Patents by Inventor Peter Hergesheimer
Peter Hergesheimer 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: 11792622Abstract: Systems and methods for radio access interfaces in accordance with embodiments of the invention are disclosed. In one embodiments, a vehicle telematics device includes a processor, a communications device, and a memory, wherein the vehicle telematics device communicates with a mobile communications device using the communications device, wherein the mobile communications device is in communication with a remote server system via a mobile network connection, and wherein the vehicle telematics device provides data to the mobile communications device, where the data is to be transmitted to the remote server system, provides command data to the mobile communications device, where the command data instructs the mobile communication device to transmit the data to the remote server system using at least one communication protocol, and causes the mobile communications device to transmit the data to the remote server system using the at least one communication protocol based on the command data.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2021Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: CalAmp Corp.Inventors: Peter Hergesheimer, Thomas M. Nornberg
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Patent number: 11650282Abstract: Systems and methods for locating collocated assets in accordance with embodiments of the invention are disclosed. In one embodiment of the invention, an asset tracking device includes a processor, a memory connected to the processor, and a communications device connected to the processor, wherein the processor obtains asset signal data, where the asset signal strength data includes asset data identifying an asset, calculates asset signal strength data based on the obtained asset signal data, and determines chained asset data based on the asset signal data and the asset signal strength data, where the chained asset data identifies a set of assets chained to a master asset associated with the asset tracking device.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2021Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: CalAmp Corp.Inventor: Peter Hergesheimer
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Patent number: 11631284Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include a vehicle telematics system including telematics a telematics device, where the telematics device includes a modem that communicates using several communication modes, and the processor of the telematics device is directed to operate in the communication mode, transmit a notification to the cellular data server regarding a switch to a different communication mode, switch to the navigation mode and obtain location data for a first time, switch back to the communication mode, extrapolate a new location for a second time while in the communication mode based on an analysis of the location data received during the navigation mode.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2020Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: CalAmp Corp.Inventors: Peter Hergesheimer, Steve Burrington
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Patent number: 11480587Abstract: Systems and methods for low-latency calibration of the alignment of 3-axis accelerometers in accordance embodiments of the invention are disclosed. In one embodiment of the invention, a telematics system includes a processor, an acceleration sensor, a velocity sensor, and a memory configured to store an acceleration alignment application, wherein the acceleration alignment application configures the processor to determine vehicular forward acceleration information and vehicular lateral acceleration information, calculate a lateral acceleration vector, a forward acceleration vector, and a vertical acceleration vector using a forward incline vector and a lateral incline vector determined using the vehicular forward acceleration information and vehicular lateral acceleration information.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2019Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: CalAmpCorp.Inventors: Peter Hergesheimer, Todd Sprague, Alexandre Dlagnekov
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Patent number: 11472361Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include a vehicle telematics system including a telematics device, wherein the telematics device detects, using a processor of a telematics device, a vehicle ignition off event and reconfigures at least one parameter of an accelerometer for a low power mode of operation while in the vehicle ignition off state, and places the telematics device in a sleep mode of operation, wherein an accelerometer generates an interrupt to wake the processor of the telematics device from the sleep mode of operation upon detecting an acceleration event that exceeds a threshold, and the processor of the telematics device analyzes the accelerometer data stored in a FIFO buffer of the accelerometer.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2020Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: CalAmp Corp.Inventors: Jeff Jenkins, Peter Hergesheimer
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Patent number: 11381402Abstract: A vehicle telematics system is provided having secure communication capabilities between a vehicle telematics device and external computing devices. In one embodiment, the vehicle telematics device includes a processor; a memory coupled to the processor and storing a vehicle telematics application; and a security chip coupled to the processor and the memory, wherein the security chip is configured to support a Transport Layer Security (TLS) stack.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2020Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: CalAmp Corp.Inventor: Peter Hergesheimer
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Publication number: 20210352452Abstract: Systems and methods for radio access interfaces in accordance with embodiments of the invention are disclosed. in one embodiments, a vehicle telernatics device includes a processor, a communications device, and a memory, wherein the vehicle telematics device communicates with a mobile communications device using the communications device, wherein the mobile communications device is in communication with a remote server system via a mobile network connection, and wherein the vehicle telematics device provides data to the mobile communications device, where the data is to be transmitted to the remote server system, provides command data to the mobile communications device, where the command data instructs the mobile communication device to transmit the data to the remote server system using at least one communication protocol, and causes the mobile communications device to transmit the data to the remote server system using the at least one communication protocol based on the command data.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2021Publication date: November 11, 2021Inventors: Peter Hergesheimer, Thomas M. Nornberg
