Patents by Inventor Rick Haubenstricker

Rick Haubenstricker 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).

  • VEHICLE HITCH BALL DETECTION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20200324593
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes an imager mounted with and directed to a rear of the vehicle and outputting image data, a vehicle speed sensor mounted with the vehicle and outputting vehicle speed data, and an image processor receiving the image data and the vehicle speed data. The image processor is programmed to monitor a signal from the vehicle speed sensor and, when the signal from the vehicle speed sensor indicates a vehicle speed above a predetermined minimum speed, execute a feature extraction function to locate a hitch ball mounted to the vehicle in the image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Inventors: Luke Niewiadomski, Nikhil Nagraj Rao, Rick Haubenstricker, Richard Campbell, Mark Bowers, Lihui Chen
  • Vehicle hitch ball detection system
    Patent number: 10780752
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes an imager mounted with and directed to a rear of the vehicle and outputting image data, a vehicle speed sensor mounted with the vehicle and outputting vehicle speed data, and an image processor receiving the image data and the vehicle speed data. The image processor is programmed to monitor a signal from the vehicle speed sensor and, when the signal from the vehicle speed sensor indicates a vehicle speed above a predetermined minimum speed, execute a feature extraction function to locate a hitch ball mounted to the vehicle in the image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Luke Niewiadomski, Nikhil Nagraj Rao, Rick Haubenstricker, Richard Campbell, Mark Bowers, Lihui Chen