Patents by Inventor Jake Schwartz

Jake Schwartz 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).

  • Publication number: 20250147202
    Abstract: A weather detection system for a vehicle includes a weather sensor configured to sense an environmental condition of a region external to the vehicle in an operable state, an actuator for controlling a response to the environmental condition, a network interface configured to access weather data from a vehicle fleet, and control circuitry in communication with the weather sensor and the actuator. The control circuitry is configured to access the weather data via the network interface, compare the weather data to the environmental condition, detect an inoperable state of the weather sensor based on the comparison, and control the actuator based on detection of the inoperable state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2023
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Mahmoud Yousef Ghannam, Robert Schroeter, Jake Schwartz, Anthony Dwayne Cooprider
  • Publication number: 20250136063
    Abstract: A vehicle including a detection unit and a processor is disclosed. The detection unit may be configured to capture images outside the vehicle. The processor may obtain inputs from the detection unit, and determine that the vehicle may be within a predefined distance of a car wash entry point associated with a car wash station. The processor may determine a first action to be performed when the vehicle is within the predefined distance. The first action includes one or more steps. The processor may be configured to output a first notification to perform a first step, determine that the first step is completed, and output a second notification to perform a second step responsive to a determination that the first step is completed. The processor is further configured to determine that the second step is completed, and output a third notification when the first and second steps are completed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2023
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Schroeter, Mahmoud Yousef Ghannam, Jake Schwartz
  • Patent number: 12288433
    Abstract: Upon obtaining biometric data for a user of a structure while the user is outside the structure, user data for the user is updated based on a confidence score for the biometric data exceeding a first confidence threshold. Based on the confidence score for the biometric data not exceeding the first confidence threshold, instructions are provided to the user to provide updated biometric data. Then the user data is updated based on a confidence score for the updated biometric data exceeding a second confidence threshold. The second confidence threshold is greater than the first confidence threshold. Structure components are controlled based on the updated user data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Ali Hassani, Justin Miller, Medha Karkare, Jake Schwartz, John Robert Van Wiemeersch
  • Publication number: 20250104469
    Abstract: A monitoring system for a vehicle environment includes a biometric sensor that captures biometric information of a participant, a database that stores biometric data of a security event cohort, and control circuitry in communication with the biometric sensor. The control circuitry is configured to compare the biometric information to the biometric data to detect one or more matches, communicate an indication of a result of the comparison of the biometric information to the biometric data in one of a first privacy mode and a second privacy mode, and select between the first privacy mode and the second privacy mode based on the result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jake Schwartz, Ryan Edwin Hanson, John Robert Van Wiemeersch
  • Publication number: 20250065846
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a window separating a compartment of the vehicle from a region external to the vehicle. The window includes an outer surface. An imaging device is in the compartment and configured to capture an image of the region external to the vehicle through the window. Control circuitry is in communication with the imaging device and configured to receive the image from the imaging device, detect an obstruction in the image data corresponding to a substance on the window, and generate an output in response to the detection of the obstruction, wherein the imaging device is disposed within 50 millimeters (mm) from the window.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2023
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Schroeter, Mahmoud Yousef Ghannam, Justin Miller, Jake Schwartz
  • Publication number: 20250065865
    Abstract: A vehicle includes at least one imaging device that captures an image of a plurality of roadway lanes in a region external to the vehicle. The vehicle includes control circuitry in communication with the at least one imaging device. The control circuitry is configured to receive the image from the imaging device, detect a splash event in the region external based on the image, determine a target lane of the plurality of lanes for the vehicle to move based on the splash event, and generate an output indicating the target lane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2023
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Mahmoud Yousef Ghannam, Robert Schroeter, Jake Schwartz, Justin Miller
  • Publication number: 20250021777
