Patents by Inventor Todd Sprague

Todd Sprague 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).

  • Systems and methods for low latency 3-axis accelerometer calibration
    Patent number: 11480587
    Abstract: Systems and methods for low-latency calibration of the alignment of 3-axis accelerometers in accordance embodiments of the invention are disclosed. In one embodiment of the invention, a telematics system includes a processor, an acceleration sensor, a velocity sensor, and a memory configured to store an acceleration alignment application, wherein the acceleration alignment application configures the processor to determine vehicular forward acceleration information and vehicular lateral acceleration information, calculate a lateral acceleration vector, a forward acceleration vector, and a vertical acceleration vector using a forward incline vector and a lateral incline vector determined using the vehicular forward acceleration information and vehicular lateral acceleration information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: CalAmpCorp.
    Inventors: Peter Hergesheimer, Todd Sprague, Alexandre Dlagnekov
  • Systems and Methods for 3-Axis Accelerometer Calibration with Vertical Sample Buffers
    Publication number: 20200393491
    Abstract: Systems and methods for the calibration of 3-axis accelerometers using vertical sample buffers in accordance embodiments of the invention are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Applicant: CalAmp Corp.
    Inventors: Peter Hergesheimer, Todd Sprague, Alexandre Dlagnekov
  • Systems and Methods for Low Latency 3-Axis Accelerometer Calibration
    Publication number: 20200064370
    Abstract: Systems and methods for low-latency calibration of the alignment of 3-axis accelerometers in accordance embodiments of the invention are disclosed. In one embodiment of the invention, a telematics system includes a processor, an acceleration sensor, a velocity sensor, and a memory configured to store an acceleration alignment application, wherein the acceleration alignment application configures the processor to determine vehicular forward acceleration information and vehicular lateral acceleration information, calculate a lateral acceleration vector, a forward acceleration vector, and a vertical acceleration vector using a forward incline vector and a lateral incline vector determined using the vehicular forward acceleration information and vehicular lateral acceleration information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Applicant: CalAmp Corp.
    Inventors: Peter Hergesheimer, Todd Sprague, Alexandre Dlagnekov
  • Systems and methods for low latency 3-axis accelerometer calibration
    Patent number: 10466269
    Abstract: Systems and methods for low-latency calibration of the alignment of 3-axis accelerometers in accordance embodiments of the invention are disclosed. In one embodiment of the invention, a telematics system includes a processor, an acceleration sensor, a velocity sensor, and a memory configured to store an acceleration alignment application, wherein the acceleration alignment application configures the processor to determine vehicular forward acceleration information and vehicular lateral acceleration information, calculate a lateral acceleration vector, a forward acceleration vector, and a vertical acceleration vector using a forward incline vector and a lateral incline vector determined using the vehicular forward acceleration information and vehicular lateral acceleration information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: CalAmp Corp.
    Inventors: Peter Hergesheimer, Todd Sprague, Alexandre Dlagnekov
  • Systems and Methods for 3-Axis Accelerometer Calibration with Vertical Sample Buffers
    Publication number: 20170023610
    Abstract: Systems and methods for the calibration of 3-axis accelerometers using vertical sample buffers in accordance embodiments of the invention are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2016
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventors: Peter Hergesheimer, Todd Sprague, Alexandre Dlagnekov
  • Systems and methods for 3-axis accelerometer calibration with vertical sample buffers
    Patent number: 9459277
    Abstract: Systems and methods for the calibration of 3-axis accelerometers using vertical sample buffers in accordance embodiments of the invention are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: CalAmp Corp.
    Inventors: Peter Hergesheimer, Todd Sprague, Alexandre Dlagnekov
  • Systems and methods for 3-axis accelerometer calibration
    Patent number: 9217757
    Abstract: Systems and methods for calibrating the alignment of 3-axis accelerometers in accordance embodiments of the invention are disclosed. In one embodiment of the invention, a telematics system includes a global positioning system (GPS) receiver. an accelerometer, and a processor, wherein the GPS receiver is configured to determine velocity information, wherein the accelerometer is configured to determine accelerometer acceleration information along one or more accelerometer axes, and wherein the processor is configured to receive a velocity information sample using the GPS receiver, determine GPS acceleration information along one or more vehicle axes using the velocity information sample, receive accelerometer acceleration information samples using the accelerometer, and calibrate one of the vehicle axes to an accelerometer axis in the one or more accelerometer axes using the GPS acceleration information sample and the accelerometer acceleration information sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: CalAmp Corp.
    Inventors: Peter Hergesheimer, Todd Sprague, Alexandre Dlagnekov
  • Systems and Methods for Low Latency 3-Axis Accelerometer Calibration
    Publication number: 20140236518
    Abstract: Systems and methods for low-latency calibration of the alignment of 3-axis accelerometers in accordance embodiments of the invention are disclosed. In one embodiment of the invention, a telematics system includes a processor, an acceleration sensor, a velocity sensor, and a memory configured to store an acceleration alignment application, wherein the acceleration alignment application configures the processor to determine vehicular forward acceleration information and vehicular lateral acceleration information, calculate a lateral acceleration vector, a forward acceleration vector, and a vertical acceleration vector using a forward incline vector and a lateral incline vector determined using the vehicular forward acceleration information and vehicular lateral acceleration information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: CALAMP CORP.
    Inventors: Peter Hergesheimer, Todd Sprague, Alexandre Dlagnekov
  • Systems and Methods for 3-Axis Accelerometer Calibration with Vertical Sample Buffers
    Publication number: 20140236519
    Abstract: Systems and methods for the calibration of 3-axis accelerometers using vertical sample buffers in accordance embodiments of the invention are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: CALAMP CORP.
    Inventors: Peter Hergesheimer, Todd Sprague, Alexandre Dlagnekov
  • Systems and Methods for 3-Axis Accelerometer Calibration
    Publication number: 20130073142
    Abstract: Systems and methods for calibrating the alignment of 3-axis accelerometers in accordance embodiments of the invention are disclosed. In one embodiment of the invention, a telematics system includes a global positioning system (GPS) receiver. an accelerometer, and a processor, wherein the GPS receiver is configured to determine velocity information, wherein the accelerometer is configured to determine accelerometer acceleration information along one or more accelerometer axes, and wherein the processor is configured to receive a velocity information sample using the GPS receiver, determine GPS acceleration information along one or more vehicle axes using the velocity information sample, receive accelerometer acceleration information samples using the accelerometer, and calibrate one of the vehicle axes to an accelerometer axis in the one or more accelerometer axes using the GPS acceleration information sample and the accelerometer acceleration information sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2012
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: CALAMP CORP.
    Inventors: Peter Hergesheimer, Todd Sprague, Alexandre Dlagnekov