Patents by Inventor Erik KILEDAL

Erik KILEDAL 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: 11423705
    Abstract: Toll advertisement messages (TAMs) are broadcast via V2X communication, each of the TAMs indicating geographic locations of lanes of a roadway for which tolls are due and cost information for traversing the lanes of the roadway. A tolling usage message (TUM) is received via the V2X communication, the TUM indicating, to a roadside unit (RSU), information regarding a vehicle entering one of the lanes of the roadway and a unique random account identifier to be used by the RSU to identify the vehicle. A toll receipt message (TRM) is broadcast via the V2X communication, the TRM including the unique random account identifier and indicating, to the vehicle, a final cost charged to the vehicle for access to the one of the lanes of the roadway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Allen R. Murray, Syed Amaar Ahmad, Ivan Vukovic, Sathyanarayana Palakonda, Erik Kiledal, Joseph F. Stanek, Thomas Varghese, Brennan Hamilton, Krishna Bandi
  • Patent number: 11080996
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a controller. The controller is programmed to broadcast state information for the vehicle and receive state information from other vehicles; identify a contested roadway area for the vehicle and another of the vehicles based on expected future paths of the vehicle and the other vehicle calculated per the state information; and update a ledger with an indication of which of the vehicle or the other vehicle is agreed to proceed through the contested roadway area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jovan Milivoje Zagajac, Erik Kiledal, John Walpuck, Thomas E. Apczynski
  • Publication number: 20210142585
    Abstract: Toll advertisement messages (TAMs) are broadcast via V2X communication, each of the TAMs indicating geographic locations of lanes of a roadway for which tolls are due and cost information for traversing the lanes of the roadway. A tolling usage message (TUM) is received via the V2X communication, the TUM indicating, to a roadside unit (RSU), information regarding a vehicle entering one of the lanes of the roadway and a unique random account identifier to be used by the RSU to identify the vehicle. A toll receipt message (TRM) is broadcast via the V2X communication, the TRM including the unique random account identifier and indicating, to the vehicle, a final cost charged to the vehicle for access to the one of the lanes of the roadway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: Allen R. MURRAY, Syed Amaar AHMAD, Ivan VUKOVIC, Sathyanarayana PALAKONDA, Erik KILEDAL, Joseph F. STANEK, Thomas VARGHESE, Brennan HAMILTON, Krishna BANDI
  • Publication number: 20200365029
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a memory configured to store a dynamic occupancy grid of observed objects within a space surrounding the vehicle, the dynamic occupancy grid being generated based on information identified by sensors of the vehicle and based on information wirelessly received to the vehicle from connected actors, the connected actors including one or more connected vehicles or roadway infrastructure elements. The vehicle further includes a processor programmed to identify a maneuver space of the dynamic occupancy grid required to complete a driving maneuver responsive to intent to perform a vehicle maneuver, utilize the dynamic occupancy grid to identify obstacles within the maneuver space, and authorize the maneuver with the connected actors based on type and location of the obstacles identified within the maneuver space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Inventors: Helen Elizabeth KOUROUS-HARRIGAN, Jeffrey Thomas REMILLARD, Jovan Milivoje ZAGAJAC, John WALPUCK, Erik KILEDAL
  • Publication number: 20200193811
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a controller. The controller is programmed to broadcast state information for the vehicle and receive state information from other vehicles; identify a contested roadway area for the vehicle and another of the vehicles based on expected future paths of the vehicle and the other vehicle calculated per the state information; and update a ledger with an indication of which of the vehicle or the other vehicle is agreed to proceed through the contested roadway area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Jovan Milivoje ZAGAJAC, Erik KILEDAL, John WALPUCK, Thomas E. APCZYNSKI