Patents by Inventor Peter Finnegan

Peter Finnegan 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).

  • Patent number: 12194919
    Abstract: A method for enabling vehicle connected services for a hearing-impaired vehicle occupant includes receiving sensor data from a plurality of sensors of a vehicle. The sensor data includes scene data indicative of a scene inside the vehicle and outside the vehicle. The method further includes determining that the hearing-impaired vehicle occupant is articulating sign language using the sensor data. Also, the method includes determining a vehicle-occupant message corresponding to the sign language articulated by the hearing-impaired vehicle occupant to generate vehicle occupant-message data in response to determining that the hearing-impaired vehicle occupant is articulating sign language. The method further includes transmitting the vehicle occupant-message data and the scene data to a remote system in response to generating the vehicle occupant-message data. Further, the method includes receiving a vehicle connected service from the remote system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Esther Anderson, Fan Bai, Donald K. Grimm, Paul E. Krajewski, Jace C. Stokes, Peter Finnegan, Hannah Elizabeth Wagner, Himabindu G. Sundaram, Mark T. Gaylord, Travis Scott Hester, Mark L. Reuss
  • Publication number: 20240282114
    Abstract: A system for processing a plurality of video recordings for a vehicle includes a camera system including a camera buffer. The system also includes a video storage device. The system also includes a vehicle communication system configured to communicate with a remote server. The system also includes a vehicle controller. The vehicle controller is programmed to capture one of the plurality of video recordings using the camera system. The one of the plurality of video recordings is stored to the camera buffer. The vehicle controller is also programmed to generate at least one event video file based on the one of the plurality of video recordings and save the at least one event video file to the video storage device. The vehicle controller is also programmed to upload the at least one event video file from the video storage device to the remote server using the vehicle communication system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2023
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventors: Chuan Li, Esther Anderson, Jace C. Stokes, Peter Finnegan, Fan Bai, Tarik Mahmood
  • Publication number: 20240278717
    Abstract: A method for enabling vehicle connected services for a hearing-impaired vehicle occupant includes receiving sensor data from a plurality of sensors of a vehicle. The sensor data includes scene data indicative of a scene inside the vehicle and outside the vehicle. The method further includes determining that the hearing-impaired vehicle occupant is articulating sign language using the sensor data. Also, the method includes determining a vehicle-occupant message corresponding to the sign language articulated by the hearing-impaired vehicle occupant to generate vehicle occupant-message data in response to determining that the hearing-impaired vehicle occupant is articulating sign language. The method further includes transmitting the vehicle occupant-message data and the scene data to a remote system in response to generating the vehicle occupant-message data. Further, the method includes receiving a vehicle connected service from the remote system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2023
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventors: Esther Anderson, Fan Bai, Donald K. Grimm, Paul E. Krajewski, Jace C. Stokes, Peter Finnegan, Hannah Elizabeth Wagner, Himabindu G. Sundaram, Mark T. Gaylord, Travis Scott Hester, Mark L. Reuss
  • Patent number: 11936700
    Abstract: A system for real-time video streaming for a vehicle includes a camera system configured to capture videos of an environment surrounding the vehicle. The system also includes a vehicle communication system configured to communicate with a remote server and a vehicle controller in electrical communication with the camera system and the vehicle communication system. The vehicle controller is programmed to determine a system enablement state. The vehicle controller is further programmed to determine a camera system configuration in response to determining that the system enablement state is a system enabled state. The vehicle controller is further programmed to capture at least one video frame using the camera system based at least in part on the camera system configuration. The vehicle controller is further programmed to transmit the at least one video frame to the remote server using the vehicle communication system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Fan Bai, Chuan Li, Esther Anderson, Jace C. Stokes, Peter Finnegan, Tarik Mahmood
  • Publication number: 20230277736
    Abstract: A surgical system for use in establishing and maintaining an opening to an anatomical space of a body, the system comprising an obturator assembly having a cutting portion at a distal end and a cannula, the cannula being detachably coupled to the cutting portion and deployable into the anatomical space of a patient, the cannula comprises a locking portion, and a lengthwise extendable body; a valve assembly comprising a passage for receiving the cannula, a first end for coupling to a fluid extraction device and a second end for placement external and adjacent the anatomical space; a base comprising a plate for placement on a patient external and adjacent the anatomical space, the plate has an aperture configured for receiving the obturator assembly and coupling means located about the aperture for coupling with the valve assembly; and wherein, in use, the locking portion of the cannula is configured to be retained in the valve assembly with the extendable body extended into the anatomical space to facilitate a
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Mark FITZGERALD, Peter FINNEGAN, Wing CHIU, Nayeem CHOWDHURY, Nabil CHOWDHURY
  • Patent number: 11690938
    Abstract: A surgical system for use in establishing and maintaining an opening to an anatomical space of a body, the system comprising an obturator assembly having a cutting portion at a distal end and a cannula, the cannula being detachably coupled to the cutting portion and deployable into the anatomical space of a patient, the cannula comprises a locking portion, and a lengthwise extendable body; a valve assembly comprising a passage for receiving the cannula, a first end for coupling to a fluid extraction device and a second end for placement external and adjacent the anatomical space; a base comprising a plate for placement on a patient external and adjacent the anatomical space, the plate has an aperture configured for receiving the obturator assembly and coupling means located about the aperture for coupling with the valve assembly; and wherein, in use, the locking portion of the cannula is configured to be retained in the valve assembly with the extendable body extended into the anatomical space to facilitate a
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignees: Alfred Health, Monash University
    Inventors: Mark Fitzgerald, Peter Finnegan, Wing Chiu, Nayeem Chowdhury, Nabil Chowdhury
  • Publication number: 20190307937
    Abstract: A surgical system for use in establishing and maintaining an opening to an anatomical space of a body, the system comprising an obturator assembly having a cutting portion at a distal end and a cannula, the cannula being detachably coupled to the cutting portion and deployable into the anatomical space of a patient, the cannula comprises a locking portion, and a lengthwise extendable body; a valve assembly comprising a passage for receiving the cannula, a first end for coupling to a fluid extraction device and a second end for placement external and adjacent the anatomical space; a base comprising a plate for placement on a patient external and adjacent the anatomical space, the plate has an aperture configured for receiving the obturator assembly and coupling means located about the aperture for coupling with the valve assembly; and wherein, in use, the locking portion of the cannula is configured to be retained in the valve assembly with the extendable body extended into the anatomical space to facilitate a
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventors: Mark FITZGERALD, Peter FINNEGAN, Wing CHIU, Nayeem CHOWDHURY, Nabil CHOWDHURY
  • Patent number: 10373502
    Abstract: An advanced driver-assistance system (ADAS) and method for a vehicle each utilize a driving scenario detection system configured to detect whether the vehicle is involved in a multiple turn lane driving scenario where the vehicle is in one of a plurality of neighboring turn lanes, a blind spot monitoring system comprising an object sensing device configured to detect one or more objects in one or more of the neighboring turn lanes and output a blind spot warning in response to detecting one or more objects in the one or more neighboring turn lanes, and a controller configured to, using the driving scenario detection system, detect that the vehicle is involved in the multiple turn lane driving scenario and, in response to detecting that the vehicle is involved in the multiple turn lane driving scenario, temporarily suppress the blind spot warning output by the blind spot monitoring system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: FCA US LLC
    Inventor: Peter Finnegan