Patents by Inventor Mats STRANDBERG

Mats STRANDBERG 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: 11573638
    Abstract: Techniques are described for interacting with a vehicle touchscreen. According to one or more embodiments, a system is provided comprising a processor that executes computer executable components stored in at least one memory, including a display control component that selects graphical touch controls to include in a graphical user interface (GUI) for rendering on the touchscreen based on activation of a haptic feedback mode for interfacing with the touchscreen, wherein the graphical touch controls correspond to controls for one or more applications or functions associated with the vehicle. The system further comprising a positioning component that determines a location of a finger on or over the touchscreen relative to the graphical touch controls as displayed on the touchscreen, and a haptic feedback component that causes a vibration unit of the vehicle to provide vibration feedback based on the location corresponding to a graphical touch control of the graphical touch controls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: VOLVO CAR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Mats Strandberg
  • Patent number: 11400811
    Abstract: Techniques are described for remotely controlling functions of a vehicle without an integrated touchscreen. According to an embodiment, an auxiliary device is provided comprising a display and a processor that executes computer executable components stored in at least one memory. The computer executable component can comprise a feature acquisition component that determines electronic features of the vehicle that are respectively controlled by electromechanical controls of the vehicle, and a display component that displays a graphical user interface via the display wherein the graphical user interface comprises one or more graphical controls for controlling one or more features of the electronic features of the vehicle. The computer executable components further comprising a remote-control component that remotely controls the one or more features via interaction with the one or more graphical controls as rendered via the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: VOLVO CAR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Mats Strandberg
  • Publication number: 20220113852
    Abstract: Techniques are described that facilitate remotely interfacing with a vehicle touchscreen. According to an embodiment, a method is provided comprising determining touch controls included in a GUI configured for displaying on a touchscreen of the vehicle, wherein the touch controls provide for controlling functions of the vehicle based on first interaction with the touch controls as displayed on the touchscreen. The method further comprises generating a representation of the GUI for display via an auxiliary display of the auxiliary device, the representation comprising one or more graphical controls corresponding to one or more touch controls of the touch controls, and enabling remote control of one or more functions of the functions of the vehicle by the auxiliary device based on second interaction with the one or more graphical controls as displayed via the auxiliary display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventor: Mats Strandberg
  • Patent number: 11231837
    Abstract: Techniques are described that facilitate remotely interfacing with a vehicle touchscreen. According to an embodiment, a method is provided comprising determining touch controls included in a GUI configured for displaying on a touchscreen of the vehicle, wherein the touch controls provide for controlling functions of the vehicle based on first interaction with the touch controls as displayed on the touchscreen. The method further comprises generating a representation of the GUI for display via an auxiliary display of the auxiliary device, the representation comprising one or more graphical controls corresponding to one or more touch controls of the touch controls, and enabling remote control of one or more functions of the functions of the vehicle by the auxiliary device based on second interaction with the one or more graphical controls as displayed via the auxiliary display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: VOLVO CAR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Mats Strandberg
  • Publication number: 20210382558
    Abstract: Techniques are described for interacting with a vehicle touchscreen. According to one or more embodiments, a system is provided comprising a processor that executes computer executable components stored in at least one memory, including a display control component that selects graphical touch controls to include in a graphical user interface (GUI) for rendering on the touchscreen based on activation of a haptic feedback mode for interfacing with the touchscreen, wherein the graphical touch controls correspond to controls for one or more applications or functions associated with the vehicle. The system further comprising a positioning component that determines a location of a finger on or over the touchscreen relative to the graphical touch controls as displayed on the touchscreen, and a haptic feedback component that causes a vibration unit of the vehicle to provide vibration feedback based on the location corresponding to a graphical touch control of the graphical touch controls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventor: Mats Strandberg
  • Patent number: 11177762
    Abstract: A control unit configured to control at least one motor of a vehicle is described that perform operations including receiving a target torque and a target speed for controlling the at least one motor, and determining, based on the target speed, a critical speed zone of the at least one motor. The critical speed zone defines a particular torque input to the at least one motor that induces torque ripple when the at least one motor is operating at any of a range of motor speeds. The operations performed by the control unit further include determining whether a current speed of the at least one motor is within the critical speed zone, and while determining that the current speed is within the critical speed zone, controlling a torque input to the at least one motor by avoiding the particular torque input defined by the critical speed zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Volvo Car Corporation
    Inventor: Mats Strandberg
  • Patent number: 11126269