    Abstract: This disclosure is generally directed to systems and methods related to tool tracking. In an example embodiment, a method may involve detecting, by a tool monitoring device, a failure of a wireless communication system included in a tool that is stored in an enclosure. The tool monitoring device may determine that the failure is attributable to a temperature in the enclosure being outside an operating temperature range of the wireless communication system. A notification of the failure and/or a description of a cause for the failure may be displayed on a display screen of the tool monitoring device and/or transmitted to a tool tracking device. In an example implementation, the tool tracking device is located outside a vehicle, the enclosure is a toolbox placed in the vehicle, and the tool monitoring device, which is configured to monitor an operational status of the wireless communication system, is located in the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2024
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: John Robert Van Wiemeersch, Jake Schwartz, Aaron Matthew DeLong
  • Patent number: 12169754
    Abstract: This disclosure is generally directed to systems and methods related to tool tracking. In an example embodiment, a method may involve detecting, by a tool monitoring device, a failure of a wireless communication system included in a tool that is stored in an enclosure. The tool monitoring device may determine that the failure is attributable to a temperature in the enclosure being outside an operating temperature range of the wireless communication system. A notification of the failure and/or a description of a cause for the failure may be displayed on a display screen of the tool monitoring device and/or transmitted to a tool tracking device. In an example implementation, the tool tracking device is located outside a vehicle, the enclosure is a toolbox placed in the vehicle, and the tool monitoring device, which is configured to monitor an operational status of the wireless communication system, is located in the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: John Robert Van Wiemeersch, Jake Schwartz, Aaron Matthew DeLong
  • Patent number: 12136397
    Abstract: A brightness management system for a vehicle includes a network providing wireless communication for a vehicle environment, a mobile device in the vehicle environment and including a first light detector for detecting a first light level at a first location of the mobile device, at least one vehicle display coupled with the vehicle and having at least one brightness level, and control circuitry communicatively coupled with the mobile device and the at least one vehicle display via the network. The control circuitry is configured to detect the first location of the mobile device in the vehicle, receive an indication of the first light level from the mobile device, and communicate a signal to adjust the at least one brightness level of the at least one vehicle display based on the first location and the first light level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jake Schwartz, Mahmoud Yousef Ghannam, Robert Schroeter, Arun Dutta
  • Publication number: 20240355149
    Abstract: A computer includes a processor and a memory, the memory stores instructions executable by the processor to generate a first cropped image by applying a first cropping operation to a captured image, in which the first cropping operation is selected based on a first component to be actuated. The instructions can additionally be to apply a live person image recognition algorithm to the first cropped image to determine whether a recognized person is represented in the first cropped image and to output a signal to initiate actuation of the first component in response to the live person image recognition algorithm responsive to determining that the recognized person is in the first cropped image and is permitted to actuate the first component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2023
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jake Schwartz, John Robert Van Wiemeersch, Medha Karkare, Ryan Edwin Hanson
  • Patent number: 12095761
    Abstract: A first computer and a second computer are each connected to a communication network. User data is generated for a user by the first computer based on receiving, from the second computer, initial enrollment biometric data for the user. The user is authorized by the first computer based on a confidence score for challenge biometric data exceeding a first confidence threshold. Then the user data is updated with updated enrollment biometric data by the first computer based on a confidence score for the updated enrollment biometric data exceeding a second confidence threshold. The second confidence threshold is greater than the first confidence threshold. The initial enrollment biometric data is deleted by the second computer after a predetermined time of receiving the initial enrollment biometric data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Ali Hassani, Jake Schwartz, Medha Karkare, Justin Miller, John Robert Van Wiemeersch
  • Publication number: 20240220749
    Abstract: This disclosure is generally directed to systems and methods related to tool tracking. In an example embodiment, a method may involve detecting, by a tool monitoring device, a failure of a wireless communication system included in a tool that is stored in an enclosure. The tool monitoring device may determine that the failure is attributable to a temperature in the enclosure being outside an operating temperature range of the wireless communication system. A notification of the failure and/or a description of a cause for the failure may be displayed on a display screen of the tool monitoring device and/or transmitted to a tool tracking device. In an example implementation, the tool tracking device is located outside a vehicle, the enclosure is a toolbox placed in the vehicle, and the tool monitoring device, which is configured to monitor an operational status of the wireless communication system, is located in the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2022
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: John Robert Van Wiemeersch, Jake Schwartz, Aaron Matthew DeLong
  • Patent number: 11912234
