Patents by Inventor SIDDHARTH THAKUR
SIDDHARTH THAKUR 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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Publication number: 20220348218Abstract: A curb management system for a host vehicle includes a sensor, an electronic controller, and a wireless communication system. The sensor is configured to detect information relating to a presence of a parked vehicle along a curb of a road. The electronic controller is configured to determine curb management information based on the information detected by the sensor. The wireless communication system is configured to transmit the curb management information to a remote server and to receive a predicted curb availability from the remote server.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2021Publication date: November 3, 2022Inventors: Siddharth THAKUR, Viju JAMES, Mark FISCHER, Simon TIEN, Armelle GUERIN
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Patent number: 11460841Abstract: An apparatus for remote support of autonomous operation of a vehicle includes a processor that is configured to perform a method including receiving, from a vehicle traversing a driving route from a start point to an end point at a destination, an assistance request signal identifying an inability of the vehicle at the destination to reach the end point, generating a first map display including a representation of a geographical area and the vehicle within the geographical area, receiving, from the vehicle, sensor data from one or more sensing devices of the vehicle, generating a remote support interface including the first map display and the sensor data, and transmitting instruction data to the vehicle that includes an alternative end point at the destination responsive to an input signal provided to the remote support interface.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2019Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignees: Nissan North America, Inc., United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of NASA, Renault S.A.S.Inventors: Siddharth Thakur, Armelle Guerin, Atsuhide Kobashi, Julius S. Gyorfi, Mark B. Allan
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Patent number: 11378950Abstract: A remote system for an autonomous vehicle, includes a receiver, a controller, and a display device. The receiver is configured to receive road information. The controller is programmed to receive input related to the road information and create a supervision zone when the road information impacts road drivability. The display device is disposed at a control center area and configured to display a visual indication on a map of the supervision zone.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2017Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignees: NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC., United States of America as Represented by the Admininstrator of the Nationa Aeronautics and SpaceInventors: Liam Pedersen, Siddharth Thakur, Armelle Guerin, Ali Mortazavi, Atsuhide Kobashi, Mauro Della Penna, Richard Enlow, Andrea Angquist, Richard Salloum, Stephen Wu, Ben Christel, Shane Hogan, John Deniston, Jen Hamon, Sannidhi Jalukar, Maarten Sierhuis, Eric Schafer, David Lees, Dawn Wheeler, Mark Allan
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Patent number: 11249479Abstract: A method of exception handing for an autonomous vehicle (AV) includes identifying an exception situation; identifying relevant sensors for the exception situation; identifying relevant tools to the exception situation, the relevant tools usable by a tele-operator to resolve the exception situation; and presenting, on a display of the tele-operator, data from the relevant sensors and the relevant tools.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2019Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignees: Nissan North America, Inc., Renault S.A.S.Inventors: Siddharth Thakur, Armelle Guerin, Julius S. Gyorfi, Kevin Poulet, Aude Laurent, Mark Allan, Omar Bentahar
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Patent number: 11231287Abstract: An autonomous vehicle service system having a display device, a receiver, and a controller. The receiver is configured to receive transmitted data from an autonomous vehicle related to status of the autonomous vehicle and information from a third party related to road conditions. The controller is programmed to monitor the transmitted data related to the status of the autonomous vehicle and the road conditions, determine when the autonomous vehicle requires assistance based on the transmitted data, and, when the autonomous vehicle requires assistance, cause information related to the autonomous vehicle to be displayed on the display device.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2017Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignees: NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC., United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and SpaceInventors: Liam Pedersen, Siddharth Thakur, Armelle Guerin, Ali Mortazavi, Atsuhide Kobashi, Mauro Della Penna, Richard Enlow, Andrea Angquist, Richard Salloum, Stephen Wu, Ben Christel, Shane Hogan, John Deniston, Jen Hamon, Sannidhi Jalukar, Maarten Sierhuis, Eric Schafer, David Lees, Dawn Wheeler, Mark Allan
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Publication number: 20220018666Abstract: An autonomous vehicle service system having a display device, a receiver, and a controller. The receiver is remote from an autonomous vehicle and configured to receive transmitted data from a third party and the autonomous vehicle. The controller is configured to monitor the transmitted data related to the status of the autonomous vehicle, and cause information related to the autonomous vehicle to be displayed on the display device, the controller further configured to enable the autonomous vehicle service system to be accessed by the third party so as to be capable of forming and updating a supervision zone to restrict access to an area by the autonomous vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2021Publication date: January 20, 2022Inventors: Liam PEDERSEN, Siddharth THAKUR, Armelle GUERIN, Ali MORTAZAVI, Atsuhide KOBASHI, Mauro DELLA PENNA, Richard ENLOW, Andrea ANGQUIST, Richard SALLOUM, Stephen WU, Ben CHRISTEL, Shane HOGAN, John DENISTON, Jen HAMON, Sannidhi JALUKAR, Maarten SIERHUIS, Eric SCHAFER, David LEES, Dawn WHEELER, Mark ALLAN
