Patents by Inventor Collin Kappauf

Collin Kappauf 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).

  • Road sign recognition
    Patent number: 10528055
    Abstract: Vehicles can be equipped with computing devices, networks, sensors and controllers to determine, modify, and/or augment a digital map of the surrounding real world. Computing devices included in a vehicle can determine road sign locations in LIDAR data. The computing devices can identify road signs in one or more video images based on the road sign locations and include the road sign in a digital map based on the road sign identity and the road sign location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Collin Kappauf, Andrew Richardson
  • ROAD SIGN RECOGNITION
    Publication number: 20180120857
    Abstract: Vehicles can be equipped with computing devices, networks, sensors and controllers to determine, modify, and/or augment a digital map of the surrounding real world. Computing devices included in a vehicle can determine road sign locations in LIDAR data. The computing devices can identify road signs in one or more video images based on the road sign locations and include the road sign in a digital map based on the road sign identity and the road sign location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2016
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Collin Kappauf, Andrew Richardson