Patents by Inventor J. Andrew Bagnell
J. Andrew Bagnell 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: 11899453Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods that control the motion of an autonomous vehicle by rewarding or otherwise encouraging progress toward a goal, rather than simply rewarding distance travelled. In particular, the systems and methods of the present disclosure can project a candidate motion plan that describes a proposed motion path for the autonomous vehicle onto a nominal pathway to determine a projected distance associated with the candidate motion plan. The systems and methods of the present disclosure can use the projected distance to evaluate a reward function that provides a reward that is positively correlated to the magnitude of the projected distance. The motion of the vehicle can be controlled based on the reward value provided by the reward function. For example, the candidate motion plan can be selected for implementation or revised based at least in part on the determined reward value.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2021Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: UATC, LLCInventors: Eric Lloyd Wilkinson, Jacob Panikulam, J. Andrew Bagnell
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Publication number: 20220083057Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods that control the motion of an autonomous vehicle by rewarding or otherwise encouraging progress toward a goal, rather than simply rewarding distance travelled. In particular, the systems and methods of the present disclosure can project a candidate motion plan that describes a proposed motion path for the autonomous vehicle onto a nominal pathway to determine a projected distance associated with the candidate motion plan. The systems and methods of the present disclosure can use the projected distance to evaluate a reward function that provides a reward that is positively correlated to the magnitude of the projected distance. The motion of the vehicle can be controlled based on the reward value provided by the reward function. For example, the candidate motion plan can be selected for implementation or revised based at least in part on the determined reward value.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2021Publication date: March 17, 2022Inventors: Eric Lloyd Wilkinson, Jacob Panikulam, J. Andrew Bagnell
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Patent number: 11194327Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods that control the motion of an autonomous vehicle by rewarding or otherwise encouraging progress toward a goal, rather than simply rewarding distance traveled. In particular, the systems and methods of the present disclosure can project a candidate motion plan that describes a proposed motion path for the autonomous vehicle onto a nominal pathway to determine a projected distance associated with the candidate motion plan. The systems and methods of the present disclosure can use the projected distance to evaluate a reward function that provides a reward that is positively correlated to the magnitude of the projected distance. The motion of the vehicle can be controlled based on the reward value provided by the reward function. For example, the candidate motion plan can be selected for implementation or revised based at least in part on the determined reward value.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2019Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: UATC, LLCInventors: Eric Lloyd Wilkinson, Jacob Panikulam, J. Andrew Bagnell
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Publication number: 20190332108Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods that control the motion of an autonomous vehicle by rewarding or otherwise encouraging progress toward a goal, rather than simply rewarding distance traveled. In particular, the systems and methods of the present disclosure can project a candidate motion plan that describes a proposed motion path for the autonomous vehicle onto a nominal pathway to determine a projected distance associated with the candidate motion plan. The systems and methods of the present disclosure can use the projected distance to evaluate a reward function that provides a reward that is positively correlated to the magnitude of the projected distance. The motion of the vehicle can be controlled based on the reward value provided by the reward function. For example, the candidate motion plan can be selected for implementation or revised based at least in part on the determined reward value.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2019Publication date: October 31, 2019Inventors: Eric Lloyd Wilkinson, Jacob Panikulam, J. Andrew Bagnell
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Patent number: 10345808Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods that control the motion of an autonomous vehicle by rewarding or otherwise encouraging progress toward a goal, rather than simply rewarding distance travelled. In particular, the systems and methods of the present disclosure can project a candidate motion plan that describes a proposed motion path for the autonomous vehicle onto a nominal pathway to determine a projected distance associated with the candidate motion plan. The systems and methods of the present disclosure can use the projected distance to evaluate a reward function that provides a reward that is positively correlated to the magnitude of the projected distance. The motion of the vehicle can be controlled based on the reward value provided by the reward function. For example, the candidate motion plan can be selected for implementation or revised based at least in part on the determined reward value.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2017Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: Uber Technologies, IncInventors: Eric Lloyd Wilkinson, Jacob Panikulam, J. Andrew Bagnell
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Patent number: 10310087Abstract: Systems and methods for detecting and classifying objects that are proximate to an autonomous vehicle can include receiving, by one or more computing devices, LIDAR data from one or more LIDAR sensors configured to transmit ranging signals relative to an autonomous vehicle, generating, by the one or more computing devices, a data matrix comprising a plurality of data channels based at least in part on the LIDAR data, and inputting the data matrix to a machine-learned model. A class prediction for each of one or more different portions of the data matrix and/or a properties estimation associated with each class prediction generated for the data matrix can be received as an output of the machine-learned model. One or more object segments can be generated based at least in part on the class predictions and properties estimations. The one or more object segments can be provided to an object classification and tracking application.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2017Date of Patent: June 4, 2019Assignee: Uber Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Ankit Laddha, J. Andrew Bagnell, Varun Ramakrishna, Yimu Wang, Carlos Vallespi-Gonzalez
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Patent number: 10229510Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for tracking vehicles or other objects that are perceived by an autonomous vehicle. A vehicle filter can employ a motion model that models the location of the tracked vehicle using a vehicle bounding shape and an observation model that generates an observation bounding shape from sensor observations. A dominant vertex or side from each respective bounding shape can be identified and used to update or otherwise correct one or more predicted shape locations associated with the vehicle bounding shape based on a shape location associated with the observation bounding shape.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2018Date of Patent: March 12, 2019Assignee: Uber Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Brian C. Becker, J. Andrew Bagnell, Arunprasad Venkatraman, Karthik Lakshmanan
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Publication number: 20180322650Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for tracking vehicles or other objects that are perceived by an autonomous vehicle. A vehicle filter can employ a motion model that models the location of the tracked vehicle using a vehicle bounding shape and an observation model that generates an observation bounding shape from sensor observations. A dominant vertex or side from each respective bounding shape can be identified and used to update or otherwise correct one or more predicted shape locations associated with the vehicle bounding shape based on a shape location associated with the observation bounding shape.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2018Publication date: November 8, 2018Inventors: Brian C. Becker, J. Andrew Bagnell, Arunprasad Venkatraman, Karthik Lakshmanan
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Publication number: 20180284768Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods that control the motion of an autonomous vehicle by rewarding or otherwise encouraging progress toward a goal, rather than simply rewarding distance travelled. In particular, the systems and methods of the present disclosure can project a candidate motion plan that describes a proposed motion path for the autonomous vehicle onto a nominal pathway to determine a projected distance associated with the candidate motion plan. The systems and methods of the present disclosure can use the projected distance to evaluate a reward function that provides a reward that is positively correlated to the magnitude of the projected distance. The motion of the vehicle can be controlled based on the reward value provided by the reward function. For example, the candidate motion plan can be selected for implementation or revised based at least in part on the determined reward value.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2017Publication date: October 4, 2018Inventors: Eric Lloyd Wilkinson, Jacob Panikulam, J. Andrew Bagnell
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Patent number: 10037613Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for tracking vehicles or other objects that are perceived by an autonomous vehicle. A vehicle filter can employ a motion model that models the location of the tracked vehicle using a vehicle bounding shape and an observation model that generates an observation bounding shape from sensor observations. A dominant vertex or side from each respective bounding shape can be identified and used to update or otherwise correct one or more predicted shape locations associated with the vehicle bounding shape based on a shape location associated with the observation bounding shape.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2017Date of Patent: July 31, 2018Assignee: Uber Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Brian C. Becker, J. Andrew Bagnell, Arunprasad Venkatraman, Karthik Lakshmanan