc (Warrenton, VA) | 2016-11-23 | 2018-07-24 | G10L25/51, G06F17/30, G10L25/39, G10L25/21, H04R29/00, G10L19/00, G10L25/18 | 15/360069 |
| 317 | 10029788 | Vision based calibration system for unmanned aerial vehicles | An unmanned aircraft system includes a testing and calibration system that enables automated testing of movable parts of an unmanned aircraft. The testing and calibration system uses a camera-based technique to determine the position and angle of movable parts, in order to establish whether or not those parts are moving in a manner consistent with correct function. | Peter Abeles (Redwood City, CA), Keenan Wyrobek (Half Moon Bay, CA) | Zipline International Inc. (San Francisco, CA) | 2016-08-04 | 2018-07-24 | B64C39/02, B64F5/60 | 15/229099 |
| 318 | 10027398 | Repeater and methods for use therewith | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a repeater device having a first coupler to extract downstream channel signals from first guided electromagnetic waves bound to a transmission medium of a guided wave communication system. An amplifier amplifies the downstream channel signals to generate amplified downstream channel signals. A channel selection filter selects one or more of the amplified downstream channel signals to wirelessly transmit to the at least one client device via an antenna. A second coupler guides the amplified downstream channel signals to the transmission medium of the guided wave communication system to propagate as second guided electromagnetic waves. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Donald J Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, Lp (Atlanta, GA) | 2016-03-15 | 2018-07-17 | H04B7/155, H04B1/00, H04W88/08, H04B3/56, H04B3/54, H04B7/04, H04L5/14, H04B3/36 | 15/070071 |
| 319 | 10027397 | Distributed antenna system and methods for use therewith | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method, includes coordinating relay transmission of a modulated signal via relay links of a distributed antenna system to reduce an accumulated forwarding delay in forwarding the modulated signal through the relay links. One of the relay links of the distributed antenna system reconverts the spectral segment of the modulated signal for transmission to a communication device to which the modulated signal is directed. | Byoung-Jo J. Kim (Morganville, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2016-12-07 | 2018-07-17 | H04B7/15, H04B7/04, H04B7/022, H04B7/01, H04B7/024, H04B7/155, H04B7/14 | 15/371309 |
| 320 | 10023312 | Helicopter hoist systems, devices, and methodologies | A helicopter-hoist system is described. The system may include: hoist equipment, illumination systems, range-measuring equipment, camera (s) , communication systems, display devices, processing/control systems including image-processing systems, and power-management systems. The system may also include a smart-hook for measuring a load on the hook. Based on the measured load on the cable, the lighting may be illuminated in different manners. In another aspect, the system may communicate with display devices, which render images of a mission to helicopter crew members or other observers. Measured parameters appurtenant to the mission--such as the weight of the load, height of the smart-hook above a surface, altitude of the aircraft, distance between the aircraft and end of the hook, location of the hook in three-dimensional space, forces on the hook and cable, and other mission-critical information--may be overlaid, or rendered proximate to the real images to provide crew members with a full understanding of a mission. | Brad Repp (Fredericksburg, VA), Brad Pedersen (Mountain Lakes, NJ), Ezra Johnson (Fredericksburg, VA), Chad Cariano (Richmond, VA), Chad Dize (Arlington, VA) | Breeze-Eastern Llc (Whippany, NJ) | 2015-07-09 | 2018-07-17 | B64D1/22, B66C1/40, B66D1/60, B64D47/02 | 14/795843 |
| 321 | 10021435 | Method and system for datacasting and content management | A method and system of content management for datacasting. Such a system may have, as its core, a dashboard system for managing data feeds. A dashboard system may receive data feeds from one or more associated devices, such as the hardware devices of first responders or other public safety officers, and may aggregate and prioritize them. The dashboard system may then manage, prioritize and encrypt the video, files and other data in preparation for broadcast over the television or satellite transmitter, via, for example, a television broadcasting station, and may then broadcast the video, files, or other data to a plurality of users. Alerts and notifications may be created, files attached and links to video streams distributed over this same broadcast network. The broadcasting system may be able to send multiple streams of content simultaneously, may be able to target specific users to be broadcast to, and may be able to incorporate data from public data sources, such as public security cameras. | Thomas J. Buono (Spotsylvania, VA), Mark O'Brien (Great Falls, VA), Rodney G. Herrmann (Agra, OK) | Spectrarep, Llc (Chantilly, VA) | 2017-05-16 | 2018-07-10 | H04N21/435, H04N21/2347, H04N21/258, H04L29/06, H04N21/4405, H04N21/235 | 15/596385 |
| 322 | 10020844 | Method and apparatus for broadcast communication via guided waves | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a broadcast communication system that is operable to detect a first power outage. A first plurality of electromagnetic waves is generated for transmission to a plurality of user devices of the broadcast communication system via a guided wave transceiver, where the first plurality of electromagnetic waves includes an outage status signal generated in response to detecting the first power outage, and where the first plurality of electromagnetic waves is guided by at least one transmission medium and propagates without utilizing an electrical return path. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Pamela A. M. Bogdan (Neptune, NJ), George Blandino (Bridgewater, NJ), Ken Liu (Edison, NJ), Leon Lubranski (Scotch Plains, NJ), Eric Myburgh (Bonita Springs, FL), Tracy Van Brakle (Colts Neck, NJ) | T&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2016-12-06 | 2018-07-10 | H04B3/52, H04L12/18, H04L29/08, H04L12/28, H04B3/54 | 15/370603 |
| 323 | 10009067 | Method and apparatus for configuring a communication interface | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a system for exchanging electrical signals and guided electromagnetic waves between customer premises equipment and service provider equipment to provide uplink and/or downlink communication services. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Martin Birk (Holmdel, NJ), Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2014-12-04 | 2018-06-26 | H04B1/38, H04B3/03, H04B3/56, H04L5/16, H02J13/00, G01R31/02, G01R31/08 | 14/560215 |
| 324 | 10009065 | Backhaul link for distributed antenna system | A distributed antenna and backhaul system provide network connectivity for a small cell deployment. Rather than building new structures, and installing additional fiber and cable, embodiments described herein disclose using high-bandwidth, millimeter-wave communications and existing power line infrastructure. Above ground backhaul connections via power lines and line-of-sight millimeter-wave band signals as well as underground backhaul connections via buried electrical conduits can provide connectivity to the distributed base stations. An overhead millimeter-wave system can also be used to provide backhaul connectivity. Modules can be placed onto existing infrastructure, such as streetlights and utility poles, and the modules can contain base stations and antennas to transmit the millimeter-waves to and from other modules. | Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), George Blandino (Bridgewater, NJ), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Donald J Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2016-06-10 | 2018-06-26 | H04B3/54, H04L29/06, H04W88/08, H04W36/22, H04W24/02, H04W16/26, H04W72/04, H04B3/52, H04B10/2575, H04W84/04, H04W36/32 | 15/179204 |
| 325 | 10009063 | Method and apparatus for use with a radio distributed antenna system having an out-of-band reference signal | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving, by a network element of a distributed antenna system, a reference signal, a control channel and a first modulated signal at a first carrier frequency, the first modulated signal including first communications data provided by a base station and directed to a mobile communication device. The instructions in the control channel direct the network element of the distributed antenna system to convert the first modulated signal at the first carrier frequency to the first modulated signal in a first spectral segment. The reference signal is received at an in-band frequency relative to the control channel. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Donald J Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2016-06-10 | 2018-06-26 | H04B3/52 | 15/179481 |
| 326 | 9999038 | Remote distributed antenna system | A distributed antenna system is provided that frequency shifts the output of one or more microcells to a 60 GHz or higher frequency range for transmission to a set of distributed antennas. The cellular band outputs of these microcell base station devices are used to modulate a 60 GHz (or higher) carrier wave, yielding a group of subcarriers on the 60 GHz carrier wave. This group will then be transmitted in the air via analog microwave RF unit, after which it can be repeated or radiated to the surrounding area. The repeaters amplify the signal and resend it on the air again toward the next repeater. In places where a microcell is required, the 60 GHz signal is shifted in frequency back to its original frequency (e.g., the 1.9 GHz cellular band) and radiated locally to nearby mobile devices. | Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), George Blandino (Bridgewater, NJ), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Donald J. Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2016-06-10 | 2018-06-12 | H04L12/28, H04W72/04, H04L5/00, H04B7/155, H04B7/26, H04J1/16, H04W88/08 | 15/179193 |
| 327 | 9998932 | Method and apparatus that provides fault tolerance in a communication network | A system for detecting a fault in a first wire of a power grid that affects a transmission or reception of electromagnetic waves that transport data and that propagate along a surface of the first wire, selecting a backup communication medium from one or more backup communication mediums according to one or more selection criteria, and redirecting the data to the backup communication medium to circumvent the fault. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Donald J Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2016-06-07 | 2018-06-12 | H04W24/04, H04L12/24, H04L12/707, H04W72/04, G01R31/02, G01R31/08, H04B3/46, H04B3/58, H04B3/52, H04B3/56 | 15/175279 |
| 328 | 9998870 | Method and apparatus for proximity sensing | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving, by a receiver of a first device, electromagnetic waves that are generated by a transmitter of a second device at a physical interface of a transmission medium, where the electromagnetic waves propagate without requiring an electrical return path, and where the electromagnetic waves are guided by the transmission medium to the receiver of the first device. The first device can detect a physical object in proximity to the transmission medium according to a change in the parameter associated with the electromagnetic waves. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ), Donald J. Barnickel (Flemington, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2016-12-08 | 2018-06-12 | H04L12/26, H04B7/145, H04B17/23, H04B17/318, H04W4/02 | 15/372496 |
| 329 | 9997819 | Transmission medium and method for facilitating propagation of electromagnetic waves via a core | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a transmission medium for propagating electromagnetic waves. The transmission medium can include a core for propagating electromagnetic waves guided by the core without an electrical return path, a rigid material surrounding the core, wherein an inner surface of the rigid material is separated from an outer surface of the core, and a conductive layer disposed on the rigid material. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Donald J Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2015-06-09 | 2018-06-12 | H01P3/12, H01B11/18, H01P3/10, H04B3/00, H01P3/06 | 14/734073 |
| 330 | 9997080 | Decentralized air traffic management system for unmanned aerial vehicles | An unmanned aircraft system includes an aircraft control system that enables the safe operation of multiple unmanned aerial vehicles in the same airspace, through the use of a decentralized air traffic management system. The decentralized air traffic management system is robust against loss of communication between the unmanned aerial vehicle and does not require a centralized ground control system to coordinate the vehicles. | Andrew Chambers (San Francisco, CA), Ryan Oksenhorn (Pacifica, CA), Jeremy Schwartz (Redwood City, CA), Keenan Wyrobek (Half Moon Bay, CA) | Zipline International Inc. (San Francisco, CA) | 2015-12-11 | 2018-06-12 | G08G5/00, G08G5/04, B64C39/02 | 14/966265 |
| 331 | 9991957 | Low-cost, long-distance, high-bandwidth laser communication system for small mobile devices and spacecraft | In accordance with embodiments disclosed herein, there are provided methods and systems for low-cost, long-distance, high-bandwidth laser communication system for small mobile devices and spacecraft. for example, in one embodiment, such a system includes a first station having therein: (i) a processor and a memory to implement configuration instructions for the system, (ii) a laser origination source, and (iii) a transmitter to transmit a laser signal from the laser origination source from the first station, a second station having therein: (i) a processor and a memory to implement configuration instructions for the system, (ii) a light sensor array to receive the laser signal transmitted from the first station, and (iii) a reflector to reflect back at least a portion of the transmitted laser signal back to the first station, and in which the second station is to modulate the received laser signal transmitted from the first station to encode a message onto the laser signal reflected back to the first station. Other related embodiments are disclosed. | Jekanthan Thangavelautham (Tempe, AZ), Xinchen Guo (Mesa, AZ) | Arizona Board of Regents On Behalf of Arizona State University (Scottsdale, AZ) | 2016-11-16 | 2018-06-05 | H04B10/118, H04B7/185, H04B10/29, H04B7/19, H04B7/195, H04B10/50 | 15/353653 |
| 332 | 9991580 | Launcher and coupling system for guided wave mode cancellation | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a coupling module that includes a waveguide that guides a first electromagnetic wave conveying data from a transmitting device. A dielectric coupler receives the first electromagnetic wave from the waveguide to form a second electromagnetic wave, and that guides the second electromagnetic wave along the dielectric coupler adjacent to a transmission medium, and wherein the dielectric coupler has a length that supports a cancellation of at least one cancelled wave mode from a coupling of the second electromagnetic wave to the transmission medium. | Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Donald J. Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2016-10-21 | 2018-06-05 | H01P3/12, H01P5/08, H01P1/22, H01P1/16 | 15/299564 |
| 333 | 9990854 | Unmanned aerial system mission flight representation conversion techniques and traffic management scheme | A system and method are provided for implementing unmanned aircraft system (UAS) deconfliction schemes by accepting representations of UAS flight plans in disparate native forms, and to converting them into a common format in support of evaluating potential conflicts, and providing flight plan approval/disapproval, and/or flight plan execution restrictions or warnings regarding potentially conflicting manned and unmanned aerial vehicle operations. The disclosed UAS Traffic Management (UTM) scheme may validate a UAS flight plan based on the provided flight plan representation, approving or disapproving the flight plan, and may provide suggestions for modification of a submitted UAS flight plan to enhance operational deconfliction without completely rejecting, through disapproval, the flight plan. Different levels of alerts and/or warnings may be provided to alert the UAS platform operators and National Airspace System operators/controllers to potential conflicts and conflict avoidance. | George Elmasry (San Marcos, CA), Benjamin J Haan (Marion, IA), Rolf R Stefani (West River, MD), James Gary Cooper, Jr. (Annapolis, MD) | Rockwell Collins, Inc. (Cedar Rapids, IA) | 2016-03-15 | 2018-06-05 | G08G5/00 | 15/070710 |
| 334 | 9981740 | Layered architecture for customer payload systems | A layered architecture for customer payload systems is disclosed to provide a scalable, reconfigurable integration platform targeted at multiple unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) , and remove both UAV specific and payload equipment specific characteristics that increase complexity during integration. The layered architecture is a modular design architecture that is split by function. Standard interfaces are implemented between functional layers to increase reconfiguration possibilities and to allow reuse of existing components and layers without modification to the payload or UAV. The standard interfaces also promote easy connection and disconnection from other layer components. Additionally, once the layered architecture is implemented, technological or functional requirements changes can be isolated to one specific component layer, not the entire payload stack. As a result, payload designs based on the layered architecture reduces design time and cost, and allows for easier integration, operation, upgrades, maintenance, and repair. | Troy T. Dunkelberger (South Riding, VA), Justin Adkins (Clifton, VA) | Northrup Grumman Systems Corporation (Los Angeles, CA) | 2010-08-06 | 2018-05-29 | B64C39/00, G06F17/00, B64C39/02 | 12/852159 |
| 335 | 9977117 | Systems and methods for detecting, tracking and identifying small unmanned systems such as drones | A system for providing integrated detection and countermeasures against unmanned aerial vehicles include a detecting element, a location determining element and an interdiction element. The detecting element detects an unmanned aerial vehicle in flight in the region of, or approaching, a property, place, event or very important person. The location determining element determines the exact location of the unmanned aerial vehicle. The interdiction element can either direct the unmanned aerial vehicle away from the property, place, event or very important person in a non-destructive manner, or can cause disable the unmanned aerial vehicle in a destructive manner. | Dwaine A. Parker (Naples, FL), Damon E. Stern (Riverview, FL), Lawrence S. Pierce (Huntsville, AL) | Xidrone Systems, Inc. (Naples, FL) | 2017-05-17 | 2018-05-22 | G01S7/38, G01S13/42, G01S3/782, G01S13/88, G01S7/41, F41H11/02 | 15/598112 |
| 336 | 9976916 | Air sensor with downstream facing ingress to prevent condensation | An air flow sensor is provided with an opening facing downstream and having a thin downstream facing edge to prevent condensation or buildup of moisture thereon. The sensor has been found to reduce entrainment of particles in a mixed phase stream. The sensor is suitable for mounting to an aircraft, and to determining air temperature and relative humidity. | Dan Fuleki (Chelsea, CA), Daniel Knezevici (Ottawa, CA) | National Research Council of Canada (Ottawa, Ontario, CA) | 2015-04-10 | 2018-05-22 | G01K13/02, G01K15/00, G01N1/22, G01M9/06, G01N27/22, B64D15/20 | 15/303759 |
| 337 | 9973940 | Apparatus and methods for dynamic impedance matching of a guided wave launcher | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a guided wave launcher generates, in response to an output RF signal, a guided electromagnetic wave along a surface of a transmission medium, wherein the guided electromagnetic wave propagates along the surface of the transmission medium without requiring an electrical return path, and wherein the guided electromagnetic wave has a non-optical carrier frequency. A mismatch probe generates a mismatch signal based on the output RF signal, wherein the mismatch signal indicates an impedance mismatch of the guided wave launcher. A controller generates one or more control signals in response to the mismatch signal, wherein the one or more control signals adjust one or more adjustable circuit elements of an impedance matching circuit, wherein adjustment of the one or more adjustable circuit elements facilitates reducing the impedance mismatch of the guided wave launcher. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Harold Lee Rappaport (Middletown, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2017-02-27 | 2018-05-15 | H04B3/00, H04B3/52, H04B3/46, H04B3/36, H04B3/54, H03H7/40, H01P7/08, H04B3/04, H04W16/18 | 15/443941 |
| 338 | 9973416 | Method and apparatus that provides fault tolerance in a communication network | A system for detecting a fault in a first transmission medium that affects a transmission or reception of electromagnetic waves that convey data and that propagate along a surface of the first transmission medium, selecting a backup communication medium from one or more backup communication mediums according to one or more selection criteria, and redirecting at least a portion of the data to the backup communication medium to mitigate the fault. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Donald J Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Thomas M. Willis (Tinton Falls, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2017-02-17 | 2018-05-15 | H04W24/04, H04L12/703, G01R31/02, H04B3/46, H04B3/52, H04W24/06, H04L12/707, H04L12/825, H04L12/24, H04L12/751, H04W72/04, H04B3/54 | 15/435475 |
| 339 | 9973299 | Method and apparatus for adjusting a mode of communication in a communication network | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a waveguide system for detecting a condition that adversely affects a propagation of electromagnetic waves generated by the waveguide system on a surface of the wire, and adjusting characteristics of the electromagnetic waves generated by the waveguide system to reduce adverse effects caused by the condition. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NY), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Donald J. Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2014-10-14 | 2018-05-15 | H04B3/00, H04L25/00, H04L1/00, H04W72/04, H04B3/54, H02J13/00, G01R31/08, H04B3/52, G01R31/02 | 14/513246 |
| 340 | 9973261 | Rapidly-deployable, drone-based wireless communications systems and methods for the operation thereof | Drone-based wireless communications systems are provided, as are methods carried-out by such wireless communications systems. In one embodiment, the wireless communications system includes a Satellite Signal Transformation (SST) unit and a plurality of aerial network drones, which can be deployed over a designated geographical area to form a multi-drone network thereover. During operation, the SST unit transmits a network source signal, which contains content extracted from a satellite signal. The multi-drone network receives the network source signal, disseminates drone relay signals containing the content through the multi-drone network, and broadcastings user device signals containing the content over the designated geographical area. In embodiments, the multi-drone network may broadcast multiple different types of user device signals for reception by various different types of user devices located within the designated geographical area, such as an area containing communication infrastructure disabled by a natural disaster, a hostile attack, or other catastrophic event. | Chris Hardy (Cheyenne, WY), Paul Bellotti (Cheyenne, WY) | Echostar Technologies Llc (Englewood, CO) | 2016-12-28 | 2018-05-15 | B64C39/02, H04B7/185, G05D1/10, G01S5/04, H04W4/06, G06K9/00, H04N7/18, H04W84/00 | 15/392629 |
| 341 | 9972198 | Method for launching and a radiosonde | A method and a radiosonde wherein the radiosonde is launched from a launching station and transmission of the radiosonde is started in order to send measurement data to a receiver. The transmission of the radiosonde is started only after a delay from the launch. | Ari Meskanen (Helsinki, FI), Pasi Makinen (Helsinki, FI), Mikko Krapu (Helsinki, FI) | Vaisala Oyj (Helsinki, FI) | 2011-03-22 | 2018-05-15 | G08C17/00, G08C17/02, G01W1/08 | 13/811852 |
| 342 | 9967173 | Method and apparatus for authentication and identity management of communicating devices | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a network device that accesses internet protocol addresses associated with a group of end point devices where the network device is a closest network device to the group of end point devices, and transmitting data to another network device responsive to a determination that an internet protocol address associated with the data from an end point device is one of the internet protocol addresses associated with the group of end point devices. Other embodiments are disclosed. | David Gross (South River, NJ), Joshua Lackey (Lake Stevens, WA), Donald E. Levy (Holmdel, NJ), Roger Piqueras Jover (New York, NY), Jayaraman Ramachandran (Plainsboro, NJ), Cristina Serban (Middletown, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2015-07-31 | 2018-05-08 | H04L27/00, H04B3/54, H04L12/741, H04L12/733, H02J13/00 | 14/814619 |
| 343 | 9967002 | Network termination and methods for use therewith | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a network termination includes a downstream channel modulator modulates downstream data into downstream channel signals to convey the downstream data via a guided electromagnetic wave that is bound to a transmission medium of a guided wave communication system. A host interface sends the downstream channel signals to the guided wave communication system and receives upstream channel signals corresponding to upstream frequency channels from the guided wave communication system. An upstream channel demodulator demodulates upstream channel signals into upstream data. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Donald J Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ) | At&T Intellectual I, Lp (Atlanta, GA) | 2016-04-11 | 2018-05-08 | H04B3/54, H04B3/52, H04L12/28, H04B5/00, H04B7/04, H04L27/00, H04B3/56, H02J13/00 | 15/095238 |
| 344 | 9966790 | Conformal body capacitors suitable for vehicles | A vehicle system includes a plurality of capacitors each forming a portion of a vehicle structure, and a parallel electrical link between a pair of the plurality of capacitors, such that the pair of capacitors act as an aggregate capacitor. | Raj Bridgelall (Planno, TX), Michael Corcoran (Grand Forks, ND) | University of North Dakota (Grand Forks, ND), Ndsu Research Foundation (Fargo ND) | 2014-08-12 | 2018-05-08 | H02J7/34, H01G11/10, B64C1/00, B60L11/00, B60L11/18, H01G11/76 | 14/457662 |
| 345 | 9965964 | Multi-dimensional map | A method including retrieving a multi-dimensional map from a navigation system memory, determining an aerial route between two locations based at least partially upon the multi-dimensional map, and storing the aerial route in the navigation system memory. The multi-dimensional map includes terrain information and object information. The object information includes information regarding location and size of objects extending above ground level. The objects are in uncontrolled airspace, and the object information includes height information regarding a height above ground level of at least some of the objects. The aerial route is limited to the uncontrolled airspace, where the aerial route is over and around at least some of the objects, and where the aerial route is determined, at least partially, based upon the height information of the objects. | Bruce Bernhardt (Wauconda, IL), Arnold Sheynman (Northbrook, IL), Jingwei Xu (Buffalo Grove, IL) | Here Global B.V. (Eindhoven, NL) | 2015-08-11 | 2018-05-08 | G08G5/00, G05D1/10, G01C21/00, B64C39/02 | 14/823208 |
| 346 | 9960808 | Guided-wave transmission device and methods for use therewith | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a transmission device that includes a transmitter that generates a first electromagnetic wave to convey data, the first electromagnetic wave having at least one carrier frequency and corresponding wavelength. A coupler couples the first electromagnetic wave to a transmission medium having at least one inner portion surrounded by a dielectric material, the dielectric material having an outer surface and a corresponding circumference, wherein the coupling of the first electromagnetic wave to the transmission medium forms a second electromagnetic wave that is guided to propagate along the outer surface of the dielectric material via at least one guided-wave mode that can include an asymmetric mode, wherein the at least one carrier frequency is within a microwave or millimeter-wave frequency band and wherein the at least one corresponding wavelength is less than the circumference of the transmission medium. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Donald J. Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2017-01-03 | 2018-05-01 | H04B10/00, H04B3/52, H04B10/2575, H04B10/40, H01P3/16, H01P5/00, H01P5/08, H01P3/10, H04J14/00, H04B3/36 | 15/396976 |
| 347 | 9959773 | Transportation using network of unmanned aerial vehicles | Embodiments described herein include a delivery system having unmanned aerial delivery vehicles and a logistics network for control and monitoring. In certain embodiments, a ground station provides a location for interfacing between the delivery vehicles, packages carried by the vehicles and users. In certain embodiments, the delivery vehicles autonomously navigate from one ground station to another. In certain embodiments, the ground stations provide navigational aids that help the delivery vehicles locate the position of the ground station with increased accuracy. | Andreas Raptopoulos (Palo Alto, CA), Darlene Damm (Mountain View, CA), Martin Ling (Edinburgh, GB), Ido Baruchin (San Francisco, CA) | Singularity University (Moffet Field, CA) | 2016-02-08 | 2018-05-01 | G08G5/00, G05D1/10, G05D1/00, G06Q10/08, H04B7/185, G01S13/93, G01S5/00, G08G5/04, G08G5/02, G01S13/94 | 15/018423 |
| 348 | 9959468 | Systems and methods for object tracking and classification | A method for classifying at least one object of interest in a video is provided. The method includes accessing, using at least one processing device, a frame of the video, the frame including at least one object of interest to be classified, performing, using the at least one processing device, object detection on the frame to detect the object of interest, tracking, using the at least one processing device, the object of interest over a plurality of frames in the video over time using a persistent tracking capability, isolating, using the at least one processing device, a segment of the frame that includes the object of interest, classifying, using the at least one processing device, the object of interest by processing the segment using deep learning, and generating an output that indicates the classification of the object of interest. | Aaron Y. Mosher (Madison, AL), David Keith Mefford (Huntsville, AL) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, IL) | 2015-11-06 | 2018-05-01 | G06K9/00, G06T7/20, G06K9/62 | 14/934773 |
| 349 | 9954287 | Apparatus for converting wireless signals and electromagnetic waves and methods thereof | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a waveguide including a plurality of devices that facilitate generating scattered electromagnetic waves from electromagnetic waves propagating on a surface of a transmission medium. The scattered electromagnetic waves combine to generate a wireless signal having a directionality based on a separation between plurality of devices and a wavelength of the electromagnetic waves. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Donald J Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2014-11-20 | 2018-04-24 | H01Q13/00, H01Q21/00, H04B3/52, H01Q13/28, H04B3/54 | 14/548448 |
