Patents by Inventor Patrick Bittman

Patrick Bittman 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).

  • Integrated automotive adaptive driving beam headlamp and calibration method
    Patent number: 10317034
    Abstract: An automotive adaptive driving beam (ADB) headlamp (20) includes a housing (22), a digital camera (32), an ADB controller (28), a segmented lighting array (24), and an ADB driver (30), wherein the digital camera (32) is integral with the ADB headlamp (20). The housing (22) includes an attachment structure (34) for attachment to a vehicle headlamp cavity (15). The digital camera (32) captures an image preceding the vehicle (2) and the ADB controller (28) detects an object (48) in the image and generates a control signal based, at least in part, on a position of the object (48). The segmented lighting array (24) is disposed within the housing (22) and includes a plurality of solid-state light sources (40a-n) arranged to emit a light in a light distribution pattern (26). The ADB driver (30) selectively drives the solid-state light sources (40a-n) based on the control signal from the ADB controller (28).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: OSRAM SYLVANIA Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Tessnow, Patrick Bittman
  • INTEGRATED AUTOMOTIVE ADAPTIVE DRIVING BEAM HEADLAMP AND CALIBRATION METHOD
    Publication number: 20190128497
    Abstract: An automotive adaptive driving beam (ADB) headlamp (20) includes a housing (22), a digital camera (32), an ADB controller (28), a segmented lighting array (24), and an ADB driver (30), wherein the digital camera (32) is integral with the ADB headlamp (20). The housing (22) includes an attachment structure (34) for attachment to a vehicle headlamp cavity (15). The digital camera (32) captures an image preceding the vehicle (2) and the ADB controller (28) detects an object (48) in the image and generates a control signal based, at least in part, on a position of the object (48). The segmented lighting array (24) is disposed within the housing (22) and includes a plurality of solid-state light sources (40a-n) arranged to emit a light in a light distribution pattern (26). The ADB driver (30) selectively drives the solid-state light sources (40a-n) based on the control signal from the ADB controller (28).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: OSRAM SYLVANIA Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Tessnow, Patrick Bittman