Patents by Inventor John WALPUCK
John WALPUCK 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: 11878719Abstract: A road resource is identified, according to one or more maneuver sharing intent messages received to the vehicle via a transceiver of a vehicle, where the road resource is contested between the vehicle and one or more other vehicles and includes a portion of a roadway to be traversed by the vehicle and also the one or more other vehicles. A conflict resolution procedure is performed to determine whether the vehicle gains access to the road resource, wherein the conflict resolution procedure is independently performed by each of the vehicle and the one or more other vehicles. One of the vehicle or the one or more other vehicles is granted access to the road resource based on the conflict resolution procedure.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2022Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Syed Amaar Ahmad, Azin Neishaboori, John Walpuck
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Patent number: 11551553Abstract: An on-board unit (OBU) of a vehicle receives one or more data messages indicative of intersection geometry for an upcoming intersection along a roadway being traversed by the vehicle and traffic control status of a traffic control of the intersection. An outbound direction for the vehicle through the intersection is identified. A first traffic message is sent to preempt the traffic control to allow the vehicle to perform a maneuver to traverse the intersection in the outbound direction. The maneuver is indicated as complete and a second traffic message is sent to discontinue the preempt of the traffic control.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2021Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Krishna Bandi, Sathyanarayana Chary Palakonda, Swetha Shailendra, John Walpuck
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Publication number: 20220348231Abstract: A road resource is identified, according to one or more maneuver sharing intent messages received to the vehicle via a transceiver of a vehicle, where the road resource is contested between the vehicle and one or more other vehicles and includes a portion of a roadway to be traversed by the vehicle and also the one or more other vehicles. A conflict resolution procedure is performed to determine whether the vehicle gains access to the road resource, wherein the conflict resolution procedure is independently performed by each of the vehicle and the one or more other vehicles. One of the vehicle or the one or more other vehicles is granted access to the road resource based on the conflict resolution procedure.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2022Publication date: November 3, 2022Inventors: Syed Amaar AHMAD, Azin NEISHABOORI, John WALPUCK
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Publication number: 20220343761Abstract: An on-board unit (OBU) of a vehicle receives one or more data messages indicative of intersection geometry for an upcoming intersection along a roadway being traversed by the vehicle and traffic control status of a traffic control of the intersection. An outbound direction for the vehicle through the intersection is identified. A first traffic message is sent to preempt the traffic control to allow the vehicle to perform a maneuver to traverse the intersection in the outbound direction. The maneuver is indicated as complete and a second traffic message is sent to discontinue the preempt of the traffic control.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2021Publication date: October 27, 2022Inventors: Krishna BANDI, Sathyanarayana Chary PALAKONDA, Swetha SHAILENDRA, John WALPUCK
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Patent number: 11455888Abstract: Systems and methods for connected vehicle and mobile device communications are provided herein. An example method includes determining a distracted condition for at least one of a driver or a pedestrian by evaluating actions occurring within in a vehicle of the driver or on a mobile device of the pedestrian; determining a distraction level for either the driver or the pedestrian based on the actions occurring within in the vehicle or on the mobile device; and providing an alert message to the mobile device or a human machine interface of the vehicle based on the distraction level, the alert message warning of a distracted condition of the pedestrian or the driver.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2021Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Syed Amaar Ahmad, Ivan Vukovic, John Walpuck, Jayanthi Rao, Gopichandra Surnilla, Jovan Zagajac
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Patent number: 11407429Abstract: A road resource is identified, according to one or more maneuver sharing intent messages received to the vehicle via a transceiver of a vehicle, where the road resource is contested between the vehicle and one or more other vehicles and includes a portion of a roadway to be traversed by the vehicle and also the one or more other vehicles. A conflict resolution procedure is performed to determine whether the vehicle gains access to the road resource, wherein the conflict resolution procedure is independently performed by each of the vehicle and the one or more other vehicles. One of the vehicle or the one or more other vehicles is granted access to the road resource based on the conflict resolution procedure.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2020Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Syed Amaar Ahmad, Azin Neishaboori, John Walpuck
