Patents by Inventor Sylvain Bony

Sylvain Bony 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).

  • Driving assistance method for a public transport vehicle
    Patent number: 11644321
    Abstract: The method comprises, for a given route between a starting point and a destination, and for an arrival at the destination at a given desired time: a preliminary step of determining and recording a plurality of vehicle mission profiles, at least a first instant during the journey, a step of determining an instantaneous position of the vehicle at this first instant and a desired time remaining to reach the destination, a step of identifying, among the mission profiles, the mission profile(s) whose curves are closest to the desired time remaining at the instantaneous position of the vehicle, and a step of determining new driving parameters to follow a new mission profile, the new mission profile being determined on the basis of the determined mission profiles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: ALSTOM Transport Technologies
    Inventors: Jean Bavard, Sylvain Bony, Samuel Hibon, Olivier Verstraet
  • DRIVING ASSISTANCE METHOD FOR A PUBLIC TRANSPORT VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20210164789
    Abstract: The method comprises, for a given route between a starting point and a destination, and for an arrival at the destination at a given desired time: a preliminary step of determining and recording a plurality of vehicle mission profiles, at least a first instant during the journey, a step of determining an instantaneous position of the vehicle at this first instant and a desired time remaining to reach the destination, a step of identifying, among the mission profiles, the mission profile(s) whose curves are closest to the desired time remaining at the instantaneous position of the vehicle, and a step of determining new driving parameters to follow a new mission profile, the new mission profile being determined on the basis of the determined mission profiles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2020
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventors: Jean BAVARD, Sylvain Bony, Samuel Hibon, Olivier Verstraet