Patents by Inventor Michael E. Samples

Michael E. Samples 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: 9255989
    Abstract: A vehicle system includes a first sensor and a second sensor, each having, respectively, different first and second modalities. A controller includes a processor configured to: receive a first sensor input from the first sensor and a second sensor input from the second sensor; detect, synchronously, first and second observations from, respectively, the first and second sensor inputs; project the detected first and second observations onto a graph network; associate the first and second observations with a target on the graph network, the target having a trajectory on the graph network; select either the first or the second observation as a best observation based on characteristics of the first and second sensors; and estimate a current position of the target by performing a prediction based on the best observation and a current timestamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Avdhut S. Joshi, Michael R. James, Michael E. Samples
  • Publication number: 20140032012
    Abstract: A vehicle system includes a first sensor and a second sensor, each having, respectively, different first and second modalities. A controller includes a processor configured to: receive a first sensor input from the first sensor and a second sensor input from the second sensor; detect, synchronously, first and second observations from, respectively, the first and second sensor inputs; project the detected first and second observations onto a graph network; associate the first and second observations with a target on the graph network, the target having a trajectory on the graph network; select either the first or the second observation as a best observation based on characteristics of the first and second sensors; and estimate a current position of the target by performing a prediction based on the best observation and a current timestamp.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2012
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: TOYOTA MOTOR ENG. & MFTG. NORTH AMERICA
    Inventors: Avdhut S. JOSHI, Michael R. James, Michael E. Samples
  • Patent number: 8126605
    Abstract: A computing platform for multiple intelligent transportation systems in an automotive vehicle having a plurality of sensors which generate output signals representative of various vehicle operating parameters. The platform includes a vehicle data center which receives input signals from the vehicle sensors and the vehicle data center is configured to transform these input signals into output signals having a predetermined format for each of the vehicle operating parameters. A central processing unit receives the output signal from the vehicle data and is programmed to process the vehicle data center output signals for each of the intelligent transportation systems and generate the appropriate output signals as a result of such processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Lorenzo Caminiti, Michael E. Samples, Michael R. James, Kenneth P. Laberteaux, Derek S. Caveney, Jeff B. Rogers
  • Patent number: 7813877
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method for avoiding a collision in a vehicle including the steps of: providing a transmitting vehicle, providing a receiving vehicle, creating data information in the transmitting vehicle, sending the data information to the receiving vehicle, and determining the relevancy of the data information to the receiving vehicle using a current position and heading of the receiving vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Lorenzo Caminiti, Derek S. Caveney, Kenneth P. Laberteaux, Michael E. Samples
  • Publication number: 20090150017
    Abstract: A computing platform for multiple intelligent transportation systems in an automotive vehicle having a plurality of sensors which generate output signals representative of various vehicle operating parameters. The platform includes a vehicle data center which receives input signals from the vehicle sensors and the vehicle data center is configured to transform these input signals into output signals having a predetermined format for each of the vehicle operating parameters. A central processing unit receives the output signal from the vehicle data and is programmed to process the vehicle data center output signals for each of the intelligent transportation systems and generate the appropriate output signals as a result of such processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2007
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Applicant: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Lorenzo Caminiti, Michael E. Samples, Michael R. James, Kenneth P. Laberteaux, Derek S. Caveney, Jeff B. Rogers
  • Publication number: 20080103697
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method for avoiding a collision in a vehicle including the steps of: providing a transmitting vehicle, providing a receiving vehicle, creating data information in the transmitting vehicle, sending the data information to the receiving vehicle, and determining the relevancy of the data information to the receiving vehicle using a current position and heading of the receiving vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2006
    Publication date: May 1, 2008
    Applicant: Toyota Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Lorenzo Caminiti, Derek S. Caveney, Kenneth P. Laberteaux, Michael E. Samples