Patents by Inventor Samer Ibrahim
Samer Ibrahim 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: 11940544Abstract: Position enhancement for vehicle positioning is provided. Vehicle-to-everything (V2X) messages are received from a roadside unit (RSU) to an onboard unit (OBU) of a vehicle via a transceiver of the vehicle, the V2X messages indicating a location of the RSU. Image sensors of the vehicle are utilized to capture sensor data of the RSU. A current position of the vehicle is updated to a corrected current position of the vehicle based the RSU as shown in the sensor data and the location of the RSU indicated in the V2X messages.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2021Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Krishna Bandi, Samer Ibrahim, Brennan Hamilton, Sathyanarayana Chary Palakonda
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Publication number: 20230351539Abstract: Smart tolling leakage prevention is provided. A TUM is stored to a TUM database, the TUM including information with respect to traversal of a vehicle along a roadway for which charges are incurred for travel. The TUM is sent, via a transceiver of the vehicle, to a road-side unit (RSU) in communication with a tolling system. A toll receipt message (TRM) is received, via the transceiver, from the tolling system. The TUM is reconciled with the TRM. A status of the reconciling is indicated.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2022Publication date: November 2, 2023Inventors: Krishna BANDI, Samer IBRAHIM, Sathyanarayana Chary PALAKONDA, Swetha SHAILENDRA, Syed Amaar AHMAD
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Publication number: 20230182734Abstract: In a vehicle computer, a trigger may be received to provide localization data to a first vehicle application that is one of a plurality of vehicle applications in a vehicle that receive the localization data. Based on the trigger, resources can be allocated to a first data container that provides the localization data in a first format specified for the application, and that is one of a plurality of data containers included in the system. The localization data can be provided in the first format to the first vehicle application upon receiving a location request from the application.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2021Publication date: June 15, 2023Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Krishna Bandi, Sathyanaraya Chary Palakonda, Colette Knopp, Samer Ibrahim, Basavaraj Tonshal
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Publication number: 20230182729Abstract: A plurality of localization data sources accessible on a vehicle network in a vehicle can be identified. A plurality of active vehicle applications that request localization data provided by one or more of the localization data sources can be identified. Based on the active vehicle applications, a plurality of the localization data sources to be combined to output a vehicle location can be selected.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2021Publication date: June 15, 2023Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Krishna Bandi, Samer Ibrahim, Colette Knopp, Basavaraj Tonshal, Sathyanaraya Chary Palakonda
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Patent number: 11676426Abstract: Smart tolling for vehicles is provided. A toll advertisement message (TAM) is received by a vehicle, broadcast from a road-side unit (RSU) via V2X communication, the TAM defining a plurality of toll road tariff data elements, each of the toll road tariff data elements specifying a set of tolling factors indexed by a unique toll context identifier. Roadway usage of the vehicle is determined. A charge for the roadway usage is determined according to the set of tolling factors of the TAM. A toll usage message (TUM) is sent via the V2X communication, the TUM indicating, to the RSU, the tariff for the roadway usage of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2021Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Krishna Bandi, Sathyanarayana Chary Palakonda, Brennan Hamilton, Samer Ibrahim, Ivan Vukovic, Syed Amaar Ahmad
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Publication number: 20230154239Abstract: A first toll advertisement message (TAM) is broadcast from a roadside unit (RSU), the first TAM indicating geographic locations of lanes of a roadway for which tolls are due and payment information for traversing the lanes of the roadway. A tolling usage message (TUM) is received from a first priority vehicle in receipt of the first TAM, the TUM including a request to reallocate one or more of the lanes of the roadway for use by the first priority vehicle. Responsive to receipt of the TUM, the RSU sends a TUM acknowledgment to the first priority vehicle indicating a lane allocation for use by the first priority vehicle and broadcasts a second TAM indicating the geographic locations of lanes of the roadway for which the tolls are due, the payment information for traversing the lanes of the roadway, and the lane allocation.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2021Publication date: May 18, 2023Inventors: Krishna BANDI, Samer IBRAHIM, Sathyanarayana Chary PALAKONDA, Swetha SHAILENDRA
