Patents by Inventor Roger Downing

Roger Downing 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: 11702080
    Abstract: A system and method is provided for determining where a vehicle has parked in a parking lot. The method includes determining a geometry for a parking lot; receiving vehicle event data including periodic vehicle event data for vehicle speed and steering angle; tracking a movement of a vehicle using the vehicle event data; and determining where a vehicle has parked using a steering angle to determine a number of turns in the parking lot geometry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Wejo Limited
    Inventors: Roger Downing, Dylan Sumner
  • Publication number: 20230021813
    Abstract: A system configured to, and method of, generating and providing a data product using data supplied by a multitude of vehicles. The system/method includes carrying out a re-segmentation process in which an initial set of road segments are processed so as to obtain a re-segmented set of road segments; attributing traffic data to at least a subset of the re-segmented set of road segments, wherein, for each road segment of the subset of road segments, a portion of the traffic data is attributed to the road segment based on geographical proximity; carrying out a road segment merging process on the re-segmented set of road segments in order to obtain a merged set of road segments; aggregating metrics associated with the merged set of road segments to obtain aggregated road segment data; generating the data product using the aggregated road segment data; and providing the data product to a third party.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Roger Downing, Stephen Millington, Matthew Slack
  • Patent number: 11512963
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to a system and methods for ingesting location event data and encoding location data in the event data to a proximity. The encoding includes geohashing latitude and longitude for each event to a proximity for analysis and throughput.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Wejo Ltd.
    Inventors: Alan Gawthorpe, Roger Downing
  • Publication number: 20220337984
    Abstract: A data product system and method for efficient delivery of a data product. The method includes: processing geospatial data comprising a plurality of geospatial segments with temporal connected vehicle data to create a time and space varying data processing result; separating a table of reference geometries from the processing result; creating time slice data sets from the processing result; first associating the time slice data sets with the reference geometries to create a first associated set; second associating the first associated set with a measures table representing parameters to be characterized to create a second associated set; pruning null values related to temporal connected vehicle data from the second associated set to produce a result set; outputting the result set; and delivering the result set to a customer, wherein the customer receives an efficiently sized package of the result set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Stephen Millington, Roger Downing
  • Patent number: 11460307
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to a system and method for ingesting location event data and identifying a journey for a vehicle from the event data. The journey identification includes identifying whether a given vehicle is moving for purposes of driving to a journey destination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Wejo Ltd.
    Inventors: Roger Downing, Alan Gawthorpe
  • Publication number: 20220144281
    Abstract: A system and method is provided for determining where a vehicle has parked in a parking lot. The method includes determining a geometry for a parking lot; receiving vehicle event data including periodic vehicle event data for vehicle speed and steering angle; tracking a movement of a vehicle using the vehicle event data; and determining where a vehicle has parked using a steering angle to determine a number of turns in the parking lot geometry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Roger DOWNING, Dylan SUMNER
  • Patent number: 11045850
    Abstract: Methods and Apparatus to increase the efficiency of roll-forming and leveling systems are described herein. An example strip material processing apparatus includes a first drive system to drive an exit workroll at an exit of the strip material processing apparatus, and a second drive system to drive an entry workroll at an entry of the strip material processing apparatus, where the strip material is to travel through the strip material processing apparatus from the entry to the exit. The example strip material processing apparatus also includes a controller to provide a first command reference to the first drive system to drive the exit workroll at the first command reference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: The Bradbury Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory S. Smith, Zachary Williams, Roger Downing
  • Publication number: 20210134147
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to a system and methods for low latency processing of vehicle events to track vehicles through a road corridor comprising a plurality of road segments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2020
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Applicant: Wejo Ltd.
    Inventors: Christopher Andrew Camplejohn, Roger DOWNING
  • Publication number: 20210092551
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to a system and method for ingesting location event data, identifying a journey for a vehicle from the event data, and performing an event-of-interest analysis. The event-of-interest analysis is then provided to visualization interface for connected vehicle journey derived insights and accurate mapping.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: Wejo Ltd.
    Inventors: Stephen Millington, Roger Downing, Alan Gawthorpe
  • Publication number: 20200258328
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to a system and methods for ingesting location event data and encoding location data in the event data to a proximity. The encoding includes geohashing latitude and longitude for each event to a proximity for analysis and throughput.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Applicant: Wejo Ltd.
    Inventors: Alan Gawthorpe, Roger Downing
  • Publication number: 20200256683
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to a system and method for ingesting location event data and identifying a journey for a vehicle from the event data. The journey identification includes identifying whether a given vehicle is moving for purposes of driving to a journey destination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Applicant: Wejo Ltd.
