Patents by Inventor Alex Tomala

Alex Tomala 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).

  • Method for customizing motion characteristics of an autonomous vehicle for a user
    Patent number: 11919531
    Abstract: One variation of a method for customizing motion characteristics of an autonomous vehicle for a user includes: accessing a baseline emotional state of the user following entry of the user into the autonomous vehicle at a first time proximal a start of a trip; during a first segment of the trip, autonomously navigating toward a destination location according to a first motion planning parameter, accessing a second emotional state of the user at a second time, detecting degradation of sentiment of the user based on differences between the baseline and second emotional states; and correlating degradation of sentiment of the user with a navigational characteristic of the autonomous vehicle; modifying the first motion planning parameter of the autonomous vehicle to deviate from the navigational characteristic; and, during a second segment of the trip, autonomously navigating toward the destination location according to the revised motion planning parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Inventors: Carol Reiley, Fabien Blanc-Paques, Gahl Levy, Bradley Perry, Chih Hu, Vineet Jain, Chip J. Alexander, Alex Tomala
  • METHOD FOR CUSTOMIZING MOTION CHARACTERISTICS OF AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE FOR A USER
    Publication number: 20190232974
    Abstract: One variation of a method for customizing motion characteristics of an autonomous vehicle for a user includes: accessing a baseline emotional state of the user following entry of the user into the autonomous vehicle at a first time proximal a start of a trip; during a first segment of the trip, autonomously navigating toward a destination location according to a first motion planning parameter, accessing a second emotional state of the user at a second time, detecting degradation of sentiment of the user based on differences between the baseline and second emotional states; and correlating degradation of sentiment of the user with a navigational characteristic of the autonomous vehicle; modifying the first motion planning parameter of the autonomous vehicle to deviate from the navigational characteristic; and, during a second segment of the trip, autonomously navigating toward the destination location according to the revised motion planning parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Carol Reiley, Fabien Blanc-Paques, Gahl Levy, Bradley Perry, Chih Hu, Vineet Jain, Chip J. Alexander, Alex Tomala