Patents Assigned to STONERIDGE ELECTRONICS AB
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Patent number: 12209561Abstract: A rotary vane pump includes a housing that includes first and second plates respectively secured to first and second opposing sides of an intermediate plate. The intermediate plate includes a bore and inlet and outlet ports. The first and second sides respectively have first and second passages that are respectively in fluid communication with the inlet and outlet ports. The first and second passages are in fluid communication with the bore. The intermediate plate is reversible with respect to the first and second plates. A rotor is arranged in the bore. The rotor supports slidable vanes that are configured to pump fluid between the inlet and outlet ports.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2020Date of Patent: January 28, 2025Assignee: STONERIDGE ELECTRONICS ABInventor: Robert James Steinman
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Patent number: 12162408Abstract: An automatic panning system and method adapted for a vehicle with an attached trailer. The automatic panning system comprises an image capturing means adapted to capture image data with a view of the trailer and the automatic panning system is adapted to analyze the image data to identify at least one elongated element of the trailer, project a vector in the image data based on said elongated element, establish at least one reference vector, and identify an interception point of the reference vector and said projected vector.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2021Date of Patent: December 10, 2024Assignee: STONERIDGE ELECTRONICS ABInventors: Andreas Ziethén, Erik Sundkvist
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Patent number: 12157417Abstract: A camera monitor system including a first mirror replacement assembly including a housing supporting a rear facing camera and a rear facing range sensor, a controller in communication with the mirror replacement assembly, the controller including a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions for identifying at least one object in an image feed from the camera and determining an angular position of the object using image analysis, identifying a distance of the at least one object from the mirror replacement assembly using the range sensor; and fusing the distance and the angular position of the object into a single data set, and a display connected to the controller and configured to display a mirror replacement view including at least a portion of the image feed.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2022Date of Patent: December 3, 2024Assignee: STONERIDGE ELECTRONICS ABInventors: Liang Ma, Troy Otis Cooprider, Dominik Marx
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Patent number: 12014613Abstract: A driver monitoring system according to an example of the present disclosure includes a camera configured to record images of a driver within a cabin of a vehicle. At least one vehicle sensor is configured to detect an anomalous driving event of the vehicle based on predefined criteria. A controller is in communication with the camera and the at least one vehicle sensor. The controller is configured to, based on the detection, obtain a particular image taken by the camera that depicts the driver during the anomalous event. The controller is configured to transmit the particular image to a fleet manager, store the particular image in a local repository of anomalous driving images, or both.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2020Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignee: STONERIDGE ELECTRONICS, ABInventors: Darren Schumacher, Stuart Adams, Nathan Schuler, Dominik Marx
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Patent number: 12008905Abstract: A feature avoidance system for a vehicle including at least one ultrasonic sensor disposed on a vehicle and communicatively coupled to a vehicle controller. A dynamic vehicle model is stored in the controller. The dynamic vehicle model is a computer model of current and expected dynamic vehicle component positioning. An analysis module configured cause at least one of the controller and a remote processing system to identify a feature at least partially via data from the at least one ultrasonic sensor, compare a predicted feature position and an estimated vehicle component position, and generate an output in response to the predicted feature position and the estimated vehicle component position intersecting.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2021Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: STONERIDGE ELECTRONICS ABInventor: John Couperthwaite
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Patent number: 11999299Abstract: A camera mirror system for a vehicle includes, among other things, first and second exterior cameras that are configured to provide capture images outside of the vehicle that correspond to legally prescribed views. The system further includes first and second displays within a vehicle cabin that are configured to depict the captured images respectively from the first and second exterior cameras. The system further includes first and second interior cameras that are configured to capture driver images within the vehicle cabin. The first and second interior cameras respectively have first and second interior fields of view that overlap one another in a vehicle driver region within the vehicle cabin, the first display is in the second interior field of view, and the second display is in the first interior field of view. The system further includes a controller that is in communication with the first and second displays and the first and second interior cameras.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2021Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: STONERIDGE ELECTRONICS ABInventors: John S. Germaine, Dominik Marx
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Patent number: 11993113Abstract: A camera monitoring system has a trailer with trailer components that are responsive to at least one control signal and a wiring harness that is in communication with the trailer components and has a connector that communicates with a tractor. The wiring harness carries the at least one control signal to the trailer components. A sensor is provided on the trailer and generates a sensor signal. A processor is interconnected between the sensor and the wiring harness. The processor transforms the sensor signal for transmission over the wiring harness with the at least one control signal using common wires within the wiring harness. A filter is interconnected between the processor and at least one of the trailer components to filter noise from the at least one control signal.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2022Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: STONERIDGE ELECTRONICS ABInventors: John S. Germaine, Dominik Marx, Darren Schumacher