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Publication number: 20230131434Abstract: Position enhancement for vehicle positioning is provided. Vehicle-to-everything (V2X) messages are received from a roadside unit (RSU) to an onboard unit (OBU) of a vehicle via a transceiver of the vehicle, the V2X messages indicating a location of the RSU. Image sensors of the vehicle are utilized to capture sensor data of the RSU. A current position of the vehicle is updated to a corrected current position of the vehicle based the RSU as shown in the sensor data and the location of the RSU indicated in the V2X messages.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2021Publication date: April 27, 2023Inventors: Krishna BANDI, Samer IBRAHIM, Brennan HAMILTON, Sathyanarayana Chary PALAKONDA
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Publication number: 20220301356Abstract: Smart tolling for vehicles is provided. A toll advertisement message (TAM) is received by a vehicle, broadcast from a road-side unit (RSU) via V2X communication, the TAM defining a plurality of toll road tariff data elements, each of the toll road tariff data elements specifying a set of tolling factors indexed by a unique toll context identifier. Roadway usage of the vehicle is determined. A charge for the roadway usage is determined according to the set of tolling factors of the TAM. A toll usage message (TUM) is sent via the V2X communication, the TUM indicating, to the RSU, the tariff for the roadway usage of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2021Publication date: September 22, 2022Inventors: Krishna BANDI, Sathyanarayana Chary PALAKONDA, Brennan HAMILTON, Samer IBRAHIM, Ivan VUKOVIC, Syed Amaar AHMAD
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Patent number: 11423779Abstract: Exemplary embodiments described in this disclosure are generally directed to vehicle detection systems and methods. In one exemplary embodiment, a vehicle detection system that is provided in a first vehicle receives a map generated by a vehicle detection system of a second vehicle. The map, which can be a cardinal map, for example, indicates a third vehicle that is detected by the vehicle detection system of the second vehicle and is undetectable by the first vehicle due to various reasons. For example, the first vehicle may fail to detect the third vehicle due to signal blocking caused by an intervening vehicle located between the first vehicle and the third vehicle, or due to the loss of radio-frequency (RF) signal reception by the vehicle detection system in the first vehicle. The second vehicle can detect the third vehicle by using radio-frequency (RF) signals and to convey the information to the first vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2019Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Samer Ibrahim, Sushanta Das
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Patent number: 11405763Abstract: A toll advertisement message is received, via a V2X transceiver of a vehicle, defining a metered zone in which tolls are charged. Input data indicative of a current position of the vehicle with respect to the metered zone is determined. A state machine is utilized to determine tolled roadway usage of the vehicle according to the metered zone and the current position. A toll usage message indicative of the tolled roadway usage is provided via the V2X transceiver.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2021Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Krishna Bandi, Sathyanarayana Chary Palakonda, Samer Ibrahim, Brennan Hamilton, Colette Knopp, Basavaraj Tonshal
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Publication number: 20220237583Abstract: A toll advertisement message (TAM) broadcast from a roadside unit (RSU) is received by a vehicle via V2X communication, the TAM indicating geographic locations of lanes of a roadway for which tolls are due and cost information for traversing the lanes of the roadway. A heading of the vehicle is determined in relation to a TAM reference point indicating a geographic location of a toll gantry. A toll zone boundary region for the vehicle is identified by filtering the geographic locations of the lanes in the TAM to include only those lanes in a travel direction consistent with the heading. A lane straddling algorithm is utilized to identify, for each of the lanes in the travel direction, a respective percentage within each lane that the vehicle is traveling. A tolling usage message (TUM) is sent via the V2X communication, indicating to the RSU the percentage lane usage of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2021Publication date: July 28, 2022Inventors: Krishna BANDI, Sathyanarayana Chary PALAKONDA, Samer IBRAHIM, Brennan HAMILTON, Jovan Milivoje ZAGAJAC
