Patents by Inventor Vinod Kone

Vinod Kone 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).

  • Patent number: 8494563
    Abstract: A wireless communication method includes providing a plurality of vehicles, and sensing a plurality of dead spot regions encountered by the vehicles while traveling. The sensing is performed within the vehicles. Locations of the sensed dead spot regions are recorded within the vehicles. The dead spot region locations sensed by the vehicles are transmitted from the vehicles to a central controller. The dead spot region locations transmitted by the vehicles are sent back to the vehicles such that each vehicle has access to ones of the dead spot region locations sensed by other ones of the vehicles. The dead spot regions are mitigated, within the vehicles, by use of the sent dead spot region locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Vivek Jain, Badri Raghunathan, Vinod Kone
  • Publication number: 20120178376
    Abstract: A wireless communication method includes providing a plurality of vehicles, and sensing a plurality of dead spot regions encountered by the vehicles while traveling. The sensing is performed within the vehicles. Locations of the sensed dead spot regions are recorded within the vehicles. The dead spot region locations sensed by the vehicles are transmitted from the vehicles to a central controller. The dead spot region locations transmitted by the vehicles are sent back to the vehicles such that each vehicle has access to ones of the dead spot region locations sensed by other ones of the vehicles. The dead spot regions are mitigated, within the vehicles, by use of the sent dead spot region locations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2012
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Vivek Jain, Badri Raghunathan, Vinod Kone
  • Patent number: 8160616
    Abstract: A wireless communication method includes identifying a location of a dead spot region within an expected route of a vehicle. It is estimated whether the vehicle will arrive at the dead spot region before a wireless application is completed. It is determined whether an expected time period that the vehicle will be disposed within the dead spot region is greater than a maximum allowable disconnection time. A dead spot mitigation technique is initiated dependent upon the estimating and determining steps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Vivek Jain, Badri Raghunathan, Vinod Kone
  • Publication number: 20100240346
    Abstract: A wireless communication method includes identifying a location of a dead spot region within an expected route of a vehicle. It is estimated whether the vehicle will arrive at the dead spot region before a wireless application is completed. It is determined whether an expected time period that the vehicle will be disposed within the dead spot region is greater than a maximum allowable disconnection time. A dead spot mitigation technique is initiated dependent upon the estimating and determining steps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2009
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Vivek Jain, Badri Raghunathan, Vinod Kone