Patents Examined by Sihar A Karwan
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Patent number: 11937539Abstract: An electronic device includes a first set of sensors configured to generate motion information. The electronic device also includes a second set of sensors configured to receive information from multiple anchors. The electronic device further includes a processor configured to generate a path to drive the electronic device within an area. The processor is configured to receive the motion information. The processor is configured to generate ranging information based on the information that is received. While the electronic device is driven along the path, the processor is configured to identify a location and heading direction within the area of the electronic device based on the motion information. The processor is configured to modify the estimate of location and the heading direction of the electronic device based on the ranging information. The processor is configured to drive within the area according to the path, based on the location and heading direction.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2020Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Mandar N. Kulkarni, Yuming Zhu, Neha Dawar, Songwei Li, Boon L. Ng, Jianzhong Zhang
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Patent number: 11935398Abstract: An electronic apparatus is provided. The electronic apparatus includes: a storage configured to store control code sets corresponding to each of a display apparatus and one or more external electronic apparatuses providing contents to the display apparatus; a communicator comprising communication circuitry configured to communicate with the display apparatus and a remote control apparatus; and a processor configured to determine a source apparatus, providing a content that is currently displayed on the display apparatus, of the display apparatus and the one or more external electronic apparatuses, and controlling the communication circuitry of the communicator to transmit a control code set corresponding to the determined source apparatus to the remote control apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2022Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kyung-hee Jung
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Patent number: 11934177Abstract: Elements of a machine are moved relative to one another along several axes. A monitoring device receives groups of position values of the axes which specify the relative position of the elements to one another. The surfaces and/or volumes of the elements taking up working space are determined therefrom. The monitoring device checks whether a collision risk between the elements exists. The monitoring device models at least parts of the surfaces of the elements with two-dimensional splines defined by nodes and checkpoints. The monitoring device further determines from the checkpoints of the splines for sections envelopes which envelop respective element in the respective section, and uses the respective envelope as a surface that is taken up by the respective element in the respective section. Boundary lines of faces of the envelopes are straight connecting lines of the checkpoints.Type: GrantFiled: January 2, 2020Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventors: Carsten Hamm, Jörg Handeck, Tomas Sauer
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Patent number: 11919568Abstract: A system and strategy for reducing rapid steering wheel movement at the end of an autopark maneuver. The strategy includes maintaining or ramping-out power-steering motor torque to reduce steering wheel movement that may occur due to tire windup that has occurred up to that point in the autopark maneuver. The strategy may include the stopping of an autopark maneuver at any time during the maneuver, or functioning at the end of an autopark maneuver. The autopark event may be a park-out maneuver.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2019Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Erick Michael Lavoie, Nathaniel Abram Rolfes
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Patent number: 11915475Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a moving robot that generates image information by accumulating results of sensing a corner area using a 3D camera sensor, and detects an obstacle by extracting an area for identifying the obstacle from the image information, and a traveling method thereof in corner areas.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2021Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Jinuh Joo, Jungsik Kim
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Patent number: 11904938Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer program products for guiding vehicles. A vehicle control system detects obstacles and avoids contact between the vehicle, and the obstacles by solving a path planning problem using a four-phase system. In a parking scenario, switching control laws are used to drive the vehicle to a target line, and a forward path segment and a reverse path segment defined. The two path segments are connected along the target line to define a path for entering or exiting the parking space. Objects in a driving environment may be avoided by identifying an obstacle corner, defining an avoidance circle (62), (185) around the obstacle corner, and determining a path that allows the vehicle to avoid penetrating the avoidance circle. A line-of-sight guidance method may be used to follow the path by defining target points on the path at a lookout distance l, and steering the vehicle using the target points.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2019Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Ohio UniversityInventors: Jianchao Zhu, Letian Lin
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Patent number: 11884377Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for performing automated operations, such as installing fasteners at a plurality of locations along a joint, using a high-density robotic cell. A plurality of different tasks for a fastener installation operation is performed concurrently at selected locations of the plurality of locations using a plurality of single function end effectors positioned relative to the selected locations in a high-density setup.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2018Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Harinder S. Oberoi, Kevin Marion Barrick, Charles Yuanxin Hu
