Patents by Inventor Basavaraj Tonshal
Basavaraj Tonshal 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).
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Publication number: 20240028391Abstract: A system for testing-configuring one or more vehicles includes a task communication module obtaining a task data packet having a selected software-based task to be performed on a selected vehicle, where a task command identifier identifying the task, a command matching module selecting a predefined task command from among a set of stored task commands based on the task command identifier where the predefined task command executes either a selected standardized protocol (i.e., a set of locally stored instructions) or a selected customized protocol to perform the task (i.e., a set of bypass instructions to retrieve a selected script file having a set of customizable instructions), and a command execution module executing the selected standard protocol in response to the predefined task command being the selected standard protocol, and executing the selected customized protocol employing the selected script file based on the predefined task command being the selected customized protocol.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2022Publication date: January 25, 2024Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Jamal Alezzani, Jason Michael Miller, Priyank Shah, Basavaraj Tonshal
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Patent number: 11760376Abstract: A system includes a vehicle control module, a vehicle gateway module, and a wired vehicle communications network communicatively coupling the vehicle gateway module to the vehicle control module. The vehicle control module is programmed to receive sensor data from at least one sensor, execute a machine-learning program trained to determine whether the sensor data satisfies at least one criterion, and transmit the sensor data satisfying the at least one criterion to the vehicle gateway module. The vehicle gateway module is programmed to transmit the machine-learning program to the vehicle control module; upon receiving the sensor data from the vehicle control module, store the sensor data; and upon establishing a connection with a remote server, transmit the sensor data to the remote server.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2020Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Varun Chari, Basavaraj Tonshal, Panduranga Kondoju
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Publication number: 20230222847Abstract: A task managing system for testing and configuring one or more vehicles includes a plurality of task execution controllers. Each of the plurality of the task execution controllers defines a set of communication nodes configured to wirelessly communicate with a set of vehicles of a plurality of vehicles. The task execution controller includes a processor configured to execute instructions stored in a nontransitory computer-readable medium to operate as a task application module configured to execute a task order on a selected vehicle from the set of vehicles by way of a selected communication node from the set of communication nodes.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2022Publication date: July 13, 2023Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Jamal Alezzani, Jason Michael Miller, Priyank Shah, Basavaraj Tonshal, Richard Moore, Kerry Lance Paskell
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Publication number: 20230222846Abstract: A task managing system (TMS) test-configures one or more vehicles based on a task order for a selected vehicle from a vehicle management system (VMS). The TMS includes a plurality of task execution controllers configured to communicate with the vehicle. The TMS further includes a processor configured to execute instructions stored in a nontransitory computer-readable medium to operate as a task delegation module and a task status module. The task delegation module is configured to assign a selected vehicle from among the one or more vehicles to a selected task execution controller, where the selected task execution controller is configured to execute the task order for the selected vehicle. The task status module is configured to monitor a status of the task order being executed by the selected task execution controller based on an update message from the selected task execution controller.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2022Publication date: July 13, 2023Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Jeffrey Daugherty, John Cardillo, Priyank Shah, Basavaraj Tonshal, Jesudoss Daniel, Christina Metcalf, Jamal Alezzani
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Publication number: 20230182729Abstract: A plurality of localization data sources accessible on a vehicle network in a vehicle can be identified. A plurality of active vehicle applications that request localization data provided by one or more of the localization data sources can be identified. Based on the active vehicle applications, a plurality of the localization data sources to be combined to output a vehicle location can be selected.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2021Publication date: June 15, 2023Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Krishna Bandi, Samer Ibrahim, Colette Knopp, Basavaraj Tonshal, Sathyanaraya Chary Palakonda
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Publication number: 20230182734Abstract: In a vehicle computer, a trigger may be received to provide localization data to a first vehicle application that is one of a plurality of vehicle applications in a vehicle that receive the localization data. Based on the trigger, resources can be allocated to a first data container that provides the localization data in a first format specified for the application, and that is one of a plurality of data containers included in the system. The localization data can be provided in the first format to the first vehicle application upon receiving a location request from the application.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2021Publication date: June 15, 2023Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Krishna Bandi, Sathyanaraya Chary Palakonda, Colette Knopp, Samer Ibrahim, Basavaraj Tonshal
