Patents by Inventor Ricardo Jorge Fernandes

Ricardo Jorge Fernandes 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).

  • Publication number: 20170212511
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a device and a method for self-automated parking lots for autonomous vehicles based on vehicular networking, advantageous in reducing parking movements and space. It is described a device for self-automated parking lot for autonomous vehicles based on vehicular networking, comprising: a vehicle electronic module for receiving, executing and reporting vehicle movements, a parking lot controller for managing and coordinating a group of vehicles in parking and unparking maneuvers, the vehicle module and controller comprising a vehicular ad hoc networking communication system. It is also described a method comprising moving autonomously in platoon one or more rows of already parked vehicles in order to make available a parking space for a vehicle arriving to the parking space; and moving autonomously in platoon one or more rows of parked vehicles in order to make a parked vehicle able to exit the parking space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Applicants: UNIVERSIDADE DO PORTO, Instituto de Telecomunicações, GEOLINK, LDA, CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Michel Celestino PAIVA FERREIRA, Luís Manuel MARTINS DAMAS, Hugo Marcelo FERNANDES DA CONCEIÇÃO, Pedro MIRANDA DE ANDRADE DE ALBUQUERQUE D'OREY, Peter STEENKISTE, Pedro Emanuel RODRIGUES GOMES, Ricardo Jorge FERNANDES
  • Patent number: 8972159
    Abstract: Systems, methods, software, and apparatuses for coordinating traffic proximate to a potential conflict zone, such as a roadway intersection, where travel conflicts, such as crossing traffic, can arise. Coordination involves forming an ad-hoc network in a region containing the conflict zone using, for example, vehicle-to-vehicle communications and developing a dynamic traffic control plan based on information about vehicles approaching the conflict zone. Instructions based on the dynamic traffic control plan are communicated to devices aboard vehicles in the ad-hoc network, which display one or more virtual traffic signals to the operators of the vehicles and/or control the vehicles in accordance with the dynamic traffic control plan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignees: Carnegie Mellon University, Universidade do Porto
    Inventors: Michel Celestino Paiva Ferreira, Ozan Tonguz, Ricardo Jorge Fernandes, Hugo Marcelo Fernandes DaConceicao, Wantanee Viriyasitavat
  • Publication number: 20130116915
    Abstract: Systems, methods, software, and apparatuses for coordinating traffic proximate to a potential conflict zone, such as a roadway intersection, where travel conflicts, such as crossing traffic, can arise. Coordination involves forming an ad-hoc network in a region containing the conflict zone using, for example, vehicle-to-vehicle communications and developing a dynamic traffic control plan based on information about vehicles approaching the conflict zone. Instructions based on the dynamic traffic control plan are communicated to devices aboard vehicles in the ad-hoc network, which display one or more virtual traffic signals to the operators of the vehicles and/or control the vehicles in accordance with the dynamic traffic control plan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2011
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Applicants: UNIVERSIDADE DO PORTO, CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Michel Celestino Paiva Ferreira, Ozan Tonguz, Ricardo Jorge Fernandes, Hugo Marcelo Fernandes DaConceicao, Wantanee Viriyasitavat