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Driver assistance system for a motor vehicle, motor vehicle and method for operating a motor vehicle
Patent number: 11866036Abstract: The invention relates to a driver assistance system for a motor vehicle, the motor vehicle and a method for operating same. In some embodiments, an obstacle is detected based on environmental data and a risk of collision is determined in consideration of driving state data. Further, an evasion trajectory for preventing a collision of the motor vehicle with the obstacle is determined. The driver assistance system is configured to detect another oncoming vehicle for which the risk of collision is greater than a predefined first threshold value as the obstacle. Further, the driver assistance system is configured to check whether a control action of a driver of the motor vehicle is guiding same along the determined evasion trajectory and, if this is not the case, to modify the control action of the driver automatically such that the motor vehicle is guided along the determined evasion trajectory by the modified control action.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2019Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventors: Timo Klingemann, Bastian Schmidt, Maike Wall, Michael Wonke, Jörn Fauck -
Patent number: 11860278Abstract: Embodiments herein describe a robotic system that uses range sensors to identify a vector map of an environment. The vector map includes lines that outline the shape of objects in the environment (e.g., shelves on the floor of a warehouse). The system identifies one or more line segments representing the boundary or outline of the objects in the environment using range data acquired by the range sensors. The robotic system can repeat this process at different locations as it moves in the environment. Because of errors and inaccuracies, line segments formed at different locations may not clearly align even when these line segments correspond to the same object. To account for this error, the robotic system match line segments identified at a first location with line segments identified at a second location. The matched line segments can be merged into a line that is stored in the vector map.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2018Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Samer Nashed, Jong Jin Park, Joseph Durham
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Patent number: 11853074Abstract: There is provided a control device including: a control unit that performs driving control of a vehicle. The control unit temporarily continues automated traveling of the vehicle on a basis of a surrounding environment estimated by a remaining function of a compound eye camera, in a case where a malfunction of the compound eye camera used in recognition of the surrounding environment is detected during execution of automated driving control for the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2018Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions CorporationInventor: Eiji Oba
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Patent number: 11856323Abstract: Provided is a video display device wearable on the head of a user, wherein the video display device includes a video display unit capable of switching two or more display methods, a control unit for indicating a display method to the video display unit, a first detection unit for detecting the motion of the head of a user, a second detection unit for detecting the motion of the point of view of the user, and a motion determination unit for determining the motion state of the device user by using the output from the first detection unit and the output from the second detection unit. The control unit indicates a change of display methods to the video display unit in accordance with the determination result of the motion determination unit.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2019Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.Inventors: Takahiro Matsuda, Satoshi Ouchi, Yoshiho Seo, Seiji Murata
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Patent number: 11842627Abstract: An electronic apparatus is provided. The electronic apparatus includes: a storage configured to store control code sets corresponding to each of a display apparatus and one or more external electronic apparatuses providing contents to the display apparatus; a communicator comprising communication circuitry configured to communicate with the display apparatus and a remote control apparatus; and a processor configured to determine a source apparatus, providing a content that is currently displayed on the display apparatus, of the display apparatus and the one or more external electronic apparatuses, and controlling the communication circuitry of the communicator to transmit a control code set corresponding to the determined source apparatus to the remote control apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2022Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kyung-hee Jung
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Patent number: 11839441Abstract: A robotic surgical system includes at least one robot arm, at least one instrument, and a plurality of drive motors configured to drive the at least one robot arm and at least one instrument. The system also includes a laparoscopic port having a plurality of fiducials, a sensor configured to detect the plurality of fiducials, and a controller configured to control the plurality of drive motors. The controller includes a processor that determines a current distance between each fiducial among the plurality of fiducials, determines a location of the laparoscopic port based on the distance between each fiducial, determines a position of the at least one robot arm and the at least one instrument relative to the location of the laparoscopic port, and controls the plurality of drive motors to align the at least one robot arm or the at least one instrument with the laparoscopic port.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2018Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: Covidien LPInventors: Matthew Chowaniec, Xingrui Chen
