Patents by Inventor DONALD ALLEN TURNER

DONALD ALLEN TURNER 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: 11673544
    Abstract: An autonomous parking arrangement for a motor vehicle includes at least one camera associated with the vehicle and capturing images of parking spaces surrounding the vehicle. An electronic processor is communicatively coupled to the at least one camera and processes the captured images. A touch-sensitive display screen is communicatively coupled to the electronic processor and displays the processed images. The display screen enables a user of the motor vehicle to select a parking space in the processed images by touching the display screen. The display screen indicates to the electronic processor which of the parking spaces has been selected by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Panasonic Automotive Systems Company of America, Division of Panasonic Corporation of North America
    Inventor: Donald Allen Turner
  • Patent number: 11232600
    Abstract: A head up display arrangement for a motor vehicle includes a global positioning system module emitting geographic location coordinates associated with the motor vehicle. A database includes lane marking location data stored in association with corresponding geographic location coordinates. An electronic processing device is communicatively coupled to the global positioning system module and to the database. The electronic processing device receives the geographic location coordinates and retrieves from the database lane marking location data stored in association with the received geographic location coordinates. The electronic processing device transmits the retrieved lane marking location data. A head up display is communicatively coupled to the electronic processing device and receives the transmitted lane marking location data. The head up display displays virtual lane markings dependent upon the received lane marking location data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Panasonic Automotive Systems Company of America, Division of Panasonic Corporation of North America
    Inventor: Donald Allen Turner
  • Publication number: 20210309211
    Abstract: An autonomous parking arrangement for a motor vehicle includes at least one camera associated with the vehicle and capturing images of parking spaces surrounding the vehicle. An electronic processor is communicatively coupled to the at least one camera and processes the captured images. A touch-sensitive display screen is communicatively coupled to the electronic processor and displays the processed images. The display screen enables a user of the motor vehicle to select a parking space in the processed images by touching the display screen. The display screen indicates to the electronic processor which of the parking spaces has been selected by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventor: DONALD ALLEN TURNER
  • Patent number: 11110915
    Abstract: An autonomous parking arrangement for a motor vehicle includes at least one camera associated with the vehicle and capturing images of parking spaces surrounding the vehicle. An electronic processor is communicatively coupled to the at least one camera and processes the captured images. A touch-sensitive display screen is communicatively coupled to the electronic processor and displays the processed images. The display screen enables a user of the motor vehicle to select a parking space in the processed images by touching the display screen. The display screen indicates to the electronic processor which of the parking spaces has been selected by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Panasonic Automotive Systems Company of America, Division of Panasonic Corporation of North America
    Inventor: Donald Allen Turner
  • Publication number: 20200058139
    Abstract: A head up display arrangement for a motor vehicle includes a global positioning system module emitting geographic location coordinates associated with the motor vehicle. A database includes lane marking location data stored in association with corresponding geographic location coordinates. An electronic processing device is communicatively coupled to the global positioning system module and to the database. The electronic processing device receives the geographic location coordinates and retrieves from the database lane marking location data stored in association with the received geographic location coordinates. The electronic processing device transmits the retrieved lane marking location data. A head up display is communicatively coupled to the electronic processing device and receives the transmitted lane marking location data. The head up display displays virtual lane markings dependent upon the received lane marking location data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventor: DONALD ALLEN TURNER
  • Patent number: 10451435
    Abstract: A head up display arrangement for a motor vehicle includes a global positioning system module emitting geographic location coordinates associated with the motor vehicle. A database includes lane marking location data stored in association with corresponding geographic location coordinates. An electronic processing device is communicatively coupled to the global positioning system module and to the database. The electronic processing device receives the geographic location coordinates and retrieves from the database lane marking location data stored in association with the received geographic location coordinates. The electronic processing device transmits the retrieved lane marking location data. A head up display is communicatively coupled to the electronic processing device and receives the transmitted lane marking location data. The head up display displays virtual lane markings dependent upon the received lane marking location data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Panasonic Automotive Systems Company of America, Division of Panasonic of North American
