Patents by Inventor Lisa Yeung

Lisa Yeung 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).

  • System to automate hitching a trailer
    Patent number: 11084345
    Abstract: A vehicle hitch assistance system includes comprising an imaging system, a steering system, a dead reckoning device and a controller. The controller determines a hitch location within a vehicle exterior image received from the imaging system and controls the steering system to guide the vehicle in a reverse direction to align a hitch ball of the vehicle with the hitch location, including by tracking the location of the vehicle using information received from the dead reckoning device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald Jacob Mattern, Hongtei Eric Tseng, John Paul Shaw, Jill Plavcan, Lisa Yeung, Thomas Edward Pilutti
  • SYSTEM TO AUTOMATE HITCHING A TRAILER
    Publication number: 20190202252
    Abstract: A vehicle hitch assistance system includes comprising an imaging system, a steering system, a dead reckoning device and a controller. The controller determines a hitch location within a vehicle exterior image received from the imaging system and controls the steering system to guide the vehicle in a reverse direction to align a hitch ball of the vehicle with the hitch location, including by tracking the location of the vehicle using information received from the dead reckoning device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Donald Jacob Mattern, Hongtei Eric Tseng, John Paul Shaw, Jill Plavcan, Lisa Yeung, Thomas Edward Pilutti
  • System to automate hitching a trailer
    Patent number: 10266023
    Abstract: A vehicle hitch assistance system includes an imaging system, a steering system, a dead reckoning system, and a controller. The controller determines a hitch location within a vehicle exterior image received from the camera system, derives a vehicle path to align a hitch ball of the vehicle with the hitch location, and controls the steering system to guide the vehicle along the path including tracking the location of the vehicle using information received from the dead reckoning system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Donald Jacob Mattern, Hongtei Eric Tseng, John Paul Shaw, Jill Plavcan, Lisa Yeung, Thomas Edward Pilutti
  • SYSTEM TO AUTOMATE HITCHING A TRAILER
    Publication number: 20180312022
    Abstract: A vehicle hitch assistance system includes an imaging system, a steering system, a dead reckoning system, and a controller. The controller determines a hitch location within a vehicle exterior image received from the camera system, derives a vehicle path to align a hitch ball of the vehicle with the hitch location, and controls the steering system to guide the vehicle along the path including tracking the location of the vehicle using information received from the dead reckoning system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2017
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Donald Jacob Mattern, Hongtei Eric Tseng, John Paul Shaw, Jill Plavcan, Lisa Yeung, Thomas Edward Pilutti