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Patent number: 11379817Abstract: A toll advertisement message (TAM) broadcast from a roadside unit (RSU) is received by a vehicle via V2X communication, the TAM indicating geographic locations of lanes of a roadway for which tolls are due and cost information for traversing the lanes of the roadway. A heading of the vehicle is determined in relation to a TAM reference point indicating a geographic location of a toll gantry. A toll zone boundary region for the vehicle is identified by filtering the geographic locations of the lanes in the TAM to include only those lanes in a travel direction consistent with the heading. A lane straddling algorithm is utilized to identify, for each of the lanes in the travel direction, a respective percentage within each lane that the vehicle is traveling. A tolling usage message (TUM) is sent via the V2X communication, indicating to the RSU the percentage lane usage of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2021Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Krishna Bandi, Sathyanarayana Chary Palakonda, Samer Ibrahim, Brennan Hamilton, Jovan Milivoje Zagajac
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Patent number: 11368826Abstract: An on-board unit of a vehicle includes first and second transceivers.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2020Date of Patent: June 21, 2022Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Krishna Bandi, Samer Ibrahim, Jovan Milivoje Zagajac, Sushanta Das, Brennan Hamilton, Ivan Vukovic, Thomas E. Apczynski
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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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Patent number: 11176339Abstract: A request is received, from an onboard unit of a vehicle to a roadside unit in control of a gate protecting a gated area, for access rights to the gated area. Responsive to determining that the vehicle is authorized to enter, vehicle localization is performed to confirm that the vehicle has an unobstructed path to the gate. The vehicle localization is performed using one or more approaches. Responsive to confirming that the vehicle has an unobstructed path to the gate, direct the gate to open to allow the vehicle to proceed.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2019Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Samer Ibrahim, Jovan Milivoje Zagajac
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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: 20210235240Abstract: An on-board unit of a vehicle includes first and second transceivers.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2020Publication date: July 29, 2021Inventors: Krishna BANDI, Samer IBRAHIM, Jovan Milivoje ZAGAJAC, Sushanta DAS, Brennan HAMILTON, Ivan VUKOVIC, Thomas E. APCZYNSKI
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Patent number: 11041430Abstract: Methods and systems are providing for improving engine coolant level estimation to reduce engine overheating. The level of fluid in a coolant overflow reservoir is inferred based on the fluid level in a hollow vertical standpipe fluidically coupled to the reservoir at top and bottom locations, while the fluid level in the standpipe is estimated based on echo times of an ultrasonic signal transmitted by a sensor positioned in a recess at the bottom of the vertical standpipe. Engine power is limited differently based on distinct coolant level states determined based on a change in level of coolant in the reservoir over a duration.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2020Date of Patent: June 22, 2021Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: John Eric Rollinger, Karen Willard, Michael Joseph Giunta, Robert Andrew Wade, Samer Ibrahim, Casey Dietrich, Matt Gerow
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Publication number: 20210124885Abstract: A request is received, from an onboard unit of a vehicle to a roadside unit in control of a gate protecting a gated area, for access rights to the gated area. Responsive to determining that the vehicle is authorized to enter, vehicle localization is performed to confirm that the vehicle has an unobstructed path to the gate. The vehicle localization is performed using one or more approaches. Responsive to confirming that the vehicle has an unobstructed path to the gate, direct the gate to open to allow the vehicle to proceed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2019Publication date: April 29, 2021Inventors: Samer IBRAHIM, Jovan Milivoje ZAGAJAC
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Patent number: 10957192Abstract: Exemplary embodiments described in this disclosure are generally directed to systems and methods for displaying visual content in an automobile. In an exemplary implementation, an onboard computer of an automobile receives wireless signals from a roadside unit located near the traffic intersection. The wireless signals provide information about how much time is remaining before a traffic light turns from a red state to a green state. The onboard computer uses this information to display visual content on an infotainment system in the automobile as long as the automobile is in a stopped condition. The onboard computer stops displaying the content before the traffic light turns green. In one case, the wireless signals transmitted from the roadside unit include a Signal Phase and Timing (SPaT) signal and a traffic intersection map that provides details about a topography of the traffic intersection.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2019Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, L.L.CInventors: Krishna Bandi, Samer Ibrahim, Richard Ortman