Patents by Inventor Stuart Roberts

Stuart Roberts 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).

  • Publication number: 20240190895
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds, compositions thereof, and methods of using the same for the inhibition of HPK1, and the treatment of HPK1-mediated disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2023
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Inventors: Neelu KAILA, lan LINNEY, Stuart WARD, Grant WISHART, Benjamin WHITTAKER, Alexandre COTE, Jeremy Robert GREENWOOD, Abba LEFFLER
  • Publication number: 20240181959
    Abstract: A system for power reduction during vehicle access. A memory storing instructions executable by a processor includes instructions to receive an access message by a target vehicle, authenticate the access message, and determine either an occurrence of a power-saving condition or a non-occurrence of the power-saving condition. The instructions include activating a greeting indicator upon authentication of the access message and determining the non-occurrence of the power-saving condition, and determining not to activate the greeting indicator upon authentication of the access message and determining the occurrence of the power-saving condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2022
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Keith Weston, Brendan Francis Diamond, Jonathan Hair, Michael Alan McNees, Stuart C. Salter, John Robert Van Wiemeersch
  • Publication number: 20240183975
    Abstract: A computer includes a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to select a scanning rate for a first sensor of a vehicle based on at least one of data related to a current time or data related to a location of the vehicle; instruct the first sensor to run at the selected scanning rate; in response to receiving data from the first sensor indicating a newly present object, turn on a second sensor; and then record data from the second sensor. The second sensor has a higher power draw than the first sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2024
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, John Robert Van Wiemeersch, Donald Paul Bilger, Tarik Safir, Sam Harris
  • Patent number: 11999232
    Abstract: A vehicle is provided that includes a vehicle body, a plurality of RF signal receivers located at a plurality of locations within the vehicle, an RF signal transmitter configured to be located on a pet for transmitting an RF signal, and a controller for processing the RF signal received by each of the plurality of RF signal receivers and determining a location of the pet based on the received RF signals, wherein the controller generates an output based on the location of the pet and controls at least one vehicle function based on the output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, Hussein H. Berry, Annette Lynn Huebner, Marguerite Lynn Kimball, John Robert Van Wiemeersch
  • Patent number: 11998775
    Abstract: A window breaker tool for use on a vehicle includes a body having a handle to enable a user to grip the tool, a glass breaker member extending from the handle configured to contact a glass window with force to break the glass window, and an accelerometer operatively coupled to the body to sense acceleration during impact and generate a signature signal. The tool also includes an RF signal communication device located on the tool for communicating with a plurality of RF signal communication devices on the vehicle to determine a location of the tool relative to the vehicle, wherein the RF signal communication device communicates with a controller for processing the signature signal and determining whether the signature signal is indicative of the tool in use to break a window, and wherein the controller further determines the tool is within the vehicle based on the location and outputs an alert signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, Mark Roseman, Jeff Robert Seaman, David Brian Glickman, Annette Lynn Huebner
  • Publication number: 20240179283
    Abstract: An automated projector image optimization (APIO) system for a vehicle having a control system is provided. The APIO system includes a projector configured to display an image, a processor configured to be electrically connected to the control system, and a memory having instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations including receiving a user input corresponding to a display surface, determining a preferred orientation of the projector relative to the display surface, and employing the control system to move the vehicle so that the projector is in the preferred orientation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Brendan Diamond, Ryan Edwin Hanson, John Robert Van Wiemeersch, Keith Weston, Stuart C. Salter
  • Publication number: 20240173886
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to an additively manufactured transport structure. The transport structure includes cavities into which components that use an external interface are inserted. A plurality of components are assembled and integrated into the vehicle. In an embodiment, the components and frame are modular, enabling reparability and replacement of single parts in the event of isolated failures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2024
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventors: Kevin Robert CZINGER, Broc William TENHOUTEN, Stuart Paul MACEY, David Charles O'CONNELL, Jon Paul GUNNER, Antonio Bernerd MARTINEZ, Narender Shankar LAKSHMAN
