Patents by Inventor Eduard Robert Geerdink

Eduard Robert Geerdink 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).

  • System and method for tire sensor-based autonomous vehicle fleet management
    Patent number: 10809742
    Abstract: A system for sensing tire parameters in the remote monitoring and management of a fleet of autonomous vehicles is provided. The system includes at least one autonomous vehicle that is supported by at least one tire. At least one sensor is affixed to the tire for sensing tire parameters. Means are provided for communicating data generated by the sensor to a control system on the vehicle, and a mobile network receives the sensor data from the vehicle control system. A fleet management server receives the sensor data from the mobile network, and means are provided to generate commands for the autonomous vehicle in real time based upon the data generated by the sensor. A method for sensing tire parameters in the remote monitoring and management of a fleet of autonomous vehicles is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Sebastien Willy Fontaine, Armand Rene Gabriel Leconte, Frederic Ngo, Etienne Besnoin, Eduard Robert Geerdink, Jeroen Rigole
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TIRE SENSOR-BASED AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE FLEET MANAGEMENT
    Publication number: 20180253109
    Abstract: A system for sensing tire parameters in the remote monitoring and management of a fleet of autonomous vehicles is provided. The system includes at least one autonomous vehicle that is supported by at least one tire. At least one sensor is affixed to the tire for sensing tire parameters. Means are provided for communicating data generated by the sensor to a control system on the vehicle, and a mobile network receives the sensor data from the vehicle control system. A fleet management server receives the sensor data from the mobile network, and means are provided to generate commands for the autonomous vehicle in real time based upon the data generated by the sensor. A method for sensing tire parameters in the remote monitoring and management of a fleet of autonomous vehicles is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2018
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Inventors: Sebastien Willy Fontaine, Armand Rene Gabriel Leconte, Frederic Ngo, Etienne Besnoin, Eduard Robert Geerdink, Jeroen Rigole