Patents by Inventor Anil R. Nair

Anil R. Nair 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).

  • Telematics offloading using V2V and blockchain as trust mechanism
    Patent number: 11399268
    Abstract: Methods and systems for maintaining telematics data. The system includes a standard vehicle. The standard vehicle includes one or more sensors configured to detect telematics data, a memory configured to store a blockchain associated with the standard vehicle, an electronic control unit (ECU) configured to update the blockchain associated with the standard vehicle with the detected telematics data, and a transceiver configured to communicate the blockchain to one or more other vehicles. The system also includes a collection vehicle. The collection vehicle includes a transceiver configured to receive the blockchain from the standard vehicle, and communicate the blockchain from the standard vehicle to a network to update a distributed record of the blockchain associated with the standard vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Hazem Ahmed, David M. Goemer, Walter Accessor, Andrew L. Wells, Ryan Wheeler, Anil R. Nair, Senthilkumar Gopal Kalaimani, Neil Dutta, Michael C. Edwards
  • TELEMATICS OFFLOADING USING V2V AND BLOCKCHAIN AS TRUST MECHANISM
    Publication number: 20200296559
    Abstract: Methods and systems for maintaining telematics data. The system includes a standard vehicle. The standard vehicle includes one or more sensors configured to detect telematics data, a memory configured to store a blockchain associated with the standard vehicle, an electronic control unit (ECU) configured to update the blockchain associated with the standard vehicle with the detected telematics data, and a transceiver configured to communicate the blockchain to one or more other vehicles. The system also includes a collection vehicle. The collection vehicle includes a transceiver configured to receive the blockchain from the standard vehicle, and communicate the blockchain from the standard vehicle to a network to update a distributed record of the blockchain associated with the standard vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Hazem Ahmed, David M. Goemer, Walter Accessor, Andrew L. Wells, Ryan Wheeler, Anil R. Nair, Senthilkumar Gopal Kalaimani, Neil Dutta, Michael C. Edwards