Patents by Inventor Joakim Lin SORSTEDT

Joakim Lin SORSTEDT 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).

  • Publication number: 20160377437
    Abstract: A unit for improving positioning accuracy of an autonomous vehicle driving on a road includes a first computation unit configured to compute a first position of the vehicle at a time T1 using data from at least an inertial measurement unit (IMU); a second computation unit configured to compute a second position of the vehicle at the time T1 using data from at least one external sensor and a map; a comparison unit configured to compute a position difference between the computed first and second positions; a correction unit configured to correct an error parameter of the IMU, wherein the error parameter is used for correcting a third position of the vehicle computed by the first computation unit at a time T2 with the computed position difference at time T1, if the second computation unit is unable to compute a fourth position of the vehicle at the time T2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Mattias Erik BRANNSTROM, Joakim Lin SORSTEDT, Peter KARLSSON
  • Publication number: 20160379063
    Abstract: An object detecting arrangement is configured to detect objects in a field surrounding a vehicle hosting the arrangement. The arrangement comprises an imaging unit configured to capture images of the field. The imaging unit is arranged at the vehicle such that the field is in a direction of at least one of a side of the vehicle, and a rear of the vehicle. The arrangement further comprises a processing unit configured to detect objects in the field. The processing unit is configured to determine an object detecting capability. In addition, the arrangement comprises an illumination unit configured to illuminate the field when the object detecting capability is lower than a first predetermined threshold value. The present disclosure also relates to a lane keeping arrangement, a positioning arrangement and a method of detecting objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Joakim Lin SORSTEDT, Mattias Erik BRANNSTROM
  • Publication number: 20160368505
    Abstract: A system for adjusting a road boundary of a two dimensional virtual representation of a road for path planning of an autonomous vehicle includes a retrieval unit to retrieve a measured position and measured heading angle of the vehicle with respect to a reference. The system also includes an uncertainty unit to receive the measured position, the measured heading angle and map data of the road, and to determine a position uncertainty value and a heading angle uncertainty value representing an amount of uncertainty in the vehicle position and heading angle, respectively, on the road based on the input. The system also includes an adjustment unit to adjust a width and a heading angle of a drivable portion of the two dimensional virtual representation of the road, wherein the adjustment of the width and heading angle is based on the position uncertainty value and the heading angle uncertainty value, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2016
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Inventors: Joakim Lin SORSTEDT, Lars HAMMARSTRAND, Lennart SVENSSON, Malin LUNDGREN
  • Publication number: 20160327953
    Abstract: A method and arrangement for determining safe vehicle trajectories for a vehicle equipped with sensors for monitoring a surrounding environment, taking into account sensing limitations, as well as a vehicle including such an arrangement. The method includes detecting observable obstacles, detecting unobservable areas, adding virtual obstacles in unobservable areas, associating each observable obstacle and each virtual obstacle with one or more hypothetical events and assigning an occurrence probability to each combination of obstacle and one or more events, and determining safe vehicle trajectories based on both observable obstacles and virtual obstacles and the occurrence probability of each combination of obstacle and one or more events.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2016
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventors: Jonas NILSSON, Mattias Erik BRANNSTROM, Mohammad ALI, Joakim Lin SORSTEDT