Patents by Inventor Kenneth Simon Keiter

Kenneth Simon Keiter 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).

  • AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE INTERFACE USING BUS IMPEDANCE TO IDENTIFY CONTROL UNITS, AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20240059305
    Abstract: Systems and methods that facilitate identifying and controlling the systems and subsystems in a vehicle to enable autonomous operation of the vehicle are disclosed. An autonomous vehicle interface (AVI) (the “AVI control system”) can interface with and control the system of the vehicle, thereby enabling control of the vehicle as a whole. Electronic control units may be associated with each of the systems and subsystems in the vehicle, and the AVI may interface with and control these electronic control units over a shared data bus. In order to control particular electronic control units, the systems and methods provide for sampling data packets transmitted by the electronic control units on the shared data bus, measuring the impedance of the shared data bus when data packets are being transmitted, and identifying particular electronic control units based on the measured impedance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: VAY TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventor: Kenneth Simon Keiter
  • Autonomous vehicle interface using bus impedance to identify control units, and associated systems and methods
    Patent number: 11840211
    Abstract: Systems and methods that facilitate identifying and controlling the systems and subsystems in a vehicle to enable autonomous operation of the vehicle are disclosed. An autonomous vehicle interface (AVI) (the “AVI control system”) can interface with and control the system of the vehicle, thereby enabling control of the vehicle as a whole. Electronic control units may be associated with each of the systems and subsystems in the vehicle, and the AVI may interface with and control these electronic control units over a shared data bus. In order to control particular electronic control units, the systems and methods provide for sampling data packets transmitted by the electronic control units on the shared data bus, measuring the impedance of the shared data bus when data packets are being transmitted, and identifying particular electronic control units based on the measured impedance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: VAY TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventor: Kenneth Simon Keiter
  • AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE INTERFACE USING BUS IMPEDANCE TO IDENTIFY CONTROL UNITS, AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20210139042
    Abstract: Systems and methods that facilitate identifying and controlling the systems and subsystems in a vehicle to enable autonomous operation of the vehicle are disclosed. An autonomous vehicle interface (AVI) (the “AVI control system”) can interface with and control the system of the vehicle, thereby enabling control of the vehicle as a whole. Electronic control units may be associated with each of the systems and subsystems in the vehicle, and the AVI may interface with and control these electronic control units over a shared data bus. In order to control particular electronic control units, the systems and methods provide for sampling data packets transmitted by the electronic control units on the shared data bus, measuring the impedance of the shared data bus when data packets are being transmitted, and identifying particular electronic control units based on the measured impedance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Applicant: REE TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventor: Kenneth Simon Keiter