Patents by Inventor BaekGyu Kim

BaekGyu Kim 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).

  • Patent number: 10911412
    Abstract: The disclosure includes embodiments for reserving an infrastructure resource on an infrastructure device. In some embodiments, a method includes monitoring an execution status of a reservation result on the infrastructure device. The reservation result describes a reservation of the infrastructure resource on the infrastructure device for providing a V2I service. The method includes receiving feedback data describing the execution status of the reservation result from the infrastructure device. The method includes modifying one or more reservation criteria based on the feedback data. The one or more reservation criteria are used to create the reservation result. The method includes modifying the reservation result based on the one or more reservation criteria so that a shortage or an excess of the infrastructure resource for execution of the V2I service is avoided. The avoidance of the shortage or the excess improves over time as more feedback data is received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Inventors: BaekGyu Kim, Zhihao Jiang
  • Patent number: 10904891
    Abstract: In an example embodiment, a method receives a first request of a first vehicle for a content item; receives travel data of the first vehicle including a first vehicle route of the first vehicle; determines first edge server(s) located on the first vehicle route of the first vehicle; segments the content item into content segment(s) based on the travel data of the first vehicle and edge information of each first edge server; and dispatches each content segment to the corresponding first edge server for transmission to the first vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Qianao Ju, BaekGyu Kim, Chung-Wei Lin, Shinichi Shiraishi
  • Patent number: 10887428
    Abstract: A method for allocating a service request from a mobile object is provided. The method includes receiving the service request and a route of the mobile object, determining estimated arrival times of the mobile object in a plurality of regions based on the route, the plurality of regions being associated with a plurality of regional servers, respectively, determining a region among the plurality of regions based on the estimated arrival times of the mobile object in the plurality of regions and an estimated time for fulfilling the service request, and transmitting the service request to a regional server corresponding to the determined region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Yecheng Zhao, BaekGyu Kim
  • Publication number: 20200388161
    Abstract: A method for deploying of a backup roadside unit (RSU) vehicle to provide on-demand RSU services is described. The method may include determining, by a server, a resource specification to deploy a selected backup RSU vehicle to a requested site. The determining of the resource specification may be performed by the server in response to a scene description received from a requestor. The method also includes sending a dispatch instruction to the selected backup RSU vehicle to deploy the selected backup RSU vehicle to the requested site. In this method, a hardware/software capability of the selected backup RSU vehicle is matched to the resource specification determined by the server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Inventors: BaekGyu KIM, Baik HOH, Hao YANG, Shalini KESHAVAMURTHY, Kentaro OGUCHI, Onur ALTINTAS
  • Publication number: 20200382440
    Abstract: An example method determines a plurality of traffic sections for a geographical traffic area, each traffic section including a road segment and vehicle(s) traveling on the road segment; monitors a responsive vehicle rate for a first traffic section of the plurality of traffic sections; and assigns, based on the responsive vehicle rate of the first traffic section, the first traffic section to one of a first section server dedicated to manage the first traffic section and a remote management server capable of managing the plurality of traffic sections of the geographical traffic area, the first section server comprising computing device(s) of responsive vehicle(s) in the first traffic section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2019
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Baik Hoh, Shalini Keshavamurthy, Hao Yang, BaekGyu Kim, Kentaro Oguchi
  • Publication number: 20200369273
    Abstract: The disclosure includes embodiments for providing a lookup table to improve performance of a consensus mechanism used in Connected and Automated Vehicle (CAV) technologies. In some embodiments, a method for a connected vehicle includes building a lookup table that is populated with control gain values for a consensus mechanism. The control gain values are created based on a satisfaction of one or more driving constraints by the consensus mechanism. The method includes receiving data describing an initial vehicle state related to a flow of vehicles. The method includes searching the lookup table for a set of control gain values based on the initial vehicle state. The method includes implementing the consensus mechanism on the flow of vehicles based on the set of control gain values so that behavior of the flow of vehicles is coordinated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventors: Ziran Wang, Hiromitsu Kobayashi, Kyungtae Han, BaekGyu Kim
  • Patent number: 10843689
    Abstract: The disclosure includes embodiments for a digital behavioral twin for collision avoidance. In some embodiments, a method includes recording digital data describing a driving context and a driving behavior of a remote vehicle and an ego vehicle in this driving context. In some embodiments, one or more of the remote vehicle and the ego vehicle is a connected vehicle. The method includes determining a risk of a collision involving one or more of the remote vehicle and the ego vehicle based on a first digital behavioral twin of the remote vehicle, a second digital behavioral twin of the ego vehicle and the digital data. The method includes modifying an operation of the ego vehicle based on the risk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Inventors: Zhihao Jiang, Shinichi Shiraishi, BaekGyu Kim
