Mark W Porter

US Patent:

6505118, Jan 7, 2003

Filed:

Jan 26, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/769898

Inventors:

Andrea Bowes Chowanic - Farmington Hills MI
Mark Edward Porter - Dearborn MI
Thomas Joseph Hermann - Troy MI

Assignee:

Ford Motor Company - Dearborn MI

International Classification:

G01C 2132

US Classification:

701209, 701200208-, 701210215-, 701 23, 701 24, 701117, 701 25, 340995, 340906, 340907, 340988, 340989, 340990, 34235709, 34235713, 34235706, 455466, 455553, 455556, 455557

Abstract:

An adaptive navigation system for a land vehicle is provided that incorporates learned segments of preferred routes into adaptive calculated routes. The navigation system preferably includes a global positioning system or other sources of locator system data and a data processor that may be programmed with destination data and current location data. The data storage apparatus is capable of recording current location data as the vehicle travels to a destination. The system automatically develops a database of a plurality of segments of preferred routes where those segments are different from the route normally calculated by the data processor. On future occasions when the navigation system is used, the data processor is able to incorporate segments of preferred routes in an adaptive calculated route determination when the segments are within a predetermined degree of similarity to the calculated route.

US Patent:

6853853, Feb 8, 2005

Filed:

Nov 15, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/713115

Inventors:

John Robert Van Wiemeersch - Novi MI, US
David Anthony Symanow - Plymouth MI, US
Lisa Therese Boran - Livonia MI, US
Mark Edward Porter - Dearborn MI, US

Assignee:

Ford Motor Company - Dearborn MI

International Classification:

G01S013/75
H04B007/00

US Classification:

4555692, 455 111, 455 412, 342 42, 34082531

Abstract:

A system () for long-range, remote keyless control of predefined functions for a vehicle () is provided that has a long-range wireless receiver () that receives transmission signals () from a wireless transmission source (), such as a cellular phone network or satellite network. A wireless signal transmitter () is mounted on the vehicle () and uses the same protocol () as a hand-held wireless transmitter () to perform various vehicle functions, such as locking/unlocking doors (), opening/closing windows and/or the trunk (). The advantage being the low cost addition of the long-range control using the vehicle's existing short-range RF receiver and electrical infrastructure.

US Patent:

20020128773, Sep 12, 2002

Filed:

Mar 9, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/802587

Inventors:

Andrea Chowanic - Farmington Hills MI, US
Mark Porter - Dearborn MI, US
Thomas Hermann - Troy MI, US

International Classification:

G01C021/34

US Classification:

701/210000, 340/995000

Abstract:

A navigation system and method incorporating the use of a navigation system that provides alternate routes to an initially selected route based upon updated, real time parameters. The system is provided with user preference data that is used when developing the initial route and alternate routes. The system may be programmed to only provide alternate routes if a predetermined improvement in efficiency is potentially available.

US Patent:

20160104479, Apr 14, 2016

Filed:

Oct 13, 2014

Appl. No.:

14/512578

Inventors:

- Dearborn MI, US
Scott Andrew Amman - Milford MI, US
Brigitte Frances Mora Richardson - West Bloomfield MI, US
Francois Charette - Canton MI, US
Mark Edward Porter - South Lyon MI, US
Gintaras Vincent Puskorius - Novi MI, US
Anthony Dwayne Cooprider - Rochester Hills MI, US

Assignee:

FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC - Dearborn MI

International Classification:

G10L 15/08
G10L 17/22
G10L 15/28

Abstract:

At least one spoken utterance and a stored vehicle acoustic impulse response can be provided to a computing device. The computing device is programmed to provide at least one speech file based at least in part on the spoken utterance and the vehicle acoustic impulse response.

US Patent:

20140277934, Sep 18, 2014

Filed:

Mar 14, 2013

Appl. No.:

13/827027

Inventors:

- Dearborn MI, US
Jeffrey Singer - Canton MI, US
Roger Hayden - Plymouth MI, US
Mark Edward Porter - South Lyon MI, US

Assignee:

FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC - Dearborn MI

International Classification:

H04W 68/00

US Classification:

701 36

Abstract:

A system includes a processor configured to receive settings for one or more vehicle ambient lighting activation sequences. The processor is further configured to receive a signal relating to a notification for which an audio sound could be played. The processor is additionally configured to recognize that an ambient light activation has been enabled. Also, the processor is configured to output a sequence of activated ambient lights within a vehicle, based on the settings and responsive to the received signal.

US Patent:

20140231166, Aug 21, 2014

Filed:

Aug 9, 2012

Appl. No.:

14/237533

Inventors:

Thomas Lee Miller - Ann Arbor MI, US
Scott Alan Watkins - Canton MI, US
Brian Bennie - Sterling Heights MI, US
Mark Edward Porter - South Lyon MI, US
Brigitte Frances Mora Richardson - West Bloomfield MI, US

Assignee:

FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC - Dearborn MI

International Classification:

B60K 28/06
G10L 15/00

US Classification:

180272, 704270

Abstract:

An apparatus for detecting an impairment state of a driver in a vehicle is provided. The apparatus comprises a vehicle interface device configured to receive a first audible signal from a driver indicative of at least one word while the driver is in a non-impaired state and to determine a first total time to recite the at least the word based on the first audible signal. The vehicle interface device is further configured to command the driver to recite the at least one word to determine the impairment state of the driver and to receive a second audible signal from the driver indicative of the at least one word. The vehicle interface device is further configured to determine a second total time to recite the at least one word based on the second audible signal and to compare the first total time to the second total time.