Patents by Inventor Don Conroy

Don Conroy 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: 12043279
    Abstract: A cloud service receives locations of priority vehicles (PVs) and non-priority vehicles in a metropolitan area. The cloud service accesses a database storing indicia of restricted road portions in the metropolitan area. The cloud service allocates restricted road portions from the database to the NPVs based on the locations of the PVs, the locations of the NPVs, and locations of the restricted road portions. The allocating includes preventing some of the restricted road portions in the database from being available to be allocated to the NPVs based on determining, according to the locations of the PVs and NPVs and according to pre-stored routes of the PVs, that estimated uses of the road portions by the NPVs would conflict with estimated uses of the road portions by the PVs as they travel along the pre-stored routes. Routes generated to include the respectively allocated road portions are provided to the NPVs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Don Conroy, Sarah Klein, Hyongju Park, Jacqueline Smith, Sophia Dancel
  • Publication number: 20230325760
    Abstract: The disclosure generally pertains to systems and methods for providing a rendezvous service for pick-up or delivery. In an example method, a first request associated with a user of a vehicle may be received. The first request may comprise a delivery request or a pickup request. A first time for completing the first request may be determined. A predicted route associated with the vehicle may then be determined, where a first duration of the predicted route may include the first time. A first location for completing the first request may be selected, where the first location may be selected based at least in part on the first location being available at the first time. The first request may then be completed at the first location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Stephanie Miello, Don Conroy, Ronald Oppat, Peter Nikolajevs, Fiona Gronowicz
  • Publication number: 20230114638
    Abstract: A cloud service receives locations of priority vehicles (PVs) and non-priority vehicles in a metropolitan area. The cloud service accesses a database storing indicia of restricted road portions in the metropolitan area. The cloud service allocates restricted road portions from the database to the NPVs based on the locations of the PVs, the locations of the NPVs, and locations of the restricted road portions. The allocating includes preventing some of the restricted road portions in the database from being available to be allocated to the NPVs based on determining, according to the locations of the PVs and NPVs and according to pre-stored routes of the PVs, that estimated uses of the road portions by the NPVs would conflict with estimated uses of the road portions by the PVs as they travel along the pre-stored routes. Routes generated to include the respectively allocated road portions are provided to the NPVs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Don Conroy, Sarah Klein, Hyongju Park, Jacqueline Smith, Sophia Dancel