Patents by Inventor Michael J. Vickich

Michael J. Vickich 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).

  • Anonymous wireless address matching for traffic information
    Patent number: 10726717
    Abstract: Methods and systems include determining travel information from vehicles. In one embodiment, a system monitors traffic on a roadway in real-time. The system includes a plurality of reader devices. The reader devices are capable of asynchronously capturing a unique network identifier of a device in a vehicle when the device is disposed in reader range of the reader devices. The reader device time stamps each captured unique network identifier. The time stamped unique network identifier is forwarded to a host module. The host module receives the time stamped unique network identifier. In addition, the host module determines travel information from the time stamped unique network identifier by comparing the time stamped unique network identifier for a particular vehicle to other time stamped unique network identifiers captured for the particular vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: The Texas A&M University System
    Inventors: Darryl D. Puckett, Michael J. Vickich
  • Active pedestrian warning system for rail and bus transit routes
    Patent number: 10535262
    Abstract: A system includes a transmitter coupled to a vehicle and a client system. The transmitter broadcasts a wireless signal. The client system includes a receiver that receives the wireless signal from the transmitter. The client system determines an identifier within the wireless signal, compares the identifier within the wireless signal to a list of identifiers, and in response to determining that the identifier within the wireless signal matches a particular identifier within the list of identifiers, generates an alert that the vehicle is approaching.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignees: The Texas A&M University System, Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, Texas
    Inventors: Anthony P. Voigt, Michael J. Vickich, Micah D. Montoya, Terence H. Fontaine, Lauren K. Cochran
  • Active Pedestrian Warning System for Rail and Bus Transit Routes
    Publication number: 20180308356
    Abstract: A system includes a transmitter coupled to a vehicle and a client system. The transmitter broadcasts a wireless signal. The client system includes a receiver that receives the wireless signal from the transmitter. The client system determines an identifier within the wireless signal, compares the identifier within the wireless signal to a list of identifiers, and in response to determining that the identifier within the wireless signal matches a particular identifier within the list of identifiers, generates an alert that the vehicle is approaching.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2018
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: Anthony P. Voigt, Michael J. Vickich, Micah D. Montoya, Terence H. Fontaine, Lauren K. Cochran
  • Anonymous Wireless Address Matching for Traffic Information
    Publication number: 20180130345
    Abstract: Methods and systems include determining travel information from vehicles. In one embodiment, a system monitors traffic on a roadway in real-time. The system includes a plurality of reader devices. The reader devices are capable of asynchronously capturing a unique network identifier of a device in a vehicle when the device is disposed in reader range of the reader devices. The reader device time stamps each captured unique network identifier. The time stamped unique network identifier is forwarded to a host module. The host module receives the time stamped unique network identifier. In addition, the host module determines travel information from the time stamped unique network identifier by comparing the time stamped unique network identifier for a particular vehicle to other time stamped unique network identifiers captured for the particular vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2018
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Applicant: The Texas A&M University System
    Inventors: Darryl D. Puckett, Michael J. Vickich
  • Anonymous Wireless Address Matching for Traffic Information
    Publication number: 20100302070
    Abstract: Methods and systems include determining travel information from vehicles. In one embodiment, a system monitors traffic on a roadway in real-time. The system includes a plurality of reader devices. The reader devices are capable of asynchronously capturing a unique network identifier of a device in a vehicle when the device is disposed in reader range of the reader devices. The reader device time stamps each captured unique network identifier. The time stamped unique network identifier is forwarded to a host module. The host module receives the time stamped unique network identifier. In addition, the host module determines travel information from the time stamped unique network identifier by comparing the time stamped unique network identifier for a particular vehicle to other time stamped unique network identifiers captured for the particular vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2010
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Applicant: THE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM
    Inventors: Darryl D. Puckett, Michael J. Vickich