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Publication number: 20210286039Abstract: Systems and methods for locating collocated assets in accordance with embodiments of the invention are disclosed. In one embodiment of the invention, an asset tracking device includes a processor, a memory connected to the processor, and a communications device connected to the processor, wherein the processor obtains asset signal data, where the asset signal strength data includes asset data identifying an asset, calculates asset signal strength data based on the obtained asset signal data, and determines chained asset data based on the asset signal data and the asset signal strength data, where the chained asset data identifies a set of assets chained to a master asset associated with the asset tracking device.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2021Publication date: September 16, 2021Inventor: Peter Hergesheimer
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Publication number: 20210225093Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include a vehicle telematics system including telematics a telematics device, where the telematics device includes a modem that communicates using several communication modes, and the processor of the telematics device is directed to operate in the communication mode, transmit a notification to the cellular data server regarding a switch to a different communication mode, switch to the navigation mode and obtain location data for a first time, switch back to the communication mode, extrapolate a new location for a second time while in the communication mode based on an analysis of the location data received during the navigation mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2020Publication date: July 22, 2021Applicant: CalAmp Corp.Inventors: Peter Hergesheimer, Steve Burrington
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Publication number: 20210221312Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include a vehicle telematics system including a telematics device, wherein the telematics device detects, using a processor of a telematics device, a vehicle ignition off event and reconfigures at least one parameter of an accelerometer for a low power mode of operation while in the vehicle ignition off state, and places the telematics device in a sleep mode of operation, wherein an accelerometer generates an interrupt to wake the processor of the telematics device from the sleep mode of operation upon detecting an acceleration event that exceeds a threshold, and the processor of the telematics device analyzes the accelerometer data stored in a FIFO buffer of the accelerometer.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2020Publication date: July 22, 2021Applicant: CalAmp Corp.Inventors: Jeff Jenkins, Peter Hergesheimer
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Patent number: 11070964Abstract: Systems and methods for radio access interfaces in accordance with embodiments of the invention are disclosed. In one embodiments, a vehicle telematics device includes a processor, a communications device, and a memory, wherein the vehicle telematics device communicates with a mobile communications device using the communications device, wherein the mobile communications device is in communication with a remote server system via a mobile network connection, and wherein the vehicle telematics device provides data to the mobile communications device, where the data is to be transmitted to the remote server system, provides command data to the mobile communications device, where the command data instructs the mobile communication device to transmit the data to the remote server system using at least one communication protocol, and causes the mobile communications device to transmit the data to the remote server system using the at least one communication protocol based on the command data.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2020Date of Patent: July 20, 2021Assignee: CalAmp Corp.Inventors: Peter Hergesheimer, Thomas M. Nornberg
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Patent number: 11022671Abstract: Systems and methods for locating collocated assets in accordance with embodiments of the invention are disclosed. In one embodiment of the invention, an asset tracking device includes a processor, a memory connected to the processor, and a communications device connected to the processor, wherein the processor obtains asset signal data, where the asset signal strength data includes asset data identifying an asset, calculates asset signal strength data based on the obtained asset signal data, and determines chained asset data based on the asset signal data and the asset signal strength data, where the chained asset data identifies a set of assets chained to a master asset associated with the asset tracking device.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2020Date of Patent: June 1, 2021Assignee: CalAmp CorpInventor: Peter Hergesheimer
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Publication number: 20210067346Abstract: A vehicle telematics system is provided having secure communication capabilities between a vehicle telematics device and external computing devices. In one embodiment, the vehicle telematics device includes a processor; a memory coupled to the processor and storing a vehicle telematics application; and a security chip coupled to the processor and the memory, wherein the security chip is configured to support a Transport Layer Security (TLS) stack.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2020Publication date: March 4, 2021Applicant: CalAmp Corp.Inventor: Peter Hergesheimer
