Patents by Inventor Otman Adam Basir
Otman Adam Basir 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: 6989496Abstract: This invention describes an occupant size and weight detection device consisting of a combination of force/load sensors (1), a head position sensor (2, 3), a multidirectional acceleration sensor (5), and a seat position sensor (4) used to determine the weight of an occupant based on weight distribution, body angle and foot position. The goal of the invention is to determine the weight of an occupant who is sitting in the front seat of a vehicle that is subjected to the dynamic forces resulting from the vehicle moving. This technology can be used in applications such as automotive occupant weight and position sensing for use with safety devices such as airbags.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2001Date of Patent: January 24, 2006Assignee: Intelligent Mechatronic Systems Inc.Inventors: Kristopher L. Desrochers, Brian Johnson, Fakhri Karray, Otman Adam Basir, Vladimir Filippov
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Publication number: 20040244489Abstract: An ultrasound system determines the presence of a foreign object in a container of fluid by measuring echo signals from the outer surface of the container and the inner surface of the container. The amplitude of the echo signals are compared to determine the presence of an object in the container. The system also determines viscosity of the contained fluid by measuring a through-transmission time through the container and the fluid, measuring an outer echo transmission time of an outer echo signal from the outer surface of the container and an inner echo transmission time of an inner echo signal from the inner surface of the container, and determining a time difference between the outer echo transmission time and the inner surface transmission time.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2004Publication date: December 9, 2004Inventors: Otman Adam Basir, Bosen Zhao, Gauri S. Mittal
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Patent number: 6822573Abstract: This invention describes a non-intrusive system used to determine if the driver of a vehicle is drowsy and at risk of falling asleep at the wheel due to drowsiness. The system consists of two different drowsiness detection systems and a control unit. This redundancy reduces the risk of a false drowsiness assessment. The first subsystem consists of an array of sensors, mounted in the vehicle headliner and seat, which detects head movements that are indicative characteristics of a drowsy driver. The second subsystem consists of heart rate monitoring sensors placed in the steering wheel. The control unit is used to analyze the sensory data and determine the driver's drowsiness state and therefore corresponding risk of falling asleep while driving. Through sensory fusion, intelligent software algorithms, and the data provided by the sensors, the system monitors driver characteristics that may indicate a drowsy driver.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2003Date of Patent: November 23, 2004Assignee: Intelligent Mechatronic Systems Inc.Inventors: Otman Adam Basir, Jean Pierre Bhavnani, Fakhreddine Karray, Kristopher Desrochers
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Publication number: 20040186642Abstract: A vision-based vehicle occupant detection and classification system includes a camera mounted in the vehicle interior to capture low resolution images of the seating area. Image processing algorithms account for lighting, motion, and other phenomena. A spatial-feature matrix numerically describes the content of the image. This descriptor is the result of a number of digital filters being run against a set of sub-images, derived from pre-defined window regions in the original image. This spatial-feature matrix is used as an input to an expert classifier function, which classifies this image as best representing a scenario in which the seat is (i) empty, (ii) occupied by an adult, (iii) occupied by a child, (iv) occupied by a rear-facing infant seat (RFIS), (v) occupied by a front-facing infant seat (FFIS), or (vi) occupied by an undetermined object.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2004Publication date: September 23, 2004Inventors: Otman Adam Basir, David Bullock, Emil Breza
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Patent number: 6782752Abstract: An ultrasound system determines the presence of a foreign object in a container of fluid by measuring echo signals from the outer surface of the container and the inner surface of the container. The amplitude of the echo signals are compared to determine the presence of an object in the container. The system also determines viscosity of the contained fluid by measuring a through-transmission time through the container and the fluid, measuring an outer echo transmission time of an outer echo signal from the outer surface of the container and an inner echo transmission time of an inner echo signal from the inner surface of the container, and determining a time difference between the outer echo transmission time and the inner surface transmission time.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2002Date of Patent: August 31, 2004Assignee: 1 M International CorporationInventors: Otman Adam Basir, Bosen Zhao, Gauri S. Mittal
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Patent number: 6693442Abstract: A vehicle occupant proximity sensor includes a transmitting electrode in a vehicle seat and an array of receiving electrodes mounted in a vehicle headliner above the vehicle seat. The sensor determines the capacitance at each of the receiving electrodes, which varies based upon the proximity of the occupant to each receiving electrode, thus producing an array of proximity information indicating in two dimensions the position of the occupant.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2003Date of Patent: February 17, 2004Assignee: Intelligent Mechantronic Systems, Inc.Inventors: Fakhreddine Karray, Vladimir Filippov, Otman Adam Basir
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Patent number: 6693440Abstract: A vehicle occupant proximity sensor includes a transmitting electrode in a vehicle seat and an array of receiving electrodes mounted in the vehicle seat. The sensor determines the capacitance at each of the receiving electrodes, which varies based upon the proximity of the occupant to each receiving electrode, thus producing an array of proximity information indicating in two dimensions the position of the occupant.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2001Date of Patent: February 17, 2004Assignee: Intelligent Mechantronic Systems, Inc.Inventors: Otman Adam Basir, Fakhreddine Karray, Vladimir Filippov
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Publication number: 20030222440Abstract: This invention describes a roof-mounted sensor consisting of two rows of intersecting electrodes that are placed across an area of the vehicle's roof and a method to determine the position and motion of an occupant. This is accomplished by measuring physical values, which depend on the distance between the highest point of an occupant's body to each electrode in the row. Analysis of said physical values is used to derive an occupant's position relative to each row and the distance between the highest point of an occupant's body and the vehicle's roof. By analyzing the change in distances with respect to time, the occupant's motion can be tracked.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2002Publication date: December 4, 2003Inventors: Otman Adam Basir, Fakhreddine Karray, Michael Kotlyachkov, Vladimir Filippov
