Patents by Inventor Erik Ward

Erik Ward 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).

  • Publication number: 20230415743
    Abstract: Provided is a system and method that can control a merge of an autonomous vehicle when other vehicles are present on the road. In one example, the method may include iteratively estimating a series of values associated with one or more vehicles in an adjacent lane with respect to an ego vehicle, identifying a trend associated with the one or more vehicles from the iteratively estimated series of values, determining merge intentions of the one or more vehicles with respect to the ego vehicle based on the identified trend over time, verifying the merge intentions against a simulated change in the trend, selecting a merge position of the ego vehicle with respect to the one or more vehicles within the lane based on the verified merge intentions, and executing an instruction to cause the ego vehicle to perform a merge operation based on the selected merge position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2022
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventor: Erik WARD
  • Publication number: 20230398482
    Abstract: Techniques for filtration systems are disclosed. In an example, a filtration system interrogates, via a radio-frequency identification (RFID) access device, a RFID tag that is positioned on a filter module that is positioned in the filtration system. In response to interrogating the RFID tag, the filtration accesses, an operational parameter stored on the RFID tag and associated with the filter module. The filtration adjusts an operational setting of the filtration system based on the operational parameter. The filtration system operates the filtration system based on the adjusted operational setting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Jeff Goergen, Erik Ward, Ricardo Gonzalez, Kent Kekeis
  • Patent number: 11840234
    Abstract: Provided is a system and method that can control a merge of an autonomous vehicle when other vehicles are present on the road. In one example, the method may include iteratively estimating a series of values associated with one or more vehicles in an adjacent lane with respect to an ego vehicle, identifying a trend associated with the one or more vehicles from the iteratively estimated series of values, determining merge intentions of the one or more vehicles with respect to the ego vehicle based on the identified trend over time, verifying the merge intentions against a simulated change in the trend, selecting a merge position of the ego vehicle with respect to the one or more vehicles within the lane based on the verified merge intentions, and executing an instruction to cause the ego vehicle to perform a merge operation based on the selected merge position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Embark Trucks Inc.
    Inventor: Erik Ward
  • Patent number: 11491987
    Abstract: Provided is a system and method that can control a merge of an autonomous vehicle when other vehicles are present on the road. In one example, the method may include iteratively estimating a series of values associated with one or more vehicles in an adjacent lane with respect to an ego vehicle, identifying a trend associated with the one or more vehicles from the iteratively estimated series of values, determining merge intentions of the one or more vehicles with respect to the ego vehicle based on the identified trend over time, verifying the merge intentions against a simulated change in the trend, selecting a merge position of the ego vehicle with respect to the one or more vehicles within the lane based on the verified merge intentions, and executing an instruction to cause the ego vehicle to perform a merge operation based on the selected merge position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: EMBARK TRUCKS INC.
    Inventor: Erik Ward
  • Patent number: 10593191
    Abstract: An improved user-responsive medical trauma treatment device system and methods are provided. The present invention makes several improvements to the emergency medical treatment industry by implementing advanced diagnostics and user-triggered feedback to more appropriately address the situation at hand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Inventor: Erik Ward
  • Publication number: 20190206234
    Abstract: An improved user-responsive medical trauma treatment device system and methods are provided. The present invention makes several improvements to the emergency medical treatment industry by implementing advanced diagnostics and user-triggered feedback to more appropriately address the situation at hand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventor: Erik Ward
  • Patent number: 10242557
    Abstract: An improved user-responsive medical trauma treatment device system and methods are provided. The present invention makes several improvements to the emergency medical treatment industry by implementing advanced diagnostics and user-triggered feedback to more appropriately address the situation at hand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Inventor: Erik Ward
  • Publication number: 20180365971
    Abstract: An improved user-responsive medical trauma treatment device system and methods are provided. The present invention makes several improvements to the emergency medical treatment industry by implementing advanced diagnostics and user-triggered feedback to more appropriately address the situation at hand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventor: Erik Ward
  • Publication number: 20140379584
    Abstract: An anti-fraud financial method that enables a strong initial registration process for registering a financial payment instrument such as a credit card, debit card, money transfer, or checking account with a financial institution without external storage of private keys, so that only the registrant has the private key, and enables a strong financial transaction authentication and authorization process that is verifiable in real-time before the financial transaction is complete, that is computationally difficult to forge, cannot be replayed or otherwise altered after the financial transaction, and is backward compatible with existing financial transaction processing systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2013
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventor: Erik Ward