Inventor

William L. Whittaker

Inventor

Pittsburgh, PA, US

Overview

1991–2021

Patent span

Physics

Primary field (CPC G)

Patents· 22 as inventor

Public. Assignee & technology derived from the patent record. Each patent links to its LexDana page.

G05Dprimary

G05DSystems for controlling or regulating non-electric variables17%

B62DMotor vehicles16%

G01SRadio direction-finding16%

G08GTraffic control systems15%

B60KArrangement or mounting of propulsion units or of transmissions in vehicles12%

A01BSoil working in agriculture or forestry2%

A01DHarvesting2%

E03FSewers2%

F16LPipes2%

G06VImage or video recognition or understanding2%

PatentTitleYear

10,958,206Battery powered generator2021 8,024,066'Autonomous inspector mobile platform'2011 7,131,791'Pipeline rehabilitation systems'2006 7,069,124'Robotic modeling of voids'2006 6,918,321'Shingle ripper'2005 6,336,051'Agricultural harvester with robotic control'2002 5,956,250'Apparatus and method for autonomous vehicle navigation using absolute data'1999 5,911,669'Vision-based crop line tracking for harvesters'1999 5,838,562'System and a method for enabling a vehicle to track a preset path'1998 5,684,696'System and method for enabling an autonomous vehicle to track a desired path'1997 5,680,313'System and method for detecting obstacles in a road'1997 5,680,306'System, and method for enabling a vehicle to track a path'1997 5,657,226'System and method for causing an autonomous vehicle to track a path'1997 5,648,901'System and method for generating paths in an autonomous vehicle'1997 5,646,845'System and method for controlling an autonomously navigated vehicle'1997 5,615,116'Apparatus and method for autonomous vehicle navigation using path data'1997 5,612,883'System and method for detecting obstacles in the path of a vehicle'1997 5,610,815'Integrated vehicle positioning and navigation system, apparatus and method'1997 5,548,516'Multi-tasked navigation system and method for an autonomous land based vehicle'1996 5,451,135'Collapsible mobile vehicle'1995 5,127,484'Orthogonal legged walking robot'1992 5,005,658'Orthogonal legged walking robot'1991

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

1991–2002Patents assigned to UNIV CARNEGIE MELLON (5)· patent assignee history

1991–2011Based in Pittsburgh, PA, US· patent location history

1996–1999Patents assigned to CATERPILLAR INC (12)· patent assignee history

2005Based in Kingston, NY, US· patent location history

2006–2011Patents assigned to REDZONE ROBOTICS INC (2)· patent assignee history

2006Patents assigned to WORKHORSE TECHNOLOGIES LLC (1)· patent assignee history

2021Patents assigned to WHITTAKER WILLIAM (1)· patent assignee history

2021Based in Port Washington, NY, US· patent location history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees

Assignee	Patents	Span
CATERPILLAR INC	12	1996–1999
UNIV CARNEGIE MELLON	5	1991–2002
REDZONE ROBOTICS INC	2	2006–2011
WHITTAKER WILLIAMself	1	2021
WORKHORSE TECHNOLOGIES LLC	1	2006

Locations

Location	Patents	Span
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US	20	1991–2011
Port Washington, New York, US	1	2021
Kingston, New York, US	1	2005