Patents by Inventor Mark Goodlein

Mark Goodlein 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).

  • Configurable touch screen LCD steering wheel controls
    Patent number: 9557851
    Abstract: An entertainment system control arrangement for a motor vehicle includes a graphical LCD with a configurable touch screen. The graphical LCD is disposed on the steering wheel. A processor is communicatively coupled to the graphical LCD. The processor prompts a user to select a function to assign to the configurable touch screen. The processor assigns the selected function to the configurable touch screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Panasonic Automotive Systems Company of America, Division of Panasonic Corporation of North America
    Inventor: Mark Goodlein
  • CONFIGURABLE TOUCH SCREEN LCD STEERING WHEEL CONTROLS
    Publication number: 20160004383
    Abstract: An entertainment system control arrangement for a motor vehicle includes a graphical LCD with a configurable touch screen. The graphical LCD is disposed on the steering wheel. A processor is communicatively coupled to the graphical LCD. The processor prompts a user to select a function to assign to the configurable touch screen. The processor assigns the selected function to the configurable touch screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventor: MARK GOODLEIN
  • Configurable touch screen LCD steering wheel controls
    Patent number: 9164619
    Abstract: An entertainment system control arrangement for a motor vehicle includes a graphical LCD with a configurable touch screen. The graphical LCD is disposed on the steering wheel. A processor is communicatively coupled to the graphical LCD. The processor prompts a user to select a function to assign to the configurable touch screen. The processor assigns the selected function to the configurable touch screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Automotive Systems Company of America, Division of Panasonic Corporation of North America
    Inventor: Mark Goodlein
  • CONFIGURABLE TOUCH SCREEN LCD STEERING WHEEL CONTROLS
    Publication number: 20150253922
    Abstract: An entertainment system control arrangement for a motor vehicle includes a graphical LCD with a configurable touch screen. The graphical LCD is disposed on the steering wheel. A processor is communicatively coupled to the graphical LCD. The processor prompts a user to select a function to assign to the configurable touch screen. The processor assigns the selected function to the configurable touch screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2015
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Inventor: MARK GOODLEIN
  • Interface For Remote Monitoring and Control of Industrial Machines
    Publication number: 20070208434
    Abstract: interface for connecting one of a plurality of industrial machines having different data format and storage configurations to a communications medium for remote monitoring and control, includes a programmable apparatus having a memory for storing data in predetermined locations and in a predetermined format, and for storing configuration information relating to the at least one of the machines; a configurable electrical interface responsive to the configuration information for receiving machine data from the machine and sending data to the machine; a data translator responsive to the configuration information, receiving data from the interface and transforming the data to the predetermined format; a processor responsive to the configuration information for reading data from and writing data to the predetermined locations in the memory, and a communications port connected to the communications medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2007
    Publication date: September 6, 2007
    Applicant: Connected Energy Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Yeh, Kevin Hann, Timothy Spires, Mark Goodlein, Sam Wang