Patents by Inventor Gerald L. Sielagoski

Gerald L. Sielagoski 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).

  • Method and system for continued vehicle control in an adaptive speed control system at vehicle speeds below a minimum operating speed when a sensed target disappears
    Patent number: 6161074
    Abstract: In an adaptive speed control system for a vehicle, a method and system for continued vehicle braking at a vehicle speed below a minimum operating speed threshold when a sensed target disappears. The method and system determine whether the vehicle speed is less than the minimum operating speed threshold, determine whether a sensed target has disappeared if the vehicle speed is less than the minimum operating speed threshold, and generate a phantom target having a range and range rate corresponding to a last known range and range rate, respectively, of the sensed target if the sensed target has disappeared. The method and system also control the vehicle speed based on the range and range rate of the phantom target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2000
    Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Gerald L. Sielagoski, Mark Peter Friedrich, Sam G. Rahaim