Patents by Inventor Markos GERGES

Markos GERGES 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: 11030764
    Abstract: A vehicle system for estimating a trailer size may include a plurality of sensors arranged on a vehicle and may be configured to detect objects external to the vehicle and provide trailer data indicative of a trailer location behind a vehicle and a memory configured to maintain a virtual grid including a plurality of cells. The system may also include a controller in communication with the sensors and memory and configured to determine, based on the trailer data received within a predefined amount of time, an occupancy frequency for each of the plurality of cells, the occupancy frequency being an incrementation of each time an object was detected within the respective cell; determine a threshold distribution based on the occupancy frequency of each cell; and determine a trailer size based on the cells having an occupancy frequency exceeding the threshold distribution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignees: DENSO INTERNATIONAL AMERICA, INC., DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ting-Yu Lai, Miki Sato, Markos Gerges
  • Patent number: 10878643
    Abstract: A vehicle sensor system for providing data for performance of vehicle features may include a plurality of sensors arranged on a vehicle, each sensor having a sensor profile, a memory configured to maintain the sensor profile, and a controller in communication with the plurality of sensors and memory and configured to receive data from each of the plurality of sensors in order at least one vehicle feature, detect a failure of a first sensor in which the first sensor fails to provide sensor data necessary to provide the vehicle feature, and use sensor data received from the second sensor to provide the vehicle feature in response to the sensor profile of the second sensor including a required attribute of the first sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignees: DENSO International America, Inc., DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Miki Sato, Ting-yu Lai, Markos Gerges
  • Patent number: 10706721
    Abstract: A toll road detection and notification system for a vehicle includes a plurality of cameras, a sign recognition unit, and a driver alert system. The plurality of cameras is configured to take images of a vehicle's environment. The sign recognition unit is configured to analyze the images from the plurality of cameras, detect a toll sign, and determine toll information. The driver alert system is configured to receive toll information from the sign recognition unit and notify a driver of the vehicle of the toll information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: DENSO International America, Inc.
    Inventors: Markos Gerges, Miki Sato, Ting-Yu Lai
  • Publication number: 20200175709
    Abstract: A vehicle system for estimating a trailer size may include a plurality of sensors arranged on a vehicle and may be configured to detect objects external to the vehicle and provide trailer data indicative of a trailer location behind a vehicle and a memory configured to maintain a virtual grid including a plurality of cells. The system may also include a controller in communication with the sensors and memory and configured to determine, based on the trailer data received within a predefined amount of time, an occupancy frequency for each of the plurality of cells, the occupancy frequency being an incrementation of each time an object was detected within the respective cell; determine a threshold distribution based on the occupancy frequency of each cell; and determine a trailer size based on the cells having an occupancy frequency exceeding the threshold distribution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventors: Ting-Yu LAI, Miki SATO, Markos GERGES
  • Publication number: 20200027286
    Abstract: A vehicle sensor system for providing data for performance of vehicle features may include a plurality of sensors arranged on a vehicle, each sensor having a sensor profile, a memory configured to maintain the sensor profile, and a controller in communication with the plurality of sensors and memory and configured to receive data from each of the plurality of sensors in order at least one vehicle feature, detect a failure of a first sensor in which the first sensor fails to provide sensor data necessary to provide the vehicle feature, and use sensor data received from the second sensor to provide the vehicle feature in response to the sensor profile of the second sensor including a required attribute of the first sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Inventors: Miki SATO, Ting-yu LAI, Markos GERGES
  • Publication number: 20200027344
    Abstract: A toll road detection and notification system for a vehicle includes a plurality of cameras, a sign recognition unit, and a driver alert system. The plurality of cameras is configured to take images of a vehicle's environment. The sign recognition unit is configured to analyze the images from the plurality of cameras, detect a toll sign, and determine toll information. The driver alert system is configured to receive toll information from the sign recognition unit and notify a driver of the vehicle of the toll information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Inventors: Markos GERGES, Miki SATO, Ting-Yu LAI
  • Patent number: 10482768
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses are provided and include a receiver module that is configured to receive at least one radar signal. A control module includes a processor that is configured to execute instruction stored in a nontransitory memory. The control module is configured to generate a Fourier transformation based on the at least one radar signal, and the control module is configured to determine a presence of wave interference based on the Fourier transformation. A primary indicator module is configured to, in response to the control module determining the presence of wave interference, generate an indication. The indication corresponds to the presence of wave interference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: DENSO International America, Inc.
    Inventors: Miki Sato, Ting-Yu Lai, Markos Gerges
  • Publication number: 20190347937
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses are provided and include a receiver module that is configured to receive at least one radar signal. A control module includes a processor that is configured to execute instruction stored in a nontransitory memory. The control module is configured to generate a Fourier transformation based on the at least one radar signal, and the control module is configured to determine a presence of wave interference based on the Fourier transformation. A primary indicator module is configured to, in response to the control module determining the presence of wave interference, generate an indication. The indication corresponds to the presence of wave interference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Inventors: Miki SATO, Ting-Yu LAI, Markos GERGES