    Abstract: Upon authorizing a user via challenge biometric data, user data is determined to be updated based on detecting a trigger. Upon detecting the trigger prior to authenticating the user, the user data is updated with the challenge biometric data based on authenticating the user. Upon detecting the trigger after authenticating the user, the user data is updated with updated challenge biometric data based on a confidence score for the second biometric data exceeding a threshold. Structure components are controlled based on the updated user data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Ali Hassani, Mackenzie Martinez, John Robert Van Wiemeersch, Jake Schwartz, Medha Karkare
  • Patent number: 11741926
    Abstract: A system for dynamically controlling an echo canceler includes a processor programmed to receive audio data from an audio sensor, to determine a present type of noise in the received audio data, based on the present type of noise, to determine a number of taps to be removed from an echo canceler, and to execute the echo canceler with a reduced number of taps based on the number of taps to be removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Ranjani Rangarajan, Leah N. Busch, David Graham Smith, Jake Schwartz, Thomas Chrapkiewicz
  • Publication number: 20230198983
    Abstract: A first computer and a second computer are each connected to a communication network. User data is generated for a user by the first computer based on receiving, from the second computer, initial enrollment biometric data for the user. The user is authorized by the first computer based on a confidence score for challenge biometric data exceeding a first confidence threshold. Then the user data is updated with updated enrollment biometric data by the first computer based on a confidence score for the updated enrollment biometric data exceeding a second confidence threshold. The second confidence threshold is greater than the first confidence threshold. The initial enrollment biometric data is deleted by the second computer after a predetermined time of receiving the initial enrollment biometric data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Ali Hassani, Jake Schwartz, Medha Karkare, Justin Miller, John Robert Van Wiemeersch
  • Publication number: 20230174017
    Abstract: Upon authorizing a user via challenge biometric data, user data is determined to be updated based on detecting a trigger. Upon detecting the trigger prior to authenticating the user, the user data is updated with the challenge biometric data based on authenticating the user. Upon detecting the trigger after authenticating the user, the user data is updated with updated challenge biometric data based on a confidence score for the second biometric data exceeding a threshold. Structure components are controlled based on the updated user data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Ali Hassani, Mackenzie Martinez, John Robert Van Wiemeersch, Jake Schwartz, Medha Karkare
  • Publication number: 20230177900
    Abstract: Upon obtaining biometric data for a user of a structure while the user is outside the structure, user data for the user is updated based on a confidence score for the biometric data exceeding a first confidence threshold. Based on the confidence score for the biometric data not exceeding the first confidence threshold, instructions are provided to the user to provide updated biometric data. Then the user data is updated based on a confidence score for the updated biometric data exceeding a second confidence threshold. The second confidence threshold is greater than the first confidence threshold. Structure components are controlled based on the updated user data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Ali Hassani, Justin Miller, Medha Karkare, Jake Schwartz, John Robert Van Wiemeersch
  • Publication number: 20230179594
    Abstract: Upon detecting an authorized portable device, a user of the portable device is authenticated for a structure based on then receiving an authentication message from the authorized portable device. A location of the user is determined with respect to the structure. Instructions are provided to the authorized portable device for the user to provide biometric data based on the location. Upon obtaining the biometric data for the user, user data is generated for the user. Structure components are controlled based on the user data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: John Robert Van Wiemeersch, Ali Hassani, Justin Miller, Jake Schwartz
  • Publication number: 20220406284
    Abstract: A system for dynamically controlling an echo canceler includes a processor programmed to receive audio data from an audio sensor, to determine a present type of noise in the received audio data, based on the present type of noise, to determine a number of taps to be removed from an echo canceler, and to execute the echo canceler with a reduced number of taps based on the number of taps to be removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Ranjani Rangarajan, Leah N. Busch, David Graham Smith, Jake Schwartz, Thomas Chrapkiewicz
  • Publication number: 20210286973
    Abstract: A vehicle is provided including one or more cameras and a controller coupled to the one or more cameras. The controller is operable to receive data from one or more devices, indicating a location of a user. Based on the data received from the one or more devices, the controller determines an estimated location of a face of the user. Further, the controller, in one or more images captured by the one or more cameras, searches a location of the face of the user based on the estimated location of the face. Thereby, the controller detects the location of the face of the use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Ali Hassani, Jake Schwartz, John Robert Van Wiemeersch