Patents by Inventor Alexandre GENTNER

Alexandre GENTNER 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).

  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ASSISTING A DRIVER OF A ROAD VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20230192115
    Abstract: The disclosure is related to a method and a system for assisting a driver of a road vehicle. A data processing unit receives data representing at least a relative position of the road vehicle, outputs, through a display device and/or an interior lighting device, a visual alert when the data processing unit determines that the data fulfill a first condition, and outputs, through a sound-emitting device, an audible alert when the data processing unit determines that the data fulfill a second condition after fulfilling the first condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Fumiaki ONO, Giancarlo CACCIA DOMINIONI, Alexandre GENTNER, Antonio CAROLI
  • COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR MAINTAINING A DRIVER'S PERCEIVED TRUST LEVEL IN AN AT LEAST PARTIALLY AUTOMATED VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20220281461
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for maintaining a driver's perceived trust level in an at least partially automated vehicle, comprising monitoring one or more parameters concerning the driver, the vehicle and/or a surrounding environment; predicting, based on the one or more parameters, a decrease in the perceived trust level; and carrying out one or more countermeasures to compensate for the predicted decrease in the perceived trust level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA MOTOR EUROPE
    Inventor: Alexandre GENTNER
  • VEHICLE PART COMPRISING A LIGHTING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20190351821
    Abstract: A vehicle part includes a main body and a lighting system, the lighting system comprising a chamber defining a cavity having an opening which opens out onto an outside of the main body, and a light source arranged in the cavity and configured to emit light towards the opening, the vehicle part further includes a skin covering the opening and at least one area of the main body adjacent to the opening, wherein the skin is configured to let light emitted by the light source pass through when the light source is switched on.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2016
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA MOTOR EUROPE
    Inventors: Aurelien BADOIL, Carole FAVART, Alexandre GENTNER