Patents by Inventor Andrew Stephen Bell Crawford

Andrew Stephen Bell Crawford 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).

  • Vehicle trailer angle detection system and method
    Patent number: 9971943
    Abstract: A vehicle 1 towing a trailer 4 is fitted with three video cameras 5, 6, 7 fitted to the rear of the vehicle and on each door mirror. A view from any camera can be presented to the driver on a display 11. A predicted trailer path, calculated in a computing unit 10, is also presented to the driver on the display 11 as guide lines overlaid on the camera view. The computing unit 10 is also configured to calculate a hitch angle by tracking the position of a trailer-mounted marker in the camera view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jeremy John Greenwood, Stephen Nicholls, Andrew Stephen Bell Crawford
  • VEHICLE TRAILER ANGLE DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20170083773
    Abstract: A vehicle 1 towing a trailer 4 is fitted with three video cameras 5, 6, 7 fitted to the rear of the vehicle and on each door mirror. A view from any camera can be presented to the driver on a display 11. A predicted trailer path, calculated in a computing unit 10, is also presented to the driver on the display 11 as guide lines overlaid on the camera view. The computing unit 10 is also configured to calculate a hitch angle by tracking the position of a trailer-mounted marker in the camera view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Inventors: Jeremy John Greenwood, Stephen Nicholls, Andrew Stephen Bell Crawford
  • Vehicle trailer angle detection system and method
    Patent number: 9566911
    Abstract: A vehicle 1 towing a trailer 4 is fitted with three video cameras 5, 6, 7 fitted to the rear of the vehicle and on each door mirror. A view from any camera can be presented to the driver on a display 11. A predicted trailer path, calculated in a computing unit 10, is also presented to the driver on the display 11 as guide lines overlaid on the camera view. The computing unit 10 is also configured to calculate a hitch angle by tracking the position of a trailer-mounted marker in the camera view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jeremy John Greenwood, Stephen Nicholls, Andrew Stephen Bell Crawford
  • VEHICLE TRAILER ANGLE DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20160001705
    Abstract: A vehicle 1 towing a trailer 4 is fitted with three video cameras 5, 6, 7 fitted to the rear of the vehicle and on each door mirror. A view from any camera can be presented to the driver on a display 11. A predicted trailer path, calculated in a computing unit 10, is also presented to the driver on the display 11 as guide lines overlaid on the camera view. The computing unit 10 is also configured to calculate a hitch angle by tracking the position of a trailer-mounted marker in the camera view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Jeremy John Greenwood, Stephen Nicholls, Andrew Stephen Bell Crawford
  • Vehicle maneuvering aids
    Patent number: 9156496
    Abstract: A vehicle 1 towing a trailer 4 is fitted with three video cameras 5, 6, 7 fitted to the rear of the vehicle and on each door mirror. A view from any camera can be presented to the driver on a display 11. A predicted trailer path, calculated in a computing unit 10, is also presented to the driver on the display 11 as guide lines overlaid on the camera view. The computing unit 10 is also configured to calculate a hitch angle by tracking the position of a trailer-mounted marker in the camera view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jeremy John Greenwood, Stephen Nicholls, Andrew Stephen Bell Crawford
  • VEHICLE MANEUVERING AIDS
    Publication number: 20120200706
    Abstract: A vehicle 1 towing a trailer 4 is fitted with three video cameras 5, 6, 7 fitted to the rear of the vehicle and on each door mirror. A view from any camera can be presented to the driver on a display 11. A predicted trailer path, calculated in a computing unit 10, is also presented to the driver on the display 11 as guide lines overlaid on the camera view. The computing unit 10 is also configured to calculate a hitch angle by tracking the position of a trailer-mounted marker in the camera view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2012
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Jeremy John Greenwood, Stephen Nicholls, Andrew Stephen Bell Crawford
  • VEHICLE MANEUVERING AIDS
    Publication number: 20080231701
    Abstract: A vehicle 1 towing a trailer 4 is fitted with three video cameras 5, 6, 7 fitted to the rear of the vehicle and on each door mirror. A view from any camera can be presented to the driver on a display 11. A predicted trailer path, calculated in a computing unit 10, is also presented to the driver on the display 11 as guide lines overlaid on the camera view. The computing unit 10 is also configured to calculate a hitch angle by tracking the position of a trailer-mounted marker in the camera view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2007
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventors: Jeremy John Greenwood, Stephen Nicholls, Andrew Stephen Bell Crawford