Patents Assigned to SHEPHERD CENTER
  • Patent number: 8314691
    Abstract: One embodiment of such a method of assisting a driver of a vehicle comprises receiving a command from the driver attesting that the driver has performed one of a plurality of driving requisites; in response to receipt of the command, presenting an audible cue commending the driver for performing one of the plurality of driving requisites; tracking an amount of time that elapses before the command attesting to performance of a respective driving requisite is received; and in response to the amount of time exceeding a threshold for the respective driving requisite, presenting an audible cue intending to remind the driver about the respective driving requisite being tracked that has exceeded the respective threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Shepherd Center, Inc.
    Inventors: John Robert Anschutz, Michele Veronica Luther-Krug, Ronald Thomas Seel, Michael Lawrence Jones
  • Publication number: 20110169624
    Abstract: One embodiment of such a method of assisting a driver of a vehicle comprises receiving a command from the driver attesting that the driver has performed one of a plurality of driving requisites; in response to receipt of the command, presenting an audible cue commending the driver for performing one of the plurality of driving requisites; tracking an amount of time that elapses before the command attesting to performance of a respective driving requisite is received; and in response to the amount of time exceeding a threshold for the respective driving requisite, presenting an audible cue intending to remind the driver about the respective driving requisite being tracked that has exceeded the respective threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2010
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: SHEPHERD CENTER
    Inventors: John Robert Anschutz, Michele Veronica Luther-Krug, Ronald Thomas Seel, Michael Lawrence Jones