Patents by Inventor Michael Scott Lerman

Michael Scott Lerman 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).

  • Vehicle information display and method
    Patent number: 7898405
    Abstract: An information display for a vehicle includes an indicator arrangement having a visual display configured to provide driver demand information to a vehicle driver. The visual display includes a dynamic target range for operating the vehicle, which includes a first boundary and a second boundary indicating a driver demand that would cause the engine to start. A control system includes at least one controller, and is configured to receive at least one input related to current operating conditions of the vehicle and to provide at least one output to the indicator arrangement to position the target range on the visual display and to indicate to the driver a current level of driver demand. In this way, the visual display indicates to the driver the current level of driver demand relative to the position of the target range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Stephen Richard Burke, Angela L. Watson, David Leslie Watson, Michael Scott Lerman, Ryan J. Skaff
  • VEHICLE INFORMATION DISPLAY AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20090243827
    Abstract: An information display for a vehicle includes an indicator arrangement having a visual display configured to provide driver demand information to a vehicle driver. The visual display includes a dynamic target range for operating the vehicle, which includes a first boundary and a second boundary indicating a driver demand that would cause the engine to start. A control system includes at least one controller, and is configured to receive at least one input related to current operating conditions of the vehicle and to provide at least one output to the indicator arrangement to position the target range on the visual display and to indicate to the driver a current level of driver demand. In this way, the visual display indicates to the driver the current level of driver demand relative to the position of the target range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2008
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Stephen Richard Burke, Angela L. Watson, David Leslie Watson, Michael Scott Lerman, Ryan J. Skaff