Patents by Inventor T.C. Wingrove

T.C. Wingrove 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).

  • External Haptic Generator For Portable Electronic Devices
    Publication number: 20120242462
    Abstract: An external haptic generator for creating haptic feedback in portable electronic devices and more particularly, an external haptic generator in a vehicle providing a secure mount and creating haptic feedback in portable electronic devices that do not include haptic feedback generators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2011
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Wes A. Nagara, T.C. Wingrove, Royce Duchante Channey, Anthony Joseph Ciatti
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD TO MEASURE BANDWIDTH IN HUMAN TO MACHINE INTERFACES
    Publication number: 20110209091
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system and method of measuring bandwidth to determine whether there is a sufficient data rate available to enable or disable features and applications located in a vehicle. Based on the available bandwidth, the system activates or deactivates buttons associated with devices located in the vehicle. Activation and deactivation of the devices are represented on an interface, such as a display, in the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2010
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Applicant: VISTEON GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Robert Bruno Bucciarelli, Wes Albert Nagara, T.C. Wingrove
  • Method Of Determining Station Status Of Non-Audible Tuner In Dual-Tuner System
    Publication number: 20110136454
    Abstract: A system and method of visually providing the current status of selected frequencies of particular interest to the user of an entertainment system and in particular, of a vehicle entertainment system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2009
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Applicant: VISTEON GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: T.C. Wingrove, Anthony Ciatti
  • SYSTEM FOR DOWNLOADING AUDIO CONTENT
    Publication number: 20090320067
    Abstract: A method for recording a clean broadcast free of background, such as fade-ins and fade-outs on a receiver includes providing program data associated with an upcoming broadcast, the broadcast being selected by a broadcaster, on the receiver to describe the upcoming broadcast to a user. The receiver records the upcoming broadcast to an internal memory of the receiver in response to either the broadcast being automatically selected based on the user's preferences or the user manually selecting the upcoming broadcast. Start and stop commands, independent of any manual input, are received by the receiver to begin and end the recording of the clean broadcast.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2008
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Applicant: VISTEON GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher Thomas Thibodeau, J. William Whikehart, Shadi Mere, Jonathan Weisberg, T.C. Wingrove
  • Dockable portable satellite receiver
    Publication number: 20060094349
    Abstract: A portable satellite receiver includes a tuner, an antenna, and an amplifier. The portable satellite receiver has a protective housing enclosing the tuner, antenna, and amplifier. The portable satellite receiver is configured to interface with an accessory device through a communication link such that the accessory device receives audio signals from the portable satellite receiver over the communication link.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2005
    Publication date: May 4, 2006
    Inventors: Christian Slesak, Tzu Lau, T.C. Wingrove, Robert Burnham, Jack King, Philip Bator, Martin Thoone, Gary Tkaczyk, Wes Nagara