    Abstract: Techniques are described for interacting with a vehicle touchscreen. According to one or more embodiments, a system is provided comprising a processor that executes computer executable components stored in at least one memory, including a display control component that selects graphical touch controls to include in a graphical user interface (GUI) for rendering on the touchscreen based on activation of a haptic feedback mode for interfacing with the touchscreen, wherein the graphical touch controls correspond to controls for one or more applications or functions associated with the vehicle. The system further comprising a positioning component that determines a location of a finger on or over the touchscreen relative to the graphical touch controls as displayed on the touchscreen, and a haptic feedback component that causes a vibration unit of the vehicle to provide vibration feedback based on the location corresponding to a graphical touch control of the graphical touch controls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: VOLVO CAR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Mats Strandberg
  • Publication number: 20210011554
    Abstract: Techniques are described for interacting with a vehicle touchscreen. According to one or more embodiments, a system is provided comprising a processor that executes computer executable components stored in at least one memory, including a display control component that selects graphical touch controls to include in a graphical user interface (GUI) for rendering on the touchscreen based on activation of a haptic feedback mode for interfacing with the touchscreen, wherein the graphical touch controls correspond to controls for one or more applications or functions associated with the vehicle. The system further comprising a positioning component that determines a location of a finger on or over the touchscreen relative to the graphical touch controls as displayed on the touchscreen, and a haptic feedback component that causes a vibration unit of the vehicle to provide vibration feedback based on the location corresponding to a graphical touch control of the graphical touch controls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventor: Mats Strandberg
  • Publication number: 20200387278
    Abstract: Techniques are described that facilitate remotely interfacing with a vehicle touchscreen. According to an embodiment, a method is provided comprising determining touch controls included in a GUI configured for displaying on a touchscreen of the vehicle, wherein the touch controls provide for controlling functions of the vehicle based on first interaction with the touch controls as displayed on the touchscreen. The method further comprises generating a representation of the GUI for display via an auxiliary display of the auxiliary device, the representation comprising one or more graphical controls corresponding to one or more touch controls of the touch controls, and enabling remote control of one or more functions of the functions of the vehicle by the auxiliary device based on second interaction with the one or more graphical controls as displayed via the auxiliary display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Inventor: Mats Strandberg
  • Patent number: 10817063
    Abstract: Techniques are described for interacting with a vehicle touchscreen. According to one or more embodiments, a system is provided comprising a processor that executes computer executable components stored in at least one memory, including a display control component that selects graphical touch controls to include in a graphical user interface (GUI) for rendering on the touchscreen based on activation of a haptic feedback mode for interfacing with the touchscreen, wherein the graphical touch controls correspond to controls for one or more applications or functions associated with the vehicle. The system further comprising a positioning component that determines a location of a finger on or over the touchscreen relative to the graphical touch controls as displayed on the touchscreen, and a haptic feedback component that causes a vibration unit of the vehicle to provide vibration feedback based on the location corresponding to a graphical touch control of the graphical touch controls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: VOLVO CAR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Mats Strandberg
  • Patent number: 10761695
    Abstract: Techniques are described that facilitate remotely interfacing with a vehicle touchscreen. According to an embodiment, a method is provided comprising determining touch controls included in a GUI configured for displaying on a touchscreen of the vehicle, wherein the touch controls provide for controlling functions of the vehicle based on first interaction with the touch controls as displayed on the touchscreen. The method further comprises generating a representation of the GUI for display via an auxiliary display of the auxiliary device, the representation comprising one or more graphical controls corresponding to one or more touch controls of the touch controls, and enabling remote control of one or more functions of the functions of the vehicle by the auxiliary device based on second interaction with the one or more graphical controls as displayed via the auxiliary display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: VOLVO CAR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Mats Strandberg
  • Publication number: 20200266753
    Abstract: A control unit configured to control at least one motor of a vehicle is described that perform operations including receiving a target torque and a target speed for controlling the at least one motor, and determining, based on the target speed, a critical speed zone of the at least one motor. The critical speed zone defines a particular torque input to the at least one motor that induces torque ripple when the at least one motor is operating at any of a range of motor speeds. The operations performed by the control unit further include determining whether a current speed of the at least one motor is within the critical speed zone, and while determining that the current speed is within the critical speed zone, controlling a torque input to the at least one motor by avoiding the particular torque input defined by the critical speed zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventor: Mats Strandberg
  • Publication number: 20200257364
    Abstract: Techniques are described for interacting with a vehicle touchscreen. According to one or more embodiments, a system is provided comprising a processor that executes computer executable components stored in at least one memory, including a display control component that selects graphical touch controls to include in a graphical user interface (GUI) for rendering on the touchscreen based on activation of a haptic feedback mode for interfacing with the touchscreen, wherein the graphical touch controls correspond to controls for one or more applications or functions associated with the vehicle. The system further comprising a positioning component that determines a location of a finger on or over the touchscreen relative to the graphical touch controls as displayed on the touchscreen, and a haptic feedback component that causes a vibration unit of the vehicle to provide vibration feedback based on the location corresponding to a graphical touch control of the graphical touch controls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2019