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Publication number: 20030173120Abstract: This invention describes an occupant size and weight detection device consisting of a combination of force/load sensors (1), a head position sensor (2, 3), a multidirectional acceleration sensor (5), and a seat position sensor (4) used to determine the weight of an occupant based on weight distribution, body angle and foot position. The goal of the invention is to determine the weight of an occupant who is sitting in the front seat of a vehicle that is subjected to the dynamic forces resulting from the vehicle moving. This technology can be used in applications such as automotive occupant weight and position sensing for use with safety devices such as airbags.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2003Publication date: September 18, 2003Inventors: Kristopher L. Desrochers, Brian Johnson, Fakhri Karray, Otman Adam Basir, Vladimir Filippov
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Publication number: 20030151516Abstract: This invention describes a non-intrusive system used to determine if the driver of a vehicle is drowsy and at risk of falling asleep at the wheel due to drowsiness. The system consists of two different drowsiness detection systems and a control unit. This redundancy reduces the risk of a false drowsiness assessment. The first subsystem consists of an array of sensors, mounted in the vehicle headliner and seat, which detects head movements that are indicative characteristics of a drowsy driver. The second subsystem consists of heart rate monitoring sensors placed in the steering wheel. The control unit is used to analyze the sensory data and determine the driver's drowsiness state and therefore corresponding risk of falling asleep while driving. Through sensory fusion, intelligent software algorithms, and the data provided by the sensors, the system monitors driver characteristics that may indicate a drowsy driver.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2003Publication date: August 14, 2003Inventors: Otman Adam Basir, Jean Pierre Bhavnani, Fakhreddine Karray, Kristopher Desrochers
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Publication number: 20030140683Abstract: An ultrasound system determines the presence of a foreign object in a container of fluid by measuring echo signals from the outer surface of the container and the inner surface of the container. The amplitude of the echo signals are compared to determine the presence of an object in the container. The system also determines viscosity of the contained fluid by measuring a through-transmission time through the container and the fluid, measuring an outer echo transmission time of an outer echo signal from the outer surface of the container and an inner echo transmission time of an inner echo signal from the inner surface of the container, and determining a time difference between the outer echo transmission time and the inner surface transmission time.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2002Publication date: July 31, 2003Inventors: Otman Adam Basir, Bosen Zhao, Gauri S. Mittal
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Publication number: 20030122669Abstract: The purpose of this invention is to sense the presence of a seated occupant in a vehicle such as an automobile, plane, train or bus, or in a room or location where it is desirable to detect if seats are occupied. The occupant presence detection device consists of a single seat-mounted electrode, an oscillator circuit, a bridge circuit, a detection circuit and a circuit for processing the detected signals. The oscillator circuit excites the electrode. If an occupant is present on the seat, additional capacitance from the human body is introduced into the bridge via the electrode. This created differences in the voltage and phase of the waveform in each arm of the bridge circuit which are amplified by a differential amplifier. The signal is then converted to a DC voltage that, when above a predetermined threshold, causes the device to outputs a signal that indicates the presence of an occupant.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2002Publication date: July 3, 2003Inventors: Vladimir Filippov, Kristopher Desrochers, Valeri Stepanov, Otman Adam Basir, Fakhreddine Karray
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Publication number: 20030122554Abstract: A vehicle occupant proximity sensor includes a transmitting electrode in a vehicle seat and an array of receiving electrodes mounted in a vehicle headliner above the vehicle seat. The sensor determines the capacitance at each of the receiving electrodes, which varies based upon the proximity of the occupant to each receiving electrode, thus producing an array of proximity information indicating in two dimensions the position of the occupant.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2003Publication date: July 3, 2003Inventors: Fakhreddine Karray, Vladimir Filippov, Otman Adam Basir
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Patent number: 6552550Abstract: A vehicle occupant proximity sensor includes a transmitting electrode in a vehicle seat and an array of receiving electrodes mounted in a vehicle headliner above the vehicle seat. The sensor determines the capacitance at each of the receiving electrodes, which varies based upon the proximity of the occupant to each receiving electrode, thus producing an array of proximity information indicating in two dimensions the position of the occupant.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2001Date of Patent: April 22, 2003Assignee: Intelligent Mechatronic Systems, Inc.Inventors: Fakhreddine Karray, Vladimir Filippov, Otman Adam Basir
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Publication number: 20020180463Abstract: A vehicle occupant proximity sensor includes a transmitting electrode in a vehicle seat and an array of receiving electrodes mounted in the vehicle seat. The sensor determines the capacitance at each of the receiving electrodes, which varies based upon the proximity of the occupant to each receiving electrode, thus producing an array of proximity information indicating in two dimensions the position of the occupant.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2001Publication date: December 5, 2002Inventors: Otman Adam Basir, Fakhreddine Karray, Vladimir Filippov
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Publication number: 20020039029Abstract: A vehicle occupant proximity sensor includes a transmitting electrode in a vehicle seat and an array of receiving electrodes mounted in a vehicle headliner above the vehicle seat. The sensor determines the capacitance at each of the receiving electrodes, which varies based upon the proximity of the occupant to each receiving electrode, thus producing an array of proximity information indicating in two dimensions the position of the occupant.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2001Publication date: April 4, 2002Inventors: Fakhreddine Karray, Vladimir Filippov, Otman Adam Basir