Patents by Inventor Rini Sherony
Rini Sherony 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: 11702805Abstract: Surrogates for roadside objects, such as concrete curbs, can be used for vehicle testing. A surrogate for a concrete curb can substantially be similar in size and/or shape as the concrete curb that the surrogate is mimicking. The surrogate can be configured to exhibit substantially the same characteristics as their actual counterpart concrete curb when sensed by one or more vehicle sensors (e.g., cameras, radar sensors, and/or LIDAR sensors). Such surrogates can be used to test automated vehicles, one or more vehicle sensors, a vehicle sensor system, and/or one or more vehicle system (e.g., a road departure mitigation system). The surrogates can be configured to withstand being impacted by a test vehicle without being damaged and without damaging the test vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2019Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignees: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., The Trustees of Indiana UniversityInventors: Rini Sherony, Stanley Yung-Ping Chien, Seeta Ram Pandey, Wensen Niu, Yaobin Chen
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Publication number: 20230219580Abstract: An apparatus includes processing circuitry configured to determine an actual driving performance of a driver in a manual driving mode and a projected driving performance if the vehicle had been operated in an autonomous driving mode, compare the driving performance in the manual driving mode and the autonomous driving mode, and transmit a feedback to the driver based on the comparison. The processing circuitry can be further configured to determine a driver state of the driver in the manual driving mode, determine environmental driving condition of the vehicle, and establish a baseline behavior of the driver as a function of the driver state and the environmental driving condition.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2023Publication date: July 13, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.Inventors: Yu HIEI, Rini SHERONY, Tina Brunetti SAYER, Joshua E. DOMEYER, John MARCOUX, Miles J. JOHNSON
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Patent number: 11623647Abstract: A feedback server includes a processing circuitry configured to determine an actual driving performance of a driver in a manual driving mode and a projected driving performance if the vehicle had been operated in an autonomous driving mode, compare the driving performance in the manual driving mode and the autonomous driving mode, and transmit a feedback to the driver based on the comparison. The processing circuitry can be further configured to determine a driver state of the driver in the manual driving mode, determine environmental driving condition of the vehicle, and establish a baseline behavior of the driver as a function of the driver state and the environmental driving condition.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2016Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.Inventors: Yu Hiei, Rini Sherony, Tina Brunetti Sayer, Joshua E. Domeyer, John Marcoux, Miles J. Johnson
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Patent number: 11580870Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for providing training on a vehicle. The method includes acquiring, using processing circuitry, one or more alert modes associated with a vehicle. Further, the method includes controlling one or more alert devices as a function of a first alert mode. The first alert mode is selected from the one or more alert modes. The method includes outputting information to a user associated with the first alert mode via one or more output devices.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2016Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.Inventors: Rini Sherony, Tina Brunetti Sayer
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Patent number: 11328602Abstract: System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to selecting a route for a vehicle to travel. In one embodiment, the detection system generates a driving maneuver recommendation for a vehicle having a plurality of sensors configured to acquire information about an environment around the vehicle, the sensors including at least a camera to capture one or more images of a scene within the environment, by determining that at least a portion of each image in a set of images captured by the camera indicates an external display in the environment, tracking an object within the portion of each image in the set of images to determine a state of the object, the state including at least a trajectory estimate for the object, and determining a recommended driving maneuver based at least in part on the determined state of the object.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2019Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.Inventors: Rini Sherony, Paxton S. Williams
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Publication number: 20210164178Abstract: Surrogates for roadside objects, such as concrete curbs, can be used for vehicle testing. A surrogate for a concrete curb can substantially be similar in size and/or shape as the concrete curb that the surrogate is mimicking. The surrogate can be configured to exhibit substantially the same characteristics as their actual counterpart concrete curb when sensed by one or more vehicle sensors (e.g., cameras, radar sensors, and/or LIDAR sensors). Such surrogates can be used to test automated vehicles, one or more vehicle sensors, a vehicle sensor system, and/or one or more vehicle system (e.g., a road departure mitigation system). The surrogates can be configured to withstand being impacted by a test vehicle without being damaged and without damaging the test vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2019Publication date: June 3, 2021Inventors: Rini Sherony, Stanley Yung-Ping Chien, Seeta Ram Pandey, Wensen Niu, Yaobin Chen
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Publication number: 20210110715Abstract: System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to selecting a route for a vehicle to travel. In one embodiment, the detection system generates a driving maneuver recommendation for a vehicle having a plurality of sensors configured to acquire information about an environment around the vehicle, the sensors including at least a camera to capture one or more images of a scene within the environment, by determining that at least a portion of each image in a set of images captured by the camera indicates an external display in the environment, tracking an object within the portion of each image in the set of images to determine a state of the object, the state including at least a trajectory estimate for the object, and determining a recommended driving maneuver based at least in part on the determined state of the object.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2019Publication date: April 15, 2021Inventors: Rini Sherony, Paxton S. Williams