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Publication number: 20230177202Abstract: Managing data transfer and privacy via a multi-channel transfer of information is provided. A query is received from a client device, the query indicating an access identifier corresponding to an entity for which data is stored. A consented data pool is accessed to identify a random value corresponding to the access identifier. A hash value is computed using a combination of both the access identifier and the random value. An anonymous data pool of stored data is queried to identify results from the stored data tagged with the hash value. The results are returned to the client device responsive to the query.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2021Publication date: June 8, 2023Inventors: Omar MAKKE, Oleg GUSIKHIN, Basavaraj TONSHAL, Panduranga Chary KONDOJU
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Patent number: 11544811Abstract: A system that includes a wearable device, and a method of using the system, including: receiving, at a first transceiver element of a wearable device, a target beam from a ride-share vehicle, the element having a first axis of reception; and when the first axis is oriented toward the beam, providing an indication, via the device, to a user thereof.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2017Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Pramita Mitra, Pietro Buttolo, Basavaraj Tonshal, Qianyi Wang, Gary Steven Strumolo, Kelly Lee Zechel, Brian Nash, Theodore Wingrove
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Patent number: 11544636Abstract: A method includes transmitting a ride-share request to a ride-share server, the ride-share request including information about an accessibility device, determining a present orientation of the accessibility device, and transmitting the present orientation of the accessibility device to the ride-share vehicle. Another method includes transmitting a present orientation of an accessibility device, receiving a target orientation of the accessibility device, illuminating a light projector, determining that the accessibility device is in the target orientation, and turning off the light projector.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2017Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Pramita Mitra, Pietro Buttolo, Basavaraj Tonshal, Qianyi Wang, Gary Steven Strumolo, Kelly Lee Zechel, Brian Nash, Theodore Wingrove
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Patent number: 11546737Abstract: A vehicle occupant messaging system includes a communication tag located in a buckle of a vehicle seatbelt assembly and configured to wirelessly transmit signals, to a mobile device, representing a location of a passenger using the mobile device in a host vehicle. The system further includes a communication transceiver programmed to transmit messages to the mobile device and a system processor programmed to generate the messages to the mobile device, the messages identifying the location of the passenger.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2017Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Pramita Mitra, Pietro Buttolo, Basavaraj Tonshal, Qianyi Wang, Gary Steven Strumolo, Kelly Lee Zechel, Brian Nash, Theodore Wingrove
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Patent number: 11405763Abstract: A toll advertisement message is received, via a V2X transceiver of a vehicle, defining a metered zone in which tolls are charged. Input data indicative of a current position of the vehicle with respect to the metered zone is determined. A state machine is utilized to determine tolled roadway usage of the vehicle according to the metered zone and the current position. A toll usage message indicative of the tolled roadway usage is provided via the V2X transceiver.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2021Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Krishna Bandi, Sathyanarayana Chary Palakonda, Samer Ibrahim, Brennan Hamilton, Colette Knopp, Basavaraj Tonshal
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Publication number: 20220204015Abstract: A system includes a vehicle control module, a vehicle gateway module, and a wired vehicle communications network communicatively coupling the vehicle gateway module to the vehicle control module. The vehicle control module is programmed to receive sensor data from at least one sensor, execute a machine-learning program trained to determine whether the sensor data satisfies at least one criterion, and transmit the sensor data satisfying the at least one criterion to the vehicle gateway module. The vehicle gateway module is programmed to transmit the machine-learning program to the vehicle control module; upon receiving the sensor data from the vehicle control module, store the sensor data; and upon establishing a connection with a remote server, transmit the sensor data to the remote server.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2020Publication date: June 30, 2022Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Varun Chari, Basavaraj Tonshal, Panduranga Kondoju
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Patent number: 11059349Abstract: Data about a skin response characteristic are collected from a vehicle occupant. A target cabin temperature is determined based on the skin data. A climate control system is adjusted based on the target cabin temperature.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2015Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Kwaku O. Prakah-Asante, Basavaraj Tonshal, Yifan Chen, Padma Aiswarya Kolisetty, Hsin-hsiang Yang, Gary Steven Strumolo
