Patents by Inventor Fan Bai

Fan Bai 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: 11875611
    Abstract: According to one or more examples, a system includes an observer vehicle, and a vehicle in a predetermined vicinity of the observer vehicle. The observer vehicle detects an operating condition of the vehicle using one or more perception devices. The observer vehicle determines that the operating condition does not satisfy a predetermined norm. The observer vehicle generates a message indicating the operating condition of the vehicle. The observer vehicle identifies a communication identifier of the vehicle. The observer vehicle sends the message to be received by the vehicle using the communication identifier via a vehicle to everything (V2X) communication module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Mohammad Naserian, Paul E. Krajewski, Fan Bai, Abby Szafranski, Donald K. Grimm, Craig A. Kollar, Bryan Quintanilla
  • Patent number: 11866052
    Abstract: A distributed computing system for determining road surface traction capacity for roadways located in a common spatio-temporal zone includes a plurality of vehicles that each include a plurality of sensors and systems that collect and analyze a plurality of parameters related to road surface conditions in the common spatio-temporal zone. The distributed computing system also includes one or more central computers in wireless communication with each of the plurality of vehicles. The one or more central computers execute instructions to determine a road surface traction capacity value for the common spatio-temporal zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Halit Zengin, Joseph K. Moore, Carlos Eduardo Arreaza, Amin Abdossalami, Swee Meng Yong, Yassir E. Elrayah, Donald K. Grimm, Fan Bai, Jinzhu Chen
  • Publication number: 20240004715
    Abstract: A system for cloud coordinated vehicle data collection includes an onboard vehicle data management subsystem and a remotely-located back-office subsystem. Each subsystem includes one or more control modules having a processor, a memory, and input/output (I/O) ports. The control modules execute program code portions stored in memory. A first program code portion collects vehicle data from onboard vehicle data sources. A second program code portion determines which of several distinct communications systems will be used to transmit the vehicle data to the remotely-located back-office subsystem. A third program code portion causes the remotely-located back-office subsystem to allocate data processing tasks to specific computing resources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Fan Bai, Markus Jochim, Douglas C. Martin, Mahesh Pottelu, Ahmad El Baba
  • Publication number: 20240007306
    Abstract: A method for sharing a digital key associated with a vehicle by a cascaded key delegation system includes issuing, by a requestor device, a public key certificate to an initial delegator device that is part of a cloud delegation service. The public key certificate enables the initial delegator device to grant delegation rights the vehicle. The method also includes issuing, by the initial delegator, an intermediate public key certificate to a subsequent delegator that is part of the cloud delegation service. The intermediate public key certificate grants the delegation rights to the subsequent delegator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2022
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Mohamed A. Layouni, Jinzhu Chen, Fan Bai, Ying Li, Manohar Nemilikonda, Markus Jochim
  • Patent number: 11862013
    Abstract: A system, method and server for a controlling a relation between a vehicle and traffic flow over a road segment. The system includes a telemetric device of the vehicle and a processor of the server. The telemetric device obtains telemetric data related to the road segment being traversed by the vehicle. The processor determines a property of the road segment based on the telemetric data and a road profile for the road segment, determines a disruption score indicative of a level of disruption in the traffic flow for the road segment based on the property, and outputs a notification signal when the disruption score is above a selected disruption threshold. The notification signal is usable for controlling the relation between the vehicle and the traffic flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Donald K. Grimm, Richard Gordon, Chuan Li, Shu Chen, Fan Bai
  • Publication number: 20230418285
    Abstract: A method for performing a plurality of vehicle computing tasks includes determining the plurality of vehicle computing tasks that need to be performed and monitoring a wireless connectivity between a vehicle and a remote computing system. Monitoring the wireless connectivity between the vehicle and the remote computing system includes measuring, in real time, at least one quality of service (QoS) measurement of the wireless connectivity between the vehicle and the remote computing system. The method further includes determining whether to perform at least one of the plurality of vehicle computing tasks in at least one of the remote computing system or a vehicle controller of the vehicle based on at least one QoS measurement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Markus Jochim, Fan Bai, Bo Yu, Yuchen Zhou
  • Publication number: 20230421726
    Abstract: A multimedia system is provided for a scalable infotainment system of a motor vehicle. The scalable infotainment system includes a camera, which is releasably attached to the motor vehicle and supports camera software components for generating a media signal. The multimedia system includes a media player and a computer attached to the motor vehicle. The computer has a processor and a non-transitory computer readable storage medium, which stores player software components including multiple streaming protocols used by the media player to play a media stream. The processor is programmed to transmit to the camera a player setup signal including data associated with the player software components. The processor is further programmed to receive from the camera a media signal associated with a media stream generated by the camera by using a common one of the streaming protocols supported by the camera and the media player.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Esther Anderson, Jace C. Stokes, Fan Bai, Chuan Li, Mark T. Gaylord, Wende Zhang, Paul Andrew Justin