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Publication number: 20200240091Abstract: Surrogates for roadside objects can be used for vehicle testing. A grass surrogate can be configured to exhibit substantially the same characteristics as natural grass when sensed by one or more vehicle sensors (e.g., cameras, radar sensors, and/or LIDAR sensors). Such surrogates can be used to test autonomous vehicles, one or more vehicle sensors, a vehicle sensor system, and/or one or more vehicle systems (e.g., a road departure mitigation system). The grass surrogate can help a vehicle to identify road boundaries, particularly in portions of a road that do not include lane markings. The grass surrogate can be configured to withstand being driven over by a test vehicle without being damaged and/or without damaging the test vehicle. In some arrangements, the grass surrogate can include artificial grass that is coated with a mixture of high gloss acrylic paint and high reflectance pigments.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2019Publication date: July 30, 2020Inventors: Rini Sherony, Stanley Yung-Ping Chien, Qiang Yi, Jun Lin, Abir Saha, Yaobin Chen, Chi-Chih Chen
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Patent number: 10689818Abstract: Surrogates for roadside objects, such as metal guardrails, can be used for vehicle testing. A surrogate for a metal guardrail can have substantially the same size and/or shape as the metal guardrail that the surrogate is mimicking. The surrogate can be configured to exhibit substantially the same characteristics as their actual counterpart metal guardrail when sensed by one or more vehicle sensors (e.g., cameras, radar sensors, and/or LIDAR sensors). Such surrogates can be used to test autonomous vehicles, one or more vehicle sensors, a vehicle sensor system, and/or one or more vehicle system (e.g., a road departure mitigation system). The surrogates can be configured to withstand being crashed into by a test vehicle without being damaged and without damaging the test vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2018Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignees: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Ohio State Innovation Foundation, The Trustees of Indiana UniversityInventors: Rini Sherony, Stanley Yung-Ping Chien, Qiang Yi, Jun Lin, Abir Saha, Yaobin Chen, Chi-Chih Chen
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Patent number: 10597835Abstract: Surrogates for roadside objects, such as concrete dividers, can be used for vehicle testing. A surrogate for a concrete divider can have substantially the same size and/or shape as the concrete divider that the surrogate is mimicking. The surrogate can be configured to exhibit substantially the same characteristics as their actual counterpart concrete divider when sensed by one or more vehicle sensors (e.g., cameras, radar sensors, and/or LIDAR sensors). Such surrogates can be used to test autonomous vehicles, one or more vehicle sensors, a vehicle sensor system, and/or one or more vehicle system (e.g., a road departure mitigation system). The surrogates can be configured to withstand being crashed into by a test vehicle without being damaged and without damaging the test vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2018Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignees: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., The Trustees of Indiana University, Ohio State Innovation FoundationInventors: Rini Sherony, Stanley Yung-Ping Chien, Qiang Yi, Jun Lin, Abir Saha, Yaobin Chen, Chi-Chih Chen
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Patent number: 10449898Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for providing supplementary alert information. The method includes monitoring, using processing circuitry, one or more systems in a vehicle to determine an alert mode when an alert is generated. The method further includes identifying, using the processing circuitry, supplementary alert information associated with the alert mode. The supplementary alert information includes an explanation of a trigger of the alert. The method further includes outputting the supplementary alert information to a user of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2016Date of Patent: October 22, 2019Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.Inventors: Rini Sherony, Tina Brunetti Sayer
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Publication number: 20190309491Abstract: Surrogates for roadside objects, such as concrete dividers, can be used for vehicle testing. A surrogate for a concrete divider can have substantially the same size and/or shape as the concrete divider that the surrogate is mimicking. The surrogate can be configured to exhibit substantially the same characteristics as their actual counterpart concrete divider when sensed by one or more vehicle sensors (e.g., cameras, radar sensors, and/or LIDAR sensors). Such surrogates can be used to test autonomous vehicles, one or more vehicle sensors, a vehicle sensor system, and/or one or more vehicle system (e.g., a road departure mitigation system). The surrogates can be configured to withstand being crashed into by a test vehicle without being damaged and without damaging the test vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2018Publication date: October 10, 2019Inventors: Rini Sherony, Stanley Yung-Ping Chien, Qiang Yi, Jun Lin, Abir Saha, Yaobin Chen, Chi-Chih Chen
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Publication number: 20190309490Abstract: Surrogates for roadside objects, such as metal guardrails, can be used for vehicle testing. A surrogate for a metal guardrail can have substantially the same size and/or shape as the metal guardrail that the surrogate is mimicking. The surrogate can be configured to exhibit substantially the same characteristics as their actual counterpart metal guardrail when sensed by one or more vehicle sensors (e.g., cameras, radar sensors, and/or LIDAR sensors). Such surrogates can be used to test autonomous vehicles, one or more vehicle sensors, a vehicle sensor system, and/or one or more vehicle system (e.g., a road departure mitigation system). The surrogates can be configured to withstand being crashed into by a test vehicle without being damaged and without damaging the test vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2018Publication date: October 10, 2019Inventors: Rini Sherony, Stanley Yung-Ping Chien, Qiang Yi, Jun Lin, Abir Saha, Yaobin Chen, Chi-Chih Chen
