Patents by Inventor Hugo Marcelo Fernandes DaConceicao

Hugo Marcelo Fernandes DaConceicao 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 and systems for coordinating vehicular traffic using in-vehicle virtual traffic control signals enabled by vehicle-to-vehicle communications
    Patent number: 8972159
    Abstract: Systems, methods, software, and apparatuses for coordinating traffic proximate to a potential conflict zone, such as a roadway intersection, where travel conflicts, such as crossing traffic, can arise. Coordination involves forming an ad-hoc network in a region containing the conflict zone using, for example, vehicle-to-vehicle communications and developing a dynamic traffic control plan based on information about vehicles approaching the conflict zone. Instructions based on the dynamic traffic control plan are communicated to devices aboard vehicles in the ad-hoc network, which display one or more virtual traffic signals to the operators of the vehicles and/or control the vehicles in accordance with the dynamic traffic control plan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignees: Carnegie Mellon University, Universidade do Porto
    Inventors: Michel Celestino Paiva Ferreira, Ozan Tonguz, Ricardo Jorge Fernandes, Hugo Marcelo Fernandes DaConceicao, Wantanee Viriyasitavat
  • Methods and Systems For Coordinating Vehicular Traffic Using In-Vehicle Virtual Traffic Control Signals Enabled By Vehicle-To-Vehicle Communications
    Publication number: 20130116915
    Abstract: Systems, methods, software, and apparatuses for coordinating traffic proximate to a potential conflict zone, such as a roadway intersection, where travel conflicts, such as crossing traffic, can arise. Coordination involves forming an ad-hoc network in a region containing the conflict zone using, for example, vehicle-to-vehicle communications and developing a dynamic traffic control plan based on information about vehicles approaching the conflict zone. Instructions based on the dynamic traffic control plan are communicated to devices aboard vehicles in the ad-hoc network, which display one or more virtual traffic signals to the operators of the vehicles and/or control the vehicles in accordance with the dynamic traffic control plan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2011
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Applicants: UNIVERSIDADE DO PORTO, CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Michel Celestino Paiva Ferreira, Ozan Tonguz, Ricardo Jorge Fernandes, Hugo Marcelo Fernandes DaConceicao, Wantanee Viriyasitavat