Patents by Inventor Henry D. BERNARDO

Henry D. BERNARDO 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).

  • MODULAR VEHICLE HMI
    Publication number: 20240361844
    Abstract: A vehicle system is provided for a modular human-machine interface (HMI). The system includes a configurable display of a vehicle; and an HMI display system of the vehicle, in communication with the configurable display. The HMI display system is configured to, responsive to detection of presence of a modular programmable widget having one or more physical controls, present a user interface to the configurable display for the configuration of the one or more physical controls of the modular programmable widget, receive, via the user interface, input assigning functions to the one or more physical controls, save the function assignment to display settings of the HMI display system, and in a runtime mode, perform an assigned function responsive to user input to the one or more physical controls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventors: Michael John HARMON, Douglas FIELD, Alan CLARKE, Daniel SMITH, Henry D. BERNARDO, Raul CENAN, Minsung KIM
  • Modular vehicle HMI
    Patent number: 12061750
    Abstract: A vehicle system is provided for a modular human-machine interface (HMI). The system includes a configurable display of a vehicle; and an HMI display system of the vehicle, in communication with the configurable display. The HMI display system is configured to, responsive to detection of presence of a modular programmable widget having one or more physical controls, present a user interface to the configurable display for the configuration of the one or more physical controls of the modular programmable widget, receive, via the user interface, input assigning functions to the one or more physical controls, save the function assignment to display settings of the HMI display system, and in a runtime mode, perform an assigned function responsive to user input to the one or more physical controls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Michael John Harmon, Douglas Field, Alan Clarke, Daniel Smith, Henry D. Bernardo, Raul Cenan, Minsung Kim
  • MODULAR VEHICLE HMI
    Publication number: 20240264679
    Abstract: A vehicle system is provided for a modular human-machine interface (HMI). The system includes a configurable display of a vehicle; and an HMI display system of the vehicle, in communication with the configurable display. The HMI display system is configured to, responsive to detection of presence of a modular programmable widget having one or more physical controls, present a user interface to the configurable display for the configuration of the one or more physical controls of the modular programmable widget, receive, via the user interface, input assigning functions to the one or more physical controls, save the function assignment to display settings of the HMI display system, and in a runtime mode, perform an assigned function responsive to user input to the one or more physical controls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2023
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Inventors: Michael John HARMON, Douglas FIELD, Alan CLARKE, Daniel SMITH, Henry D. BERNARDO, Raul CENAN, Minsung KIM