Patents by Inventor Anders Olsson

Anders Olsson has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11853477
    Abstract: A computer system can be controlled with non-contact inputs through zonal control. In an embodiment, a non-contact input that is an eye-tracking device is used to track the gaze of a user. A computer's display, and beyond, can be separated into a number of discrete zones according to a configuration. Each zone is associated with a computer function. The zones and/or their functions can, but need not, be indicated to the user. The user can perform the various functions by moving gaze towards the zone associated with that function and providing an activation signal of intent. The activation signal of intent can be a contact-required or non-contact action, such as a button press or dwelling gaze, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Tobii AB
    Inventors: David Figgins Henderek, Anders Olsson, Magnus Carl Olof Sävmarker, Staffan Wingren
  • Patent number: 11794562
    Abstract: The invention relates to a vehicle comprising a chassis having an upper frame plate and a lower frame plate. Between the upper frame plate and the lower frame plate there is provided a traction battery pack arrangement comprising one or more battery modules, and a hydrogen tank structure comprising one or more hydrogen tanks. The hydrogen tank structure is vertically tightened to the traction battery pack arrangement, so that one of the hydrogen tank structure and said traction battery pack arrangement is located on top of the other. At least one of the hydrogen tank structure and the traction battery pack arrangement is tightened to one of the upper and lower frame plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Volvo Truck Corporation
    Inventors: Jan Hendriks, Anders Olsson
  • Patent number: 11767067
    Abstract: A joint for mounting an elongate element to a structural element in a vehicle, comprising a first and a second clamping portion, tightening elements configured to tighten the first and second clamping portions towards each other so that when the elongate element is arranged between the first and second clamping portions, the elongate element becomes clamped, a first and a second support portion, wherein the first and second support portions are spaced from each other and extend from the first clamping portion to the second clamping portion, wherein when the elongate element is arranged between the first and second clamping portions and the tightening elements tighten the first and second clamping portions, then at least one of the first and second clamping portions is configured to press at least one of the support portions towards the other one so that the elongate element becomes laterally contacted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Volvo Truck Corporation
    Inventors: Anders Olsson, Larry Hiltunen, Jan Hendriks
  • Publication number: 20230235770
    Abstract: A fastening element for retaining mechanical parts to each other at an opening extending through the mechanical parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Applicant: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sebastien RAGOT, Anders OLSSON, Charles SAHAKIAN, Laurent BOURSEGUIN, Erik EJDERVIK
  • Publication number: 20230227117
    Abstract: A lifting arrangement for lifting a wheel axle of a vehicle comprising a first elongated member extending along a first axis comprising a vehicle frame coupling portion for connecting the lifting arrangement to a vehicle frame of the vehicle during use, a second elongated member extending along a second axis comprising a wheel axle coupling portion for connecting the lifting arrangement to the wheel axle of the vehicle during use, wherein the vehicle frame coupling portion and the wheel axle coupling portion are offset from each other by a length and wherein the lifting arrangement is arranged to adjust the length between a maximum length and a minimum length by axially moving the second elongated member along the second axis relative the first elongated member, wherein the lifting arrangement further comprises an engaging device for axially moving the second elongated member along the second axis relative the first elongated member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2023
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventors: Anders Olsson, Yogesh Ramachandra, Simon Wassenius, Calixthe Mattei
  • Publication number: 20230205316
    Abstract: A computer system can be controlled with non-contact inputs through zonal control. In an embodiment, a non-contact input that is an eye-tracking device is used to track the gaze of a user. A computer's display, and beyond, can be separated into a number of discrete zones according to a configuration. Each zone is associated with a computer function. The zones and/or their functions can, but need not, be indicated to the user. The user can perform the various functions by moving gaze towards the zone associated with that function and providing an activation signal of intent. The activation signal of intent can be a contact-required or non-contact action, such as a button press or dwelling gaze, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: Tobii AB
    Inventors: David Figgins Henderek, Anders Olsson, Magnus Carl Olof Sävmarker, Staffan Wingren
  • Publication number: 20230125887
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for estimating a pith location with regard to a timber board, including: receiving a pixelated actual digital image of each lateral face of at least a longitudinal part of the timber board, extending along a longitudinal axis of the timber board; identifying an input portion in said longitudinal part of the timber board, where the input portion is a portion of the timber board which extends along the longitudinal axis; extracting from each pixelated actual digital image of the longitudinal part of the timber board, an input image representing said input portion, so obtaining four input images representing an appearance of the input portion at each lateral face of the timber board; inputting said four input images into the input layer of an artificial neural network and making the artificial neural network operate; and reading, at an output layer of the artificial neural network, output data defining a location of a pith of a log from which the timber board has been obtained, i
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: TADIOS HABITE, OSAMA ABDELJABER, ANDERS OLSSON
