Patents by Inventor Vernon D. Price

Vernon D. Price 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).

  • Object detection system with a VCSEL diode array
    Patent number: 7777173
    Abstract: A vehicle-mounted object detection system utilizing vertical cavity surface emitting laser diodes as an emitter source to alert a motor vehicle operator to the presence of another moving vehicle in a monitored zone. The object detection system includes an optical transmitter and an optical receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Autosense L.L.C.
    Inventors: Vernon D. Price, Jun Jiang
  • SIDE MOUNTED VEHICLE MIRROR WITH INTEGRAL OBJECT
    Publication number: 20090109559
    Abstract: A side object detection (SOD) system is integrated into the side view mirror assembly (10) of a vehicle to alert motor vehicle operators to the presence of another moving vehicle in a monitored zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2005
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Inventors: Vernon D. Price, Brian K. Bell
  • Dual Mode Motor Controller For a Vehicle Window Wiper System
    Publication number: 20090025170
    Abstract: A vehicle windshield wiper motor controller (10) includes a control circuit (15) and a power circuit. The power circuit can operate in dual modes, using a low cost MOSFET as the power switch during normal operation of the wiper motor, and a relay as the power switch during motor lugging and stall conditions. The controller (10) is part of a vehicle wiper system which includes a conventional wiper blade assembly positioned on the vehicle to engage the windshield or other window surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2005
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Inventors: Vernon D. Price, Alex Irkliy
  • Self-Calibrating Object Detection System
    Publication number: 20080211662
    Abstract: An object detection system (100) for a vehicle includes a clock generator (206) for generating a clock signal. A set of emitters (104) produces and transmits a sensing beam. A set of receivers (112) receives reflected portions of the transmitted sensing beam. A microprocessor (102) controls the object detection system. A gate array (114) receives control signals from the microprocessor and produces transmit signals for the emitters and reference signals for the receivers. The gate array is preferably a field programmable gate array (FPGA).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2005
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Inventors: Vernon D. Price, Brian K. Bell