| 350 | 9954286 | Guided-wave transmission device with non-fundamental mode propagation and methods for use therewith | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a transmission device that includes a transmitter that generates a first electromagnetic wave to convey data. A coupler couples the first electromagnetic wave to a single wire transmission medium having an outer surface, to forming a second electromagnetic wave that is guided to propagate along the outer surface of the single wire transmission medium via at least one guided wave mode that includes an asymmetric or non-fundamental mode having a lower cutoff frequency. A carrier frequency of the second electromagnetic wave is selected to be within a limited range of the lower cutoff frequency, so that a majority of the electric field is concentrated within a distance from the outer surface that is less than half the largest cross sectional dimension of the single wire transmission medium, and/or to reduce propagation loss. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Donald J. Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2016-10-27 | 2018-04-24 | H04B10/00, H04W16/26, H04B3/36, H01Q1/22, H01Q13/08, H01P3/10, H04B10/079, H04B3/54, H04B10/2581, H04B10/2575, H01Q13/28, H04J14/00, H04W88/08 | 15/335685 |
| 351 | 9948355 | Apparatus for providing communication services and methods thereof | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a system for modulating a first electrical signal to generate first modulated electromagnetic waves, and transmitting the first modulated electromagnetic waves on a waveguide located in proximity to a transmission medium. In one embodiment, the first electromagnetic waves can induce second electromagnetic waves that propagate on an outer surface of the transmission medium. The second electromagnetic waves can have a first spectral range that is divided into, contains or otherwise includes a first control channel and a first plurality of bands. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Donald J. Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2016-11-02 | 2018-04-17 | H04B10/00, H04B3/56, H04W72/04, H04Q9/00, H04J14/00 | 15/341479 |
| 352 | 9948354 | Magnetic coupling device with reflective plate and methods for use therewith | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a coupling device including a receiving portion that receives a radio frequency signal conveying data from a transmitting device. A magnetic coupler magnetically couples the radio frequency signal to a transmission medium as a guided electromagnetic wave that is bound by an outer surface of the transmission medium. A cap includes a dielectric portion that secures the transmission medium adjacent to the magnetic coupler and a reflective plate that reduces electromagnetic emissions from the magnetic coupler. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Donald J Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2016-09-22 | 2018-04-17 | H04B3/56, H01P5/02, H04B3/54, H01P3/10, H01P1/207, H04B3/52, H01P7/06, H01P5/103, G01R31/00, H04W72/04, H01Q1/46 | 15/273348 |
| 353 | 9948333 | Method and apparatus for wireless communications to mitigate interference | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, generating a wireless signal at a first network device and directing the wireless signal towards a second network device of another utility pole, which includes directing the wireless signal away from another network device of the other utility pole. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Donald J Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2015-07-23 | 2018-04-17 | H04B1/04 | 14/807130 |
| 354 | 9947982 | Dielectric transmission medium connector and methods for use therewith | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a connector that includes a first port configured to receive electromagnetic waves guided by a first dielectric core of a first transmission medium. A waveguide is configured to guide the electromagnetic waves from the first port to a second port. The second port is configured to transmit the electromagnetic waves to a second dielectric core of a second transmission medium. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), William Scott Taylor (Norcross, GA), Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Donald J Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, Lp (Atlanta, GA) | 2016-04-10 | 2018-04-17 | H01P3/12, G02B6/38, H01P3/16, H01P5/08, H01P1/16, H04B3/52 | 15/095092 |
| 355 | 9944408 | Systems and methods for recovering and controlling post-recovery motion of unmanned aircraft | Systems and methods for recovering unmanned aircraft and controlling post-recovery motion of the aircraft are disclosed herein. An aircraft recovery system for handling an unmanned aircraft in accordance with one embodiment of the disclosure includes a base portion and an elongated aircraft capture member having a first end movably coupled to the base portion and a second, free end opposite the first end. The aircraft capture member includes a first portion and a second portion at a distal end of the first portion and positioned to intercept an unmanned aircraft in flight. The first and/or second portions are generally flexible. The system further includes an energy capture and dissipation assembly operably coupled to the aircraft capture member and positioned to receive at least a portion of the landing forces from the aircraft. | Robert Gilchrist, III (Cook, WA), John Stafford (Lyle, WA), Brian D. Dennis (White Salmon, WA), Allen Smith (Hood River, OR), Jaime Mack (White Salmon, WA), Steven M. Sliwa (White Salmon, WA), Bradley Schrick (Bingen, WA), Robert Hughes (Springfield, VA) | Insitu, Inc. (Bingen, WA) | 2011-10-21 | 2018-04-17 | B64F1/02 | 13/279148 |
| 356 | 9938011 | Unmanned aircraft system (UAS) with active energy harvesting and power management | A method of harvesting and managing energy from air currents, by small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) having a plurality of powered and unpowered rotors, to increase the aircraft's flight time, especially where the mission requires extensive hovering and loitering, is provided. Conventional powered rotors create lift for the aircraft. Unpowered rotors can either be: 1) Free-wheeling rotors which increase the plan form area of aircraft as they rotate, increasing lift, and reducing the power draw on the battery, and/or 2) Rotors connected to micro-generators, which serve as a brake on the unpowered rotors, create electrical power to charge the aircraft batteries or directly power the aircraft's electronics. The invention's folding rotor arm design results in a compact package that is easily transported by a single user (man portable) . The aircraft can be removed from its protective tube, unfolded and launched for flight in less than a minute. Extended flight times, compact easily transported design, and ability to host flight software on a user's tablet/PC result in low total cost of ownership. | Scott B. Rollefstad (New Albany, IN), John P. Waszczak (Tucson, AZ) | --- | 2016-12-23 | 2018-04-10 | B64C39/00, B64C39/02, G05D1/00, B64D41/00 | 15/389975 |
| 357 | 9938010 | Human machine interface system | An electronic human machine interface (HMI) module is configured to receive at least one input from an operator of a manually-operated vehicle. The electronic HMI module includes an electronic graphical display unit and an electronic control module. The electronic graphical display unit is configured to display information corresponding to the manually-operated vehicle and information corresponding to an autonomously operated unmanned vehicle (UV) located remotely from the manually-operated vehicle. The electronic control module is in signal communication with the UV and is configured to receive an electronic image signal from the UV. The electronic control module is further configured to display a real-time image captured by the UV on the electronic graphical display unit based on the image signal. | Margaret MacIsaac Lampazzi (Oxford, CT), Thomas Guido (Stormville, NY), Gary Howland (Stratford, CT), Luca F. Bertuccelli (West Hartford, CT), Robert Pupalaikis (Palm Beach Gardens, FL) | Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation (Stratford, CT) | 2015-12-02 | 2018-04-10 | B64C39/02, B64D45/08, G01C23/00, G08G5/00, G05D1/00 | 14/957067 |
| 358 | 9935703 | Host node device and methods for use therewith | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a host node device having a terminal interface that receives downstream channel signals from a communication network and send upstream channel signals to the communication network. An access point repeater launches the downstream channel signals as guided electromagnetic waves on a guided wave communication system and to extract a first subset of the upstream channel signals from the guided wave communication system. A radio wirelessly transmits the downstream channel signals to at least one client node device and to wirelessly receive a second subset of the upstream channel signals from the at least one client node device. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Donald J Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2016-03-15 | 2018-04-03 | H04B7/155, H04B7/04, H04L5/14, H01P3/10, H04B3/52, H04B3/54, H04W84/04, H04W88/10 | 15/070003 |
| 359 | 9930668 | Remote distributed antenna system | A distributed antenna system is provided that frequency shifts the output of one or more microcells to a 60 GHz or higher frequency range for transmission to a set of distributed antennas. The cellular band outputs of these microcell base station devices are used to modulate a 60 GHz (or higher) carrier wave, yielding a group of subcarriers on the 60 GHz carrier wave. This group will then be transmitted in the air via analog microwave RF unit, after which it can be repeated or radiated to the surrounding area. The repeaters amplify the signal and resend it on the air again toward the next repeater. In places where a microcell is required, the 60 GHz signal is shifted in frequency back to its original frequency (e.g., the 1.9 GHz cellular band) and radiated locally to nearby mobile devices. | Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Donald J Barnickel, Jr. (Flemington, NJ), George Blandino (Bridgewater, NJ), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2016-05-19 | 2018-03-27 | H04L12/28, H04L5/00, H04W72/04, H04B7/26, H04B7/155, H01Q1/24, H04L29/08, H04J1/16 | 15/158798 |
| 360 | 9929755 | Method and apparatus for coupling an antenna to a device | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving, by a feed point of a dielectric antenna, electromagnetic waves from a dielectric core coupled to the feed point without an electrical return path, where at least a portion of the dielectric antenna comprises a conductive surface, directing, by the feed point, the electromagnetic waves to a proximal portion of the dielectric antenna, and radiating, via an aperture of the dielectric antenna, a wireless signal responsive to the electromagnetic waves being received at the aperture. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Donald J Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2016-06-08 | 2018-03-27 | H04B1/04, H04B1/16, H04B3/52, H01Q13/02, H01Q19/06, H01Q13/24, H01P3/16, H04R3/00, H01P1/16 | 15/176210 |
| 361 | 9927517 | Apparatus and methods for sensing rainfall | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a rainfall sensor having a rainfall analyzer configured to induce transmitted electromagnetic waves that are guided by a transmission medium to propagate along the transmission medium, wherein the transmitted electromagnetic waves propagate without requiring an electrical return path, wherein the rainfall analyzer receives reflected electromagnetic waves from the transmission medium in response to the transmitted electromagnetic waves and wherein the rainfall analyzer analyzes the reflected electromagnetic waves and generates rainfall data in response thereto. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Donald J. Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2016-12-06 | 2018-03-27 | G01S13/04, G01S13/88, H04B17/318, H04Q9/02, H04B1/10 | 15/369971 |
| 362 | 9922282 | Automated readiness evaluation system (ARES) for use with an unmanned aircraft system (UAS) | Methods and systems for an Automated Readiness Evaluation System (ARES) , which is adapted for use with unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) . The ARES (and UAS with such an ARES) is configured for a particular task or application selected by the user based upon their level of specific knowledge. The system may include: hardware components with communication protocols, a task, module data, and skill level repository, a user device, and an optional base system. Methods are provided for configuration, calibration, error checking, and operation of a UAS whereby the ARES serves as a mission planner by calculating the mission parameters for a user-selected task to minimize mission failure by determining the variables for task completion. | Errin T. Weller (Superior, CO), Jeffrey B. Franklin (Superior, CO) | Limitless Computing, Inc. (Boulder, CO) | 2016-06-28 | 2018-03-20 | G05D1/02, G06Q10/00, G06Q50/30, G06F11/00, G06F3/00, B64F5/60, B64F5/10, G08G5/00, B64D45/00, G05D1/00, G06K19/07, B64C39/02, B64D47/08 | 15/195735 |
| 363 | 9919797 | System and method for operation and management of reconfigurable unmanned aircraft | A reconfigurable unmanned aircraft system is disclosed. A system and method for configuring a reconfigurable unmanned aircraft and system and method for operation and management of a reconfigurable unmanned aircraft in an airspace are also disclosed. The aircraft is selectively reconfigurable to modify flight characteristics. The aircraft comprises a set of rotors. The position of at least one rotor relative to the base can be modified by at least one of translation of the rotor relative to the boom, pivoting of the boom relative to the base, and translation of the boom relative to the base, so that flight characteristics can be modified by configuration of position of at least one rotor relative to the base. A method of configuring an aircraft having a set of rotors on a mission to carry a payload comprises the steps of determining properties of the payload including at least mass properties, determining the manner in which the payload will be coupled to the aircraft, determining configuration for each of the rotors in the set of rotors at least partially in consideration of the properties of the payload, and positioning the set of rotors in the configuration for the aircraft to perform the mission. | Alistair K. Chan (Bainbridge Island, WA), Jesse R. Cheatham, III (Seattle, WA), Hon Wah Chin (Palo Alto, CA), William David Duncan (Mill Creek, WA), Roderick A. Hyde (Redmond, WA), Muriel Y. Ishikawa (Livermore, CA), Jordin T. Kare (Seattle, WA), Tony S. Pan (Bellevue, WA), Robert C. Petroski (Seattle, WA), Clarence T. Tegreene (Mercer Island, WA), David B. Tuckerman (Lafayette, CA), Thomas Allan Weaver (San Mateo, CA), Lowell L. Wood, Jr. (Bellevue, WA) | Elwha Llc (N/A) | 2014-12-04 | 2018-03-20 | G05D1/00, B64C27/08, B64C27/52, B64D27/26, B64D47/08, B64C39/02 | 14/560765 |
| 364 | 9917341 | Apparatus and method for launching electromagnetic waves and for modifying radial dimensions of the propagating electromagnetic waves | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a system for receiving a communication signal, generating an electromagnetic wave from the communication signal, and inducing the electromagnetic wave on a portion of a transmission medium having an insulation layer with a tapered end covering at least part of a conductor. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Donald J. Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2015-05-27 | 2018-03-13 | H01P3/10, H04B3/52, H04B3/56, H01P5/107, H04B3/36 | 14/722285 |
| 365 | 9915956 | Package delivery by means of an automated multi-copter UAS/UAV dispatched from a conventional delivery vehicle | Methods and associated systems for autonomous package delivery utilize a UAS/UAV, an infrared positioning senor, and a docking station integrated with a package delivery vehicle. The UAS/UAV accepts a package for delivery from the docking station on the delivery vehicle and uploads the delivery destination. The UAS/UAV autonomously launches from its docked position on the delivery vehicle. The UAS/UAV autonomously flies to the delivery destination by means of GPS navigation. The UAS/UAV is guided in final delivery by means of a human supervised live video feed from the UAS/UAV. The UAS/UAV is assisted in the descent and delivery of the parcel by precision sensors and if necessary by means of remote human control. The UAS/UAV autonomously returns to the delivery vehicle by means of GPS navigation and precision sensors. The UAS/UAV autonomously docks with the delivery vehicle for recharging and preparation for the next delivery sequence. | Elliot T. Bokeno (Fairfield, OH), Thaddeus M. Bort, Jr. (Maineville, OH), Stephen S. Burns (Maineville, OH), Martin Rucidlo (Mason, OH), Wei Wei (Mason, OH), Donald L. Wires (Loveland, OH) | Workhorse Group Inc. (Loveland, OH) | 2016-01-07 | 2018-03-13 | B64C37/02, G05D1/10, B64D5/00, B64C39/02, B60L11/18 | 14/989870 |
| 366 | 9913139 | Signal fingerprinting for authentication of communicating devices | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, accessing a profile including an expected fingerprint of expected parameters for received signals associated with a network path comprising a wired connection between network devices, comparing a fingerprint with the expected fingerprint where the fingerprint is generated from parameters measured from a signal, and authenticating a network device along the network path associated with the transmitting of the signal according to the comparing. Other embodiments are disclosed. | David Gross (South River, NJ), Joshua Lackey (Lake Stevens, WA), Donald E. Levy (Holmdel, NJ), Roger Piqueras Jover (New York, NY), Jayaraman Ramachandran (Plainsboro, NJ), Cristina Serban (Middletown, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2015-06-09 | 2018-03-06 | H04M1/66, H04W12/06, H04W8/18, H04L29/06 | 14/733988 |
| 367 | 9912419 | Method and apparatus for managing a fault in a distributed antenna system | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving, by a first antenna system of a distributed antenna system, a first wireless signal from a second antenna system of the distributed antenna system, the second antenna system included in a first series of antenna systems of the distributed antenna system, detecting an operational fault in the second antenna system, and redirecting, by the first antenna system, a first wireless transmission to a third antenna system of the distributed antenna system, the third antenna system included in a second series of antenna systems of the distributed antenna system, the first series of antenna systems providing first communication services, the second series of antenna systems providing second communication services, and the second communication services utilized at least in part as backup communication services when a communication fault is detected in the first series of antenna systems. Other embodiments are disclosed. | George Blandino (Bridgewater, NJ), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Leon Lubranski (Scotch Plains, NJ), Tracy Van Brakle (Colts Neck, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2016-08-24 | 2018-03-06 | H04W40/28, H04B17/318 | 15/246223 |
| 368 | 9912382 | Network termination and methods for use therewith | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a network termination includes a downstream channel modulator modulates downstream data into downstream channel signals to convey the downstream data via a guided electromagnetic wave that is bound to a transmission medium of a guided wave communication system. A host interface sends the downstream channel signals to the guided wave communication system and receives upstream channel signals corresponding to upstream frequency channels from the guided wave communication system. An upstream channel demodulator demodulates upstream channel signals into upstream data. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Donald J Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, Lp (Atlanta, GA) | 2016-06-10 | 2018-03-06 | H04L12/28, H04B7/04, H04B3/52, H04B5/00, H04L27/00, H04B3/54, H04B3/56, H02J13/00 | 15/179529 |
| 369 | 9912381 | Network termination and methods for use therewith | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a network termination includes a downstream channel modulator modulates downstream data into downstream channel signals to convey the downstream data via a guided electromagnetic wave that is bound to a transmission medium of a guided wave communication system. A host interface sends the downstream channel signals to the guided wave communication system and receives upstream channel signals corresponding to upstream frequency channels from the guided wave communication system. An upstream channel demodulator demodulates upstream channel signals into upstream data. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Robert Bennett (Southhold, NY), Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Donald J Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, Lp (Atlanta, GA) | 2015-06-03 | 2018-03-06 | H04B3/54, H04B3/56, H04B7/04, H04L27/00, H04B3/52, H04B5/00, H02J13/00 | 14/729191 |
| 370 | 9912033 | Guided wave coupler, coupling module and methods for use therewith | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a coupler including a receiving portion that receives a first electromagnetic wave conveying first data from a transmitting device. A guiding portion guides the first electromagnetic wave to a junction for coupling the first electromagnetic wave to a transmission medium. The first electromagnetic wave propagates via at least one first guided wave mode. The coupling of the first electromagnetic wave to the transmission medium forms a second electromagnetic wave that is guided to propagate along the outer surface of the transmission medium via at least one second guided wave mode that differs from the at least one first guided wave mode. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Donald J Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, Lp (Atlanta, GA) | 2016-03-15 | 2018-03-06 | H04B3/36, H04B3/56, H01P5/12, H04B7/155, H04B3/52, H04W16/26, H01P3/16 | 15/070056 |
| 371 | 9912027 | Method and apparatus for exchanging communication signals | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, detecting an environmental condition that can adversely affect operations of a waveguide system for transmitting or receiving electromagnetic waves guided by a transmission medium, and enabling a heater system to mitigate an effect of the environmental condition on the operations of the waveguide system for transmitting or receiving the electromagnetic waves. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Donald J Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2015-07-23 | 2018-03-06 | H04B3/54, H01P1/30, H01P3/10, H02J13/00 | 14/807232 |
| 372 | 9911020 | Method and apparatus for tracking via a radio frequency identification device | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device, including a radio frequency interface configured to receive, from a radio frequency identification device, a first wireless signal of a first carrier frequency that indicates a personal identifier. A transceiver can be configured to generate a transmission signal of second carrier frequency that indicates the personal identifier and location information associated with the device and to transmit electromagnetic waves in response to the transmission signal at a first physical interface of a transmission medium that propagate without requiring an electrical return path. The electromagnetic waves are guided by the transmission medium and are received by a receiving device at a second physical interface of the transmission medium, and the transmission signal can be extracted from the electromagnetic waves by the receiving device. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Ken Liu (Edison, NJ), Pamela A. M. Bogdan (Neptune, NJ), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Donald J. Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2016-12-08 | 2018-03-06 | G06K7/10, H04B5/00 | 15/372466 |
| 373 | 9906992 | PDN management between LTE and WiFi | A computer device may include a memory configured to store instructions and a processor configured to execute the instructions to receive a handover request from a user equipment (UE) device via an evolved Packet Data Gateway (ePDG) , wherein the handover request includes a request for a dual Packet Data Network (PDN) context and designate the UE device as having dual PDN context, based on the received handover request. The processor may be further configured to identify an Internet Protocol (IP) address for a Long Term Evolution (LTE) bearer associated with the UE device, create a PDN session to the ePDG using the IP address, based on the UE device having the dual PDN context, and send a Protocol Configuration Options (PCO) message to the UE device via the ePDG, wherein the PCO message includes an indication of dual PDN context support, and select to maintain the LTE bearer. | Andrew E. Youtz (Princeton, NJ), Kyriaki Konstantinou (New York, NY), Xin Wang (Morris Plains, NJ), Lily Zhu (Parsippany, NJ) | Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ) | 2017-04-04 | 2018-02-27 | H04W36/00, H04W36/18, H04L29/06, H04W88/16 | 15/478669 |
| 374 | 9906269 | Monitoring and mitigating conditions in a communication network | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a system for receiving telemetry information from an apparatus that induces electromagnetic waves on a wire surface of a wire of a power grid for delivery of communication signals to a recipient communication device coupled to the power grid, and detecting a condition from the telemetry information that is adverse to a delivery of the communication signals to the recipient communication device. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Mitchell Harvey Fuchs (Toms River, NJ), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2016-05-17 | 2018-02-27 | G08C19/16, H04B3/52, H04Q9/00, G08C23/06, H04B3/46, H04B3/54, H04B17/345, H01Q1/46 | 15/156470 |
| 375 | 9906265 | Manchester correlator | A system, apparatus, and related method for receiving and correlating Manchester encoded data signals includes a receiver for receiving 1090ES/ADS-B or other Manchester encoded signals. A sampler extracts and oversamples data strings from the received signals. Sample correlators compare the oversampled data strings to oversampled versions of each possible pattern for the extracted data string and determine a score indicating how closely the possible pattern (or its oversampled counterpart) matches the extracted data string (or its oversampled version) on a bitwise or symbolwise basis. The system outputs correlated and decoded data string most closely matching the extracted data string based on the set of determined scores. | Paul Beard (Bigfork, MT) | Uavionix Corporation (Bigfork, MT) | 2016-10-11 | 2018-02-27 | H03D1/00, H04B1/7093, H04L7/04, H04L27/26, B64C39/02 | 15/290708 |
| 376 | 9904535 | Method and apparatus for distributing software | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a first network device receiving from a second network device a software, the first network device adjusting operations at the first network device according to the software, the first network device providing a digital signature to the software to generate an adjusted software where the digital signature indicates that the first network device has received the software, and the first network device transmitting, to a third network device, the adjusted software. Other embodiments are disclosed. | David Gross (South River, NJ), Joshua Lackey (Lake Stevens, WA), Donald E. Levy (Holmdel, NJ), Roger Piqueras Jover (New York, NY), Jayaraman Ramachandran (Plainsboro, NJ), Cristina Serban (Middletown, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2015-09-14 | 2018-02-27 | G06F9/445, H04B3/52, H04B3/54, H02J13/00, G01R31/00, H04B7/155 | 14/853297 |
| 377 | 9903954 | Systems and methods for absolute position navigation using pseudolites | A pseudolite device for providing navigation data, while denied or having limited access to satellite navigation signals for instance, may include a receiver for receiving, from each of a plurality of pseudolites, respective navigation data including an indication of an absolute position of a respective pseudolite and a time instance at which the navigation data is transmitted by the respective pseudolite. The pseudolite device may include a processor configured to determine an absolute position of the pseudolite device according to the navigation data received from each of the plurality of pseudolites, and a transmitter for broadcasting positioning data and transmission time data. The positioning data can include an indication of the determined absolute position of the pseudolite device and the transmission time data includes an indication of a time instance at which the positioning data is transmitted by the transmitter. | Michael Greg Farley (Coggon, IA) | Rockwell Collins, Inc. (Cedar Rapids, IA) | 2016-04-22 | 2018-02-27 | H04W24/00, H04B7/185, G01S5/10, G01S19/11 | 15/136544 |
| 378 | 9902491 | Reconfigurable unmanned aircraft system | A reconfigurable unmanned aircraft system is disclosed. A system and method for configuring a reconfigurable unmanned aircraft and system and method for operation and management of a reconfigurable unmanned aircraft in an airspace are also disclosed. The aircraft is selectively reconfigurable to modify flight characteristics. The aircraft comprises a set of rotors. The position of at least one rotor relative to the base can be modified by at least one of translation of the rotor relative to the boom, pivoting of the boom relative to the base, and translation of the boom relative to the base, so that flight characteristics can be modified by configuration of position of at least one rotor relative to the base. A method of configuring an aircraft having a set of rotors on a mission to carry a payload comprises the steps of determining properties of the payload including at least mass properties, determining the manner in which the payload will be coupled to the aircraft, determining configuration for each of the rotors in the set of rotors at least partially in consideration of the properties of the payload, and positioning the set of rotors in the configuration for the aircraft to perform the mission. | Alistair K. Chan (Bainbridge Island, WA), Jesse R. Cheatham, III (Seattle, WA), Hon Wah Chin (Palo Alto, CA), William David Duncan (Mill Creek, WA), Roderick A. Hyde (Redmond, WA), Muriel Y. Ishikawa (Livermore, CA), Jordin T. Kare (San Jose, CA), Tony S. Pan (Bellevue, WA), Robert C. Petroski (Seattle, WA), Clarence T. Tegreene (Mercer Island, WA), David B. Tuckerman (Lafayette, CA), Thomas Allan Weaver (San Mateo, CA), Lowell L. Wood, Jr. (Bellevue, WA) | Elwha Llc (N/A) | 2015-03-05 | 2018-02-27 | B64C27/00, B64C27/08, B64C27/37, B64D45/00, B64C39/02, B64C13/02, B64C27/54, B64D1/00 | 14/639369 |
| 379 | 9893795 | Method and repeater for broadband distribution | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method that includes extracting first channel signals from first guided electromagnetic waves bound to an outer surface of a transmission medium of a guided wave communication system, amplifying the first channel signals to generate amplified first channel signals in accordance with a phase correction, selecting one or more of the amplified first channel signals to wirelessly transmit to at least one client device via an antenna, and guiding the amplified first channel signals to the transmission medium of the guided wave communication system to propagate as second guided electromagnetic waves, wherein the phase correction aligns a phase of the second guided electromagnetic waves to add in-phase with a residual portion of the first guided electromagnetic waves that continues propagation along the transmission medium. | Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Donald J. Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, Lp (Atlanta, GA) | 2016-12-07 | 2018-02-13 | H04B3/52, H04B7/14, H04B1/40, H04B1/00 | 15/371299 |
| 380 | 9887447 | Transmission medium having multiple cores and methods for use therewith | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a transmission medium for propagating electromagnetic waves. The transmission medium can include a plurality of cores for selectively guiding an electromagnetic wave of a plurality of electromagnetic waves longitudinally along each core, and a shell surrounding at least a portion of each core for reducing exposure of the electromagnetic wave of each core. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), William Scott Taylor (Norcross, GA), Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Donald J Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2016-09-16 | 2018-02-06 | H04L27/00, H04B3/32, H01P3/06, H04B3/54, H04B3/56, H01P3/16 | 15/267586 |
