Patents by Inventor Michael Finn
Michael Finn 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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Patent number: 9398096Abstract: A system and method relate to accessing an in-vehicle communication network, including a media interface having a microprocessor. The media interface may be connected to a vehicle media system. Further, a media device may be connected to the media interface, and the media device may access the in-vehicle communication network via the media interface.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2008Date of Patent: July 19, 2016Assignees: VOLKSWAGEN AG, AUDI AGInventors: Jason Swager, Eric Jensen, Brian Michael Finn
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Publication number: 20160063857Abstract: A controller receives probe data from a vehicle traveling on a path segment. The probe data may be collected by a mobile device. The path segment may be a multilane roadway. The controller identifies a first lane of the path segment from the probe data. The controller associated a forked route with the first lane of the path segment. The controller calculates different traffic values for the lanes of the path segment. One traffic value may be calculated directly from speeds derived from the path data. Another traffic value may be calculated by the probe data and a historical relationship.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2015Publication date: March 3, 2016Inventors: James Adeyemi Fowe, Gavril Giurgiu, Michael Finn, Leon Oliver Stenneth
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Publication number: 20160058575Abstract: A spinal fixation device includes an outer housing and an end plate assembly coupled with the outer housing. The outer housing defines an aperture and a longitudinal axis. At least a portion of the end plate assembly is slidably received within the outer housing. The end plate assembly includes a first end plate configured to engage a vertebral body, wherein the end plate assembly is selectively movable between a first position in which the first end plate is spaced apart from the outer housing and a second position in which the first end plate is adjacent the outer housing. Further, the first end plate is selectively adjustable to an angular orientation of a plurality of angular orientations with respect to the longitudinal axis of the outer housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2015Publication date: March 3, 2016Inventors: Chester Evan Sutterlin, III, Ehud Mendel, Michael Finn, Clint Boyd, Scott Jones, Todd Wallenstein
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Patent number: 9204822Abstract: A controller is provided for a functional electrical stimulator for attachment to a leg comprising, a connector for a foot switch for sensing foot rise or foot strike, a circuit for responding to said foot switch for generating stimulation pulses and a connector for first and second electrodes for attachment to the leg for supplying stimulation pulses from said circuit The circuit includes a voltage divider of which the foot switch when connected comprises one element, a second element being provided by a digital potentiometer forming part of the controller. A micro controller is configured to make adaptive adjustment of the resistance of said digital potentiometer to take account of the resistance characteristics of the foot switch to provide an output or reference voltage permitting an open/closed state of the switch to be monitored.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2010Date of Patent: December 8, 2015Assignee: Salisbury NHS Foundation TrustInventors: Rodney Paul Lane, Darren John Hart, Stacey Michael Finn, Paul Nicholas Taylor, Steven Eric Crook, Ian Douglas Swain
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Patent number: 9208682Abstract: A controller receives probe data from a vehicle traveling on a path segment. The probe data may be collected by a mobile device. The path segment may be a multilane roadway. The controller identifies a first lane of the path segment from the probe data. The controller associated a forked route with the first lane of the path segment. The controller calculates different traffic values for the lanes of the path segment. One traffic value may be calculated directly from speeds derived from the path data. Another traffic value may be calculated by the probe data and a historical relationship.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2014Date of Patent: December 8, 2015Assignee: HERE Global B.V.Inventors: James Adeyemi Fowe, Gavril Giurgiu, Michael Finn, Leon Oliver Stenneth
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Publication number: 20150262480Abstract: A controller receives probe data from a vehicle traveling on a path segment. The probe data may be collected by a mobile device. The path segment may be a multilane roadway. The controller identifies a first lane of the path segment from the probe data. The controller associated a forked route with the first lane of the path segment. The controller calculates different traffic values for the lanes of the path segment. One traffic value may be calculated directly from speeds derived from the path data. Another traffic value may be calculated by the probe data and a historical relationship.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2014Publication date: September 17, 2015Applicant: HERE Global B.V.Inventors: James Adeyemi Fowe, Gavril Giurgiu, Michael Finn, Leon Oliver Stenneth
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Patent number: 8874364Abstract: In a navigation system, e.g., for a motor vehicle, for determining the route from a location of the navigation system to a destination point, the navigation system includes a display device for displaying the route in a map display or a map-type display, and/or a direction indication that corresponds to the route, and it is possible to simultaneously display a canonically oriented graphic or image of a prominent route point with the aid of the display device.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2007Date of Patent: October 28, 2014Assignee: Volkswagen AGInventors: Brian Lathrop, Brian Michael Finn, Jackie Chang
