Patents by Inventor Endre Hanak

Endre Hanak 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: 12409807
    Abstract: Examples provide systems and methods for detecting vehicle tamper events without relying on a clear line-of-sight. Namely, examples leverage an intelligent insight that many types of vehicle tamper events have unique audio signatures. Accordingly, examples detect/classify vehicle tamper events based on these unique audio signatures. Moreover, examples can verify these audio-based classifications by analyzing acceleration-related data (e.g., relative acceleration data for a body of a vehicle, relative jerk data for a body of a vehicle, etc.) to determine suspicious movement of a body of a vehicle during a potential/suspected vehicle tamper event. This acceleration-related verification step can reduce occurrence of false positive audio-based classifications caused by other noise events proximate to the vehicle that have similar audio signatures to vehicle tamper events (e.g., drilling or other noise from a construction site, rain, etc.).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2025
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Evangello Flouty, Benjamin George Brown, Tarik Alexander Safir, Endre Hanak
  • Publication number: 20250206258
    Abstract: Examples provide systems and methods for detecting vehicle tamper events without relying on a clear line-of-sight. Namely, examples leverage an intelligent insight that many types of vehicle tamper events have unique audio signatures. Accordingly, examples detect/classify vehicle tamper events based on these unique audio signatures. Moreover, examples can verify these audio-based classifications by analyzing acceleration-related data (e.g., relative acceleration data for a body of a vehicle, relative jerk data for a body of a vehicle, etc.) to determine suspicious movement of a body of a vehicle during a potential/suspected vehicle tamper event. This acceleration-related verification step can reduce occurrence of false positive audio-based classifications caused by other noise events proximate to the vehicle that have similar audio signatures to vehicle tamper events (e.g., drilling or other noise from a construction site, rain, etc.).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2023
    Publication date: June 26, 2025
    Applicant: SNTNL LLC dba Canopy
    Inventors: Evangello Flouty, Benjamin George Brown, Tarik Alexander Safir, Endre Hanak
  • Publication number: 20250206257
    Abstract: Examples provide systems and methods for detecting vehicle tamper events without relying on a clear line-of-sight. Namely, examples leverage an intelligent insight that many types of vehicle tamper events have unique audio signatures. Accordingly, examples detect/classify vehicle tamper events based on these unique audio signatures. Moreover, examples can verify these audio-based classifications by analyzing acceleration-related data (e.g., relative acceleration data for a body of a vehicle, relative jerk data for a body of a vehicle, etc.) to determine suspicious movement of a body of a vehicle during a potential/suspected vehicle tamper event. This acceleration-related verification step can reduce occurrence of false positive audio-based classifications caused by other noise events proximate to the vehicle that have similar audio signatures to vehicle tamper events (e.g., drilling or other noise from a construction site, rain, etc.).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2023
    Publication date: June 26, 2025
    Applicant: SNTNL LLC dba Canopy
    Inventors: Evangello Flouty, Benjamin George Brown, Tarik Alexander Safir, Endre Hanak
  • Patent number: 11919479
    Abstract: The systems and methods disclosed herein are configured to provide security to a vehicle. A system includes a point measurement device inside a space of a vehicle. The system identifies a threat if points that differ from a calibrated set of points are localized in an area of the space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Tarik Safir, Sam Harris, Jamie Mahmutyazicioglu, Jonathan Hannaford, Endre Hanak
  • Publication number: 20220371545
    Abstract: The systems and methods disclosed herein are configured to provide security to a vehicle. A system includes a point measurement device inside a space of a vehicle. The system identifies a threat if points that differ from a calibrated set of points are localized in an area of the space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Tarik Safir, Sam Harris, Jamie Mahmutyazicioglu, Jonathan Hannaford, Endre Hanak
  • Patent number: 11345312
    Abstract: The systems and methods disclosed herein are configured to unlock a vehicle. The systems use a hash function signature for authentication and use a vibration signal to transfer the hash function from a mobile device to a vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Sam Harris, Stuart Lane, Tarik Safir, Jamie Mahmutyazicioglu, Endre Hanak, Jonathan Hannaford