| 381 | 9882657 | Methods and apparatus for inducing a fundamental wave mode on a transmission medium | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a system for generating electromagnetic waves having a fundamental wave mode, and directing the electromagnetic waves to an interface of a transmission medium for guiding propagation of the electromagnetic waves. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Donald J. Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2016-10-21 | 2018-01-30 | H04B3/52, H04B10/90, H04W72/04, H01Q13/22, H04B3/56 | 15/331402 |
| 382 | 9882277 | Communication device and antenna assembly with actuated gimbal mount | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, an antenna assembly that includes a dielectric antenna having an integrated dielectric feedline and a dielectric antenna element. The integrated dielectric feedline communicates inbound guided waves and outbound guided waves that are bound to the integrated dielectric feedline. The dielectric antenna element transmits outbound free space wireless signals in response to the outbound guided waves and generates the inbound guided waves from received inbound free space wireless signals. An actuated gimbal mount controls an orientation of the dielectric antenna element based on control signals. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Donald J Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Henry Kafka (Atlanta, GA), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, Lp (Atlanta, GA) | 2015-10-02 | 2018-01-30 | H01Q13/06, H01Q13/24, H01Q19/06, H01P3/16, H01Q13/02, H01Q3/08, H04R3/00, H04B3/00, H01P1/16 | 14/873241 |
| 383 | 9882257 | Method and apparatus for launching a wave mode that mitigates interference | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a system that performs operations including receiving first electromagnetic waves on an outer surface of a transmission medium, detecting a degradation of a signal quality of the first electromagnetic waves due to first electric fields of the first electromagnetic waves inducing first currents in an obstruction disposed on the outer surface of the transmission medium, and generating second electromagnetic waves having second electric fields that induce second currents in the obstruction that are lower in magnitude than the first currents, the electromagnetic waves having a cutoff frequency. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Donald J Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2015-07-14 | 2018-01-30 | H01P3/127, H01P5/08, H04B3/52, H04B3/54, H01P3/06 | 14/799324 |
| 384 | 9878787 | System and method for operating unmanned aircraft | A system and method for repowering an unmanned aircraft system is disclosed. The system and method may comprise use of a utility transmission system configured to function as power system/source for UAV/aircraft and UAV/aircraft configured to interface with the power source/system. Systems and methods provide access and for administrating, managing, and monitoring access and interfacing by UAV/aircraft with the power system/source. UAV/aircraft system can be configured and operated/managed to interface with and use the power system/source (e.g. network of power lines from a utility transmission system) to enhance range and utility (e.g. for repowering and/or as a flyway or route) . The system comprises an interface between the aircraft and the power source for power transfer, a monitoring system to monitor the aircraft, and an administrative/management system to manage interaction/transaction with the aircraft. The power source for power transfer may be a power line, power transfer to the aircraft may be by wireless power transfer (capacitive or inductive or optical) of an aircraft while at or operating along the power line. The aircraft may comprise a connector configured to interface with the power source/line, the power line may be configured to interface with the connector/aircraft. Data communications between the aircraft and system may be facilitated for interaction/transaction. | Alistair K. Chan (Bainbridge Island, WA), Jesse R. Cheatham, III (Seattle, WA), Hon Wah Chin (Palo Alto, CA), William David Duncan (Mill Creek, WA), Roderick A. Hyde (Redmond, WA), Muriel Y. Ishikawa (Livermore, CA), Jordin T. Kare (San Jose, CA), Tony S. Pan (Bellevue, WA), Robert C. Petroski (Seattle, WA), Clarence T. Tegreene (Mercer Island, WA), David B. Tuckerman (Lafayette, CA), Yaroslav A. Urzhumov (Bellevue, WA), Thomas Allan Weaver (San Mateo, CA), Lowell L. Wood, Jr. (Bellevue, WA), Victoria Y. H. Wood (Livermore, CA) | Elwha Llc (N/A) | 2015-07-15 | 2018-01-30 | B64D35/00, B60L11/18, B64C39/02, G06Q30/04 | 14/799861 |
| 385 | 9878786 | System and method for operation and management of reconfigurable unmanned aircraft | A reconfigurable unmanned aircraft system is disclosed. A system and method for configuring a reconfigurable unmanned aircraft and system and method for operation and management of a reconfigurable unmanned aircraft in an airspace are also disclosed. The aircraft is selectively reconfigurable to modify flight characteristics. The aircraft comprises a set of rotors. The position of at least one rotor relative to the base can be modified by at least one of translation of the rotor relative to the boom, pivoting of the boom relative to the base, and translation of the boom relative to the base, so that flight characteristics can be modified by configuration of position of at least one rotor relative to the base. A method of configuring an aircraft having a set of rotors on a mission to carry a payload comprises the steps of determining properties of the payload including at least mass properties, determining the manner in which the payload will be coupled to the aircraft, determining configuration for each of the rotors in the set of rotors at least partially in consideration of the properties of the payload, and positioning the set of rotors in the configuration for the aircraft to perform the mission. | Alistair K. Chan (Bainbridge Island, WA), Jesse R. Cheatham, III (Seattle, WA), Hon Wah Chin (Palo Alto, CA), William David Duncan (Mill Creek, WA), Roderick A. Hyde (Redmond, WA), Muriel Y. Ishikawa (Livermore, CA), Jordin T. Kare (San Jose, CA), TOny S. Pan (Bellevue, WA), Robert C. Petroski (Seattle, WA), Clarence T. Tegreene (Mercer Island, WA), David B. Tuckerman (Lafayette, CA), Thomas Allan Weaver (San Mateo, CA), Lowell L. Wood, Jr. (Bellevue, WA) | Elwha Llc (N/A) | 2015-02-24 | 2018-01-30 | B64C27/00, B64D47/08, B64D27/26, B64C27/52, B64C27/08, B64C39/02 | 14/630114 |
| 386 | 9876605 | Launcher and coupling system to support desired guided wave mode | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a launcher that includes a hollow waveguide that guides a first electromagnetic wave conveying data from a transmitting device. A dielectric stub coupler receives the first electromagnetic wave from the hollow waveguide to form a second electromagnetic wave that propagates along a portion of the dielectric stub coupler adjacent to a transmission medium, wherein second electromagnetic wave propagates along the dielectric stub coupler via a first guided wave mode and a second guided wave mode, and wherein the portion has a length that supports a coupling of the second guided wave mode for propagation along an outer surface of the transmission medium. | Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Donald J. Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2016-10-21 | 2018-01-23 | H04L27/00, H04L1/00, H04B3/52, H04B3/54 | 15/331388 |
| 387 | 9876587 | Transmission device with impairment compensation and methods for use therewith | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a waveguide system that includes a transmission device having a coupler positioned with respect to a transmission medium to facilitate transmission or reception of electromagnetic waves that transport communications data. The electromagnetic waves propagate along an outer surface of the transmission medium. A training controller detects an impairment on the transmission medium adverse to the transmission or reception of the electromagnetic waves and adjusts the electromagnetic waves to reduce the effects of the impairment on the transmission medium. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2017-06-07 | 2018-01-23 | H04B15/02, H04B17/345, H01P5/02 | 15/616609 |
| 388 | 9876584 | Quasi-optical coupler | A quasi-optical coupling system launches and extracts surface wave communication transmissions from a wire. At millimeter-wave frequencies, where the wavelength is small compared to the macroscopic size of the equipment, the millimeter-wave transmissions can be transported from one place to another and diverted via lenses and reflectors, much like visible light. Transmitters and receivers can be positioned near telephone and power lines and reflectors placed on or near the cables can reflect transmissions onto or off of the cables. The lenses on the transmitters are focused, and the reflectors positioned such that the reflected transmissions are guided waves on the surface of the cables. The reflectors can be polarization sensitive, where one or more of a set of guided wave modes can be reflected off the wire based on the polarization of the guided wave modes and polarization and orientation of the reflector. | Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Donald J. Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2016-09-12 | 2018-01-23 | H04B10/00, H04B10/80, H01Q19/10, H04B3/56, H04B3/52, H04B3/54, H04B10/50, H01Q1/46, H01Q13/26 | 15/262907 |
| 389 | 9876571 | Guided-wave transmission device with non-fundamental mode propagation and methods for use therewith | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a coupler that includes a tapered collar that surrounds a transmission wire. A coaxial coupler, that surrounds at least a portion of the transmission wire, guides an electromagnetic wave to the tapered collar. The tapered collar couples the electromagnetic wave to propagate along an outer surface of the transmission wire. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Donald J Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, Lp (Atlanta, GA) | 2016-03-17 | 2018-01-23 | H04B10/00, H04B10/2575, H01Q13/26, H04B10/40, H04B3/36 | 15/072459 |
| 390 | 9876570 | Guided-wave transmission device with non-fundamental mode propagation and methods for use therewith | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a coupler that includes a tapered collar that surrounds a transmission wire. A coaxial coupler, that surrounds at least a portion of the transmission wire, guides an electromagnetic wave to the tapered collar. The tapered collar couples the electromagnetic wave to propagate along an outer surface of the transmission wire. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Donald J Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, Lp (Atlanta, GA) | 2015-02-20 | 2018-01-23 | H04B10/00, H04B10/40, H04B3/36, H04B10/2575, H01Q13/26 | 14/627322 |
| 391 | 9876264 | Communication system, guided wave switch and methods for use therewith | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a guided wave switch that selectively aligns an end of the first dielectric core of a first conductorless guided wave cable with an end of a selected one of a plurality of second dielectric cores of at least one second conductorless guided wave cable to facilitate coupling of the first guided waves from the first dielectric core to a selected one of the plurality of second dielectric cores. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Donald J Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Henry Kafka (Atlanta, GA), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, Lp (Atlanta, GA) | 2015-10-02 | 2018-01-23 | H01P5/08, H01P3/16, H01P3/08, H01P11/00, H01P1/10 | 14/873239 |
| 392 | 9871558 | Guided-wave transmission device and methods for use therewith | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a transmission device that includes a transmitter that generates a first electromagnetic wave to convey data, the first electromagnetic wave having at least one carrier frequency and corresponding wavelength. A coupler couples the first electromagnetic wave to a transmission medium having at least one inner portion surrounded by a dielectric material, the dielectric material having an outer surface and a corresponding circumference, wherein the coupling of the first electromagnetic wave to the transmission medium forms a second electromagnetic wave that is guided to propagate along the outer surface of the dielectric material via at least one guided-wave mode that can include an asymmetric mode, wherein the at least one carrier frequency is within a microwave or millimeter-wave frequency band and wherein the at least one corresponding wavelength is less than the circumference of the transmission medium. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Donald J. Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2017-01-03 | 2018-01-16 | H04B10/00, H04B10/2575, H04B3/52, H04B10/40, H01P5/08, H01P3/16, H01P5/00, H01P3/10, H04J14/00, H04B3/36 | 15/396991 |
| 393 | 9871283 | Transmission medium having a dielectric core comprised of plural members connected by a ball and socket configuration | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a transmission medium that includes a dielectric core comprising a plurality of rigid dielectric members configured to propagate guided electromagnetic waves. A dielectric cladding is disposed on at least a portion of an outer surface of the first dielectric core. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), William Scott Taylor (Norcross, GA), Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Donald J Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, Lp (Atlanta, GA) | 2015-07-23 | 2018-01-16 | H01P3/16, H01Q1/50, H01P3/06, H01P3/12, H01P1/04, H04B3/54, H04B3/52, H01P1/06, H01P1/02 | 14/807156 |
| 394 | 9871282 | At least one transmission medium having a dielectric surface that is covered at least in part by a second dielectric | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a transmission medium for propagating electromagnetic waves. The transmission medium can have a first dielectric material for propagating electromagnetic waves guided by the first dielectric material, and a second dielectric material disposed on at least a portion of an outer surface of the first dielectric material for reducing an exposure of the electromagnetic waves to an environment that adversely affects propagation of the electromagnetic waves on the first dielectric material. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Donald J Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2015-05-14 | 2018-01-16 | H01P3/16, H01P1/04, H01P3/12 | 14/712118 |
| 395 | 9870609 | System and method for assessing usability of captured images | A system estimates quality of a digital image by accessing a corpus of digital images of one or more subjects, such as a facet of a property. The system will receive, for at least a subset of the corpus, an indicator that one or more patches of each image in the subset is out of focus. The system will train a classifier by obtaining a feature representation of each pixel in each image, along with a focus value that represents an extent to which each pixel in the image is in focus or out of focus. The system will use the classifier to analyze pixels of a new digital image and assess whether each analyzed pixel in the new digital image is in focus or out of focus. The system may use the image to assess whether an incident occurred, such as storm-related damage to the property. | Pramod Sankar Kompalli (Telangana, IN), Arjun Sharma (Karnataka, IN), Richard L. Howe (Webster, NY) | Conduent Business Services, Llc (Dallas, TX) | 2016-06-03 | 2018-01-16 | G06K9/00, G06T7/00, G06K9/62, G06K9/66, B64C39/02 | 15/172526 |
| 396 | 9866309 | Host node device and methods for use therewith | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a host node device having a terminal interface that receives downstream channel signals from a communication network and send upstream channel signals to the communication network. An access point repeater launches the downstream channel signals as guided electromagnetic waves on a guided wave communication system and to extract a first subset of the upstream channel signals from the guided wave communication system. A radio wirelessly transmits the downstream channel signals to at least one client node device and to wirelessly receive a second subset of the upstream channel signals from the at least one client node device. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Donald J Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, Lp (Atlanta, GA) | 2015-06-03 | 2018-01-09 | H04B7/155, H01P3/10, H04B7/04, H04L5/14, H04B3/54, H04B3/52, H04W84/04, H04W88/10 | 14/729200 |
| 397 | 9866276 | Method and apparatus for arranging communication sessions in a communication system | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a system for determining a usage pattern, and sending instructions to a plurality of waveguide systems to transmit or receive electromagnetic waves along a surface of each of a plurality of wires according to the usage pattern. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Donald J Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2016-10-06 | 2018-01-09 | H04B10/00, H01P3/06, H01P3/02, H02J13/00, H04B3/54, H04B3/52, H04B10/2575, H01P3/10, H04B7/0413, H04B3/56, H04Q9/00, H01P5/08, G01R31/02, G01R31/08, H01P5/02 | 15/287153 |
| 398 | 9865911 | Waveguide system for slot radiating first electromagnetic waves that are combined into a non-fundamental wave mode second electromagnetic wave on a transmission medium | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a system for generating first electromagnetic waves and directing instances of the first electromagnetic waves to an interface of a transmission medium to induce propagation of second electromagnetic waves substantially having a non-fundamental wave mode. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Donald J. Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ), Ed Guntin (Barrington, IL) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2015-06-25 | 2018-01-09 | H01P3/10, H04B3/52, H01Q13/20, H01P1/16, H01P3/16, H01P5/08, H01Q13/26, H01Q13/08, H01P5/02, H01P3/12, H04B3/56 | 14/750902 |
| 399 | 9860075 | Method and communication node for broadband distribution | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a communication node having a modem that receives first data streams from a source communication node via a first plurality of twisted pair transmission lines. A multiplexer selects a first subset of the first data streams and a second subset of the first data streams. A wireless transceiver wirelessly transmits the first subset of the first data streams as radio frequency signals via an antenna to at least one device. A distribution point unit transmits the second subset of the first data streams on a second plurality of twisted pair transmission lines to a destination communication node of a distributed antenna system. | Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), George Blandino (Bridgewater, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2016-08-26 | 2018-01-02 | H04L12/28, H04B1/38 | 15/248828 |
| 400 | 9858947 | Drone detection and classification methods and apparatus | A system, method, and apparatus for drone detection and classification are disclosed. An example method includes receiving a sound signal in a microphone and recording, via a sound card, a digital sound sample of the sound signal, the digital sound sample having a predetermined duration. The method also includes processing, via a processor, the digital sound sample into a feature frequency spectrum. The method further includes applying, via the processor, broad spectrum matching to compare the feature frequency spectrum to at least one drone sound signature stored in a database, the at least one drone sound signature corresponding to a flight characteristic of a drone model. The method moreover includes, conditioned on matching the feature frequency spectrum to one of the drone sound signatures, transmitting, via the processor, an alert. | Brian Hearing (Falls Church, VA), John Franklin (Washington, DC) | Droneshield, Llc (Herndon, VA) | 2015-11-24 | 2018-01-02 | G08G1/04, G10L19/00, G01S3/80, G10L25/51, G01H1/00, G01S5/18, H04R29/00, G10L25/54, G10L25/18 | 14/950864 |
| 401 | 9853342 | Dielectric transmission medium connector and methods for use therewith | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a connector that includes a first port configured to receive electromagnetic waves guided by a first dielectric core of a first transmission medium. A waveguide is configured to guide the electromagnetic waves from the first port to a second port. The second port is configured to transmit the electromagnetic waves to a second dielectric core of a second transmission medium. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), William Scott Taylor (Norcross, GA), Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Donald J Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2015-07-14 | 2017-12-26 | H01P3/16, H01P1/04, H01P3/12, G02B6/38, H01P5/08, H01P1/16, H04B3/52 | 14/799314 |
| 402 | 9851437 | Adjusting weight of intensity in a PHD filter based on sensor track ID | In one embodiment, a method for tracking multiple objects with a probabilistic hypothesis density filter is provided. The method includes comparing second track IDs corresponding to newly obtained measurements to one or more first track IDs corresponding to a T.sub.k+1 predicted intensity having a predicted weight. If all of the one or more first track IDs match any of the second track IDs, the predicted weight is multiplied by a first value. If less than all of the one or more first track IDs match any of the second track IDs, the predicted weight is multiplied by a second value, wherein the second value is greater than the first value. The method then determines whether to prune the T.sub.k+1 predicted intensity based on the predicted weight after multiplying with either the first value or the second value. | Vibhor L. Bageshwar (Minneapolis, MN), Michael Ray Elgersma (Plymouth, MN), Eric A. Euteneuer (St. Anthony Village, MN) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morris Plains, NJ) | 2014-07-31 | 2017-12-26 | G01S13/66, G01S17/66, G01S13/72, G01S13/93, G01S13/86 | 14/448813 |
| 403 | 9847850 | Method and apparatus for adjusting a mode of communication in a communication network | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a waveguide system for detecting a condition that adversely affects a propagation of electromagnetic waves generated by the waveguide system on a surface of the wire, and adjusting characteristics of the electromagnetic waves generated by the waveguide system to reduce adverse effects caused by the condition. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Donald J Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2016-06-08 | 2017-12-19 | H04B3/00, G01R31/08, H02J13/00, H04B3/54, H04W72/04, H04L1/00, H04B3/52, G01R31/02, H04L25/00 | 15/176207 |
| 404 | 9847566 | Method and apparatus for adjusting a field of a signal to mitigate interference | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a system that performs operations including detecting a signal degradation of guided electromagnetic waves bound to a transmission medium without utilizing an electrical return path, the guided electromagnetic waves having a non-optical frequency range, and adjusting an alignment of at least a portion of fields of the guided electromagnetic waves to mitigate the signal degradation. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Donald J Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2015-07-14 | 2017-12-19 | H01P3/10, H04B3/52, H01P1/22, H04B3/56 | 14/799275 |
| 405 | 9846915 | Image capture system for property damage assessment | A system for capturing property damage images includes an imaging device and a knowledge base of property damage incident types. The knowledge base also includes, for each category, one or more image acquisition parameters that are associated with the category. A processor receives a property damage incident type for a property damage claim that is associated with a property that reportedly experienced an incident, retrieves from the knowledge base one or more image acquisition parameters that are associated with the received incident type, and uses the one or more applicable image acquisition parameters to automatically cause the imaging device to capture digital images of the property using the retrieved one or more image acquisition parameters. | Richard L. Howe (Webster, NY), Valerie J. Raburn (South Haven, MI), Edgar A. Bernal (Webster, NY), Matthew Adam Shreve (Webster, NY), Peter Paul (Penfield, NY), Pramod Sankar Kompalli (Telangana, IN) | Conduent Business Services, Llc (Dallas, TX) | 2016-03-24 | 2017-12-19 | G06K9/46, G06Q40/08, G06K9/62, G06T7/00, G06Q30/02 | 15/079144 |
| 406 | 9846429 | Systems and methods for target tracking | The present invention provides systems, methods, and devices related to target tracking by UAVs. The UAV may be configured to receive target information from a control terminal related to a target to be tracked by an imaging device coupled to the UAV. The target information may be used by the UAV to automatically track the target so as to maintain predetermined position and/or size of the target within one or more images captured by the imaging device. The control terminal may be configured to display images from the imaging device as well as allowing user input related to the target information. | Bo Zang (Shenzhen, CN) | Sz Dji Technology Co., Ltd. (Shenzhen, CN) | 2016-06-14 | 2017-12-19 | G05D1/12, G05D1/10, B64C39/02, G08G5/00, G06K9/00, G05D1/00, G06F3/0488, B64D47/08 | 15/182553 |
| 407 | 9845153 | In-situ power charging | A device includes a propulsion unit configured to move the device and a steering unit configured to control the direction of the device. The device also includes a power unit configured to provide power to the propulsion unit and a charging unit configured to use an electric field to provide electrical power to the power unit. The device further includes a first magnetic sensor configured to determine a vector of one or more magnetic fields and a processor communicatively coupled to the propulsion unit, the steering unit, the power unit, and the magnetic sensor. The processor is configured to receive, from the magnetic sensor, a time-varying signal indicative of a magnetic field and determine, based on the time-varying signal, that the magnetic field is associated with an electrical power transmission line. The processor is further configured to cause the steering unit to direct the device toward the electrical power transmission line. | Stephen M. Sekelsky (Princeton, NJ) | Lockheed Martin Corporation (Bethesda, MD) | 2016-01-21 | 2017-12-19 | B64C39/02, G01R33/032, B60L11/18, G05D1/08, H02J7/02, G05D1/02, G05D1/10, G01C21/20, G01R1/067, G01R31/02, G01R31/08 | 15/003088 |
| 408 | 9840326 | Unmanned aircraft systems for firefighting | A firefighting aircraft adapted for use in an unmanned aircraft system includes a storage tank for firefighting fluid, having a plurality of filling ports spaced from one another. A probe carries a conduit that is in fluid communication with the storage tank. The conduit receives water from a body of water overflown by the aircraft. A filling system for controls the flow of water to and from the storage tank, and includes a remotely and automatically operable valve respectively associated with each filling port. A control system is in communication with each valve, and is operative to command the position of each valve to regulate the flow of fluid through each filling port. A baffle may be further provided internal to the storage tank at least partially defining a first chamber within the tank. The baffle may include one or more baffles, and be provided substantially vertically, horizontally, parallel with or transverse to a longitudinal axis of the aircraft, or otherwise, and is operative to contain water entering the tank through the filling port, substantially filling the first chamber before filing any other portion of the storage tank. | John S. Stupakis (Hewitt, NJ) | Boxair Engineering, Llc (Hewitt, NJ) | 2013-06-18 | 2017-12-12 | A62C25/00, B64C39/02, A62C3/02, B64D1/16 | 13/920593 |
| 409 | 9838896 | Method and apparatus for assessing network coverage | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a coverage assessment system operable to receive, via a network, coverage parameter data from a user device, where the coverage parameter data includes location data generated by the user device. The coverage assessment system is further operable to generate coverage assessment data based on the coverage parameter data. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Donald J. Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ), Robert Bennett (Southold, NY) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2016-12-09 | 2017-12-05 | H04W16/24, H04W64/00, H04B17/318, H04W24/08, H04W4/02 | 15/373695 |
| 410 | 9838078 | Method and apparatus for exchanging communication signals | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving, by each of a plurality of receivers, one of a plurality of electromagnetic waves, each electromagnetic wave of the plurality of electromagnetic waves guided by a different one of a plurality of twin-lead transmission lines, each twin-lead transmission line sharing a wire, and each electromagnetic wave of the plurality of electromagnetic waves including a different one of a plurality of communication signals, and obtaining, by each of the plurality of receivers, one of the plurality of communication signals. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Donald J Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2016-08-29 | 2017-12-05 | H04B3/00, H04B3/54, H04B3/50, H04B3/52 | 15/250345 |
| 411 | 9836065 | Distributed airborne transportation system | Embodiments of the present invention provide an alternative distributed airborne transportation system. In some embodiments, a method for distributed airborne transportation includes: providing an airborne vehicle with a wing and a wing span, having capacity to carry one or more of passengers or cargo, landing of the airborne vehicle near one or more of passengers or cargo and loading at least one of passengers or cargo, taking-off and determining a flight direction for the airborne vehicle, locating at least one other airborne vehicle, which has substantially the same flight direction, and joining at least one other airborne vehicle in flight formation and forming a fleet, in which airborne vehicles fly with the same speed and direction and in which adjacent airborne vehicles are separated by distance of less than 100 wing spans. | Sergey V. Frolov (New Providence, NJ), John Peter Moussouris (Palo Alto, CA), Michael Cyrus (Castle Rock, CO) | Sunlight Photonics Inc. (Edison, NJ) | 2017-01-09 | 2017-12-05 | G05D1/10, G05D1/06, G08G7/02, G08G5/00, B64D1/02, G08G5/02, G08G5/06, B64C3/56, B64C29/00, B64C39/02, B64C37/02, G05D1/02, G05D1/00, G08G5/04 | 15/401893 |
| 412 | 9834307 | High altitude, long endurance, unmanned aircraft and methods of operation thereof | Embodiments include one or more high altitude, long endurance (HALE) unmanned aircraft capable of persistent station-keeping having one or more electromagnetic (IR/Visual/RF) sensor elements or suites for purposes of survey and/or signal gathering. Embodiments include one or more high altitude, long endurance (HALE) unmanned aircraft capable of persistent station-keeping having a directable laser. Embodiments include a group of four or more high altitude, long endurance (HALE) unmanned aircraft configured as GPS repeaters. | Edward Oscar Rios (Colorado Springs, CO) | Aerovironment, Inc. (Simi Valley, CA) | 2016-03-28 | 2017-12-05 | B64C39/02, G01C21/00, B64D47/00, B64D43/00, G05D1/00, G01S19/11, G01S19/21, G05D1/10 | 15/082983 |
| 413 | 9831912 | Directional coupling device and methods for use therewith | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a coupling device including a first antenna that radiates a first RF signal conveying first data, and a second antenna that radiates a second RF signal conveying the first data from the at least one transmitting device. The first RF signal and second RF signal form a combined RF signal that is bound by an outer surface of a transmission medium to propagate as a guided electromagnetic wave substantially in a single longitudinal direction along the transmission medium. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Donald J Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, Lp (Atlanta, GA) | 2016-03-15 | 2017-11-28 | H01P3/10, H04B7/01, H04B3/36, H04B3/52, H04B3/50, H04B3/56, H04B7/06, H04B7/04, H02J13/00, H01Q21/29 | 15/070072 |
