Patents by Inventor Robin VINCENT

Robin VINCENT 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: 20220289222
    Abstract: A method for evaluating the deceleration law of a vehicle including an accelerator pedal, a brake pedal, and a powertrain including an engine, a gearbox and a unit for disconnecting the engine and gearbox, the deceleration law being defined for a discrete state of the powertrain. The method includes a first step of evaluating driving parameters, including measuring the speed (v) of the vehicle, evaluating the engaged gearbox ratio, evaluating the state of closure of the disconnecting unit, detecting the position of the accelerator pedal, detecting the position of the brake pedal, evaluating the slope (a) of the road on which the vehicle is traveling, evaluating the mass (m) of the vehicle. If the accelerator pedal is in a released position and if the brake pedal is in a released position, a second step including recording the speed (v) of the vehicle and the slope (a) of the road.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: VALEO SYSTEMES DE CONTROLE MOTEUR
    Inventors: Florent DAVID, Robin VINCENT
  • Patent number: 10846743
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for presenting content items. In one aspect, a method includes obtaining, for each of one or more first applications, a user's level of interest in obtaining content based on a number of user requests for content from the application that result in less than a given amount of content being presented to the user. Based on one or more obtained levels of interest, a content item for a second application that has available content is selected. The second application can be different from the first application. The content item is displayed on a display of a user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventor: Robin Vincent Hunter
  • Publication number: 20170046741
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for presenting content items. In one aspect, a method includes obtaining, for each of one or more first applications, a user's level of interest in obtaining content based on a number of user requests for content from the application that result in less than a given amount of content being presented to the user. Based on one or more obtained levels of interest, a content item for a second application that has available content is selected. The second application can be different from the first application. The content item is displayed on a display of a user device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventor: Robin Vincent Hunter