Patents by Inventor Mackenzie Martinez

Mackenzie Martinez 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).

  • Patent number: 12657953
    Abstract: A computer includes a processor and a memory, the memory stores instructions executable by the processor to project a first specified time-varying illumination pattern to an area outside of an object undergoing authentication, to capture images of the object and a portion of the area outside of the object, and to authenticate a scene that includes the images based on a comparison between the first specified time-varying illumination pattern with a second time-varying illumination pattern extracted from the images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2026
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Ryan Edwin Hanson, Medha Karkare, Mackenzie Martinez, John Moore
  • Publication number: 20240386747
    Abstract: A computer includes a processor and a memory, the memory stores instructions executable by the processor to project a first specified time-varying illumination pattern to an area outside of an object undergoing authentication, to capture images of the object and a portion of the area outside of the object, and to authenticate a scene that includes the images based on a comparison between the first specified time-varying illumination pattern with a second time-varying illumination pattern extracted from the images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2023
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Ryan Edwin Hanson, Medha Karkare, Mackenzie Martinez, John Moore
  • Patent number: 11912234
    Abstract: Upon authorizing a user via challenge biometric data, user data is determined to be updated based on detecting a trigger. Upon detecting the trigger prior to authenticating the user, the user data is updated with the challenge biometric data based on authenticating the user. Upon detecting the trigger after authenticating the user, the user data is updated with updated challenge biometric data based on a confidence score for the second biometric data exceeding a threshold. Structure components are controlled based on the updated user data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Ali Hassani, Mackenzie Martinez, John Robert Van Wiemeersch, Jake Schwartz, Medha Karkare
  • Publication number: 20230174017
    Abstract: Upon authorizing a user via challenge biometric data, user data is determined to be updated based on detecting a trigger. Upon detecting the trigger prior to authenticating the user, the user data is updated with the challenge biometric data based on authenticating the user. Upon detecting the trigger after authenticating the user, the user data is updated with updated challenge biometric data based on a confidence score for the second biometric data exceeding a threshold. Structure components are controlled based on the updated user data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Ali Hassani, Mackenzie Martinez, John Robert Van Wiemeersch, Jake Schwartz, Medha Karkare
  • Publication number: 20230087521
    Abstract: In response to a trigger event, a challenge message that includes a security code by inputting the security code to a cryptographic program that encrypts the security code based on an authentication key is generated by a first computer. Upon transmitting the challenge message to a second computer, the security code is updated by the first computer based on a random number output from a random number generator. A response is received by the first computer from the second computer in response to the challenge message. Upon verifying the second computer based on the response, a security message including the updated security code is transmitted from the first computer to the second computer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Ali Hassani, Mackenzie Martinez