Patents Examined by Michael V Kerrigan
  • Patent number: 11651465
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide a method for configuring indication information for transportation services. The method includes receiving a first transportation request which includes a first passenger pick-up point located in a preset geographical area, and the first transportation request matches a first vehicle. The method also includes receiving a second transportation request which includes a second passenger pick-up point located in the preset geographical area, and the second transportation request matches a second vehicle. The method further includes generating first indication information for the first transportation request and second indication information for the second transportation request based on a time difference between a first estimated time for the first vehicle to arrive in the preset geographical area and a second estimated time for the second vehicle to arrive in the preset geographical area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: BEIJING DIDI INFINITY TECHNOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Pengcheng Wang, Yongqing Mu, Qiang Ma, Chuanlan Li, Zhaozhi Sun, Quansheng Guo, Lu Qian
  • Patent number: 11631287
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a system and method for detecting vehicle events. Some or all of the system may be installed in a vehicle, operate at the vehicle, and/or be otherwise coupled with a vehicle. The system includes one or more sensors configured to generate output signals conveying information related to the vehicle. The system receives contextual information from a source external to the vehicle. The system detects a vehicle event based on the information conveyed by the output signals from the sensors and the received contextual information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: SmartDrive Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Palmer, Mark Freitas, Daniel A. Deninger, David Forney, Slaven Sljivar, Alekh Vaidya, Jeffrey Griswold
  • Patent number: 11628105
    Abstract: A powered wheelchair includes a seat, a first leg, a second leg, and a control unit. The first leg includes a first inertial measurement unit configured to determine a position of the first leg and a first leg actuator configured to adjust a position of the first leg. The second leg includes a second inertial measurement unit configured to determine a position of the second leg and a second leg actuator configured to adjust a position of the second leg. The control unit is operable to determine a global orientation of the powered wheelchair by averaging the position of first leg and the position of the second leg, and automatically adjusting the position of the first leg with a first leg actuator and the position of the second leg with the second leg actuator based on the global orientation to maintain the seat in a pre-selected position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventor: Dario Jose Villarreal Suarez
  • Patent number: 11625962
    Abstract: A method of providing mobile application-based assistance with vehicle emissions testing compliance includes establishing a user profile associated with a user of a mobile communication device, receiving, from an emissions test provider identified by the mobile application, diagnostic data retrieved from the vehicle using a diagnostic tool and subsequently uploaded to the at least one server, providing the received diagnostic data to a government-authorized server that is capable of deriving an emissions test result for the registered vehicle based on the received diagnostic data, receiving the emissions test result from the government-authorized server, associating the emissions test result with the user profile by matching a VIN included in the received diagnostic data with a VIN included in the user profile, and providing the emissions test result to the mobile communication device, the emissions test result being displayable on the mobile communication device by the mobile application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Innova Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Bruce B. Brunda, Ieon Chen
  • Patent number: 11623621
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer readable storage medium is disclosed having stored thereon instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to: determine whether an aircraft wheel brake is capable of performing a future rejected take-off event. The determination includes determining from a rejected take-off energy parameter and a set of brake parameters whether a predicted mass of the brake is sufficient to perform the future rejected take-off event. Further, a method for determining whether an aircraft wheel brake is capable of performing a future rejected take-off event is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED
    Inventor: Andrew Bill
  • Patent number: 11608040
    Abstract: Method and apparatus are disclosed for traction control based on friction coefficient estimation. An example vehicle includes a plurality of sensors to measure qualities of a surface of a road and an anti-lock brake system module. The anti-lock brake system module (a) estimates confidence values for different road surface types based on the qualities of the surface of the road, (b) estimates a coefficient of friction between the road and tires of the vehicle based on the confidence values, and (c) adapt a traction control system by altering a target slip based on the coefficient of friction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: William Falconer, Leonard Eber Carrier, Zachary Konchan, Erick Michael Lavoie
  • Patent number: 11604471
    Abstract: A system and method for a motorized mobile chair using a plurality of sensors having a plurality of sensor types to detect a plurality of objects and generate sensor data about the detected objects, each of the detected objects being a person, the sensor data about the objects comprising a plurality of range measurements to the people and a plurality of bearing measurements to the people. The system has at least one processor to receive the sensor data about the people, group the detected people into a plurality of zones, determine a closest person in each zone, and generate one or more control signals to cause the motorized mobile chair to match a speed and a direction of the closest person in the zone corresponding to a direction of travel of the motorized mobile chair while at least approximately maintaining a selected space to the closest person in the zone corresponding to the direction of travel of the motorized mobile chair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Patroness, LLC
    Inventors: Jered Harvey Dean, Barry George Dean, Dan Alan Preston
  • Patent number: 11605251
    Abstract: A method of operation of a compute system comprising: operating a controller area network with a first node including a first error counter and a second node including a second error counter; transmitting a message from the first node to the second node over the controller area network; detecting an error by the first node or the second node; incrementing the first error counter or the second error counter based on whichever the first node or the second node that detected the error; and shutting off an on-board diagnostic port when the first error counter or the second error counter reaches a shut-off threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: MOJ.IO, Inc.
