Patents by Inventor Tony A. Lockwood

Tony A. Lockwood 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).

  • Automotive Drone Deployment System
    Publication number: 20160016663
    Abstract: This disclosure generally relates to an automotive drone deployment system that includes at least a vehicle and a deployable drone that is configured to attach and detach from the vehicle. More specifically, the disclosure describes the vehicle and drone remaining in communication with each other to exchange information while the vehicle is being operated in an autonomous driving mode so that the vehicle's performance under the autonomous driving mode is enhanced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2014
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventors: Joe F. Stanek, Tony A. Lockwood
  • Sensor fusion vehicle velocity estimation system and method
    Patent number: 9045142
    Abstract: A method according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, arbitrating velocity signals derived from information from a first sensor and a second sensor, estimating a ratio between an actual tire radius and an expected tire radius, and generating a fused velocity estimate based on an arbitrated signal calculated during the arbitrating step and an estimated ratio calculated during the estimating step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Joe F. Stanek, Mathew Alan Boesch, Anthony David Tsakiris, Tony A. Lockwood, Emrah Adamey
  • SENSOR FUSION VEHICLE VELOCITY ESTIMATION SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20150057832
    Abstract: A method according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, arbitrating velocity signals derived from information from a first sensor and a second sensor, estimating a ratio between an actual tire radius and an expected tire radius, and generating a fused velocity estimate based on an arbitrated signal calculated during the arbitrating step and an estimated ratio calculated during the estimating step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2013
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Joe F. Stanek, Mathew Alan Boesch, Anthony David Tsakiris, Tony A. Lockwood, Emrah Adamey