  • Publication number: 20240179405
    Abstract: A computer includes a processor and a memory, and the memory stores instructions executable by the processor to receive range data from a range sensor of a vehicle, detect a person in proximity to the vehicle based on the range data, activate a camera of the vehicle upon detecting the person, set a parameter of one of the camera or a facial recognition algorithm based on the range data of the person, and perform the facial recognition algorithm on the person using data from the camera.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2022
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Vivekanandh Elangovan, Ryan Edwin Hanson, John Robert Van Wiemeersch, Brendan Francis Diamond, Stuart C. Salter
  • Publication number: 20240165270
    Abstract: MECP2 EXPRESSION CASSETTES. The present invention provides nucleic acid molecules comprising a MeCP2 expression cassette, the expression cassette comprising, in operable linkage from 5? to 3?: a 5? transcriptional control region comprising a promoter capable of driving transcription in neural cells; an open reading frame encoding a MeCP2 protein; translation control signals; a 3? untranslated region (3?UTR) comprising one or more of: (i) a binding site for mir-22; (ii) a binding site for mir-19; (iii) a binding site for miR-132; (iv) a binding site for miR124; and (v) an AU-rich element; and transcriptional termination signals; wherein the MeCP2 expression cassette is not more than about 5 kb in length. The invention further provides viral vectors, especially vectors derived from adeno-associated virus (AAV), for use in therapeutic delivery of such expression cassettes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2023
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Adrian BIRD, Rebekah TILLOTSON, Stuart Robert COBB, Ralph David HECTOR
  • Publication number: 20240157871
    Abstract: A vehicle lighting system is disclosed. The vehicle lighting system may include a display unit configured to operate in a plurality of display modes. The display unit may be mounted on a vehicle rear top portion. The vehicle lighting system may further include a processor that may be configured to obtain trigger event information associated with the display unit. Based on the trigger event information, the processor may select a display mode from the plurality of display modes, and may activate the display unit responsive to the selection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2022
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Keith Weston, Brendan Diamond, John Robert Van Wiemeersch, Stuart C. Salter, Aaron Bradley Johnson
  • Patent number: 11983908
    Abstract: The disclosure describes systems and methods for controlling a heating element of a window of a vehicle. The systems and methods include capturing an image of the window with a camera of the vehicle. The image is analyzed to determine a state of the window and the heating element is controlled based on the state of the window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, Katherine Howard-Cone, John Robert Van Wiermeersch, Hussein Berry, John Budaj
  • Publication number: 20240149691
    Abstract: A system and method to manage charging priority for at least one accessory includes the steps of: providing one or more charging stations for the at least one accessory, monitoring vehicle power status, and monitoring accessory charging status. Additionally, the allocation of power supplied to the one or more charging stations is managed based on priority requirements as determined per each accessory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, Pietro Buttolo, John Robert Van Wiemeersch, Brendan Diamond, William Wurz, Eric Scott Levine
  • Publication number: 20240151092
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a cabin interior, a powered door having an actuator for moving the door between closed and open positions, interior sensors sensing position or movement of an occupant in the cabin interior, and exterior sensors sensing a passerby proximate to the vehicle. The vehicle includes a controller determining an occupant intending to exit the vehicle via the door based on the interior sensors and determining a passerby passing by the door in an open position using the at least one exterior sensors. The controller controls the actuator to open the door when the occupant is intended to exit the vehicle and at least partially closes the door when a passerby is detected passing by the vehicle door and an occupant is determined not to be exiting the vehicle. The controller controls the actuator to open the door further when the passerby is determined to pass by the door.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Brendan Diamond, Keith Weston, Stuart C. Salter, John Robert Van Wiemeersch, Kristopher Karl Brown
  • Publication number: 20240139994
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to an additively manufactured transport structure. The transport structure includes cavities into which components that use an external interface are inserted. A plurality of components are assembled and integrated into the vehicle. In an embodiment, the components and frame are modular, enabling reparability and replacement of single parts in the event of isolated failures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2024
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Kevin Robert Czinger, Broc William Tenhouten, Stuart Paul Macey, David Charles O'Connell, Jon Paul Gunner, Antonio Bernerd Martinez, Narender Shankar Lakshman
