Patents by Inventor David Peter Hale

David Peter Hale 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).

  • ELECTRONIC CONTROL SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED METHODOLOGY OF DYNAMICALLY CONFORMING A VEHICLE OPERATION
    Publication number: 20090069953
    Abstract: An electronic control system for a vehicle and an associated method of dynamically conforming a vehicle operation recommendation to an environment external to a vehicle are provided. Input parameters relating to the environment external to the vehicle are received. The vehicle operation recommendation is then adjusted based on the input parameters of the environment. The vehicle operation recommendation is then delivered to an interface of the vehicle. The adjustment conforms the vehicle operation recommendation to the environment to alert an operator of the vehicle of environmental conditions. The adjusted vehicle operation recommendation identifies a suggested manner of operating a vehicle control to account for the environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2008
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA
    Inventors: David Peter Hale, Robert Shane Sharpe, Ronald Kenyon Gunnells