Patents by Inventor Robert Collard

Robert Collard 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: 11567643
    Abstract: Systems and methods interacting with a digital map are provided herein. A system includes a display that is configured to display a digital map. The digital map includes a number of targets with which a user can interact and a number of actions that are available for each target. The system is configured to update a table of an individual profile account when the user performs an actions at one of the targets, use a role prediction model to predict a role based on the table of the individual profile account, and update the table of the individual account based on a table of a role profile account associated with the predicted role.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jiaqi Ma, Robert Collard, David Melcher, Jason Snow, Yifan Chen
  • Patent number: 11543931
    Abstract: Systems and methods interacting with tabletop models using a handheld device are provided herein. A display system includes a tabletop model, including a horizontal display that is configured to display a two-dimensional digital map and a three-dimensional physical model that is configured to overlay the two-dimensional digital map. The display system includes a mobile device including a touchscreen display. The display system transforms a movement on the touchscreen display to a movement of a cursor on the two-dimensional digital map.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Yifan Chen, Shan Chy Chueh, David Melcher, John Vincent, Kangning Chen, Jason Snow, Girish Yadav, Jiaqi Ma, Robert Collard, Shuai Wang
  • Publication number: 20220236855
    Abstract: Systems and methods interacting with tabletop models using a handheld device are provided herein. A display system includes a tabletop model, including a horizontal display that is configured to display a two-dimensional digital map and a three-dimensional physical model that is configured to overlay the two-dimensional digital map. The display system includes a mobile device including a touchscreen display. The display system transforms a movement on the touchscreen display to a movement of a cursor on the two-dimensional digital map.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Yifan Chen, Shan Chy Chueh, David Melcher, John Vincent, Kangning Chen, Jason Snow, Girish Yadav, Jiaqi Ma, Robert Collard, Shuai Wang
  • Publication number: 20220236859
    Abstract: Systems and methods interacting with a digital map are provided herein. A system includes a display that is configured to display a digital map. The digital map includes a number of targets with which a user can interact and a number of actions that are available for each target. The system is configured to update a table of an individual profile account when the user performs an actions at one of the targets, use a role prediction model to predict a role based on the table of the individual profile account, and update the table of the individual account based on a table of a role profile account associated with the predicted role.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jiaqi Ma, Robert Collard, David Melcher, Jason Snow, Yifan Chen
  • Publication number: 20140144597
    Abstract: A protective barrier, the protective barrier comprising: a substantially elongated beam; a beam support for supporting the beam and allowing longitudinal movements of the beam relative thereto; and a protective element mounted to the beam and configurable between a protective element extended configuration and a protective element retracted configuration, wherein the protective element extends along a larger portion of the beam in the protective element extended configuration than in the protective element retracted configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2013
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Inventors: Robert Collard, Mario Boisvert