Inventor

PILUTTI THOMAS EDWARD

US77 patents

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PILUTTI THOMAS EDWARD

FORD GLOBAL TECH LLC

Control for trailer backup assist system

Trailer motion and parameter estimation system

Trailer length estimation in hitch angle applications

Trailer sensor module and associated method of wireless trailer identification and motion estimation

Trailer backup assist system with trajectory planner for multiple waypoints

Trailer target placement assist system and method

Autonomous vehicle identification

Trailer length estimation method using trailer yaw rate signal

Autonomous driving sensing system and method

False event suppression for collision avoidance systems

Trailer curvature control and mode management with powertrain and brake support

In-vehicle path verification

Vehicle headlight system having digital beam-forming optics

Method of building and using local map of vehicle drive path

Trailer backup assist system with waypoint selection

Trailer backup assist system with waypoint selection

System and methods for adaptive cruise control based on user defined parameters

System and method for hitch angle detection

Trailer backup assist system with off-shoot correction

Trailer backup aid speed limiting via braking

Trajectory planner for a trailer backup assist system

Display system utilizing vehicle and trailer dynamics

Method and system for monitoring placement of a target on a trailer

Autonomous lane control system

Semi-autonomous mode control

System to automate hitching a trailer

Supplemental vehicle lighting system for vision based target detection

Alignment position adaptation for fifth wheel trailers in hitch assist operation

Trailer backup assist system with predictive hitch angle functionality

Hitch assist system for correcting misalignment between a tow hitch of a vehicle and a hitch coupler of a trailer

Hitch assist system with hitch coupler identification feature and hitch coupler height estimation

Trailer curvature control and mode management with powertrain and brake support

Road roughness preview with drive history

FORD GLOBAL TECH

Trailer backup assist system

System and method for estimating sensor errors

Maximum trailer angle determination and control for a trailer backup assist system

Trailer identification system for trailer backup assist

PILUTTI THOMAS EDWARD

Collision mitigation system and method for braking a vehicle

Vehicle and powertrain control based on rearward approaching object

Automotive vehicle and method for advising a driver therein

RUPP MATT Y

Managing jackknife enabling conditions during backing of a trailer by reducing speed of a vehicle backing the trailer

Detection of and counter-measures for jackknife enabling conditions during trailer backup assist

LAVOIE ERICK MICHAEL

Rotatable driver interface for trailer backup assist

RHODE DOUGLAS SCOTT

Trailer path curvature control for trailer backup assist

FORD GLOBAL TECH INC

Vehicle steering system and method for controlling vehicle direction through differential braking of left and right road wheels

FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY LLC

Ramp identification in adaptive cruise control

MASSACHUSETTS INST TECHNOLOGY

System and method for providing driver behavior classification at intersections and validation on large naturalistic data sets

FILEV DIMITAR PETROV

Vehicle and method of advising a driver therein

SPERO DORIAN JACK

Autonomous lane control system

RUPP JEFFREY DAN

System and method for vehicle speed monitoring using historical speed data