Patents by Inventor Kenneth James Boyd

Kenneth James Boyd 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: 11794753
    Abstract: A computer includes a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to receive data indicating a gaze direction of an occupant of the vehicle; determine whether the gaze direction is in a permitted area defined by a boundary, the permitted area being in a forward direction of travel of the vehicle; laterally adjust the boundary of the permitted area based on a speed of the vehicle and based on data indicating turning of the vehicle; and control the vehicle based on whether the gaze direction is in the permitted area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Anita Arora, Kenneth James Boyd, Jay Patel
  • Publication number: 20220324457
    Abstract: A computer includes a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to receive data indicating a gaze direction of an occupant of the vehicle; determine whether the gaze direction is in a permitted area defined by a boundary, the permitted area being in a forward direction of travel of the vehicle; laterally adjust the boundary of the permitted area based on a speed of the vehicle and based on data indicating turning of the vehicle; and control the vehicle based on whether the gaze direction is in the permitted area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Anita Arora, Kenneth James Boyd, Jay Patel
  • Publication number: 20220306119
    Abstract: Upon determining that a vehicle is operating at an off-road location, a control parameter for the vehicle can be adjusted to compensate for data from a vehicle sensor affected by operating at the off-road location. The vehicle can then be operated at the off-road location according to the adjusted control parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Keith Weston, Brendan F. Diamond, Kenneth James Boyd
  • Patent number: 6353777
    Abstract: A vehicle response apparatus has a sensor 24 coupled to a training classifier 14 that is used to determine a vehicle response using a standard path. The trained classifier 14 is trained to have a frequency response so that as data from a driven path is input to the classifier 14, classifier 14 generates data as if the path was the standard path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2002
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: David Wayne Harmison, James Christopher Metzger, Jerry Alan Holmes, Kenneth James Boyd