Patents by Inventor Anthony N. Rinaldo

Anthony N. Rinaldo 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).

  • Publication number: 20210136356
    Abstract: A sensor module test system includes a sensor module for a vehicle with a housing portion, a test cover having at least one spring-loaded connector pin, and a circuit board having at least one test point. When the housing portion and the test cover are fastened together, the circuit board is disposed within a cavity within the housing portion and the test cover. With the circuit board disposed within the cavity, the spring-loaded connector pin of the test cover electrically engages the test point of the circuit board. The test cover includes an electrical connector that includes an exterior portion disposed and accessible at an exterior side of the test cover. The spring-loaded connector pin electrically connects the test point to the exterior portion of the electrical connector to provide electrical access to the test point exterior of the test cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventor: Anthony N. Rinaldo
  • Patent number: 10773707
    Abstract: A control system for a vehicle includes a camera disposed at the vehicle and having a field of view at least rearward of the vehicle, and may include at least one non-imaging sensor disposed at the vehicle so as to sense a region at least rearward of the vehicle. During a reversing maneuver of the vehicle along a pathway, the control, responsive to processing of image data captured by the camera, determines edges of the pathway. During the reversing maneuver of the vehicle along the narrow pathway, the control, responsive to processing of data sensed by the non-imaging sensor, determines distances to objects present at or near the determined pathway and rearward and sideward of the vehicle. The control, responsive to determination of the pathway and determination of objects present along the pathway, steers the vehicle along the pathway to reverse the vehicle along the pathway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: MAGNA ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Anthony N. Rinaldo
  • Publication number: 20190143956
    Abstract: A control system for a vehicle includes a camera disposed at the vehicle and having a field of view at least rearward of the vehicle, and may include at least one non-imaging sensor disposed at the vehicle so as to sense a region at least rearward of the vehicle. During a reversing maneuver of the vehicle along a pathway, the control, responsive to processing of image data captured by the camera, determines edges of the pathway. During the reversing maneuver of the vehicle along the narrow pathway, the control, responsive to processing of data sensed by the non-imaging sensor, determines distances to objects present at or near the determined pathway and rearward and sideward of the vehicle. The control, responsive to determination of the pathway and determination of objects present along the pathway, steers the vehicle along the pathway to reverse the vehicle along the pathway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventor: Anthony N. Rinaldo
  • Patent number: 10160437
    Abstract: A control system for a vehicle includes a camera disposed at the vehicle and having a field of view rearward of the vehicle, and at least one non-imaging sensor disposed at the vehicle so as to sense a region at least rearward and partially sideward of the vehicle. During a reversing maneuver of the vehicle along a pathway, the control, responsive to processing of image data captured by the camera, determines edges of the pathway. During the reversing maneuver of the vehicle along the narrow pathway, the control, responsive to processing of data sensed by the non-imaging sensor, determines distances to objects present at or near the determined pathway and rearward and sideward of the vehicle. The control, responsive to determination of the pathway and determination of objects present along the pathway, is operable to steer the vehicle along the pathway to reverse the vehicle along the pathway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: MAGNA ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Anthony N. Rinaldo
  • Publication number: 20170247030
    Abstract: A control system for a vehicle includes a camera disposed at the vehicle and having a field of view rearward of the vehicle, and at least one non-imaging sensor disposed at the vehicle so as to sense a region at least rearward and partially sideward of the vehicle. During a reversing maneuver of the vehicle along a pathway, the control, responsive to processing of image data captured by the camera, determines edges of the pathway. During the reversing maneuver of the vehicle along the narrow pathway, the control, responsive to processing of data sensed by the non-imaging sensor, determines distances to objects present at or near the determined pathway and rearward and sideward of the vehicle. The control, responsive to determination of the pathway and determination of objects present along the pathway, is operable to steer the vehicle along the pathway to reverse the vehicle along the pathway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Inventor: Anthony N. Rinaldo