  • Publication number: 20200358877
    Abstract: A method for allocating a service request from a mobile object is provided. The method includes receiving the service request and a route of the mobile object, determining estimated arrival times of the mobile object in a plurality of regions based on the route, the plurality of regions being associated with a plurality of regional servers, respectively, determining a region among the plurality of regions based on the estimated arrival times of the mobile object in the plurality of regions and an estimated time for fulfilling the service request, and transmitting the service request to a regional server corresponding to the determined region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicant: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Yecheng Zhao, BaekGyu Kim
  • Patent number: 10816356
    Abstract: The disclosure includes embodiments for autonomous feature optimization. In some embodiments, a method includes generating one or more candidate navigation routes for a driver of a vehicle. In some embodiments, the method includes determining a set of autonomous features to be provided by the vehicle for each of the one or more candidate navigation routes. In some embodiments, the method includes determining that the set of autonomous features includes an unsafe autonomous feature that is not safe to use during any part between the start point and the end point of the one or more candidate navigation routes. In some embodiments, the method includes displaying a user interface that includes the one or more candidate navigation routes and corresponding autonomous features that are available for each of the one or more candidate navigation routes, wherein the user interface excludes the unsafe autonomous feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Inventors: Jonathan Shum, BaekGyu Kim, Shinichi Shiraishi
  • Publication number: 20200312150
    Abstract: The disclosure includes embodiments for adjusting a blind spot monitor on a vehicle to improve safety of the vehicle. In some embodiments, a method for the vehicle includes detecting a change in a heading of the vehicle. The method includes modifying an operation of the blind spot monitor on the vehicle based on the change in the heading of the vehicle so that performance of the blind spot monitor is enhanced to improve safety of the vehicle in a scenario when the vehicle changes the heading.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Ziran Wang, Kyungtae Han, BaekGyu Kim
  • Publication number: 20200310413
    Abstract: The disclosure includes embodiments for managing a Quality of Experience (QoE) level experienced by a connected vehicle. In some embodiments, a method for the connected vehicle includes receiving a Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) message that includes a management decision for the connected vehicle. The management decision is made based at least on a QoE status in a geographic location of the connected vehicle. The method includes modifying an operation of a vehicle control system of the connected vehicle to implement the management decision so that a QoE level experienced by the connected vehicle is improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Yecheng Zhao, BaekGyu Kim, Roger Melen
  • Patent number: 10788990
    Abstract: The disclosure includes embodiments for improving a performance of a set of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (“ADAS systems”) included in a vehicle by decreasing a latency for processing a set of input/output (“I/O”) requests generated by one or more active ADAS systems from the set of ADAS systems. A method includes determining situation data describing a driving situation for the vehicle. The method includes identifying the one or more active ADAS systems from the set of ADAS systems for the driving situation. The method includes determining whether an input/output (“I/O”) communication conflict exists for the one or more active ADAS systems. The method includes applying at least one of a direct I/O strategy and a virtual I/O strategy to the set of I/O requests based on whether the I/O communication conflict exists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Inventors: BaekGyu Kim, Chung-Wei Lin, Shinichi Shiraishi
  • Publication number: 20200286020
    Abstract: An example method may receive, from a requesting mobility provider (MP), request parameter(s) of a transportation request and vehicle movement requirement(s) of the requesting MP; select, from vehicle profiles of other MPs, first vehicle profile(s) of first MP(s) based on the request parameter(s) of the transportation request, the first vehicle profile(s) including a first vehicle profile representing a first vehicle of a first MP; receive, from the first MP, a mobility plan for the first vehicle to execute the transportation request, the mobility plan of the first vehicle being generated based on the request parameter(s) of the transportation request and an operational protocol of the first MP; determine that the first vehicle is qualified to execute the transportation request using the vehicle movement requirement(s) of the requesting MP and the mobility plan of the first vehicle; and provide the mobility plan of the first vehicle to the requesting MP.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Hiromitsu Kobayashi, Akihito Nakamura, BaekGyu Kim, Roger Melen
  • Publication number: 20200282981
