Patents by Inventor Akila C. Ganlath
Akila C. Ganlath has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11902611Abstract: A method is provided including receiving a planned route of a vehicle and a request to download content from a cloud server, the planned route traveling through an area covered by a plurality of edge servers, determining a state comprising possible connections between the vehicle and each of the plurality of edge servers at a plurality of time steps during the planned route, inputting the state to a trained model, the model being trained to output an action comprising a partition of the content across the plurality of edge servers that minimizes latency of transmission of the content from the cloud server to the vehicle via the plurality of edge servers, based on the state, and partitioning the content across the plurality of edge servers based on the action out by the trained mode.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2022Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.Inventors: Siqi Huang, Haoxin Wang, Akila C. Ganlath, Prashant Tiwari
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Patent number: 11880428Abstract: A server includes a controller programmed to obtain information about a first perception model installed in a vehicle. The controller is further programmed to determine a value of updating the first perception model. The controller is further programmed to determine whether the first perception model needs to be updated to a second perception model based on the value of updating the first perception model. The controller is further programmed to transmit the second perception model to the vehicle in response to determining that the first perception model needs to be updated to the second perception model.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2021Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.Inventors: Siqi Huang, Haoxin Wang, Akila C. Ganlath, Prashant Tiwari
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Publication number: 20230419540Abstract: A method includes receiving features associated with an object to be tracked, receiving an estimated location of the object, determining a region of interest with respect to a first connected vehicle that includes the estimated location of the object, transmitting the features and the region of interest to the first connected vehicle, receiving object data associated with the object from the first connected vehicle, the object data comprising a location of the object, and updating an object track associated with the object based on the object data, the object track comprising the location of the object at a plurality of time steps.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2022Publication date: December 28, 2023Applicants: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Akila C. Ganlath, Haoxin Wang, Nejib Ammar, Rohit Gupta, Prashant Tiwari
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Publication number: 20230339508Abstract: The disclosure includes embodiments for a medic system to respond to a medical condition of a vehicle occupant. A method according to some embodiments is executed by a processor. The method also includes determining, by the processor, that a driver of an ego vehicle is experiencing a debilitating medical condition. The method also includes overriding a protocol to decrease an autonomy level of the ego vehicle responsive to inattentiveness of the driver to a driving interface of the ego vehicle so that the driver can be inattentive to the driving interface and the autonomy level is not decreased. The method also includes modifying an operation of an autonomous driving system of the ego vehicle to increase the autonomy level of the ego vehicle to decrease a driving responsibility of the driver responsive to the debilitating medical condition.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2022Publication date: October 26, 2023Inventors: Akila C. Ganlath, Rohit Gupta, Paul Li, Ziran Wang, Kyungtae Han, Nejib Ammar, Satoshi Nagashima
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Publication number: 20230322107Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining, by a vehicle, a charging location, directing, by the vehicle, another vehicle occupying the charging location to maneuver proximate the charging location, and receiving, by the vehicle, charge when the another vehicle maneuvers proximate the charging location.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2022Publication date: October 12, 2023Inventors: Rohit Gupta, Nejib Ammar, Akila C. Ganlath, Prashant Tiwari
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Publication number: 20230283827Abstract: A method is provided including receiving a planned route of a vehicle and a request to download content from a cloud server, the planned route traveling through an area covered by a plurality of edge servers, determining a state comprising possible connections between the vehicle and each of the plurality of edge servers at a plurality of time steps during the planned route, inputting the state to a trained model, the model being trained to output an action comprising a partition of the content across the plurality of edge servers that minimizes latency of transmission of the content from the cloud server to the vehicle via the plurality of edge servers, based on the state, and partitioning the content across the plurality of edge servers based on the action out by the trained mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2022Publication date: September 7, 2023Applicant: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.Inventors: Siqi Huang, Haoxin Wang, Akila C. Ganlath, Prashant Tiwari
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Publication number: 20230213935Abstract: A method may include receiving a request for drone-assisted media capture from a vehicle located at a first location, the request specifying one or more user preferences, selecting an unmanned aerial vehicle that is able to perform the drone-assisted media capture based on the user preferences, causing the selected unmanned aerial vehicle to travel to the first location, and causing the selected unmanned aerial vehicle to capture media at the first location based on the user preferences.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2022Publication date: July 6, 2023Applicant: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.Inventors: Rohit Gupta, Akila C. Ganlath, Prashant Tiwari
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Publication number: 20230153378Abstract: A server includes a controller programmed to obtain information about a first perception model installed in a vehicle. The controller is further programmed to determine a value of updating the first perception model. The controller is further programmed to determine whether the first perception model needs to be updated to a second perception model based on the value of updating the first perception model. The controller is further programmed to transmit the second perception model to the vehicle in response to determining that the first perception model needs to be updated to the second perception model.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2021Publication date: May 18, 2023Applicant: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.Inventors: Siqi Huang, Haoxin Wang, Akila C. Ganlath, Prashant Tiwari
