Patents by Inventor Paul Robert Haney

Paul Robert Haney 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).

  • Object detection in adaptive cruise control
    Patent number: 6968266
    Abstract: A control system 20 for an automotive vehicle 22, such as an adaptive cruise control (ACC) system, is provided including a controller 24. The controller 24 is electrically coupled to a radar system and a navigation system. The detection system 28 detects an object and generates an object profile. The navigation system 34 generates a navigation signal. The controller 24 in response to the object profile and the navigation signal, generates a predicted future path profile and inhibits resume speed of the vehicle 22 in response to the predicted future path profile. An additional feature of the invention is that the controller 24 may also be electrically coupled to a yaw rate sensor 30. The yaw rate sensor 30 senses the yaw rate of the vehicle 22 and generates a yaw rate signal. The controller 24 in response to the yaw rate signal inhibits resume speed of the vehicle 22.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2005
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Farid Ahmed-Zaid, Gerald H Engelman, Paul Robert Haney
  • Automotive radar elevation alignment
    Patent number: 6778131
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for aligning the elevation of an automotive radar unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: Jaguar Cars Limited
    Inventors: Paul Robert Haney, Michael Julian Richardson, Edward George Hoare
  • Object detection in adaptive cruise control
    Publication number: 20030204298
    Abstract: A control system 20 for an automotive vehicle 22, such as an adaptive cruise control (ACC) system, is provided including a controller 24. The controller 24 is electrically coupled to a radar system and a navigation system. The detection system 28 detects an object and generates an object profile. The navigation system 34 generates a navigation signal. The controller 24 in response to the object profile and the navigation signal, generates a predicted future path profile and inhibits resume speed of the vehicle 22 in response to the predicted future path profile. An additional feature of the invention is that the controller 24 may also be electrically coupled to a yaw rate sensor 30. The yaw rate sensor 30 senses the yaw rate of the vehicle 22 and generates a yaw rate signal. The controller 24 in response to the yaw rate signal inhibits resume speed of the vehicle 22.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2002
    Publication date: October 30, 2003
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Farid Ahmed-Zaid, Gerald H. Engelman, Paul Robert Haney
  • Automotive radar elevation alignment
    Publication number: 20030090411
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for aligning the elevation of an automotive radar unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2002
    Publication date: May 15, 2003
    Inventors: Paul Robert Haney, Michael Julian Richardson, Edward George Hoare