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Patent number: 10315648Abstract: An assembly for changing at least one safety feature predefined setting associated with at least one vehicular active safety system includes a computer and a human-machine interface. The computer is configured to change the at least one safety feature predefined setting based on a driver choice. The at least one safety feature predefined setting is selected from the group consisting of a response type and a response timing. The human-machine interface includes an output and an input. The output is configured to provide a driver with a range of customizable settings for the at least one safety feature predefined setting. The input is configured to accept at least one customizable setting chosen by the driver such that the at least one safety feature predefined setting is changed to the at least one customizable setting.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2017Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.Inventor: Rini Sherony
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Patent number: 10232848Abstract: A vehicle can be configured to operate relative to oncoming objects. The vehicle can sense to external environment of the vehicle. An oncoming object approaching the vehicle from an opposite direction can be detected. It can be determined whether the oncoming object intends to execute a left turn across the path of the vehicle. Such a determination can be performed in various ways. Responsive to determining that the oncoming object intends to execute a left turn across the path of the vehicle, a driving maneuver to avoid a collision with the oncoming object can be determined. The vehicle can be caused to implement the determined driving maneuver.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2016Date of Patent: March 19, 2019Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.Inventor: Rini Sherony
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Publication number: 20180257642Abstract: An assembly for changing at least one safety feature predefined setting associated with at least one vehicular active safety system includes a computer and a human-machine interface. The computer is configured to change the at least one safety feature predefined setting based on a driver choice. The at least one safety feature predefined setting is selected from the group consisting of a response type and a response timing. The human-machine interface includes an output and an input. The output is configured to provide a driver with a range of customizable settings for the at least one safety feature predefined setting. The input is configured to accept at least one customizable setting chosen by the driver such that the at least one safety feature predefined setting is changed to the at least one customizable setting.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2017Publication date: September 13, 2018Applicant: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.Inventor: Rini Sherony
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Patent number: 10013894Abstract: An apparatus for repetitive use in automotive testing includes a body. The body includes a torso and a pair of legs. Each leg includes an upper portion and a lower portion pivotably connected to each other. An upper drive pivotably drives the upper portion of each of the pair of legs about a first pivot point disposed on a bottom portion of the torso. A lower drive pivotably drives the upper portion with respect to a corresponding lower portion of the leg. The upper drive and lower drive working in concert to articulate the upper and lower portions of the leg to replicate a pedaling motion.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2016Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignees: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Indiana University Research and Technology CorporationInventors: Stanley Yung-Ping Chien, Rini Sherony, Hiroyuki Takahashi, Jason Brink, Qiang Yi
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Publication number: 20180118219Abstract: A feedback server includes a processing circuitry configured to determine an actual driving performance of a driver in a manual driving mode and a projected driving performance if the vehicle had been operated in an autonomous driving mode, compare the driving performance in the manual driving mode and the autonomous driving mode, and transmit a feedback to the driver based on the comparison. The processing circuitry can be further configured to determine a driver state of the driver in the manual driving mode, determine environmental driving condition of the vehicle, and establish a baseline behavior of the driver as a function of the driver state and the environmental driving condition.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2016Publication date: May 3, 2018Applicant: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.Inventors: Yu HIEI, Rini Sherony, Tina Brunetti Sayer, Joshua E. Domeyer, John Marcoux, Miles J. Johnson
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Publication number: 20180113450Abstract: A method and device for an autonomous vehicle control unit for traffic lane selection are disclosed. In operation, a present traffic lane in relation to each of a plurality of traffic lanes for a roadway is identified. A traffic congestion level is determined for the each of the plurality of traffic lanes, and compared with each other to determine a lowest-congested traffic lane of the plurality of traffic lanes. When the lowest-congested traffic lane is other than the present traffic lane, a traffic lane change command is generated that includes identifier data for an adjacent traffic lane having a lower traffic congestion level. The traffic lane change command is transmitted to effect a traffic lane change of the vehicle from the present traffic lane to an adjacent traffic lane.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2016Publication date: April 26, 2018Inventor: Rini Sherony
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Patent number: 9846106Abstract: An apparatus and device for repetitive use in automotive testing is provided. The apparatus includes a frame dimensioned in the same shape as a bicycle frame. The frame includes a first support beam and a plurality of second support beams. The apparatus further includes an elastic member elastically coupling each of the plurality of second support beams to the first support beam so as to allow the frame to separate when impacted and be easily reassembled for further testing. The device includes a disk having a first radar transparent layer opposite a second radar transparent layer and a reflective film disposed between the first radar transparent layer and the second radar transparent layer. The reflective film has a radar cross section pattern similar to that of an actual bicycle wheel when seen by automotive radar.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2015Date of Patent: December 19, 2017Assignees: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, The Ohio State University, Indiana University Research and Technology CorporationInventors: Stanley Yung-Ping Chien, Chi-chih Chen, Rini Sherony, Hiroyuki Takahashi, Jason Brink, Qiang Yi, Domenic Belgiovane