Patents Examined by Kyung J Kim
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Patent number: 10878022Abstract: At least one subsystem among the plurality of subsystems includes a managing section operable to manage individual route information for routes in a management target region of the at least one subsystem among the plurality of regions and adjacent route information for routes positioned in a partial range from a boundary of the management target region among routes in an adjacent region that is adjacent to the management target region, and an identifying section operable to identify the route on which the moving object is positioned based on the observation position, by using the individual route information and the adjacent route information managed by the at least one subsystem. Also provided is a method and computer program product.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2018Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Yasuhisa Gotoh, Tomohiro Miyahira, Taku Sasaki, Makoto Tanibayashi
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Patent number: 10876270Abstract: A wheel loader includes: an operating state detecting unit detecting an operating state; a target setting unit setting a relationship between a target position of a working equipment and a travel distance of the wheel loader for the operating state detected by the operating state detecting unit; a travel distance detecting unit detecting the travel distance of the wheel loader; and a working equipment controlling unit moving a boom and a bucket to the target position of the working equipment determined depending on the travel distance detected by the travel distance detecting unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2016Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.Inventors: Masaaki Imaizumi, Yuu Sakon, Yuuji Fukuda
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Patent number: 10762728Abstract: An in-vehicle electronic control unit disposed in a vehicle is equipped with (i) a fault-diagnosis function for diagnosing a fault of a component in the vehicle and (ii) a deterioration detector function for detecting a degree of deterioration of the component in the vehicle, which includes a deterioration information memory for memorizing deterioration information regarding a deterioration of each of the vehicle components, a deterioration checker for detecting whether the degree of deterioration has reached a check value for each of the vehicle components, and a recorder for recording the deterioration information of the component in the deterioration information memory when the degree of deterioration of the component has reached the check value. Thereby, the deterioration information of the component is storable at a component-worn timing when the degree of deterioration/wear of the subject component rises to a certain level.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2016Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventor: Hirokazu Tsuji
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Patent number: 10724443Abstract: A method of operating a turbine engine that includes actuating a starter motor of the turbine engine such that a motoring speed of the turbine engine increases, and actuating a plurality of variable stator vanes of the turbine engine such that the plurality of variable stator vanes are at least partially open to control the motoring speed of the turbine engine.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2016Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Robert Charles Hon, Thomas Charles Swager, Andrew Todd Lehmann, Michael Scott McCambridge, Thomas Earl Gillingham, Joseph Roger Broda, Kevin Richard Graziano, Amid Ansari, Kenneth Lee Kirchmayer, Tod Robert Steen, Daniel Roy Kiracofe
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Patent number: 10688848Abstract: An air conditioning system for motor vehicles designed to blow an air toward a glass window at the time of entry into a defrosting mode. The air conditioning system includes a rear seat controller configured to independently control a temperature and a volume of an air blown toward a rear seat region of a vehicle room, and a control unit configured to, at the time of entry into the defrosting mode, stop cooling or heating of the rear seat region and cause the rear seat controller to display a specific symbol indicating that the cooling or heating of the rear seat region is stopped due to the entry into the defrosting mode.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2016Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: Hanon SystemsInventor: Ei Hyun Choi
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Patent number: 10688986Abstract: An automatic parking control device enables operations after the completion of parking to be made based on a users' general behavior required at the time of parking of a vehicle. This automatic parking control device is provided with a processing unit, which calculates a parking guide path of the host vehicle from an image of a camera and an output signal of a distance measuring sensor and performs a drive system stop mode as preliminarily set with respect to the vehicle depending on the parking mode given when it is found that the vehicle has been parked in a parking space along the guide path.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2016Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Hirokazu Shimizu, Nariaki Takehara
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Patent number: 10683032Abstract: A torque detection device that further suppresses intrusion of foreign matter into a magnetism collection holder. A first magnetism collection holder has a first ring portion and a substrate housing portion. A second magnetism collection holder has a second ring portion and a substrate housing portion. A pair of flanges are provided on both side surfaces of the substrate housing portion. The substrate housing portion is provided with a partition wall to be fitted between the flanges. A substrate arrangement portion is provided with a partitioning portion and an extended portion. When the substrate housing portion and the substrate housing portion are stacked on each other, the extended portion is fitted with a recessed portion. The substrate arrangement portion is also provided with a partitioning portion. An extended portion to be fitted with the recessed portion is provided at the distal end of the partitioning portion.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2017Date of Patent: June 16, 2020Assignee: JTEKT CORPORATIONInventor: Yuichi Toyama
