Patents by Inventor Stephen Paul McFarland, JR.

Stephen Paul McFarland, JR. 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).

  • Transport-related object avoidance
    Patent number: 12227176
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining, by a transport, a potential impact with an object at a location in a lane on a road and, when a distance away from the location exists within the lane, maneuvering, by the transport, the distance within the lane to avoid the potential impact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Stephen Paul McFarland, Jr., Satyajit P. Patne, Albert Scott Ludwin
  • TRANSPORT LIMITATIONS FROM MALFUNCTIONING SENSORS
    Publication number: 20250050909
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining a sensor on a transport is not functioning properly, determining a severity of the malfunction, responsive to the severity exceeding a threshold, lowering an autonomous level of the transport, and responsive to the severity continuing to exceed the threshold, limiting an operation of the transport based on an intended output of the malfunctioning sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Applicant: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Satyajit P. Patne, Ryan N. Wilson, Stephen Paul McFarland, JR.
  • LINKING PERSONAL ENVIRONMENT AND TRANSPORT OPERATION
    Publication number: 20250014746
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining a reaction by at least one occupant of a transport, related to a most relevant data of the transport, and sending a notification of the reaction and the data to a display associated with the at least one occupant, when the reaction is greater than a threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2024
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Applicant: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventor: Stephen Paul McFarland, JR.
  • Transport limitations from malfunctioning sensors
    Patent number: 12151702
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining a sensor on a transport is not functioning properly, determining a severity of the malfunction, responsive to the severity exceeding a threshold, lowering an autonomous level of the transport, and responsive to the severity continuing to exceed the threshold, limiting an operation of the transport based on an intended output of the malfunctioning sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Satyajit P. Patne, Ryan N. Wilson, Stephen Paul McFarland, Jr.
  • Authorizing functionality of a transport component
    Patent number: 12128857
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of detecting, by a component in a transport, that another component has been removed, detecting, by the component, that a replacement component has been added in the transport, providing, by the component, data to the replacement component, wherein the data attempts to subvert an authorized functionality of the replacement component, and responsive to a non-subversion of the authorized functionality, permitting, by the component, use of the authorized functionality of the replacement component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventor: Stephen Paul McFarland, Jr.
  • Processing data from attached and affixed devices on transport
    Patent number: 12118829
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of receiving, by a transport, first data from a first device, wherein the first device is affixed to the transport, receiving, by the transport, second data from a second device, wherein the second device is detachably attached to the transport and wherein the first data and the second data constitute a same unit of measure, and displaying, by the transport, a value based on the first data and the second data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Stephen Paul McFarland, Jr., Satyajit P. Patne, Edward Allen Cain, Jr., Brian D. McFarland
  • Linking personal environment and transport operation
    Patent number: 12112851
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining a reaction by at least one occupant of a transport, related to a most relevant data of the transport, and sending a notification of the reaction and the data to a display associated with the at least one occupant, when the reaction is greater than a threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventor: Stephen Paul McFarland, Jr.
  • TRANSPORT COMPONENT AUTHENTICATION
    Publication number: 20240303211
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of sending data from a component on a transport to at least one other component on the transport in at least one location on a bus, comparing the data at the at least one other component to a threshold, and sending a notification, by the at least one other component, to a processor when the data is outside the threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2024
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Satyajit P. Patne, Edward Allen Cain, Jr., Stephen Paul McFarland, Jr.
  • TRANSPORT DANGEROUS DRIVING REPORTING
    Publication number: 20240274011
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of identifying a dangerous driving situation, capturing first media by a vehicle involved in the dangerous driving situation, establishing a geofence based on a distance associated with the dangerous driving situation, and capturing second media by one or more other vehicles within the geofence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2024
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventor: Stephen Paul McFarland, JR.
