Patents by Inventor Matthew Edwards
Matthew Edwards 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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Publication number: 20250256681Abstract: A computer-implemented method that, when executed by data processing hardware, cause the data processing hardware to perform operations comprising enabling remote ignition blocking for a first duration, determining a host vehicle status, and modifying the first duration of the remote ignition blocking according to the host vehicle status.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2024Publication date: August 14, 2025Applicant: GM Global Technology Operations LLCInventors: Anthony J. Sumcad, Suchinder K. Govindan, Russell A. Patenaude, Matthew Edward Gilbert-Eyres, Benjamin Tran
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Publication number: 20250253426Abstract: Various embodiments relate to several processes that may recover commodity chemicals from an alkaline metal-air battery. In various embodiments, while the cell is operating, various side products and waste streams may be collected and processed to regain use or additional value. Various embodiments also include processes to be performed after the cell has been disassembled, and each of its electrodes have been separated such as not to be an electrical hazard. The alkaline metal battery recycling processes described herein may provide multiple forms of commodity iron, high purity transition metal ores, fluoropolymer dispersions, various carbons, commodity chemicals, and catalyst dispersions.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2024Publication date: August 7, 2025Inventors: Nicholas Reed PERKINS, Isabella CARUSO, Rachel Elizabeth MUMMA, Anthony TRAN, Rupak CHAKRABORTY, Matthew Edward VIA, Jocelyn Marie NEWHOUSE, Jarrod David MILSHTEIN, Liang SU, Michael Andrew GIBSON, Danielle Cassidy SMITH, William Henry WOODFORD, Amelie Nina KHAREY
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Publication number: 20250233942Abstract: A computer-implemented method that, when executed by data processing hardware, causes the data processing hardware to perform operations. The operations include detecting a low-impact event of a vehicle, receiving one or more service request handling inputs, assigning a service request handling pathway to the low-impact event based on the service request handling inputs, initiating a service request, assigning a service request cancellation period to the service request based on the handling pathway, determining whether a cancellation request is received within the service request cancellation period, and either cancelling the service request when the cancellation request is received within the service request cancellation period or transmitting the service request to a service provider when the cancellation request is not received within the service request cancellation period.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2024Publication date: July 17, 2025Applicant: GM Global Technology Operations LLCInventors: Matthew Edward Gilbert-Eyres, Eric T. Hosey, Russell A. Patenaude, Robert Myers
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Publication number: 20250222944Abstract: A computer-implemented method that, when executed by data processing hardware, cause the data processing hardware to perform operations. The operations include establishing a map of one or more support vehicles adjacent to a host vehicle, determining available sensor support of the one or more support vehicles, storing the available sensor support in memory hardware connected to the host vehicle, determining whether there has been a change in a gear status of the host vehicle, receiving sensor data from the one or more support vehicles, and maintaining sensor data of the host vehicle with the sensor data of the one or more support vehicles based on the gear status of the host vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2024Publication date: July 10, 2025Applicant: GM Global Technology Operations LLCInventors: Matthew Edward Gilbert-Eyres, Craig Thomas Douglas, Alec M. Wuorinen
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Patent number: 12343521Abstract: The present disclosure relates to neuromuscular stimulation and sensing cuffs. The neuromuscular stimulation cuff has at least two fingers and a plurality of electrodes disposed on each finger. More generally, the neuromuscular stimulation cuff includes an outer, reusable component and an inner, disposable component. One or more electrodes are housed within the reusable component. The neuromuscular stimulation cuff may be produced by providing an insulating substrate layer, forming a conductive circuit on the substrate layer to form a conductive circuit layer, adhering a cover layer onto the conductive circuit layer to form a flexible circuit, and cutting at least one flexible finger from the flexible circuit. The neuromuscular stimulation cuff employs a flexible multi-electrode design which allows for reanimation of complex muscle movements in a patient, including individual finger movement.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2024Date of Patent: July 1, 2025Assignee: BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTEInventors: Chad E. Bouton, Jeffrey Friend, Gaurav Sharma, Andrew Sweeney, Amy M. Heintz, Stephanie Kute, Nicholas Annetta, Thomas D Haubert, Steven M. Risser, Alexander Morrow, Raymond Richard Zaborski, George Naegele Brand, Matthew Edward Mowrer
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Publication number: 20250197072Abstract: A beverage drinking apparatus has a container, a spout, a straw and a cap, and allows the user a choice of drinking method. When the user turns the cap in a first direction, the straw extends from spout for the user to drink from. When the user turns the cap in a second direction, the straw is removed from the container, allowing the user to drink from the spout.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2024Publication date: June 19, 2025Inventors: Matthew Edward Bruins, Dillon Cody Rosenau, Patrick Chase Cooper, Kyle Charles McKinney
