Patents by Inventor Michael David KAMINSKI

Michael David KAMINSKI 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).

  • Method and apparatus for vehicle-state alerts indicative of undesirable conditions
    Patent number: 11584296
    Abstract: A system includes a processor configured to determine an applicable pre-defined vehicle system state set, defining preferred vehicle system states when a driver is away from a vehicle. The processor is also configured to determine a driver exit-event while a vehicle state in the state set varies from a preferred setting and notify a driver mobile device of the variance, responsive to the exit event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey Yizhou Hu, Michael Crimando, Michael David Kaminski, Austin Kirk, Derrick Portis
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE-STATE ALERTS INDICATIVE OF UNDESIRABLE CONDITIONS
    Publication number: 20220001801
    Abstract: A system includes a processor configured to determine an applicable pre-defined vehicle system state set, defining preferred vehicle system states when a driver is away from a vehicle. The processor is also configured to determine a driver exit-event while a vehicle state in the state set varies from a preferred setting and notify a driver mobile device of the variance, responsive to the exit event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventors: Jeffrey Yizhou HU, Michael CRIMANDO, Michael David KAMINSKI, Austin KIRK, Derrick PORTIS
  • Method and apparatus for vehicle-state alerts indicative of undesirable conditions
    Patent number: 11135974
    Abstract: A system includes a processor configured to determine an applicable pre-defined vehicle system state set, defining preferred vehicle system states when a driver is away from a vehicle. The processor is also configured to determine a driver exit-event while a vehicle state in the state set varies from a preferred setting and notify a driver mobile device of the variance, responsive to the exit event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey Yizhou Hu, Michael Crimando, Michael David Kaminski, Austin Kirk, Derrick Portis
  • V2X communication system utilizing RFID
    Patent number: 10580286
    Abstract: A vehicle includes one or more controllers, programmed to responsive to detecting an accident event and an unavailability of a telematics controller, generate an emergency message to broadcast by a radio-frequency identification (RFID) transceiver, and responsive to detecting a digital entity within a predetermined range from the vehicle, send the emergency message to the digital entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Michael David Kaminski
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE-STATE ALERTS INDICATIVE OF UNDESIRABLE CONDITIONS
    Publication number: 20190308556
    Abstract: A system includes a processor configured to determine an applicable pre-defined vehicle system state set, defining preferred vehicle system states when a driver is away from a vehicle. The processor is also configured to determine a driver exit-event while a vehicle state in the state set varies from a preferred setting and notify a driver mobile device of the variance, responsive to the exit event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2018
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventors: Jeffrey Yizhou HU, Michael CRIMANDO, Michael David KAMINSKI, Austin KIRK, Derrick PORTIS