| 414 | 9820146 | Method and apparatus for authentication and identity management of communicating devices | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving, from a second waveguide system, electromagnetic waves at a physical interface of a transmission medium that propagate without utilizing an electrical return path where the electromagnetic waves are guided by the transmission medium and where the electromagnetic waves have a non-optical frequency range, and authenticating the second waveguide system according to an authentication protocol based on authentication information contained in the electromagnetic waves. Other embodiments are disclosed. | David Gross (South River, NJ), Joshua Lackey (Lake Stevens, WA), Donald E. Levy (Holmdel, NJ), Roger Piqueras Jover (New York, NY), Jayaraman Ramachandran (Plainsboro, NJ), Cristina Serban (Middletown, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2015-06-12 | 2017-11-14 | H04L29/06, H04W12/06, H04B3/52 | 14/737983 |
| 415 | 9810789 | Unoccupied flying vehicle (UFV) location assurance | Disclosed herein are example embodiments for unoccupied flying vehicle (UFV) location assurance. for certain example embodiments, at least one machine, such as a UFV, may: (i) obtain one or more satellite positioning system (SPS) coordinates corresponding to at least an apparent location of at least one UFV, or (ii) perform at least one analysis that uses at least one or more SPS coordinates and at least one assurance token. However, claimed subject matter is not limited to any particular described embodiments, implementations, examples, or so forth. | Royce A. Levien (Lexington, MA), Robert W. Lord (Seattle, WA), Richard T. Lord (Tacoma, WA), Mark A. Malamud (Seattle, WA), John D. Rinaldo, Jr. (Bellevue, WA), Lowell L. Wood, Jr. (Bellevue, WA) | Elwha Llc (Bellevue, WA) | 2013-09-30 | 2017-11-07 | G01S19/42, G08G5/00, G05D1/00, G01C21/00, G01S19/21, B64C39/02, G01S19/14, G01S19/39, G05D1/10, H04L29/06, B64C33/00, F41H11/02 | 14/042302 |
| 416 | 9806818 | Node device, repeater and methods for use therewith | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a node device includes an interface configured to receive first signals. A plurality of coupling devices are configured to launch the first signals on a transmission medium as a plurality of first guided electromagnetic waves at corresponding plurality of non-optical carrier frequencies, wherein the plurality of first guided electromagnetic waves are bound to a physical structure of the transmission medium. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Donald J Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, Lp (Atlanta, GA) | 2016-04-11 | 2017-10-31 | H04B3/58, H04B3/52, H04B14/02, H04B10/29, H01P5/12, H04B3/56, H04B3/54, H02J13/00 | 15/095195 |
| 417 | 9805238 | System for identifying and controlling unmanned aerial vehicles | A beacon for attachment to an unmanned aerial vehicle that provides information needed to identify the owner of a particular unmanned vehicle. The beacon may also include a remote communications module configured to participate on wireless communications networks and a beacon control system configured to issue commands compatible with the unmanned aerial vehicle. The beacon may further a beacon control system configured to translate multiple types of commands from different controls systems into commands compatible with the unmanned aerial vehicle. | John Mansfield Falk (Alexandria, VA), Mark Anthony Sullivan (Alexandria, VA) | Vigilent Inc. (Tysons Corner, VA) | 2016-07-11 | 2017-10-31 | G06F17/00, G06K7/10, G06K7/14 | 15/206671 |
| 418 | 9804293 | UAVs for the detection and tracking of intense tornadoes | A method for detecting tornadogenesis in a mesocyclone, and to monitor and track intense tornadic mesocyclones. The method includes flying a UAV above the mesocyclone for an extended period of time and detecting transition to tornadic stage. This further intensification is indicated by transition in a core structure of the mesocyclone to include the presence of an eye. The UAV can be a Global Hawk aircraft and can include a number of sensors and detectors, such as an imaging camera for providing imaging data of the mesocyclone-core structure, an infrared detector for detecting changes in heat in the mesocyclone-core structure, a radar detector for detecting wind magnitudes and direction in the mesocyclone-core structure, dropsonde sensors for measuring temperature, pressure, relative humidity and wind direction in the mesocyclone-core structure, etc. The UAV can relay the storm parameter data to a satellite for subsequent downlinking to receiving stations at the Earth's surface. | Francis E. Fendell (Los Angeles, CA) | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation (Falls Church, VA) | 2016-04-13 | 2017-10-31 | G01W1/06, H04N5/225, B64C39/02, G01W1/08 | 15/098061 |
| 419 | 9800327 | Apparatus for controlling operations of a communication device and methods thereof | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a transmission system having a coupling device, a bypass circuit, a memory and a processor. The coupling device can facilitate transmission or reception of electromagnetic waves that propagate along a surface of a transmission medium. The memory can store instructions, which when executed by the processor, causes the processor to perform operations including restarting a timer to prevent the bypass circuit from disabling the transmission or reception of electromagnetic waves by the coupling device. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Robert Bennett (Southhold, NY), Donald J Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2014-11-20 | 2017-10-24 | G01R31/00, H04B3/56, H04B10/038, H04L1/00, H04W24/04, H01Q1/46, H02J13/00 | 14/548494 |
| 420 | 9794003 | Quasi-optical coupler | A quasi-optical coupling system launches and extracts surface wave communication transmissions from a wire. At millimeter-wave frequencies, where the wavelength is small compared to the macroscopic size of the equipment, the millimeter-wave transmissions can be transported from one place to another and diverted via lenses and reflectors, much like visible light. Transmitters and receivers can be positioned near telephone and power lines and reflectors placed on or near the cables can reflect transmissions onto or off of the cables. The lenses on the transmitters are focused, and the reflectors positioned such that the reflected transmissions are guided waves on the surface of the cables. The reflectors can be polarization sensitive, where one or more of a set of guided wave modes can be reflected off the wire based on the polarization of the guided wave modes and polarization and orientation of the reflector. | Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Donald J Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2016-06-08 | 2017-10-17 | H04B10/00, H01Q19/10, H04B3/56, H04B3/54, H04B3/52, H01Q13/26, H01Q1/46, H04B10/50, H04B10/80 | 15/176247 |
| 421 | 9793955 | Passive electrical coupling device and methods for use therewith | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a coupling device includes a circuit that receives a signal. At least one passive electrical circuit element generates an electromagnetic field in response to the signal. A portion of the electromagnetic field is guided by a surface of a transmission medium to propagate as a guided electromagnetic wave longitudinally along the transmission medium. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Donald J Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, Lp (Atlanta, GA) | 2016-03-17 | 2017-10-17 | H04B3/52, H04B5/00, H04L25/02, H04B3/56, H01P1/00, G01R31/00, H02J13/00 | 15/072449 |
| 422 | 9793954 | Magnetic coupling device and methods for use therewith | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a coupling device including a receiving portion that receives a radio frequency signal conveying data from a transmitting device. A magnetic coupler magnetically couples the radio frequency signal to a transmission medium as a guided electromagnetic wave that is bound by an outer surface of the transmission medium. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Donald J Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinto Falls, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2015-04-28 | 2017-10-17 | H04B3/56, H04B3/52, H01P7/06, H01P1/207, H01Q1/46, G01R31/00, H01P5/103, H02J13/00 | 14/697723 |
| 423 | 9793951 | Method and apparatus for launching a wave mode that mitigates interference | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a system that performs operations including detecting a signal degradation of electromagnetic waves guided by a transmission medium, and adjusting at least one phase of signal components of the electromagnetic waves to produce adjusted electromagnetic waves having a hybrid wave mode and a non-optical frequency range to mitigate the signal degradation. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Donald J Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2015-07-15 | 2017-10-17 | H04B1/04, H01P5/08, H04B3/54, H04B3/56 | 14/799615 |
| 424 | 9791859 | Method and system for controlling remotely piloted aircraft | Disclosed are a method and a system for modifying flight parameters of a remotely piloted aircraft. The remotely piloted aircraft includes a clock, at least one radio receiver and at least one radio transmitter for communicating with at least one radio transmitter of a ground station, via at least one radio communication network. The method includes analyzing a communication between the remotely piloted aircraft and the ground station, such as calculating the latency of the communication. The method also includes modifying at least one flight parameter based on the calculated latency and pre-loaded instructions. | Tero Heinonen (Jarvenpaa, FI), Atte Korhonen (Espoo, FI) | Sharper Shape Oy (Espoo, FI) | 2016-04-22 | 2017-10-17 | G05D1/00 | 15/136276 |
| 425 | 9788326 | Backhaul link for distributed antenna system | A distributed antenna and backhaul system provide network connectivity for a small cell deployment. Rather than building new structures, and installing additional fiber and cable, embodiments described herein disclose using high-bandwidth, millimeter-wave communications and existing power line infrastructure. Above ground backhaul connections via power lines and line-of-sight millimeter-wave band signals as well as underground backhaul connections via buried electrical conduits can provide connectivity to the distributed base stations. An overhead millimeter-wave system can also be used to provide backhaul connectivity. Modules can be placed onto existing infrastructure, such as streetlights and utility poles, and the modules can contain base stations and antennas to transmit the millimeter-waves to and from other modules. | Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Donald J Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), George Blandino (Bridgewater, NJ), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2016-05-17 | 2017-10-10 | H04M9/00, H04W72/04, H04B3/54, H04B3/38, H04L29/06, H04W24/02, H04B3/52, H04W36/22, H04B3/56, H04B10/2575, H04W16/26, H04B7/04, H02J13/00, H04W84/04 | 15/156465 |
| 426 | 9787412 | Methods and apparatus for inducing a fundamental wave mode on a transmission medium | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a system for generating electromagnetic waves having a fundamental wave mode, and directing the electromagnetic waves to an interface of a transmission medium for guiding propagation of the electromagnetic waves. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Donald J Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2016-06-07 | 2017-10-10 | H04B10/90, H01Q13/22, H04B3/52, H04W72/04, H04B3/56 | 15/175111 |
| 427 | 9784615 | Adjustment for irregular sensor movement during spectral imaging | Systems for adjusting for irregular movement during spectral imaging are provided herein. Exemplary systems include: a spectrograph measuring a plurality of spectrographic data sets, a camera capturing images, a processor communicatively coupled to the spectrograph and the camera, and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor to perform a method comprising: receiving a plurality of spectrographs for a series of respective locations and the images corresponding to the respective locations, generating a continuous image using the images, identifying a respective corresponding position in the continuous image for each spectrograph, such that each spectrograph is a measurement of the respective position, and associating each spectrograph with the respective position. | Guocai Shu (Pleasanton, CA), Shu Zhang (Fremont, CA), William Yang (Fremont, CA) | Bayspec, Inc. (San Jose, CA) | 2016-11-28 | 2017-10-10 | G01J3/02, G01J3/28 | 15/362108 |
| 428 | 9780834 | Method and apparatus for transmitting electromagnetic waves | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, an apparatus including a waveguide, an antenna, and a transmitter. The transmitter can facilitate transmission of first electromagnetic waves via the antenna, the first electromagnetic waves having a fundamental mode. The waveguide can facilitate propagation of the first electromagnetic waves at least in part on a surface of the waveguide. The waveguide can be positioned at a location that enables the first electromagnetic waves to induce second electromagnetic waves having fundamental and non-fundamental modes that propagate on a surface of a transmission medium. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Robert Bennett (Southhold, NY), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Donald J Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2014-10-21 | 2017-10-03 | H04B3/36, H04B3/52, H04W16/26, H01Q1/46, H04B3/56 | 14/519343 |
| 429 | 9776716 | Unoccupied flying vehicle (UFV) inter-vehicle communication for hazard handling | Disclosed herein are example embodiments for unoccupied flying vehicle (UFV) inter-vehicle communication for hazard handling. for certain example embodiments, at least one machine may: (i) receive one or more flight attributes from a remote UFV, with the one or more flight attributes indicative of one or more flight capabilities of the remote UFV, or (ii) adjust a flight path of a UFV based at least partially on one or more flight attributes received from a remote UFV. However, claimed subject matter is not limited to any particular described embodiments, implementations, examples, or so forth. | Royce A. Levien (Lexington, MA), Robert W. Lord (Seattle, WA), Richard T. Lord (Tacoma, WA), Mark A. Malamud (Seattle, WA), John D. Rinaldo, Jr. (Bellevue, WA), Lowell L. Wood, Jr. (Bellevue, WA) | Elwah Llc (Bellevue, WA) | 2012-12-20 | 2017-10-03 | G06F17/10, B64C39/02, G05D1/10, G08G1/16, G06G7/78 | 13/722874 |
| 430 | 9769128 | Method and apparatus for encryption of communications over a network | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, determining whether communications are encrypted, determining a communication type for the communications according to sensitivity criteria, encrypting the communications according to the communication type to generate encrypted communications, and transmitting to a second network device the encrypted communications. Other embodiments are disclosed. | David Gross (South River, NJ), Joshua Lackey (Lake Stevens, WA), Donald E. Levy (Holmdel, NJ), Roger Piqueras Jover (New York, NY), Jayaraman Ramachandran (Plainsboro, NJ), Cristina Serban (Middletown, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2015-09-28 | 2017-09-19 | H04L29/06, H04B3/56, H04L9/00, H04W72/04, H04W88/08, H04B3/54 | 14/867338 |
| 431 | 9769020 | Method and apparatus for responding to events affecting communications in a communication network | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a waveguide system for determining an event associated with a mode of transmitting or receiving electromagnetic waves on a surface of a transmission medium, identifying according to the event an updated mode for transmitting or receiving adjusted electromagnetic waves on the surface of a transmission medium, and transmitting or receiving the adjusted electromagnetic waves based on the updated mode. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Robert Bennett (Southhold, NY), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Donald J Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2014-10-21 | 2017-09-19 | H04B3/54, H04L12/24, G01R31/08, H04B3/46, H04B3/52, G01R31/02, H04W24/02, H04B3/06 | 14/519373 |
| 432 | 9768833 | Method and apparatus for sensing a condition in a transmission medium of electromagnetic waves | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device that facilitates transmitting electromagnetic waves along a surface of a wire that facilitates delivery of electric energy to devices, and sensing a condition that is adverse to the electromagnetic waves propagating along the surface of the wire. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Mitchell Harvey Fuchs (Toms River, NJ), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2014-09-15 | 2017-09-19 | H04B3/00, H04Q9/00, H01Q1/46, H04B3/54, G08C23/06, H04B3/58, H01P5/12, H01P3/16, H04B3/56 | 14/486268 |
| 433 | 9762289 | Method and apparatus for transmitting or receiving signals in a transportation system | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a system for transmitting first electromagnetic waves that propagate on a surface of a component of a transit system, and receiving second electromagnetic waves that propagate on the surface of the component of the transit system. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Robert Bennett (Southhold, NY), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Donald J Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2014-10-14 | 2017-09-12 | H04B7/00, H01Q1/46, H04B3/54, H01Q13/20, H04B5/00, B61L27/00 | 14/513550 |
| 434 | 9759200 | Wind tower and wind farm inspections via unmanned aircraft systems | An unmanned aircraft system (UAS) to inspect equipment and a method of inspecting equipment with the UAS are described. The UAS includes a scanner to obtain images of the equipment and a memory device to store information for the UAS. The UAS also includes a processor to determine a real-time flight path based on the images and the stored information, and a camera mounted on the UAS to obtain camera images of the equipment as the UAS traverses the real-time flight path. | David Glenn Craft (Fountain Inn, SC), Christopher Edward Thompson (Greenville, SC) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, NY) | 2014-07-18 | 2017-09-12 | H04N13/02, H04N7/18, F03D17/00 | 14/335115 |
| 435 | 9754498 | Follow-me system for unmanned aircraft vehicles | A system for navigating an aircraft includes a first aircraft with a first communication unit and a second aircraft with a second communication unit. The first aircraft is adapted for determining coordinates of a position of a waypoint. The first communication unit is adapted to transmit the coordinates of the position of the waypoint to the second communication unit. The second aircraft is adapted to navigate to the position of the waypoint. Several waypoints can be provided in this manner such that a flight trajectory is established along which the second aircraft may follow the first aircraft. In addition, the second aircraft may be adapted to follow the first aircraft based on a received identification signal. In certain embodiments, the system can be used such that the second aircraft can follow the first aircraft in case of a failure of systems of the second aircraft. | Joy Bousquet (Gaimersheim, DE), Thomas Vitte (Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm, DE) | Airbus Defence and Space Gmbh (Munich, DE) | 2015-09-04 | 2017-09-05 | G08G5/00, G05D1/10 | 14/846602 |
| 436 | 9754496 | System and method for management of airspace for unmanned aircraft | A system and method for management of airspace for unmanned aircraft is disclosed. The system and method comprises administration of the airspace including designation of flyways and zones with reference to features in the region. The system and method comprises administration of aircraft including registration of aircraft and mission. A monitoring system tracks conditions and aircraft traffic in the airspace. Aircraft may be configured to transact with the management system including to obtain rights/priority by license and to operate in the airspace under direction of the system. The system and aircraft may be configured for dynamic transactions (e.g. licensing/routing) . The system will set rates for licenses and use/access to the airspace and aircraft will be billed/pay for use/access of the airspace at rates using data from data sources. | Alistair K. Chan (Bainbridge Island, WA), Jesse R. Cheatham, III (Seattle, WA), William David Duncan (Mill Creek, WA), Eun Young Hwang (San Francisco, CA), Roderick A. Hyde (Redmond, WA), Tony S. Pan (Bellevue, WA), Clarence T. Tegreene (Mercer Island, WA), Victoria Y. H. Wood (Livermore, CA) | Elwha Llc (N/A) | 2014-09-30 | 2017-09-05 | G08G5/00, G05D1/00, G08G5/04, B64C39/02 | 14/501302 |
| 437 | 9749083 | Transmission device with mode division multiplexing and methods for use therewith | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a transmission device that includes at least one transceiver configured to modulate data to generate a plurality of first electromagnetic waves. A plurality of couplers are configured to couple at least a portion of the plurality of first electromagnetic waves to a transmission medium, wherein the plurality of couplers generate a plurality of mode division multiplexed second electromagnetic waves that propagate along the outer surface of the transmission medium. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Donald J. Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2016-11-29 | 2017-08-29 | H04B3/36, H01Q1/46, H04B3/52, H04J14/04, H04B10/2581, H04B10/40, H04B1/40 | 15/364020 |
| 438 | 9749053 | Node device, repeater and methods for use therewith | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a node device includes an interface configured to receive first signals. A plurality of coupling devices are configured to launch the first signals on a transmission medium as a plurality of first guided electromagnetic waves at corresponding plurality of non-optical carrier frequencies, wherein the plurality of first guided electromagnetic waves are bound to a physical structure of the transmission medium. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Donald J Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2015-07-23 | 2017-08-29 | H04B3/58, H04B14/02, H04B3/52, H04B10/29, H01P5/12, H04B3/56, H04B3/54, H02J13/00 | 14/807197 |
| 439 | 9749013 | Method and apparatus for reducing attenuation of electromagnetic waves guided by a transmission medium | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, identifying a device coupled to a transmission medium that obstructs a propagation of guided electromagnetic waves propagating on an outer surface of the transmission medium when the device is subjected to a liquid, and applying a material to a portion of the device to mitigate the obstruction. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Donald J Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2015-03-17 | 2017-08-29 | H04B3/54, H04B3/56, H04B3/52 | 14/659794 |
| 440 | 9748626 | Plurality of cables having different cross-sectional shapes which are bundled together to form a transmission medium | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a transmission medium for propagating electromagnetic waves. The transmission medium can include a plurality of cores for selectively guiding an electromagnetic wave of a plurality of electromagnetic waves longitudinally along each core, and a shell surrounding at least a portion of each core for reducing exposure of the electromagnetic wave of each core. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), William Scott Taylor (Norcross, GA), Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Donald J. Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2015-05-14 | 2017-08-29 | H01P3/16, H04B3/52, H04B3/32, H04B3/54, H01P3/10, H04B3/56 | 14/712014 |
| 441 | 9747809 | Automated hazard handling routine activation | Disclosed herein are example embodiments for automated hazard handling routine activation. for certain example embodiments, at least one machine, such as an unoccupied flying vehicle (UFV) , may: (i) detect at least one motivation to activate at least one automated hazard handling routine of the UFV, or (ii) activate at least one automated hazard handling routine of the UFV based at least partially on at least one motivation. However, claimed subject matter is not limited to any particular described embodiments, implementations, examples, or so forth. | Royce A. Levien (Lexington, MA), Robert W. Lord (Seattle, WA), Richard T. Lord (Tacoma, WA), Mark A. Malamud (Seattle, WA), John D. Rinaldo, Jr. (Bellevue, WA), Lowell L. Wood, Jr. (Bellevue, WA) | Elwha Llc (Bellevue, WA) | 2012-12-31 | 2017-08-29 | G06F17/10, G08G5/04, G08G1/16, G06G7/78, G05D1/00, B64C39/02 | 13/731407 |
| 442 | 9742521 | Transmission device with mode division multiplexing and methods for use therewith | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a transmission device that includes at least one transceiver configured to modulate data to generate a plurality of first electromagnetic waves. A plurality of couplers are configured to couple at least a portion of the plurality of first electromagnetic waves to a transmission medium, wherein the plurality of couplers generate a plurality of mode division multiplexed second electromagnetic waves that propagate along the outer surface of the transmission medium. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Donald J. Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2016-11-14 | 2017-08-22 | H04B3/36, H04J14/04, H04B3/52, H04B10/2581, H01Q1/46, H04B1/40, H04B10/40 | 15/350709 |
| 443 | 9742462 | Transmission medium and communication interfaces and methods for use therewith | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a system for receiving first electromagnetic waves via a transmission medium without utilizing an electrical return path, and inducing second electromagnetic waves at an interface of the transmission medium without the electrical return path. In an embodiment, the first and second electromagnetic waves have a non-optical frequency range. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Donald J Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2015-06-09 | 2017-08-22 | H04B3/00, H04L12/28, H01P5/08, H01P3/16, H04B3/02, H04L25/00, H04B3/03, H04B3/56, H01Q13/02, H01Q3/26, H02J13/00 | 14/734063 |
| 444 | 9739570 | Gimbal-assisted radar detection system for unmanned aircraft system (UAS) | A gimbal-assisted continuous-wave (CW) Doppler radar detection system mountable to an unmanned aircraft system may be rotated in three degrees of freedom relative to the UAS to provide targeted multidirectional obstacle detection by transmitting CW signals throughout a field of view and analyzing reflected signals from obstacles within the field of view. The radar assembly may be articulated to provide track-ahead detection in anticipation of a heading or altitude change of the UAS, to center on a detected obstacle in order to classify or identify it more clearly. The radar assembly may be rotated below the UAS and its field of view changed to increase breadth and accuracy at a shorter effective range, in order to determine real-time altitude or terrain data while the UAS executes a landing. | Paul Beard (Bigfork, MT) | Uavionix Corporation (Palo Alto, CA) | 2017-05-03 | 2017-08-22 | F41G7/22, G01S13/72, G01S13/66, G01S7/41 | 15/585998 |
| 445 | 9735833 | Method and apparatus for communications management in a neighborhood network | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a network device of a neighborhood network that determines that data is directed to a group of recipient devices positioned in a service area of the neighborhood network, determines a second network device according to a neighborhood routing scheme that limits delivery of the data to recipient devices within the service area, and transmits the data. Other embodiments are disclosed. | David Gross (South River, NJ), Joshua Lackey (Lake Stevens, WA), Donald E. Levy (Holmdel, NJ), Roger Piqueras Jover (New York, NY), Jayaraman Ramachandran (Plainsboro, NJ), Cristina Serban (Middletown, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2015-07-31 | 2017-08-15 | H04L12/28, H04B3/54, H04W4/02, H04W48/18, H04B3/52, H04L29/08, H04L12/46 | 14/814800 |
| 446 | 9729197 | Method and apparatus for communicating network management traffic over a network | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, determining whether communications are encrypted, determining a communication type for the communications according to sensitivity criteria, encrypting the communications according to the communication type to generate encrypted communications, and transmitting to a second network device the encrypted communications. Other embodiments are disclosed. | David Gross (South River, NJ), Joshua Lackey (Lake Stevens, WA), Donald E. Levy (Holmdel, NJ), Roger Piqueras Jover (New York, NY), Jayaraman Ramachandran (Plainsboro, NJ), Cristina Serban (Middletown, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2015-10-01 | 2017-08-08 | H04B3/02, H01P3/16, H01P3/10, H01P3/12 | 14/872267 |
| 447 | 9722318 | Method and apparatus for coupling an antenna to a device | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, an antenna structure that includes a dielectric antenna comprising a dielectric feedline having a feed point, and a collar that facilitates aligning a port of a waveguide system to the feed point of the dielectric feedline for facilitating transmission or reception of electromagnetic waves exchanged between the port and the feed point of the dielectric feedline, the electromagnetic waves guided by the dielectric feedline without an electrical return path. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Aldo Adriazola (Branchburg, NJ), Mitchell Harvey Fuchs (Toms River, NJ), Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Donald J Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2015-10-16 | 2017-08-01 | H01Q13/00, H01P3/16, H01Q13/24, H01Q1/00 | 14/885463 |
| 448 | 9720078 | System and method for wide-area stratospheric surveillance | Methods and apparatuses for providing wide-area surveillance with a radar and/or other sensors from a stratospheric balloon launched from a land or ship platform for detection, tracking, and classification of maritime, land, and air objects such as ships, people/vehicles, or aircraft are described generally herein. In one or more embodiments, an apparatus is battery operated and includes a stratospheric balloon filled that is filled with helium when it is launched and a gondola with a radar system and communication equipment suspended therefrom. When launched, the apparatus can travel with the wind until it reaches an altitude of approximately 68,500 ft., then it can move substantially horizontally with the stratospheric winds until it returns to earth via a parachute. Multiple apparatus launches at periodic intervals can help provide continuous coverage of the surveillance area. The apparatus can be recovered and re-used or can be considered expendable. | Phillip A. Fox (Hertford, NC), Michael Scott Smith (Sulphur Springs, TX), George W. Moe (Columbia, MD), Joseph W. Maresca, Jr. (Sunnyvale, CA) | Raven Industries, Inc. (Sioux Falls, SD) | 2013-03-15 | 2017-08-01 | G01S13/95, G01S13/02, G01S13/89, G01S13/86 | 13/835574 |
| 449 | 9715236 | Forklift operation assist system | A forklift operation assist system includes a forklift truck having a load-handling device with a lifting portion, a small unmanned aerial vehicle that is mountable on the forklift truck and has an image capture device, and a display device that presents images captured by the image capture device. The forklift truck includes a vehicle controller that is electrically connected to the display device. The small unmanned aerial vehicle includes an aircraft controller that communicates with the vehicle controller. The small unmanned aerial vehicle takes off the forklift truck when a lifting operation of the lifting portion is detected. The display device presents the images captured by the image capture device while the aerial vehicle is flying. | Hiroyuki Fujimori (Aichi-ken, JP) | Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki (Kariya-shi, JP) | 2016-08-03 | 2017-07-25 | B64C39/00, B64D47/08, G05D1/00, B64C39/02, G05D1/10, B05D1/00 | 15/227574 |
