Patents by Inventor Stephen Norris BOYD

Stephen Norris BOYD 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).

  • VEHICLE PLATOONING SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20190346864
    Abstract: Systems and methods for coordinating and controlling vehicles, for example heavy trucks, to follow closely behind each other, or linking, in a convenient, safe manner and thus to save significant amounts of fuel while increasing safety. In an embodiment, on-board controllers in each vehicle interact with vehicular sensors to monitor and control, for example, relative distance, relative acceleration/deceleration, and speed. Additional safety features in at least some embodiments include providing each driver with one or more visual displays of forward and rearward looking cameras. Long-range communications are provided for coordinating vehicles for linking, and for communicating analytics to fleet managers or others.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Inventors: JOSHUA P. SWITKES, JOSEPH CHRISTIAN GERDES, EUGENE BERDICHEVSKY, Dave Frederick Lyons, Stephen Norris Boyd
  • Vehicle platooning systems and methods
    Patent number: 9645579
    Abstract: Systems and methods for coordinating and controlling vehicles, for example heavy trucks, to follow closely behind each other, or linking, in a convenient, safe manner and thus to save significant amounts of fuel while increasing safety. In an embodiment, on-board controllers in each vehicle interact with vehicular sensors to monitor and control, for example, relative distance, relative acceleration/deceleration, and speed. Additional safety features in at least some embodiments include providing each driver with one or more visual displays of forward and rearward looking cameras. Long-range communications are provided for coordinating vehicles for linking, and for communicating analytics to fleet managers or others.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: PELOTON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Joshua P Switkes, Joseph Christian Gerdes, David Frederick Lyons, Stephen Norris Boyd, Eugene Berdichevsky
  • VEHICLE PLATOONING SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20160054735
    Abstract: Systems and methods for coordinating and controlling vehicles, for example heavy trucks, to follow closely behind each other, or linking, in a convenient, safe manner and thus to save significant amounts of fuel while increasing safety. In an embodiment, on-board controllers in each vehicle interact with vehicular sensors to monitor and control, for example, relative distance, relative acceleration/deceleration, and speed. Additional safety features in at least some embodiments include providing each driver with one or more visual displays of forward and rearward looking cameras. Long-range communications are provided for coordinating vehicles for linking, and for communicating analytics to fleet managers or others.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventors: Joshua P. SWITKES, Joseph Christian GERDES, David Frederick LYONS, Stephen Norris BOYD, Eugene BERDICHEVSKY