Patents by Inventor Andrew MELLETT

Andrew MELLETT 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 for transmitting one or more data elements from a vehicle to a server, computer-readable medium, system and vehicle
    Patent number: 12289373
    Abstract: A method for transmitting one or more data elements from a vehicle to a server via a communication channel between the vehicle and the server includes the vehicle determining a first event, and transmitting the first event from the vehicle to the server via the communication channel. The server receives the first event and determines a relevance parameter of the first event. Responsive to the relevance parameter indicating that the first event is relevant to the server, a message is transmitted requesting a first data element associated with the first event from the server to the vehicle via the communication channel. The vehicle receives the message for requesting the first data element and determines the first data element associated with the first event. The first data element is transmitted from the vehicle to the server via the communication channel on the basis of a communication-channel-specific parameter of the communication channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Michael Spielmann, Carsten Woche, Andrew Mellett, Cornelius Krebs
  • Method, apparatus, computer program and computer program product for determining a quality characteristic, a vehicle-specific friction coefficient and a friction coefficient map
    Patent number: 11648948
    Abstract: A method determines a quality characteristic, in which the quality characteristic is representative for the procurement of a vehicle-specific friction coefficient of a vehicle and a standardized friction coefficient of a friction coefficient map. The friction coefficient data are received, the friction coefficient data being representative for a friction coefficient measured depending upon the position of a vehicle and a quality characteristic representative for the vehicle. The friction coefficient map is provided, the friction coefficient being representative for standardized friction coefficients of a vehicle fleet of a route network. Depending upon the friction coefficient data and the friction coefficient map, the quality characteristic is determined again and transmitted to the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Martin Bonfigt, Barbara Bunk, Andrew Mellett, Reinhard Schmerer, Jeffrey Tchai
  • Method For Transmitting One or More Data Elements From a Vehicle To a Server, Computer-Readable Medium, System and Vehicle
    Publication number: 20230023305
    Abstract: A method for transmitting one or more data elements from a vehicle to a server via a communication channel between the vehicle and the server includes the vehicle determining a first event, and transmitting the first event from the vehicle to the server via the communication channel. The server receives the first event and determines a relevance parameter of the first event. Responsive to the relevance parameter indicating that the first event is relevant to the server, a message is transmitted requesting a first data element associated with the first event from the server to the vehicle via the communication channel. The vehicle receives the message for requesting the first data element and determines the first data element associated with the first event. The first data element is transmitted from the vehicle to the server via the communication channel on the basis of a communication-channel-specific parameter of the communication channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Michael Spielmann, Carsten Woche, Andrew Mellett, Cornelius Krebs
  • Method, Apparatus, Computer Program and Computer Program Product for Determining a Quality Characteristic, a Vehicle-Specific Friction Coefficient and a Friction Coefficient Map
    Publication number: 20210221381
    Abstract: A method determines a quality characteristic, in which the quality characteristic is representative for the procurement of a vehicle-specific friction coefficient of a vehicle and a standardized friction coefficient of a friction coefficient map. The friction coefficient data are received, the friction coefficient data being representative for a friction coefficient measured depending upon the position of a vehicle and a quality characteristic representative for the vehicle. The friction coefficient map is provided, the friction coefficient being representative for standardized friction coefficients of a vehicle fleet of a route network. Depending upon the friction coefficient data and the friction coefficient map, the quality characteristic is determined again and transmitted to the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Martin BONFIGT, Barbara BUNK, Andrew MELLETT, Reinhard SCHMERER, Jeffrey TCHAI