Patents by Inventor Matthew Ryan Honkanen

Matthew Ryan Honkanen 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).

  • Apparatus and method for dual range detection in a vehicle
    Patent number: 9902369
    Abstract: An apparatus for performing a desired vehicle function is provided. The apparatus comprises a base station configured to receive a command signal indicative of the desired vehicle function while in a receive mode. The base station is further configured to determine whether the received command signal includes at least one of a data component from a plurality of data components and to activate a transmit mode in the event the received command signal includes the at least one of the data component. The base station is further configured to determine whether the received command signal includes at least one additional data component from the plurality of data components while in the transmit mode and to determine that the portable device is positioned within a predetermined range in the event the received command signal includes the at least one additional data component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: Lear Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen Humphrey, Riad Ghabra, Matthew Ryan Honkanen, Ronald O. King
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DUAL RANGE DETECTION IN A VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20140043139
    Abstract: An apparatus for performing a desired vehicle function is provided. The apparatus comprises a base station configured to receive a command signal indicative of the desired vehicle function while in a receive mode. The base station is further configured to determine whether the received command signal includes at least one of a second data component from a plurality of second data components and to activate a transmit mode in the event the received command signal includes the at least one of the second data component. The base station is further configured to determine whether the received command signal includes at least one additional second data component from the plurality of second data components while in the transmit mode and to determine that the portable device is positioned within a predetermined range in the event the received command signal includes the at least one additional second data component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2012
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: LEAR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Stephen Humphrey, Riad Ghabra, Matthew Ryan Honkanen, Ronald O. King