Patents by Inventor Phani Kiran Vajapeyazula

Phani Kiran Vajapeyazula 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: 20230274648
    Abstract: Systems and apparatuses include one or more processing circuits including one or more memory devices coupled to one or more processors. The one or more memory devices are configured to store instructions thereon that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to: receive a parameter regarding operation of a first vehicle of a first platoon; compare the parameter to a first predetermined threshold; responsive to determining that the parameter satisfies the first predetermined threshold, determine an exit parameter for the first vehicle; and cause the first vehicle to exit the first platoon based on the exit parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: Cummins Inc.
    Inventors: Vivek Anand Sujan, Phani Kiran Vajapeyazula, Govindarajan Kothandaraman, Jingxuan Liu, Kenneth M. Follen
  • Patent number: 11682306
    Abstract: Systems and apparatuses include one or more processing circuits comprising one or more memory devices coupled to one or more processors, the one or more memory devices configured to store instructions thereon that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to: determine at least one reason for a deserter to exit a first platoon; determine a deserter position within the first platoon; communicate the deserter exit to the first platoon after determination of the at least one reason for the deserter to exit the first platoon based at least in part on the deserter position; adapt a behavior of the first platoon to allow the deserter to exit the first platoon; and reconfigure the remaining vehicles from the first platoon into a second platoon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Cummins Inc.
    Inventors: Vivek Anand Sujan, Phani Kiran Vajapeyazula, Govindarajan Kothandaraman, Jingxuan Liu, Kenneth M. Follen
  • Publication number: 20210192959
    Abstract: Systems and apparatuses include one or more processing circuits comprising one or more memory devices coupled to one or more processors, the one or more memory devices configured to store instructions thereon that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to: determine at least one reason for a deserter to exit a first platoon; determine a deserter position within the first platoon; communicate the deserter exit to the first platoon after determination of the at least one reason for the deserter to exit the first platoon based at least in part on the deserter position; adapt a behavior of the first platoon to allow the deserter to exit the first platoon; and reconfigure the remaining vehicles from the first platoon into a second platoon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicant: Cummins Inc.
    Inventors: Vivek Anand Sujan, Phani Kiran Vajapeyazula, Govindarajan Kothandaraman, Jingxuan Liu, Kenneth M. Follen
  • Patent number: 10943490
    Abstract: Systems and apparatuses include a controller including a circuit structured to communicate with a platoon of vehicles, determine a platoon rank order, determine final separation distances between vehicles, affect operation of each vehicle to achieve the platoon rank order and final separation distances, monitor the platoon of vehicles to determine if a deserter is leaving the platoon of vehicles or if a critical change has occurred, determine an updated platoon rank order, and determine an updated final separation distances between vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Cummins, Inc.
    Inventors: Vivek Anand Sujan, Phani Kiran Vajapeyazula, Govindarajan Kothandaraman, Jingxuan Liu, Kenneth M. Follen
  • Publication number: 20200027355
    Abstract: Systems and apparatuses include a controller including a circuit structured to communicate with a platoon of vehicles, determine a platoon rank order, determine final separation distances between vehicles, affect operation of each vehicle to achieve the platoon rank order and final separation distances, monitor the platoon of vehicles to determine if a deserter is leaving the platoon of vehicles or if a critical change has occurred, determine an updated platoon rank order, and determine an updated final separation distances between vehicles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Inventors: Vivek Anand Sujan, Phani Kiran Vajapeyazula, Govindarajan Kothandaraman, Jingxuan Liu, Kenneth M. Follen