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Patent number: 11215985Abstract: An apparatus for remote support of autonomous operation of a vehicle is described. The apparatus includes a processor that performs a method including receiving a query to define a path for the vehicle while the vehicle is traveling along a route from an origin to a destination in a vehicle transportation network, the query comprising multiple points including at least a start point and an end point of the path, obtaining a satellite image of a portion of a geographical area that encompasses the multiple points, determining, using the satellite image, static obstacles within the portion of the geographical area, the static obstacles defining navigable areas within the vehicle transportation network, generating the path through each of the multiple points such that the path is located within at least one navigable area of the navigable areas, and transmitting the path for use by the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2019Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignees: Nissan North America, Inc., Renault S.A.S.Inventors: Aude Laurent, Kevin Poulet, Omar Bentahar, Siddharth Thakur
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Patent number: 11181927Abstract: A method for performing a pickup/drop-off at a location includes providing, to an autonomous vehicle (AV), a parameter value of a parameter associated with the pickup/drop-off. The AV executes the pickup/drop-off according to the parameter value. After the pickup/drop-off is executed, feedback related to the parameter is received from a customer and from a tele-operator. The method also includes identifying other world objects present at the location during the pickup/drop-off and generating an optimized parameter value for executing the pickup/drop-off using the parameter value, the customer feedback, the tele-operator feedback, and other world objects.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2019Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignees: Nissan North America, Inc., Renault S.A.S.Inventors: Siddharth Thakur, Armelle Guerin, Christopher Ostafew
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Patent number: 10932086Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, systems, and non-transitory computer readable storage media for providing on-demand services to vehicles are described. The disclosed technology determines information associated with a vehicle, generates a request for a fuel delivery on-demand service using the information, confirms identification of the vehicle using a wireless signal of the vehicle, provides access to the vehicle to enable performance of the fuel delivery on-demand service and secures the vehicle after completion of the fuel delivery on-demand service.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2019Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: Nissan North America, Inc.Inventors: Siddharth Thakur, Gregory D. Dibb, GianLuca Storti, Masahide Nakamura
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Publication number: 20210034050Abstract: An apparatus for remote support of autonomous operation of a vehicle includes a processor that is configured to perform a method including receiving, from a vehicle traversing a driving route from a start point to an end point at a destination, an assistance request signal identifying an inability of the vehicle at the destination to reach the end point, generating a first map display including a representation of a geographical area and the vehicle within the geographical area, receiving, from the vehicle, sensor data from one or more sensing devices of the vehicle, generating a remote support interface including the first map display and the sensor data, and transmitting instruction data to the vehicle that includes an alternative end point at the destination responsive to an input signal provided to the remote support interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2019Publication date: February 4, 2021Inventors: Siddharth Thakur, Armelle Guerin, Atsuhide Kobashi, Julius S. Gyorfi, Mark B. Allan
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Publication number: 20210018916Abstract: A method of exception handing for an autonomous vehicle (AV) includes identifying an exception situation; identifying relevant sensors for the exception situation; identifying relevant tools to the exception situation, the relevant tools usable by a tele-operator to resolve the exception situation; and presenting, on a display of the tele-operator, data from the relevant sensors and the relevant tools.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2019Publication date: January 21, 2021Inventors: Siddharth Thakur, Armelle Guerin, Julius S. Gyorfi, Kevin Poulet, Aude Laurent, Mark Allan, Omar Bentahar
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Publication number: 20200409386Abstract: A method for pickup/drop-off at a location includes providing, to a first autonomous vehicle (AV), a parameter value of a parameter associated with the pickup/drop-off; executing, by the first autonomous vehicle (AV), the pickup/drop-off according to the parameter value; receiving a customer feedback related to the parameter; receiving a tele-operator feedback related to the parameter; identifying other world objects at the location; and generating an optimized parameter value for executing the pickup/drop-off. Generating the optimized parameter value uses the parameter value, the customer feedback, the tele-operator feedback, and other world objects.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2019Publication date: December 31, 2020Inventors: Siddharth Thakur, Armelle Guerin, Christopher Ostafew
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Publication number: 20200293038Abstract: An apparatus for remote support of autonomous operation of a vehicle is described. The apparatus includes a processor that performs a method including receiving a query to define a path for the vehicle while the vehicle is traveling along a route from an origin to a destination in a vehicle transportation network, the query comprising multiple points including at least a start point and an end point of the path, obtaining a satellite image of a portion of a geographical area that encompasses the multiple points, determining, using the satellite image, static obstacles within the portion of the geographical area, the static obstacles defining navigable areas within the vehicle transportation network, generating the path through each of the multiple points such that the path is located within at least one navigable area of the navigable areas, and transmitting the path for use by the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2019Publication date: September 17, 2020Inventors: Aude Laurent, Kevin Poulet, Omar Bentahar, Siddharth Thakur
