Patents by Inventor Tim Uwe Falkenmayer

Tim Uwe Falkenmayer 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: 20190156834
    Abstract: A vehicle virtual assistance system for taking a note is provided. The vehicle virtual assistance system includes one or more processors, one or more memory modules communicatively coupled to the one or more processors, a microphone communicatively coupled to the one or more processors, wherein the microphone receives acoustic vibrations, and machine readable instructions stored in the one or more memory modules. The vehicle virtual assistance system initiates a call, receives, from a party of the call, a voice request for taking the note during the call, initiates a note taking function in response to receiving the voice request, and stores voice input from the party as a first note.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Applicant: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott A. Friedman, Prince R. Remegio, Tim Uwe Falkenmayer, Roger Akira Kyle, Ryoma Kakimi, Luke D. Heide, Nishikant Narayan Puranik
  • Publication number: 20190155569
    Abstract: A vehicle virtual assistance system include one or more processors, one or more memory modules communicatively coupled to the one or more processors, a microphone communicatively coupled to the one or more processors, wherein the microphone receives acoustic vibrations, and machine readable instructions stored in the one or more memory modules. The vehicle virtual assistance system receives, through the microphone, a voice request for a meal from a user of a vehicle, determines a recipe for the meal based on the voice request, retrieve one or more ingredients based on the recipe, locates a store within a predetermined distance from the vehicle, and transmits an instruction related to the one or more ingredients to a store.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Applicant: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott A. Friedman, Prince R. Remegio, Tim Uwe Falkenmayer, Roger Akira Kyle, Ryoma Kakimi, Luke D. Heide, Nishikant Narayan Puranik