Patents by Inventor Carroll C. Kellum

Carroll C. Kellum 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 for reducing repeat false alarm indications in vehicle impact detection systems
    Patent number: 6853919
    Abstract: A method for reducing repetitive false alarm indications in a vehicle impact detection system for a host vehicle includes generating false alarm positional information corresponding to a detected object determined to be a false alarm. The false alarm is determined subsequent to an issued warning to a driver, and the false alarm positional information is stored in a database. The false alarm positional information in the database is further evaluated to determine, based on predefined removal criteria, whether any of the false alarm positional information in the database is to be removed therefrom. The false alarm positional information remaining in the database is used to inhibit the issuance of a warning to a driver of the host vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2005
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Carroll C. Kellum
  • Method for reducing repeat false alarm indications in vehicle impact detection systems
    Publication number: 20040153244
    Abstract: A method for reducing repetitive false alarm indications in a vehicle impact detection system for a host vehicle includes generating false alarm positional information corresponding to a detected object determined to be a false alarm. The false alarm is determined subsequent to an issued warning to a driver, and the false alarm positional information is stored in a database. The false alarm positional information in the database is further evaluated to determine, based on predefined removal criteria, whether any of the false alarm positional information in the database is to be removed therefrom. The false alarm positional information remaining in the database is used to inhibit the issuance of a warning to a driver of the host vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2003
    Publication date: August 5, 2004
    Inventor: Carroll C. Kellum