  • Patent number: 11856110
    Abstract: A system and method for sharing a digital key for a vehicle. The system includes a first digital key device having a digital key stored thereon, a second digital key device, and a vehicle server. The first digital key device sends a request to the vehicle server for a key sharing session. The vehicle server commences a key sharing session in response to the request. The first digital key device shares the digital key to a second digital key device. The vehicle server ends the key sharing session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Jinzhu Chen, Fan Bai, John Sergakis, Thomas E. Utter
  • Publication number: 20230410660
    Abstract: A system for sharing sensor data between a vehicle and a plurality of remote system generally includes a vehicle communication system, a three-dimensional (3D) sensor, and a controller. The controller is programmed to generate an initial 3D point cloud using the 3D sensor, generate an occupancy grid map based on the initial 3D point cloud, and select a producer remote system to provide data for a cell of the occupancy grid map classified as a first blindspot. The controller is further programmed to send a data request to the producer remote system using the vehicle communication system, receive data from the producer remote system including information about the cell of the occupancy grid map classified as the first blindspot, generate a merged 3D point cloud by merging the data received from the producer remote system with the initial 3D point cloud, and identify objects using the merged 3D point cloud.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Mohammad Naserian, Fan Bai, Xumiao Zhang, Ruiyang Zhu, Qingzhao Zhang, Xiao Zhu, Zhuoqing Morley Mao
  • Patent number: 11835678
    Abstract: A system for providing weather conditions to a target vehicle includes a plurality of sensors mounted within the target vehicle adapted to measure weather conditions at the target vehicle and a computer processor adapted to collect data of weather conditions at the target vehicle from the plurality of sensors mounted within the target vehicle, collect data of measured weather conditions of at least one known location remote from the target vehicle, and build a temporal-spatial effectiveness model adapted to estimate weather conditions of at least one unknown location remote from the target vehicle using the data of weather conditions at the target vehicle and the data of measured weather conditions of the at least one known location remote from the target vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Jinzhu Chen, Fan Bai, Donald K. Grimm, Richard Gordon
  • Patent number: 11820385
    Abstract: A driver monitoring system configured to monitor the performance of a driver of a vehicle communicating wirelessly with the driver monitoring system. The system comprises a driver behavior module that receives from the vehicle event data captured by a plurality of sensors in the vehicle and identifies at least one of a plurality of driver behaviors. A behavior characterization module receives from the driver behavior module the at least one identified driver behavior and characterizes the at least one identified driver behavior into at least one of a plurality of behavior categories. A risk assessment module analyzes the at least one characterized driver behavior in the plurality of behavior categories and determines therefrom a driver profile that may include a risk assessment for the driver of the vehicle system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Andrew P. Rose, Donald K. Grimm, Fan Bai
  • Patent number: 11804131
    Abstract: A communication system that determines a context and an intent of a specific remote vehicle located in a surrounding environment of a host vehicle includes one or more controllers for receiving sensed perception data including sensed perception data. The one or more controllers execute instructions to determine a plurality of vehicle parameters related to the specific remote vehicle. The the one or more controllers execute instructions to associate the specific remote vehicle with a specific lane of travel of a roadway based on map data. The one or more controllers determines possible maneuvers, possible egress lanes, and a speed limit for the specific remote vehicle for the specific lane of travel based on the map data, and determines the context and the intent of the specific remote vehicle based on the plurality of vehicle parameters, the possible maneuvers, the possible egress lanes for the specific remote vehicle, and the speed limit related to the specific remote vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Vivek Vijaya Kumar, Bo Yu, Hariharan Krishnan, Kamran Ali, Fan Bai
  • Patent number: 11772645
    Abstract: A system for predicting a door opening event of a vehicle includes an identity recognition device associated with an individual occupant profile. The system also includes one or more controllers in electronic communication with the identity recognition device, where the one or more controllers store one or more individual occupant profiles in memory of the one or more controllers that includes historical occupant behavior exhibited by one or more occupants associated with the identity recognition device. The one or more controllers execute instructions to determine a predetermined condition has occurred, where the predetermined condition indicates the vehicle is undergoing a potential engine off event. The one or more controllers determine a door opening event probability value based on at least the gear position probability value and the engine off probability value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Mohammad Naserian, Donald K. Grimm, Norman J. Weigert, Fan Bai, Vivek Vijaya Kumar, Akram M. Abdel-Rahman
  • Publication number: 20230299829
