Patents by Inventor Michael Dean

Michael Dean 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).

  • Publication number: 20180334101
    Abstract: A motor vehicle includes an A-pillar disposed between a side view window and a windshield. A virtual image projection arrangement presents a virtual image that is visible by a driver of the vehicle in a direction adjacent to the A-pillar and appearing to the driver to be at least two meters away from the driver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Inventor: MICHAEL DEAN TSCHIRHART
  • Publication number: 20180334100
    Abstract: A motor vehicle includes a display screen viewable by a driver of the motor vehicle. A rearview camera captures images of a scene behind the motor vehicle. Means detects a location of an object behind the motor vehicle. An actuator is coupled to the rearview camera and changes a field of view of the rearview camera. An electronic processor is communicatively coupled to the display screen, the rearview camera, the detecting means, and the actuator. The electronic processor controls the actuator to change the field of view of the rearview camera dependent upon the detected location of the object behind the motor vehicle. The electronic processor presents on the display screen video content dependent upon the images captured by the rearview camera.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Inventor: MICHAEL DEAN TSCHIRHART
  • Publication number: 20180316868
    Abstract: A motor vehicle includes a display screen viewable by a driver of the motor vehicle. A rearview camera captures images of a scene behind the motor vehicle. Means provides video data indicative of a passenger compartment of the motor vehicle as viewed in a rearward direction. An electronic processor is communicatively coupled to the display screen, the rearview camera, and the providing means. The electronic processor provides video content presented on the display screen. The video content is based on the images captured by the rearview camera and on the video data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2018
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Inventor: MICHAEL DEAN TSCHIRHART
  • Publication number: 20180304814
    Abstract: A motor vehicle has an internal camera capturing first images including at least one eye of a driver of the motor vehicle. An external camera captures second images. The second images are of a scene behind the motor vehicle. An electronic processor is communicatively coupled to both the internal camera and the external camera. The electronic processor determines, based on the first images, a location of the at least one eye of a driver. The electronic processor transmits a video signal representing a selected portion of mirror images of the second images. The portion of the mirror images of the second images that is selected for inclusion in the video signal is dependent upon the determined location of the at least one eye of the driver. A display screen is communicatively coupled to the electronic processor and displays the video signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventor: MICHAEL DEAN TSCHIRHART
  • Publication number: 20180297523
    Abstract: A motor vehicle includes a display screen viewable by a driver of the motor vehicle. A rearview camera is mounted on a rear end of the motor vehicle and captures images of a scene behind the motor vehicle. An electronic processor is communicatively coupled to the display screen and to the rearview camera. The electronic processor processes the images captured by the camera to thereby present on the display screen video content having a virtual camera mount location disposed between the display screen and the rearview camera.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2018
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Inventor: MICHAEL DEAN TSCHIRHART
  • Publication number: 20180281685
    Abstract: A motor vehicle includes a display screen viewable by a driver of the motor vehicle. A manually adjustable mount is attached to the display screen and enables a three-dimensional orientation of the display screen to be manually adjusted by the driver. The manually adjustable mount transmits an electronic signal indicative of the three-dimensional orientation of the display screen. A rearview camera captures images of a scene behind the motor vehicle. An electronic processor is communicatively coupled to the display screen, the manually adjustable mount and the rearview camera. The electronic processor determines, based on the electronic signal from the manually adjustable mount, the three-dimensional orientation of the display screen. The electronic processor controls video content presented on the display screen. The video content is based on the images captured by the rearview camera. The controlling of the video content is based on the determined three-dimensional orientation of the display screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventor: MICHAEL DEAN TSCHIRHART
  • Patent number: 10091182
    Abstract: A computer-implemented system and method for pool-based identity authentication for service access without use of stored credentials is disclosed. The method in an example embodiment includes providing provisioning information for storage in a provisioning repository; receiving a service request from a service consumer, the service request including requestor identifying information; generating an authentication request to send to an authentication authority, the authentication request including requestor identifying information; receiving validation of an authenticated service request from the authentication authority; and providing the requested service to the service consumer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Raju Venkata Kolluru, Michael Dean Kleinpeter
