Patents by Inventor Donald Christopher CONROY

Donald Christopher 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).

  • Autonomous vehicle parking and servicing using terminals
    Patent number: 11587444
    Abstract: A scheduling server is programmed to register terminals for autonomous vehicle use by allocating both capabilities and available times of the terminals to the server; identify a service to perform to an autonomous vehicle using data received from the vehicle; and send a waypoint to the vehicle directing the vehicle to arrive at an identified one of the terminals having capability to perform the service during the available times of the identified terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Donald Christopher Conroy, Fiona Jane Gronowicz, Jay Davis, John David Jorgensen, Satyavardhan Naga Injeti, Peter J. Nikolajevs, Ronald T. Oppat, Jr.
  • AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE PARKING AND SERVICING USING TERMINALS
    Publication number: 20200143686
    Abstract: A scheduling server is programmed to register terminals for autonomous vehicle use by allocating both capabilities and available times of the terminals to the server; identify a service to perform to an autonomous vehicle using data received from the vehicle; and send a waypoint to the vehicle directing the vehicle to arrive at an identified one of the terminals having capability to perform the service during the available times of the identified terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2018
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: Donald Christopher CONROY, Fiona Jane GRONOWICZ, Jay DAVIS, John David JORGENSEN, Satyavardhan Naga INJETI, Peter J. NIKOLAJEVS, Ronald T. OPPAT, JR.