  • DIGITAL KEY PROFILE HIERARCHY
    Publication number: 20240232386
    Abstract: An example operation includes associating a device of a first user with a first profile key; encrypting data to be stored on a vehicle associated with the first user, by the device, with the first profile key; storing the encrypted data on the vehicle; and restricting access to other data stored on the vehicle, based on the first profile key.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Stephen Paul McFarland, JR., Mark R. Klausner
  • Transport component authentication
    Patent number: 12019574
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of sending data from a component on a transport to at least one other component on the transport in at least one location on a bus, comparing the data at the at least one other component to a threshold, and sending a notification, by the at least one other component, to a processor when the data is outside the threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Satyajit P. Patne, Edward Allen Cain, Jr., Stephen Paul McFarland, Jr.
  • Detection of aberration on transport
    Patent number: 12004118
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining, by a first node, a location of an aberration on a second node, determining, by the first node, a third node able to document the aberration for a minimum period of time, notifying, by the first node, the third node to document the aberration for the minimum period of time in a first mode, and receiving, by the first node, the documentation in the first mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Stephen Paul McFarland, Jr., Satyajit P. Patne, Albert Scott Ludwin
  • EXECUTION OF TRANSPORT SOFTWARE UPDATE
    Publication number: 20240134629
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of receiving an authorization code for a software update by a transport component, executing the software update on the transport component, responsive to a successful execution of the software update, generating a validation code by the transport component, and running the software update on other transport components based on the validation code.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventor: Stephen Paul McFarland, JR.
  • DIGITAL KEY PROFILE HIERARCHY
    Publication number: 20240135006
    Abstract: An example operation includes associating a device of a first user with a first profile key; encrypting data to be stored on a vehicle associated with the first user, by the device, with the first profile key; storing the encrypted data on the vehicle; and restricting access to other data stored on the vehicle, based on the first profile key.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Stephen Paul McFarland, JR., Mark R. Klausner
  • Transport boundary expansion
    Patent number: 11945447
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of operating, by a transport, within a boundary and determining, by the transport, that the operating of the transport within the boundary is desired to be exceeded. In response to a consensus based on one or more operations of the transport and one or more occupant characteristics of the transport, the method includes operating, by the transport, within the exceeded boundary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventor: Stephen Paul McFarland, Jr.
  • Transport gait and gesture interpretation
    Patent number: 11935147
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of receiving, by a computer associated with a transport, a gait of an individual from at least one camera associated with the transport, validating, by the computer, the gait, receiving, by the computer, a gesture of the individual from the at least one camera, validating, by the computer, the gesture, and performing, by the computer, one or more functions based on the validated gait and the validated gesture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventor: Stephen Paul McFarland, Jr.
  • Weight and pressure related validation
    Patent number: 11919423
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of validating, by a transport, a weight distribution of an individual on a bottom of a seat, a position of the individual against a back of the seat and a pressure exerted by the individual on a steering wheel of the transport, and when the weight distribution, the position and the pressure are above a threshold, altering, by the transport, a use of the transport.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventor: Stephen Paul McFarland, Jr.
  • VEHICLE DCM ROUTING MANAGEMENT
    Publication number: 20240073057
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining a data communication module (DCM) in a vehicle is unable to send a message, routing the message from the DCM to a device detachably connected to the vehicle, and sending, by the device detachably connected to the vehicle, the routed message to a device external to the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Stephen Paul McFarland, JR., Mark R. Klausner
  • INTERNAL CERTIFICATE AUTHORITY FOR ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT
    Publication number: 20240073037
    Abstract: An example operation includes providing by a first electronic control unit (ECU) a fixed private key of a vehicle to a server; generating by the first ECU a limited life certificate based on the fixed private key, wherein the first ECU acts as a certificate authority; and providing the limited life certificate to a second ECU within the vehicle to allow the second ECU to securely communicate with the server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Stephen Paul McFarland, JR., Mark R. Klausner
  • Variable transport data retention and deletion
    Patent number: 11886615
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of encrypting, by a transport, received data based on a first biometric associated with an occupant, unencrypting, by the transport, the encrypted data, based on a verification of a second biometric, wherein the second biometric is a continuum of the first biometric, and providing, by the transport, the unencrypted data to the occupant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventor: Stephen Paul McFarland, Jr.