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Patent number: 10682763Abstract: A remote controlled robot system that includes a robot and a remote control station that communicate through a communication network. Communication with the robot is limited by a firewall coupled to the communication network. A communication server establishes communication between the robot and the remote control station so that the station can send commands to the robot through the firewall.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2015Date of Patent: June 16, 2020Assignee: INTOUCH TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventor: Marco Pinter
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Patent number: 10672203Abstract: The disclosure includes a method comprising collecting sensor data from an olfactory sensor set of a vehicle, wherein the sensor data describes sensor measurements of an odor of a corresponding vehicle component, wherein the sensor data is received by a server. The method further includes receiving failure data from the server that describe a match between the sensor data and a fingerprint compound that corresponds to a failed vehicle component. The method further includes identifying the corresponding vehicle component that is described by the failure data. The method further includes identifying the corresponding vehicle component that is described by the failure data. The method further includes generating a notification based on the failure data and the corresponding component. The method further includes providing the notification to a driver of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2017Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Inventors: Siyuan Dai, Shinichi Shiraishi
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Patent number: 10665105Abstract: A roadside device transmits first detection data obtained by a first sensor to a server. The server extracts an unobservable area that is a blind spot of the first sensor, based on the first detection data, and transmits unobservable-area information indicating the unobservable area to a moving terminal. The moving terminal extracts, based on second detection data obtained by a second sensor, second dynamic information indicating an object that exists in a sensing range of the second sensor, and determines whether or not an overlapping area where the unobservable area indicated by the unobservable-area information and the sensing range of the second sensor overlap each other exists. Upon determining that the overlapping area exists, the moving terminal transmits, to the server, third dynamic information that is included in the second dynamic information and that indicates an object that exists in the overlapping area.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2017Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICAInventors: Kazunobu Konishi, Eiichi Muramoto, Takahiro Yoneda, Ryota Ohnishi, Yuta Shimotsuma
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Patent number: 10643470Abstract: A method for assisting a driver of a motor vehicle regarding an imminent overtaking maneuver by a driver assistance system, wherein the suitability of an overtaking process, which is ascertained from overtaking information, is output to a driver To determine the overtaking information, route data which relates to route sections and which influences the evaluation of the suitability of an overtaking process on a route section is ascertained by a plurality of data acquiring motor vehicles during a driving process along a route and is received by a vehicle-external central computing device. The route data assigned to a route section by each different motor vehicle is statistically evaluated to determine the overtaking information relating to the route section. The overtaking information is provided to all of the motor vehicles which have a driver assistance system.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2016Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: Audi AGInventors: Daniel Profendiner, Torsten Schön
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Patent number: 10639991Abstract: A vehicle traveling support control apparatus includes a traveling environment determining portion that determines a traveling environment of a vehicle, a support device determining portion that determines a serviceable traveling support device from one or more traveling support devices mounted in the vehicle in accordance with the traveling environment determined by the traveling environment determining portion, a presentation portion that presents support guidance of the serviceable traveling support device, and a control portion that controls the presentation portion to present the support guidance of the serviceable traveling support device based on use frequency of the serviceable traveling support device determined by the support device determining portion.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2016Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shien Ho, Yoshitaka Yahata, Daisuke Sugiyama
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Patent number: 10632941Abstract: A method of determining an amount of fuel wasted by a vehicle due to sub-optimal performance of at least one component of the vehicle includes receiving information about operation of the vehicle from at least one sensor positioned on the vehicle, categorizing, with a processor, a fuel use by the vehicle as a normal fuel use or a wasted fuel use due to the at least one component performing at a sub-optimal level by comparing the received information to expected information from the at least one sensor when the vehicle is operating at optimal performance, and determining, with the processor, the amount of fuel wasted due to the at least one component operating at the sub-optimal level based on categorized fuel use.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2015Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: Vnomics CorporationInventors: David Charles Chauncey, Michael David Joseph