  • Publication number: 20230131223
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for generating a training dataset for training an artificial neural network configured to use images of lateral faces of a timber board to provide information about structure and/or defects, the method including; a log generation step during which a virtual model of a log is generated; a sawing step of the virtual model to obtain one or more virtual timber boards; a pattern step during which a surface pattern is determined as the intersection between the virtual lateral face and the internal structure and/or defects; a rendering step during which a rendered surface image of the lateral face of the virtual timber board is created; and an input data generation step during which the rendered surface images are used to create one or more item of input data; an output data generation step during which an item of output data is generated; and a population step during which a record is added to the training dataset comprising the item of input data, in combination with the item of ou
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: TADIOS HABITE, OSAMA ABDELJABER, ANDERS OLSSON
  • Patent number: 11604510
    Abstract: A computer system can be controlled with non-contact inputs through zonal control. In an embodiment, a non-contact input that is an eye-tracking device is used to track the gaze of a user. A computer's display, and beyond, can be separated into a number of discrete zones according to a configuration. Each zone is associated with a computer function. The zones and/or their functions can, but need not, be indicated to the user. The user can perform the various functions by moving gaze towards the zone associated with that function and providing an activation signal of intent. The activation signal of intent can be a contact-required or non-contact action, such as a button press or dwelling gaze, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: TOBII AB
    Inventors: David Figgins Henderek, Anders Olsson, Magnus Carl Olof Sävmarker, Staffan Wingren
  • Publication number: 20230044254
    Abstract: Reactor for recovery or recycling of hydrocarbon products from hydrocarbon-containing material by decomposing and gasifying the material in a reactor housing, comprising a gas/particle separator device arranged to separate solid particles accompanying the gas and to return these particles directly to the reactor housing in the opposite direction to axially flowing gasified hydrocarbon products, and/or comprising a rotor shaft with axially running channels which are in flow communication with a coolant, and/or comprising a radial play formed between the periphery of a rotor and the inside of the reactor housing and amounting to at least 3 cm and at most 6 cm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: Vasa Green Venture PLC
    Inventor: Anders OLSSON
  • Patent number: 11573631
    Abstract: The present invention provides improved methods and systems for assisting a user when interacting with a graphical user interface by combining gaze based input with gesture based user commands. The present invention provide systems, devices and method that enable a user of a computer system without a traditional touch-screen to interact with graphical user interfaces in a touch-screen like manner using a combination of gaze based input and gesture based user commands. Furthermore, the present invention offers a solution for touch-screen like interaction using gaze input and gesture based input as a complement or an alternative to touch-screen interactions with a computer device having a touch-screen, such as for instance in situations where interaction with the regular touch-screen is cumbersome or ergonomically challenging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Tobii AB
    Inventors: Markus Cederlund, Robert Gavelin, Anders Vennström, Anders Kaplan, Anders Olsson, Mårten Skogö
  • Publication number: 20220402546
    Abstract: A steering assembly for a vehicle comprising a first, a second, a third, and a fourth wheel, a first steering actuator comprising a first actuating member, and a second steering actuator comprising a second actuating member. The first actuating member is connected to each of the first wheel and the second wheel. The second actuating member is connected to each of the third wheel and the fourth wheel. The steering assembly comprises a connection arrangement. The first and second steering actuators are connected to each other via the connection arrangement such that the first actuating member and the second actuating member move independently of each other when a relative movement parameter is within a predetermined relative movement range and the connection arrangement transfers movement between the first actuating member and the second actuating member when the relative movement parameter is outside the predetermined relative movement range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Stefan Preijert, Anders Olsson
  • Patent number: 11446974
    Abstract: An adjustable anti-roll bar arrangement for a vehicle, comprising a bracket configured to be mounted in a fixed relationship to a chassis or a an axle of the vehicle, a linear actuator connected to the bracket, a guided element, the linear actuator being configured to drive the guided element along a first geometrical axis, a supporting shaft mounted to the bracket and defining a second geometrical axis which has a different extension compared to the first geometrical axis, an anti-roll bar, and a stabilizer stay having a first end connected to the anti-roll bar, and a second end movably connected to and supported by the supporting shaft, the second end being also connected to the guided element such that when the linear actuator drives the guided element along the first geometrical axis, the second end follows the motion along the second geometrical axis. The invention also relates to a vehicle comprising such an arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Volvo Truck Corporation
    Inventors: Pontus Karlsson, Max Gålnander, Anders Olsson
  • Publication number: 20220253134
