Kristen Doelling

Title: Kristen Doelling and Rotorcraft Rotor Strike Avoidance

Introduction

Kristen Doelling is an inventor associated with Grapevine, Texas, and Textron Innovations Inc. Her work includes a patent focused on detecting nearby objects and estimating their distance to help rotorcraft avoid rotor strikes.

Latest Patents

Doelling is named on one patent: “Detecting Objects and Distance to Objects for Rotorcraft Rotor Strike Avoidance.” The invention describes accessing images of a rotorcraft’s surroundings and using artificial intelligence models to derive proximity information, including depth measurements for objects in those images. Further analysis of that information can support efforts to prevent a rotor blade from colliding with nearby physical objects. The patent record provided does not establish when this patent was granted or whether it is her latest filing.

Career Highlights

Doelling’s listed patent work addresses a safety challenge in rotorcraft operations: identifying surrounding objects and assessing their distance from the aircraft. The disclosed approach combines image sensors, AI-based image processing, and proximity analysis to inform collision-avoidance measures.

Collaborations

Doelling is associated with Textron Innovations Inc. Jeffrey W. Holcomb is identified as a coworker; the information provided does not specify whether he collaborated on this patent.

Conclusion

Kristen Doelling’s listed invention applies AI-based image and depth analysis to rotorcraft collision avoidance, with the goal of helping protect rotor blades from strikes by nearby objects.