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Patent number: 11346674Abstract: A transportation system comprising a logic node configured to determine an optimized rendezvous location for a vehicle in an area based at least in part on traffic data associated with a plurality of vehicles in the area; and a communication element adapted to communicate the optimized rendezvous location to the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2019Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: John Walpuck, Jovan Zagajac, Steve Skikun, Samer Ibrahim, Helen Elizabeth Kourous-Harrigan
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Publication number: 20220084399Abstract: Movement of vehicles through an intersection relative to one another is actively coordinated. The coordination includes sharing data among the vehicles using Vehicle-to-Everything messaging technology. The shared data is used to sequence the movement of the vehicles through the intersection.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 3, 2020Publication date: March 17, 2022Applicants: AUDI AG, FORD MOTOR COMPANY, VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventors: Thorsten HEHN, Joerg PLECHINGER, Daniel PFALLER, Markus MUELLER, John WALPUCK, Jovan ZAGAJAC, Hendrik-Joern GUENTHER, Kevin LIEBERMAN
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Publication number: 20210394792Abstract: A road resource is identified, according to one or more maneuver sharing intent messages received to the vehicle via a transceiver of a vehicle, where the road resource is contested between the vehicle and one or more other vehicles and includes a portion of a roadway to be traversed by the vehicle and also the one or more other vehicles. A conflict resolution procedure is performed to determine whether the vehicle gains access to the road resource, wherein the conflict resolution procedure is independently performed by each of the vehicle and the one or more other vehicles. One of the vehicle or the one or more other vehicles is granted access to the road resource based on the conflict resolution procedure.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2020Publication date: December 23, 2021Inventors: Syed Amaar AHMAD, Azin NEISHABOORI, John WALPUCK
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Patent number: 11146918Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for network node communication using dynamically configurable interaction modes. Example methods may include identify a first triggering event associated with an agent, the agent comprising a vehicle or a user; determine a first mode for the agent based on the first triggering event; exchange a first communication with other agents over a network, wherein the first communication is based on the first mode and comprises a first action to be taken by the other agents; determine a second mode for the agent based on a second triggering event; and exchange a second communication with the other agents over the network, wherein the second communication is based on the second mode and comprises a second action to be taken by the other agents, and wherein the second mode and the first mode are of different types.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2019Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Jayanthi Rao, Jovan Zagajac, John Walpuck, Samer Ibrahim, Syed Amaar Ahmad
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Publication number: 20210295702Abstract: Systems and methods for connected vehicle and mobile device communications are provided herein. An example method includes determining a distracted condition for at least one of a driver or a pedestrian by evaluating actions occurring within in a vehicle of the driver or on a mobile device of the pedestrian; determining a distraction level for either the driver or the pedestrian based on the actions occurring within in the vehicle or on the mobile device; and providing an alert message to the mobile device or a human machine interface of the vehicle based on the distraction level, the alert message warning of a distracted condition of the pedestrian or the driver.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2021Publication date: September 23, 2021Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Syed Amaar Ahmad, Ivan Vukovic, John Walpuck, Jayanthi Rao, Gopichandra Surnilla, Jovan Zagajac
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Patent number: 11120689Abstract: Systems and methods for connected vehicle and mobile device communications are provided herein. An example method includes determining a distracted condition for at least one of a driver or a pedestrian by evaluating actions occurring within in a vehicle of the driver or on a mobile device of the pedestrian; determining a distraction level for either the driver or the pedestrian based on the actions occurring within in the vehicle or on the mobile device; and providing an alert message to the mobile device or a human machine interface of the vehicle based on the distraction level, the alert message warning of a distracted condition of the pedestrian or the driver.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2019Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Syed Amaar Ahmad, Ivan Vukovic, John Walpuck, Jayanthi Rao, Gopichandra Surnilla, Jovan Zagajac
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Publication number: 20210245758Abstract: A vehicle broadcasts a lane change intent message indicating parameters of a maneuver to be performed by the vehicle operating as a main traffic participant vehicle, the maneuver requiring use of a road resource. Response messages are received from recipient vehicles indicating approval or disapproval of performance of the maneuver. Responsive to one of the recipient vehicles returning a response message indicating conflict with use of the road resource required for performance of the maneuver, a conflict resolution procedure is performed between the main traffic participant vehicle and the conflicted recipient vehicle, the conflict resolution procedure using a pre-agreed identical conflict resolution algorithm executed on each of the main traffic participant vehicle and the conflicted recipient vehicle to each make a same distributed decision whether to proceed with the maneuver.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2020Publication date: August 12, 2021Inventors: Syed Amaar AHMAD, Ivan VUKOVIC, Azin NEISHABOORI, John WALPUCK
