James Stewart Rankin II

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Novi, MI, US

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Patents Grantslast 30 patents

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Vehicle ride sharing system and method using smart modules
- Patent number 11,699,110
- Issue date Jul 11, 2023
- Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Pietro Buttolo
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
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Vehicle ride sharing system and method using smart modules
- Patent number 11,599,833
- Issue date Mar 7, 2023
- Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Pietro Buttolo
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Advance mobile device and vehicle profile pairing
- Patent number 11,516,025
- Issue date Nov 29, 2022
- Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Justin Bauer
- G07 - CHECKING-DEVICES
Information Patent Grant
Apparatus and methods for queueing transportation providers and pas...
- Patent number 11,455,699
- Issue date Sep 27, 2022
- Ford Motor Company
- Pietro Buttolo
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Method and apparatus for wireless proximity based component informa...
- Patent number 11,140,514
- Issue date Oct 5, 2021
- Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Stuart C. Salter
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Grant
Object detection and management
- Patent number 11,030,868
- Issue date Jun 8, 2021
- Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Pietro Buttolo
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Methods and systems for enabling gesture control for a vehicle feature
- Patent number 11,023,049
- Issue date Jun 1, 2021
- Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Pietro Buttolo
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Method for autonomous vehicle selection when using a vehicle contro...
- Patent number 10,616,738
- Issue date Apr 7, 2020
- Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Pietro Buttolo
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Grant
Method and apparatus for dynamic remote control reconfiguration bas...
- Patent number 10,571,907
- Issue date Feb 25, 2020
- Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Pietro Buttolo
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Proximity switch assembly and method therefor
- Patent number 10,461,746
- Issue date Oct 29, 2019
- Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Pietro Buttolo
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Smart drop off lighting system
- Patent number 10,434,938
- Issue date Oct 8, 2019
- Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Stuart C. Salter
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Motion based capacitive sensor system
- Patent number 10,409,426
- Issue date Sep 10, 2019
- Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Pietro Buttolo
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Motion based capacitive sensor system
- Patent number 10,365,771
- Issue date Jul 30, 2019
- Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Pietro Buttolo
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Illuminated vehicle badge
- Patent number 10,321,550
- Issue date Jun 11, 2019
- Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Pietro Buttolo
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Smart drop off lighting system
- Patent number 10,137,829
- Issue date Nov 27, 2018
- Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Stuart C. Salter
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Proximity sensor assembly and method of detecting failure thereof
- Patent number 10,128,836
- Issue date Nov 13, 2018
- Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Pietro Buttolo
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Orientation-independent air gesture detection service for in-vehicl...
- Patent number 10,082,877
- Issue date Sep 25, 2018
- Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Stephen Ronald Tokish
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Illuminated vehicle badge
- Patent number 10,064,259
- Issue date Aug 28, 2018
- Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Pietro Buttolo
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
In-vehicle component control user interface
- Patent number 10,046,637
- Issue date Aug 14, 2018
- Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Pietro Buttolo
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
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Efficient tracking of personal device locations
- Patent number 9,967,717
- Issue date May 8, 2018
- Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Pietro Buttolo
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Grant
Proximity switch assembly with signal drift rejection and method
- Patent number 9,944,237
- Issue date Apr 17, 2018
- Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Pietro Buttolo
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Connectionless communication with interior vehicle components
- Patent number 9,914,415
- Issue date Mar 13, 2018
- Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Pietro Buttolo
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
In-vehicle control location
- Patent number 9,914,418
- Issue date Mar 13, 2018
- Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Pietro Buttolo
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Workload estimation for mobile device feature integration
- Patent number 9,889,862
- Issue date Feb 13, 2018
- Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Kwaku O. Prakah-Asante
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Vehicle access authentication
- Patent number 9,875,589
- Issue date Jan 23, 2018
- Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Pietro Buttolo
- G07 - CHECKING-DEVICES
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Method and apparatus for vehicle occupant location detection
- Patent number 9,873,396
- Issue date Jan 23, 2018
- Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Jeroen Lem
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
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Vehicle compartment
- Patent number 9,863,171
- Issue date Jan 9, 2018
- Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Stuart C. Salter
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Symmetrical reference personal device location tracking
- Patent number 9,860,710
- Issue date Jan 2, 2018
- Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Pietro Buttolo
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Stationary control knob having proximity sensors
- Patent number 9,831,872
- Issue date Nov 28, 2017
- Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Stuart C. Salter
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Proximity switch assembly and method of tuning same
- Patent number 9,831,870
- Issue date Nov 28, 2017
- Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Pietro Buttolo
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