  • Patent number: 11970137
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a storage compartment, a belt conveyor located in the storage compartment and having a slat belt supported by a pair of rollers, and a shelf operatively coupled to the slat belt and configured to move between a lower stowed position within the storage compartment and an upper deployed position extending outward from the storage compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, David Brian Glickman, Jeff Robert Seaman, Annette Lynn Huebner, George Abram Thornton, Michael John Harmon
  • Patent number: 11969479
    Abstract: The present invention provides nucleic acid molecules comprising a MeCP2 expression cassette, the expression cassette comprising, in operable linkage from 5? to 3?: a 5? transcriptional control region comprising a promoter capable of driving transcription in neural cells; an open reading frame encoding a MeCP2 protein; translation control signals; a 3? untranslated region (3?UTR) comprising one or more of: (i) a binding site for mir-22; (ii) a binding site for mir-19; (iii) a binding site for miR-132; (iv) a binding site for miR124; and (v) an AU-rich element; and transcriptional termination signals; wherein the MeCP2 expression cassette is not more than about 5 kb in length. The invention further provides viral vectors, especially vectors derived from adeno-associated virus (AAV), for use in therapeutic delivery of such expression cassettes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignees: THE UNIVERSITY COURT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH, THE UNIVERSITY COURT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW
    Inventors: Adrian Bird, Rebekah Tillotson, Stuart Robert Cobb, Ralph David Hector
  • Patent number: 11964693
    Abstract: A vehicle having park assist includes a plurality of powered closure doors, each door having an actuator for moving the door between closed and open positions, a plurality of sensors located on the vehicle for sensing objects relative to the vehicle and generating sensed signals indicative of the sensed objects, and a transceiver for communicating with a parked vehicle. The vehicle also includes a controller processing the sensed signals, determining a distance and location of the sensed objects relative to the doors, and determining a parking location for the vehicle in a garage where the closure doors are free from contact with an object in the garage when in an open position and are free of contact with powered closure doors on the parked vehicle. An output is provided to assist a driver of the vehicle to park the vehicle in the garage in the determined parking location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, Kristopher Karl Brown, John Robert Van Wiemeersch, Hussein H. Berry
  • Patent number: 11950582
    Abstract: A pet bowl is provided that comprises a housing defining a water container, a proximity sensor located proximate to the water container, the proximity sensor having conductive circuitry comprising a first circuit made of a first metal and a second circuit made of a dissimilar second metal, and a controller processing signals received from the proximity sensor, the controller selectively switching the conductive circuitry between a first configuration operating as the proximity sensor to sense water contained in the container and a second configuration operating as a thermocouple to sense temperature proximate to the water container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, Annette Lynn Huebner, Marguerite Lynn Kimball, Hussein Berry, John Robert Van Wiemeersch, Pietro Buttolo
  • Patent number: 11951878
    Abstract: A vehicle is provided that includes a vehicle body defining a cabin interior, a plurality of seats located within the cabin interior, each seat having an adjustable seat base and an adjustable seat back, a monitoring system for detecting and monitoring a pet within the cabin interior, and a controller processing signals generated by the monitoring system and determining a location of the pet based on the monitored signals, the controller further controlling at least one of the adjustable seat base and adjustable seat back of a seat based on the determined location of the pet so that the seat is configured to accommodate the pet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, Hussein H. Berry, Annette Lynn Huebner, Marguerite Lynn Kimball, David Brian Glickman, Gregory Paul Thomas, John Robert Van Wiemeersch
  • Patent number: 11951937
    Abstract: Upon identifying an authorized user approaching a vehicle, vehicle locks are controlled to permit the authorized user to access an authorized area based on a user authorization. Permitted vehicle features within the authorized area for the authorized user are identified based on the user authorization. Upon receiving a user input selecting one permitted vehicle feature, the selected permitted vehicle feature is actuated based on determining that a state of charge of a battery is above a charge threshold. Upon determining that the state of charge of the battery decreases below the charge threshold, actuation of the selected permitted vehicle feature is stopped. Then an engine is controlled to charge the battery based on the user authorization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, Zeljko Deljevic, John Robert Van Wiemeersch, Sam Harris, Tarik Safir, Donald Paul Bilger