Patents by Inventor Jeffrey Mark Schroeder

Jeffrey Mark Schroeder 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: 9805580
    Abstract: A system and method for indicating an alert associated with a mobile device are provided. The system includes a device detector to detect whether the mobile device is in a state of wireless charging; an exit signal receiver to detect an event associated with an exit; a device determiner to determine, after the event is detected, whether the mobile device is in an area associated with the wireless charging; and a vehicle notifier to transmit an alert based the determination by the device determiner. Also provided is a method for augmenting a wireless charging system with a notification system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Mark Schroeder, Dinu Petre Madau, Gary Edward Zack
  • Patent number: 9722452
    Abstract: A system and method for integrating a wireless charging device with a display is provided herein. The system includes an information receiver to receive information from the wireless charging device; an information processor to process the information, and the processed information being about a wireless charging device or an electronic device on the wireless charging device; and an information communicator to communicate the processed information to a display coupled to the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Mark Schroeder, Dinu Petre Madau, Gary Edward Zack
  • Publication number: 20160217675
    Abstract: A system and method for indicating an alert associated with a mobile device are provided. The system includes a device detector to detect whether the mobile device is in a state of wireless charging; an exit signal receiver to detect an event associated with an exit; a device determiner to determine, after the event is detected, whether the mobile device is in an area associated with the wireless charging; and a vehicle notifier to transmit an alert based the determination by the device determiner. Also provided is a method for augmenting a wireless charging system with a notification system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: Jeffrey Mark Schroeder, Dinu Petre Madau, Gary Edward Zack
  • Publication number: 20160218546
    Abstract: A system, method and device for providing feedback based on an electronic device placed on a wireless charging device are provided. The system includes a device detector to receive an indication that a device is on the wireless charging device; a displacement detector to initiate a strength measurer to operate; the strength measurer to receive a strength indication of wireless charging from the wireless charging device independent of the electronic device; and a communicator to communicate an indication of the measured strength indication to an output device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2015
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: Jeffrey Mark Schroeder, Dinu Petre Madau, Gary Edward Zack
  • Publication number: 20160218545
    Abstract: A system and method for integrating a wireless charging device with a display is provided herein. The system includes an information receiver to receive information from the wireless charging device; an information processor to process the information, and the processed information being about a wireless charging device or an electronic device on the wireless charging device; and an information communicator to communicate the processed information to a display coupled to the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2015
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: Jeffrey Mark Schroeder, Dinu Petre Madau, Gary Edward Zack
  • Patent number: 9050891
    Abstract: An articulating instrument cluster, and a system and a method for managing an articulating information panel of a vehicle are provided. The system includes a state detection module to detect a state of the articulating instrument cluster; an information interfacing module to interface with a plurality of systems associated with the vehicle; an orientation module to determine an adjustment to a display based on the detected state; and a display driving module to control the display of the articulating information panel based on the determination of adjustment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Upton Beall Bowden, Jeffrey Mark Schroeder, Dale O. Cramer, David Christopher Round
  • Publication number: 20150029018
    Abstract: An articulating instrument cluster, and a system and a method for managing an articulating information panel of a vehicle are provided. The system includes a state detection module to detect a state of the articulating instrument cluster; an information interfacing module to interface with a plurality of systems associated with the vehicle; an orientation module to determine an adjustment to a display based on the detected state; and a display driving module to control the display of the articulating information panel based on the determination of adjustment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventors: Upton Beall Bowden, Jeffrey Mark Schroeder, Dale O. Cramer, David Christopher Round