Patents by Inventor Troy Allen Stephens

Troy Allen Stephens 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).

  • Hall effect sensor grid array guidance system
    Patent number: 9670690
    Abstract: A parking system includes automated guided vehicles (AGVs) for moving automobiles to and from parking spaces in a parking facility. Each AGV is provided with a Hall effect sensor array. The parking facility has magnet arrays affixed to the floor of the parking facility. Each magnet array includes a plurality of magnets, with a specified arrangement of positive and negative poles of the magnets in the magnet array. The Hall effect sensor array senses the magnets and guides the AGV through the parking facility based on the position and alignment information determined by the Hall effect sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: PARK PLUS, INC.
    Inventor: Troy Allen Stephens
  • HALL EFFECT SENSOR GRID ARRAY GUIDANCE SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20150139762
    Abstract: A parking system includes automated guided vehicles (AGVs) for moving automobiles to and from parking spaces in a parking facility. Each AGV is provided with a Hall effect sensor array. The parking facility has magnet arrays affixed to the floor of the parking facility. Each magnet array includes a plurality of magnets, with a specified arrangement of positive and negative poles of the magnets in the magnet array. The Hall effect sensor array senses the magnets and guides the AGV through the parking facility based on the position and alignment information determined by the Hall effect sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2014
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventor: Troy Allen Stephens