Patents by Inventor Decebal Catalin Barbu

Decebal Catalin Barbu 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).

  • Patent number: 12246713
    Abstract: A cruise control algorithm including receiving a set speed and a minimum speed, generating a first control signal indicative of a first engine torque request, controlling a vehicle to maintain the set speed in response to the first engine torque request, detecting a vehicle pitch, detecting the vehicle speed, generating a second control signal indicative of the first engine torque request in response to the vehicle pitch being greater than zero degrees and the vehicle speed being greater than the minimum speed, controlling the vehicle to maintain a first engine torque in response to the first engine torque request, generating a third control signal indicative of a second engine torque request in response to the vehicle pitch being greater than zero degrees and the vehicle speed being less than the minimum speed, and controlling the vehicle to maintain the minimum speed in response to the third engine torque request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventor: Decebal Catalin Barbu
  • Publication number: 20250026343
    Abstract: A cruise control algorithm including receiving a set speed and a minimum speed, generating a first control signal indicative of a first engine torque request, controlling a vehicle to maintain the set speed in response to the first engine torque request, detecting a vehicle pitch, detecting the vehicle speed, generating a second control signal indicative of the first engine torque request in response to the vehicle pitch being greater than zero degrees and the vehicle speed being greater than the minimum speed, controlling the vehicle to maintain a first engine torque in response to the first engine torque request, generating a third control signal indicative of a second engine torque request in response to the vehicle pitch being greater than zero degrees and the vehicle speed being less than the minimum speed, and controlling the vehicle to maintain the minimum speed in response to the third engine torque request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2023
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventor: Decebal Catalin Barbu
  • Publication number: 20250026326
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for braking assistance for a vehicle. The systems include a sensor system, a controller configured to, by one or more processors: receive, from the sensor system, sensor data, detect a braking event of the vehicle, monitor a vehicle state of the vehicle including a deceleration rate of the vehicle, wherein the vehicle state and the deceleration rate is based on the sensor data, process the sensor data to determine whether the vehicle state will trigger activation of an antilock braking system (ABS), and output one or more control signals to command a braking system to reduce a braking torque applied to wheels at a rate sufficient to reduce compression of the front suspension system prior to a complete stop thereof in response to the deceleration rate satisfying a stopping criteria and a determination that the vehicle state will not trigger activation of the ABS.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2023
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventor: Decebal Catalin Barbu