Information Patent Application
VEHICLE RIDE SHARING SYSTEM AND METHOD USING SMART MODULES
- Publication number 20230186182
- Publication date Jun 15, 2023
- FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C.
- Pietro BUTTOLO
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WIRELESS PROXIMITY BASED COMPONENT INFORMA...
- Publication number 20220030385
- Publication date Jan 27, 2022
- FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C.
- Stuart C. SALTER
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
ADVANCE MOBILE DEVICE AND VEHICLE PROFILE PAIRING
- Publication number 20210297270
- Publication date Sep 23, 2021
- FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C.
- Justin Bauer
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
VEHICLE RIDE SHARING SYSTEM AND METHOD USING SMART MODULES
- Publication number 20210241188
- Publication date Aug 5, 2021
- FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C.
- Pietro BUTTOLO
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
WEB RENDERING FOR SMART MODULE
- Publication number 20210224468
- Publication date Jul 22, 2021
- FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C.
- Pietro BUTTOLO
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
OBJECT DETECTION AND MANAGEMENT
- Publication number 20210049878
- Publication date Feb 18, 2021
- FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C.
- Pietro BUTTOLO
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Application
IN-VEHICLE COMPONENT USER INTERFACE
- Publication number 20200369153
- Publication date Nov 26, 2020
- FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C.
- Pietro BUTTOLO
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR QUEUEING TRANSPORTATION PROVIDERS AND PAS...
- Publication number 20200058092
- Publication date Feb 20, 2020
- Ford Motor Company
- Pietro BUTTOLO
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
PROXIMITY SWITCH ASSEMBLY AND METHOD THEREFOR
- Publication number 20190296738
- Publication date Sep 26, 2019
- FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C.
- Pietro Buttolo
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
SMART DROP OFF LIGHTING SYSTEM
- Publication number 20190061616
- Publication date Feb 28, 2019
- Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Stuart C. Salter
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
ILLUMINATED VEHICLE BADGE
- Publication number 20180332694
- Publication date Nov 15, 2018
- Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Pietro Buttolo
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DYNAMIC REMOTE CONTROL RECONFIGURATION BAS...
- Publication number 20180307227
- Publication date Oct 25, 2018
- FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C.
- Pietro BUTTOLO
- G08 - SIGNALLING
Information Patent Application
METHOD FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE SELECTION WHEN USING A VEHICLE CONTRO...
- Publication number 20180284761
- Publication date Oct 4, 2018
- FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C.
- Pietro BUTTOLO
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
WEB RENDERING FOR SMART MODULE
- Publication number 20180217966
- Publication date Aug 2, 2018
- FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C.
- Pietro BUTTOLO
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
SMART DROP OFF LIGHTING SYSTEM
- Publication number 20180099609
- Publication date Apr 12, 2018
- Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Stuart C. Salter
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
VEHICLE RIDE SHARING SYSTEM AND METHOD USING SMART MODULES
- Publication number 20180039917
- Publication date Feb 8, 2018
- FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C.
- Pietro BUTTOLO
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Application
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE OCCUPANT LOCATION DETECTION
- Publication number 20170361792
- Publication date Dec 21, 2017
- FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C.
- Jeroen LEM
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE OCCUPANT LOCATION DETECTION
- Publication number 20170339529
- Publication date Nov 23, 2017
- FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C.
- Pietro BUTTOLO
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
ILLUMINATED VEHICLE BADGE
- Publication number 20170332463
- Publication date Nov 16, 2017
- Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Pietro Buttolo
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
CONNECTIONLESS COMMUNICATION WITH INTERIOR VEHICLE COMPONENTS
- Publication number 20170305371
- Publication date Oct 26, 2017
- FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C.
- Pietro BUTTOLO
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WIRELESS VEHICULAR ACCESS DEVICE AUTHENTIC...
- Publication number 20170278330
- Publication date Sep 28, 2017
- FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C.
- Pietro Buttolo
- G07 - CHECKING-DEVICES
Information Patent Application
ORIENTATION-INDEPENDENT AIR GESTURE DETECTION SERVICE FOR IN-VEHICL...
- Publication number 20170269695
- Publication date Sep 21, 2017
- FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C.
- Stephen Ronald Tokish
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
PUSHBUTTON VEHICLE SHIFTER INTERFACE USING PROXIMITY SENSING
- Publication number 20170248224
- Publication date Aug 31, 2017
- Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Pietro Buttolo
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
PUSHBUTTON VEHICLE SHIFTER INTERFACE USING PROXIMITY SENSING
- Publication number 20170227118
- Publication date Aug 10, 2017
- Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Pietro Buttolo
- F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINT...
Information Patent Application
VEHICLE SHIFTER INTERFACE USING PROXIMITY SENSING
- Publication number 20170227119
- Publication date Aug 10, 2017
- Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Pietro Buttolo
- F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINT...
Information Patent Application
PERSONAL DEVICE LOCATION AUTHENTICATION FOR SECURED FUNCTION ACCESS
- Publication number 20170200334
- Publication date Jul 13, 2017
- FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C.
- Pietro BUTTOLO
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
IN-VEHICLE COMPONENT CONTROL USER INTERFACE
- Publication number 20170166056
- Publication date Jun 15, 2017
- FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C.
- Pietro Buttolo
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
SIMPLIFIED CONNECTION TO AND DISCONNECTION FROM VEHICLE COMPUTING S...
- Publication number 20170149946
- Publication date May 25, 2017
- FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C.
- Pietro BUTTOLO
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
Methods and Systems for Enabling Gesture Control for a Vehicle Feature
- Publication number 20170147074
- Publication date May 25, 2017
- FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C.
- Pietro BUTTOLO
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WIRELESS PROXIMITY BASED COMPONENT INFORMA...
- Publication number 20170142552
- Publication date May 18, 2017
- FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C.
- Stuart C. SALTER
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE

