Patents by Inventor Jeffrey Joyce
Jeffrey Joyce 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).
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Patent number: 9740178Abstract: A fault tolerant controller system includes a first controller and a second controller. One of the first and second controllers designated as a primary controller for generating control signals intended to control actuation devices on a vehicle under non-fault operating conditions, and the other of the first and second controllers designated as a secondary controller generating control signals intended to control actuation devices on the vehicle. The actuation devices are responsive only to the designated primary controller. An error is detected in the primary controller and a message is transmitted from the faulty controller to the non-faulty controller identifying the error. The non-faulty controller is subsequently designated as the primary controller. The control signals including an identifier that identifies the non-faulty controller as the designated primary controller. In response to detecting the error, the faulty controller is reset to operate in a safe operating mode as the secondary controller.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: August 22, 2017Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLCInventors: Rami I. Debouk, Stephen M. Baker, Jeffrey Joyce
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Patent number: 9244460Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an automated system for use in connection with longitudinal deceleration, longitudinal acceleration, and lateral acceleration functions. The system includes an interface receiving signals from and transmitting signals to a controller. The system also includes a safety kernel system comprising safety kernel software and a set of safety rules. Also disclosed are methods for use in a motion control system in connection with vehicle deceleration, acceleration, and lateral acceleration. The methods in some cases include receiving an initial request into a safety kernel software and determining whether the safety kernel software has received an override. The methods can also include detecting a violation of any primary safeguards defined by the safety kernel software, detecting a violation within a set of secondary safeguards defined by the safety kernel software, and adjusting the initial request to a modified level; and transmitting the modified level to an actuator.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2013Date of Patent: January 26, 2016Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLCInventors: Rami I. Debouk, Thomas E. Fuhrman, Stephen M. Baker, Kevin M. O′Dea, Jeffrey Joyce
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Publication number: 20150185732Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an automated system for use in connection with longitudinal deceleration, longitudinal acceleration, and lateral acceleration functions. The system includes an interface receiving signals from and transmitting signals to a controller. The system also includes a safety kernel system comprising safety kernel software and a set of safety rules. Also disclosed are methods for use in a motion control system in connection with vehicle deceleration, acceleration, and lateral acceleration. The methods in some cases include receiving an initial request into a safety kernel software and determining whether the safety kernel software has received an override. The methods can also include detecting a violation of any primary safeguards defined by the safety kernel software, detecting a violation within a set of secondary safeguards defined by the safety kernel software, and adjusting the initial request to a modified level; and transmitting the modified level to an actuator.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 31, 2013Publication date: July 2, 2015Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: RAMI I. DEBOUK, Thomas E. Fuhrman, Stephen M. Baker, Kevin M. O'Dea, Jeffrey Joyce
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Publication number: 20140277608Abstract: A fault tolerant controller system includes a first controller and a second controller. One of the first and second controllers designated as a primary controller for generating control signals intended to control actuation devices on a vehicle under non-fault operating conditions, and the other of the first and second controllers designated as a secondary controller generating control signals intended to control actuation devices on the vehicle. The actuation devices are responsive only to the designated primary controller. An error is detected in the primary controller and a message is transmitted from the faulty controller to the non-faulty controller identifying the error. The non-faulty controller is subsequently designated as the primary controller. The control signals including an identifier that identifies the non-faulty controller as the designated primary controller. In response to detecting the error, the faulty controller is reset to operate in a safe operating mode as the secondary controller.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Rami I. Debouk, Stephen M. Baker, Jeffrey Joyce
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Patent number: 8618922Abstract: A method for ensuring operation of a limited-ability autonomous driving enabled vehicle includes monitoring a plurality of specific conditions necessary for preferred and reliable use of limited-ability autonomous driving, and initiating a fault handling and degradation strategy configured to maneuver the vehicle to a preferred state if the driver is unable to manually control the vehicle when at least one of the specific conditions is either violated or will become violated.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2011Date of Patent: December 31, 2013Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLCInventors: Rami I. Debouk, Barbara J. Czerny, Joseph G. D'Ambrosio, Jeffrey Joyce, Massimo Osella, Vijaya Vittal Ramachandra
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Publication number: 20110241862Abstract: A method for ensuring operation of a limited-ability autonomous driving enabled vehicle includes monitoring a plurality of specific conditions necessary for preferred and reliable use of limited-ability autonomous driving, and initiating a fault handling and degradation strategy configured to maneuver the vehicle to a preferred state if the driver is unable to manually control the vehicle when at least one of the specific conditions is either violated or will become violated.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2011Publication date: October 6, 2011Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Rami I. Debouk, Barbara J. Czerny, Joseph G. D'ambrosio, Jeffrey Joyce, Massimo Osella, Vijaya Vittal Ramachandra
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Publication number: 20060156063Abstract: A system and method are provided that allow an instant messaging (IM) user device to conduct transactions with transaction systems that do not natively allow IM inputs or message processing, wherein an intermediate functionality translates or transforms IM messages from the user device into non-IM communications that can be processed by the transaction system and translates or transform non-IM communications from the transaction system into IM communications for the user device.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2005Publication date: July 13, 2006Applicant: Travel Sciences, Inc.Inventors: Joseph Mazzarella, Jeffrey Joyce
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Publication number: 20050015167Abstract: A method for scheduling manufacture of an order in a factory which includes planning a time for manufacturing an order so as to have the manufacture of the order complete during a desired shipping window and determining the desired shipping window so as to allow the order to be shipped via a lower cost shipping method while arriving at a destination. A method manufacturing an order in a factory which includes synchronizing production of the order with a desired routing schedule and determining the desired routing schedule so as to allow the order to be routed via lower cost shipping method while arriving at a destination.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2003Publication date: January 20, 2005Inventors: Allison Searcy, Ihab Al-Wazani, Jeffrey Joyce, Steven Loring, William Reeves, Michael Rogers, Christopher Waters, Wayne Zorn
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Publication number: 20050015164Abstract: A method for scheduling manufacture of an item in a factory which includes planning a time for manufacturing an item so as to have the manufacture of the item complete during a desired shipping window, determining the desired shipping window so as to allow the item to be shipped via a lower cost shipping method while arriving at a destination as if shipped via an expedited shipping method, and determining a carrier service for shipping the item so as to enable the item to be shipped via a lower cost shipping method while arriving at a destination as if shipped via an expedited shipping method.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2003Publication date: January 20, 2005Inventors: Steven Loring, Wayne Zorn, Allison Searcy, Ihab Al-Wazani, Jeffrey Joyce, William Reeves, Michael Rogers, Christopher Waters
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Publication number: 20050015288Abstract: A method for scheduling work and delivery of material for items in a factory which includes obtaining a customer order, determining a current state of an available inventory of material from a plurality of material sources, generating a material request plan for producing the item using the customer order and the current state of the available inventory and executing the material request plan. The customer order includes an item ordered by a customer and the item has an associated quantity of a material to produce. The customer order also includes a desired shipping schedule. The generating a material request plan includes scheduling based upon the desired shipping schedule. The executing the material request plan takes into account the desired shipping schedule.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2003Publication date: January 20, 2005Inventors: William Reeves, Brian Crenshaw, Ihab Al-Wazani, Jeffrey Joyce, Steven Loring, Michael Rogers, Allison Searcy, Christopher Waters, Wayne Zorn