Patents by Inventor Francis Everett Fearon

Francis Everett Fearon 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).

  • Fault detection and isolation system for vehicles
    Patent number: 11563624
    Abstract: A method includes determining vehicle driving parameters associated with a driving behavior of a vehicle while in an autonomous driving mode. A plurality of electronic control units (ECUs) is interconnected to a vehicle bus for communicating instructions from electromechanical contacts to actuators to control the driving behavior. The computing unit may receive a control signal from one of the ECUs. The computing unit lacks knowledge of whether the control signal a valid. The method further includes analyzing vehicle driving parameters associated with the driving behavior to determine whether the vehicle driving parameters satisfy a driving behavior criteria. Subsequent to determining that the vehicle driving parameters fails to satisfy the driving behavior criteria, the method includes generating a signal that causes the electromechanical contacts to disconnect from the vehicle bus and disable communication of instructions between the ECUs and the vehicle bus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Woven Planet North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Mikael Kjell Anders Thor, Palak Talwar, Francis Everett Fearon, Hans-Peter Loeb, Pedro Oscar Varangot, Glen Alan Sapilewski
  • FAULT DETECTION AND ISOLATION SYSTEM FOR VEHICLES
    Publication number: 20220200843
    Abstract: A method includes determining vehicle driving parameters associated with a driving behavior of a vehicle while in an autonomous driving mode. A plurality of electronic control units (ECUs) is interconnected to a vehicle bus for communicating instructions from electromechanical contacts to actuators to control the driving behavior. The computing unit may receive a control signal from one of the ECUs. The computing unit lacks knowledge of whether the control signal a valid. The method further includes analyzing vehicle driving parameters associated with the driving behavior to determine whether the vehicle driving parameters satisfy a driving behavior criteria. Subsequent to determining that the vehicle driving parameters fails to satisfy the driving behavior criteria, the method includes generating a signal that causes the electromechanical contacts to disconnect from the vehicle bus and disable communication of instructions between the ECUs and the vehicle bus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: Woven Planet North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Mikael Kjell Anders Thor, Palak Talwar, Francis Everett Fearon, Hans-Peter Loeb, Pedro Oscar Varangot, Glen Alan Sapilewski