Patents by Inventor Brian Joseph Donohue
Brian Joseph Donohue 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: 11906310Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for evaluating digital map quality. A process includes steps for receiving change data indicating one or more feature discrepancies associated with one or more geographic regions of a digital map, analyzing the change data to determine which of the one or more feature discrepancies resulted in verified updates to the digital map, and generating a quality score for each of the geographic map regions based on the verified updates. Systems and machine-readable media are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2023Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: GM Cruise Holdings LLCInventors: Chen Xie, Matthew Fox, Brian Joseph Donohue, Kangyuan Niu, Katherine Leung
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Patent number: 11898853Abstract: The subject disclosure relates to ways to determine a data collection surveillance cadence. In some aspects, a process of the disclosed technology includes steps for receiving historic map data for one or more geographic regions, wherein each of the one or more geographic regions comprises one or more map features, calculating a change rate for each of the one or more map features, and determining a surveillance cadence for each of the one or more geographic regions based on the change rate for each of the one or more map features. Systems and machine-readable media are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2020Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: GM Cruise Holdings LLCInventors: Chen Xie, Matthew Fox, Austin Bae, Brian Joseph Donohue
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Publication number: 20230251670Abstract: The subject disclosure relates to techniques for real-time lane validation. A process of the disclosed technologies can include steps for receiving a route from a remote computing system, the route indicating lanes on the route that an autonomous vehicle must traverse, traversing at least one lane of the lanes on the route, and sending sensor data to the remote computing system after traversing the at least one lane, the sensor data indicating whether the at least one lane is in accordance with a virtual lane of a virtual map, the virtual lane corresponding to the at least one lane.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2023Publication date: August 10, 2023Inventors: Erin Antcliffe, Jeremy Allan, Robin Yang, Andrew Robinson, Lucio Otavio Marchioro Rech, Brian Joseph Donohue, Kavya Sambana
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Publication number: 20230184556Abstract: The subject disclosure relates techniques for evaluating map quality. In some aspects, a process of the disclosed technology includes steps for receiving change data indicating one or more feature discrepancies associated with one or more geographic regions of a digital map, analyzing the change data to determine which of the one or more feature discrepancies resulted in verified updates to the digital map, and generating a quality score for each of the geographic map regions based on the verified updates. Systems and machine-readable media are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2023Publication date: June 15, 2023Inventors: Chen Xie, Matthew Fox, Brian Joseph Donohue, Kangyuan Niu, Katherine Leung
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Patent number: 11644846Abstract: The subject disclosure relates to techniques for real-time lane validation. A process of the disclosed technologies can include steps for receiving a route from a remote computing system, the route indicating lanes on the route that an autonomous vehicle must traverse, traversing at least one lane of the lanes on the route, and sending sensor data to the remote computing system after traversing the at least one lane, the sensor data indicating whether the at least one lane is in accordance with a virtual lane of a virtual map, the virtual lane corresponding to the at least one lane.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2020Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: GM Cruise Holdings LLC.Inventors: Erin Antcliffe, Jeremy Allan, Robin Yang, Andrew Robinson, Lucio Otavio Marchioro Rech, Brian Joseph Donohue, Kavya Sambana
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Patent number: 11604070Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for evaluating digital map quality. A process includes steps for receiving change data indicating one or more feature discrepancies associated with one or more geographic regions of a digital map, analyzing the change data to determine which of the one or more feature discrepancies resulted in verified updates to the digital map, and generating a quality score for each of the geographic map regions based on the verified updates. Systems and machine-readable media are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2020Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignee: GM Cruise Holdings LLC.Inventors: Chen Xie, Matthew Fox, Brian Joseph Donohue, Kangyuan Niu, Katherine Leung
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Publication number: 20210302996Abstract: The subject disclosure relates to techniques for real-time lane validation. A process of the disclosed technologies can include steps for receiving a route from a remote computing system, the route indicating lanes on the route that an autonomous vehicle must traverse, traversing at least one lane of the lanes on the route, and sending sensor data to the remote computing system after traversing the at least one lane, the sensor data indicating whether the at least one lane is in accordance with a virtual lane of a virtual map, the virtual lane corresponding to the at least one lane.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2020Publication date: September 30, 2021Inventors: Erin Antcliffe, Jeremy Allan, Robin Yang, Andrew Robinson, Lucio Rech Marchioro Rech, Brian Joseph Donohue, Kavya Sambana
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Publication number: 20210302169Abstract: The subject disclosure relates to ways to determine a data collection surveillance cadence. In some aspects, a process of the disclosed technology includes steps for receiving historic map data for one or more geographic regions, wherein each of the one or more geographic regions comprises one or more map features, calculating a change rate for each of the one or more map features, and determining a surveillance cadence for each of the one or more geographic regions based on the change rate for each of the one or more map features. Systems and machine-readable media are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2020Publication date: September 30, 2021Inventors: Chen Xie, Matthew Fox, Austin Bae, Brian Joseph Donohue
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Publication number: 20210302170Abstract: The subject disclosure relates techniques for evaluating map quality. In some aspects, a process of the disclosed technology includes steps for receiving change data indicating one or more feature discrepancies associated with one or more geographic regions of a digital map, analyzing the change data to determine which of the one or more feature discrepancies resulted in verified updates to the digital map, and generating a quality score for each of the geographic map regions based on the verified updates. Systems and machine-readable media are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2020Publication date: September 30, 2021Inventors: Chen Xie, Matthew Fox, Brian Joseph Donohue, Kangyuan Niu, Katherine Leung
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Publication number: 20210302981Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for accelerating autonomous vehicle testing. In particular, autonomous vehicle testing is accelerated by providing proactive waypoints. Systems and methods are provided for proactively seeking out times and locations in which an autonomous vehicle will most likely encounter on-road exposure of a particular set of variables. By increasing on-road exposure to a particular set of variables, an autonomous vehicle's response to the set of variables be more efficiently tested. According to various implementations, autonomous vehicles are automatically dispatched to routed to areas in which a test criteria frequently occurs, during particular times when the test criteria is likely to occur.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2020Publication date: September 30, 2021Applicant: GM Cruise Holdings LLCInventors: Alexander Hudson Case, Robin Yang, Lucio Otavio Marchioro Rech, Thomas Bachant, Brian Joseph Donohue, George Hines, Carlos Miguel Lasa, Patrick John William Casey
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Publication number: 20210302171Abstract: The subject disclosure relates techniques for evaluating map change signals. In some aspects, a process of the disclosed technology includes steps for receiving, at a change detection system, a plurality of change detection signals, wherein each of the change detection signals provides information regarding changes to at least one map feature on a digital map, determining, a relevance value for each of the change detection signals, and prioritizing each of the plurality of change detection signals based on the relevance value for each of the change detection signals. Systems and machine-readable media are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2020Publication date: September 30, 2021Inventors: Chen Xie, Matthew Fox, Austin Bae, Brian Joseph Donohue, Srishti Iyer Koduvayur