Patents by Inventor Kristin Hellman

Kristin Hellman 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: 20230231916
    Abstract: A first message is broadcasted to a plurality of remote computers identifying an attribute of a host vehicle. A second message including a request to receive data about the identified attribute in response to broadcasting the first message is received from one of the remote computers. Upon receiving the second message, a host vehicle component is actuated to output at least one of light or sound associated with the identified attribute.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, Pietro Buttolo, Kristin A. Hellman, William H. Wurz, David Kennedy
  • Publication number: 20230222811
    Abstract: While a host vehicle is within an area, a target vehicle is identified based on detecting the target vehicle within the area. Upon determining a component output, first instructions specifying the component output and a target vehicle component are provided to the target vehicle. A host clock for the host vehicle is synchronized with a clock maintained by a remote server computer. Then second instructions specifying to initiate, at a target time, actuation of the target vehicle component to provide the component output are provided to the target vehicle. Then a host vehicle component is actuated at a host time to provide the component output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2022
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Pietro Buttolo, Stuart C. Salter, Kristin A. Hellman, David Kennedy, William H. Wurz
  • Publication number: 20220157449
    Abstract: Example embodiments described in this disclosure are generally directed to an automated triage nurse system in a vehicle. In an example scenario, the system issues a set of questions to evaluate a severity of a medical emergency event associated with an occupant of the vehicle. The questions may be issued through an audio system in the vehicle and the medical emergency event may be caused by a vehicular accident or may be a medical trauma suffered by the occupant. The system provides medical advice to the occupant, if the occupant provides a response that indicates to the system that it is unnecessary to summon a first responder. The medical advice can be a first-aid instruction. On the other hand, the system may contact a first responder located in a medical facility if the occupant of the vehicle provides no response, or provides a response that indicates a serious medical problem.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Stuart Salter, John Van Wiemeersch, Peter Phung, Paul Kenneth Dellock, Annette Huebner, Kristin Hellman