Patents by Inventor Thaddaeus Voss

Thaddaeus Voss 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).

  • Passenger reminder systems and methods
    Patent number: 9975380
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a body controller having a plurality of sensors that detect a state of a driver door and a rear passenger door and detect an ignition state of the vehicle. The vehicle includes a processor that activates an alert flag in response to receiving a first signal from the body controller indicating an ignition of the vehicle has been started and receiving a second signal from the body controller indicating the rear passenger door of the vehicle has been closed within an activation threshold time. The processor determines that the vehicle has made a temporary stop and maintains the activated alert flag upon detecting that the vehicle has been started in response to determining that the vehicle has made the temporary stop. The processor generates a notification in response to detecting that the vehicle has been parked a second time. The notification may include a camera feed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Thaddaeus Voss, Stuart Masakazu Yamamoto
  • Passenger reminder systems and methods
    Patent number: 9965940
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a body controller having a plurality of sensors that detect a state of a driver door and a rear passenger door and detect an ignition state of the vehicle. The vehicle includes a processor that activates an alert flag in response to receiving a first signal from the body controller indicating an ignition of the vehicle has been started and receiving a second signal from the body controller indicating the rear passenger door of the vehicle has been closed within an activation threshold time. The processor determines that the vehicle has made a temporary stop and maintains the activated alert flag upon detecting that the vehicle has been started in response to determining that the vehicle has made the temporary stop. The processor generates a notification in response to detecting that the vehicle has been parked a second time. The notification may include a camera feed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Thaddaeus Voss, Stuart Masakazu Yamamoto