Patents by Inventor Linda S. Angell
Linda S. Angell 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: 9376018Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for determining when a task may be performed on a vehicle that is moving. The method includes generating a driver workload value based on at least one task parameter describing a predetermined attribute of the task and preventing a user from performing the task if the driver workload value exceeds a predetermined driver workload threshold and the vehicle is moving.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2009Date of Patent: June 28, 2016Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Bijaya Aryal, Linda S. Angell
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Patent number: 9162622Abstract: A method to selectively project graphical images upon a transparent windscreen head up display of a vehicle based upon visual information present in a peripheral zone of vision includes monitoring a location of visual information corresponding to critical information with respect to the windscreen, and processing the location of the visual information to generate display requirements describing the visual information as present in the peripheral zone of vision. Processing the location includes monitoring an estimated operator gaze location with respect to the windscreen, comparing the estimated operator gaze location to the location of visual information, and generating the display requirements when the estimated operator gaze location is distant from the location of visual information by more than a threshold distance.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2013Date of Patent: October 20, 2015Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Joseph F. Szczerba, Linda S. Angell, Thomas A. Seder, Dehua Cui
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Publication number: 20140091989Abstract: A method to selectively project graphical images upon a transparent windscreen head up display of a vehicle based upon visual information present in a peripheral zone of vision includes monitoring a location of visual information corresponding to critical information with respect to the windscreen, and processing the location of the visual information to generate display requirements describing the visual information as present in the peripheral zone of vision. Processing the location includes monitoring an estimated operator gaze location with respect to the windscreen, comparing the estimated operator gaze location to the location of visual information, and generating the display requirements when the estimated operator gaze location is distant from the location of visual information by more than a threshold distance.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2013Publication date: April 3, 2014Inventors: JOSEPH F. SZCZERBA, LINDA S. ANGELL, THOMAS A. SEDER, DEHUA CUI
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Patent number: 8629784Abstract: A method to selectively project graphical images upon a transparent windscreen head up display of a vehicle based upon visual information present in a peripheral zone of vision includes monitoring a location of visual information corresponding to critical information with respect to the windscreen, processing the location of the visual information to generate display requirements describing the visual information as present in the peripheral zone of vision, generating the graphical images to be projected based upon the display requirements, and projecting the graphical images upon the transparent windscreen head up display based upon the estimated operator gaze location.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2009Date of Patent: January 14, 2014Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLCInventors: Joseph F. Szczerba, Linda S. Angell, Thomas A. Seder, Dehua Cui
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Patent number: 8253589Abstract: A vehicle to pedestrian communication system includes a vehicle-based device having a transmitter and receiver for communicating global positioning of the vehicle. The transmitter broadcasts a global position of the vehicle as part of a vehicle periodic beacon message. A pedestrian-based device is carried by a pedestrian. The pedestrian-based device has a transmitter and receiver for communicating a global position of the pedestrian as part of a pedestrian periodic beacon message. A positional awareness of the vehicle in relation to the pedestrian is assessed by at least one of the vehicle-based device or the pedestrian-based device based on the positioning of the vehicle in relation to the pedestrian. An alert is provided to at least one of the vehicle or the pedestrian indicating a presence of the vehicle or pedestrian based on the respective global positions of the pedestrian and the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2009Date of Patent: August 28, 2012Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLCInventors: Donald K. Grimm, Raymond J. Kiefer, Linda S. Angell, Richard K. Deering, Charles A. Green
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Publication number: 20110090093Abstract: A vehicle to pedestrian communication system includes a vehicle-based device having a transmitter and receiver for communicating global positioning of the vehicle. The transmitter broadcasts a global position of the vehicle as part of a vehicle periodic beacon message. A pedestrian-based device is carried by a pedestrian. The pedestrian-based device has a transmitter and receiver for communicating a global position of the pedestrian as part of a pedestrian periodic beacon message. A positional awareness of the vehicle in relation to the pedestrian is assessed by at least one of the vehicle-based device or the pedestrian-based device based on the positioning of the vehicle in relation to the pedestrian. An alert is provided to at least one of the vehicle or the pedestrian indicating a presence of the vehicle or pedestrian based on the respective global positions of the pedestrian and the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2009Publication date: April 21, 2011Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC.Inventors: Donald K. Grimm, Raymond J. Kiefer, Linda S. Angell, Richard K. Deering, Charles A. Green
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Publication number: 20100289633Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for determining when a task may be performed on a vehicle that is moving. The method includes generating a driver workload value based on at least one task parameter describing a predetermined attribute of the task and preventing a user from performing the task if the driver workload value exceeds a predetermined driver workload threshold and the vehicle is moving.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2009Publication date: November 18, 2010Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC.Inventors: Bijaya Aryal, Linda S. Angell
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Publication number: 20100253594Abstract: A method to selectively project graphical images upon a transparent windscreen head up display of a vehicle based upon visual information present in a peripheral zone of vision includes monitoring a location of visual information corresponding to critical information with respect to the windscreen, processing the location of the visual information to generate display requirements describing the visual information as present in the peripheral zone of vision, generating the graphical images to be projected based upon the display requirements, and projecting the graphical images upon the transparent windscreen head up display based upon the estimated operator gaze location.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2009Publication date: October 7, 2010Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC.Inventors: Joseph F. Szczerba, Linda S. Angell, Thomas A. Seder, Dehua Cui
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Patent number: 7532958Abstract: An apparatus and method are disclosed for real-time assessment of driver workload by a vehicle device. To determine driver workload, the system monitors the driver interaction with the vehicle device. The driver interaction is then used to determine an estimated driver workload based on the driver interaction. In one embodiment, the vehicle device has one or more buttons configured to be pressed by the driver and each of the one or more buttons has an assigned driver workload value. The system sums the workload value of the buttons pressed by the driver over a moving time window to determine the estimated driver workload.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2005Date of Patent: May 12, 2009Assignee: General Motors CorporationInventors: Robert B. Powers, Charles A. Massoll, David E Bojanowski, Richard A. Young, Bijaya Aryal, Linda S. Angell
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Patent number: 7463961Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for adaptively locking out a display on a vehicle device based on user interaction. A method begins by counting a number of user initiated display changes with an event counter, and timing the user initiated display changes with an event timer. The method continues by comparing the number of user initiated display changes in the event counter to an allowable number of user initiated display changes corresponding to the time in the event timer, and disabling the display for a display lockout time period if the number of user initiated display changes exceeds the allowable number of user initiated display changes.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2005Date of Patent: December 9, 2008Assignee: General Motors CorporationInventors: Robert B. Powers, Charles A. Massoll, David E Bojanowski, Richard A. Young, Linda S. Angell