| 450 | 9714090 | Aircraft for vertical take-off and landing | An aircraft for vertical take-off and landing includes an aircraft assembly which includes at least one first wing portion providing a lift force during a horizontal flight, at least one wing opening disposed on a vertical axis of the at least one first wing portion and at least one propeller-based thruster positioned inside the at least one wing opening to provide vertical thrust during a vertical flight. The aircraft assembly can further include air vents positioned inside at least one of the wing openings. The air vents can further include louvres positioned over or under the air vents to open and close the wing openings. The thruster can further be used to provide flight control for the aircraft. | Sergey V. Frolov (New Providence, NJ), Michael Cyrus (Castle Rock, CA), John Peter Moussouris (Palo Alto, CA) | Sunlight Photonics Inc. (Edison, NJ) | 2016-08-31 | 2017-07-25 | B64C29/00, B64C39/10, G08G5/02, G08G7/02, G08G5/00, B64C39/02, B64C3/56, B64C11/00, B64C37/02, G05D1/00, G05D1/02, G05D1/06, G05D1/10, G08G5/04 | 15/252297 |
| 451 | 9712350 | Transmission device with channel equalization and control and methods for use therewith | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a transmission device that includes at least one transceiver configured to modulate data to generate a plurality of first electromagnetic waves in accordance with channel control parameters. A plurality of couplers are configured to couple at least a portion of the plurality of first electromagnetic waves to a transmission medium, wherein the plurality of couplers generate a plurality of second electromagnetic waves that propagate along the outer surface of the transmission medium. A training controller is configured to generate the channel control parameters based on channel state information received from at least one remote transmission device. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Donald J Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2016-04-09 | 2017-07-18 | H04L25/03, H04B7/0413, H04B3/54, H04W72/04 | 15/095029 |
| 452 | 9709987 | Systems and methods for deactivating plant material outside of a growing region | A system for deactivating plant material outside of a growing region includes an emitter device configured to deactivate plant material, a sensor configured to remotely detect plant material outside of the growing region, and a controller configured to aim and activate the emitter device to deactivate the plant material in response to the plant material being detected by the sensor. | Roderick A. Hyde (Redmond, WA), Jordin T. Kare (Seattle, WA), Lowell L. Wood, Jr. (Bellevue, WA) | Elwha Llc (Bellevue, WA) | 2014-07-31 | 2017-07-18 | G05D1/00, A01M7/00, H01J40/14, G06K9/00, G05D1/02, A01G7/00, A01G1/00, G05B15/02, A01M21/04, F24J2/00, A01M21/02, G01N33/00 | 14/448746 |
| 453 | 9708059 | Compound wing vertical takeoff and landing small unmanned aircraft system | Systems, methods, and devices are provided that enable robust operations of a small unmanned aircraft system (sUAS) using a compound wing. The various embodiments may provide a sUAS with vertical takeoff and landing capability, long endurance, and the capability to operate in adverse environmental conditions. In the various embodiments a sUAS may include a fuselage and a compound wing comprising a fixed portion coupled to the fuselage, a wing lifting portion outboard of the fixed portion comprising a rigid cross member and a controllable articulating portion configured to rotate controllable through a range of motion from a horizontal position to a vertical position, and a freely rotating wing portion outboard of the wing lifting portion and configured to rotate freely based on wind forces incident on the freely rotating wing portion. | Michael J. Logan (Chesapeake, VA), Mark A. Motter (Williamsburg, VA), Richard Deloach (Hampton, VA), Thomas L. Vranas (Hampton, VA), Joseph M. Prendergast (Boulder, CO), Brittney N. Lipp (Playa Del Rey, CA) | The United States of America As Represented By The Adminstrator of The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, DC) | 2015-02-19 | 2017-07-18 | B64C39/00, B64C39/02, B64C15/00 | 14/625806 |
| 454 | 9705610 | Transmission device with impairment compensation and methods for use therewith | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a waveguide system that includes a transmission device having a coupler positioned with respect to a transmission medium to facilitate transmission or reception of electromagnetic waves that transport communications data. The electromagnetic waves propagate along an outer surface of the transmission medium. A training controller detects an impairment on the transmission medium adverse to the transmission or reception of the electromagnetic waves and adjusts the electromagnetic waves to reduce the effects of the impairment on the transmission medium. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2017-01-13 | 2017-07-11 | H04B15/02, H04B17/345, H01P5/02 | 15/405354 |
| 455 | 9705561 | Directional coupling device and methods for use therewith | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a coupling device including a first antenna that radiates a first RF signal conveying first data, and a second antenna that radiates a second RF signal conveying the first data from the at least one transmitting device. The first RF signal and second RF signal form a combined RF signal that is bound by an outer surface of a transmission medium to propagate as a guided electromagnetic wave substantially in a single longitudinal direction along the transmission medium. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Donald J Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2015-04-24 | 2017-07-11 | H01P3/10, H04B3/56, H04B3/36, H04B3/52, H04B7/06, H04B7/01, H04B7/04, H04B3/50, H02J13/00, H01Q21/29 | 14/695070 |
| 456 | 9704508 | Drone detection and classification methods and apparatus | A system, method, and apparatus for drone detection and classification are disclosed. An example method includes receiving a sound signal in a microphone and recording, via a sound card, a digital sound sample of the sound signal, the digital sound sample having a predetermined duration. The method also includes processing, via a processor, the digital sound sample into a feature frequency spectrum. The method further includes applying, via the processor, broad spectrum matching to compare the feature frequency spectrum to at least one drone sound signature stored in a database, the at least one drone sound signature corresponding to a flight characteristic of a drone model. The method moreover includes, conditioned on matching the feature frequency spectrum to one of the drone sound signatures, transmitting, via the processor, an alert. | Brian Hearing (Falls Church, VA), John Franklin (Washington, DC) | Droneshield, Llc (Herndon, VA) | 2015-11-24 | 2017-07-11 | G10L25/51, G01S3/80, G10L25/18, G10L25/54, G01S5/18, G10L19/00, G01H1/00, H04R29/00 | 14/950606 |
| 457 | 9699785 | Backhaul link for distributed antenna system | A distributed antenna and backhaul system provide network connectivity for a small cell deployment. Rather than building new structures, and installing additional fiber and cable, embodiments described herein disclose using high-bandwidth, millimeter-wave communications and existing power line infrastructure. Above ground backhaul connections via power lines and line-of-sight millimeter-wave band signals as well as underground backhaul connections via buried electrical conduits can provide connectivity to the distributed base stations. An overhead millimeter-wave system can also be used to provide backhaul connectivity. Modules can be placed onto existing infrastructure, such as streetlights and utility poles, and the modules can contain base stations and antennas to transmit the millimeter-waves to and from other modules. | Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Donald J Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), George Blandino (Bridgewater, NJ), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2015-07-01 | 2017-07-04 | H04M9/00, H04W24/02, H04B3/54, H04W72/04, H04B3/52, H04L29/06, H04W36/22, H04B3/56, H04B10/2575, H04W16/26, H04B7/04, H02J13/00, H04W84/04 | 14/788994 |
| 458 | 9698652 | Power generating windbags and waterbags | A method of using a bagged power generation system comprising windbags and water-bags for harnessing wind and water power to produce electricity to meet the escalating energy needs of mankind. Windbags integrated with aerodynamically shaped inflatable bodies filled with lighter-than-air gas: HAV, UAV, airplanes, enabling the apparatus to attain high altitude to capture and entrap high velocity wind. Water-bags integrated with hydrodynamic shaped bodies HUV, UUV, Submarine-boats, enabling the apparatus to dive, capture and entrap swift moving tidal-currents. Attached tether-lines pulling on the rotating reel-drums and generators to produce electricity. Active control surfaces, turbo-fans, propellers provide precision control of the apparatus. A system configured to maximize fluids capture, retention and optimized extraction of its kinetic energy. An extremely scalable and environmentally friendly method, system, apparatus, equipment and techniques configured to produce renewable green energy with high productivity and efficiency. | Yik Hei Sia (Johor Bahru, MY) | --- | 2016-09-20 | 2017-07-04 | F03B13/00, H02K7/18, F03B17/06, F03D9/25, F03D15/10, F03D5/02, H02K7/06, H02P9/04, F03D5/00, F03D9/00 | 15/270500 |
| 459 | 9697850 | Drone detection and classification methods and apparatus | A system, method, and apparatus for drone detection and classification are disclosed. An example method includes receiving a sound signal in a microphone and recording, via a sound card, a digital sound sample of the sound signal, the digital sound sample having a predetermined duration. The method also includes processing, via a processor, the digital sound sample into a feature frequency spectrum. The method further includes applying, via the processor, broad spectrum matching to compare the feature frequency spectrum to at least one drone sound signature stored in a database, the at least one drone sound signature corresponding to a flight characteristic of a drone model. The method moreover includes, conditioned on matching the feature frequency spectrum to one of the drone sound signatures, transmitting, via the processor, an alert. | Brian Hearing (Falls Church, VA), John Franklin (Washington, DC) | Droneshield, Llc (Herndon, VA) | 2015-11-24 | 2017-07-04 | G10L25/51, G01H1/00, G10L19/00, H04R29/00, G10L25/54, G10L25/18, G01S3/80, G01S5/18 | 14/950593 |
| 460 | 9696404 | Real-time camera tracking system using optical flow feature points | A new apparatus and method for tracking a moving object with a moving camera provides a real-time, narrow field-of-view, high resolution and on target image by combining commanded motion with an optical flow algorithm for deriving motion and classifying background. Commanded motion means that movement of the pan, tilt and zoom (PTZ) unit is ''commanded'' by a computer, instead of being observed by the camera, so that the pan, tilt and zoom parameters are known, as opposed to having to be determined, significantly reducing the computational requirements for tracking a moving object. The present invention provides a single camera pan and tilt system where the known pan and tilt rotations are used to calculate predicted optical flow points in sequential images, so that resulting apparent movement can be subtracted from the movement determined by an optical flow algorithm to determine actual movement, following by use of a Kalman filter algorithm to predict subsequent locations of a determined moving object and command the pan and tilt unit to point the camera in that direction. | Daniel D. Doyle (Wyoming, MI), Alan L. Jennings (Sahuarita, AZ), Jonathan T. Black (Blacksburg, VA) | The United States of America As Represented By The Secretary of The Air Force (Washington, DC) | 2015-05-06 | 2017-07-04 | H04N5/225, H04N5/232, G01S3/786 | 14/705922 |
| 461 | 9692101 | Guided wave couplers for coupling electromagnetic waves between a waveguide surface and a surface of a wire | A dielectric waveguide coupling system for launching and extracting guided wave communication transmissions from a wire. At millimeter-wave frequencies, wherein the wavelength is small compared to the macroscopic size of the equipment, transmissions can propagate as guided waves guided by a strip of dielectric material. Unlike conventional waveguides, the electromagnetic field associated with the dielectric waveguide is primarily outside of the waveguide. When this dielectric waveguide strip is brought into close proximity to a wire, the guided waves decouple from the dielectric waveguide and couple to the wire, and continue to propagate as guided waves about the surface of the wire. | Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Donald J Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2014-08-26 | 2017-06-27 | H01P5/08, H01P3/16, H01P5/103, H01P3/10, H04B3/52 | 14/469287 |
| 462 | 9691285 | Unmanned aerial vehicle communication, monitoring, and traffic management | A computer-implemented method of communicating with an unmanned aerial vehicle includes transmitting a first message via a communications transmitter of a lighting assembly for receipt by an unmanned aerial vehicle. The first message includes an identifier associated with the lighting assembly, and the lighting assembly is located within a proximity of a roadway. The method also includes receiving a second message from the unmanned aerial vehicle via a communications receiver of the lighting assembly. The second message includes an identifier associated with the unmanned aerial vehicle. The method further includes transmitting a third message via the communications transmitter of the lighting assembly for receipt by the unmanned aerial vehicle. The third message includes an indication of an altitude at which the unmanned aerial vehicle should fly. | John A. Jarrell (Tiburon, CA) | --- | 2016-03-11 | 2017-06-27 | G08G5/00, B64D47/06, B64F1/36, B64C39/02 | 15/067519 |
| 463 | 9689976 | Deterent for unmanned aerial systems | A system for providing integrated detection and countermeasures against unmanned aerial vehicles include a detecting element, an location determining element and an interdiction element. The detecting element detects an unmanned aerial vehicle in flight in the region of, or approaching, a property, place, event or very important person. The location determining element determines the exact location of the unmanned aerial vehicle. The interdiction element can either direct the unmanned aerial vehicle away from the property, place, event or very important person in a non-destructive manner, or can cause disable the unmanned aerial vehicle in a destructive manner. | Dwaine A. Parker (Naples, FL), Damon E. Stern (Riverview, FL), Lawrence S. Pierce (Huntsville, AL) | Xidrone Systems, Inc. (Naples, FL) | 2015-08-10 | 2017-06-27 | G01S13/86, G01S7/38, F41H13/00, G01S13/88, F41H11/02, G01S7/02, G01S13/42, G01S7/41, G01S3/782, G01S13/06, G01S13/91, G01S13/93 | 14/821907 |
| 464 | 9685992 | Circuit panel network and methods thereof | To provide network connectivity in a building using existing electrical wiring and circuitry, a circuit panel network system is provided to interface between a network connection and the electrical circuit. Traditional breakers on the electrical panel that provide overload circuit-protection devices can be replaced with circuit breaker devices that have transceivers and power line communication chipsets in addition to overload circuit-protection devices. A network interface unit that receives broadband network connectivity from a network demarcation point inside or outside the building can wirelessly transfer data to and from the circuit breaker devices, which then distribute the data over the electrical circuits via the power line communication chipsets on the circuit breaker devices. | Robert Bennett (Southhold, NY), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2014-10-03 | 2017-06-20 | H04B3/54, H04B5/00, H04L12/28 | 14/505580 |
| 465 | 9678507 | Autonomous infrastructure element survey systems and methods using UAV fleet deployment | An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) survey system and methods for surveying an area of interest are disclosed. The system can include a plurality of docking stations positioned at predetermined locations within the area of interest, each docking station comprising a platform to support a UAV while docked at the docking station, a battery charger, and a communications interface, a plurality of UAVs distributed among the plurality of docking stations, each UAV comprising a communications interface, and a system controller comprising a processor and transmitter communicatively coupled to the plurality of UAVs. | Jason Douglas (Tucson, AZ), Travis Alexander Woodrow (Tucson, AZ), Manu Singh (Tucson, AZ), Michael Aeko Balthazar (Tucson, AZ) | Latitude Engineering, Llc (Tucson, AZ) | 2015-06-25 | 2017-06-13 | G05D1/00, G05D1/10, G08G5/00 | 14/751072 |
| 466 | 9674711 | Surface-wave communications and methods thereof | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a system including a frequency mixer that combines a signal and a carrier wave to form a combined signal, and a transmitter that generates a transmission based on the combined signal. The system can also include a coupling device that emits the transmission as an electromagnetic wave guided by an outer surface of a transmission medium. The electromagnetic wave can propagate longitudinally along the surface of the transmission medium and at least partially around the surface of the transmission medium. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Donald J Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2016-09-01 | 2017-06-06 | H04B3/36, H04W16/26, H01Q1/46, H04B3/52, H04B5/00, H04B7/022, H04B3/54, H04B3/56, H02J5/00 | 15/254841 |
| 467 | 9672748 | Deep stall aircraft landing | An aircraft defining an upright orientation and an inverted orientation, a ground station, and a control system for remotely controlling the flight of the aircraft. The ground station has an auto-land function that causes the aircraft to invert, stall, and controllably land in the inverted orientation to protect a payload and a rudder extending down from the aircraft. In the upright orientation, the ground station depicts the view from a first aircraft camera. When switching to the inverted orientation: (1) the ground station depicts the view from a second aircraft camera, (2) the aircraft switches the colors of red and green wing lights, extends the ailerons to act as inverted flaps, and (3) the control system adapts a ground station controller for the inverted orientation. The aircraft landing gear is an expanded polypropylene pad located above the wing when the aircraft is in the upright orientation. | Christopher E. Fisher (Simi Valley, CA), Thomas Robert Szarek (Oak Park, CA), Justin B. McAllister (Simi Valley, CA), Pavel Belik (Simi Valley, CA) | Aerovironment, Inc. (Simi Valley, CA) | 2015-11-09 | 2017-06-06 | G08G5/02, G05D1/06, B64D31/00, B64C39/02, G05D1/00 | 14/936632 |
| 468 | 9669926 | Unoccupied flying vehicle (UFV) location confirmance | Disclosed herein are example embodiments for unoccupied flying vehicle (UFV) location confirmance. for certain example embodiments, at least one machine, such as a UFV, may: (i) obtain at least one indication of at least one location of a UFV, or (ii) attempt to counter at least one attack against a location determination for the UFV. However, claimed subject matter is not limited to any particular described embodiments, implementations, examples, or so forth. | Royce A. Levien (Lexington, MA), Robert W. Lord (Seattle, WA), Richard T. Lord (Tacoma, WA), Mark A. Malamud (Seattle, WA), John D. Rinaldo, Jr. (Bellevue, WA), Lowell L. Wood, Jr. (Bellevue, WA) | Elwha Llc (Bellevue, WA) | 2013-08-30 | 2017-06-06 | B64D45/00, G08G5/00, G01C21/00, B64C39/02, H04L29/06 | 14/015669 |
| 469 | 9667317 | Method and apparatus for providing security using network traffic adjustments | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, generating first traffic for transmitting along a network path to a recipient device and transmitting the first traffic along the network path to remove traffic patterns associated with a premises. Other embodiments are disclosed. | David Gross (South River, NJ), Joshua Lackey (Lake Stevens, WA), Donald E. Levy (Holmdel, NJ), Roger Piqueras Jover (New York, NY), Jayaraman Ramachandran (Plainsboro, NJ), Cristina Serban (Middletown, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2015-06-15 | 2017-05-30 | H04L27/00, H04L12/707, H04L29/06, H04W4/02, H04L29/08, H04L12/26, H04B3/54, H04W72/04, H01P3/00, H04B3/52 | 14/739025 |
| 470 | 9661505 | Surface-wave communications and methods thereof | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a system including a frequency mixer that combines a signal and a carrier wave to form a combined signal, and a transmitter that generates a transmission based on the combined signal. The system can also include a coupling device that emits the transmission as an electromagnetic wave guided by an outer surface of a transmission medium. The electromagnetic wave can propagate longitudinally along the surface of the transmission medium and at least partially around the surface of the transmission medium. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Donald J Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2016-06-07 | 2017-05-23 | H04B3/36, H04W16/26, H01Q1/46, H04B7/022, H04B5/00, H04B3/56, H04B3/54, H04B3/52, H02J5/00 | 15/175107 |
| 471 | 9654173 | Apparatus for powering a communication device and methods thereof | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a waveguide system for transmitting first electromagnetic waves via a coupler located in proximity to a transmission medium to generate second electromagnetic waves that propagate on an outer surface of the transmission medium, the transmission medium further providing a first power signal having a first operating frequency and a second power signal having a second operating frequency that differs from the first operating frequency. The waveguide system can further obtain energy from the first power signal for powering the waveguide system. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Donald J Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2014-11-20 | 2017-05-16 | H04B3/00, H04B3/56, H04B3/54, H04B3/52, H02J3/02 | 14/548468 |
| 472 | 9647748 | Global broadband antenna system | An antenna system for a vehicle. The antenna system includes at least one antenna, wherein each of the at least one antenna is configured to send signals to and receive signals from one or more non-geostationary satellites. Additionally, the antenna system includes at least one directional antenna, wherein each of the at least one directional antenna is configured to receive signals from one or more geostationary satellites. Furthermore, the at least one antenna and the at least one directional antenna are configured to be communicatively coupled to a computing device on-board the vehicle. | James P. Mitchell (Cedar Rapids, IA) | Rockwell Collins, Inc. (Cedar Rapids, IA) | 2013-02-25 | 2017-05-09 | H04B7/185 | 13/775725 |
| 473 | 9643722 | Drone device security system | A fact checking system utilizes social networking information and analyzes and determines the factual accuracy of information and/or characterizes the information by comparing the information with source information. The social networking fact checking system automatically monitors information, processes the information, fact checks the information and/or provides a status of the information, including automatically modifying a web page to include the fact check results. The fact checking system is able to be implemented utilizing a drone device. | Lucas J. Myslinski (Sunnyvale, CA) | --- | 2017-02-02 | 2017-05-09 | G01C23/00, G05D3/00, G06F7/00, G06F17/00, B64C39/02, G06Q50/00, G05D1/10, H04N5/77, G06T7/20, H04N7/18, G06K9/62, G06K9/00, G05D1/00 | 15/422642 |
| 474 | 9640850 | Methods and apparatus for inducing a non-fundamental wave mode on a transmission medium | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a system for generating first electromagnetic waves and directing instances of the first electromagnetic waves to an interface of a transmission medium to induce propagation of second electromagnetic waves having at least a dominant non-fundamental wave mode. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Donald J Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2015-06-25 | 2017-05-02 | H04L25/03, H01Q13/02, H01P3/127 | 14/750917 |
| 475 | 9628116 | Apparatus and methods for transmitting wireless signals | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, an antenna structure having a feed point for coupling to a dielectric core of a cable that propagates electromagnetic waves without an electrical return path, and a dielectric antenna, substantially or entirely devoid of conductive external surfaces, coupled to the feed point, the dielectric antenna facilitating receipt, at the feed point, the electromagnetic waves for propagating the electromagnetic waves to an aperture of the dielectric antenna for radiating a wireless signal. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Donald J Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2015-07-14 | 2017-04-18 | H04B1/04, H04B1/16, H01Q13/02, H01Q13/24, G06F3/033 | 14/799272 |
| 476 | 9627768 | Guided-wave transmission device with non-fundamental mode propagation and methods for use therewith | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a transmission device that includes a transmitter that generates a first electromagnetic wave to convey data. A coupler couples the first electromagnetic wave to a single wire transmission medium having an outer surface, to forming a second electromagnetic wave that is guided to propagate along the outer surface of the single wire transmission medium via at least one guided wave mode that includes an asymmetric or non-fundamental mode having a lower cutoff frequency. A carrier frequency of the second electromagnetic wave is selected to be within a limited range of the lower cutoff frequency, so that a majority of the electric field is concentrated within a distance from the outer surface that is less than half the largest cross sectional dimension of the single wire transmission medium, and/or to reduce propagation loss. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Robert Bennett (Southhold, NY), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Donald J Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2014-10-21 | 2017-04-18 | H04B10/00, H01P3/10, H04B3/54, H04B10/079, H04B10/2581, H04B10/2575, H01Q13/08, H04W88/08, H04J14/00 | 14/519487 |
| 477 | 9616998 | Unmanned aerial vehicle/unmanned aircraft system | An unmanned aerial vehicle/unmanned aircraft system including an airframe, a plurality of rotor assemblies respectively extending from a plurality of arms connected to said airframe, said rotor assemblies each having a rotor thereon with at least one rotor blade, a landing gear extending from said airframe, and a flight controller disposed on said airframe, wherein said flight controller receives instructions for unmanned aerial vehicle/unmanned aircraft system control. | John Robert Oakley (Golden, CO), David Scott Heath (Golden, CO) | Geotech Environmental Equipment, Inc. (Denver, CO) | 2014-06-11 | 2017-04-11 | B64C39/02, G05D1/02, G05D1/00 | 14/301681 |
| 478 | 9615269 | Method and apparatus that provides fault tolerance in a communication network | A system for detecting a fault in a first wire of a power grid that affects a transmission or reception of electromagnetic waves that transport data and that propagate along a surface of the first wire, selecting a backup communication medium from one or more backup communication mediums according to one or more selection criteria, and redirecting the data to the backup communication medium to circumvent the fault. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Robert Bennett (Southhold, NY), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Donald J Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2014-10-02 | 2017-04-04 | H04W24/04, H04B3/46, G01R31/08, H04L12/24, H04B3/58, H04B3/52, G01R31/02, H04B3/56, H04L12/707, H04W72/04 | 14/504773 |
| 479 | 9613534 | Systems and methods for creating a network cloud based system for supporting regional, national and international unmanned aircraft systems | Systems and methods for creating a network cloud based hierarchical architecture for supporting unmanned aircraft are disclosed. A system may include a higher level server, one or more lower level server in direct communication with the higher level server, and one or more control station in direct communication with the lower level server. Each control station may be configured to: control flight operations of an unmanned aircraft, acquire flight information and position information of the unmanned aircraft, and provide updates to the lower level server regarding the flight information and position information of the unmanned aircraft. Each lower level server may be configured to: process the flight information and position information received from the control station, and provide updates to the higher level server regarding the flight information and position information received from the control station. | George F. Elmasry (San Marcos, CA), Rolf Stefani (West River, MD), James Gary Cooper, Jr. (Annapolis, MD) | Rockwell Collins, Inc. (Cedar Rapids, IA) | 2015-05-28 | 2017-04-04 | G08G5/00, G05D1/00 | 14/724498 |
| 480 | 9612085 | Payload launch system and method | A payload launch system includes a launch tube, payload, rocket tube, pressurized motor assembly, and control system. The motor assembly has a launch actuator and an accumulator housing containing compressed gas. The accumulator housing defines a vent opening having a closure. The control system transmits an actuation signal to the actuator in response to a launch request signal to open the closure and cause a discharge of pressure into the launch tube. This causes the rocket tube to launch from the launch tube to a threshold altitude in a single gaseous thrust phase. A method includes deploying a launch system, transmitting a launch actuation signal to the launch actuator via a control system, and opening a closure to allow compressed gas to enter the launch tube, thereby launching the rocket tube from the launch tube to a threshold altitude in the single gaseous thrust phase. | David Powell (Sanford, FL), Earl Mark (Deleon Springs, FL), Keith Huber (Palm Coast, FL), Taylor Durrance (Daytona Beach, FL), Tanner Sizemore (Wildwood, FL), Charles M. Nowell, Jr. (Longwood, FL) | Sparton Corporation (Schaumburg, IL) | 2015-01-26 | 2017-04-04 | F41F3/07, F41F3/077 | 14/605397 |
| 481 | 9608740 | Method and apparatus for launching a wave mode that mitigates interference | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a system that performs operations including receiving electromagnetic waves on an outer surface of a transmission medium having a non-hybrid wave mode and a cutoff frequency, detecting a degradation of a signal quality of the electromagnetic waves, generating adjusted electromagnetic waves having a hybrid wave mode and a non-optical frequency range responsive to the detecting, and directing the adjusted electromagnetic waves having the hybrid wave mode and the non-optical frequency range to the outer surface of the transmission medium for guiding propagation of the adjusted electromagnetic waves without utilizing an electrical return path. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Donald J Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2015-07-15 | 2017-03-28 | H04B15/00, H01P3/10, H04B3/52 | 14/799611 |
| 482 | 9608692 | Repeater and methods for use therewith | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a repeater device having a first coupler to extract downstream channel signals from first guided electromagnetic waves bound to a transmission medium of a guided wave communication system. An amplifier amplifies the downstream channel signals to generate amplified downstream channel signals. A channel selection filter selects one or more of the amplified downstream channel signals to wirelessly transmit to the at least one client device via an antenna. A second coupler guides the amplified downstream channel signals to the transmission medium of the guided wave communication system to propagate as second guided electromagnetic waves. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Donald J Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2015-06-11 | 2017-03-28 | H04L7/027, H04B3/36, H04W88/08 | 14/736306 |