  • Patent number: 10091623
    Abstract: A communication system comprises a mobile reporting device and a server. The mobile reporting device comprises a signal receiver configured to receive data usable to determine the location of the reporting device; a communication module configured to transmit data to and receive data from a server, the data including location data from the location determiner; a display including a user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: WALMART APOLLO, LLC
    Inventors: Donald R. High, Brian Gerard McHale, Michael Dean Atchley
  • Patent number: 10078779
    Abstract: A system for tracking a gaze of a driver of a vehicle includes a tracking device, a processor, a memory, and a display. The tracking device is configured to track a gaze of a driver of a vehicle. The processor is in electronic communication with the tracking device. The memory is in electronic communication with the processor. The memory includes programming code configured to be executed by the processor. The programming code is configured to determine in real-time a duration of the gaze of the driver of the vehicle tracked by the tracking device. The display is in electronic communication with the processor. The display is configured to display a symbol showing the determined duration, or a portion of the determined duration, of the gaze of the driver of the vehicle as determined by the processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: VISTEON GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Michael Dean Tschirhart, Dale O. Cramer, Anthony Joseph Ciatti
  • Patent number: 10077352
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for improving vibration damping of a substrate, such as the underbody of an automobile. The method comprises applying a plastisol which comprises a polymeric component and a plasticizer. The fused plastisol has improved damping behavior as determined using Dynamic Mechanical Thermal Analysis. Novel plastisols and novel plasticizers are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Michael Dean Funderburg, Joseph Alexander DeLoach, Jesus Gabriel Moralez, Philip Conrad Heidt
  • Publication number: 20180252567
    Abstract: Techniques are described for determining an amount of fuel that is consumed by the body components of a vehicle, based at least partly on sensor data describing the operations of the body components and/or the location of the vehicle. A vehicle is equipped with a body that has any suitable number of body components that perform operations not directly associated with the translational movement of the vehicle from one location to another. Fuel is consumed to provide power (e.g., through power take off) to operate the body components. The vehicle includes sensor device(s) configured to sense the operations of the body components and generate sensor data that describes the operations of the body components. The sensor data is analyzed to determine an amount of fuel that is consumed to power the operations of the body components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Inventors: Richard Buteau, Thomas Leon Wilding, Albert Xiaoxia Jiang, John Forrest Smith, Michael Dean Geary, Brian Huston Ham
  • Publication number: 20180249738
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments provide a flexible cooling blanket including a cooling layer assembly and a heat dissipating layer assembly. The cooling layer assembly includes a first set of rigid cooling coils connected to a second set of rigid cooling coils using a first flexible tube. The heat dissipating layer assembly includes a first set of rigid heat dissipating coils and a second set of rigid heat dissipating coils connected with a second flexible tube. The first and second flexible tubes extend across the folding seams of the blanket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Inventors: Robert Cantrell, Michael Dean Atchley
  • Patent number: 10070409
    Abstract: Described in detail herein are systems and methods for tracking clusters of user devices within a facility. In exemplary embodiments, a plurality of network devices are distributed within a facility. The network devices may receive connection data indicating probing by at least one of a plurality of user devices within the facility. A processing unit may be coupled to the network devices and the processing unit may extract location data from the connection data received by the network devices. The location data may indicate the location of the user devices with respect in the facility. The processing unit may determine a projected path for the plurality of user devices based on the location data. The processing unit may generate a response based on then projected path of the plurality of user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC
    Inventors: John Paul Thompson, Robert C. Taylor, Donald High, Michael Dean Atchley
  • Publication number: 20180239011
    Abstract: A radar system for detecting objects can comprise an RF transmitter that emits RF light and at least one light source that emits visible light in response to the RF light detecting the presence of an object. The system can include a dielectric lens that collects and focuses the RF light. The dielectric lens can also include features that collect and scatter the visible light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Inventors: Michael Dean, Haozhe Dong
  • Patent number: 10053228
