Patents Examined by Alexander Connor Larkin Bost
  • Patent number: 10597852
    Abstract: The wheel loader includes a boom, a bucket, a travel device, a travel distance measuring unit, a state determining unit, and an accumulating unit. The bucket is attached to the tip end of the boom. The travel distance measuring unit measures a travel distance. The state determining unit determines the loaded state of the bucket. The accumulating unit automatically accumulates transport operation information about the load of the bucket when a predetermined distance or more is traveled under the loaded state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Hori, Satoru Utsumi, Hideki Tsuji
  • Patent number: 10585430
    Abstract: Method and apparatus are disclosed for remote park-assist authentication for vehicles. An example vehicle includes an autonomy unit to control motive functions for remote parking, a communication module to receive a signal for remote parking from a mobile device, and a parking authenticator. The parking authenticator is to present an image upon receiving the signal and receive, via the communication module, an audio identification from the mobile device. Also, the parking authenticator is to authenticate the mobile device to initiate remote parking in response to determining the audio identification corresponds to the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Erick Michael Lavoie
  • Patent number: 10576983
    Abstract: A vehicle system comprises a brake system comprising a brake pedal and a braking mechanism configured to apply a braking force to a vehicle, and a vehicle control unit operable to automatically stop an engine when the vehicle is decelerated to a given vehicle speed or less during traveling. When it is detected that the brake pedal is manipulated and the vehicle is stopped after automatically stopping the engine, the vehicle control unit is operable to control the braking mechanism to increase the braking force from a current value according to a manipulation amount of the brake pedal up to a given value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaru Takase, Ryohei Yasutomi, Hisanobu Okada, Setsuya Kishimura, Takeshi Yabuki, Keishi Taki, Seiyo Hirano, Akitomo Kume
  • Patent number: 10569730
    Abstract: An object detecting apparatus is provided which includes relative speed obtaining means for obtaining a relative speed of a nearby object, relative acceleration calculating means for calculating a relative acceleration of the object from the relative speed, and limiting means for setting an upper limit of the relative acceleration when a given condition where a degree of reliability of a detected value of the relative speed is expected to be low is met and then also limiting the value of the relative acceleration using the upper limit when the given condition is met. The object detecting apparatus is capable of executing a control task accurately using a value of the relative acceleration calculated based on a detected value of the relative speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yosuke Ito, Akitoshi Minemura
  • Patent number: 10472803
    Abstract: A control system for determining a stale terrain value for use by an autonomous machine is provided. The control system includes a controller associated with the autonomous machine operating on a work surface. The controller is configured to receive position data associated with the autonomous machine from a position sensing system. The controller is configured to receive data related to a dump operation to be performed by the autonomous machine. The data includes a distance between a start location and an end location, a distance between two adjacent piles of material, and an average speed of travel of the autonomous machine. The controller is configured to determine the stale terrain value associated with the work surface. The controller is configured to trigger a control signal for shutting down the dump operation of the autonomous machine on approaching the stale terrain value based on receiving an operator input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventor: Mo Wei
  • Patent number: 10439790
    Abstract: A communication system for an unmanned aerial vehicle according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: an onboard communication apparatus, mounted on an unmanned aerial vehicle, for communicating by means of a previously configured frequency band; and a ground communication apparatus for communicating with the onboard communication apparatus by means of the previously configured frequency band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Korea Aerospace Research Institute
    Inventors: Chang Sun Yoo, Joong Wook Kim
  • Patent number: 10437246
    Abstract: A communication system for an unmanned aerial vehicle according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: an onboard communication apparatus mounted on an unmanned aerial vehicle, for communicating by means of a previously configured first band and a previously configured second frequency band; and a ground communication apparatus for communicating with the onboard communication apparatus by means of the previously configured first band and previously configured second frequency band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Korea Aerospace Research Institute
    Inventors: Chang Sun Yoo, Joong Wook Kim