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Publication number: 20200404469Abstract: Systems and methods for radio access interfaces in accordance with embodiments of the invention are disclosed. In one embodiments, a vehicle telematics device includes a processor, a communications device, and a memory, wherein the vehicle telematics device communicates with a mobile communications device using the communications device, wherein the mobile communications device is in communication with a remote server system via a mobile network connection, and wherein the vehicle telematics device provides data to the mobile communications device, where the data is to be transmitted to the remote server system, provides command data to the mobile communications device, where the command data instructs the mobile communication device to transmit the data to the remote server system using at least one communication protocol, and causes the mobile communications device to transmit the data to the remote server system using the at least one communication protocol based on the command data.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2020Publication date: December 24, 2020Applicant: CalAmp Corp.Inventors: Peter Hergesheimer, Thomas M. Nornberg
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Publication number: 20200393491Abstract: Systems and methods for the calibration of 3-axis accelerometers using vertical sample buffers in accordance embodiments of the invention are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2020Publication date: December 17, 2020Applicant: CalAmp Corp.Inventors: Peter Hergesheimer, Todd Sprague, Alexandre Dlagnekov
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Publication number: 20200393533Abstract: Systems and methods for locating collocated assets in accordance with embodiments of the invention are disclosed. In one embodiment of the invention, an asset tracking device includes a processor, a memory connected to the processor, and a communications device connected to the processor, wherein the processor obtains asset signal data, where the asset signal strength data includes asset data identifying an asset, calculates asset signal strength data based on the obtained asset signal data, and determines chained asset data based on the asset signal data and the asset signal strength data, where the chained asset data identifies a set of assets chained to a master asset associated with the asset tracking device.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2020Publication date: December 17, 2020Applicant: CalAmp CorpInventor: Peter Hergesheimer
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Patent number: 10645551Abstract: Systems and methods for radio access interfaces in accordance with embodiments of the invention are disclosed. In one embodiments, a vehicle telematics device includes a processor, a communications device, and a memory, wherein the vehicle telematics device communicates with a mobile communications device using the communications device, wherein the mobile communications device is in communication with a remote server system via a mobile network connection, and wherein the vehicle telematics device provides data to the mobile communications device, where the data is to be transmitted to the remote server system, provides command data to the mobile communications device, where the command data instructs the mobile communication device to transmit the data to the remote server system using at least one communication protocol, and causes the mobile communications device to transmit the data to the remote server system using the at least one communication protocol based on the command data.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2019Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: CalAmp Corp.Inventors: Peter Hergesheimer, Thomas M. Nornberg
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Publication number: 20200096602Abstract: Systems and methods for locating collocated assets in accordance with embodiments of the invention are disclosed. In one embodiment of the invention, an asset tracking device includes a processor, a memory connected to the processor, and a communications device connected to the processor, wherein the processor obtains asset signal data, where the asset signal strength data includes asset data identifying an asset, calculates asset signal strength data based on the obtained asset signal data, and determines chained asset data based on the asset signal data and the asset signal strength data, where the chained asset data identifies a set of assets chained to a master asset associated with the asset tracking device.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2019Publication date: March 26, 2020Applicant: CalAmp Corp.Inventor: Peter Hergesheimer
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Publication number: 20200064370Abstract: Systems and methods for low-latency calibration of the alignment of 3-axis accelerometers in accordance embodiments of the invention are disclosed. In one embodiment of the invention, a telematics system includes a processor, an acceleration sensor, a velocity sensor, and a memory configured to store an acceleration alignment application, wherein the acceleration alignment application configures the processor to determine vehicular forward acceleration information and vehicular lateral acceleration information, calculate a lateral acceleration vector, a forward acceleration vector, and a vertical acceleration vector using a forward incline vector and a lateral incline vector determined using the vehicular forward acceleration information and vehicular lateral acceleration information.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2019Publication date: February 27, 2020Applicant: CalAmp Corp.Inventors: Peter Hergesheimer, Todd Sprague, Alexandre Dlagnekov
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Patent number: 10473750Abstract: Systems and methods for locating collocated assets in accordance with embodiments of the invention are disclosed. In one embodiment of the invention, an asset tracking device includes a processor, a memory connected to the processor, and a communications device connected to the processor, wherein the processor obtains asset signal data, where the asset signal strength data includes asset data identifying an asset, calculates asset signal strength data based on the obtained asset signal data, and determines chained asset data based on the asset signal data and the asset signal strength data, where the chained asset data identifies a set of assets chained to a master asset associated with the asset tracking device.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2016Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Assignee: CalAmp Corp.Inventor: Peter Hergesheimer