Patents by Inventor Arthur Van Jack

Arthur Van Jack 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).

  • SECURING A VEHICLE ON OWNER CHANGE
    Publication number: 20200098049
    Abstract: An insurance server is programmed to terminate sharing of personal data from a vehicle for use in usage-based insurance responsive to a policy termination for the vehicle, send a request to the subscription server to cause the vehicle to purge vehicle memory of personal data, and responsive to confirmation from the subscription server, inform a seller of the vehicle of termination of sharing and storage of the personal data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: Arthur Van JACK, Kwaku O. PRAKAH-ASANTE, Karl Nathan CLARK, Tracy S. PARKS
  • Vehicle haptic feedback as a function of sensed capacitance
    Patent number: 9987962
    Abstract: A method of delivering haptic feedback to a vehicle occupant comprising: measuring capacitance with a capacitive sensor having a known natural capacitance oriented within a vehicle to provide a measured capacitance value; determining, as a function of the measured capacitance value, an intensity level of haptic feedback to be provided by a haptic feedback generator oriented within the vehicle; and generating haptic feedback at the intensity level to a vehicle occupant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, Pietro Buttolo, Paul Kenneth Dellock, Arthur Van Jack
  • Method and Apparatus for Alarm Control
    Publication number: 20140111357
    Abstract: A system includes a processor in communication with a vehicle computing system (VCS) and a remote target. The processor is configured to receive an alarm message from the VCS, including GPS coordinates. The processor is further configured to interpret the alarm message to retrieve at least the GPS coordinates. The processor is also configured to perform reverse geocoding on the GPS coordinates to associate an address with the GPS coordinates. Also, the processor is configured to package the address in a new alarm message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2012
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: David Anthony Hatton, Robert Bruce Kleve, Arthur Van Jack, Christian Krozal, David Randolph Roberts, Joseph Carl Beiser, Chad Evert Esselink, Tricia Tobolski, John Robert Van Wiemeersch