| 483 | 9598011 | Artificial vision system | One aspect of the present invention includes artificial vision system. The system includes an image system comprising a video source that is configured to capture sequential frames of image data of non-visible light and at least one processor configured as an image processing system. The image processing system includes a wavelet enhancement component configured to normalize each pixel of each of the sequential frames of image data and to decompose the normalized image data into a plurality of wavelet frequency bands. The image processing system also includes a video processor configured to convert the plurality of wavelet frequency bands in the sequential frames into respective visible color images. The system also includes a video display system configured to display the visible color images. | Bruce J. Schachter (Clarksville, MD), Dustin D. Baumgartner (Ellicott City, MD) | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation (Falls Church, VA) | 2014-01-09 | 2017-03-21 | H04N5/33, G06K9/62, B60R1/00, G06T5/00, G06T5/10 | 14/151569 |
| 484 | 9586684 | Rotary propeller drone with integrated power storage | An electrically powered unmanned aircraft system (UAS or drone) including a propeller including a core formed by battery material layers as a power source and integrated as a structural component of the drone. The battery material layers can be a graphene super capacitor or a nanopore battery structure. Power available from the integrated battery material layers can be used to power an electric motor included with the drone and operating to rotate the propeller. | David W. Carroll (Grantsburg, WI) | David W. Carroll (Grantsburg, WI) | 2015-02-26 | 2017-03-07 | B64D27/24, B64C39/02, B64C11/20, B64D35/02 | 14/632106 |
| 485 | 9576493 | Unmanned aerial vehicle communication, monitoring, and traffic management | A computer-implemented method of communicating with an unmanned aerial vehicle includes transmitting a first message via a communications transmitter of a lighting assembly for receipt by an unmanned aerial vehicle. The first message includes an identifier associated with the lighting assembly, and the lighting assembly is located within a proximity of a roadway. The method also includes receiving a second message from the unmanned aerial vehicle via a communications receiver of the lighting assembly. The second message includes an identifier associated with the unmanned aerial vehicle. The method further includes transmitting a third message via the communications transmitter of the lighting assembly for receipt by the unmanned aerial vehicle. The third message includes an indication of an altitude at which the unmanned aerial vehicle should fly. | John A. Jarrell (Tiburon, CA) | --- | 2016-03-15 | 2017-02-21 | B64C39/02, B64F1/36, G08G5/00, B64D47/06 | 15/070747 |
| 486 | 9567078 | Systems and methods for target tracking | The present invention provides systems, methods, and devices related to target tracking by UAVs. The UAV may be configured to receive target information from a control terminal related to a target to be tracked by an imaging device coupled to the UAV. The target information may be used by the UAV to automatically track the target so as to maintain predetermined position and/or size of the target within one or more images captured by the imaging device. The control terminal may be configured to display images from the imaging device as well as allowing user input related to the target information. | Bo Zang (Shenzhen, CN) | Sz Dji Technology Co., Ltd (Shenzhen, CN) | 2015-09-04 | 2017-02-14 | B64C39/02, G05D1/00, G05D1/12, G05D1/10 | 14/845894 |
| 487 | 9567074 | Base station control for an unoccupied flying vehicle (UFV) | Disclosed herein are example embodiments for base station control for an unoccupied flying vehicle (UFV) . for certain example embodiments, at least one machine, such as a base station, may: (i) obtain at least one indicator of at least one flight attribute corresponding to a first UFV, or (ii) transmit to a second UFV at least one indicator of at least one flight attribute corresponding to a first UFV. However, claimed subject matter is not limited to any particular described embodiments, implementations, examples, or so forth. | Royce A. Levien (Lexington, MA), Robert W. Lord (Seattle, WA), Richard T. Lord (Tacoma, WA), Mark A. Malamud (Seattle, WA), John D. Rinaldo, Jr. (Bellevue, WA), Lowell L. Wood, Jr. (Bellevue, WA) | Elwha Llc (Bellevue, WA) | 2012-12-28 | 2017-02-14 | B64C39/02, G08G5/00 | 13/730202 |
| 488 | 9551990 | Unmanned aerial vehicle landing system | The present disclosure provides an unmanned flying vehicle (UAV) operable in a plurality of operating modes including a normal operations mode, a safe landing mode and an emergency landing mode. The normal operations mode is initiated when no errors are detected in the system. The safe landing mode is initiated when one or more non-critical components of the UAV are in non-responsive mode or do not work as desired. The emergency landing mode is initiated when one or more critical components are in non-responsive mode or do not work as desired. Further, the safe landing mode overrides the normal operations mode and the emergency landing mode overrides both the normal operations mode and the safe landing mode. | Tero Heinonen (Jarvenpaa, FI) | Sharper Shape Oy (Espoo, FI) | 2015-03-17 | 2017-01-24 | G05D1/00, B64C39/02, B64D1/08, G05D1/10, B64D17/80, G08G5/00 | 14/660145 |
| 489 | 9544006 | Transmission device with mode division multiplexing and methods for use therewith | Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a transmission device that includes at least one transceiver configured to modulate data to generate a plurality of first electromagnetic waves. A plurality of couplers are configured to couple at least a portion of the plurality of first electromagnetic waves to a transmission medium, wherein the plurality of couplers generate a plurality of mode division multiplexed second electromagnetic waves that propagate along the outer surface of the transmission medium. Other embodiments are disclosed. | Paul Shala Henry (Holmdel, NJ), Robert Bennett (Southold, NY), Irwin Gerszberg (Kendall Park, NJ), Farhad Barzegar (Branchburg, NJ), Donald J Barnickel (Flemington, NJ), Thomas M. Willis, III (Tinton Falls, NJ) | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) | 2014-11-20 | 2017-01-10 | H04B1/18, H04B1/40, H04B3/52, H04B10/2581, H04J14/04, H01Q1/46 | 14/548411 |
| 490 | 9542849 | Risk-based flight path data generating system, device, and method | A system, device, and method for generating and employing risk-based flight path data are disclosed. The system for employing risk-based flight path data may include one or more one avionics systems and/or remote aircraft operator systems configured to receive risk-based flight path data from a route generator (RG) . The RG may acquire navigation data representative of one or more waypoints, acquire risk object data based upon the navigation data, determine the risk-based flight path data representative of a risk-based flight path as a function of the acquired navigation data, the acquired risk data, and a route generating algorithm, and provide the flight path data to the one or more avionics systems and/or remote aircraft operator systems. In some embodiments, the risk object data may include a plurality of risk clearance altitudes. In other embodiments, the risk object data may include a plurality of risk clearance elevations. | Joshua R. Bertram (Ames, IA), Thomas L. Vogl (Cedar Rapids, IA), Brian R. Wolford (Cedar Rapids, IA) | Rockwell Collins, Inc. (Cedar Rapids, IA) | 2015-07-31 | 2017-01-10 | G08G5/00, G05D1/10, G05D1/00 | 14/814760 |
| 491 | 9541924 | Methods and apparatus for distributed airborne transportation system | Embodiments of the present invention provide an alternative distributed airborne transportation system. In some embodiments, a method for distributed airborne transportation includes: providing an airborne vehicle with a wing and a wing span, having capacity to carry one or more of passengers or cargo, landing of the airborne vehicle near one or more of passengers or cargo and loading at least one of passengers or cargo, taking-off and determining a flight direction for the airborne vehicle, locating at least one other airborne vehicle, which has substantially the same flight direction, and joining at least one other airborne vehicle in flight formation and forming a fleet, in which airborne vehicles fly with the same speed and direction and in which adjacent airborne vehicles are separated by distance of less than 100 wing spans. | Sergey V. Frolov (New Providence, NJ), John Peter Moussouris (Palo Alto, CA), Michael Cyrus (Castle Rock, CO) | Sunlight Photonics Inc. (Edison, NJ) | 2015-06-12 | 2017-01-10 | G05D1/10, G05D1/02, G05D1/00, G05D1/06, B64C37/02, G08G7/02, B64C29/00, B64C3/56, G08G5/00 | 14/737814 |
| 492 | 9540102 | Base station multi-vehicle coordination | Disclosed herein are example embodiments for base station multi-vehicle coordination. for certain example embodiments, at least one machine, such as a base station, may: (i) effectuate one or more communications with at least a first UFV and a second UFV, or (ii) transmit to a first UFV at least one command based at least partially on one or more communications with at least a first UFV and a second UFV. However, claimed subject matter is not limited to any particular described embodiments, implementations, examples, or so forth. | Royce A. Levien (Lexington, MA), Robert W. Lord (Seattle, WA), Richard T. Lord (Tacoma, WA), Mark A. Malamud (Seattle, WA), John D. Rinaldo, Jr. (Bellevue, WA), Lowell L. Wood, Jr. (Bellevue, WA) | Elwha Llc (Bellevue, WA) | 2013-03-13 | 2017-01-10 | B64C39/02, G05D1/00, G08G5/00 | 13/800391 |
| 493 | 9537789 | Resource allocating in a network | In one aspect, a method includes receiving, at a first node in a network, a resource reservation request from a second node in the network, determining, at the first node, if there is another node in the network that can be used to reach a destination and meet the resource reservation request and notifying the second node a result of the determining. | Mu-Cheng Wang (Acton, MA), Paul C. Hershey (Ashburn, VA), Steven A. Davidson (Acton, MA) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, MA) | 2014-10-31 | 2017-01-03 | H04L12/923 | 14/529850 |
| 494 | 9533760 | Image monitoring and display from unmanned vehicle | This invention relates to capturing and displaying images and/or data received from a manned, or, more typically, an unmanned aerial drone. More particularly, the invention relates to a system of sensors mounted on an aerial drone and display systems in addition to transmission and reception components associated with the sensors and display systems respectively whereby images and/or data captured by the sensors can be transmitted to, received by, and viewed on single and multiple monitor display systems. | David Wagreich (Los Angeles, CA) | Crane-Cohasset Holdings, Llc (Los Angeles, CA) | 2016-03-08 | 2017-01-03 | H04N7/18, H04N5/232, H04N5/247, G06K9/00, B64C39/02, B64D47/08 | 15/064533 |
| 495 | 9527588 | Unmanned aircraft system (UAS) with active energy harvesting and power management | A method of harvesting and managing energy from air currents, by small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) having a plurality of powered and unpowered rotors, to increase the aircraft's flight time, especially where the mission requires extensive hovering and loitering, is provided. Conventional powered rotors create lift for the aircraft. Unpowered rotors can either be: 1) Free-wheeling rotors which increase the plan form area of aircraft as they rotate, increasing lift, and reducing the power draw on the battery, and/or 2) Rotors connected to micro-generators, which serve as a brake on the unpowered rotors, create electrical power to charge the aircraft batteries or directly power the aircraft's electronics. The invention's folding rotor arm design results in a compact package that is easily transported by a single user (man portable) . The aircraft can be removed from its protective tube, unfolded and launched for flight in less than a minute. Extended flight times, compact easily transported design, and ability to host flight software on a user's tablet/PC result in low total cost of ownership. | Scott B. Rollefstad (Tucson, AZ) | Scott B. Rollefstad (Tucson, AZ) | 2013-09-27 | 2016-12-27 | B64C39/02, G05D1/00, B64D41/00 | 14/040040 |
| 496 | 9527587 | Unoccupied flying vehicle (UFV) coordination | Disclosed herein are example embodiments for unoccupied flying vehicle (UFV) coordination. for certain example embodiments, at least one machine, such as a UFV, may: (i) obtain one or more theater characteristics, or (ii) coordinate at least one behavior of at least one UFV based, at least partially, on one or more theater characteristics. However, claimed subject matter is not limited to any particular described embodiments, implementations, examples, or so forth. | Royce A. Levien (Lexington, MA), Robert W. Lord (Seattle, WA), Richard T. Lord (Tacoma, WA), Mark A. Malamud (Seattle, WA), John D. Rinaldo, Jr. (Bellevue, WA), Lowell L. Wood, Jr. (Bellevue, WA) | Elwha Llc (Bellevue, WA) | 2013-04-19 | 2016-12-27 | B64C39/02, G05D1/10, G08G5/00 | 13/866743 |
| 497 | 9527586 | Inter-vehicle flight attribute communication for an unoccupied flying vehicle (UFV) | Disclosed herein are example embodiments for inter-vehicle flight attribute communication for an unoccupied flying vehicle (UFV) . for certain example embodiments, at least one machine may: (i) obtain at least one indication related to imparting at least one flight attribute corresponding to a UFV, or (ii) transmit to a remote UFV at least one indicator of at least one flight attribute corresponding to a UFV based at least partially on at least one indication related to imparting at least one flight attribute. However, claimed subject matter is not limited to any particular described embodiments, implementations, examples, or so forth. | Royce A. Levien (Lexington, MA), Robert W. Lord (Seattle, WA), Richard T. Lord (Tacoma, WA), Mark A. Malamud (Seattle, WA), John D. Rinaldo, Jr. (Bellevue, WA), Lowell L. Wood, Jr. (Bellevue, WA) | Elwha Llc (Bellevue, WA) | 2012-12-27 | 2016-12-27 | B64C39/02, G05D1/10 | 13/728642 |
| 498 | 9525562 | Modular deterministic communication terminal for remote systems | A modular deterministic communication terminal and a method for transmitting user data between the modular deterministic communication terminal and a remote modular deterministic communication terminal are provided. The modular deterministic communication terminal includes at least one logic module including at least one deterministic hardware circuit configured to generate at least one data stream by combining user data of at least two data channels and to separately and independently transmit the at least one data stream via at least one communication link to at least one deterministic hardware circuit provided in the a remote modular deterministic communication terminal. | Roger F. Atkinson (El Cajon, CA) | Cahon Systems, Inc. (El Cajon, CA) | 2014-05-23 | 2016-12-20 | H04B7/212, H04L12/417, H04L12/40 | 14/286151 |
| 499 | 9524647 | Autonomous Nap-Of-the-Earth (ANOE) flight path planning for manned and unmanned rotorcraft | A flight path planning approach may be deterministic and guarantee a safe, quasi-optimal path. A plurality of three-dimensional voxels may be determined as cells of a rectangular grid. The cells may have a predetermined length and width. A shortest safe path through the grid graph may be calculated from a local start to a local goal defined as points on a nominal global path. Geometric smoothing may be performed on the basis line from the local start to the local goal to generate a smooth three-dimensional trajectory that can be followed by a given rotorcraft. Dynamic smoothing may be performed on the three-dimensional trajectory to provide a maximum possible speed profile over a path defined by the dynamic smoothing. The three dimensional path information may be provided to an autopilot, which may then control the rotorcraft to fly along the defined path. | Sylvia Kohn-Rich (Manhattan Beach, CA) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, CA) | 2015-01-19 | 2016-12-20 | G08G5/00, G05D1/10, G05D1/08, G05D1/04 | 14/599574 |
| 500 | 9518821 | Vehicle control system | A vehicle control system may include a vehicle frame, a mount secured to the vehicle frame and configured for rigidly securing a smartphone therein such that motions experienced by the vehicle frame are correspondingly experienced by the smartphone, and system electronics arranged on the frame and in communication with the smartphone and vehicle controllers, the system electronics configured to receive signals from the smartphone and control directional devices of the vehicle based on the signals via the vehicle controllers. A system for preparing signals for transmission to the vehicle to control navigation may also be provided. | Benjamin Malay (Centreville, VA) | --- | 2013-08-02 | 2016-12-13 | B64C19/00, A63H30/04, B64C39/02, B64C13/20, B64C13/18, G01C9/00, A63H27/00, G05D1/00, G01C21/20 | 13/957873 |
| 501 | 9511858 | Inverted-landing aircraft | An aircraft defining an upright orientation and an inverted orientation, a ground station, and a control system for remotely controlling the flight of the aircraft. The ground station has an auto-land function that causes the aircraft to invert, stall, and controllably land in the inverted orientation to protect a payload and a rudder extending down from the aircraft. In the upright orientation, the ground station depicts the view from a first aircraft camera. When switching to the inverted orientation: (1) the ground station depicts the view from a second aircraft camera, (2) the aircraft switches the colors of red and green wing lights, extends the ailerons to act as inverted flaps, and (3) the control system adapts a ground station controller for the inverted orientation. The aircraft landing gear is an expanded polypropylene pad located above the wing when the aircraft is in the upright orientation. | Christopher E. Fisher (Simi Valley, CA), Thomas Robert Szarek (Oak Park, CA), Justin B. McAllister (Simi Valley, CA), Pavel Belik (Simi Valley, CA) | Aerovironment, Inc. (Simi Valley, CA) | 2012-08-16 | 2016-12-06 | B64C39/02, G05D1/08, G05D1/06 | 13/261813 |
| 502 | 9510586 | Systems and methods for deactivating plant material outside of a growing region | A system for deactivating plant material outside of a growing region to prevent propagation of designated plant material outside of the growing region includes an imaging sensor configured to remotely detect plant material outside of the growing region, a vehicle including a sampling implement configured to collect a sample of plant material, a plant sensor configured to analyze the sample of plant material, a deactivation device configured to deactivate plant material, and a controller configured to direct the vehicle to the plant material detected by the imaging sensor, cause the sampling implement to collect the sample from the detected plant material, cause the plant sensor to analyze the sample, and, when the sample is determined to be designated for deactivation, cause the deactivation device to deactivate the detected plant material. | Roderick A. Hyde (Redmond, WA), Jordin T. Kare (Seattle, WA), Lowell L. Wood, Jr. (Bellevue, WA) | Elwha Llc (Bellevue, WA) | 2014-07-31 | 2016-12-06 | G01C22/00, A01M7/00, G05B15/02, A01M21/04, G01N33/00, A01M21/02, H01J40/14, A01B39/18 | 14/448750 |
| 503 | 9508264 | System and method for management of airspace for unmanned aircraft | A system and method for management of airspace for unmanned aircraft is disclosed. The system and method comprises administration of the airspace including designation of flyways and zones with reference to features in the region. The system and method comprises administration of aircraft including registration of aircraft and mission. A monitoring system tracks conditions and aircraft traffic in the airspace. Aircraft may be configured to transact with the management system including to obtain rights/priority by license and to operate in the airspace under direction of the system. The system and aircraft may be configured for dynamic transactions (e.g. licensing/routing) . The system will set rates for licenses and use/access to the airspace and aircraft will be billed/pay for use/access of the airspace at rates using data from data sources. | Alistair K. Chan (Bainbridge Island, WA), Jesse R. Cheatham, III (Seattle, WA), William David Duncan (Mill Creek, WA), Eun Young Hwang (Sausalito, CA), Roderick A. Hyde (Redmond, WA), Tony S. Pan (Bellevue, WA), Clarence T. Tegreene (Mercer Island, WA), Victoria Y. H. Wood (Livermore, CA) | Elwha Llc (N/A) | 2014-11-18 | 2016-11-29 | G08G5/00, G05D1/00, G08G5/04, B64C39/02 | 14/546487 |
| 504 | 9507020 | Unmanned aircraft systems sense and avoid sensor fusion track initialization | A method to initialize tracks from sensor measurements is provided. The method includes identifying at least one tentative track based on data collected from at least one sensor at three sequential times, initializing a confirm/delete track filter for the identified tentative tracks, and using gates computed from state vector statistics to one of: confirm the at least one tentative track, reprocess the at least one tentative track, or delete the at least one tentative track. | Vibhor L. Bageshwar (Minneapolis, MN), Nuri Kundak (Brno, CZ), Milos Vesely (Nemcice, CZ) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morris Plains, NJ) | 2013-12-05 | 2016-11-29 | G01S13/72, G01S7/282, G01S13/93, G01S13/18 | 14/097456 |
| 505 | 9475575 | Convertible compounded rotorcraft | A compound rotorcraft including a rotary wing aircraft having a fuselage and at least one rotor and a fixed-wing aircraft coupled to the rotary wing aircraft, wherein the rotary wing aircraft can fly on the rotor or the fixed-wing aircraft, and wherein the fixed-wing aircraft is detachable from the rotary wing aircraft to fly independently. | Glenn T. Rossi (Ambler, PA) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, IL) | 2014-12-09 | 2016-10-25 | B64C27/26, B64C37/02, B64D5/00, B64C39/02, B64C39/00, B64C29/02, B64C27/28, B64C29/00 | 14/564775 |
| 506 | 9471116 | Systems and methods for dissipating heat in an enclosure | An enclosure is presented. The enclosure includes an outer casing having one or more walls. Further, the enclosure includes a synthetic jet assembly configured to dissipate heat from the one or more walls, where the synthetic jet assembly includes a bracket operatively coupled to the one or more walls of the outer casing and two or more synthetic jets operatively coupled to the bracket, where the two or more synthetic jets are arranged in a multi-dimensional array. | Hendrik Pieter Jacobus de Bock (Clifton Park, NY), William Earl Gross, Jr. (Grand Rapids, MI), Bryan Patrick Whalen (Gansevoort, NY), Robert Paul Meier (Conklin, MI) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, NY) | 2014-11-19 | 2016-10-18 | G06F1/20, H05K7/20 | 14/547217 |
| 507 | 9466218 | Unmanned aerial vehicle communication, monitoring, and traffic management | A computer-implemented method of communicating with an unmanned aerial vehicle includes transmitting a first message via a communications transmitter of a lighting assembly for receipt by an unmanned aerial vehicle. The first message includes an identifier associated with the lighting assembly, and the lighting assembly is located within a proximity of a roadway. The method also includes receiving a second message from the unmanned aerial vehicle via a communications receiver of the lighting assembly. The second message includes an identifier associated with the unmanned aerial vehicle. The method further includes transmitting a third message via the communications transmitter of the lighting assembly for receipt by the unmanned aerial vehicle. The third message includes an indication of an altitude at which the unmanned aerial vehicle should fly. | John A. Jarrell (Tiburon, CA) | --- | 2015-07-08 | 2016-10-11 | B64C39/02, B64F1/36, G08G5/00, B64D47/06 | 14/794494 |
| 508 | 9456185 | Helicopter | The present invention relates to a reduced scale industrial helicopter, with an integrated automatic flight control system, that includes core autopilot functions, GPS management, and full-function navigation systems. The autopilot technology includes rapid launch capability, real-time in-flight switching between one or more of a) remote control, b) autopilot-directed, c) ground station controlled, and d) home modes, and is upgradeable. The helicopter is used for high or low altitude surveillance, and can handle various payloads, including photographic missions. The helicopter may include onboard batteries and/or a unique battery unit disposed beneath the helicopter, and includes autonomous features such as automatic takeoff, automatic landing, safety return to home base, and predetermined mission plans. | John Robert Oakley (Morgan, UT), David Scott Heath (Conifer, CO) | Geotech Environmental Equipment, Inc. (Denver, CO) | 2010-08-26 | 2016-09-27 | B64C27/04, B64D47/08, G05D1/00, B64C39/02, B64C27/57, G05D1/08, H04N7/18 | 12/805971 |
| 509 | 9447775 | Power generating windbags and waterbags | A method of using a bagged power generation system comprising windbags and water-bags for harnessing wind and water power to produce electricity to meet the escalating energy needs of mankind. Windbags integrated with aerodynamically shaped inflatable bodies filled with lighter-than-air gas: HAV, UAV, airplanes, enabling the apparatus to attain high altitude to capture and entrap high velocity wind. Water-bags integrated with hydrodynamic shaped bodies HUV, UUV, Submarine-boats, enabling the apparatus to dive, capture and entrap swift moving tidal-currents. Attached tether-lines pulling on the rotating reel-drums and generators to produce electricity. Active control surfaces, turbo-fans, propellers provide precision control of the apparatus. A system configured to maximize fluids capture, retention and optimized extraction of its kinetic energy. An extremely scalable and environmentally friendly method, system, apparatus, equipment and techniques configured to produce renewable green energy with high productivity and efficiency. | Yik Hei Sia (Johor Bahru, MY) | --- | 2015-12-21 | 2016-09-20 | F03B13/00, F03D9/00, H02P9/04, F03D5/00, F03B17/06 | 14/976855 |
| 510 | 9405296 | Collision targeting for hazard handling | Disclosed herein are example embodiments for collision targeting for hazard handling. for certain example embodiments, at least one machine, such as a base station, may: (i) ascertain at least one target for at least one collision to include an unoccupied flying vehicle (UFV) , or (ii) transmit at least one command to execute at least one maneuver to divert a UFV at least toward at least one target to induce at least one collision to include the UFV and the at least one target. However, claimed subject matter is not limited to any particular described embodiments, implementations, examples, or so forth. | Royce A. Levien (Lexington, MA), Robert W. Lord (Seattle, WA), Richard T. Lord (Tacoma, WA), Mark A. Malamud (Seattle, WA), John D. Rinaldo, Jr. (Bellevue, WA), Lowell L. Wood, Jr. (Bellevue, WA) | Elwah Llc (Bellevue, WA) | 2012-12-31 | 2016-08-02 | G05D1/12, B64C39/02, F41G7/00 | 13/731721 |
| 511 | 9405005 | Automatic dependent surveillance broadcast (ADS-B) system for ownership and traffic situational awareness | The present invention proposes an automatic dependent surveillance broadcast (ADS-B) architecture and process, in which priority aircraft and ADS-B IN traffic information are included in the transmission of data through the telemetry communications to a remote ground control station. The present invention further proposes methods for displaying general aviation traffic information in three and/or four dimension trajectories using an industry standard Earth browser for increased situation awareness and enhanced visual acquisition of traffic for conflict detection. The present invention enable the applications of enhanced visual acquisition of traffic, traffic alerts, and en-route and terminal surveillance used to augment pilot situational awareness through ADS-B IN display and information in three or four dimensions for self-separation awareness. | Ricardo A. Arteaga (Lancaster, CA) | The United States of America As Represented By The Administrator of The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, DC) | 2013-03-05 | 2016-08-02 | G01S13/93, G01S13/91 | 13/785661 |
| 512 | 9404750 | High altitude, long endurance, unmanned aircraft and methods of operation thereof | Embodiments include one or more high altitude, long endurance (HALE) unmanned aircraft (110) capable of persistent station-keeping having one or more electromagnetic (IR/Visual/RF) sensor elements or suites (112, 337) for purposes of survey and/or signal gathering. Embodiments include one or more high altitude, long endurance (HALE) unmanned aircraft (110) capable of persistent station-keeping having a directable laser (331) . Embodiments include a group of four or more high altitude, long endurance (HALE) unmanned aircraft (611-614) configured as GPS repeaters. | Edward Oscar Rios (Colorado Springs, CO) | Aerovironment, Inc. (Monrovia, CA) | 2012-06-15 | 2016-08-02 | G01C21/00, G01S19/11, B64C39/02, G05D1/00, G01S19/21, B64D43/00 | 13/525045 |
| 513 | 9384668 | Transportation using network of unmanned aerial vehicles | Embodiments described herein include a delivery system having unmanned aerial delivery vehicles and a logistics network for control and monitoring. In certain embodiments, a ground station provides a location for interfacing between the delivery vehicles, packages carried by the vehicles and users. In certain embodiments, the delivery vehicles autonomously navigate from one ground station to another. In certain embodiments, the ground stations provide navigational aids that help the delivery vehicles locate the position of the ground station with increased accuracy. | Andreas Raptopoulos (Palo Alto, CA), Darlene Damm (Mountain View, CA), Martin Ling (Edinburgh, GB), Ido Baruchin (San Francisco, CA) | Singularity University (Moffet Field, CA) | 2013-05-08 | 2016-07-05 | G08G5/00, G05D1/10, G08G5/04, G01S5/00, G08G5/02, G01S13/93, G01S13/94 | 13/890165 |
| 514 | 9371130 | Collapsible wing and unmanned aircraft systems including collapsible wing | A collapsible wing, methods of producing the collapsible wing, and an unmanned aircraft system that includes the collapsible wing are provided. | James Emmett Dee Barbieri (Richmond Heights, MO) | Cawtu Llc (St. Louis, MO) | 2015-04-14 | 2016-06-21 | B64C3/56, B64C3/54, B64C39/02 | 14/686052 |
| 515 | 9310809 | Systems and methods for collaboratively controlling at least one aircraft | An unmanned vehicle management system includes an unmanned aircraft system (UAS) control station controlling one or more unmanned vehicles (UV) , a collaborative routing system, and a communication network connecting the UAS and the collaborative routing system. The collaborative routing system being configured to receive flight parameters from an operator of the UAS control station and, based on the received flight parameters, automatically present the UAS control station with flight plan options to enable the operator to operate the UV in a defined airspace. | Regina I. Estkowski (Bellevue, WA) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, IL) | 2012-12-03 | 2016-04-12 | G05D1/10, G08G5/00 | 13/692633 |
| 516 | 9275645 | Drone detection and classification methods and apparatus | A system, method, and apparatus for drone detection and classification are disclosed. An example method includes receiving a sound signal in a microphone and recording, via a sound card, a digital sound sample of the sound signal, the digital sound sample having a predetermined duration. The method also includes processing, via a processor, the digital sound sample into a feature frequency spectrum. The method further includes applying, via the processor, broad spectrum matching to compare the feature frequency spectrum to at least one drone sound signature stored in a database, the at least one drone sound signature corresponding to a flight characteristic of a drone model. The method moreover includes, conditioned on matching the feature frequency spectrum to one of the drone sound signatures, transmitting, via the processor, an alert. | Brian Hearing (Falls Church, VA), John Franklin (Washington, DC) | Droneshield, Llc (Herndon, VA) | 2014-04-22 | 2016-03-01 | G10L19/00 | 14/258304 |
| 517 | 9251698 | Forest sensor deployment and monitoring system | A method and apparatus for managing a location. Soil sensor units are deployed in the location in a forest from a group of aerial vehicles. Information is generated about a number of soil conditions in the location in the forest using the soil sensor units in the location. The information is transmitted from the soil sensor units to a remote location for analysis. | John Lyle Vian (Renton, WA), Charles B. Spinelli (Bainbridge Island, WA), Brian J. Tillotson (Kent, WA), George Michael Roe (Seattle, WA), Joshua Przybylko (Boston, MA) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, IL) | 2012-12-07 | 2016-02-02 | G08B21/00, H04Q9/00, G08C17/02 | 13/708543 |
