Patents by Inventor Edmund Joseph Gurney, III

Edmund Joseph Gurney, III 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: 5974350
    Abstract: A fuzzy logic algorithm utilizes a single rule to produce a varying output signal. A plurality of input signal values are received from a plurality of sensors. A predetermined combination of a plurality of membership functions in the single fuzzy logic rule are defined in which a first instance of the predetermined combination based on a first set of inputs yields a first output signal defined by a first and second axis. A second instance of the predetermined combination based on a second set of inputs different from the first set of inputs yields a second output signal substantially identical to the first output signal, except the second output signal is shifted along one of the first and second axes. A controller produces digital output signals based on the first and second output signals to produce the varying output signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1999
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Leighton Ira Davis, Jr., Gerhard Allan Dage, Edmund Joseph Gurney, III, Michael Bradley Bauer