    Inventors: Roger Downing, Alan Gawthorpe
  • Publication number: 20190201955
    Abstract: Methods and Apparatus to increase the efficiency of roll-forming and leveling systems are described herein. An example strip material processing apparatus includes a first drive system to drive an exit workroll at an exit of the strip material processing apparatus, and a second drive system to drive an entry workroll at an entry of the strip material processing apparatus, where the strip material is to travel through the strip material processing apparatus from the entry to the exit. The example strip material processing apparatus also includes a controller to provide a first command reference to the first drive system to drive the exit workroll at the first command reference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Gregory S. Smith, Zachary Williams, Roger Downing
  • Patent number: 10252306
    Abstract: Methods and Apparatus to increase the efficiency of roll-forming and leveling systems are described herein. An example strip material processing apparatus includes a first drive system to drive an exit workroll at an exit of the strip material processing apparatus, and a second drive system to drive an entry workroll at an entry of the strip material processing apparatus, where the strip material is to travel through the strip material processing apparatus from the entry to the exit. The example strip material processing apparatus also includes a controller to provide a first command reference to the first drive system to drive the exit workroll at the first command reference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: The Bradbury Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory S. Smith, Zachary Williams, Roger Downing
  • Publication number: 20180029094
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to determine a plunge depth position of material conditioning machines are disclosed. An example method incrementally adjusting a first plunge depth position of a first adjustable work roll and a first fixed work roll between an initial first roll plunge depth position and a final first roll plunge depth position. The method includes incrementally adjusting a second plunge depth position of a second adjustable work roll and a second fixed work roll between an initial second roll plunge depth position and a final second roll plunge depth position. The method includes measuring first pressure values of a first actuator associated with the first adjustable work roll at each incremental first plunge depth position, identifying a first relative minimum pressure value of the measured first pressure values, and determining a first incremental plunge depth position corresponding to the first relative minimum pressure value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: Clarence B. Cox, III, Roger Downing
  • Patent number: 9815099
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to determine a plunge depth position of material conditioning machines are disclosed. An example method for setting a plunge depth of a leveler includes incrementally adjusting, via an actuator, a first work roll relative to a second work roll between a plurality of incremental plunge depth positions; measuring a pressure value in the actuator at the respective incremental plunge depth positions; associating the measured pressure values with the corresponding incremental plunge depth positions; detecting a smallest one of the measured pressure values; and identifying a first one of the incremental plunge depth positions corresponding to the smallest one of the measured pressure values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: The Bradbury Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Clarence B. Cox, III, Roger Downing
  • Publication number: 20160354818
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to determine a plunge depth position of material conditioning machines are disclosed. An example method for setting a plunge depth of a leveler includes incrementally adjusting, via an actuator, a first work roll relative to a second work roll between a plurality of incremental plunge depth positions; measuring a pressure value in the actuator at the respective incremental plunge depth positions; associating the measured pressure values with the corresponding incremental plunge depth positions; detecting a smallest one of the measured pressure values; and identifying a first one of the incremental plunge depth positions corresponding to the smallest one of the measured pressure values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2015
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Inventors: Clarence B. Cox, III, Roger Downing
  • Publication number: 20150251235
    Abstract: Methods and Apparatus to increase the efficiency of roll-forming and leveling systems are described herein. An example strip material processing apparatus includes a first drive system to drive an exit workroll at an exit of the strip material processing apparatus, and a second drive system to drive an entry workroll at an entry of the strip material processing apparatus, where the strip material is to travel through the strip material processing apparatus from the entry to the exit. The example strip material processing apparatus also includes a controller to provide a first command reference to the first drive system to drive the exit workroll at the first command reference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2015
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Inventors: Gregory S. Smith, Zachary Williams, Roger Downing
  • Patent number: 9050638
    Abstract: Methods and Apparatus to increase the efficiency of roll-forming and leveling systems are described herein. An example strip material processing apparatus are described herein includes a first drive system to drive a first plurality of workrolls and a second drive system to drive a second plurality of workrolls. A controller provides a first command reference to the first drive system. The controller measures a first output parameter of the first drive system when the first drive system operates at the first command reference. The controller determines a second command reference based on the first output parameter and the controller drives the second drive system based on the second command reference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: THE BRADBURY COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Gregory S. Smith, Zachary Williams, Roger Downing
  • Publication number: 20120047977
    Abstract: Methods and Apparatus to increase the efficiency of roll-forming and leveling systems are described herein. An example strip material processing apparatus are described herein includes a first drive system to drive a first plurality of workrolls and a second drive system to drive a second plurality of workrolls. A controller provides a first command reference to the first drive system. The controller measures a first output parameter of the first drive system when the first drive system operates at the first command reference. The controller determines a second command reference based on the first output parameter and the controller drives the second drive system based on the second command reference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2011
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Inventors: Gregory S. Smith, Zachary Williams, Roger Downing