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Patent number: 11838634Abstract: A method of generating a digital video image uses a wide-angle field of view (WFOV) lens positioned closely in front of an image sensor array so that the image field of the lens is so curved at the sensor array that different regions of the image field are substantially in focus on the sensor array for different positions of the lens. The method comprises selecting a desired region of interest in the image field of the lens, and adjusting the lens/array distance to bring the region of interest into focus on the sensor array. The in-focus region of interest is stored and at least partially corrected for field-of-view distortion due to the WFOV lens. The corrected image is displayed, locally and/or remotely. These steps are cyclically repeated to provide the video image.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2020Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Inventors: Petronel Bigioi, Christopher Dainty, Peter Corcoran
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Patent number: 11832029Abstract: A projection system and a projection image adjustment method thereof are provided. The projection image adjustment method is applicable to a processing device connected to multiple projectors, a display, and an input device, and includes the following steps. Arrangement information between the multiple projectors is obtained. Multiple adjustable areas corresponding to a projection image of each projector are simultaneously displayed on the display and the multiple adjustable areas are simultaneously displayed on projection images of the multiple projectors according to the arrangement information. A parameter setting interface corresponding to a first adjustable area among the multiple adjustable areas is displayed on the display. The first adjustable area corresponds to a first projector among the multiple projectors.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2020Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: Coretronic CorporationInventors: Shih-Chieh Lin, Chen-Ming Li, Kang-Shun Hsu, Chia-Yen Ou
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Patent number: 11818302Abstract: In accordance with a method for presenting home screen shortcuts, a computer system is coupled to a plurality of media content providers and obtains a respective media application for each of the media content providers. Content is provided for display on the television screen from a first media content provider via a first media application. The computer system obtains a plurality of shortcuts corresponding to a home screen user interface, and the plurality of shortcuts includes one or more media shortcuts and a search shortcut. The home screen user interface is displayed concurrently with the provided content on the television screen, and the one or more media shortcuts and the search shortcut are concurrently displayed on the home screen user interface. In response to selection of the search shortcut, the computer system initiates a shortcut search for one or more additional shortcuts for display on the home screen user interface.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2022Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Dennis Miloseski, Justin Koh
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Patent number: 11818404Abstract: This disclosure relates to systems and methods for displaying of thumbnails of content to be played after viewing of a video advertisement. A method includes generating a thumbnail associated with video content, the video content to be provided for playback after playback of a video advertisement, and presenting the thumbnail during the playback of the video advertisement to inform a user of the video content, wherein a skip counter indicative of time left until skipping of the video advertisement is enabled is provided, and wherein the time left is less than a remaining playing time of the video advertisement.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2021Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventors: Nicola Ann Crane, Jamieson Kerns, Shiva Jaini, Thomas James Broxton, Ramesh Sarukkai
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Patent number: 11807211Abstract: According to one aspect of the present invention, a control apparatus for an in-vehicle apparatus includes a first sensor and a second sensor configured to output sensor data, and a first microprocessor and a second microprocessor. A second sensor data request signal generation portion of the second microprocessor is configured to generate a second sensor data request signal. The first microprocessor includes a first sensor data request signal generation portion, a first data comparison portion, a first abnormality determination portion, and a first instruction signal generation portion. The first sensor data request signal generation portion is configured to generate a first sensor data request signal. The first data comparison portion is configured to compare first comparison data selected from a plurality of an first sensor data and second comparison data selected from a plurality of an second sensor data.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2019Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.Inventors: Shota Fujiwara, Kazuya Yamano, Masaki Itabashi, Toshiaki Meguro
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Patent number: 11807231Abstract: An electronic device and method are disclosed herein. The electronic device includes communication circuitry, an output interface, memory and a processor. The processor implements the method, including: storing, in the memory, accident modeling information including at least one of a history of accidents at a present location, and a first driver profile of a driver associated with the history of accidents at the present location, receiving at least a portion of a second driver profile from at least one external vehicle proximate to the vehicle via the communication circuitry, the second driver profile indicating driving characteristics of a driver of the at least one external vehicle, generating accident risk information based at least on the accident modeling information and the second driver profile, and outputting the generated accident risk information through the output interface.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2020Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Minwoo Song, Kyungjin Yoon, Chulmin Lee, Jaeseung Cho
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Patent number: 11797015Abstract: The invention relates to a system and a method for determining a target vehicle speed for a vehicle moving between a starting location and a target location at a worksite.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2018Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: VOLVO CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT ABInventors: Calle Skillsäter, Andreas Norrman