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Publication number: 20200004239Abstract: A remote system for an autonomous vehicle, includes a receiver, a controller, and a display device. The receiver is configured to receive road information. The controller is programmed to receive input related to the road information and create a supervision zone when the road information impacts road drivability. The display device is disposed at a control center area and configured to display a visual indication on a map of the supervision zone.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2017Publication date: January 2, 2020Inventors: Liam PEDERSEN, Siddharth THAKUR, Armelle GUERIN, Ali MORTAZAVI, Atsuhide KOBASHI, Mauro DELLA PENNA, Richard ENLOW, Andrea ANGQUIST, Richard SALLOUM, Stephen WU, Ben CHRISTEL, Shane HOGAN, John DENISTON, Jen HAMON, Sannidhi JALUKAR, Maarten SIERHUIS, Eric SCHAFER, David LEES, Dawn WHEELER, Mark ALLAN
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Publication number: 20190376800Abstract: An autonomous vehicle service system having a display device, a receiver, and a controller. The receiver is configured to receive transmitted data from an autonomous vehicle related to status of the autonomous vehicle and information from a third party related to road conditions. The controller is programmed to monitor the transmitted data related to the status of the autonomous vehicle and the road conditions, determine when the autonomous vehicle requires assistance based on the transmitted data, and, when the autonomous vehicle requires assistance, cause information related to the autonomous vehicle to be displayed on the display device.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2017Publication date: December 12, 2019Inventors: Liam PEDERSEN, Siddharth THAKUR, Armelle GUERIN, Ali MORTAZAVI, Atsuhide KOBASHI, Mauro DELLA PENNA, Richard ENLOW, Andrea ANGQUIST, Richard SALLOUM, Stephen WU, Ben CHRISTEL, Shane HOGAN, John DENISTON, Jen HAMON, Sannidhi JALUKAR, Maarten SIERHUIS, Eric SCHAFER, David LEES, Dawn WHEELER, Mark ALLAN
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Patent number: 10453024Abstract: Service requests are transmitted to multiple vehicles, each request associated with a time and a location. Driving histories of vehicles are known. A first location associated with a service request is compared with a known location in a vehicle driving history. The known location comprises a first cell identifier of a first grid where a size of the cells indicates a maximum acceptable deviation of the vehicle from a travel segment in the driving history that includes the first cell identifier. When the first location matches the known location and the associated time overlaps a start or end time of the travel segment that includes the first cell identifier, the service request is identified to the vehicle. The vehicle sends an indicator that it will perform at least a portion of a service, and an instruction is transmitted to the vehicle that causes the vehicle to perform the service.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2016Date of Patent: October 22, 2019Assignee: Nissan North America, Inc.Inventors: Gregory D. Dibb, Siddharth Thakur, Daisuke Saito
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Publication number: 20190166460Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, systems, and non-transitory computer readable storage media for providing on-demand services to vehicles are described. The disclosed technology determines information associated with a vehicle, generates a request for a fuel delivery on-demand service using the information, confirms identification of the vehicle using a wireless signal of the vehicle, provides access to the vehicle to enable performance of the fuel delivery on-demand service and secures the vehicle after completion of the fuel delivery on-demand service.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2019Publication date: May 30, 2019Inventors: Siddharth Thakur, Gregory D. Dibb, GianLuca Storti, Masahide Nakamura
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Automatically identifying associations between vehicle operating data and non-vehicle operating data
Patent number: 10269240Abstract: Automatically identifying associations between vehicle operating data and non-vehicle operating data may include identifying vehicle transportation network data representing a vehicle transportation network, identifying vehicle operating data reported for a plurality of vehicles, wherein the vehicle operating data includes vehicle operation records, identifying non-vehicle operating data reported for a plurality of users, wherein the non-vehicle operating data includes non-vehicle operation records, automatically identifying an association between the vehicle operating data and the non-vehicle operating data, and generating updated vehicle transportation network data based on the vehicle transportation network data.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2017Date of Patent: April 23, 2019Assignee: Nissan North America, Inc.Inventors: Siddharth Thakur, Daisuke Saito -
Patent number: 10237690Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, systems, and non-transitory computer readable storage media for providing on-demand services to vehicles are described. The disclosed technology determines information associated with the vehicle. The information includes a location of the vehicle. A request is generated for the on-demand service using the information and identification of the vehicle is confirmed using a wireless signal of the vehicle. Access is provided to the vehicle to enable performance of the on-demand service and the vehicle is secured after completion of the on-demand service.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2017Date of Patent: March 19, 2019Assignee: Nissan North America, IncInventors: Siddharth Thakur, Gregory D. Dibb, GianLuca Storti, Masahide Nakamura
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Publication number: 20190007794Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, systems, and non-transitory computer readable storage media for providing on-demand services to vehicles are described. The disclosed technology determines information associated with the vehicle. The information includes a location of the vehicle. A request is generated for the on-demand service using the information and identification of the vehicle is confirmed using a wireless signal of the vehicle. Access is provided to the vehicle to enable performance of the on-demand service and the vehicle is secured after completion of the on-demand service.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2017Publication date: January 3, 2019Inventors: Siddharth Thakur, Gregory D. Dibb, GianLuca Storti, Masahide Nakamura