Patents by Inventor Carolina Rigney

Carolina Rigney 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).

  • AIR CURTAIN SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20210300153
    Abstract: An air conditioning system for a vehicle including an air curtain assembly. The air curtain assembly includes an outer blower configured to generate an air curtain, and an inner blower configured to generate comfort airflow within the air curtain. The air conditioning system is configured to condition the comfort airflow with respect to at least one of the following: temperature, humidity, odor, particulate matter content, biological matter content, germ content, and infectious agent content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Matthew Michael PORTER, Claudia AMBRIZ, Shogo KONDO, Carolina RIGNEY, Young Kwon LEE
  • Method to determine driver workload function and usage of driver workload function for human-machine interface performance assessment
    Patent number: 9946334
    Abstract: A method of objectively measuring a driver's ability to operate a motor vehicle user interface. The method includes objectively measuring the driver's ability to perform each one of a plurality of calibration tasks of various degrees of difficulty including an easy task, a medium task, and a difficult task; generating a scale with which to evaluate the driver's ability to operate the user interface, the scale customized for the driver based on the objective measurements of the driver's ability to perform each calibration task; objectively measuring the driver's ability to operate a function of the motor vehicle user interface; and objectively evaluating the driver's ability to operate the function of the motor vehicle user interface using the scale to determine if the user interface is appropriate for the driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: DENSO International America, Inc.
    Inventors: Silviu Pala, Seishi Yoshida, Justin McBride, Carolina Rigney, Bo Sun
  • METHOD TO DETERMINE DRIVER WORKLOAD FUNCTION AND USAGE OF DRIVER WORKLOAD FUNCTION FOR HUMAN-MACHINE INTERFACE PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT
    Publication number: 20120174111
    Abstract: A method of objectively measuring a driver's ability to operate a motor vehicle user interface. The method includes objectively measuring the driver's ability to perform each one of a plurality of calibration tasks of various degrees of difficulty including an easy task, a medium task, and a difficult task; generating a scale with which to evaluate the driver's ability to operate the user interface, the scale customized for the driver based on the objective measurements of the driver's ability to perform each calibration task; objectively measuring the driver's ability to operate a function of the motor vehicle user interface; and objectively evaluating the driver's ability to operate the function of the motor vehicle user interface using the scale to determine if the user interface is appropriate for the driver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2011
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicant: DENSO INTERNATIONAL AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Silviu Pala, Seishi Yoshida, Justin McBride, Carolina Rigney, Bo Sun