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Patent number: 11895782Abstract: A vehicle display assembly includes a display configured to graphically depict information. A printed circuit board (PCB) is in communication with the display. A carrier is clamped between the display and PCB to form an instrument cluster assembly. The carrier includes cooling fins.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2018Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: STONERIDGE ELECTRONICS ABInventors: Jan Lindstedt, Jon Möller, Håkan Hedenberg, Mattias Sjögren, Daniel Thomas
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Patent number: 11872942Abstract: A method of providing a trailer end line for a tractor-trailer includes determining a fixed point on a tractor, determining a trailer angle of a trailer, determining a trailer line that is arranged at the trailer angle from the fixed point, determining an intersection point between the trailer line and a trajectory of a reference point on the trailer, determining a trailer end point along the trailer line and offset from the intersection point, and displaying a trailer end awareness line based upon the determined trailer end point.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2023Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: STONERIDGE ELECTRONICS ABInventors: Wenpeng Wei, Liang Ma, Troy Otis Cooprider
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Patent number: 11780381Abstract: A camera arm (16) for a vehicle mirror replacement system includes a housing (22) having an exterior surface (38). The camera arm (16) also includes a camera assembly (32) that is mounted to the housing (22), the camera assembly (32) having a lens (34). The camera arm (16) further includes a peripheral wall (36) extending from the exterior surface (38) and at least partially circumscribing the camera assembly (32). The camera arm (16) also includes a discontinuity (41) provided on the peripheral wall (36), the discontinuity (41) is configured to create a high pressure region (PH) near the lens (34) that encourages debris (52) to migrate away from the lens (34) in response to a fluid flow over the peripheral wall (36).Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2020Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: STONERIDGE ELECTRONICS ABInventors: John Kuzdal, Malik Franklin, Bilal Alkahalah, Floyd Morris, Antonio Ciarelli
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Patent number: 11685394Abstract: An example method includes detecting a potential threat to a vehicle that is external to the vehicle, determining a severity level of the potential threat and a location of the potential threat relative to the vehicle, and displaying an indication of the potential threat on an electronic display in a particular portion of the electronic display corresponding to the location and with a particular display attribute corresponding to the severity level. The particular portion is one of a plurality of different portions of the electronic display each corresponding to different threat locations, and the particular display attribute is one of a plurality of different display attributes corresponding to different severity levels. A corresponding system that detects and displays notifications of potential threats is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2021Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: STONERIDGE ELECTRONICS, ABInventor: Darren Andrew Schumacher
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Patent number: 11640734Abstract: An ignition control apparatus (10) for controlling ignition of a vehicle (270) equipped with a vehicle unit (1) comprising a display (3) and at least one port (5, 5?) adapted to receive a user data device (7, 7?), wherein the ignition control apparatus (10) is adapted to be connected to the vehicle unit (1) and to an ignition circuit (20) of the vehicle (270), wherein the ignition control apparatus (10) comprises means (11) for activating and deactivating the ignition circuit (20), depending on insertion of a user data device (7, 7?) into the port (5, 5?) and/or reception of an override signal (O). Further, a corresponding method, system and use thereof to control ignition of a vehicle (270) is disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2018Date of Patent: May 2, 2023Assignee: STONERIDGE ELECTRONICS ABInventor: Martin Wennerblom
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Patent number: 11358526Abstract: An automatic panning system and method adapted for a vehicle with an attached trailer. The automatic panning system comprises an image capturing means adapted to capture image data with a view of the trailer and the automatic panning system is adapted to analyze the image data to identify at least one elongated element of the trailer, project a vector in the image data based on said elongated element, establish at least one reference vector, and identify an interception point of the reference vector and said projected vector.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2019Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: STONERIDGE ELECTRONICS ABInventors: Andreas Ziethén, Erik Sundkvist
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Publication number: 20220157095Abstract: The invention relates to a method of collecting and evaluating multiple sources of vehicle driving data and system thereof. The multiple sources of vehicle data is correlated based on associated groups, a first index is generated for each associated group and the first indexes are weighted, a second overall index representative for the level of manipulation of vehicle data is at last created based on the weighted indexes.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2020Publication date: May 19, 2022Applicant: STONERIDGE ELECTRONICS ABInventor: Martin WENNERBLOM
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Patent number: 10890664Abstract: A vehicle unit adapted to receive a GNSS raw data signal, characterised in that it comprises a secure processor or secure microcontroller unit (MCU) adapted to authenticate the GNSS raw data signal and securely calculate a position of the vehicle unit based on the authenticated or to be authenticated GNSS raw data signal.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2017Date of Patent: January 12, 2021Assignee: STONERIDGE ELECTRONICS ABInventors: Peter Ekström, Arne Lohage, Mikael Jansson
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Publication number: 20200126332Abstract: An ignition control apparatus (10) for controlling ignition of a vehicle (270) equipped with a vehicle unit (1) comprising a display (3) and at least one port (5, 5?) adapted to receive a user data device (7, 7?), wherein the ignition control apparatus (10) is adapted to be connected to the vehicle unit (1) and to an ignition circuit (20) of the vehicle (270), wherein the ignition control apparatus (10) comprises means (11) for activating and deactivating the ignition circuit (20), depending on insertion of a user data device (7, 7?) into the port (5, 5?) and/or reception of an override signal (O). Further, a corresponding method, system and use thereof to control ignition of a vehicle (270) is disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2018Publication date: April 23, 2020Applicant: STONERIDGE ELECTRONICS ABInventor: Martin WENNERBLOM