Patents by Inventor Robert R. Hoveland

Robert R. Hoveland 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 LOST OBJECT PREVENTION
    Publication number: 20200160075
    Abstract: A vehicle system includes a memory and a processor programmed to execute instructions stored in the memory. The instructions include receiving an object detection signal and an egress signal, determining that the object detection signal represents an object in a host vehicle, determining that the egress signal represents a passenger attempting to exit the host vehicle, and activating an 0 interior light in accordance with the object detection signal and the egress signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2017
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: James Hadley MUITER, Christopher Jacob LOCKWOOD, Robert R. HOVELAND, Balbir GREWAL, Sara PIERCE, Jacob Park BRAYKOVICH, Moussa Khalil BAZZI, John MUSCAT
  • FULL WIDTH CROSS VEHICLE DISPLAY
    Publication number: 20190041222
    Abstract: A motor vehicle display includes a display screen having a first end adjacent a first A-pillar and a second end adjacent a second A-pillar of the motor vehicle. A related method of displaying information in a motor vehicle is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2017
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Inventors: Balbir S. Grewal, Loren John Lohmeyer, III, Robert R. Hoveland