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Patent number: 11080996Abstract: A vehicle includes a controller. The controller is programmed to broadcast state information for the vehicle and receive state information from other vehicles; identify a contested roadway area for the vehicle and another of the vehicles based on expected future paths of the vehicle and the other vehicle calculated per the state information; and update a ledger with an indication of which of the vehicle or the other vehicle is agreed to proceed through the contested roadway area.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2018Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Jovan Milivoje Zagajac, Erik Kiledal, John Walpuck, Thomas E. Apczynski
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Publication number: 20210041253Abstract: A transportation system comprising a logic node configured to determine an optimized rendezvous location for a vehicle in an area based at least in part on traffic data associated with a plurality of vehicles in the area; and a communication element adapted to communicate the optimized rendezvous location to the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2019Publication date: February 11, 2021Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: John Walpuck, Jovan Zagajac, Steve Skikun, Samer Ibrahim, Helen Elizabeth Kourous-Harrigan
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Publication number: 20200394919Abstract: Systems and methods for connected vehicle and mobile device communications are provided herein. An example method includes determining a distracted condition for at least one of a driver or a pedestrian by evaluating actions occurring within in a vehicle of the driver or on a mobile device of the pedestrian; determining a distraction level for either the driver or the pedestrian based on the actions occurring within in the vehicle or on the mobile device; and providing an alert message to the mobile device or a human machine interface of the vehicle based on the distraction level, the alert message warning of a distracted condition of the pedestrian or the driver.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2019Publication date: December 17, 2020Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Syed Amaar Ahmad, Ivan Vukovic, John Walpuck, Jayanthi Rao, Gopichandra Surnilla, Jovan Zagajac
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Publication number: 20200389761Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for network node communication using dynamically configurable interaction modes. Example methods may include identify a first triggering event associated with an agent, the agent comprising a vehicle or a user; determine a first mode for the agent based on the first triggering event; exchange a first communication with other agents over a network, wherein the first communication is based on the first mode and comprises a first action to be taken by the other agents; determine a second mode for the agent based on a second triggering event; and exchange a second communication with the other agents over the network, wherein the second communication is based on the second mode and comprises a second action to be taken by the other agents, and wherein the second mode and the first mode are of different types.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2019Publication date: December 10, 2020Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Jayanthi Rao, Jovan Zagajac, John Walpuck, Samer Ibrahim, Syed Amaar Ahmad
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Publication number: 20200365029Abstract: A vehicle includes a memory configured to store a dynamic occupancy grid of observed objects within a space surrounding the vehicle, the dynamic occupancy grid being generated based on information identified by sensors of the vehicle and based on information wirelessly received to the vehicle from connected actors, the connected actors including one or more connected vehicles or roadway infrastructure elements. The vehicle further includes a processor programmed to identify a maneuver space of the dynamic occupancy grid required to complete a driving maneuver responsive to intent to perform a vehicle maneuver, utilize the dynamic occupancy grid to identify obstacles within the maneuver space, and authorize the maneuver with the connected actors based on type and location of the obstacles identified within the maneuver space.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2019Publication date: November 19, 2020Inventors: Helen Elizabeth KOUROUS-HARRIGAN, Jeffrey Thomas REMILLARD, Jovan Milivoje ZAGAJAC, John WALPUCK, Erik KILEDAL
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Publication number: 20200193811Abstract: A vehicle includes a controller. The controller is programmed to broadcast state information for the vehicle and receive state information from other vehicles; identify a contested roadway area for the vehicle and another of the vehicles based on expected future paths of the vehicle and the other vehicle calculated per the state information; and update a ledger with an indication of which of the vehicle or the other vehicle is agreed to proceed through the contested roadway area.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2018Publication date: June 18, 2020Inventors: Jovan Milivoje ZAGAJAC, Erik KILEDAL, John WALPUCK, Thomas E. APCZYNSKI