Patents by Inventor Kevin S. Buchanan

Kevin S. Buchanan 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).

  • Method and apparatus for accessing vehicle systems
    Patent number: 6571154
    Abstract: A method for engaging a plurality of control systems in a vehicle, enabling a main menu of a main control program; providing a means for scrolling through a plurality of selections of the main menu; providing an audible text messages for each of the plurality of selections, the audible text messages are activated as an individual scrolls through the plurality of selections; and providing a selector switch for selecting one of the plurality of selections. The means for scrolling through the plurality of selections is located on an upper surface of a spoke of a steering wheel and the selector switch is located on a lower surface of the spoke. The method also includes providing a visual representation of the main menu.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2003
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Barry C. Worrell, Kevin S. Buchanan
  • Method and apparatus for accessing vehicle systems
    Publication number: 20020116094
    Abstract: A method for engaging a plurality of control systems in a vehicle, enabling a main menu of a main control program; providing a means for scrolling through a plurality of selections of the main menu; providing an audible text messages for each of the plurality of selections, the audible text messages are activated as an individual scrolls through the plurality of selections; and providing a selector switch for selecting one of the plurality of selections. The means for scrolling through the plurality of selections is located on an upper surface of a spoke of a steering wheel and the selector switch is located on a lower surface of the spoke. The method also includes providing a visual representation of the main menu.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2001
    Publication date: August 22, 2002
    Inventors: Barry C. Worrell, Kevin S. Buchanan