Patents Examined by Maceeh Anwari
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Patent number: 11688279Abstract: A mobility information provision system includes a collector, a mapping unit, a generator, and a controller. The collector collects information about movement of mobile bodies. The mapping unit maps positions of the mobile bodies on the basis of the information collected by the collector. The generator generates course-related information by using information including the positions of the mobile bodies mapped by the mapping unit. The controller controls movement of each of the mobile bodies, by using the generated course-related information, or information obtained on the basis of the course-related information and usable for determination or control of the movement of the corresponding one of the mobile bodies. The generator generates the course-related information for each of the mobile bodies, to prevent hindrance to movement of a first mobile body moving in emergency, out of the mobile bodies.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2020Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATIONInventors: Hajime Oyama, Ryosuke Namba, Masato Mizoguchi, Tomoyuki Kitamura
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Patent number: 11679961Abstract: The present invention generally relates to the control of material transfer machines and/or construction machines having camera assistance. The invention here in particular relates to a method and to an apparatus for controlling a material transfer machine and/or a construction machine, in particular in the form of a crane, of an excavator, or of a crawler-type vehicle, wherein an image of the piece of working equipment is provided to a machine operator and/or to a machine control by an imaging sensor. The invention furthermore also relates to the material transfer machine and/or construction machine itself, in particular to a crane, having a display apparatus for displaying an image of the piece of working equipment and/or of the environment of the piece of working equipment.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2018Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: Liebherr-Werk Biberach GmbHInventors: Michael Palberg, Jürgen Resch, Oliver Fenker
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Patent number: 11681294Abstract: A computer-implemented method for prediction of a roadwork zone on at least a second road segment is provided. The method comprises retrieving at least one of map data or first sensor data for at least a first road segment. The method also comprises retrieving ground truth data for at least the first road segment, the ground truth data indicating a true presence or a true absence of a roadwork zone on the at least first road segment. The method further comprises receiving second sensor data associated with the at least second road segment. The method further comprises generating roadwork zone data of the roadwork zone on the at least second road segment, based on the at least one of map data or the first sensor data, the ground truth data, and the second sensor data.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2018Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: HERE Global B.V.Inventor: Leon Stenneth
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Patent number: 11673520Abstract: A method, device and system for a method, device, and system for automatically adjusting driver-related in-vehicle equipment, the method including the steps of: acquiring a driver's height from a detection device of a vehicle; determining preset values of additional body parameters of the driver based on the driver's height and calculating a position for entry using the driver's height and the preset values of the additional body parameters of the driver; and adjusting the equipment including a driver's seat to the position for entry so as to facilitate the driver to enter the vehicle and sit on the seat.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2021Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: Volvo Car CorporationInventors: Wei Li, Zujie Fan, Yan Li, Youming Xu, Xiangyu Zhang
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Patent number: 11676427Abstract: The disclosure describes embodiments for modifying a vehicle component of an ego vehicle based on ranging and misbehavior information determined from digital data included in a Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) message. In some embodiments, a method includes generating Received Signal Strength (RSS) data describing an RSS value for the V2X message which is originated by a remote vehicle. The method includes determining range data corresponding to the RSS value describing a first range from the ego vehicle to the remote vehicle. The method includes determining that the remote vehicle is providing inaccurate sensor data (an example of misbehavior information) by comparing the first range to a second range which is described by the sensor data which is extracted from the V2X message. The method includes modifying an operation of the vehicle component so that the vehicle component does not consider the sensor data that is provided by the remote vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2019Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Inventors: Hongsheng Lu, John Kenney, Takayuki Shimizu
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Patent number: 11673656Abstract: An air mobility control system is provided. The system includes one or more shock absorbing units that are mounted in an aircraft and are configured to absorb a vertical force impacting on the air mobility vehicle. A distance sensor is mounted in the air mobility vehicle and is configured to sense the distance to a ground or an approaching object. A safety controller is configured to detect an abnormal descent of the air mobility vehicle and to operate the one or more shock absorbing units to be deployed according to the distance sensed by the distance sensor.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2020Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventor: Woo Sung Kim
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Patent number: 11670164Abstract: A crosswind effect estimation device is mounted in a vehicle and configured to estimate an effect on the vehicle due to a crosswind. The crosswind effect estimation device includes a processor configured to i) acquire information on the crosswind in a predetermined region forward of the vehicle in a traveling direction of the vehicle, ii) acquire information on a shielding object that is located on a windward side in a direction of the crosswind, and iii) estimate the effect on the vehicle due to the crosswind based on the acquired information on the crosswind and the acquired information on the shielding object.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2020Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: JTEKT CORPORATIONInventors: Kyouhei Takamori, Hiroto Takaue
