Patents by Inventor Brian Gabel

Brian Gabel 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).

  • Method and apparatus for adaptive trailer content monitoring
    Patent number: 11922641
    Abstract: A load-monitoring system includes a vehicle processor and a camera mounted in a trailer. The vehicle, via the processor, displays a first image of a trailer load, received from a trailer-mounted camera and receives selection of a monitoring point on the image, via a touch-sensitive user interface displaying the image or other selection mechanism. The vehicle also receives selection of a fixed point on the image, via the user interface. If the monitoring point moves more than a threshold amount, relative to the fixed point, for example, in subsequent images captured by the camera, the vehicle alerts the driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Brian Gabel, Joshua Sharpe, Keith Weston, Andrew Brown
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADAPTIVE TRAILER CONTENT MONITORING
    Publication number: 20210312643
    Abstract: A load-monitoring system includes a vehicle processor and a camera mounted in a trailer. The vehicle, via the processor, displays a first image of a trailer load, received from a trailer-mounted camera and receives selection of a monitoring point on the image, via a touch-sensitive user interface displaying the image or other selection mechanism. The vehicle also receives selection of a fixed point on the image, via the user interface. If the monitoring point moves more than a threshold amount, relative to the fixed point, for example, in subsequent images captured by the camera, the vehicle alerts the driver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: Brian Gabel, Joshua Sharpe, Keith Weston, Andrew Brown
  • Method and apparatus for adaptive trailer content monitoring
    Patent number: 11062463
    Abstract: A load-monitoring system includes a vehicle processor and a camera mounted in a trailer. The vehicle, via the processor, displays a first image of a trailer load, received from a trailer-mounted camera and receives selection of a monitoring point on the image, via a touch-sensitive user interface displaying the image or other selection mechanism. The vehicle also receives selection of a fixed point on the image, via the user interface. If the monitoring point moves more than a threshold amount, relative to the fixed point, for example, in subsequent images captured by the camera, the vehicle alerts the driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Brian Gabel, Joshua Sharpe, Keith Weston, Andrew Brown
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADAPTIVE TRAILER CONTENT MONITORING
    Publication number: 20200279377
    Abstract: A load-monitoring system includes a vehicle processor and a camera mounted in a trailer. The vehicle, via the processor, displays a first image of a trailer load, received from a trailer-mounted camera and receives selection of a monitoring point on the image, via a touch-sensitive user interface displaying the image or other selection mechanism. The vehicle also receives selection of a fixed point on the image, via the user interface. If the monitoring point moves more than a threshold amount, relative to the fixed point, for example, in subsequent images captured by the camera, the vehicle alerts the driver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Inventors: Brian Gabel, Joshua Sharpe, Keith Weston, Andrew Brown