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Publication number: 20250200526Abstract: A system for predicting road deterioration includes memory hardware in communication with data processing hardware. The memory hardware storing instructions that when executed on the data processing hardware cause the data processing hardware to perform operations including collecting sensor data from a plurality of vehicles traveling over a road, determining a road maintenance score (RMS) for the road based on the collected sensor data, and determining a trend line for the road, the trend line being indicative of future maintenance requirements of the road based on the RMS.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2023Publication date: June 19, 2025Applicant: GM Global Technology Operations LLCInventors: Matthew Edward Gilbert-Eyres, Craig Thomas Douglas, Alec M. Wuorinen, Donald K. Grimm
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Publication number: 20250191429Abstract: A system for controlling movement of a vehicle is provided and includes data processing hardware that performs operations comprising monitoring contextual events in a current, parked location of a vehicle, detection of a contextual event indicating an impending presence of a service vehicle requiring access to the parked location of the vehicle. The operations also comprise monitoring at least one vehicle sensor of the vehicle, the at least one vehicle sensor providing sensor data to the data processing hardware for use by the data processing hardware in determining the presence of a service vehicle in an area where the vehicle is parked and moving the vehicle from the current, parked location of the vehicle to a different location in response to detection of a contextual event or determination of the presence of a service vehicle in the area where the vehicle is parked.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2023Publication date: June 12, 2025Applicant: GM Global Technology Operations LLCInventors: Russell A. Patenaude, Matthew Edward Gilbert-Eyres, Adam Lee Wright
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Publication number: 20250178562Abstract: A safety equipment monitoring system for a vehicle includes a vehicle processor for storing vehicle data including one or more of vehicle event data, vehicle occupant data, and restraint system data. The safety equipment monitoring system also includes a server communicatively coupled with the vehicle processor and configured to determine a baseline desired location of a restraint based on the vehicle occupant data and the restraint system data. The server is also configured to determine if any deviations to the desired location of the restraint have occurred based on one or more of vehicle event data and the restraint system data.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2023Publication date: June 5, 2025Applicant: GM Global Technology Operations LLCInventors: Noah Stone, Matthew Edward Gilbert-Eyres, Eric T. Hosey, Robert Myers, Russell A. Patenaude, Sean Taylor Coughlin
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Publication number: 20250171042Abstract: A method for implementing custom power consumption profiles for electric vehicles comprising identifying a set of data elements corresponding to a specific upcoming trip using a controller, identifying whether an existing custom power consumption profile matching the set of data elements is available to the controller and responding to a lack of existing custom power consumption profiles by entering a create custom power consumption profile routine, responding to identification of an existing custom power consumption profile by providing a vehicle operator with at least one suggested modification to the existing custom power consumption profile, and enacting the identified custom power consumption profile including all accepted suggested modifications of the at least one suggested modification.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2023Publication date: May 29, 2025Inventors: Matthew Edward Gilbert-Eyres, Adam Lee Wright, Russell A. Patenaude
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Publication number: 20250171347Abstract: A method of drawing an optical fiber may include directing an optical fiber comprising an alkali dopant through an inlet of a slow cooling device to a first zone within the slow cooling device and cooling the optical fiber in the first zone, wherein a first residence time t1 of the optical fiber in the first zone may be greater than or equal to 0.03 sec. The method may further include directing the optical fiber from the first zone to a second zone within the slow cooling device and cooling the optical fiber in the second zone, wherein a second residence time t2 in the second zone may be greater than the first residence time t1. A Rayleigh scattering coefficient of the optical fiber drawn may be less than 0.75 dB/km*micron4, and an attenuation of the optical fiber drawn may be less than 0.16 dB/km at 1550 nm.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2024Publication date: May 29, 2025Inventors: Sushmit Sunil Kumar Goyal, Stephan Lvovich Logunov, Hazel Benton Matthews, III, Matthew Edward McKenzie, Craig Daniel Nie, Pushkar Tandon, Chunfeng Zhou
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Publication number: 20250164258Abstract: A vehicle system includes a vehicle processor for storing data including vehicle location and vehicle data. The vehicle system also includes a server communicatively coupled to the vehicle processor and configured to transfer energy from a vehicle battery to a transfer station based on the vehicle location and the vehicle data.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2023Publication date: May 22, 2025Applicant: GM Global Technology Operations LLCInventors: Ryan Patrick Hickey, Russell A. Patenaude, Matthew Edward Gilbert-Eyres
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Publication number: 20250162424Abstract: A vehicle system for a vehicle includes a vehicle processor for storing vehicle data including vehicle location, vehicle event data, and vehicle mode. The vehicle system also includes a server communicatively coupled to the vehicle processor. The server is configured to determine if a transport mode has been selected based on one or more of the vehicle mode or the vehicle location. The server is also configured to determine if a current battery change is above a state-of-charge limitation based on the vehicle event data. Additionally, the server is configured to activate the transport mode if the current battery charge is below the state-of-charge limitation.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2023Publication date: May 22, 2025Applicant: GM Global Technology Operations LLCInventors: Ryan Patrick Hickey, Russell A. Patenaude, Matthew Edward Gilbert-Eyres