| 518 | 9235218 | Collision targeting for an unoccupied flying vehicle (UFV) | Disclosed herein are example embodiments for collision targeting for an unoccupied flying vehicle (UFV) . for certain example embodiments, at least one machine, such as a UFV, may: (i) ascertain at least one target for at least one collision to include a UFV, or (ii) execute at least one maneuver to divert a UFV at least toward at least one target to induce at least one collision to include the UFV and the at least one target. However, claimed subject matter is not limited to any particular described embodiments, implementations, examples, or so forth. | Royce A. Levien (Lexington, MA), Robert W. Lord (Seattle, WA), Richard T. Lord (Tacoma, WA), Mark A. Malamud (Seattle, WA), John D. Rinaldo, Jr. (Bellevue, WA), Lowell L. Wood, Jr. (Bellevue, WA) | Elwha Llc (Bellevue, WA) | 2012-12-31 | 2016-01-12 | G05D1/12, F41G9/00, F41G7/22, B64C39/02 | 13/731450 |
| 519 | 9234501 | Power generating windbags and waterbags | A method of using a bagged power generation system comprising windbags and water-bags for harnessing wind and water power to produce electricity to meet the escalating energy needs of mankind. Windbags integrated with aerodynamically shaped inflatable bodies filled with lighter-than-air gas: HAV, UAV, airplanes, enabling the apparatus to attain high altitude to capture and entrap high velocity wind. Water-bags integrated with hydrodynamic shaped bodies HUV, UUV, Submarine-boats, enabling the apparatus to dive, capture and entrap swift moving tidal-currents. Attached tether-lines pulling on the rotating reel-drums and generators to produce electricity. Active control surfaces, turbo-fans, propellers provide precision control of the apparatus. A system configured to maximize fluids capture, retention and optimized extraction of its kinetic energy. An extremely scalable and environmentally friendly method, system, apparatus, equipment and techniques configured to produce renewable green energy with high productivity and efficiency. | Yik Hei Sia (Johor Bahru, MY) | --- | 2015-01-29 | 2016-01-12 | F03D9/00, H02P9/04, F03D5/00, F03B17/06, F03B13/00 | 14/608511 |
| 520 | 9208689 | Deep stall aircraft landing | An aircraft defining an upright orientation and an inverted orientation, a ground station, and a control system for remotely controlling the flight of the aircraft. The ground station has an auto-land function that causes the aircraft to invert, stall, and controllably land in the inverted orientation to protect a payload and a rudder extending down from the aircraft. In the upright orientation, the ground station depicts the view from a first aircraft camera. When switching to the inverted orientation: (1) the ground station depicts the view from a second aircraft camera, (2) the aircraft switches the colors of red and green wing lights, extends the ailerons to act as inverted flaps, and (3) the control system adapts a ground station controller for the inverted orientation. The aircraft landing gear is an expanded polypropylene pad located above the wing when the aircraft is in the upright orientation. | Christopher E. Fisher (Simi Valley, CA), Thomas Robert Szarek (Oak Park, CA), Justin B. McAllister (Simi Valley, CA), Pavel Belik (Simi Valley, CA) | Aerovironment Inc. (Monrovia, CA) | 2012-08-16 | 2015-12-08 | G08G5/02, B64C39/02, B64D31/00, G05D1/06 | 13/261814 |
| 521 | 9187173 | Towable autogyro having a re-positionable mast | An unmanned, towable air vehicle is described and includes electronic sensors to increase the detection range relative to the horizon detection limitations of a surface craft, an autogyro assembly to provide lift, and a controller to control operation the autogyro assembly for unmanned flight. A forward motive force powers the autogyro assembly to provide lift. In an example, the autogyro assembly includes a mast extending from the container, a rotatable hub on an end of the mast, and a plurality of blades connected to the hub for rotation to provide lift to the vehicle. In an example, an electrical motor rotates the blades prior to lift off to assist in take off. The electrical motor does not have enough power to sustain flight of the vehicle in an example. | John William Morris (Apple Valley, MN), Charles A. Jarnot (Milford, KS) | Heliplane, Llc (Apple Valley, MN) | 2014-01-02 | 2015-11-17 | B64C27/02, B64D3/00, B64C19/00 | 14/146505 |
| 522 | 9134416 | Systems and methods of providing a TCAS primary radar | Systems and related methods are delineated for employing a TCAS to provide a radar function for a UAS. One such system comprises a TCAS having at least a transceiver and an antenna, and a processor coupled to the transceiver for receiving signals generated from receipt of reflected energy received over the antenna, the reflected energy resulting from the one or more of a Mode S interrogation waveform and an ATCRBS interrogation waveform transmitted from the antenna. | Gregory T. Stayton (Peoria, AZ) | Aviation Communication & Surveillance Systems Llc (Phoenix, AZ) | 2010-12-10 | 2015-09-15 | G01S13/93, G01S3/02 | 12/965738 |
| 523 | 9120568 | Autonomous resupply system and method | Some embodiments relate to a system and method of automatically transporting cargo from a loading station to an unloading station using a vehicle. Loading and unloading of cargo may be accomplished automatically without the need for human operators of either the loading station, the unloading station, or the vehicle. The unloading and loading station each comprise guide rails and a plurality of directional signal sources used by the vehicle to control its current position so that it may retrieve and deliver a target load. The vehicle comprises at least one sensor for detecting modulated directional signals and a controller to control the current position of the vehicle based on the received signals. | Carl Herman (Owego, NY), Dennis Rude (Apalachin, NY), Thomas Spura (Endicott, NY), Shirley D. Kupst (Endicott, NY) | Lockheed Martin Corporation (Bethesda, MD) | 2012-06-11 | 2015-09-01 | B64C39/02, G05D1/02, G05D1/06, G06Q10/08, B64F1/00, B64F1/12, B64F1/32 | 13/493551 |
| 524 | 9117185 | Forestry management system | A method and apparatus of managing a forest. A forestry management system comprises a forestry manager. The forestry manager is configured to receive information about a forest from a group of autonomous vehicles, analyze the information to generate a result about a state of the forest from the information, and coordinate operation of the group of autonomous vehicles using the result. | John Lyle Vian (Renton, WA), George Michael Roe (Seattle, WA), Josha Przbylko (Boston, MA) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, IL) | 2012-09-19 | 2015-08-25 | G05D1/00, G06Q10/06, G06Q50/02, G05D3/00, G06F7/00, G06F17/00 | 13/622739 |
| 525 | 9114871 | Modular miniature unmanned aircraft with vectored-thrust control | An aircraft for unmanned aviation is described. The aircraft includes an airframe, a pair of fins attached to a rear portion of the airframe, a pair of dihedral braces attached to a bottom portion of the airframe, a first thrust-vectoring (''T/V'') module and a second T/V module, and an electronics module. The electronics module provides commands to the two T/V modules. The two T/V modules are configured to provide lateral and longitudinal control to the aircraft by directly controlling a thrust vector for each of the pitch, the roll, and the yaw of the aircraft. The use of directly articulated electrical motors as T/V modules enables the aircraft to execute tight-radius turns over a wide range of airspeeds. | Adam John Woodworth (Melrose, MA), James Peverill (Canton, MA), Greg Vulikh (Manassas, VA), Jeremy Scott Hollman (Manassas, VA) | Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation (Manassas, VA) | 2013-07-30 | 2015-08-25 | B64D27/00, B64C1/30, B64D27/26, A63H27/00, B64C39/02, B64C15/00, B64D1/14, B64C19/00, B64D9/00 | 13/954362 |
| 526 | 9105184 | Systems and methods for real-time data communications and messaging with operators of small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS) | A system and method are provided to support safe integration of small unmanned aircraft systems (sUASs) into the National Airspace Structure in the United States. Substantially real-time data communication provides interested parties with an ability to communicate directly with an operator of the sUAS during system operations. Individual interactive user interfaces are used to implement two way text-like messaging directly with the sUAS control console to enhance safety and reduce conflicts with operations of the sUAS. When an instance arises in which an air traffic controller needs to advise an sUAS operator regarding an unauthorized sUAS mission or a requirement to keep an sUAS clear of a specific block of airspace or specific geographic location due to an immediate, emergent and/or unforeseen event, a means is provided by which to more effectively and more quickly communicate directly with the sUAS operator. | Rolf Stefani (West River, MD), Ronald Carl Hawkins (Davidsonville, MD) | Arinc Incorporated (Annapolis, MD) | 2013-03-11 | 2015-08-11 | G01C21/00, G08G5/00, H04W4/12 | 13/792259 |
| 527 | 9087451 | Unmanned aerial vehicle communication, monitoring, and traffic management | A computer-implemented method of communicating with an unmanned aerial vehicle includes transmitting a first message via a communications transmitter of a lighting assembly for receipt by an unmanned aerial vehicle. The first message includes an identifier associated with the lighting assembly, and the lighting assembly is located within a proximity of a roadway. The method also includes receiving a second message from the unmanned aerial vehicle via a communications receiver of the lighting assembly. The second message includes an identifier associated with the unmanned aerial vehicle. The method further includes transmitting a third message via the communications transmitter of the lighting assembly for receipt by the unmanned aerial vehicle. The third message includes an indication of an altitude at which the unmanned aerial vehicle should fly. | John A. Jarrell (Tiburon, CA) | --- | 2014-07-28 | 2015-07-21 | G08G5/00 | 14/444670 |
| 528 | 9070285 | Passive camera based cloud detection and avoidance for aircraft systems | A computerized aircraft system, such as an unmanned aircraft system (UAS) is provided with a cloud detection system. The UAS includes a monocular electro-optic or infra-red camera which acquires consecutively, in real time, a plurality of images within a field of view of the camera. The system identifies feature points in each of the consecutive images, and generates macro representations of cloud formations (3D representations of the clouds) based on tracking of the feature points across the plurality of images. A cloud avoidance system takes in nominal own-ship waypoints, compares those waypoints to the 3D cloud representations and outputs modified waypoints to avoid the detected clouds. | Prakash Ramu (Los Angeles, CA), Hieu Nguyen (Cypress, CA), Sharath Avadhanam (Los Angeles, CA), Jason Newton (Los Angeles, CA), Joseph Yadegar (Los Angeles, CA), Anurag Ganguli (Los Angeles, CA) | Utopiacompression Corporation (Los Angeles, CA) | 2012-07-25 | 2015-06-30 | G08G5/04, G05D1/00, G01C23/00, G08G5/00, G01C11/06 | 13/558304 |
| 529 | 9062948 | Aerial smoke generator system | An aerial smoke generator system includes a pilotless aircraft, an altimeter, a smoke dispensing container, a rotating impulse-smoke-dispenser, and a processor. The altimeter is mounted to the pilotless aircraft. The smoke dispensing container is connected to the pilotless aircraft and has a smoke-producing chemical under pressure and a nozzle valved to release smoke from the smoke dispensing container. The rotating impulse-smoke-dispenser connected to the nozzle so as to release smoke produced by the smoke dispensing container. The rotating impulse-smoke-dispenser has tubular arms extending radially outward and configured to eject smoke under pressure in a direction promoting rotation of the rotating impulse-smoke-dispenser. The processor is connected to the altimeter and the smoke dispensing container so as to initiate a release of smoke when the pilotless aircraft arrives at a designated height. | S. Mill Calvert (Manassas, VA) | Asgs Associates, Trustee for Aerial Smoke Generator System Crt Trust (Manassas, VA) | 2014-10-03 | 2015-06-23 | F42B12/48 | 14/505990 |
| 530 | 9038941 | Towable autogyro system having repositionable mast responsive to center of gratvity calculations | An unmanned, towable aerovehicle is described and includes a container to hold cargo, an autogyro assembly connected to the container and to provide flight characteristics, and a controller to control operation the autogyro assembly for unmanned flight. The container includes a connection to connect to a powered aircraft to provide forward motive force to power the autogyro assembly. In an example, the autogyro assembly includes a mast extending from the container, a rotatable hub on an end of the mast, and a plurality of blades connected to the hub for rotation to provide lift to the vehicle. In an example, an electrical motor rotates the blades prior to lift off to assist in take off. The electrical motor does not have enough power to sustain flight of the vehicle. | John William Morris (Apple Valley, MN), Charles Jarnot (Milford, KS) | Heliplane, Llc (Apple Valley, MN) | 2013-01-02 | 2015-05-26 | B64C27/00 | 13/732852 |
| 531 | 9019376 | Computing device and method for controlling unmanned aerial vehicle to capture images | In a method for controlling an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) equipped with a camera to capture images of a target, the computing device sets coordinates of a target, initial coordinates of the camera, and an initial viewing direction of the camera. Real-time coordinates and a real-time viewing direction of the camera are obtained when the UAV flies around the target. Accordingly, adjustment parameters of the camera are calculated and transferred to a driver system connected to the camera, such that the driver system adjusts the camera to face the target according to the adjusting parameters. | Hou-Hsien Lee (New Taipei, TW), Chang-Jung Lee (New Taipei, TW), Chih-Ping Lo (New Taipei, TW) | Zhongshan Innocloud Intellectual Property Services Co., Ltd. (Zhongshan, CN) | 2012-12-18 | 2015-04-28 | H04N7/18 | 13/719046 |
| 532 | 9010693 | Collapsible wing and unmanned aircraft system including collapsible wing | A collapsible wing, methods of producing the collapsible wing, and an unmanned aircraft system that includes the collapsible wing are provided. | James Emmett Dee Barbieri (Ladue, MO) | --- | 2012-05-03 | 2015-04-21 | B64C3/56 | 13/463516 |
| 533 | 8991750 | Modular miniature unmanned aircraft with vectored thrust control | An aircraft for unmanned aviation is described. The aircraft includes an airframe, a pair of fins attached to a rear portion of the airframe, a pair of dihedral braces attached to a bottom portion of the airframe, a first thrust vectoring module and a second thrust vectoring module, and an electronics module. The electronics module provides commands to the two thrust vectoring modules. The two thrust vectoring modules are configured to provide lateral and longitudinal control to the aircraft by directly controlling a thrust vector for each of the pitch, the roll, and the yaw of the aircraft. The use of directly articulated electrical motors as thrust vectoring modules enables the aircraft to execute tight-radius turns over a wide range of airspeeds. | Adam Woodworth (Manassas, VA), Brandon Suarez (Manassas, VA) | Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation (Manassas, VA) | 2014-05-12 | 2015-03-31 | B64C15/00 | 14/274938 |
| 534 | 8976525 | Systems and methods for dissipating heat in an enclosure | An enclosure is presented. The enclosure includes an outer casing having one or more walls. Further, the enclosure includes a synthetic jet assembly configured to dissipate heat from the one or more walls, where the synthetic jet assembly includes a bracket operatively coupled to the one or more walls of the outer casing and two or more synthetic jets operatively coupled to the bracket, where the two or more synthetic jets are arranged in a multi-dimensional array. | Hendrik Pieter Jacobus de Bock (Clifton Park, NY), William Earl Gross, Jr. (Grand Rapids, MI), Bryan Patrick Whalen (Gansevoort, NY), Robert Paul Meier (Conklin, MI) | General Electric Company (Niskayuna, NY) | 2012-07-31 | 2015-03-10 | H05K7/20, F28F13/12, G06F1/20 | 13/562336 |
| 535 | 8967527 | Modular miniature unmanned aircraft with vectored-thrust control | An aircraft for unmanned aviation is described. The aircraft includes an airframe, a pair of fins attached to a rear portion of the airframe, a pair of dihedral braces attached to a bottom portion of the airframe, a first thrust-vectoring (''T/V'') module and a second T/V module, and an electronics module. The electronics module provides commands to the two T/V modules. The two T/V modules are configured to provide lateral and longitudinal control to the aircraft by directly controlling a thrust vector for each of the pitch, the roll, and the yaw of the aircraft. The use of directly articulated electrical motors as T/V modules enables the aircraft to execute tight-radius turns over a wide range of airspeeds. | Adam John Woodworth (Melrose, MA), James Peverill (Canton, MA), Greg Vulikh (Manassas, VA), Jeremy Scott Hollman (Manassas, VA) | Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation (Manassas, VA) | 2013-07-30 | 2015-03-03 | B64C3/56 | 13/954278 |
| 536 | 8965679 | Systems and methods for unmanned aircraft system collision avoidance | Systems and methods are operable maintain a proscribed Self Separation distance between an unmanned aircraft system (UAS) and an object. In an example system, consecutive intruder aircraft locations relative to corresponding locations of a self aircraft are determined, wherein the determining is based on current velocities of the intruder aircraft and the self aircraft, and wherein the determining is based on current flight paths of the intruder aircraft and the self aircraft. At least one evasive maneuver for the self aircraft is computed using a processing system based on the determined consecutive intruder aircraft locations relative to the corresponding locations of the self aircraft. | Eric Euteneuer (St. Anthony Village, MN), Michael Ray Elgersma (Plymouth, MN) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, NJ) | 2013-02-28 | 2015-02-24 | G08G5/04 | 13/781247 |
| 537 | 8963362 | Power generating windbags and waterbags | A method of using a bagged power generation system comprising windbags and water-bags for harnessing wind and water power to produce electricity to meet the escalating energy needs of mankind. Windbags integrated with aerodynamically shaped inflatable bodies filled with lighter-than-air gas: HAV, UAV, airplanes, enabling the apparatus to attain high altitude to capture and entrap high velocity wind. Water-bags integrated with hydrodynamic shaped bodies HUV, UUV, Submarine-boats, enabling the apparatus to dive, capture and entrap swift moving tidal-currents. Attached tether-lines pulling on the rotating reel-drums and generators to produce electricity. Active control surfaces, turbo-fans, propellers provide precision control of the apparatus. A system configured to maximize fluids capture, retention and optimized extraction of its kinetic energy. An extremely scalable and environmentally friendly method, system, apparatus, equipment and techniques configured to produce renewable green energy with high productivity and efficiency. | Yik Hei Sia (Johor Bahru, MY) | --- | 2013-04-25 | 2015-02-24 | F03D9/00, H02P9/04 | 13/870413 |
| 538 | 8951086 | Modular miniature unmanned aircraft with vectored-thrust control | An aircraft for unmanned aviation is described. The aircraft includes an airframe, a pair of fins attached to a rear portion of the airframe, a pair of dihedral braces attached to a bottom portion of the airframe, a first thrust-vectoring (''T/V'') module and a second T/V module, and an electronics module. The electronics module provides commands to the two T/V modules. The two T/V modules are configured to provide lateral and longitudinal control to the aircraft by directly controlling a thrust vector for each of the pitch, the roll, and the yaw of the aircraft. The use of directly articulated electrical motors as T/V modules enables the aircraft to execute tight-radius turns over a wide range of airspeeds. | Adam John Woodworth (Melrose, MA), James Peverill (Canton, MA), Greg Vulikh (Manassas, VA), Jeremy Scott Hollman (Manassas, VA) | Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation (Manassas, VA) | 2013-07-30 | 2015-02-10 | A63H17/02 | 13/954218 |
| 539 | 8950698 | Convertible compounded rotorcraft | A compound rotorcraft including a rotary wing aircraft having a fuselage and at least one rotor and a fixed-wing aircraft coupled to the rotary wing aircraft, wherein the rotary wing aircraft can fly on the rotor or the fixed-wing aircraft, and wherein the fixed-wing aircraft is detachable from the rotary wing aircraft to fly independently. | Glenn T. Rossi (Ambler, PA) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, IL) | 2012-10-26 | 2015-02-10 | B64D5/00 | 13/661567 |
| 540 | 8905351 | Airframe | The disclosure describes airframe systems. In one embodiment, an airframe system includes a first side wall and a second side wall. The airframe system further includes a drive train platform configured to carry an aircraft drive train and to attach the first side wall parallel to the second side wall. The airframe system additionally includes a first structural rod configured to attach the first side wall parallel to the second side wall, and a second structural rod positioned aft of the first structural rod and configured to attach the first side wall to parallel to the second side wall. The first and second structural rods are configured to carry a camera mount. | Michael Sean Buscher (Conroe, TX), Henry E. Kulesza (The Woodlands, TX) | Vanguard Defense Industries, Llc (Spring, TX) | 2011-11-01 | 2014-12-09 | B64C1/00 | 13/286897 |
| 541 | 8897931 | Flight interpreter for captive carry unmanned aircraft systems demonstration | A system for unmanned aircraft system (UAS) testing which incorporates a UAS flight control system and an optionally piloted vehicle (OPV) carrying the UAS flight control system. The OPV has an OPV flight control system and a flight control interpreter (FCI) which receives input from the UAS flight control system representing control parameters for a flight profile of the UAS. The FCI provides status commands as an output to the OPV flight control system to replicate the flight profile. These status commands are selected from the group consisting of data regarding attitude, vertical navigation, lateral navigation, turn rate, velocity and engine operations. The OPV flight control system includes a pilot override for emergency, flight safety or other contingencies allowing an on board pilot to assume control of the OPV. | Charles B. Spinelli (Bainbridge Island, WA) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, IL) | 2011-08-02 | 2014-11-25 | G05D1/00 | 13/196826 |
| 542 | 8886459 | Systems and methods for small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS) tactical tracking and mission data acquisition | A system and method are provided to support accommodating safe integration of small unmanned aircraft systems (sUASs) into the National Airspace Structure in the United States. A specifically-tailored service is provided to address a change of paradigm from aircraft-based avionics/capabilities to a ground-based solution centered on the sUAS control station that is typically employed to manage an sUAS mission and/or flight. Appropriate software, server and system components are integrated into an interactive, easy-to-use, web-based tool that provides interested parties with real-time, graphical flight-following information to acquire position information regarding an sUAS platform from the control console for the sUAS platform. The acquired position information is forwarded to a separate server that can augment and provide graphical display of the sUAS intended route of flight (flight planned route) . The acquired position information for the sUAS is converted to a format commonly used by aviation and air traffic control systems. | Rolf Stefani (West River, MD), John Francis Eid (Severna Park, MD) | Arinc Incorporated (Annapolis, MD) | 2013-03-11 | 2014-11-11 | G01C21/00 | 13/792255 |
| 543 | 8868328 | System and method for routing decisions in a separation management system | A method comprising computer receiving at least one of time and location-referenced state data for an object of interest, determining present location of a vehicle within two presently overlapping fat paths, fat paths comprising homotopically distinct regions of travel, determining distance of vehicle from a point of divergence of fat paths, fat paths diverging to avoid object, the computer generating a decision boundary reachable prior in time to point of divergence wherein decision boundary is in advance of the present location of vehicle, computer generating a first second set of feasible headings for the vehicle, the first and second set respectively associated with a projected first and second crossing points of the decision boundary by vehicle wherein feasible headings promote positioning of vehicle in one of fat paths beyond point of divergence, and computer sending first and second sets of feasible headings to vehicle prior to vehicle reaching decision boundary. | Regina Inez Estkowski (Bellevue, WA) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, IL) | 2013-06-04 | 2014-10-21 | G08G5/04 | 13/909075 |
| 544 | 8827206 | Wing for an unmanned aircraft | A single wing for an unmanned aircraft adapted for image acquisition, surveillance or other applications consists of a ribbed frame and a foam wherein the ribbed frame is integrated during molding for stiffness and strength. The foam has a container for holding the electric and/or electronic components. The foam constitutes the outer layer of the unmanned aircraft at impact side. The wing can be produced at low cost and low complexity in large volumes, increases the impact resistance and safety when used in civil areas, and is removable and disposable thereby enabling reuse of the electric and/or electronic components. | Maarten Maurits Van Speybroeck (Zwijndrecht, BE), Peter Hendrik Cosyn (Geraardsergen, BE), Maarten Willem Vandenbroucke (Ghent, BE) | Gatewing Nv (Ghent (St Denijs Westrem), , Be) | 2012-10-18 | 2014-09-09 | B64C1/00, B64C3/00, B64C5/00 | 13/655382 |
| 545 | 8774982 | Helicopter with multi-rotors and wireless capability | The present invention relates to a helicopter having a modular airframe, with multiple layers which can be connected easily, the layers which house the electronics (autopilot and navigation systems) , batteries, and payload (including camera system) of the helicopter. The helicopter has four, six, and eight rotors, which can be easily changed via removing one module of the airframe. In one embodiment, the airframe has a vertical stacked appearance, and in another embodiment, a domed shape (where several of the layers are stacked internally) . In one embodiment, there is a combination landing gear and camera mount. The helicopter allows for simple flight and usage by remote control, and non-remote control, users. | John Robert Oakley (Morgan, UT), David Scott Heath (Conifer, CO) | Leptron Industrial Robotic Helicopters, Inc. (Conifer, CO) | 2011-10-06 | 2014-07-08 | G05D1/00, B64C27/08 | 13/200986 |
| 546 | 8761964 | Computing device and method for controlling unmanned aerial vehicle in flight space | In a method for controlling an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in a flight space using a computing device, a 3D sample database is created and store in a storage device of the computing device. The computing device includes a depth-sensing camera that captures a 3D scene image of a scene in front of a user, and senses a depth distance between the user and the depth-sensing camera. A 3D person image of the user is detected from the 3D scene image, and gesture information of the user is obtained by comparing the 3D person image with human gesture data stored in the 3D sample database. The method converts the gesture information of the user into one or more flight control commands, and drives a driver of the UAV to control the UAV to fly in a flight space according to the flight control commands. | Hou-Hsien Lee (New Taipei, TW), Chang-Jung Lee (New Taipei, TW), Chih-Ping Lo (New Taipei, TW) | Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd. (New Taipei, TW) | 2012-11-13 | 2014-06-24 | G06K9/00 | 13/674959 |
| 547 | 8740134 | Unmanned aircraft system and operation method thereof | An unmanned aircraft system includes a manned aircraft and an unmanned aircraft. The manned aircraft includes a manned aircraft main wing, a manned aircraft fuselage, a manned aircraft landing system, and a manned aircraft joining mechanism provided at a bottom portion of the manned aircraft fuselage. The unmanned aircraft includes an unmanned aircraft main wing, an unmanned aircraft fuselage, an unmanned aircraft landing system, and an unmanned aircraft joining mechanism provided at a roof portion of the unmanned aircraft fuselage. The manned aircraft joining mechanism and the unmanned aircraft joining mechanism are detachably joined. The unmanned aircraft system can take off or land in a state that the unmanned aircraft and the manned aircraft are joined. | Satoshi Suzuki (Tokyo, JP) | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (Tokyo, JP) | 2009-08-13 | 2014-06-03 | B64C37/02 | 12/935432 |
| 548 | 8721383 | Modular miniature unmanned aircraft with vectored thrust control | An aircraft for unmanned aviation is described. The aircraft includes an airframe, a pair of fins attached to a rear portion of the airframe, a pair of dihedral braces attached to a bottom portion of the airframe, a first thrust vectoring module and a second thrust vectoring module, and an electronics module. The electronics module provides commands to the two thrust vectoring modules. The two thrust vectoring modules are configured to provide lateral and longitudinal control to the aircraft by directly controlling a thrust vector for each of the pitch, the roll, and the yaw of the aircraft. The use of directly articulated electrical motors as thrust vectoring modules enables the aircraft to execute tight-radius turns over a wide range of airspeeds. | Adam Woodworth (Melrose, MA), Brandon Suarez (Tampa, FL) | Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation (Manassas, VA) | 2009-09-09 | 2014-05-13 | B64C13/00 | 12/556225 |
| 549 | 8688614 | Information processing system | According to one embodiment, an information processing system is coupled to a number of sensors for receiving information generated by the sensors. The information processing system generates records from the received information and binds the records in a multi-dimensional structure including a temporal dimension and another dimension including other records that share a common criterion. The information processing system compares a particular record against other records to detect an abnormality of the particular record. | Howard C. Choe (Southlake, TX) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, MA) | 2009-03-05 | 2014-04-01 | G06F17/00, G06N5/02 | 12/398277 |
| 550 | 8662441 | Unmanned aerial vehicle launch system | A system for launching an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) payload includes a launch tube, liquid rocket, and launch control assembly. The rocket is positioned in the launch tube and contains the UAV payload. A booster assembly may include a canister partially filled with liquid. A gas cylinder is filled with compressed gas. The liquid is pre-pressurized by the gas or mixed with the gas right before launch such that, upon launch, liquid and gaseous thrust stages launch the rocket to a threshold altitude. The UAV payload deploys after reaching the threshold altitude. Optional stability tubes may be connected to the launch tube, which may be buoyant for water-based operations. An optional tether may be connected to the liquid rocket for arresting its flight prior to reaching apogee. The UAV payload is not launched directly by the gas/liquid mix. A method of launching the UAV payload is also disclosed. | David Powell (Sanford, FL), Earl Mark (Deland, FL), John T. Houck (Ormond Beach, FL), Keith Huber (Palm Coast, FL) | Sparton Corporation (Schaumburg, IL) | 2012-02-07 | 2014-03-04 | B64F1/10 | 13/367494 |
