Patents by Inventor Sean S. Monteiro

Sean S. Monteiro 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: 11131555
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for generating a towing preferred navigational route including an input to receive a request for a navigational route wherein the request is indicative of a destination and a tow mode engagement, a memory to store an aggregated segment data wherein the aggregated segment data is generated in response to a plurality of tow enabled vehicles traveling the segment, a processor to generate the navigational route in response to the request for the navigational route and the aggregated segment data, and an output to couple the navigational route for display to a driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: David A. Canella, Ralph D. Schlottke, Norman J. Weigert, Sean S. Monteiro
  • Patent number: 10896613
    Abstract: A method for finding a distressed vehicle operated by a first user located in an urban area includes providing a first mobile device of a first user. The first mobile device is electronically connected to a wireless communication network, and the first user is in possession of a vehicle. An event is detected that has occurred to the vehicle and a severity level of the event. When the severity level of the event is above a threshold it is determine that the event was sufficient enough to warrant an emergency response. A current position is determined of the first mobile device of the first user. A second mobile device of a second user is searched for within a first distance of the current position of the first mobile device. A first notification is communicated to the second user via the second mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Sean S. Monteiro, Jarvis Chau, Connor Duesterwald
  • Publication number: 20200380869
    Abstract: A method for finding a distressed vehicle operated by a first user located in an urban area includes providing a first mobile device of a first user. The first mobile device is electronically connected to a wireless communication network, and the first user is in possession of a vehicle. An event is detected that has occurred to the vehicle and a severity level of the event. When the severity level of the event is above a threshold it is determine that the event was sufficient enough to warrant an emergency response. A current position is determined of the first mobile device of the first user. A second mobile device of a second user is searched for within a first distance of the current position of the first mobile device. A first notification is communicated to the second user via the second mobile device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Sean S. Monteiro, Jarvis Chau, Connor Duesterwald
  • Publication number: 20200378777
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for generating a towing preferred navigational route including an input to receive a request for a navigational route wherein the request is indicative of a destination and a tow mode engagement, a memory to store an aggregated segment data wherein the aggregated segment data is generated in response to a plurality of tow enabled vehicles traveling the segment, a processor to generate the navigational route in response to the request for the navigational route and the aggregated segment data, and an output to couple the navigational route for display to a driver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: David A. Canella, Ralph D. Schlottke, Norman J. Weigert, Sean S. Monteiro
  • Publication number: 20200254928
    Abstract: One general aspect includes a method to indicate the space available to open a vehicle door, the method including: sensing, via a processor, a horizontal distance between the vehicle door and an object in an environment surrounding a vehicle; determining, via the processor, if the horizontal distance is greater than or less than a first threshold value; determining, via the processor, if the horizontal distance is greater than or less than a second threshold value; and providing, via the processor, an indicator based on the determination of whether the horizontal distance is greater than or less than the first threshold value and the determination of whether the horizontal distance is greater than or less than the second threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Sean S. Monteiro, Fahim Javid, David A. Canella, Remi Guertin
  • Patent number: 10695565
    Abstract: One general aspect includes a system to mitigate motion sickness/emesis, the system including: a memory configured to include one or more executable instructions and a processor configured to execute the executable instructions, where the executable instructions enable the processor to: in response to an activation of a motion-equalizing device installed in an interior of a vehicle, provide electric stimulus to a vehicle occupant via the motion-equalizing device, where the electric stimulus is designed to mitigate one or more symptoms of motion sickness and/or emesis for the vehicle occupant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Sean S. Monteiro, David A. Canella
  • Publication number: 20200114150
    Abstract: One general aspect includes a system to mitigate motion sickness/emesis, the system including: a memory configured to include one or more executable instructions and a processor configured to execute the executable instructions, where the executable instructions enable the processor to: in response to an activation of a motion-equalizing device installed in an interior of a vehicle, provide electric stimulus to a vehicle occupant via the motion-equalizing device, where the electric stimulus is designed to mitigate one or more symptoms of motion sickness and/or emesis for the vehicle occupant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Sean S. Monteiro, David A. Canella