Patents by Inventor David D. DiMeo

David D. DiMeo 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).

  • Adaptive voice control and vehicle collision warning and countermeasure system
    Patent number: 7188012
    Abstract: A safety system (10) for a host vehicle (12) includes a voice sensor (38) that detects voice signals from a vehicle occupant. An occupant classifier (30) determines a state of mind of the vehicle occupant. A controller (13) performs a safety countermeasure in response to the state of mind of the occupant including the transmission of the state of mind to a target vehicle. A vehicle voice control system (24) includes the voice sensor (38), which detects voice signals from the vehicle occupant. A speech classifier (32) monitors a speech characteristic, including a vehicle occupant identifiable and associated speech characteristic, in response to the voice signals and associates the voice signals with a vehicle related task in response thereto. A controller (13) performs the vehicle related task in response to the voice signals and the association.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2007
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Irv T. Salmeen, Gary S. Strumolo, Ronald H. Miller, David D. DiMeo, Anna Zevalkink