Patents by Inventor Thomas Henry ABEL

Thomas Henry ABEL 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).

  • Patent number: 12078493
    Abstract: A worksite management system for a worksite includes a sensor module associated with each of one or more machines working on the worksite. The sensor module generates a signal indicative of a location of a corresponding one of a machine from the one or more machines. An on-board controller associated with each of the one or more machines receives the signal corresponding to the location of the corresponding one of the machine on the worksite, and looks up the location of the corresponding one of the machine in at least one of a pre-generated or learned terrain map of a network of haul routes. The on-board controller identifies at least one condition of the haul route at the looked-up location, and then generates an alert for an operator to perform one or more recommended actions with respect to an operating parameter of the corresponding one of the machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Caterpillar SARL
    Inventors: David Richard Wisley, Paul Minniss, Jonathan Moses, Christopher Mullins, Russell Pugh, Anthony James Pollock, David Thompson, Thomas Henry Abel
  • Patent number: 12020487
    Abstract: Changes in ambient light intensity are detected by processing image data from an image capture device to determine, iteratively, a signal-to-noise ratio of the image data. The signal-to-noise ratio is a ratio of average to variance of pixel values for some of the pixels forming the image. A control output is generated, based on the signal-to-noise ratio, that is responsive to changes in ambient light intensity. The control output is used control a light source of a vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Perkins Engines Company Limited
    Inventors: Michael Flatman, Samuel Alec Roberts, Thomas Henry Abel, Raymond Alan Wise, Peter Joseph Petrany
  • Publication number: 20230049522
    Abstract: Changes in ambient light intensity are detected by processing image data from an image capture device to determine, iteratively, a signal-to-noise ratio of the image data. The signal-to-noise ratio is a ratio of average to variance of pixel values for some of the pixels forming the image. A control outputis generated, based on the signal-to-noise ratio, that is responsive to changes in ambient light intensity. The control output is used control a light source of a vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicant: Perkins Engines Company Limited
    Inventors: Michael FLATMAN, Samuel Alec ROBERTS, Thomas Henry ABEL, Raymond Alan WISE, Peter Joseph PETRANY