Patents by Inventor Tommy Thai Ngoc Tran

Tommy Thai Ngoc Tran 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).

  • Vehicle and trailer wheel path collision detection and alert
    Patent number: 11794809
    Abstract: A method including detecting an obstacle location in response to an image, determining the obstacle location in response to a range measurement received from a range sensor, predicting a tow vehicle path in response to a tow vehicle steering angle and a tow vehicle location, predicting, by a processor, a trailer wheel path in response to the tow vehicle path, a vehicle dimension and a trailer dimension, and generating a warning control signal in response to an intersection of the obstacle location and the trailer wheel path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERTIONS LLC
    Inventors: Mansoor Alghooneh, Joseph K Moore, Norman J Weigert, Tommy Thai Ngoc Tran
  • VEHICLE AND TRAILER WHEEL PATH COLLISION DETECTION AND ALERT
    Publication number: 20230331298
    Abstract: A method including detecting an obstacle location in response to an image, determining the obstacle location in response to a range measurement received from a range sensor, predicting a tow vehicle path in response to a tow vehicle steering angle and a tow vehicle location, predicting, by a processor, a trailer wheel path in response to the tow vehicle path, a vehicle dimension and a trailer dimension, and generating a warning control signal in response to an intersection of the obstacle location and the trailer wheel path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2022
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Mansoor Alghooneh, Joseph K Moore, Norman J Weigert, Tommy Thai Ngoc Tran