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Publication number: 20250162458Abstract: A vehicle system includes a vehicle processor for storing data including vehicle location and vehicle data. The vehicle system also includes a server communicatively coupled to the vehicle processor. The server is configured to determine when the vehicle is being stored based on vehicle location and vehicle data and activate a storage mode when it is determined that the vehicle is being stored.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2023Publication date: May 22, 2025Applicant: GM Global Technology Operations LLCInventors: Matthew Edward Gilbert-Eyres, Ryan Patrick Hickey, Russell A. Patenaude, Luke John Popiel
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Patent number: 12299045Abstract: A computer system includes a processor, a file system having a query application and a query interface, a database, and a query interface extension executing on the processor. The database includes a plurality of business intelligence (BI) data objects. Each of the BI data objects is associated with one or more data parameters. The query interface extension intercepts a data call from the query application to the query interface for data corresponding to one or more of the BI data objects. The data call includes one or more selected parameters. The data call is parsed to ascertain the one or more selected parameters. Data corresponding to the one or more BI data objects is obtained from the database based on the one or more selected parameters. A data prediction result is appended to the obtained data.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2021Date of Patent: May 13, 2025Assignee: Mastercard International IncorporatedInventors: Sandeep Chakravarthy Chimakurthi, Matthew Edward Hopkins, Stephen G. Schwent
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Publication number: 20250148836Abstract: A computer-implemented method that, when executed by data processing hardware, causes data processing hardware to perform operations comprising receiving a service request associated with a service request button of a vehicle, receiving one or more service button engagement scoring inputs each associated with a corresponding vehicle status, calculating a service request confidence score based on the one or more service button engagement scoring inputs, assigning a service request cancellation period based on the one or more service button engagement scoring inputs, determining whether a cancellation request is received within the service request cancellation period, and either cancelling the service request when the cancellation request is received within the service request cancellation period, or transmitting the service request to a service provider when the cancellation request is not received within the service request cancellation period.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2023Publication date: May 8, 2025Applicant: GM Global Technology Operations LLCInventors: Matthew Edward Gilbert-Eyres, Russell A. Patenaude, Eric T. Hosey, Benjamin Tran
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Publication number: 20250145112Abstract: A vehicle includes ignition controls operable between an active state and an inactive state and a storage compartment operable between a locked state and an unlocked state. An electronic control unit (ECU) is configured to detect one of the active state and the inactive state of the ignition controls and includes data processing hardware and memory hardware that stores a security monitoring system. The security monitoring system includes an alarm and a security monitoring application that is configured to execute a delay mode including a tiered proactive measure. The delay mode is configured to delay translation of the storage compartment from the locked state to the unlocked state in response to a security event.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2023Publication date: May 8, 2025Applicant: GM Global Technology Operations LLCInventors: Russell A. Patenaude, Eric T. Hosey, Matthew Edward Gilbert-Eyres, Noah Stone, Craig Thomas Douglas
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Publication number: 20250122517Abstract: The present invention provides a method for modulating the alkaloid content of a plant (e.g. a tobacco plant), the method comprising modifying said plant by modulating the activity or expression of at least one Nic1 ERF gene. The present invention also provides for the use of at least one Nic1 ERF gene for modulating the alkaloid content of a plant, as well as tobacco cells, plants, plant propagation materials, harvested leaves, processed tobaccos, or tobacco products obtainable in accordance with the invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2024Publication date: April 17, 2025Inventors: MATTHEW EDWARD HUMPHRY, SHENGMING YANG, QIULIN QIN
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Publication number: 20250124784Abstract: A signage monitoring system for a vehicle is disclosed. The signage monitoring system includes a vehicle processor storing data including vehicle location, vehicle event data, and existing outdoor signage information. The signage monitoring system also includes a server communicatively coupled to the vehicle processor and configured to determine existing outdoor signage effectiveness based on correlated vehicle event data and vehicle location data from a plurality of vehicles.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2023Publication date: April 17, 2025Applicant: GM Global Technology Operations LLCInventors: Matthew Edward Gilbert-Eyres, Robert Weisbarth, Eric T. Hosey, Russell A. Patenaude
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Publication number: 20250115261Abstract: A vehicle distraction monitoring system includes a plurality of sensors coupled to a body of the vehicle and a vehicle processor that includes a distraction monitoring application, data processing hardware, and memory hardware storing vehicle data, and distraction zone data. The vehicle processor is configured to receive vehicle sensor data and distraction sensor data from the plurality of sensors and is configured to issue a distraction notification in response to one or more of the distraction zone data, the vehicle sensor data, and the distraction sensor data.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2023Publication date: April 10, 2025Applicant: GM Global Technology Operations LLCInventors: Matthew Edward Gilbert-Eyres, Noah Stone, Eric T. Hosey, Russell A. Patenaude