Patents by Inventor Joseph C. Jira

Joseph C. Jira 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: 11030889
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for dynamic traffic lane management. Example methods may include receiving traffic information associated with vehicles travelling on a portion of a multilane road; designating at least one lane of the multilane road as a managed lane based on the traffic information; transmitting, via a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communications protocol, a message to the vehicles, the message indicative of the designation of the lane as the managed lane; and receiving a confirmation message from a vehicle, the confirmation message indicative of the vehicle's acceptance of travelling on the managed lane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Helen Elizabeth Kourous-Harrigan, Oliver Lei, Joseph C. Jira, Frank Thomas Brown, Alan Hejl, Amy Robertson
  • Publication number: 20210043075
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for dynamic traffic lane management. Example methods may include receiving traffic information associated with vehicles travelling on a portion of a multilane road; designating at least one lane of the multilane road as a managed lane based on the traffic information; transmitting, via a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communications protocol, a message to the vehicles, the message indicative of the designation of the lane as the managed lane; and receiving a confirmation message from a vehicle, the confirmation message indicative of the vehicle's acceptance of travelling on the managed lane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Helen Elizabeth Kourous-Harrigan, Oliver Lei, Joseph C. Jira, Frank Thomas Brown, Alan Hejl, Amy Robertson
  • Patent number: 8136138
    Abstract: A system for displaying video data in a vehicle. The system intelligently replicates one or more portable device displays on one or more vehicle displays. Each vehicle display may be shared or dedicated to a specific portable device. The image from each portable device is intelligently replicated and provided to the vehicle integrated video system via a wireless communication link for display. The wireless communication link can provide the image to the vehicle integrated video system in real time to support both static images and dynamic images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph C. Jira, Dana B. Fecher, Michael J. Andrews, Theodore C. Wingrove