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Publication number: 20140276236Abstract: A shoe insole has a cavity configured to provide an internal pocket open to a face of said insole, conveniently the lower face, the cavity having a length greater than its width and being directed generally along the length of the insole. A segmented structure is slideably insertable into said cavity within it is removably retained, the segments being disposed along the cavity and housing a pressure sensor, sensor state monitoring circuits, a wireless transceiver and a battery, adjacent segments being electrically connected together and hinged together by pairs of laterally spaced connector bars each mechanically connected together by links configured to maintaining the spacing between segments while permitting flexion between adjacent segments under loads encountered during walking.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2012Publication date: September 18, 2014Inventors: Ian Douglas Swain, Stacey Michael Finn, Dominic Scott Nolan, Robert Peter Batty
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Publication number: 20130249824Abstract: A display device includes touch screen for the visual display of information and for the input of command and an actuator for moving the touch screen in a direction substantially perpendicular to the touch screen. The touch screen is movable by the actuator by more than 2 mm in the direction substantially perpendicular to the touch screen.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2012Publication date: September 26, 2013Applicant: VOLKSWAGEN AGInventors: Klaus Schaaf, Arne Stoschek, Brian Michael Finn, Michael Prados
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Publication number: 20120197343Abstract: A controller is provided for a functional electrical stimulator for attachment to a leg comprising, a connector for a foot switch for sensing foot rise or foot strike, a circuit for responding to said foot switch for generating stimulation pulses and a connector for first and second electrodes for attachment to the leg for supplying stimulation pulses from said circuit The circuit includes a voltage divider of which the foot switch when connected comprises one element, a second element being provided by a digital potentiometer forming part of the controller. A micro controller is configured to make adaptive adjustment of the resistance of said digital potentiometer to take account of the resistance characteristics of the foot switch to provide an output or reference voltage permitting an open/closed state of the switch to be monitored.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2010Publication date: August 2, 2012Applicant: Salisbury NHS Foundation TrustInventors: Rodney Paul Lane, Darren John Hart, Stacey Michael Finn, Paul Nicholas Taylor, Steven Eric Crook, Ian Douglas Swain
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Publication number: 20120010523Abstract: An apparatus of use in identifying neuropathy in the feet of a subject is disclosed, the apparatus comprising means for measuring the temperature of the foot of a subject; means for comparing a first measured temperature obtained from one of the subject with a second measured temperature obtained from the other foot of the subject; and means for providing an indication to a user when the difference between the first and second measured temperatures exceeds a predetermined amount. A method method determining the relative temperature of the feet of a subject is also disclosed, the method comprising measuring the temperature of a first foot of the subject; measuring the temperature of a second foot of the subject; comparing the first measured temperature with the second measured temperature to determine the difference therebetween; and providing the user with an indication when the difference between the first and second measured temperatures exceeds a preset value.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2011Publication date: January 12, 2012Inventors: Lorraine Ba-Tin, Charles Byrne, Stacey Michael Finn
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Patent number: 7912228Abstract: In a method and equipment for operating a voice-supported system, such as a communications and/or intercom/two-way intercom device in a motor vehicle, using at least one microphone and at least one loudspeaker to reproduce a signal generated by the microphone, as well as a bandpass filter configured between the microphone and the loudspeaker, a power of the signal as a function of a frequency is determined, and the bandpass filter is adjusted as a function of at least one local maximum of the power of the signal as a function of the frequency.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2003Date of Patent: March 22, 2011Assignees: Volkswagen AG, Audi AGInventors: Brian Michael Finn, Shawn K. Steenhagen
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Publication number: 20110040455Abstract: The present invention relates to a motor vehicle having a steering wheel, the motor vehicle including a first display, integrated into the steering wheel, for the variable representation of information; a first touchscreen, situated over the first display, for the input of commands; a second display, integrated into the steering wheel and separated spatially from the first display, for the variable representation of information; and a second touchscreen, situated over the second display, for the input of commands.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2010Publication date: February 17, 2011Inventors: William Brian Lathrop, Evan Small, Brian Michael Finn, Deborah Garcia
