David D. Needelman
15Patents
8h-index
20Co-inventors
68Inventor score
Filing activity: Dec 3, 1999 → Jun 19, 2014
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6266616A | Confused-in-space stellar attitude acquisition using multiple star trackers | Performing Operations; Transporting | 32 | Expired |
| US6289268A | Attitude determination system and method | Performing Operations; Transporting | 21 | Expired |
| US6512979B1 | Lost-in-space stellar attitude acquisition using multiple star trackers | Performing Operations; Transporting | 18 | Expired |
| US6470270B1 | Lost-in-space stellar attitude acquisition using multiple star trackers | Performing Operations; Transporting | 18 | Expired |
| US8019544B2 | Real-time refinement method of spacecraft star tracker alignment estimates | Physics | 16 | Active |
| US6588708B2 | Spacecraft methods and structures for acquiring and determining power-safe attitudes | Performing Operations; Transporting | 9 | Expired |
| US6766227B2 | Attitude-acquisition methods and systems for controlled spacecraft attitude | Performing Operations; Transporting | 9 | Expired |
| US7410130B2 | Star-tracker-based attitude determination for spinning spacecraft | Performing Operations; Transporting | 8 | Expired |
| US8265804B1 | Method and system for controlling a vehicle | Performing Operations; Transporting | 4 | Active |
| US7136752B2 | Method and apparatus for on-board autonomous pair catalog generation | Physics | 4 | Expired |
| US7062363B2 | Refinement of spacecraft angular velocity and attitude estimates using star data | Physics | 3 | Expired |
| US7228231B2 | Multiple stayout zones for ground-based bright object exclusion | Physics | 2 | Expired |
| US7219014B2 | Method and apparatus for real-time star exclusion from a database | Physics | 2 | Expired |
| US7310578B2 | Fast access, low memory, pair catalog | Performing Operations; Transporting | 2 | Expired |
| US9423255B2 | System and method for mitigating an occurrence of a dry spot in a field of view of a star tracker | Performing Operations; Transporting | 0 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.