Patents by Inventor Nathan Leefer

Nathan Leefer 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: 20240430014
    Abstract: A passenger vehicle optical communication system includes a source vehicle including a light source and an endpoint vehicle including a camera. The source vehicle transmits a series of patterns using the light source to communicate, as one example, state information to the endpoint vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2024
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Inventors: Nathan Leefer, Gregory A. Springer, Mark E. Seeger
  • Patent number: 12119883
    Abstract: A passenger vehicle optical communication system includes a source vehicle including a light source and an endpoint vehicle including a camera. The source vehicle transmits a series of patterns using the light source to communicate, as one example, state information to the endpoint vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: Glydways Inc.
    Inventors: Nathan Leefer, Gregory A. Springer, Mark E. Seeger
  • Publication number: 20240126302
    Abstract: A vehicle may include a frame structure, a body mounted to the frame structure, and a vehicle navigation system. The vehicle navigation system may include a navigation sensor mounted to the frame structure, and a processor in communication with the navigation sensor. The navigation sensor may be configured to detect reference elements disposed in or on a road on which the vehicle travels. The processor may be configured to receive, from the navigation sensor, signals indicative of a sequence or pattern of detected reference elements. The processor may also be configured to determine, using the received signals, at least one of a position, velocity, or orientation of the vehicle on the road.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventor: Nathan Leefer
  • Patent number: 11886201
    Abstract: A vehicle may include a frame structure, a body mounted to the frame structure, and a vehicle navigation system. The vehicle navigation system may include a navigation sensor mounted to the frame structure, and a processor in communication with the navigation sensor. The navigation sensor may be configured to detect reference elements disposed in or on a road on which the vehicle travels. The processor may be configured to receive, from the navigation sensor, signals indicative of a sequence or pattern of detected reference elements. The processor may also be configured to determine, using the received signals, at least one of a position, velocity, or orientation of the vehicle on the road.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Glydways Inc.
    Inventor: Nathan Leefer
  • Publication number: 20230205225
    Abstract: A vehicle may include a frame structure, a body mounted to the frame structure, and a vehicle navigation system. The vehicle navigation system may include a navigation sensor mounted to the frame structure, and a processor in communication with the navigation sensor. The navigation sensor may be configured to detect reference elements disposed in or on a road on which the vehicle travels. The processor may be configured to receive, from the navigation sensor, signals indicative of a sequence or pattern of detected reference elements. The processor may also be configured to determine, using the received signals, at least one of a position, velocity, or orientation of the vehicle on the road.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventor: Nathan Leefer
  • Publication number: 20230128224
    Abstract: A passenger vehicle optical communication system includes a source vehicle including a light source and an endpoint vehicle including a camera. The source vehicle transmits a series of patterns using the light source to communicate, as one example, state information to the endpoint vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: Nathan Leefer, Gregory A. Springer
  • Patent number: 11604476
    Abstract: A vehicle may include a frame structure, a body mounted to the frame structure, and a vehicle navigation system. The vehicle navigation system may include a navigation sensor mounted to the frame structure, and a processor in communication with the navigation sensor. The navigation sensor may be configured to detect reference elements disposed in or on a road on which the vehicle travels. The processor may be configured to receive, from the navigation sensor, signals indicative of a sequence or pattern of detected reference elements. The processor may also be configured to determine, using the received signals, at least one of a position, velocity, or orientation of the vehicle on the road.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Glydways Inc.
    Inventor: Nathan Leefer
  • Patent number: 11533111
    Abstract: A passenger vehicle optical communication system includes a source vehicle including a light source and an endpoint vehicle including a camera. The source vehicle transmits a series of patterns using the light source to communicate, as one example, state information to the endpoint vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Glydways Inc.
    Inventors: Nathan Leefer, Gregory A. Springer
  • Publication number: 20210111811
    Abstract: A passenger vehicle optical communication system includes a source vehicle including a light source and an endpoint vehicle including a camera. The source vehicle transmits a series of patterns using the light source to communicate, as one example, state information to the endpoint vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventors: Nathan Leefer, Gregory A. Springer
  • Patent number: 10887023
    Abstract: A passenger vehicle optical communication system includes a source vehicle including a light source and an endpoint vehicle including a camera. The source vehicle transmits a series of patterns using the light source to communicate, as one example, state information to the endpoint vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Wayfarer, Inc.
    Inventors: Nathan Leefer, Gregory A. Springer
  • Publication number: 20170225782
    Abstract: Stowable and deployable unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), and associated systems and methods are disclosed. A UAV in accordance with a particular embodiment includes a main body, frames carried by the main body, and motors carried by the frames. At least two frames are positioned to move relative to each other between a stowed configuration in which the frames are generally aligned proximate to each other and a deployed configuration different from the stowed configuration. The main body can include a first body portion pivotably connected to a second body portion. In a stowed configuration, the body portions can generally overlap each other. A UAV in accordance with particular embodiments includes a modular electronics unit carried by the UAV and including a camera, a battery, and a vehicle controller. Modular electronics units can be configured to be removably connected to and disconnected from the UAV and other vehicles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventors: Christoph Kohstall, Jelena Jovanovic, Dylan Owens, Nathan Leefer, Ben Sampson