    Abstract: The example embodiments are directed to a device and method for matching together aircraft status reports. In one example, the method includes detecting, via a user interface, a selection of an aircraft from among a plurality of aircraft that have provided aircraft status reports, determining a group of aircraft status reports, from among the received status reports, which were generated by the respective aircraft during a flight of the respective aircraft, based on metadata of the received aircraft status reports, and displaying, via the user interface, the group of aircraft status reports determined to be provided by the respective aircraft during the flight. By linking together status reports from an entire flight, analysis may be performed on data from across an entire flight instead of an individual status report thereby improving flight data analysis and subsequent actions taken based on that analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Robert Samuel Kahn, Laird Eldon Becker, III, Michael Dean Fullington, Roopa Gidugu
  • Publication number: 20180233886
    Abstract: An apparatus is configured for use with a switchgear assembly having a frame that defines at least one switchgear cell, stationary disconnects oriented vertically on the frame, and horizontal draw-out disconnects remote from the frame. In a given example, the apparatus includes an adapter assembly including vertical disconnects, horizontal disconnects, and bus work connecting the vertical disconnects with the horizontal disconnects. The adapter assembly is configured to take an installed position in the switchgear cell, with the vertical disconnects in the adapter assembly projecting upward into engagement with the stationary disconnects on the frame. The adapter assembly is further configured for the horizontal disconnects in the adapter assembly to engage and disengage from the horizontal draw-out disconnects upon movement of the horizontal draw-out disconnects horizontally into and out of engagement with the adapter assembly when the adapter assembly is in the installed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2017
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Larry Eugene Yonce, Patrick J. Adams, Barry Tuck Rambo, Aaron Michael Rexroad, Michael Dean Sigmon
  • Patent number: 10050420
    Abstract: An apparatus is configured for use with a switchgear assembly having a frame that defines at least one switchgear cell, stationary disconnects oriented vertically on the frame, and horizontal draw-out disconnects remote from the frame. In a given example, the apparatus includes an adapter assembly including vertical disconnects, horizontal disconnects, and bus work connecting the vertical disconnects with the horizontal disconnects. The adapter assembly is configured to take an installed position in the switchgear cell, with the vertical disconnects in the adapter assembly projecting upward into engagement with the stationary disconnects on the frame. The adapter assembly is further configured for the horizontal disconnects in the adapter assembly to engage and disengage from the horizontal draw-out disconnects upon movement of the horizontal draw-out disconnects horizontally into and out of engagement with the adapter assembly when the adapter assembly is in the installed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
    Inventors: Larry Eugene Yonce, Patrick J. Adams, Barry Tuck Rambo, Aaron Michael Rexroad, Michael Dean Sigmon
  • Patent number: 10021429
    Abstract: Systems and methods of selecting a content source based on performance data are disclosed. A particular method includes sending, from a device, a first request for a media stream to a server. The method also includes determining, at the device, first performance data. The method further includes receiving, at the device, second performance data from the server. The method also includes selecting, based on the first performance data and the second performance data, a content source that is distinct from the server. The method further includes sending, from the device, a second request for the media stream to the content source. The method also includes receiving the media stream at the device from the content source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: WOWZA MEDIA SYSTEMS, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Dean Talvensaari, James S. Sherry
  • Publication number: 20180170574
    Abstract: The example embodiments are directed to a device and method for matching together aircraft status reports. In one example, the method includes detecting, via a user interface, a selection of an aircraft from among a plurality of aircraft that have provided aircraft status reports, determining a group of aircraft status reports, from among the received status reports, which were generated by the respective aircraft during a flight of the respective aircraft, based on metadata of the received aircraft status reports, and displaying, via the user interface, the group of aircraft status reports determined to be provided by the respective aircraft during the flight. By linking together status reports from an entire flight, analysis may be performed on data from across an entire flight instead of an individual status report thereby improving flight data analysis and subsequent actions taken based on that analysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Robert Samuel KAHN, Laird Eldon BECKER, III, Michael Dean FULLINGTON, Roopa GIDUGU
  • Patent number: D833351
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: John Thomas Kosinski, II, James Paul Farell, Michael Dean Tschirhart