Patents by Inventor Charles Robert Maxwell Zine

Charles Robert Maxwell Zine 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).

  • Patent number: 11965972
    Abstract: A method for determining a location of a vehicle includes a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) location system in a manufacturing environment. The method includes determining, when a key cycle transition condition of the vehicle and a vehicle gear transition condition of the vehicle are satisfied, a location parameter of the vehicle using an auxiliary location detection system, where the location parameter includes a location of the vehicle, identification information of the vehicle, and a timestamp of the vehicle. The method includes determining a vehicle time period based on the location parameter and a previous location parameter of the vehicle and validating a manufacturing routine of the vehicle when the location parameter satisfies a location condition and the vehicle time period satisfies a time condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Joseph Stanek, Allen R. Murray, Fahad Liaqat, Sikder Imam, Daniel Robert Taylor, Charles Robert Maxwell Zine
  • Patent number: 11816859
    Abstract: A method for determining a location of a vehicle including one or more image sensors in a manufacturing environment includes determining, when a key cycle transition condition of the vehicle and a vehicle gear transition condition of the vehicle are satisfied, a location parameter of the vehicle based on an image including a location tag and a previous image obtained from the one or more image sensors. The method includes determining a vehicle time period based on the image and the previous image. The method includes validating a manufacturing routine of the vehicle when the location parameter satisfies a location condition and the vehicle time period satisfies a time condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Motor Company
    Inventors: Joseph Stanek, Allen R. Murray, Fahad Liaqat, Daniel Robert Taylor, Sikder Imam, Charles Robert Maxwell Zine
  • Publication number: 20230221450
    Abstract: A method for determining a location of a vehicle includes a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) location system in a manufacturing environment. The method includes determining, when a key cycle transition condition of the vehicle and a vehicle gear transition condition of the vehicle are satisfied, a location parameter of the vehicle using an auxiliary location detection system, where the location parameter includes a location of the vehicle, identification information of the vehicle, and a timestamp of the vehicle. The method includes determining a vehicle time period based on the location parameter and a previous location parameter of the vehicle and validating a manufacturing routine of the vehicle when the location parameter satisfies a location condition and the vehicle time period satisfies a time condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Joseph Stanek, Allen R. Murray, Fahad Liaqat, Sikder Imam, Daniel Robert Taylor, Charles Robert Maxwell Zine
  • Publication number: 20230005177
    Abstract: A method for determining a location of a vehicle including one or more image sensors in a manufacturing environment includes determining, when a key cycle transition condition of the vehicle and a vehicle gear transition condition of the vehicle are satisfied, a location parameter of the vehicle based on an image including a location tag and a previous image obtained from the one or more image sensors. The method includes determining a vehicle time period based on the image and the previous image. The method includes validating a manufacturing routine of the vehicle when the location parameter satisfies a location condition and the vehicle time period satisfies a time condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: Ford Motor Company
    Inventors: Joseph Stanek, Allen R. Murray, Fahad Liaqat, Daniel Robert Taylor, Sikder Imam, Charles Robert Maxwell Zine
  • Publication number: 20220327920
    Abstract: A computer includes a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to determine a predicted classification related to a road segment; upon a vehicle including the computer traveling over the road segment, determine an actual classification related to the road segment; in response to the actual classification failing to match the predicted classification, transmit a notification to a server remote from the vehicle; and upon receiving an instruction responsive to the notification, transmit vehicle data related to the road segment to the server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2021
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Leon Jones, Jacob Martin Povirk, Austin Kirchner, Charles Robert Maxwell Zine, David Alfred Ostrowski