    Abstract: A computer system can be controlled with non-contact inputs through zonal control. In an embodiment, a non-contact input that is an eye-tracking device is used to track the gaze of a user. A computer's display, and beyond, can be separated into a number of discrete zones according to a configuration. Each zone is associated with a computer function. The zones and/or their functions can, but need not, be indicated to the user. The user can perform the various functions by moving gaze towards the zone associated with that function and providing an activation signal of intent. The activation signal of intent can be a contact-required or non-contact action, such as a button press or dwelling gaze, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Applicant: Tobii AB
    Inventors: David Figgins Henderek, Anders Olsson, Magnus Carl Olof Sävmarker, Staffan Wingren
  • Publication number: 20220219752
    Abstract: The invention relates to a vehicle steering system comprising a steering wheel, a first and a second steering assembly. The steering assemblies each comprise a steering linkage mechanically connected to a road wheel and a support motor. The steering wheel is configured to control a steering angle of a first road wheel via a first support motor actuating a first steering linkage. A processing circuitry is configured to receive, from the first steering assembly, input signals comprising one or more steering parameter values measured for the first steering assembly. Based on the received first input signals, the processing circuitry is configured to calculate a desired steering angle of a second road wheel and to send control signals to a second support motor so as to actuate a second steering linkage such that the desired steering angle of the second road wheel is obtained. A method is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: Stefan PREIJERT, Anders OLSSON
  • Publication number: 20220169228
    Abstract: The invention relates to an air-actuated vehicle system, comprising an actuating device which houses a pressurizable chamber, a pressurized air source, a conduit extending between the pressurized air source and the actuating device, for enabling the pressurizable chamber of the actuating device to be pressurized with air from the pressurized air source, and a pressure sensing arrangement measuring a first pressure inside the pressurized air source and a second pressure inside the pressurizable chamber, wherein the pressure sensing arrangement is configured to determine that the system has an air leakage when the result of the measurement(s) of said second pressure deviates from an expected result, wherein the expected result is based on the result of the measurement(s) of said first pressure. The invention also relates to a method of leakage detection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2021
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventors: Anders OLSSON, Alfred SKOGLUND
  • Publication number: 20220169318
    Abstract: A joint for mounting an elongate element to a structural element in a vehicle, comprising a first and a second clamping portion, tightening elements configured to tighten the first and second clamping portions towards each other so that when the elongate element is arranged between the first and second clamping portions, the elongate element becomes clamped, a first and a second support portion, wherein the first and second support portions are spaced from each other and extend from the first clamping portion to the second clamping portion, wherein when the elongate element is arranged between the first and second clamping portions and the tightening elements tighten the first and second clamping portions, then at least one of the first and second clamping portions is configured to press at least one of the support portions towards the other one so that the elongate element becomes laterally contacted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2021
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventors: Anders OLSSON, Larry HILTUNEN, Jan HENDRIKS
  • Publication number: 20220161771
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a control unit for controlling a chassis system between at least a ground contact point and a frame of a vehicle, the chassis system comprising a leaf spring and a chassis arrangement, said chassis arrangement is adapted to receive a chassis condition input signal and to control a chassis condition of said chassis arrangement in response to said chassis condition input signal, said chassis system further comprising a strain gauge adapted to issue a strain gauge output signal indicative of a strain in said leaf spring, wherein said control unit is adapted to receive said strain gauge output signal and to issue said chassis condition input signal to said chassis arrangement on the basis of said strain gauge output signal. The invention also relates to a method, a chassis system, and a vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventors: Stefan Preijert, Anders Olsson
  • Publication number: 20220105791
    Abstract: The invention relates to a vehicle comprising a chassis having an upper frame plate and a lower frame plate. Between the upper frame plate and the lower frame plate there is provided a traction battery pack arrangement comprising one or more battery modules, and a hydrogen tank structure comprising one or more hydrogen tanks. The hydrogen tank structure is vertically tightened to the traction battery pack arrangement, so that one of the hydrogen tank structure and said traction battery pack arrangement is located on top of the other. At least one of the hydrogen tank structure and the traction battery pack arrangement is tightened to one of the upper and lower frame plates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: Jan HENDRIKS, Anders OLSSON
  • Publication number: 20220054326
    Abstract: There is provided a hygiene monitoring device including a sensing panel. The sensing panel has an elongate flexible panel defining a longitudinal axis. The elongate flexible panel includes a first pair of plates spaced apart from each other in a direction crossing the longitudinal axis. The elongate flexible panel also includes a second pair of plates spaced apart from each other in a direction crossing the longitudinal axis. The first pair of plates and the second pair of plates are disposed on a flexible substrate of the elongate flexible panel. Each plate of the first pair of plates and each plate of the second pair of plates is elongate along the longitudinal axis of the elongate flexible panel. The hygiene monitoring device is configured to measure the impedance between two of the plates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: Michael Öberg, Joshua Carney, Henrik Pettersson-Falk, Anders Olsson