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).
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Patent number: 11945447Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 13, 2020Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.Inventor: Stephen Paul McFarland, Jr.
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Patent number: 11935147Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 17, 2021Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.Inventor: Stephen Paul McFarland, Jr.
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Patent number: 11919423Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 19, 2020Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.Inventor: Stephen Paul McFarland, Jr.
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Publication number: 20240073037Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2022Publication date: February 29, 2024Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Stephen Paul McFarland, JR., Mark R. Klausner
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Publication number: 20240073057Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2022Publication date: February 29, 2024Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Stephen Paul McFarland, JR., Mark R. Klausner
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Patent number: 11886615Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 28, 2022Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.Inventor: Stephen Paul McFarland, Jr.
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Patent number: 11880670Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 23, 2020Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.Inventor: Stephen Paul McFarland, Jr.
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Publication number: 20240004639Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of receiving a software update at a first component in a target transport, parsing the software update by a second component in the target transport into a first portion of critical updates and a second portion of non-critical updates, verifying the first portion, by the second component, based on a source of the software update, running, by the second component, the verified first portion with a dedicated process on the target transport for a pre-set period of time, and responsive to positive results over the period of time, running the verified first portion with other processes on the target transport.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2023Publication date: January 4, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.Inventor: Stephen Paul McFarland, JR.
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Publication number: 20230415763Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining, by one or more sensors of a transport, that the transport is unsafe to operate, providing, by the one or more sensors, sensor data related to the unsafe operation to a server, receiving, from the server, transport operating parameters, and operating the transport within the transport operating parameters. The transport operating parameters limit transport functionality and are in proportion to the sensor data.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2023Publication date: December 28, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.Inventor: Stephen Paul McFarland, JR.
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Publication number: 20230418589Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of receiving a notification of an available software update configured to alter functionality of a transport, enabling the altered functionality for an amount of time, and responsive to the altered functionality not being utilized during the amount of time, sending a notification indicating a negative outcome.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2023Publication date: December 28, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.Inventor: Stephen Paul McFarland, JR.
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Patent number: 11837082Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of initially determining, via one or more sensors on a transport, that the transport is approaching a one-way road in a wrong direction based on a slowing down of the transport and a movement of the transport toward the one-way road, notifying, via the one or more sensors, one or more occupants of the transport about the approaching, and in response to the transport continuing to approach in the wrong direction, slowing the transport, by a computer associated with the transport, to not permit entry into the one-way road.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2022Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.Inventor: Stephen Paul McFarland, Jr.
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Publication number: 20230359666Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of associating a vehicle with an impact, saving media captured before and after the impact as a media segment, transmitting, by a computing device associated with the vehicle, the media segment to another computing device, and building a sound profile from the media segment.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2023Publication date: November 9, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.Inventor: Stephen Paul McFarland, JR.
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Patent number: 11794764Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining, by a transport, that an issue will soon occur, determining, by the transport, a time the issue will occur, and displaying, by the transport, the time the issue will occur. The issue is based on sensor data approaching a threshold within a period of time that is faster than an average period of time.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2020Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.Inventors: Stephen Paul McFarland, Jr., Satyajit P. Patne, Edward Allen Cain, Jr., Brian D. McFarland
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Patent number: 11782696Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of receiving a software update at a first component in a target transport, parsing the software update by a second component in the target transport into a first portion of critical updates and a second portion of non-critical updates, verifying the first portion, by the second component, based on a source of the software update, running, by the second component, the verified first portion with a dedicated process on the target transport for a pre-set period of time, and responsive to positive results over the period of time, running the verified first portion with other processes on the target transport.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2022Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.Inventor: Stephen Paul McFarland, Jr.
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Patent number: 11782692Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of receiving a notification of an available software update configured to alter functionality of a transport, enabling the altered functionality for an amount of time, and responsive to the altered functionality not being utilized during the amount of time, sending a notification indicating a negative outcome.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2021Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.Inventor: Stephen Paul McFarland, Jr.
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Publication number: 20230315435Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of receiving, by a transport, over an open wireless network an encrypted software update and receiving, by the transport, over a closed wireless network a one-time key to decrypt the encrypted software update, wherein the one-time key is received while the transport is in motion and about to perform an action related to the software update.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2023Publication date: October 5, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.Inventors: Stephen Paul McFarland, JR., Satyajit P. Patne
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Publication number: 20230319057Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of receiving at a server at least one of a component calibration file and a component configuration file from a vehicle, receiving at the server a file signature of the at least one of the component calibration file and the component configuration file from the vehicle, parsing via the server the at least one of the component calibration file and the component configuration file based on the file signature and verifying via the server the at least one of the component calibration file and the component configuration file based on the file signature.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2022Publication date: October 5, 2023Inventors: Satyajit P. Patne, Edward Allen Cain, JR., Stephen Paul McFarland, JR.
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Patent number: 11772672Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining, by one or more sensors of a transport, that the transport is unsafe to operate, providing, by the one or more sensors, sensor data related to the unsafe operation to a server, receiving, from the server, transport operating parameters, and operating the transport within the transport operating parameters. The transport operating parameters limit transport functionality and are in proportion to the sensor data.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2020Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.Inventor: Stephen Paul McFarland, Jr.
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Patent number: 11704107Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of receiving, by a transport, over an open wireless network an encrypted software update and receiving, by the transport, over a closed wireless network a one-time key to decrypt the encrypted software update, wherein the one-time key is received while the transport is in motion and about to perform an action related to the software update.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2021Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.Inventors: Stephen Paul McFarland, Jr., Satyajit P. Patne
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Publication number: 20230222077Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2022Publication date: July 13, 2023Inventors: Satyajit P. Patne, Edward Allen Cain, Jr., Stephen Paul McFarland, Jr.