Patents by Inventor Kyle W. Williams

Kyle W. Williams 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 system for classifying vehicle conditions
    Patent number: 6826468
    Abstract: A method and system for classifying vehicle conditions. Lateral acceleration information, vertical acceleration information, and roll angle information is acquired and the roll angle information is used for compensating the acceleration information for the effects of gravity. The compensated acceleration information is compared with one or more thresholds to change calibrateable counter values and additional threshold comparisons are used to determine the vehicle condition or rollover type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2004
    Assignee: Robert Bosch Corporation
    Inventor: Kyle W. Williams
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CLASSIFYING VEHICLE CONDITIONS
    Publication number: 20040176897
    Abstract: A method and system for classifying vehicle conditions. Lateral acceleration information, vertical acceleration information, and roll angle information is acquired and the roll angle information is used for compensating the acceleration information for the effects of gravity. The compensated acceleration information is compared with one or more thresholds to change calibrate able counter values and additional threshold comparisons are used to determine the vehicle condition or rollover type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2003
    Publication date: September 9, 2004
    Inventor: Kyle W. Williams
  • Rollover-sensing system for a vehicle and method of operating the same
    Patent number: 6560519
    Abstract: A method and system of activating a safety device of a vehicle having x, y and z-axes. The method includes generating a y-acceleration signal representative of the acceleration of the vehicle in the y-axis, generating an angular-rate signal representative of the angular velocity of the vehicle with respect to the x-axis, calculating a vehicle angle having a relationship to the angular-rate signal and being representative of the angle of the vehicle about the x-axis, determining an angular-rate threshold having a relationship to the vehicle angle and the y-acceleration signal, comparing the angular-rate signal to the angular-rate threshold, and activating a safety device when the magnitude of the angular-rate signal is greater than the angular-rate threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2003
    Assignee: Robert Bosch Corporation
    Inventors: Kyle W. Williams, Frank-Juergen Stuetzler
  • Rollover-sensing system for a vehicle and method of operating the same
    Publication number: 20030004627
    Abstract: A method and system of activating a safety device of a vehicle having x, y and z-axes. The method includes generating a y-acceleration signal representative of the acceleration of the vehicle in the y-axis, generating an angular-rate signal representative of the angular velocity of the vehicle with respect to the x-axis, calculating a vehicle angle having a relationship to the angular-rate signal and being representative of the angle of the vehicle about the x-axis, determining an angular-rate threshold having a relationship to the vehicle angle and the y-acceleration signal, comparing the angular-rate signal to the angular-rate threshold, and activating a safety device when the magnitude of the angular-rate signal is greater than the angular-rate threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2001
    Publication date: January 2, 2003
    Applicant: Robert Bosch Corporation
    Inventors: Kyle W. Williams, Frank-Juergen Stuetzler