    Inventor: James Anthony Curtis
  • Patent number: 11600119
    Abstract: Systems and methods to perform remote monitoring on a vehicle are described. One embodiment determines a state of a vehicle, where data associated with the vehicle is collected and logged. The data is transmitted to a data server. The data is processed, and vehicle information is extracted from the data. A state of the vehicle is determined based on the vehicle information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Propeller Aerobotics Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Rory Leon San Miguel, Frederick James Greer, Angus Keatinge, Ben Vincent Brown, Kevin John Smith, Christopher Francis Cooper, Tony Qi Ye Luk, Per Arne Hallström
  • Patent number: 11597378
    Abstract: A method for anticipating a lane change by another vehicle ahead of a vehicle equipped with a sensing system having a camera and a radar sensor includes processing captured image data to determine lane markers of a traffic lane along which the equipped vehicle is traveling, and to determine presence of another vehicle in an adjacent traffic lane. Responsive to processing of captured radar data, an oblique angle of a direction of travel of the other vehicle relative to the traffic lane is determined. Responsive to determination that the oblique angle of the direction of travel of the other vehicle is indicative of a cut-in intent of the other vehicle, and based on the determined range to the determined other vehicle, the system anticipates the cut-in of the other vehicle and applies a braking system of the equipped vehicle to mitigate collision with the determined other vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: MAGNA ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Helmut A. Wodrich, Walter G. Woodington
  • Patent number: 11587376
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include a vehicle telematics system that receives different types of identification information from different vehicle modules on the vehicle bus of a vehicle, identifies a vehicle platform based on the identification information by matching the identification information with information stored in a database that has been reverse engineered for a vehicle with a same and/or similar platform and identifies a set of communication data associated with the vehicle platform for communicating with the at least one vehicle module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: CalAmpCorp.
    Inventors: Christopher Erdelyi, David Huang, Daniel Anthony Verdusco, Stephen Hall
  • Patent number: 11574510
    Abstract: A multi-functional automotive diagnostic device includes a base unit having a display screen and a base electrical connector. The device additionally includes a first cartridge including a first body, a first electrical connector, and a first automotive tool. The device further includes a second cartridge including a second body, a second electrical connector, and a second automotive tool. The first and second cartridges are interchangeably engageable with the base unit, such that engagement of the first cartridge to the base unit occurs when the first electrical connector is electrically connected to the base electrical connector which configures the base unit to operate in accordance with the first automotive tool and engagement of the second cartridge to the base unit occurs when the second electrical connector is electrically connected to the base electrical connector which configures the base unit to operate in accordance with the second automotive tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Innova Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Ieon Chen, John Protti, Doug Constable
  • Patent number: 11568684
    Abstract: The invention provides a control unit and a control system for a vehicle capable of reducing a workload of deleting a record of information of an unintended event detected by a certain control unit by preventing the other control unit from recording the information of the event. Control units (50a to 50d) that are mounted on the vehicle and connected in a mutually communicable manner each include an event processing section (55). The event processing section (55) executes one or both of processing to switch whether to notify a recording request of the information of the event and processing to switch necessity/unnecessity of recording of the information of the event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Toshihiro Saito, Kenji Arai, Yuki Shimoya
  • Patent number: 11557158
    Abstract: A testing system for interfacing with a vehicle diagnostic system and performing a diagnostic test on a vehicle. The testing system includes a housing configured to at least partially retain a processor in circuit communication with test circuitry configured to selectively communicate with vehicle's onboard diagnostic system via a test cable. The test cable retrieves diagnostic data from the onboard diagnostic system, and the processor performs a diagnostic test which is sent to an output device for displaying the test results. Results are transmitted to a computing device comprising an application system having an interpreter for displaying diagnostic data on a display of the computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Inventor: Martin Raul Maurer
  • Patent number: 11551485
