Patents by Inventor Cheri Hansen

Cheri Hansen 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: 11794770
    Abstract: The disclosure is generally directed to systems and methods for evaluating a driving environment of a vehicle for hearing impairment conditions, detecting a request related to hearing impairment conditions, activating an accessibility mode in response to the request based on the hearing impairment condition, the accessibility mode providing sensory aids in response to the hearing impairment conditions, and altering vehicle motion to enable driver attention to the driving environment. The detecting the request related to hearing impairment conditions includes receiving a driver request for accessibility, a predetermined setting implementing a driver profile indicating a request for accessibility, and an alert from a drivers assisted technology system using artificial intelligence (AI) that the driving environment has hearing impairment conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Noha Ghannam, Clara Bennie, Cheri Hansen
  • Patent number: 11320281
    Abstract: On-demand vehicle imaging systems and methods are provided herein. An example method includes receiving a first request to obtain an image or video of a target location from a requesting party, determining a vehicle located within a specified distance from the target location, transmitting a second request to the vehicle to obtain the image or video of the target location using a camera of the vehicle, the second request including an identification of the target location, performing at least one aspect of image processing to blur, block, or obscure at least a portion of the image, and transmitting the obtained image or video of the target location to the requesting party.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Cynthia Neubecker, Brad Ignaczak, Adil Nizam Siddiqui, Cheri Hansen
  • Publication number: 20210278227
    Abstract: On-demand vehicle imaging systems and methods are provided herein. An example method includes receiving a first request to obtain an image or video of a target location from a requesting party, determining a vehicle located within a specified distance from the target location, transmitting a second request to the vehicle to obtain the image or video of the target location using a camera of the vehicle, the second request including an identification of the target location, performing at least one aspect of image processing to blur, block, or obscure at least a portion of the image, and transmitting the obtained image or video of the target location to the requesting party.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Cynthia Neubecker, Brad Ignaczak, Adil Nizam Siddiqui, Cheri Hansen