Patents by Inventor FREDERICK T. DIXON

FREDERICK T. DIXON 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).

  • Methods, systems and apparatus for providing notification that a wireless communication device has been left inside a vehicle
    Patent number: 9767655
    Abstract: Computer-implemented methods, systems and apparatus are disclosed for providing notification at a vehicle that a pre-paired consumer electronics device (CED) has been left inside the vehicle. The vehicle includes a processor and a vehicular system controllable via the processor. The processor can receive an alert signal that indicates that a pre-paired CED has been left inside the vehicle during a time period after a trigger event has occurred. The processor is further configured to control activation of the vehicular system, in response to receiving the alert signal, to cause the vehicular system to generate another signal that is perceptible outside the vehicle to indicate that the pre-paired CED has been left inside the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Linxuan Yang, Jarvis Chau, Mark A. Manickaraj, Neeraj R. Gautama, Norman J. Weigert, Frederick T. Dixon
  • METHODS, SYSTEMS AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING NOTIFICATION THAT A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE HAS BEEN LEFT INSIDE A VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20150116103
    Abstract: Computer-implemented methods, systems and apparatus are disclosed for providing notification at a vehicle that a pre-paired consumer electronics device (CED) has been left inside the vehicle. The vehicle includes a processor and a vehicular system controllable via the processor. The processor can receive an alert signal that indicates that a pre-paired CED has been left inside the vehicle during a time period after a trigger event has occurred. The processor is further configured to control activation of the vehicular system, in response to receiving the alert signal, to cause the vehicular system to generate another signal that is perceptible outside the vehicle to indicate that the pre-paired CED has been left inside the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: LINXUAN YANG, JARVIS CHAU, MARK A. MANICKARAJ, NEERAJ R. GAUTAMA, NORMAN J. WEIGERT, FREDERICK T. DIXON