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Patent number: 7797104Abstract: A method is disclosed for representing locations in a geographic database in a manner that facilitates navigation and routing. A core map database includes data that represents public roads in a geographic region. Each of a plurality of location map databases includes data that represent facilities, such as businesses, stores, offices, or other places, that are physically located away from the public network and access to which requires travel on paths away from the public road network. Each of the facilities represented in the location map databases is assigned a location reference code that is associated with data from which a path connecting the facility and the public road network can be determined.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2010Date of Patent: September 14, 2010Assignee: NAVTEQ North America, LLCInventors: Michael Finn, Jason Borak, James Ronald Bennett
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Patent number: 7787212Abstract: Stiffness reducing features for top covers of data storage systems are provided to prevent delaminating of top layers of the top covers. A top cover for a data storage system includes a bottom layer, a top layer and an adhesive layer that interconnects the top and bottom layers. At least one groove is formed in and extends along the top layer. The at least one groove reduces a thickness of the top layer along the at least one groove.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2007Date of Patent: August 31, 2010Assignee: Seagate Technology, LLCInventors: Jonathan S. Haynes, Michael A. Finn
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Publication number: 20100145606Abstract: A method is disclosed for representing locations in a geographic database in a manner that facilitates navigation and routing. A core map database includes data that represents public roads in a geographic region. Each of a plurality of location map databases includes data that represent facilities, such as businesses, stores, offices, or other places, that are physically located away from the public network and access to which requires travel on paths away from the public road network. Each of the facilities represented in the location map databases is assigned a location reference code that is associated with data from which a path connecting the facility and the public road network can be determined.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2010Publication date: June 10, 2010Inventors: Michael Finn, Jason Borak, James Ronald Bennett
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Publication number: 20100121939Abstract: A system and method relate to accessing an in-vehicle communication network, including a media interface having a microprocessor. The media interface may be connected to a vehicle media system. Further, a media device may be connected to the media interface, and the media device may access the in-vehicle communication network via the media interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2008Publication date: May 13, 2010Inventors: Jason Swager, Eric Jensen, Brian Michael Finn
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Patent number: 7660666Abstract: A method is disclosed for representing locations in a geographic database in a manner that facilitates navigation and routing. A core map database includes data that represents public roads in a geographic region. Each of a plurality of location map databases includes data that represent facilities, such as businesses, stores, offices, or other places, that are physically located away from the public network and access to which requires travel on paths away from the public road network. Each of the facilities represented in the location map databases is assigned a location reference code that is associated with data from which a path connecting the facility and the public road network can be determined.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2005Date of Patent: February 9, 2010Assignee: Navteq North America, LLCInventors: Michael Finn, Jason Borak, James Ronald Bennett
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Publication number: 20090037092Abstract: In a navigation system, e.g., for a motor vehicle, for determining the route from a location of the navigation system to a destination point, the navigation system includes a display device for displaying the route in a map display or a map-type display, and/or a direction indication that corresponds to the route, and it is possible to simultaneously display a canonically oriented graphic or image of a prominent route point with the aid of the display device.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2007Publication date: February 5, 2009Inventors: Brian Lathrop, Brian Michael Finn, Jackie Chang
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Patent number: 7467084Abstract: A method and a device are for operating a voice-enhancement system, such as a communication and/or intercom/two-way intercom or duplex telephony device in a motor vehicle. The device includes at least one microphone and at least one loudspeaker for reproducing a signal generated by the microphone, as well as a bandpass filter configured between the microphone and the loudspeaker. The bandpass filter is adjusted as a function of a comparison between the power of the signal generated by the microphone at a test frequency, and the power of the signal generated by the microphone at an at least substantially integral multiple of the test frequency, or as a function of a comparison between the power of the signal generated by the microphone at a test frequency, and the power of the signal generated by the microphone at the test frequency at at least an earlier point in time.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2003Date of Patent: December 16, 2008Assignees: Volkswagen AG, Audi AGInventors: Brian Michael Finn, Shawn K. Steenhagen