Patents by Inventor David L. Reuter

David L. Reuter 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).

  • Vehicle antenna control system and method
    Patent number: 9882272
    Abstract: A control system and method is provided for raising and lowering a vehicle antenna. The control system includes a location receiver for generating vehicle location data, an obstacle detection unit which generates an obstacle signal, an antenna, an antenna motor for raising and lowering the antenna and a control unit. The control unit controls the antenna motor as a function of the vehicle location data and the obstacle signal. The control unit compares the vehicle location signal to stored or received geofencing information defining a geofenced area, and causes the antenna motor to raise the antenna when the vehicle location corresponding to the vehicle location data is inside the geofenced area and no obstacle is detected. The control unit causes the antenna motor to lower the antenna when the vehicle location corresponding to the vehicle location data is outside the geofenced area or if an obstacle is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Jan M. Wyckoff, David L. Reuter, Manuel Camacho, Jeremiah J. Johnson, Vickie L. Ellis, Brian J. Gilmore
  • VEHICLE ANTENNA CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20170250463
    Abstract: A control system and method is provided for raising and lowering a vehicle antenna. The control system includes a location receiver for generating vehicle location data, an obstacle detection unit which generates an obstacle signal, an antenna, an antenna motor for raising and lowering the antenna and a control unit. The control unit controls the antenna motor as a function of the vehicle location data and the obstacle signal. The control unit compares the vehicle location signal to stored or received geofencing information defining a geofenced area, and causes the antenna motor to raise the antenna when the vehicle location corresponding to the vehicle location data is inside the geofenced area and no obstacle is detected. The control unit causes the antenna motor to lower the antenna when the vehicle location corresponding to the vehicle location data is outside the geofenced area or if an obstacle is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Inventors: Jan M. Wyckoff, David L. Reuter, Manuel Camacho, Jeremiah J. Johnson, Vickie L. Ellis, Brian J. Gilmore