Patents by Inventor Edward Allen Cain, JR.
Edward Allen Cain, JR. 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).
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Publication number: 20240129966Abstract: An example operation includes starting, by a vehicle, a timer when a pairing request is initiated; receiving, by the vehicle, a first response to the pairing request from a first device and a second response to the pairing request from a second device; recording the timer when each of the first response and the second response are received; determining a first connection time, from the recorded timer, for the first device, and determining a second connection time, from the recorded timer, for the second device; and connecting, by the vehicle, to a device having a fastest connection time among the first device and the second device.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2022Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Satyajit P. Patne, Edward Allen Cain, JR., Gabriel E. Lawrence, Joshua R. Davis, Mark R. Klausner, Nathan Humpal
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Publication number: 20240103843Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of downloading an update of a non-volatile electrically erasable memory storage of a vehicle, determining whether the memory storage is arranged in one of a block of bytes of memory and an individual byte of memory, selecting a programming protocol based on the memory storage arrangement and writing the memory storage based on the selected programming protocol.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2023Publication date: March 28, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.Inventors: Edward Allen Cain, JR., Satyajit P. Patne, Russell K. Barker, Ryan N. Wilson, Ismail Thanickel
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Patent number: 11917395Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of receiving a request into a transport network comprising at least one transport for a proposed use of personal data associated with the at least one transport prior to the at least one transport entering an area; receiving into the transport network a deletion time of the personal data, prior to the at least one transport entering the area; providing, from the transport network an acknowledgement of the deletion time; and providing, from the transport network, the personal data when the at least one transport is in the area based on the received acknowledgement. This enables an occupant of a transport to share personal data relating to the transport with confidence that the data will be deleted by an agreed time.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2021Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.Inventors: Ryan N. Wilson, Edward Allen Cain, Jr.
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Patent number: 11897450Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining, by sensors on a transport, a slope of a road and a surface condition of the road and engaging one or more wheels of the transport, based on the slope, the surface condition, and a characteristic of the one or more wheels. Engaging includes braking to the one or more wheels at a different rate as the transport is moving on the road.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2022Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.Inventors: Satyajit P. Patne, Edward Allen Cain, Jr.
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Patent number: 11870557Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of generating a key based on an action performed utilizing a component of the transport and a time associated with the action.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2021Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.Inventors: Edward Allen Cain, Jr., Satyajit P. Patne
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Publication number: 20240005333Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining, by a vehicle, that an authorized component has been replaced on the vehicle with an unauthorized component, and providing by the vehicle a notification of an impact to the vehicle based on the unauthorized component.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2022Publication date: January 4, 2024Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Edward Allen Cain, JR., Satyajit P. Patne, Ryan N. Wilson
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Publication number: 20230393833Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of receiving a request for an application from a vehicle; responsive to the request, pushing a version of the application to the vehicle; installing the application when a mode of the vehicle is set to at least one of a testing mode, a development mode, and a service mode; and performing at least one of testing a functionality of the vehicle by the application, validating the application, and modifying the application.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2022Publication date: December 7, 2023Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Edward Allen Cain, JR., Satyajit P. Patne, Ryan N. Wilson
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Publication number: 20230394894Abstract: An example operation includes setting a mode of a vehicle based on an operation of the vehicle, a characteristic of the vehicle, a time, and/or a location of the vehicle. The mode is any of a service mode wherein personal information of a user of the vehicle is inaccessible; a development mode wherein a functionality of the vehicle is able to be modified, tested and/or validated, and wherein a security control of the vehicle is limited; and a normal mode wherein the functionality of the vehicle is enabled and the personal information of the user of the vehicle is accessible and modifiable.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2022Publication date: December 7, 2023Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Edward Allen Cain, JR., Satyajit P. Patne, Ryan N. Wilson
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Patent number: 11794764Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining, by a transport, that an issue will soon occur, determining, by the transport, a time the issue will occur, and displaying, by the transport, the time the issue will occur. The issue is based on sensor data approaching a threshold within a period of time that is faster than an average period of time.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2020Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.Inventors: Stephen Paul McFarland, Jr., Satyajit P. Patne, Edward Allen Cain, Jr., Brian D. McFarland
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Publication number: 20230319057Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of receiving at a server at least one of a component calibration file and a component configuration file from a vehicle, receiving at the server a file signature of the at least one of the component calibration file and the component configuration file from the vehicle, parsing via the server the at least one of the component calibration file and the component configuration file based on the file signature and verifying via the server the at least one of the component calibration file and the component configuration file based on the file signature.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2022Publication date: October 5, 2023Inventors: Satyajit P. Patne, Edward Allen Cain, JR., Stephen Paul McFarland, JR.
