Patents by Inventor Austin Kirchner

Austin Kirchner 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).

  • Patent number: 11897403
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for supporting and executing automated control of adjustable components of a vehicle based on occupant classification in a group identity database. Methods and systems for generating and employing the group identity database are also disclosed. Occupancy information may be utilized to determine how the group identity database is employed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: David Alfred Ostrowski, Leopoldo Urbina, Akshay Dirisala, Elizabeth Anne Manwell, Austin Kirchner
  • Publication number: 20230314145
    Abstract: A method and system for navigating a vehicle based upon data of a group includes automatically determining a specific group identity for an operator and one or more occupants of a vehicle by digitally identifying the operator and the one or more occupants of the vehicle based upon Received Signal Strength Indication (RSSI) of a wireless network with multiple antennas in the vehicle to estimate localization of wireless devices of the operator and the one or more occupants, evaluating parameters associated with the specific group identity, and determining a path for the vehicle based upon the specific group identity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: David Alfred Ostrowski, Leopoldo Urbina, Elizabeth Anne Manwell, Akshay Dirisala, Sakthish R. Sathasivam, Austin Kirchner
  • Patent number: 11722398
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for optimizing an antenna topology to detect a seating position of a vehicle occupant. Methods and systems for determining a target position for an antenna of the antenna topology are also disclosed. Determining the target position may be based on a comparison of a predicted seating position to a true seating position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: David Alfred Ostrowski, Leopoldo Urbina, Akshay Dirisala, Elizabeth Anne Manwell, Austin Kirchner
  • Publication number: 20230174006
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for supporting and executing automated control of adjustable components of a vehicle based on occupant classification in a group identity database. Methods and systems for generating and employing the group identity database are also disclosed. Occupancy information may be utilized to determine how the group identity database is employed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: David Alfred Ostrowski, Leopoldo Urbina, Akshay Dirisala, Elizabeth Anne Manwell, Austin Kirchner
  • Publication number: 20230179508
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for optimizing an antenna topology to detect a seating position of a vehicle occupant. Methods and systems for determining a target position for an antenna of the antenna topology are also disclosed. Determining the target position may be based on a comparison of a predicted seating position to a true seating position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: David Alfred Ostrowski, Leopoldo Urbina, Akshay Dirisala, Elizabeth Anne Manwell, Austin Kirchner
  • Publication number: 20230174007
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for supporting and executing automated control of adjustable components of a vehicle based on occupant classification in a group identity database. Methods and systems for generating and employing the group identity database are also disclosed. Occupancy information may be utilized to determine how the group identity database is employed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: David Alfred Ostrowski, Leopoldo Urbina, Akshay Dirisala, Elizabeth Anne Manwell, Austin Kirchner
  • Publication number: 20220327920
    Abstract: A computer includes a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to determine a predicted classification related to a road segment; upon a vehicle including the computer traveling over the road segment, determine an actual classification related to the road segment; in response to the actual classification failing to match the predicted classification, transmit a notification to a server remote from the vehicle; and upon receiving an instruction responsive to the notification, transmit vehicle data related to the road segment to the server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2021
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Leon Jones, Jacob Martin Povirk, Austin Kirchner, Charles Robert Maxwell Zine, David Alfred Ostrowski