    Abstract: An information output device is provided, which includes a request acquisition unit that acquires a maintenance request for a vehicle; a user information acquisition unit that acquires information regarding each of a plurality of users; a message generator that generates a message associated with the maintenance request acquired by the request acquisition unit; and a message output unit that outputs the message generated by the message generator. The user information acquisition unit acquires maintenance records of the vehicle that are records of maintenance executed for the vehicle by the plurality of users. The message generator selects a presentation destination user to be presented with the message and generates the message based on a maintenance record of the presentation destination user among the maintenance records of the vehicle. The maintenance record of the presentation destination user is a record of the maintenance executed by the presentation destination user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Kusayanagi, Takura Yanagi
  • Patent number: 11546753
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for vehicles in traffic to simultaneously measure local traffic parameters and communicate the data to a planning vehicle in 5G and 6G. Each participating vehicle can measure, at a predetermined time, the angles of the other vehicles in view, and also the distances to the other vehicles using radar or lidar, for example. They then communicate the data to a planning vehicle. The planning vehicle “merges” or interconnects the various angle measurements to form a self-consistent traffic map of all vehicles in view of any of the participating vehicles, including non-participating vehicles. The planning vehicle then broadcasts the traffic map, or a listing of positions and wireless addresses of the vehicles, for all to use. The vehicles can then identify each other, and communicate with each other, to avoid collisions and facilitate the flow of traffic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: AUTONOMOUS ROADWAY INTELLIGENCE, LLC
    Inventors: David E. Newman, R. Kemp Massengill
  • Patent number: 11538290
    Abstract: An automated vehicle diagnostic navigation system and method includes a diagnostic computer having a diagnostic application program operable to perform a diagnostic evaluation of a vehicle by performing a diagnostic scan of an electronic system of the vehicle, where the diagnostic application program includes a hierarchical structure for initiation of a diagnostic scan of the vehicle based on the make, model and year of the vehicle, and includes a diagnostic navigation program configured to interface with the diagnostic application program, with the diagnostic navigation program configured to receive an input of the make, model and year of the vehicle. The diagnostic navigation program is operable to provide automated sequential inputs to the diagnostic application program based on the make, model and year of the vehicle to navigate the hierarchical structure of the diagnostic application program to initiate and perform a diagnostic scan of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Opus IVS, Inc.
    Inventor: Brian J. Herron
  • Patent number: 11532186
    Abstract: A system, method and computer program product for communicating data of a vehicle. The system includes a data recording device and a data transmitting device coupled to the vehicle. The data recording device is configured to receive at least a vehicle datum during operation of the vehicle, determine a subset of the at least a vehicle datum to be stored, wherein the subset of data is stored during operation of the vehicle, and store the subset of the at least a vehicle datum as a stored vehicle data, wherein the stored vehicle data comprises a diagnostic datum of a vehicle component. The data transmitting device is configured to initiate communication with an independent data communication device as a function of a connection to a network and transmit the stored vehicle data to the independent data communication device as a function of the connection to the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: BETA AIR, LLC
    Inventor: Herman Wiegman
  • Patent number: 11516046
    Abstract: A controller area network fault detection and recovery system and method may include a fault detection module, a fault remediation module, a checkpoint manager, and a recovery manager configured to select one or more of the fault remediation mechanisms based upon detected CAN faults. Remediation of detected CAN faults is controlled at a CAN driver software level in accordance with selected fault remediation mechanisms in a predetermined ordered hierarchy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Shige Wang, Chang Liu
  • Patent number: 11499446
    Abstract: Methods and systems for detecting a shaft event of a gas turbine engine are described. The method comprises monitoring at least one engine parameter and comparing the at least one engine parameter to a schedule for the at least one parameter defining a first threshold and a second threshold greater than the first threshold; applying a limit to the at least one engine parameter when the at least one engine parameter is inside a parameter limiting region between the first threshold and the second threshold, the first threshold separating the parameter limiting region from a normal operating region, the second threshold separating the parameter limiting region from a hazardous operating region; and detecting the shaft event when the at least one engine parameter crosses the second threshold and issuing a signal in response to the detecting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.
    Inventor: Graeme Daly