Patents by Inventor Robson da Silva Magalhães

Robson da Silva Magalhães 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).

  • Adaptive front-lighting system with fuzzy logic control
    Patent number: 8433479
    Abstract: An adaptive front-lighting system is provided for a vehicle, such as a passenger car, truck, or tractor trailer. A plurality of LED light sources on the vehicle have a projection pattern for exterior illumination to supplement a main beam from a main light source. A power supply drives the LED light sources according to a driving signal having a magnitude between a minimum driving signal and a maximum driving signal, wherein the LED light sources sequentially illuminate in response to the magnitude of the driving signal. A speed sensor characterizes an instantaneous vehicle speed. A turn sensor characterizes an instantaneous turning radius. A fuzzy controller generates the driving signal in response to the instantaneous vehicle speed and the instantaneous turning radius based on a fuzzy model. The fuzzy model is characterized by a plurality of empirically-derived fuzzy rules that define discontinuous values and by a plurality of modified consequents that produce a substantially continuous output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Luciano Lukacs, Mahendra Somasara Dassanayake, Iuri Muniz Pepe, Robson da Silva Magalhaes, Christiano Hora De O. Fontes, Marcelo Embirucu
  • Adaptive Front-Lighting System with Fuzzy Logic Control
    Publication number: 20120203432
    Abstract: An adaptive front-lighting system is provided for a vehicle, such as a passenger car, truck, or tractor trailer. A plurality of LED light sources on the vehicle have a projection pattern for exterior illumination to supplement a main beam from a main light source. A power supply drives the LED light sources according to a driving signal having a magnitude between a minimum driving signal and a maximum driving signal, wherein the LED light sources sequentially illuminate in response to the magnitude of the driving signal. A speed sensor characterizes an instantaneous vehicle speed. A turn sensor characterizes an instantaneous turning radius. A fuzzy controller generates the driving signal in response to the instantaneous vehicle speed and the instantaneous turning radius based on a fuzzy model. The fuzzy model is characterized by a plurality of empirically-derived fuzzy rules that define discontinuous values and by a plurality of modified consequents that produce a substantially continuous output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2011
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Luciano Lukacs, Mahendra Somasara Dassanayake, Iuri Muniz Pepe, Robson da Silva Magalhães, Christiano Hora De O. Fontes, Marcelo Embirucu