Patents by Inventor Fraser Jardine

Fraser Jardine 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).

  • Vehicle control system and method
    Patent number: 12358507
    Abstract: There is disclosed a control system and a method for a host vehicle operable in an autonomous mode. The control system comprises one or more controllers. The speed and/or path of the vehicle in the autonomous mode is appropriate to a driving context.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: JAGUAR LAND ROVER LIMITED
    Inventor: Fraser Jardine
  • Vehicle controller and control method
    Patent number: 12296859
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a controller (110). The controller (110) comprises input means (140) for receiving one or more state signals each indicative of one or more of a vehicle characteristic, a user characteristic and an environment characteristic. The controller (110) comprises output means (150) for outputting an availability signal indicative of an availability of an autonomous driving mode of a host vehicle. The controller (110) comprises control means (120) arranged to control the output means (150) to output the availability signal in dependence on the one or more state signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: JAGUAR LAND ROVER LIMITED
    Inventors: Fraser Jardine, Daniel Woolliscroft, Ruben Gomez Padin
  • Control of vehicle-to-vehicle separation
    Patent number: 12280780
    Abstract: A control system for a host vehicle operable in an automated mode, wherein the control system is configured to: receive a driver selection from a first human-machine interface of a vehicle-to-vehicle separation when vehicle speed falls below a threshold; store the vehicle-to-vehicle separation when vehicle speed falls below the threshold; receive a driver intervention from a second human-machine interface to modify the vehicle-to-vehicle separation; and update the stored vehicle-to-vehicle separation based on the received driver intervention when the vehicle speed later falls below the threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: JAGUAR LAND ROVER LIMITED
    Inventors: Fraser Jardine, Michael Belcher, Simon Nell, Daniel Woolliscroft
  • VEHICLE CONTROLLER AND CONTROL METHOD
    Publication number: 20210024097
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a controller (110). The controller (110) comprises input means (140) for receiving one or more state signals each indicative of one or more of a vehicle characteristic, a user characteristic and an environment characteristic. The controller (110) comprises output means (150) for outputting an availability signal indicative of an availability of an autonomous driving mode of a host vehicle. The controller (110) comprises control means (120) arranged to control the output means (150) to output the availability signal in dependence on the one or more state signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventors: Fraser Jardine, Daniel Woolliscroft, Rubin Gomez Padin