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Richard A. Fowell
Also filed as: FOWELL RICHARD · FOWELL RICHARD A
38 granted patents·2 pending applications·652 citations·filing 1987–2018
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40 records- 0186US7487016B2Method for compensating star motion induced error in a stellar inertial attitude determination systemBOEING CO·Filed 2005·Granted Feb 3, 2009·18 cites·40 claims
- 0285US10647449B2Indirect self-imaging systems and methodsBOEING CO·Filed 2018·Granted May 12, 2020·8 cites·21 claims
- 0383US6293502B1System and method for enhanced solar array pointing in sun-nadir steeringHUGHES ELECTRONICS CORP·Filed 1999·Granted Sep 25, 2001·47 cites·28 claims
- 0481US6032903ACooperative control structures and methods for satellite spin axis controlHUGHES ELECTRONICS CORP·Filed 1998·Granted Mar 7, 2000·45 cites·27 claims
- 0579US5184790ATwo-axis attitude correction for orbit inclinationHUGHES AIRCRAFT CO·Filed 1991·Granted Feb 9, 1993·46 cites·19 claims
- 0678US8041118B2Pattern recognition filters for digital imagesBOEING CO·Filed 2007·Granted Oct 18, 2011·12 cites·98 claims
- 0778US6305646B1Eccentricity control strategy for inclined geosynchronous orbitsHUGHES ELECTRONICS CORP·Filed 1999·Granted Oct 23, 2001·44 cites·23 claims
- 0876US6863244B2Mitigation of angular acceleration effects on optical sensor dataBOEING CO·Filed 2003·Granted Mar 8, 2005·21 cites·48 claims
- 0975US5738309ASingle axis correction for orbit inclinationHUGHES AIRCRAFT CO·Filed 1996·Granted Apr 14, 1998·35 cites·18 claims
- 1075US4883244ASatellite attitude determination and control system with agile beam sensingHUGHES AIRCRAFT CO·Filed 1987·Granted Nov 28, 1989·46 cites·25 claims
- 1174US5667171ASatellite spin axis stabilization using a single degree of freedom transverse momentum storage deviceHUGHES AIRCRAFT CO·Filed 1995·Granted Sep 16, 1997·27 cites·23 claims
- 1273US7260456B2Pixel-frequency slews and filters for star data measurementsBOEING CO·Filed 2005·Granted Aug 21, 2007·7 cites·63 claims
- 1371US5610848ARobust resonance reduction using staggered posicast filtersHUGHES AIRCRAFT CO·Filed 1994·Granted Mar 11, 1997·34 cites·9 claims
- 1465US9914551B2Passive timing of asynchronous IMU attitude dataBOEING CO·Filed 2014·Granted Mar 13, 2018·4 cites·20 claims
- 1564US6825806B2Satellite methods and structures for improved antenna pointing and wide field-of-view attitude acquisitionBOEING CO·Filed 2002·Granted Nov 30, 2004·13 cites·27 claims
- 1662US6921049B2System for counteracting a disturbance in a spacecraftBOEING CO·Filed 2003·Granted Jul 26, 2005·11 cites·33 claims
- 1762US6195044B1Laser crosslink satellite attitude determination system and methodHUGHES ELECTRONICS CORP·Filed 1998·Granted Feb 27, 2001·46 cites·7 claims
- 1861US5775645AControlled-emission solar tabs for attitude solar sailingHUGHES ELECTRONICS CORP·Filed 1996·Granted Jul 7, 1998·25 cites·28 claims
- 1960US5826828ASun/earth acquisition without thrustersHUGHES ELECTRONICS CORP·Filed 1996·Granted Oct 27, 1998·24 cites·11 claims
- 2057US6990396B2Method and apparatus for reaction wheel dynamic compensation in long-duration deployment of a large reflectorBOEING CO·Filed 2002·Granted Jan 24, 2006·9 cites·42 claims
- 2155US6135389ASubterranean target steering strategyHUGHES ELECTRONICS CORP·Filed 1998·Granted Oct 24, 2000·19 cites·16 claims
- 2254US6152403AGyroscopic calibration methods for spacecraftHUGHES ELECTRONICS CORP·Filed 1998·Granted Nov 28, 2000·22 cites·20 claims
- 2352US7136752B2Method and apparatus for on-board autonomous pair catalog generationBOEING CO·Filed 2004·Granted Nov 14, 2006·6 cites·46 claims
- 2451US5310143AThree axis thruster modulationHUGHES AIRCRAFT CO·Filed 1993·Granted May 10, 1994·19 cites·19 claims
- 2550US6382565B1Satellite spin reorientation using a single degree of freedom momentum storage deviceHUGHES ELECTRONICS CORP·Filed 1997·Granted May 7, 2002·12 cites·23 claims
- 2647US7025307B2Method and apparatus for solar tacking momentum maintenance in long-duration deployment of a large reflectorBOEING CO·Filed 2002·Granted Apr 11, 2006·4 cites·37 claims
- 2746US7228231B2Multiple stayout zones for ground-based bright object exclusionBOEING CO·Filed 2004·Granted Jun 5, 2007·3 cites·25 claims
- 2845US6930636B2Method of acquiring satellite attitudeBOEING CO·Filed 2003·Granted Aug 16, 2005·3 cites·10 claims
- 2945US6439511B1Thermal shock avoidance for satellite solar panelsHUGHES ELECTRONICS CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Aug 27, 2002·6 cites·22 claims
- 3044US6695262B2Spacecraft methods and structures for enhanced service-attitude accuracyBOEING CO·Filed 2001·Granted Feb 24, 2004·2 cites·16 claims
- 3144US6676087B2Spacecraft methods and structures with beacon-receiving field-of-view matched to beacon station windowBOEING CO·Filed 2003·Granted Jan 13, 2004·2 cites·12 claims
- 3244US5884869ASatellite spin vector control with sun sensorHUGHES ELECTRONICS CORP·Filed 1996·Granted Mar 23, 1999·14 cites·7 claims
- 3343US7310578B2Fast access, low memory, pair catalogBOEING CO·Filed 2004·Granted Dec 18, 2007·3 cites·14 claims
- 3443US6978966B2Reflector deployment error estimationBOEING CO·Filed 2004·Granted Dec 27, 2005·2 cites·39 claims
- 3543US5758846ASatellite spin inversion using a single degree of freedom momentum storage deviceHUGHES ELECTRONICS CORP·Filed 1997·Granted Jun 2, 1998·9 cites·20 claims
- 3642US7274329B2Method and apparatus for reducing quantization-induced beam errors by selecting quantized coefficients based on predicted beam qualityBOEING CO·Filed 2004·Granted Sep 25, 2007·2 cites·60 claims
- 3742US7219014B2Method and apparatus for real-time star exclusion from a databaseBOEING CO·Filed 2004·Granted May 15, 2007·2 cites·22 claims
- 3839US2007083345A1Method and apparatus for reducing gyro aliasing, noise, and quantizationBOEING CO·Filed 2005·Application pending·0 cites
- 3937US7268726B2Method and apparatus for correction of quantization-induced beacon beam errorsBOEING CO·Filed 2004·Granted Sep 11, 2007·0 cites·32 claims
- 4037US2005007273A1Method and apparatus for prediction and correction of gain and phase errors in a beacon or payloadBOEING CO·Filed 2004·Application pending·0 cites
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