    Abstract: An occupant detection system for an interior cabin area of a vehicle includes one or more signal conversion devices including conversion circuitry and a wireless control module including a multi-band transceiver having two or more transceivers. The wireless control module executes instructions to continuously send, by a first transceiver, signals on a first frequency band. The wireless control module executes instructions to receive, by a second transceiver, signals on a second frequency band from a signal conversion device. The wireless control module compares original training symbols from the signals on the first frequency band with training symbols from the signals on the second frequency band to determine a change in value of in one or more channel state information (CSI) parameters, and determines one or more occupants are present within the interior cabin area of the vehicle based on the change in one or more CSI parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Kamran Ali, Mohammad Naserian, Lakshmi V. Thanayankizil, Bhargavi Chandrakumar, Fan Bai
  • Publication number: 20230294705
    Abstract: An occupant detection system for determining a unique position of a detected presence within an interior cabin area of a vehicle includes a plurality of signal conversion devices each including conversion circuitry. Each of the plurality of signal conversion devices are assigned to a specific position within the interior cabin area of the vehicle. The conversion circuitry for the plurality of signal conversion devices include unique sub-carrier frequency that corresponds to the unique position within the interior cabin area of the vehicle. The occupant detection system includes a wireless control module including a multi-band transceiver having a first transceiver configured to transmit and receive signals on a first frequency band and a second transceiver configured to transmit and receive signals on a second frequency band.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Kamran Ali, Mohammad Naserian, Lakshmi V. Thanayankizil, Bhargavi Chandrakumar, Fan Bai
  • Publication number: 20230291488
    Abstract: A timing method over air interface, a mobile terminal device and a readable storage medium are disclosed. The method may include: receiving a broadcast message transmitted by a base station, the broadcast message including a time synchronization message; when a synchronization time source is the time synchronization message, executing a time synchronization strategy to determine whether the time precision of the base station satisfies a preset condition; if the time precision of the base station satisfies the preset condition, continuously using the time synchronization message as the synchronization time source; and, if the time precision of the base station does not satisfying the preset condition, using local maintenance time information as the synchronization time source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Chenglong WANG, Jiangpeng ZHOU, Fan BAI
  • Publication number: 20230282004
    Abstract: A sequence of images and a vehicle location associated with each of the images is received at a traffic light ROI management system. At least one traffic light is detected in each image. A ECS traffic light ROI is defined for each image. The ECS traffic light ROI encloses the detected traffic lights. A visual feature template is generated for each image. The visual feature template is based on the ECS traffic light ROI for the image. Each visual feature template is mapped to the vehicle location associated with the image to a HD map. The HD map is transmitted to an autonomous vehicle to enable the autonomous vehicle to identify a real-time traffic light ROI in a real-time image based on a match between a first visual feature template and real-time visual features of the real-time image at the vehicle location associated with the first visual feature template.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Bo Yu, Ashok Yendluri, Lawrence Andrew Bush, Kevin Khoi Hoang, Donald K. Grimm, Fan Bai
  • Publication number: 20230281462
    Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a data processing method and apparatus, a device, and a medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Jiaxiang WU, Fan BAI, Pengcheng SHEN, Shaoxin LI
  • Publication number: 20230271629
    Abstract: An event scheduling system for collecting image data related to one or more events by one or more autonomous vehicles includes a centralized scheduling system in wireless communication with one or more autonomous vehicles. Each autonomous vehicle collects the image data related to the one or more events while following a unique travel schedule. The centralized scheduling system executes instructions to determine the unique travel schedule for a specific autonomous vehicle, where the unique travel schedule directs the specific autonomous vehicle to the specific location of the filtered event to collect the image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Chuan Li, Donald K. Grimm, Fan Bai
  • Publication number: 20230242106
    Abstract: A system for predicting a door opening event of a vehicle includes an identity recognition device associated with an individual occupant profile. The system also includes one or more controllers in electronic communication with the identity recognition device, where the one or more controllers store one or more individual occupant profiles in memory of the one or more controllers that includes historical occupant behavior exhibited by one or more occupants associated with the identity recognition device. The one or more controllers execute instructions to determine a predetermined condition has occurred, where the predetermined condition indicates the vehicle is undergoing a potential engine off event. The one or more controllers determine a door opening event probability value based on at least the gear position probability value and the engine off probability value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Mohammad Naserian, Donald K. Grimm, Norman J. Weigert, Fan Bai, Vivek Vijaya Kumar, Akram M. Abdel-Rahman