Patents by Inventor Anders Agnvall

Anders Agnvall 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).

  • Forward collision risk reduction
    Patent number: 8589061
    Abstract: A method for determining a safety zone of a foreign object for a forward collision risk reduction system. The method may include determining the type of the foreign object; setting the safety zone to a predetermined value corresponding to the type of the foreign object; determining the traffic behavior of the foreign object; determining if the traffic behavior corresponds to a species of a predetermined group of traffic behaviors; and if the traffic behavior corresponds to a species of a predetermined group of traffic behaviors, modifying the safety zone in accordance with a predetermined species function corresponding to the species.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Volvo Car Corporation
    Inventors: Mattias Bengtsson, Andreas Eidehall, Anders Agnvall
  • FORWARD COLLISION RISK REDUCTION
    Publication number: 20110288774
    Abstract: A method for determining a safety zone of a foreign object for a forward collision risk reduction system. The method may include determining the type of the foreign object; setting the safety zone to a predetermined value corresponding to the type of the foreign object; determining the traffic behavior of the foreign object; determining if the traffic behavior corresponds to a species of a predetermined group of traffic behaviors; and if the traffic behavior corresponds to a species of a predetermined group of traffic behaviors, modifying the safety zone in accordance with a predetermined species function corresponding to the species.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2011
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Applicant: VOLVO CAR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mattias Bengtsson, Andreas Eidehall, Anders Agnvall