| 551 | 8646719 | Marine vessel-towable aerovehicle system with automated tow line release | An unmanned, towable air vehicle is described and includes electronic sensors to increase the detection range relative to the horizon detection limitations of a surface craft, an autogyro assembly to provide lift, and a controller to control operation the autogyro assembly for unmanned flight. A forward motive force powers the autogyro assembly to provide lift. In an example, the autogyro assembly includes a mast extending from the container, a rotatable hub on an end of the mast, and a plurality of blades connected to the hub for rotation to provide lift to the vehicle. In an example, an electrical motor rotates the blades prior to lift off to assist in take off. The electrical motor does not have enough power to sustain flight of the vehicle in an example. | John William Morris (Apple Valley, MN), Charles A. Jarnot (Milford, KS) | Heliplane, Llc (Edina, MN) | 2011-08-22 | 2014-02-11 | B65D3/00, B65D47/00 | 13/215034 |
| 552 | 8639396 | Cooperative control of unmanned aerial vehicles for tracking targets | In certain embodiments, a method includes accessing first target information associated with a first target visible to a first UAV at a first time and accessing second target information, received from a neighboring UAV, associated with a second target visible to the neighboring UAV at the first time. The method further includes combining the first target information and the second target information to generate combined target information and determining, based on the combined target information, a predicted location for the first and second targets at a second time. The method further includes determining a planned route for the first UAV for the second time by solving an optimization problem, the optimization problem accounting for the determined predicted location for the first and second targets, kinematic constraints associated with the first UAV and the neighboring UAV, and line-of-sight constraints associated with the first UAV and the neighboring UAV. | Michael J. Hirsch (St. Petersburg, FL), Hector J. Ortiz Pena (Orchard Park, NY), Christopher R. Eck (Dunedin, FL) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, MA) | 2009-10-07 | 2014-01-28 | G06F17/00, B64C13/00, G08G1/123, G05D1/00, G06F19/00 | 12/575201 |
| 553 | 8633835 | Display of climb capability for an aircraft based on potential states for the aircraft | A method and apparatus for presenting information to operate an aircraft over terrain. A vertical profile view of the terrain is displayed relative to a location of the aircraft. A number of curves are displayed on the vertical profile view. The number of curves identify a climb capability for the aircraft based on a potential state for the aircraft. | William F. Spencer, V (Dana Point, CA) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, IL) | 2011-08-25 | 2014-01-21 | G01C21/00 | 13/217773 |
| 554 | 8622334 | System and method for reducing the noise of pusher type aircraft propellers | A system and method for reducing the noise penalty of a pusher propeller, allowing an aircraft to retain its advantages for UAV configurations, while allowing acoustic performance similar to that of a tractor propeller by reducing, or eliminating, propeller noise emissions. The system and method provide an airfoil-shaped flight surface with (i) a scoop configured to route boundary layer air and associated wake from said flight surface, and (ii) a suction device configured to provide a suction pressure, wherein the scoop routes boundary layer air from the flight surface to the suction device via an opening in the flight surface. | Mark Drela (Cambridge, MA), John Gundlach (Fairfax, VA), Robert Parks (San Jose, CA), Adam Scott Ehrmantraut (Manassas Park, VA) | Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation (Manassas, VA) | 2011-05-19 | 2014-01-07 | B64C1/40 | 13/111414 |
| 555 | 8540183 | Aerovehicle system including plurality of autogyro assemblies | An unmanned, towable aerovehicle is described and includes a container or frame to hold or support cargo, at least one and, in some examples, a plurality of autogyro assemblies connected to the container and to provide flight characteristics, and a controller to control operation the autogyro assembly for unmanned flight. The container or frame includes a connection to connect to a powered aircraft to provide forward motive force to power the autogyro assembly. In an example, the autogyro assembly includes a mast extending from the container, a rotatable hub on an end of the mast, and a plurality of blades connected to the hub for rotation to provide lift to the vehicle. In an example, an electrical motor rotates the blades prior to lift off to assist in take off. In an example, the electrical motor does not have enough power to sustain flight of the vehicle. The aerovehicle can further include plurality of autogyro assemblies to assist in flight. The aerovehicle can include surfaces that provide lift or control to assist in the flight profile of the aerovehicle. | John William Morris (Apple Valley, MN), Charles A. Jarnot (Milford, KS) | Heliplane, Llc (Edina, MN) | 2010-12-13 | 2013-09-24 | B65D3/00, B65D47/00 | 12/966199 |
| 556 | 8527445 | Apparatus, system, and method for object detection and identification | An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for identifying a target object. An object detection module detects objects by matching data from one or more sensors to known data of a target object and determining one or more correlation metrics for each object. An object tracking module tracks geographic locations for detected objects over time using subsequent data from the one or more sensors. A contextual data module determines one or more contextual indicators for detected objects based on the data from the one or more sensors. An artificial intelligence module estimates probabilities that detected objects comprise the target object based on the correlation metrics, the geographic locations, the contextual indicators, and one or more target contextual indicators associated with the target object. The artificial intelligence module estimates the probabilities using an artificial intelligence model, such as a Bayesian network. | James P. Karins (Ewa Beach, HI), Stuart A. Mills (West Hills, CA) | Pukoa Scientific, Llc (Honolulu, HI) | 2010-12-02 | 2013-09-03 | G06N5/02 | 12/959207 |
| 557 | 8525088 | View-point guided weapon system and target designation method | A passive guidance system including a viewpoint capture system (VCS) including a first processor in communication with first memory and a first SWIR imager for creating a viewpoint image database having a plurality of images, at least one of the images having a target point. A weapon guidance module is in communication with the VCS and coupled to a weapon. The weapon guidance module includes a second processor in communication with second memory and a second SWIR imager for storing the viewpoint image database and correlating in-flight images from the second SWIR imager to provide guidance commands directing the weapon to the target point. | Todd A. Ell (Savage, MN), Robert D. Rutkiewicz (Edina, MN) | Rosemont Aerospace, Inc. (Burnsville, MN) | 2012-03-21 | 2013-09-03 | F41G7/34, F41G7/00 | 13/426114 |
| 558 | 8521343 | Method and system to autonomously direct aircraft to emergency-contingency landing sites using on-board sensors | A system for autonomous direction of an aircraft to emergency/contingency landing sites incorporates a terrain mapping sensor and an onboard processor receiving terrain data from the terrain mapping sensor. The processor employs software modules for processing the terrain data to produce a terrain map and for creating a landing profile based on the terrain map. | Charles B. Spinelli (Bainbridge Island, WA) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, IL) | 2011-08-02 | 2013-08-27 | G06F19/00 | 13/196855 |
| 559 | 8515596 | Incremental position-based guidance for a UAV | Disclosed herein is a method and system for flying a ducted-fan aerial vehicle, such as an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) . The method includes receiving a flight plan comprising a plurality of waypoints and a plurality of path segments connecting the plurality of waypoints in an order of execution. The method further includes determining actual flight instructions for the ducted fan unmanned aerial vehicle based on (i) the received flight plan, (ii) a predetermined set of operating parameters associated with the ducted fan unmanned aerial vehicle, and (iii) an iterative analysis of a plurality of ordered triples. The method further includes sending the actual flight instructions to at least one processor of the ducted fan unmanned aerial vehicle configured to implement one or more portions of the actual flight instructions. | Eric E. Hamke (Albuquerque, NM), Matthew Trujillo (Albuquerque, NM), Philip Brown (Rio Ranche, NM) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, NJ) | 2009-08-18 | 2013-08-20 | G01C23/00, B64B1/02, B64C3/18 | 12/542873 |
| 560 | 8514105 | Aircraft energy management display for enhanced vertical situation awareness | The advantageous embodiments provide a method and apparatus for presenting information to operate an aircraft over terrain. A vertical profile view of the terrain is displayed relative to a location of the aircraft. A number of curves are displayed on the vertical profile view. The number of curves identifies a number of maximum heights of the terrain that the aircraft can clear based on a current state of the aircraft. | William F. Spencer, V (Dana Point, CA), John D. Tarbaux (Highland, CA) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, IL) | 2010-04-15 | 2013-08-20 | G01C21/00 | 12/761184 |
| 561 | 8500067 | Modular miniature unmanned aircraft with vectored-thrust control | An aircraft for unmanned aviation is described. The aircraft includes an airframe, a pair of fins attached to a rear portion of the airframe, a pair of dihedral braces attached to a bottom portion of the airframe, a first thrust-vectoring (''T/V'') module and a second T/V module, and an electronics module. The electronics module provides commands to the two T/V modules. The two T/V modules are configured to provide lateral and longitudinal control to the aircraft by directly controlling a thrust vector for each of the pitch, the roll, and the yaw of the aircraft. The use of directly articulated electrical motors as T/V modules enables the aircraft to execute tight-radius turns over a wide range of airspeeds. | Adam Woodworth (Melrose, MA), James Peverill (Canton, MA), Greg Vulikh (Manassas, VA), Jeremy Scott Hollman (Manassas, VA) | Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation (Manassas, VA) | 2012-08-04 | 2013-08-06 | B64C1/32 | 13/567015 |
| 562 | 8494760 | Airborne widefield airspace imaging and monitoring | A Widefield Airspace Imaging and Navigation System to provide UASs with wide field airspace imaging and collision avoidance capabilities. An array of optical lenses are distributed throughout the aircraft to provide an unobstructed view in all directions around the aircraft. Each collection lens is coupled through an optical fiber to a camera that multiplexes the several images. A processing system is connected to the wide array imaging system, and it runs an image interpolation program for resolving a background image and for distinguishing objects that are not moving with the background. In addition, a navigation control program reads the image interpolation software and, upon detection of an approaching object, implements a rule-based avoidance maneuver by sending an appropriate signal to the existing UAS autopilot. | David William Yoel (Radnor, PA), John E. Littlefield (Delanco, NJ), Robert Duane Hill (Madison, AL) | American Aerospace Advisors, Inc. (Radnor, PA) | 2010-12-14 | 2013-07-23 | G08G5/04 | 12/967718 |
| 563 | 8382027 | Adjustable servomechanism assemblies and associated systems and methods | Adjustable servomechanism assemblies and associated systems and methods. An unmanned aircraft system in accordance with one embodiment of the disclosure includes a movable mechanism and a servomechanism assembly operably coupled to the movable mechanism. The system also includes an interface assembly operably coupled to an output shaft of the servo and the movable mechanism. The interface assembly includes an adapter portion carried by the output shaft and an output arm releasably engaged with the adapter portion. The adapter portion includes a first aperture having a non-round surface mated with a non-round surface of the output shaft, and a non-splined, engagement surface. The output arm includes a second aperture sized to receive at least a portion of the outer surface of the adapter portion. The second aperture includes a generally smooth inner surface in contact with and rotatable through 360 degrees relative to the engagement surface of the adapter portion. | Clifford Jackson (White Salmon, WA) | Insitu, Inc. (Bingen, WA) | 2012-07-24 | 2013-02-26 | B64D45/00 | 13/556931 |
| 564 | 8370057 | Audiovisual display modes for sense-and-avoid system for aerial vehicles | The invention provides six different display modes illustrating interaction and relative locations of two or more aerial vehicles (AVs) , with at least one of the AVs being controllable by a ground-based or airborne-based controller of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) or a pilot of a standard manned aircraft. Some display modes also indicate a predicted distance of closest approach of two AVs, the possibility of conflict or collision, and a remaining time, measured relative to the present time, before this conflict occurs. An audio and/or visual indicator advises the AV controller if this conflict event is likely to occur and recommends an acceleration or deceleration increment that may avoid such conflict. | Stanley Robert Herwitz (Newton, MA) | --- | 2010-03-22 | 2013-02-05 | G06F17/10 | 12/661672 |
| 565 | 8366037 | Towable aerovehicle system with automated tow line release | An unmanned, towable aerovehicle is described and includes a container to hold cargo, an autogyro assembly connected to the container and to provide flight characteristics, and a controller to control operation the autogyro assembly for unmanned flight. The container includes a connection to connect to a powered aircraft to provide forward motive force to power the autogyro assembly. In an example, the autogyro assembly includes a mast extending from the container, a rotatable hub on an end of the mast, and a plurality of blades connected to the hub for rotation to provide lift to the vehicle. In an example, an electrical motor rotates the blades prior to lift off to assist in take off. The electrical motor does not have enough power to sustain flight of the vehicle. | John William Morris (Apple Valley, MN), Charles Jarnot (Milford, KS) | Heliplane, Llc (Edina, MN) | 2010-05-21 | 2013-02-05 | B65D3/00, B65D47/00 | 12/785420 |
| 566 | 8235327 | Adjustable servomechanism assemblies and associated systems and methods | Adjustable servomechanism assemblies and associated systems and methods are disclosed herein. An unmanned aircraft system in accordance with one embodiment of the disclosure includes a movable mechanism and a servomechanism assembly operably coupled to the movable mechanism. The system also includes an interface assembly operably coupled to an output shaft of the servo and the movable mechanism. The interface assembly includes an adapter portion carried by the output shaft and an output arm releasably engaged with the adapter portion. The adapter portion includes a first aperture having a non-round surface mated with a non-round surface of the output shaft, and a generally smooth, non-splined, engagement surface. The output arm includes a second aperture sized to receive at least a portion of the outer surface of the adapter portion. The second aperture includes generally smooth inner surface in contact with and rotatable through 360 degrees relative to the engagement surface of the adapter portion. | Clifford Jackson (White Salmon, WA) | Insitu, Inc. (Bingen, WA) | 2009-03-18 | 2012-08-07 | B64C13/20 | 12/406908 |
| 567 | 8205829 | Submersible transport and launch canister and methods for the use thereof | Embodiments of a method for deploying an airborne object are provided utilizing a submersible transport and launch canister of the type that includes a pressure vessel in which the airborne object is stored and a cap which sealingly engages the pressure vessel. In one embodiment, the method includes the steps of positioning an end portion of the pressure vessel above the surface level of a body of water, opening the cap, and launching the airborne object from the pressure vessel while in the body of water. | David E. Bossert (Tucson, AZ), Jeffrey N. Zerbe (Oro Valley, AZ), Ray Sampson (Dartmouth, CA) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, MA) | 2010-03-03 | 2012-06-26 | B64F1/04 | 12/716735 |
| 568 | 8205828 | Submersible transport and launch canister | Embodiments of a submersible transport and launch canister are provided for use by a diver in the deployment of an airborne object. In one embodiment, the submersible transport and launch canister includes a pressure vessel having an open end portion and a storage cavity configured to receive the airborne object therein. A diver-actuated cap is movable between an open position and a closed position in which the diver-actuated cap sealingly engages the open end portion. A propellant device is fluidly coupled to the storage cavity and is configured to propel the airborne object from the storage cavity and through the open end portion when the propellant device is actuated by the diver. | David E. Bossert (Tucson, AZ), Jeffrey N. Zerbe (Oro Valley, AZ), Ray Sampson (Dartmouth, CA) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, MA) | 2010-03-03 | 2012-06-26 | B64F1/04 | 12/716731 |
| 569 | 8170730 | Control system for automatic flight in windshear conditions | A flight control system is configured for controlling the flight of an aircraft through windshear conditions. The system has means for measuring values of selected flight performance states of the aircraft and a control system for operating flight control devices on the aircraft. A windshear detection system located on the aircraft uses at least some of the measured values of the selected flight performance states to calculate a gust average during flight for comparison to pre-determined values in a table for determining whether windshear conditions exist. The control system then operates at least some of the flight control devices in response to an output of the windshear detection system. | Shyhpyng Jack Shue (Grapevine, TX) | Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI) | 2011-07-28 | 2012-05-01 | G05D1/06 | 13/192522 |
| 570 | 8091833 | Vibration isolation devices and associated systems and methods | Vibration isolation devices and associated systems and methods are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, for example, an unmanned aircraft can include a fuselage having a first fuselage section and a second fuselage section adjacent to and at least approximately longitudinally aligned with the first fuselage section. The aircraft can also include at least one vibration isolation device coupling the first fuselage section to the second fuselage section. The vibration isolation device is translationally stiffer along a longitudinal axis than it is along a lateral and a vertical axis, and rotationally stiffer about a pitch and a yaw axis than it is about a roll axis. | Andreas Hubertus von Flotow (Hood River, OR), Tyler Patrick Horton (Hood River, OR) | Insitu, Inc. (Bingen, WA) | 2009-02-20 | 2012-01-10 | B64C1/00 | 12/390301 |
| 571 | 8078395 | Control system for automatic circle flight | A flight control system for an aircraft is configured for receiving command signals representing commanded values of a location of a geospatial point and a radius about the geospatial point for defining a circular groundtrack. A sensor determines a geospatial location of the aircraft and provides a location signal representing the location of the aircraft. A controller for commanding flight control devices on the aircraft controls the flight of the aircraft and is configured to receive the command signals and the location signal. The controller uses the command signals and location signal to operate the flight control devices to control the flight of the aircraft for directing the aircraft generally toward a tangent point of the circular groundtrack and then maintaining a flight path along the circular groundtrack. | Kenneth E. Builta (Euless, TX), James E. Harris (Dalworthington Gardens, TX), Billy K. Gore (Euless, TX) | Bell Helicopter Textron Inc. (Fort Worth, TX) | 2005-11-15 | 2011-12-13 | G01C21/00 | 12/064490 |
| 572 | 8056461 | Methods and apparatus for marine deployment | Methods and apparatus for marine deployment according to various aspects of the present invention may operate in conjunction with a floatable housing adapted to be deployed by a marine vehicle. The floatable housing may be adapted to be launched from a marine vehicle and rise to the surface. Assets, such as an unmanned aerial vehicle, may be deployed from the surfaced floatable housing. | David E. Bossert (Tucson, AZ), Jeffrey N. Zerbe (Oro Valley, AZ), Ray Sampson (Dartmouth, CA) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, MA) | 2008-09-18 | 2011-11-15 | F41F3/00 | 12/233254 |
| 573 | 8010658 | Information processing system for classifying and/or tracking an object | According to one embodiment, a computing system includes a computing node coupled to a number of sensors. The sensors are operable to generate records from received information and transmit these records to the computing node. The computing node is operable to bind the plurality of records in a plurality of classifications using a multiple level classifier such that each classification has a differing level of specificity. | Deepak Khosla (Camarillo, CA), James Guillochon (San Diego, CA), Howard C. Choe (Southlake, TX) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, MA) | 2008-02-07 | 2011-08-30 | G06F15/173 | 12/027588 |
| 574 | 8000847 | Control system for automatic flight in windshear conditions | A flight control system is configured for controlling the flight of an aircraft through windshear conditions. The system has means for measuring values of selected flight performance states of the aircraft and a control system for operating flight control devices on the aircraft. A windshear detection system located on the aircraft uses at least some of the measured values of the selected flight performance states to calculate a gust average during flight for comparison to pre-determined values in a table for determining whether windshear conditions exist. The control system then operates at least some of the flight control devices in response to an output of the windshear detection system. | Shyhpyng Jack Shue (Grapevine, TX) | Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI) | 2005-10-11 | 2011-08-16 | G05D1/06 | 11/663906 |
| 575 | 7946241 | Methods and apparatus for marine deployment | Methods and apparatus for marine deployment according to various aspects of the present invention may operate in conjunction with a floatable housing adapted to be deployed by a marine vehicle. The floatable housing may be adapted to be launched from a marine vehicle and rise to the surface. Assets, such as an unmanned aerial vehicle, may be deployed from the surfaced floatable housing. | Ray Sampson (Dartmouth, CA), David E. Bossert (Tucson, AZ), Jeffrey N. Zerbe (Oro Valley, AZ) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, MA) | 2008-09-18 | 2011-05-24 | B63B35/50 | 12/233328 |
| 576 | 7898462 | Multi-sector radar sensor | A radar system comprises a plurality of antenna sub-systems, each operable to transmit and receive radio frequency (RF) signals in a corresponding sector, wherein the plurality of antenna sub-systems are positioned such that the corresponding sectors cover a total range of about 180 degrees to about 360 degrees without rotation of the radar system. The radar system also comprises shared backend circuitry coupled to each of the plurality of antenna sub-systems and operable to process signals from each of the plurality of antenna sub-systems to detect the presence of an obstacle in one of the corresponding sectors. | David W. Meyers (Brooklyn Park, MN), Long Bui (Palos Verde Estates, CA), Yi-Chi Shih (Palos Verde Estates, CA) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, NJ) | 2008-10-03 | 2011-03-01 | H01Q1/28, G01C23/00, G01S13/00 | 12/245593 |
| 577 | 7868817 | Radar system for obstacle avoidance | A radar system comprises a transmitter antenna configured to transmit a radio frequency (RF) signal, a first receiver antenna, and a second receiver antenna. Each of the first and second receiver antennas are configured to receive a reflection of the RF signal, wherein the first and second receiver antennas are synchronized and separated by a vertical distance. The radar system also comprises radar processing circuitry configured to control transmission of the RF signal from the transmitter antenna and to determine an elevation of an object reflecting the RF signal based on the phase difference between the reflected RF signal received by the first receiver antenna and the reflected RF signal received by the second receiver antenna, wherein the transmit antenna, first receiver antenna, and second receiver antenna are operable to continuously rotate 360 degrees along an azimuth angle without rotating along an elevation angle. | David W. Meyers (Brooklyn Park, MN), Long Bui (Palos Verde Estates, CA), Yi-Chi Shih (Palos Verde Estates, CA) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, NJ) | 2008-10-03 | 2011-01-11 | G01S13/00, G01S13/08 | 12/245334 |
| 578 | 7735058 | Remote component and connection architecture | A method of developing software comprises the steps of defining a plurality of component objects for receiving input data and producing output data, defining a plurality of connection objects for passing data between the component objects, and executing an initialization script to define a behavioral model for the system by defining relationships between the component objects and the connection objects. A software development system that performs the method is also provided. | Kevin Kinsella (Escondido, CA), Roger Theodore Sumner (Solana Beach, CA) | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation (Los Angeles, CA) | 2005-01-31 | 2010-06-08 | G06F9/44, G06F9/45 | 11/047132 |
| 579 | 7693617 | Aircraft precision approach control | An aircraft control system for operations close to the ground includes a camera having a rangefinder for measuring the azimuth, elevation and slant range from a fixed point on the aircraft relative to a selected target point on a surface below the aircraft, a navigation system for measuring the latitude and longitude of the aircraft on the surface, a computer for computing the position of the fixed point on the aircraft relative to the target point from the respective measurements of the camera and the navigation system, and a controller for controlling the movement of the aircraft such that the fixed point is positioned at a selected position above the selected target point on the surface. The controller may also include an automatic tracking mechanism for maintaining the position of the fixed point on the aircraft at the selected position above a moving object. | Gregory E. Dockter (Mesa, AZ), Donald G. Caldwell (Mesa, AZ), Jason Graham (Mesa, AZ) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, IL) | 2006-09-19 | 2010-04-06 | G05D1/06, G06F19/00 | 11/533226 |
| 580 | 7597014 | System and method for providing vertical profile measurements of atmospheric gases | A system and method for using an air collection device to collect a continuous air sample as the device descends through the atmosphere are provided. The air collection device may be one or more coils of thin-walled elongated hollow tubing having a small interior diameter. The thin-walled elongated hollow tubing may be of a substantially nonreactive and nonabsorptive material such as stainless steel. A valve or the like controls the flow of air into and out of the tubing with one of the ends of the tubing closed and the other of the ends open at the beginning or end of the ascent and closed substantially at the end of the descent to seal the continuous air sample in the air collection device. The air collection device may be insulated and have cushioning. Once the continuous air sample is collected in the air collection device, it is analyzed to determine the presence and mole fraction of trace gases at different altitudes in the atmosphere. A high resolution continuous vertical profile of the trace gas may be created. The air collection device may also be used to store a sample gas using a compressor which draws or pushes the gas into the air collection device over a selected period of time. The stored gas may be analyzed in the same manner as the atmospheric air to obtain a time history of the gas sample. | Pieter P. Tans (Boulder, CO) | The United States of America As Represented By The Secretary of Commerce (Washington, DC) | 2006-08-15 | 2009-10-06 | G01N1/12 | 11/464607 |
| 581 | 7578467 | Methods and apparatuses for indicating and/or adjusting tension in pliant tension members, including aircraft recovery lines | Methods and apparatuses for measuring and adjusting tension in pliant tension members, including aircraft recovery lines. A tool for indicating tension in a pliant tension member in accordance with one embodiment of the invention, for example, can include a first support member releasably coupled to a flexible line suspended from a support structure. The first support member is positioned generally parallel to the flexible line. The tool can also include a second support member coupled to the first support member and positioned at an acute angle relative to the first support member. The second support member has a center of gravity at a selected distance from the flexible line. The second support member is generally horizontal when the tension in the flexible line is at a desired value. | Wayne Goodrich (White Salmon, WA) | Insitu, Inc. (Bingen, WA) | 2006-10-30 | 2009-08-25 | B64F1/02, G01L5/04 | 11/590223 |
| 582 | 7014141 | Unmanned airborne reconnaissance system | An unmanned airborne reconnaissance system, the unmanned airborne reconnaissance system including a lightweight, portable, powered aircraft and a foldable launch rail, the aircraft, in a broken down condition and the launch rail in a broken down condition fitable inside a box, the box capable of being carried by one man. The launch system includes an elongated launch rail with the carriage assembly, and a propulsion means for accelerating the carriage assembly from one end of the launch rail to the other. The carriage assembly releasably engages the aircraft so as to propel the aircraft from one end of the launch rail to the other. The propulsion may be by a cartridge that explodes and releases a gas through a cylinder, or by elastic cords. The aircraft is guided through the air either by a programmed onboard computer which controls the control surfaces of the aircraft and/or by remote control. The aircraft typically contains a camera for recording and transmitting images received from the ground below. | Beverly Cox (San Antonio, TX), Hampton Dews (Medina, TX), Nicholas Nyroth (San Antonio, TX) | Mission Technologies, Inc. (San Antonio, TX) | 2002-07-12 | 2006-03-21 | B64C13/20, B64C13/00 | 10/194814 |
| 583 | 6540179 | In-flight loadable and refuelable unmanned aircraft system for continuous flight | A method for refueling and reloading an unmanned aircraft for continuous flight is disclosed herein wherein the unmanned aircraft is maintained and supported by a support aircraft. Both aircraft maintain cargo bays and in-flight operable doors located on the underside of each aircraft for the purposes of docking and exchanging goods. Preferably the goods comprise loadable cartridges and may contain such items as weapons, cargo, or fuel for example. In one embodiment, when both aircraft are in a docked configuration for exchange of goods during flight, the in-flight operable doors open and the support aircraft is capable of loading such cartridges aboard the unmanned aircraft. When necessary the support aircraft may load gear for the purposes of landing the unmanned aircraft. Alternate methods of reloading an unmanned aircraft for continuous flight is disclosed wherein the unmanned aircraft does not have cargo bay doors and the aircraft is supported by a support aircraft. | J. Kirston Henderson (Fort Worth, TX) | Lockheed Martin Corporation (Bethesda, MD) | 2000-12-15 | 2003-04-01 | B64D39/00, B64C39/00, B64C39/02, B64D5/00, B64D037/00, B64C001/22 | 09/738227 |
