Patents by Inventor Daniel Bernal Dotu

Daniel Bernal Dotu 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).

  • Methods and Devices for Detecting a Controller Area Network Connection On a Universal Serial Bus Port
    Publication number: 20240267254
    Abstract: A host electronic device that supports both Universal Serial Bus (USB) and Controller Area Network (CAN) connections is provided. The host electronic device drives at least one USB signal line and measures the voltage thereof. When the measured voltage indicates a USB connection from a peripheral device, the host electronic device determines that the peripheral device is a USB device. Otherwise, the host electronic device determines that the peripheral device is a CAN device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Inventors: Omar Barake, Daniel Bernal Dotu, Naim Hilal, Michael Pirruccio
  • Methods and devices for detecting a controller area network connection on a universal serial bus port
    Patent number: 12057964
    Abstract: A host electronic device that supports both Universal Serial Bus (USB) and Controller Area Network (CAN) connections is provided. The host electronic device drives at least one USB signal line and measures the voltage thereof. When the measured voltage indicates a USB connection from a peripheral device, the host electronic device determines that the peripheral device is a USB device. Otherwise, the host electronic device determines that the peripheral device is a CAN device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: Geotab Inc.
    Inventors: Omar Barake, Daniel Bernal Dotu, Naim Hilal, Michael Pirruccio
  • Methods and devices for routing controller area network traffic over a universal serial bus connection
    Patent number: 11817968
    Abstract: A host electronic device that supports both Universal Serial Bus (USB) and Controller Area Network (CAN) connections is provided. When the host electronic device detects connection from a peripheral electronic device that uses the CAN protocol, the host electronic device switches to USB-C alternate mode and routes CAN signals over sideband use signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Geotab Inc.
    Inventors: Omar Barake, Daniel Bernal Dotu, Naim Hilal, Michael Pirruccio
  • Coupling harness with orientation detection and logic correction
    Patent number: 11811417
    Abstract: A coupling harness, including a coupling clamp, for capturing a coupled signal from signal lines is provided. The coupling harness has an orientation detector that determines whether the coupled signal needs to be complemented based on an orientation of the coupling clamp relative to the signal lines. A logic corrector complements the coupled signal based on an output of the orientation detector. Advantageously, signals may be coupled correctly from signal lines regardless of the orientation of the coupling clamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Geotab Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Bernal Dotu, Lara Aguilera Escobar, Cristian Luis Ochoa Citadini