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Patent number: 11661057Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a recognizer that is configured to recognize a surrounding situation of a host vehicle and a driving controller that is configured to control acceleration or deceleration and steering of the host vehicle on the basis of a recognition result of the recognizer. The driving controller is configured to cause the host vehicle to operate in at least any of a first driving state and a second driving state in which a rate of automation is higher or tasks required of an occupant are fewer than in the first driving state, and is configured to transition a driving state of the host vehicle to the first driving state on the basis of movement of a rearward vehicle that travels rearward of the host vehicle recognized by the recognizer in a direction of a vehicle width in a case where the host vehicle is operating in the second driving state.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2019Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Chihiro Abe, Katsuya Yashiro, Hironobu Kiryu
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Patent number: 11661079Abstract: A method for reducing the potential hazard of a number of vehicles with heterogenous drives includes receiving on a backend server hazard data of the vehicles which includes current fill state data of at least one energy store and the current position of the respective vehicles, identifying on a backend server hazard situation data comprising the position and the type of the hazard situation, evaluating on the backend server the hazard data of the vehicles with respect to the hazard situation data, and automatically initiating at least one protective measure corresponding to the evaluated hazard data.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2018Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke AktiengesellschaftInventors: Young-Jae Cho, Jan-Mark Kunberger, Georg Movsisyan, Andreas Pelger
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Patent number: 11657723Abstract: A management device allows: an information acquisition unit to acquire information that identifies an unmanned aerial vehicle that is an investigation target; a flight position determination unit to determine a flight position of the unmanned aerial vehicle that is the investigation target at a certain point in time; a search unit to search for one or more other unmanned aerial vehicles having a photographing function and positioned around the unmanned aerial vehicle that is the investigation target at the certain point in time; and an acquisition assist processing unit to assist acquisition of photographed data taken by the one or more other unmanned aerial vehicles that are searched for. Further, the management device may perform the above processing using communications through a blockchain network to cooperate with the blockchain network.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2020Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Kei Nakajima, Hirotaka Uchitomi
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Patent number: 11656630Abstract: A robot includes a drive system configured to maneuver the robot about an environment and data processing hardware in communication with memory hardware and the drive system. The memory hardware stores instructions that when executed on the data processing hardware cause the data processing hardware to perform operations. The operations include receiving image data of the robot maneuvering in the environment and executing at least one waypoint heuristic. The at least one waypoint heuristic is configured to trigger a waypoint placement on a waypoint map. In response to the at least one waypoint heuristic triggering the waypoint placement, the operations include recording a waypoint on the waypoint map where the waypoint is associated with at least one waypoint edge and includes sensor data obtained by the robot. The at least one waypoint edge includes a pose transform expressing how to move between two waypoints.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2021Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: Boston Dynamics, Inc.Inventors: Dom Jonak, Marco da Silva, Joel Chestnutt, Matt Klingensmith
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Patent number: 11656090Abstract: An approach is provided for generating navigation data of a geographical location. The approach involves identifying a landmark located along a source road from a source image and segmenting the source image using a deep learning model to identify a segmentation mask. The approach also involves generating a template image based on the segmentation mask and a street image of the landmark, and matching the template image successively with a sequence of images of the landmark to determine a confidence score. The approach further involves, identifying a first image from the sequence of images with confidence score below a predetermined threshold, and selecting a second image with confidence score above the predetermined threshold from the sequence of images. The approach further involves calculating a visibility distance of the landmark based on the source image and the second image, and generating the navigation data based on the calculated visibility distance.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2019Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: HERE Global B.V.Inventors: Abhilshit Soni, Akshay Pachaar
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Patent number: 11648753Abstract: A window pane has a plurality of capacitive switching regions, for separating an interior from an external environment, wherein the window pane includes a pane having an inner surface and a coating that is arranged at least partially on the inner surface of the pane and a capacitive switching region is in each case electrically separated from the coating by at least one coating-free dividing line and can be electrically connected to a sensor electronics system and has a detection region for contactlessly detecting an object moved by a person in an activation region and the direction of movement thereof.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2017Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCEInventor: Patrick Weber