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Patent number: 11010993Abstract: A device that includes a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor such that the device is programmed to identify a wearable device and a set of vehicle data from a vehicle. The user device sends a human machine interface (HMI) message to the wearable device. The HMI message is based at least in part on the set of vehicle data.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2015Date of Patent: May 18, 2021Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Yifan Chen, Padma Aiswarya Kolisetty, Basavaraj Tonshal, Kwaku O. Prakah-Asante, Hsin-Hsiang Yang, David Anthony Hatton, Johannes Geir Kristinsson, Krishnaswamy Venkatesh Prasad, Hussein F. Nasrallah, Tom Nelson
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Publication number: 20210117871Abstract: A method includes transmitting a ride-share request to a ride-share server, the ride-share request including information about an accessibility device, determining a present orientation of the accessibility device, and transmitting the present orientation of the accessibility device to the ride-share vehicle. Another method includes transmitting a present orientation of an accessibility device, receiving a target orientation of the accessibility device, illuminating a light projector, determining that the accessibility device is in the target orientation, and turning off the light projector.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2017Publication date: April 22, 2021Inventors: Pramita MITRA, Pietro BUTTOLO, Basavaraj TONSHAL, Qianyi WANG, Gary Steven STRUMOLO, Kelly Lee ZECHEL, Brian NASH, Theodore WINGROVE
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Patent number: 10916073Abstract: A vehicle system comprises a gateway controller, configured to collect real-time vehicle data from an electronic control unit (ECU); responsive to receiving a start token from a testing device, send the real-time vehicle data to the testing device via at least two connections of different types, each connection having a predetermined bandwidth; and inverse multiplex the real-time vehicle data into separate real-time data streams that match the predetermined bandwidth of each connection.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2018Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Basavaraj Tonshal, Panduranga Kondoju, Varun Chari, Kamil Bernatowicz, Christopher Ciurla, Jennifer Danielle Shaw, Thomas Fitzgibbons
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Patent number: 10839583Abstract: Information about a device may be emotively conveyed to a user of the device. Input indicative of an operating state of the device may be received. The input may be transformed into data representing a simulated emotional state. Data representing an avatar that expresses the simulated emotional state may be generated and displayed. A query from the user regarding the simulated emotional state expressed by the avatar may be received. The query may be responded to.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2017Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Dimitar Petrov Filev, Oleg Yurievitch Gusikhin, Erica Klampfl, Yifan Chen, Fazal Urrahman Syed, Perry Macneille, Mark Schunder, Thomas Giuli, Basavaraj Tonshal
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Patent number: 10832178Abstract: A system includes a vehicle computer that is programmed to wirelessly broadcast one or more actions included in boarding of a vehicle, and receive, from a mobile device, confirmation that the one or more actions are completed. The vehicle computer is programmed to actuate a vehicle component based on the received confirmation.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2017Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Pramita Mitra, Pietro Buttolo, Basavaraj Tonshal, Gary Steven Strumolo, Qianyi Wang, Kelley Lee Zechel, Brian Nash, Theodore Wingrove
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Patent number: 10798079Abstract: A vehicle that includes one or more controllers coupled to at least one and/or one or more wireless transceivers and antennas. The controllers are configured to enable enhanced, automated provisioning of network hardware of the vehicle with the settings and parameters of required wireless network credentials, by requesting, retrieving, receiving, and utilizing such credentials received from a mobile device. The mobile device includes one or more sets of credentials that are compatible for use with the network hardware configuration or configurations of the controllers, and communications, and network hardware of vehicle. The controller(s) are further configured to store such credentials locally in the vehicle, to request updates, to detect and identify wireless networks identified by such credentials when the wireless networks are in-range of the vehicle network hardware, and to automatically provision and connect the network hardware of vehicle to the detected and identified wireless networks.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2017Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Allan Miramonti, Aziz Makkiya, Rajesh Balaji Vijayan, Basavaraj Tonshal, Panduranga Kondoju
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Patent number: 10743331Abstract: A system includes a processor configured to receive a data transfer request including a data transfer constraint. The processor is also configured to receive a vehicle route. The processor is further configured to determine wireless network availability along the route based on known wireless network locations. Additionally, the processor is configured to determine a route window where wireless network availability indicates that a wireless network is available that meets the data transfer constraint and schedule data transfer to occur during the route window.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2016Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Basavaraj Tonshal, Oleg Yurievitch Gusikhin