Patents by Inventor Roger Andre

Roger Andre 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).

  • Method and apparatus to encode fuel use data with GPS data and to analyze such data
    Patent number: 9230437
    Abstract: System and method for analyzing position data and fuel injector data from a vehicle equipped with a geographical position system (GPS) and fuel injector sensors to enable fuel use patterns of the vehicle to be analyzed. Data defining a flow of fuel through the vehicle's fuel injectors is combined with temporal data and GPS data to produce fuel use encoded GPS data that is transmitted to a remote computer. The fuel use encoded GPS data can be analyzed to determine how much fuel was used by the vehicle during off road use to enable proper fuel tax computations to be performed. The data can also be used to evaluate the mechanical condition of a vehicle. By monitoring fuel use for a trip repeated numerous times, a decrease in fuel efficiency may indicate a mechanical problem (dirty injectors, fouled spark plugs, etc).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: ZONAR SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Brett Brinton, Charles Michael McQuade, Roger Andre, Joshua Hansen
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS TO ENCODE FUEL USE DATA WITH GPS DATA AND TO ANALYZE SUCH DATA
    Publication number: 20100280734
    Abstract: System and method for analyzing position data and fuel injector data from a vehicle equipped with a geographical position system (GPS) and fuel injector sensors to enable fuel use patterns of the vehicle to be analyzed. Data defining a flow of fuel through the vehicle's fuel injectors is combined with temporal data and GPS data to produce fuel use encoded GPS data that is transmitted to a remote computer. The fuel use encoded GPS data can be analyzed to determine how much fuel was used by the vehicle during off road use to enable proper fuel tax computations to be performed. The data can also be used to evaluate the mechanical condition of a vehicle. By monitoring fuel use for a trip repeated numerous times, a decrease in fuel efficiency may indicate a mechanical problem (dirty injectors, fouled spark plugs, etc).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2010
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Applicant: Zonar Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Brett Brinton, Charles Michael McQuade, Roger Andre, Joshua Hansen