Patents by Inventor Renaud Laperriere

Renaud Laperriere 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).

  • Publication number: 20240166129
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method may include operating, by a processor device of a computer system, a vehicle at a predetermined speed. The method may further include receiving, from a sensor device, a sensor signal indicating an abnormal condition. The method may further include receiving, from a sensor device, a sensor signal indicating an abnormal condition. The method may further include, based on the sensor signal, determining, by the processor device, an operation risk. The method may further include, in response to determining the operation risk, activating, by the processor device, an alarm. The method may further include, in response to determining the operation risk, maintaining, by the processor device, operation of the vehicle at the predetermined speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Philémon Chavrier, Olivier Poussin, Renaud Laperriere
  • Publication number: 20240100916
    Abstract: The vehicle comprises a shading device arranged inside the driving cab. The shading device comprises a main curtain and a first side curtain, which are separate from each other but carried by common shaft, rotatable relative to a chassis, and which are each kinematically linked to the shaft. The vehicle further comprises a camera monitoring system capturing images outside the driving cab, and a first display screen arranged inside the driving cab, positioned on first one of the two lateral sides of the windshield, and vertically aligned with first side curtain but offset from main curtain. The shading device is configured to change between a first configuration, in which the main curtain and the first side curtain are entirely disposed higher than top of the first display screen, and a second configuration, in which a portion of the main curtain is disposed lower than top of the first display screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Renaud LAPERRIERE, Philemon Chavrier
  • Publication number: 20240083361
    Abstract: A method may include receiving, by a processor device of a computer system of a vehicle, image data from a camera proximate a distal end of a camera mount structure coupled to the vehicle, the image data including a captured image of a region adjacent a vertical side surface of the vehicle, the distal end of the camera mount structure protruding outwardly from the vertical side surface. The method further includes determining, by the processor device, a relative location of the distal end of the camera mount structure with respect to the vertical side surface of the vehicle within the captured image. The method further includes causing, by the processor device, a display device of the vehicle to display an image comprising the captured image and a first indication of the relative location of the distal end of the camera mount structure within the captured image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Renaud Laperriere, Philemon Chavrier
  • Publication number: 20230365110
    Abstract: A method of operating a vehicle feeding material to a road finishing machine. The vehicle includes a vehicle retarding system controllable to retard the vehicle, and processing circuitry coupled to the vehicle retarding system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicant: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Philemon Chavrier, Renaud Laperriere, Olivier Poussin
  • Publication number: 20230347890
    Abstract: A method of activating cruise control for a vehicle in motion is described. The vehicle speed is continuously acquired. A maximum allowable speed on the path currently travelled by the vehicle is determined. A value V1 for a limit speed is selected based on and below the determined maximum allowable speed. A time range of T units of time is selected based on the maximum allowable speed. The average speed is continuously calculated based on the continuously acquired speed measurements for the most recent T units of time. Upon determination that the speed of the vehicle exceeds the value V1 and that during the most recent T units of time the speed has deviated less than or equal to a predefined allowable deviation from the last calculated average speed, the cruise control is automatically activated to operate the vehicle at said last calculated average speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Philémon CHAVRIER, Renaud LAPERRIERE
  • Publication number: 20230158978
    Abstract: A truck adapted to transport Dangerous Goods. The truck includes a chassis on which is arranged a battery; a cab mounted on the chassis, a solar panel for charging the battery, said solar panel being arranged on cab roof. A first relay is configured to disconnect the battery and a second relay, distinctive from the first relay, configured to disconnect the solar panel. At least one manual control element is located in the cab configured to simultaneously open the first and second relays. A crash sensor detects a crash situation and an electronic control unit is configured to disconnect the second relay, the electronic control unit being connected to the crash sensor so that the crash sensor sends a signal to the electronic control unit when a crash situation is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Applicant: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
    Inventors: François BERNY, Cédric MAZAUFROY, Renaud LAPERRIERE
  • Patent number: 8478504
    Abstract: A skid steer machine having separate left and right hydraulic propulsion units includes an operating ratio change system by which the ratio of the propulsion speed of at least one of the hydraulic propulsion units versus the hydraulic flow directed to the propulsion units can be changed from at least a first ratio to a second ratio and inversely. The operating ratio change system includes an operating ratio change ECU which controls an operating ratio change device to operate in at least a first ratio configuration or a second ratio configuration, and the operating ratio change system operates in an automatic operating mode where the operating ratio change ECU selects the operating ratio according to machine parameters received by the operating ratio change ECU.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Volvo Compact Equipment SAS
    Inventors: Vincent Laval, Renaud Laperriere
  • Publication number: 20110191003
    Abstract: A skid steer machine having separate left and right hydraulic propulsion units includes an operating ratio change system by which the ratio of the propulsion speed of at least one of the hydraulic propulsion units versus the hydraulic flow directed to the propulsion units can be changed from at least a first ratio to a second ratio and inversely. The operating ratio change system includes an operating ratio change ECU which controls an operating ratio change device to operate in at least a first ratio configuration or a second ratio configuration, and the operating ratio change system operates in an automatic operating mode where the operating ratio change ECU selects the operating ratio according to machine parameters received by the operating ratio change ECU.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2008
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Applicant: Volvo Compact Equipment SAS
    Inventors: Vincent Laval, Renaud Laperriere