Patents by Inventor Corinne D. Mentell

Corinne D. Mentell 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).

  • Path estimation and confidence level determination system for a vehicle
    Patent number: 7447592
    Abstract: A path prediction system (10) for a vehicle (12) includes vehicle state sensors (18) that generate vehicle state signals. A tracking sensor (20) generates a path characteristic signal. A path prediction module (16) determines predicted path estimations in response to data received from each of the vehicle state sensors (18) and the tracking sensor (20). The path prediction module (16) determines a resultant predicted future path and a path confidence level in response to the predicted path estimations. A controller (14) performs a countermeasure (26) in response to the resultant predicted future path and the path confidence level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2008
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Wilford Trent Yopp, Anthony G. King, Yusheng Li, Corinne D. Mentell