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Publication number: 20230135603Abstract: A method comprises receiving, at a vehicle system of a vehicle, sensor data from one or more sensors; detecting an object based on the sensor data; determining whether a dynamic map maintained by a remote computing device includes the detected object; upon determination that the dynamic map includes the detected object, determining a remaining time-to-live associated with the detected object based on data associated with the dynamic map; and transmitting data about the detected object to the remote computing device if the determined remaining time-to-live associated with the detected object is less than a predetermined threshold time.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2021Publication date: May 4, 2023Applicant: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.Inventors: Rohit Gupta, Akila C. Ganlath, Prashant Tiwari
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Publication number: 20220391634Abstract: Systems and methods for scheduling environment perception-based data offloading for numerous connected vehicles are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for offloading data includes capturing an image of a view of interest from a vehicle, segmenting the image into a plurality of blocks, and determining a scheduling priority for each of one or more blocks among the plurality of blocks based on block values, wherein the block values relate to one or more objects of interest contained in each of the one or more blocks. The method further includes offloading, from the vehicle to a server, one or more blocks based on the scheduling priority of the one or more blocks.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2021Publication date: December 8, 2022Applicant: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.Inventors: Haoxin Wang, Akila C. Ganlath, Nejib Ammar, Onur Altintas, Prashant Tiwari, Takayuki Shimizu, BaekGyu Kim
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Publication number: 20220343449Abstract: A ride sharing method is disclosed including receiving, from a user device, a user ride request at a primary mobility service provider, the primary mobility service provider monitoring activity of vehicles registered with the primary mobility service provider, transmitting, by the primary mobility service provider, the user ride request to one or more secondary mobility service providers, each secondary mobility service provider monitoring activity of vehicles registered with the secondary mobility service provider, identifying, by the primary mobility service provider, a primary route recommendation, receiving, at the primary mobility service provider, one or more secondary route recommendations from the one or more secondary mobility service providers, and presenting the primary route recommendation and the one or more secondary route recommendations to the user device.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2021Publication date: October 27, 2022Applicant: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.Inventors: Nejib Ammar, Akila C. Ganlath, Prashant Tiwari
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Publication number: 20220318691Abstract: The disclosure includes embodiments of personalizing a shared ride in a mobility-on-demand service using a response matrix. A method includes receiving feedback from a first set of users that share a first shared ride, wherein the feedback describes their individual satisfaction with the first shared ride. The method includes updating, by the processor, a response matrix to include the feedback, wherein the response matrix includes digital data describing historical user satisfaction with a plurality of shared rides over time. The method includes matching, by the processor, a second set of users to a second shared ride based on service profile data for the users, vehicle data for vehicles, and the response matrix so that the satisfaction of the second set of users with the second shared ride is improved based on the response matrix.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2021Publication date: October 6, 2022Inventors: Nejib Ammar, Akila C. Ganlath, Prashant Tiwari
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Publication number: 20220244743Abstract: A method includes receiving requests to form a vehicle platoon from a plurality of vehicles, determining terms of a contract for the plurality of vehicles to form the vehicle platoon comprising a lead vehicle and one or more follower vehicles, and transmitting terms of the contract to the plurality of vehicles. The terms of the contract comprise the lead vehicle receiving a first payment, at least one of the follower vehicle making a second payment, and each of the follower vehicles receiving vehicle data from the lead vehicle according to a unique service profile associated with each follower vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2021Publication date: August 4, 2022Applicant: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.Inventors: Akila C. Ganlath, Nejib Ammar, Prashant Tiwari
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Patent number: 11312300Abstract: A method includes capturing object data using a data capture device of a vehicle, determining that the captured object data includes a relevant object based on a user profile associated with an occupant of the vehicle, and executing a notification at the vehicle indicating a presence of the relevant object in response to determining that the captured object data includes the relevant object.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2021Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.Inventors: Akila C. Ganlath, Nejib Ammar, Prashant Tiwari
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Patent number: 11282388Abstract: An edge device can send a vehicle-specific alert to a connected vehicle, which is configured to communicate with the edge device. The edge device can receive observations of other vehicles on the road from connected vehicles and/or roadside units. The edge device can also receive driving history and/or other information about the other vehicles from a server. The edge device can classify the behavior of vehicles detected in the observations based on the observations, driving history, and/or other information. Based on the classified behavior, the edge device can determine whether and how the connected vehicle is impacted and, if impacted, send the vehicle-specific alert to the connected vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2020Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.Inventors: Xinyue Kan, Akila C. Ganlath, Ahmed H. Sakr, Prashant Tiwari
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Publication number: 20210241624Abstract: An edge device can send a vehicle-specific alert to a connected vehicle, which is configured to communicate with the edge device. The edge device can receive observations of other vehicles on the road from connected vehicles and/or roadside units. The edge device can also receive driving history and/or other information about the other vehicles from a server. The edge device can classify the behavior of vehicles detected in the observations based on the observations, driving history, and/or other information. Based on the classified behavior, the edge device can determine whether and how the connected vehicle is impacted and, if impacted, send the vehicle-specific alert to the connected vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2020Publication date: August 5, 2021Inventors: Xinyue Kan, Akila C. Ganlath, Ahmed H. Sakr, Prashant Tiwari