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventor: Mats Strandberg
  • Publication number: 20200254875
    Abstract: Techniques are described for remotely controlling functions of a vehicle without an integrated touchscreen. According to an embodiment, an auxiliary device is provided comprising a display and a processor that executes computer executable components stored in at least one memory. The computer executable component can comprise a feature acquisition component that determines electronic features of the vehicle that are respectively controlled by electromechanical controls of the vehicle, and a display component that displays a graphical user interface via the display wherein the graphical user interface comprises one or more graphical controls for controlling one or more features of the electronic features of the vehicle. The computer executable components further comprising a remote-control component that remotely controls the one or more features via interaction with the one or more graphical controls as rendered via the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2019
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventor: Mats Strandberg
  • Publication number: 20200257442
    Abstract: A system as described herein includes an interface and one or more processors. The one or more processors are configured to determine if a user interaction with an interaction area of a first graphical user interface presented by a first display device corresponds to a selection input. Responsive to determining that user interaction does not correspond to the selection input, the one or more processors are configured to generate information to cause a second display device different than the first display device to present a second graphical user interface comprising at least a portion of the first graphical user interface that includes the interaction area within the first graphical user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2019
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventor: Mats Strandberg
  • Publication number: 20200257418
    Abstract: Techniques are described that facilitate remotely interfacing with a vehicle touchscreen. According to an embodiment, a method is provided comprising determining touch controls included in a GUI configured for displaying on a touchscreen of the vehicle, wherein the touch controls provide for controlling functions of the vehicle based on first interaction with the touch controls as displayed on the touchscreen. The method further comprises generating a representation of the GUI for display via an auxiliary display of the auxiliary device, the representation comprising one or more graphical controls corresponding to one or more touch controls of the touch controls, and enabling remote control of one or more functions of the functions of the vehicle by the auxiliary device based on second interaction with the one or more graphical controls as displayed via the auxiliary display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2019
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventor: Mats Strandberg
  • Publication number: 20200247395
    Abstract: Receiving, by a control unit of a vehicle, an indication to operate the vehicle in an off-road control brake mode, determining, by the control unit, a current speed of the vehicle, and controlling, by the control unit and in response to the indication and the determined current speed, an electric motor of the vehicle to output forward torque or reverse torque to maintain the current speed of the vehicle between a first threshold speed and a second threshold speed, wherein the second threshold speed is higher than the first threshold speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventor: Mats Strandberg
  • Patent number: 10006533
    Abstract: A drive module with a first input, which receives rotary power from a first power source, and a second input that receives rotary power from a second power source. Rotary power from the first power source is transmitted to a differential assembly to drive a pair of vehicle wheels. Rotary power is selectively provided by the second power source to provide the drive module with torque-vectoring capabilities in which equal but opposite moments are applied to the vehicle wheels. The axes of the first input and the second input are parallel one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: e-AAM Driveline Systems AB
    Inventor: Mats Strandberg
  • Patent number: 9593721
    Abstract: The present teachings provide for a vehicle drive module including a housing, an electric motor, a transmission gear set, a differential assembly, and a pair of output members. The transmission gear set can transmit rotary power between a motor output shaft and an output of the transmission gear set. The differential assembly can include a case, a pair of pinion gears, and a pair of side gears. Each of the side gears can be meshingly engaged with the pair of pinion gears. Each output member can include a driven body and an outer flange. The driven body can have a first end drivingly coupled to one of the side gears. The outer flange can have a first side that is releasably coupled to the second end of the driven body, and a second side that is adapted to be releasably coupled to a constant velocity joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: e-AAM Driveline Systems AB
    Inventor: Mats Strandberg
  • Publication number: 20160138659
    Abstract: The present teachings provide for a vehicle drive module including a housing, an electric motor, a transmission gear set, a differential assembly, and a pair of output members. The transmission gear set can transmit rotary power between a motor output shaft and an output of the transmission gear set. The differential assembly can include a case, a pair of pinion gears, and a pair of side gears. Each of the side gears can be meshingly engaged with the pair of pinion gears. Each output member can include a driven body and an outer flange. The driven body can have a first end drivingly coupled to one of the side gears. The outer flange can have a first side that is releasably coupled to the second end of the driven body, and a second side that is adapted to be releasably coupled to a constant velocity joint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2014
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventor: Mats Strandberg