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Patent number: 11643100Abstract: An in-vehicle display apparatus includes a display device and a display control section that causes information of a vehicle to be displayed as an image in the display device. The vehicle is capable of switching between a driving manipulation mode and a driving assistance mode. The display control section, in the driving manipulation mode, causes display to be performed in a driving manipulation display format, in which a speed meter image and a rotational speed meter image that indicate a physical quantity accompanying the drive force of the vehicle using an indicator and a parameter change with respect to the indicator are displayed. The display control section, in the driving assistance mode, causes display to be performed in a driving assistance display format, in which the speed meter image and the rotational speed meter image are deleted and a driving assistance image is displayed.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2021Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Genta Shiba, Koji Tajima
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Patent number: 11644340Abstract: An automated avionics system for determining a modified descent path of an aircraft includes a memory operable to store a database of flight information related to a flight plan and a processor operably coupled with the memory. The processor is operable to receive an indication to initiate descent of the aircraft associated with a position of the aircraft, receive information related to the flight plan from the database, and based on the information received, perform modifications to the path of descent. The processor is further operable to, based on a comparison of an original position of descent and the indicated position, determine a modified position of descent for the aircraft and calculate a modified path of descent, the modified path of descent complying with the of altitude constraint(s) of the flight plan.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2021Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: Garmin International, Inc.Inventors: Robert W. Gaul, Joseph R. Lombardo, Caleb J. Gorman
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Patent number: 11634890Abstract: An image display system for a work machine including working equipment having a working tool and a turning body to which the working equipment is attached, includes: a position detector detecting at least one of an attitude and a position of the working equipment; a distance detector obtaining information on a distance from the work machine to a work target; and a processing device that generates, by using information on a position of the working tool obtained by the position detector and information on a position of the work target obtained from the information on the distance obtained by the distance detector, a first image including a portion corresponding to a part of the working tool and extending along a turning direction of the turning body, on the work target opposed to the working tool, and displays the first image on the display device.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2017Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignees: Komatsu Ltd., Osaka UniversityInventors: Takanobu Tanimoto, Yu Nanri, Yukinori Matsumura, Kazuhisa Takahama
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Patent number: 11634131Abstract: A method for determining a speed profile of a motor vehicle on a route between a starting point and an arrival point. The method includes the steps of defining a series of noteworthy points of the route, which are characterized by a stoppage of the vehicle or a decrease in the speed of the vehicle, the series of noteworthy points dividing the route into a series of portions, for each portion of the route, generating a speed and/or torque setpoint optimizing the speed profile of the vehicle by minimizing the Hamiltonian of a system of equations modeling the driving of the vehicle, and providing the setpoint generated on each portion of the route so as to optimize the driving of the vehicle up to the arrival point.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2017Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Inventors: Mariano Sans, Jordan Stekke
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Patent number: 11631326Abstract: An information providing system includes a server and an onboard device configured to transmit and receive information to and from the server. The onboard device includes an imaging unit configured to capture an image around a vehicle and a first transmission unit configured to transmit position information and captured image data to the server. The server includes a removal state information generating unit configured to generate removal state information including a predicted time which is required to remove the road obstacle based on the captured image data and a second transmission unit configured to transmit the removal state information. The removal state information which is transmitted from the server is output in another onboard device.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2019Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shin Sakurada, Jun Okamoto, Josuke Yamane, Risako Yamamoto, Kazuki Sugie, Masatoshi Komiyama
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Patent number: 11631256Abstract: An object is to provide technology capable of appropriately estimating lane marking information. A travel path recognition apparatus includes a travel path recognizer. When a plurality of pieces of the lane marking information equal to or greater than a predetermined number are acquired, the travel path recognizer corrects the plurality of pieces of the lane marking information into a plurality of pieces of current-position lane marking information based on the vehicle behavior. Then, the travel path recognizer estimates one piece of current-position lane marking information as estimation lane marking information based on the plurality of pieces of current-position lane marking information to use the estimation lane marking information to recognize a travel path.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2017Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventor: Yasuyoshi Hori
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Patent number: 11627450Abstract: Among other things, a vehicle is caused to drive autonomously through a road network toward a defined goal position, and, if no potential stopping place that is in the vicinity of the goal position and is acceptable and feasible can be identified, a human operator not onboard the vehicle is enabled to drive the vehicle to a stopping place.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2016Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: Motional AD LLCInventors: Karl Iagnemma, Harshavardhan Ravichandran