    Inventor: Donald Allen Turner
  • Publication number: 20190061741
    Abstract: An autonomous parking arrangement for a motor vehicle includes at least one camera associated with the vehicle and capturing images of parking spaces surrounding the vehicle. An electronic processor is communicatively coupled to the at least one camera and processes the captured images. A touch-sensitive display screen is communicatively coupled to the electronic processor and displays the processed images. The display screen enables a user of the motor vehicle to select a parking space in the processed images by touching the display screen. The display screen indicates to the electronic processor which of the parking spaces has been selected by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventor: DONALD ALLEN TURNER
  • Publication number: 20180157459
    Abstract: An audio arrangement for a motor vehicle includes a camera capturing images of a driver of the motor vehicle. A processor is communicatively coupled to the camera and determines, based on the captured images, locations of ears of the driver. An audio system is communicatively coupled to the processor and adjusts a parameter of an audio signal dependent upon the determined locations of the ears of the driver. A loudspeaker is communicatively coupled to the audio system and emits sounds based on the audio signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Inventor: DONALD ALLEN TURNER
  • Publication number: 20180118160
    Abstract: A motor vehicle includes a plurality of security devices and an electronic processor communicatively coupled to each of the security devices. The electronic processor determines that a user of the motor vehicle has depressed a predetermined pushbutton. In response to determining that the predetermined pushbutton has been depressed, the electronic processor causes each if the security devices to be turned ON.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: DONALD ALLEN TURNER, JERROD WESLEY BRUECKNER, KURT E. FOSTER, KENTA KIMURA, JODI PAXTON, MARIA ROHRER, TODD TUCKER, JI HYE YEON
  • Publication number: 20180024709
    Abstract: A motor vehicle infotainment system includes a user interface having a loudspeaker. The user interface receives a request from a driver to access a social media web site. An electronic processor accesses postings on the social media web site, and discerns first ones of the postings having primarily graphic aspects from second ones of the postings not having primarily graphic aspects. Only the ones of the postings not having primarily graphic aspects are presented to the driver via the loudspeaker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: Sachiko KOBAYASHI, Patrick HANSLITS, Donald Allen TURNER, David LYON, Gary L. BRADDOCK, Narayani MITAL
  • Publication number: 20170350720
    Abstract: A head up display arrangement for a motor vehicle includes a global positioning system module emitting geographic location coordinates associated with the motor vehicle. A database includes lane marking location data stored in association with corresponding geographic location coordinates. An electronic processing device is communicatively coupled to the global positioning system module and to the database. The electronic processing device receives the geographic location coordinates and retrieves from the database lane marking location data stored in association with the received geographic location coordinates. The electronic processing device transmits the retrieved lane marking location data. A head up display is communicatively coupled to the electronic processing device and receives the transmitted lane marking location data. The head up display displays virtual lane markings dependent upon the received lane marking location data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventor: DONALD ALLEN TURNER
  • Publication number: 20170232842
    Abstract: A head up display cluster arrangement for a motor vehicle includes a dashboard disposed within a passenger compartment of the motor vehicle. The dashboard includes an instrument cluster surface disposed above a steering column of the motor vehicle. An image source is disposed on, or adjacent to, the dashboard. The image source emits an illuminated image. A mirror is positioned to reflect the emitted illuminated image onto the cluster surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2017
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Inventors: SACHIKO KOBAYASHI, PATRICK HANSLITS, DONALD ALLEN TURNER, DAVID LYON, GARY L. BRADDOCK, NARAYANI MITAL
  • Publication number: 20170213098
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a camera directed generally toward a driver seat of the vehicle. The camera captures images within a passenger compartment of the vehicle. A text recognition module is communicatively coupled to the camera and recognizes text characters in the captured images. An electronic processor is communicatively coupled to the text recognition module and interprets the recognized text characters as text information, categorizes the text information, and enters the text information into an application within the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: SACHIKO KOBAYASHI, DAVID LYON, GARY L. BRADDOCK, NARAYANI MITAL, PATRICK HANSLITS, DONALD ALLEN TURNER