Patents by Inventor Michael Martin Tomashek

Michael Martin Tomashek 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).

  • Vehicle warning system and method based on speed differential
    Patent number: 6337638
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method, apparatus and article of manufacture for detecting the presence of one or more target vehicles and determining a distance and speed of the targeted vehicles relative to a targeting vehicle. When predetermined threshold conditions are satisfied, warning signals are output from a computer system to alert a driver of the one or more targeted vehicles. In addition, steps may be taken to determine whether the targeting vehicle and the one or more targeted vehicles will converge to create a congested condition. If so, the speed of the targeting vehicle maybe adjusted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2002
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Cary Lee Bates, Michael Martin Tomashek