    Abstract: The disclosure describes embodiments for modifying a whether an ego vehicle changes lanes to a target lane at a target time based on a payload of a Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) message originated by a remote vehicle. In some embodiments, a method includes determining, based on the payload, whether the remote vehicle is changing lanes to the target lane at the target time. The method includes determining that the ego vehicle is changing lanes to the target lane at approximately the target time. The method includes estimating that the ego vehicle and the remote vehicle will collide at the target lane at the target time. The method includes modifying an operation of a vehicle component of the ego vehicle so that the ego vehicle does not change lanes to the target lane at the target time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Ziran Wang, Kyungtae Han, BaekGyu Kim
  • Publication number: 20200273197
    Abstract: In an example, a method may read, at a first timestamp using a first reader device and a second reader device of a first vehicle, a first marker position from a first marker device located on a road segment at the first marker position and a second marker position from a second marker device located on the road segment at the second marker position that is different from the first marker position. The method may determine a vehicle position of the first vehicle on the road segment at the first timestamp based on the first marker position of the first marker device and the second marker position of the second marker device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Yecheng Zhao, BaekGyu Kim
  • Patent number: 10755007
    Abstract: The disclosure includes a system, method, and tangible memory for generating a simulation. The method may include receiving real-world sensor stream data that describes a real-world data stream that is recorded by onboard sensors in one or more test vehicles, wherein the real-world sensor stream data describes real-world active agents and real-world environmental elements. The method may further include generating three-dimensional (3D) models of active agents and 3D models of environmental elements in a vehicle environment. The method may further include generating a simulation of the vehicle environment that synthesizes the real-world active agents with 3D models of active agents and synthesizes the real-world environmental elements with the 3D models of environmental elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Inventors: Jonathan Shum, BaekGyu Kim, Shinichi Shiraishi
  • Patent number: 10739147
    Abstract: An example method receives sensor data of a vehicle at a localized server associated with a particular geographic region that has one or more roadway segments. The vehicle is located in the particular geographic region. The method analyzes the sensor data to determine one or more of a localized lane option and a localized path option for navigating the vehicle and provides the one or more of the lane and the path for navigating the vehicle to a centralized server executing a route planer. The centralized server has data covering a plurality of geographic regions. The method determines a centralized route option including one or more of the localized lane option and the localized path option and provides the centralized route option including the one or more of the localized lane option and the localized path option to a guidance selector of a navigation application of the vehicle for processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shalini Keshavamurthy, BaekGyu Kim, Kentaro Oguchi
  • Publication number: 20200250969
    Abstract: The disclosure includes embodiments for using cross reality (XR) technologies to improve safety of a first endpoint that travels through an intersection. In some embodiments, a method for the first endpoint includes receiving first sensor data from one or more sensors of the first endpoint. The method includes determining that the first endpoint approaches an intersection based on the first sensor data. The method includes generating, based on the first sensor data, XR data that is operable to generate a graphical overlay for presenting a safe zone that the first endpoint stays within while approaching the intersection to improve safety of the first endpoint. The method includes providing the XR data to an XR viewing device to modify an operation of the XR viewing device so that the XR viewing device presents the safe zone on the graphical overlay.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Ziran Wang, Kyungtae Han, BaekGyu Kim
  • Publication number: 20200247412
    Abstract: In an example, a method determines a reference vehicle traveling in a first lane. The first lane merges with a second lane at a merging point. The method can determine a merging plan for a merging vehicle traveling in the second lane to merge into the first lane based on a vehicle position, and in some cases the speed, of the reference vehicle in the first lane. The method can overlay, via a display device, a virtual target in a field of view of a roadway environment of a driver of the merging vehicle based on the merging plan of the merging vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Ziran Wang, BaekGyu Kim, Hiromitsu Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20200137028
    Abstract: The disclosure includes embodiments for reserving an infrastructure resource on an infrastructure device. In some embodiments, a method includes monitoring an execution status of a reservation result on the infrastructure device. The reservation result describes a reservation of the infrastructure resource on the infrastructure device for providing a V2I service. The method includes receiving feedback data describing the execution status of the reservation result from the infrastructure device. The method includes modifying one or more reservation criteria based on the feedback data. The one or more reservation criteria are used to create the reservation result. The method includes modifying the reservation result based on the one or more reservation criteria so that a shortage or an excess of the infrastructure resource for execution of the V2I service is avoided. The avoidance of the shortage or the excess improves over time as more feedback data is received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: BaekGyu Kim, Zhihao Jiang