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Patent number: 10625776Abstract: The invention relates to a driving assistant adapted for active control of a vehicle based on predictions of a behavior of a detected object. A method aspect of the invention comprises accepting a first prediction of a behavior associated with the detected object from a first prediction subsystem and a second prediction from a second prediction subsystem; determining a control signal based on a combination of the first prediction and the second prediction; and initiating active control of the vehicle based on the control signal.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2014Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: HONDA RESEARCH INSTITUTE EUROPE GMBHInventors: Sven Rebhan, Jens Schmüdderich, Marcus Kleinehagenbrock, Robert Kastner, Naoki Mori, Shunsuke Kusuhara, Hiroyuki Kamiya
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Patent number: 10625751Abstract: A computer implemented process is carried out by identifying a metric that characterizes an event associated with the operation of an industrial vehicle. Information about the metric is transmitted to an industrial vehicle. Further, the process includes receiving event data that characterizes a response of the industrial vehicle to the event. The process also includes updating a score for the instance of the metric associated with the vehicle operator by deriving a raw score value based upon the received event data, aggregating the derived raw score value to previously derived raw scores for the metric, and computing a modified score by applying a filter to the aggregate of raw score values. The process also includes comparing the computed modified score with a predetermined modification criteria, and sending a command back to the industrial vehicle to modify the industrial vehicle based upon the comparison.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2016Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: Crown Equipment CorporationInventors: Lewis H. Manci, Philip W. Swift, Lucas B. Waltz
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Patent number: 10613530Abstract: An autonomous travelling vehicle that autonomously travels based on surrounding information includes an information processing unit that processes surrounding information obtained, a control unit that controls driving of the autonomous travelling vehicle based on the surrounding information, a surrounding information acquisition sensor that obtains surrounding information for the travelling direction of the car body, and a blind area determining unit that determines a blind area around the car body not covered by the surrounding information acquisition sensor. When the autonomous travelling vehicle travels in a blind area at the start of travel, the control unit controls the autonomous travelling vehicle so as to travel at a speed lower than a preset normal speed.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2017Date of Patent: April 7, 2020Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Kohji Miyake
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Patent number: 10605611Abstract: A navigation device includes: a memory storing map data of a map used for route searching; a traffic information receiving unit receiving traffic information from an external server; a matching unit matching a traffic event included in the received traffic information to the map used for route searching based on the traffic information; and a correction unit performing correction by removing a portion matched to an expressway of the map from a section to which the traffic event is matched on the map by the matching unit. The traffic event includes a closed event on a slip road, and the traffic event is matched to the expressway.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2016Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventor: Kangwon Park
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Patent number: 10556675Abstract: Systems and methods for aircraft autobraking are disclosed. The systems and methods may allow for autobraking in both manned and autonomous aircrafts, and may assist in maintaining a desired course during autobraking. The systems and methods may include an aircraft control mode executive module configured to receive manual and/or autonomous brake signal inputs and deceleration signal inputs. The systems and methods may also include various modules configured to aid in calculating, transmitting, and executing pedal brake commands on a braking system, such as, an autobrake controller, a pedal balance controller, an autobrake pedal executive module, a pedal executive module, and/or a pedal braking controller.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2017Date of Patent: February 11, 2020Assignee: GOODRICH CORPORATIONInventor: Marc Georgin
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Patent number: 10513256Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for operating a driveline of a hybrid vehicle that may include an internal combustion engine, a rear drive unit electric machine, an integrated starter/generator, and a transmission are described. In one example, torque capacity of an on-coming clutch is adjusted during an inertia phase of a power-on upshift to improve shift smoothness.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2017Date of Patent: December 24, 2019Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Jason Meyer, Jeffrey Allen Doering, Xiaoyong Wang, Matthew John Shelton, Christopher John Teslak, Kenneth James Miller
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Patent number: 10507840Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for control of a combustion engine in a vehicle. At least one future speed profile for an actual speed of the vehicle during a road section is simulated based on information about the road section, and that coasting will be applied during the road section. An applicability for coasting during the road section is evaluated. Subsequently, it is evaluated whether the combustion engine may be shut down during a coasting for at least a part of the road section. The evaluation of the shutdown of the combustion engine is based on whether one or several system conditions for engine shutdown have been met, on one or several properties for one or several brake systems in the vehicle, and on a shutdown period, when the combustion engine could be shut down. The combustion engine is then controlled based on this evaluation.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2015Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: Scania CV ABInventors: Fredrik Roos, Mikael Ögren, Olof Larsson