James Stewart Rankin II

Person

Patents Grantslast 30 patents

Vehicle ride sharing system and method using smart modules

Vehicle ride sharing system and method using smart modules

Advance mobile device and vehicle profile pairing

Apparatus and methods for queueing transportation providers and pas...

Method and apparatus for wireless proximity based component informa...

Object detection and management

Methods and systems for enabling gesture control for a vehicle feature

Method for autonomous vehicle selection when using a vehicle contro...

Method and apparatus for dynamic remote control reconfiguration bas...

Proximity switch assembly and method therefor

Smart drop off lighting system

Motion based capacitive sensor system

Motion based capacitive sensor system

Illuminated vehicle badge

Smart drop off lighting system

Proximity sensor assembly and method of detecting failure thereof

Orientation-independent air gesture detection service for in-vehicl...

Illuminated vehicle badge

In-vehicle component control user interface

Efficient tracking of personal device locations

Proximity switch assembly with signal drift rejection and method

Connectionless communication with interior vehicle components

In-vehicle control location

Workload estimation for mobile device feature integration

Vehicle access authentication

Method and apparatus for vehicle occupant location detection

Vehicle compartment

Symmetrical reference personal device location tracking

Stationary control knob having proximity sensors

Proximity switch assembly and method of tuning same

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

VEHICLE RIDE SHARING SYSTEM AND METHOD USING SMART MODULES

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WIRELESS PROXIMITY BASED COMPONENT INFORMA...

ADVANCE MOBILE DEVICE AND VEHICLE PROFILE PAIRING

VEHICLE RIDE SHARING SYSTEM AND METHOD USING SMART MODULES

WEB RENDERING FOR SMART MODULE

OBJECT DETECTION AND MANAGEMENT

IN-VEHICLE COMPONENT USER INTERFACE

APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR QUEUEING TRANSPORTATION PROVIDERS AND PAS...

PROXIMITY SWITCH ASSEMBLY AND METHOD THEREFOR

SMART DROP OFF LIGHTING SYSTEM

ILLUMINATED VEHICLE BADGE

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DYNAMIC REMOTE CONTROL RECONFIGURATION BAS...

METHOD FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE SELECTION WHEN USING A VEHICLE CONTRO...

WEB RENDERING FOR SMART MODULE

SMART DROP OFF LIGHTING SYSTEM

VEHICLE RIDE SHARING SYSTEM AND METHOD USING SMART MODULES

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE OCCUPANT LOCATION DETECTION

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE OCCUPANT LOCATION DETECTION

ILLUMINATED VEHICLE BADGE

CONNECTIONLESS COMMUNICATION WITH INTERIOR VEHICLE COMPONENTS

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WIRELESS VEHICULAR ACCESS DEVICE AUTHENTIC...

ORIENTATION-INDEPENDENT AIR GESTURE DETECTION SERVICE FOR IN-VEHICL...

PUSHBUTTON VEHICLE SHIFTER INTERFACE USING PROXIMITY SENSING

PUSHBUTTON VEHICLE SHIFTER INTERFACE USING PROXIMITY SENSING

VEHICLE SHIFTER INTERFACE USING PROXIMITY SENSING

PERSONAL DEVICE LOCATION AUTHENTICATION FOR SECURED FUNCTION ACCESS

IN-VEHICLE COMPONENT CONTROL USER INTERFACE

SIMPLIFIED CONNECTION TO AND DISCONNECTION FROM VEHICLE COMPUTING S...

Methods and Systems for Enabling Gesture Control for a Vehicle Feature

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WIRELESS PROXIMITY BASED COMPONENT INFORMA...