Patents by Inventor Ross Kidson

Ross Kidson 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).

  • Optimized subdivision of digital maps into map sections
    Patent number: 11953326
    Abstract: A method for certifying map elements for safety-critical driving functions by a control unit, at least one observation variable of at least one mapping step being ascertained by at least one map element after an implementation of the mapping step by a monitoring function, and being compared with a setpoint value of the observation variable, at least one result value being calculated based on a comparison of the observation variable with the setpoint value of the observation variable for the at least one mapping step by the monitoring function, the at least one result value being stored as a certificate and being linked with the at least one map element. A control unit, a computer program as well as a machine-readable memory medium are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Timo Nachstedt, Carsten Hasberg, Ross Kidson
  • OPTIMIZED SUBDIVISION OF DIGITAL MAPS INTO MAP SECTIONS
    Publication number: 20210180962
    Abstract: A method for certifying map elements for safety-critical driving functions by a control unit, at least one observation variable of at least one mapping step being ascertained by at least one map element after an implementation of the mapping step by a monitoring function, and being compared with a setpoint value of the observation variable, at least one result value being calculated based on a comparison of the observation variable with the setpoint value of the observation variable for the at least one mapping step by the monitoring function, the at least one result value being stored as a certificate and being linked with the at least one map element. A control unit, a computer program as well as a machine-readable memory medium are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Timo Nachstedt, Carsten Hasberg, Ross Kidson