Patents by Inventor Ben Nielsen

Ben Nielsen 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: 20120323404
    Abstract: A system for determining instances when a vehicle's indicated speed exceeds a governing speed includes a receiver to receive information from which a vehicle's location envelope, indicated direction of travel, and indicated speed can be derived, and a processor. The processor is configured to ascertain a location envelope in which the vehicle is located, an indicated speed of the vehicle, and a direction of travel of the vehicle at a sample time. It is also configured to and select the governing speed for the vehicle at the sample time, which includes ascertain possible road segments with at least a portion within the location envelope, eliminate road segments with a road segment direction of travel inconsistent with the indicated direction of travel, and select as the governing speed a speed associated with a remaining road segment. The processor will then determine if the indicated speed exceeds the governing speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2012
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Inventors: Roman Brusilovsky, Joseph James Salvo, John William Carbone, Daniel John Messier, Douglas Peters, Ben Nielsen, Matthew John Englund
  • Patent number: 8275490
    Abstract: A system for determining instances when a vehicle's indicated speed exceeds a governing speed includes a receiver to receive information from which a vehicle's location envelope, indicated direction of travel, and indicated speed can be derived, and a processor. The processer is configured to ascertain a location envelope in which the vehicle is located, an indicated speed of the vehicle, and a direction of travel of the vehicle at a sample time. It is also configured to select the governing speed for the vehicle at the sample time, which includes ascertaining possible road segments with at least a portion within the location envelope, eliminating road segments with a road segment direction of travel inconsistent with the indicated direction of travel, and selecting as the governing speed a speed associated with a remaining road segment. The processor will then determine if the indicated speed exceeds the governing speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Roman Brusilovsky, Joseph James Salvo, John William Carbone, Daniel John Messier, Douglas Peters, Ben Nielsen, Matthew John Englund
  • Publication number: 20110184588
    Abstract: A system for determining instances when a vehicle's indicated speed exceeds a governing speed includes a receiver to receive information from which a vehicle's location envelope, indicated direction of travel, and indicated speed can be derived, and a processor. The processer is configured to ascertain a location envelope in which the vehicle is located, an indicated speed of the vehicle, and a direction of travel of the vehicle at a sample time. It is also configured to select the governing speed for the vehicle at the sample time, which includes ascertaining possible road segments with at least a portion within the location envelope, eliminating road segments with a road segment direction of travel inconsistent with the indicated direction of travel, and selecting as the governing speed a speed associated with a remaining road segment. The processor will then determine if the indicated speed exceeds the governing speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2010
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Inventors: Roman Brusilovsky, Joseph James Salvo, John William Carbone, Daniel John Messier, Douglas Peters, Ben Nielsen, Matthew John Englund