Patents by Inventor Dirk Parker

Dirk Parker 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).

  • Publication number: 20240115804
    Abstract: A pump for pumping fluid includes a tube platen, a plunger, a bias member, inlet and outlet valves, an actuator mechanism, a position sensor, and a processor. The plunger is configured for actuation toward and away from the infusion-tube when the tube platen is disposed opposite to the plunger. The tube platen can hold an intravenous infusion tube. The bias member is configured to urge the plunger toward the tube platen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Dean KAMEN, John M. Kerwin, Colin H. Murphy, Jonathan Parker, Daniel F. Pawlowski, Dirk A. Van Der Merwe, Larry B. Gray, Christopher C. Langenfeld, Michael S Place, Michael J. Slate
  • Patent number: 10196037
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a vehicle access system (1) having a tracking means (11; 23, 25, 27) for tracking a positional movement pattern of a user (D) relative to a vehicle (3). A controller (9) is provided for controlling the opening and/or closing of a vehicle opening (5). The controller (9) communicates with a storage device (15) and the tracking means (11; 23, 25, 27). The controller (9) has a comparator (17) for comparing the positional movement pattern with one or more pre-defined movement maps stored in the storage device (15). The controller is configured to open the vehicle opening when the comparator (17) determines that the positional movement pattern corresponds to a first of the pre-defined movement maps. Alternatively, or in addition the controller can be configured to close the vehicle opening when the comparator (17) determines that the positional movement pattern corresponds to a second of said pre-defined movement maps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: JAGUAR LAND ROVER LIMITED
    Inventors: Stephen Nicholls, Christopher Meredith, Immad Mir, Kevin Cockings, Dirk Parker, Damian Ward, Urmila Mistry, Hadric Khanu
  • Patent number: 9682689
    Abstract: An intelligent emergency braking system for a vehicle includes a camera, an ultrasonic transceiver of a parking aid system, and a computer. The camera is configured to provide captured image data, and the transceivers are configured to provide transceiver data. The computer processes the image and transceiver data and invokes automatic braking if the following conditions exist: the confidence with which the computer calculates that a detected object is a person or is an object vehicle exceeds a first predetermined level, and the ultrasonic transceiver provides the computer with transceiver data consistent with the object detected through the captured image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: Jaguar Land Rover Limited
    Inventors: Dirk Parker, Kevin Cockings, Mark Cund
  • Patent number: 9518829
    Abstract: A dynamic route finding system for a follower vehicle comprises a display, for disposition inside the vehicle, a navigation system, employing satellite position sensing for the vehicle, a storage device, including map data of a given territory, and an input system for the navigation system to input the location of a potentially dynamic destination of a subject (vehicle), wherein the navigation system is arranged to permit dynamic updating of the destination through said input system whilst guiding the user towards the subject from its current position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: Jaguar Land Rover Limited
    Inventors: Dirk Parker, Kevin Cockings
  • Publication number: 20160018228
    Abstract: A dynamic route finding system for a follower vehicle comprises a display, for disposition inside the vehicle, a navigation system, employing satellite position sensing for the vehicle, a storage device, including map data of a given territory, and an input system for the navigation system to input the location of a potentially dynamic destination of a subject (vehicle), wherein the navigation system is arranged to permit dynamic updating of the destination through said input system whilst guiding the user towards the subject from its current position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventors: Dirk Parker, Kevin Cockings
  • Publication number: 20160016560
    Abstract: Emergency Braking System for a Vehicle The invention relates to an Intelligent emergency braking (IEB) system and method for a vehicle. It comprises a camera (14), one or more ultrasonic transceivers (22) of a parking aid system and a computer (20). The camera is adapted to provide captured image data, and the transceivers provide transceiver data. The computer processes said data. The camera will invoke automatic braking if: i) the confidence with which the computer calculates that a detected object is a person or is an object vehicle exceeds a first predetermined level, and ii) the ultrasonic transceiver provides the computer with transceiver data consistent with the object detected through the captured image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventors: Dirk Parker, Kevin Cockings, Mark Cund
  • Publication number: 20150291126
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a vehicle access system (1) having a tracking means (11; 23, 25, 27) for tracking a positional movement pattern of a user (D) relative to a vehicle (3). A controller (9) is provided for controlling the opening and/or closing of a vehicle opening (5). The controller (9) communicates with a storage device (15) and the tracking means (11; 23, 25, 27). The controller (9) has a comparator (17) for comparing the positional movement pattern with one or more pre-defined movement maps stored in the storage device (15). The controller is configured to open the vehicle opening when the comparator (17) determines that the positional movement pattern corresponds to a first of the pre-defined movement maps. Alternatively, or in addition the controller can be configured to close the vehicle opening when the comparator (17) determines that the positional movement pattern corresponds to a second of said pre-defined movement maps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2013
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Inventors: Stephen Nicholls, Christopher Meredith, Immad Mir, Kevin Cockings, Dirk Parker, Damian Ward, Urmila Mistry