Inventor · Miami Beach, FL, US

David S. Breed

408Patents
89h-index
56Co-inventors
93Inventor score

Filing activity: Mar 22, 1974 → Oct 18, 2021

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7103460B1 System and method for vehicle diagnostics Physics 775 Expired
US6405132B1 Accident avoidance system Physics 774 Expired
US7085637B2 Method and system for controlling a vehicle Physics 655 Expired
US7202776B2 Method and system for detecting objects external to a vehicle Physics 650 Expired
US5845000A Optical identification and monitoring system using pattern recognition for use with vehicles Physics 643 Expired
US6988026B2 Wireless and powerless sensor and interrogator Physics 630 Expired
US5848802A Vehicle occupant position and velocity sensor Physics 552 Expired
US6442465B2 Vehicular component control systems and methods Physics 541 Expired
US6738697B2 Telematics system for vehicle diagnostics Physics 514 Expired
US6735506B2 Telematics system Physics 492 Expired
US6370475B1 Accident avoidance system Physics 478 Expired
US7979172B2 Autonomous vehicle travel control systems and methods Physics 451 Active
US7979173B2 Autonomous vehicle travel control systems and methods Physics 424 Active
US6526352B1 Method and arrangement for mapping a road Physics 407 Expired
US7164117B2 Vehicular restraint system control system and method using multiple optical imagers Physics 399 Expired
US7663502B2 Asset system control arrangement and method Physics 392 Active
US8725311B1 Driver health and fatigue monitoring system and method Human Necessities 370 Active
US6919803B2 Low power remote asset monitoring Physics 353 Expired
US6484080B2 Method and apparatus for controlling a vehicular component Physics 326 Expired
US6720920B2 Method and arrangement for communicating between vehicles Physics 324 Expired
US7295925B2 Accident avoidance systems and methods Physics 296 Active
US7089099B2 Sensor assemblies Physics 295 Expired
US7783403B2 System and method for preventing vehicular accidents Physics 285 Active
US6768944B2 Method and system for controlling a vehicle Physics 278 Expired
US7082359B2 Vehicular information and monitoring system and methods Performing Operations; Transporting 275 Expired

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