Patents by Inventor Bridget CHECHAK

Bridget CHECHAK 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).

  • Apparatus and method for in-vehicle location of a mobile device
    Patent number: 10284709
    Abstract: In at least one embodiment, an apparatus including a controller that is electrically coupled to a plurality of transceivers within a vehicle for enabling bi-directional wireless communication via Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) between the controller and an occupant communication device (OCD). The controller is further configured to: transmit an advertisement signal indicative of the vehicle being in motion from each transceiver to the OCD via BLE and to receive, at each transceiver, a scan request signal from the OCD via BLE at a first power level. The controller is further configured to determine the location of the OCD in the vehicle in response to receiving the scan request signal at each transceiver at the first power level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Lee Miller, Eric L. Reed, Doron M. Elliott, Bridget Chechak, David Anthony Hatton
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IN-VEHICLE LOCATION OF A MOBILE DEVICE
    Publication number: 20160248905
    Abstract: In at least one embodiment, an apparatus including a controller that is electrically coupled to a plurality of transceivers within a vehicle for enabling bi-directional wireless communication via Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) between the controller and an occupant communication device (OCD). The controller is further configured to: transmit an advertisement signal indicative of the vehicle being in motion from each transceiver to the OCD via BLE and to receive, at each transceiver, a scan request signal from the OCD via BLE at a first power level. The controller is further configured to determine the location of the OCD in the vehicle in response to receiving the scan request signal at each transceiver at the first power level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2015
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Inventors: Thomas Lee MILLER, Eric L. REED, Doron M. ELLIOTT, Bridget CHECHAK, David Anthony HATTON