Inventor

DAVID MICHAEL HERMAN

Inventor

US

Overview

2021–2026

Patent span

Physics

Primary field (CPC G)

Patents· 61 as inventor

Public. Assignee & technology derived from the patent record. Each patent links to its LexDana page.

B60Wprimary

B60WConjoint control of vehicle sub-units of different type or different function9%

G06TImage data processing or generation, in general8%

G06VImage or video recognition or understanding8%

G01SRadio direction-finding6%

G06FElectric digital data processing6%

B60RVehicles, vehicle fittings, or vehicle parts, not otherwise provided for6%

G06NComputing arrangements based on specific computational models6%

H04NPictorial communication, e.g. television6%

G05DSystems for controlling or regulating non-electric variables4%

G08GTraffic control systems4%

PatentTitleYear

12,583,461Systems and methods for detecting driver behavior2026 12,530,743Image data alignment for mobile system sensors2026 12,462,062Anonymizing personally identifiable information in image data2025 12,449,541Anonymizing personally identifiable information in sensor data2025 12,397,779Detection of vehicle operating conditions2025 12,371,073Systems and methods for mitigating spoofing of vehicle features2025 12,333,751Object detection2025 12,323,269Vehicle data protection2025 12,307,790Steering wheel contact detection2025 12,304,499Prediction of operator input to a steering element2025 12,306,339Vehicle reflection identification2025 12,287,629Detection of autonomous operation of a vehicle2025 12,269,505Photometric stereo for vehicle navigation2025 12,235,993Adaptive PII obscuring based on PII notification visibility range2025 12,235,385Sensor misalignment correction2025 12,235,989Occupant feature recognition to ensure privacy consent2025 12,169,986Vehicle data storage activation2024 12,169,574Communicating privacy rights pertaining to data captured by a vehicle2024 12,162,497Vehicle sensor occlusion detection2024 12,148,222Assisted vehicle operation with improved object detection2024 12,096,119Local compute camera calibration2024 12,067,149Embedded metadata for data privacy compliance2024 12,026,996Vehicle data storage activation2024 12,014,532Systems and methods for detecting distracted driving by a driver of a vehicle2024 12,005,837Enhanced illumination-invariant imaging2024 11,981,354Systems and methods for mitigating spoofing of vehicle features2024 11,972,015Personally identifiable information removal based on private area logic2024 11,927,962System and method for detecting and addressing errors in a vehicle localization2024 11,914,745Personally identifiable information in encrypted data streams2024 11,807,256Dynamic calibration of vehicle sensors2023 11,699,206Augmented reality vehicle identification with visual light communication2023 11,700,458White balance and color correction for interior vehicle camera2023 11,673,533Vehicle sensor enhancements2023 11,676,303Method and apparatus for improved location decisions based on surroundings2023 11,668,804Vehicle sensor-cleaning system2023 11,659,261Vehicle optical sensor motion correction2023 11,644,420Occupant light exposure detection2023 11,614,338Method and apparatus for improved location decisions based on surroundings2023 11,605,000Vehicle detection of missing body parts2023 11,592,559Vehicle sensor fusion2023 11,572,731Vehicle window control2023 11,555,728Fluid level detection2023 11,524,647Recalibration of radar sensor after airbag deployment2022 11,519,840Hydrophobic coating characterization2022 11,507,113Aerial vehicle sensor calibration systems and methods2022 11,509,875Enhanced color consistency for imaging2022 11,499,516Methods and systems for an adaptive stop-start inhibitor2022 11,450,116Systems and methods for sharing camera setting control among multiple image processing components in a vehicle2022 11,410,545Dynamic vehicle perimeter definition and reporting2022 11,397,913Systems and methods for automated multimodal delivery2022 11,367,292Road marking detection2022 11,361,599Vehicle damage detection2022 11,356,617Vehicle sensor operation2022 11,351,917Vehicle-rendering generation for vehicle display based on short-range communication2022 11,312,372Vehicle path prediction2022 11,281,217Enhanced vehicle operation2022 11,254,316Driver distraction detection2022 11,235,768Detection of vehicle operating conditions2022 11,175,156Method and apparatus for improved location decisions based on surroundings2021 11,166,003Dynamic vibration sensor optics distortion prediction2021 11,157,114Vehicle surface deformation identification2021

Career & activity timeline

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2021–2026Patents assigned to FORD GLOBAL TECH LLC (61)· patent assignee history

2021–2026Based in US· patent location history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees

Assignee	Patents	Span
FORD GLOBAL TECH LLC	61	2021–2026

Locations

Location	Patents	Span
US	61	2021–2026