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Publication number: 20230272756Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of utilizing a first function of a transport, determining a degradation of performance of the transport due to the use of the first function, determining a probable second function to be used by the transport, modifying the second function and utilizing the modified second function, to offset the degradation of the performance of the transport.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2022Publication date: August 31, 2023Inventors: Satyajit P. Patne, Edward Allen Cain, JR.
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Publication number: 20230242096Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining, by sensors on a transport, a slope of a road and a surface condition of the road and engaging one or more wheels of the transport, based on the slope, the surface condition, and a characteristic of the one or more wheels. Engaging includes braking to the one or more wheels at a different rate as the transport is moving on the road.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2022Publication date: August 3, 2023Inventors: Satyajit P. Patne, Edward Allen Cain, JR.
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Publication number: 20230222077Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of sending data from a component on a transport to at least one other component on the transport in at least one location on a bus, comparing the data at the at least one other component to a threshold, and sending a notification, by the at least one other component, to a processor when the data is outside the threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2022Publication date: July 13, 2023Inventors: Satyajit P. Patne, Edward Allen Cain, Jr., Stephen Paul McFarland, Jr.
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Publication number: 20230153094Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of downloading an update of a non-volatile electrically erasable memory storage of a vehicle, determining whether the memory storage is arranged in one of a block of bytes of memory and an individual byte of memory, selecting a programming protocol based on the memory storage arrangement and writing the memory storage based on the selected programming protocol.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2022Publication date: May 18, 2023Inventors: Edward Allen Cain, Jr., Satyajit P. Patne, Russell K. Barker, Ryan N. Wilson, Ismail Thanickel
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Patent number: 11626977Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of receiving, via a first communication channel between a sending device and a recipient device, a first partial encryption key from the receiving device, receiving, via a second communication channel between the sending device and the recipient device, a second partial encryption key from the receiving device, wherein the second communication channel comprises a different communication medium than the first communication channel, generating a transport key based on the first partial encryption key and the second partial encryption key received via the first and second channels, and encrypting data based on the generated transport key and transmitting the encrypted data to the receiving device.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2021Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.Inventors: Edward Allen Cain, Jr., Ismail Thanickel, Jonathan Burnham, Satyajit P. Patne, Neal Shen, Stephen Paul McFarland, Jr.
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Publication number: 20230095845Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining a prospective occupant of a transport is impaired, altering at least one portion of the transport based on the impaired prospective occupant being impaired above a threshold, monitoring the occupant when the occupant is a passenger in the transport, and further altering the at least one portion to decrease the impairment based on the monitoring.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2021Publication date: March 30, 2023Inventors: Ryan N. Wilson, Edward Allen Cain, JR.
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Publication number: 20230098373Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of providing, by a transport, a second location for pick-up proximate a first location, wherein the second location is based on a prospective occupant's ability to access the transport, and sending, by the transport, a notification to a device associated with the prospective occupant containing the second location.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2021Publication date: March 30, 2023Inventors: Ryan N. Wilson, Edward Allen Cain, Jr.
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Publication number: 20230047680Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of receiving a request into a transport network comprising at least one transport for a proposed use of personal data associated with the at least one transport prior to the at least one transport entering an area; receiving into the transport network a deletion time of the personal data, prior to the at least one transport entering the area; providing, from the transport network an acknowledgement of the deletion time; and providing, from the transport network, the personal data when the at least one transport is in the area based on the received acknowledgement. This enables an occupant of a transport to share personal data relating to the transport with confidence that the data will be deleted by an agreed time.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2021Publication date: February 16, 2023Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.Inventors: Ryan N. Wilson, Edward Allen Cain, JR.
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Patent number: 11554671Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of displaying, on a transport display, first data from a device detachably attached to a transport and displaying, on the transport display, second data from a device affixed to the transport. The second data is overlaid on the display proximate to the first data.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2020Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.Inventors: Stephen Paul McFarland, Jr., Satyajit P. Patne, Edward Allen Cain, Jr., Brian D. McFarland
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Patent number: 11503114Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of receiving, by a transport, a key and a functionality associated with an upcoming event from a server, and performing, by the transport, the functionality when the key is verified and the event begins to occur.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2021Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.Inventors: Edward Allen Cain, Jr., Satyajit P. Patne