Patents by Inventor Thor Lewis

Thor Lewis 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).

  • Patent number: 11662985
    Abstract: Vehicle developer devices, systems and methods are disclosed. In one embodiment, a vehicle developer device includes a management computing device, a plurality of electronic control units, and a plurality peripheral devices, wherein one or more individual peripheral devices of the plurality of peripheral devices is a physical representation of an actual vehicle peripheral device. The vehicle developer device further includes a plurality of ports for receiving one or more of at least one additional electronic control units and at least one additional peripheral devices. The management computing device configures the plurality of electronic control units, and simulates operation of a full-scale simulated vehicle. The vehicle developer device is smaller in size than the full-scale simulated vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: WOVEN ALPHA, INC.
    Inventors: Nikolaos Michalakis, Paul Sastrasinh, Thor Lewis, Shang-Poh Yu, Sho Mikuriya, Hiroko Okuyama
  • Patent number: 11645050
    Abstract: Vehicle developer devices, systems and methods are disclosed. In one embodiment, a vehicle developer device includes a plurality of electronic control units, a plurality peripheral devices communicatively coupled to the plurality of electronic control units, wherein one or more individual peripheral devices of the plurality of peripheral devices is a physical representation of an actual vehicle peripheral device, and a management computing device including one or more processors and a memory device storing computer-readable instructions. The vehicle developer device receives one or more sets of software instructions, compiles the one or more sets of software instructions for execution by at least one electronic control unit of the plurality of electronic control units, and receives output from one or more of: 1) at least one electronic control unit of the plurality of electronic control units and 2) at least one peripheral device of the plurality of peripheral devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: WOVEN ALPHA, INC.
    Inventors: Nikolaos Michalakis, Paul Sastrasinh, Thor Lewis, Shang-Poh Yu, Sho Mikuriya, Hiroko Okuyama
  • Patent number: 11608086
    Abstract: A display device of a vehicle includes: a display provided inside of the vehicle; an interior lighting device lighting up an inside surface of a passenger compartment of the vehicle at an outside of the display; and a control device controlling the display and the interior lighting device. The control device is configured so that when a condition for moving display stands, the display is made to show a moving display element moving toward an outer circumference of the display, and so that when the moving display element reaches the outer circumference of the display, the interior lighting device lights up an inside surface of a passenger compartment of the vehicle so that a light part lit by the interior lighting device appears to move successively from the moving display element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Arei Rodelys Andriamagnevalonaky, Paula Kusinska, Lorcan O'Shanahan, Shang-Poh Yu, Sabrina Hyewon Lee, Matthew Doell, Thor Lewis
  • Patent number: 11048393
    Abstract: Systems and methods for displaying a personalized visual representation of an artificially intelligent (AI) agent. The system presents a first representation of the AI agent on a display. A user provides an input to the AI agent through an input device. The system determines a type of information included in the input. The system then modifies feature(s) of the first representation to form a different representation of the AI agent based on the type of information included in the input. The second representation is then presented on the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Toyota Research Institute, Inc.
    Inventor: Thor Lewis
  • Publication number: 20210122397
    Abstract: A display device of a vehicle includes: a display provided inside of the vehicle; an interior lighting device lighting up an inside surface of a passenger compartment of the vehicle at an outside of the display; and a control device controlling the display and the interior lighting device. The control device is configured so that when a condition for moving display stands, the display is made to show a moving display element moving toward an outer circumference of the display, and so that when the moving display element reaches the outer circumference of the display, the interior lighting device lights up an inside surface of a passenger compartment of the vehicle so that a light part lit by the interior lighting device appears to move successively from the moving display element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Arei Rodelys ANDRIAMAGNEVALONAKY, Paula KUSINSKA, Lorcan O'SHANAHAN, Shang-Poh YU, Sabrina Hyewon LEE, Matthew DOELL, Thor LEWIS
  • Publication number: 20210118246
    Abstract: Vehicle developer devices, systems and methods are disclosed. In one embodiment, a vehicle developer device includes a management computing device, a plurality of electronic control units, and a plurality peripheral devices, wherein one or more individual peripheral devices of the plurality of peripheral devices is a physical representation of an actual vehicle peripheral device. The vehicle developer device further includes a plurality of ports for receiving one or more of at least one additional electronic control units and at least one additional peripheral devices. The management computing device configures the plurality of electronic control units, and simulates operation of a full-scale simulated vehicle. The vehicle developer device is smaller in size than the full-scale simulated vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT, INC.
    Inventors: Nikos Michalakis, Paul Sastrasinh, Thor Lewis, Shang-Poh Yu, Sho Mikuriya, Hiroko Okuyama
  • Publication number: 20210117166
    Abstract: Vehicle developer devices, systems and methods are disclosed. In one embodiment, a vehicle developer device includes a plurality of electronic control units, a plurality peripheral devices communicatively coupled to the plurality of electronic control units, wherein one or more individual peripheral devices of the plurality of peripheral devices is a physical representation of an actual vehicle peripheral device, and a management computing device including one or more processors and a memory device storing computer-readable instructions. The vehicle developer device receives one or more sets of software instructions, compiles the one or more sets of software instructions for execution by at least one electronic control unit of the plurality of electronic control units, and receives output from one or more of: 1) at least one electronic control unit of the plurality of electronic control units and 2) at least one peripheral device of the plurality of peripheral devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT, INC.
    Inventors: Nikos Michalakis, Paul Sastrasinh, Thor Lewis, Shang-Poh Yu, Sho Mikuriya, Hiroko Okuyama
  • Patent number: 10891780
    Abstract: Instructions indicative of changing a view of a virtual object may be received by a device. At least a portion of the virtual object may be viewable from a viewpoint that is at a given distance from a surface of the virtual object. The device may cause a change of the view along a rotational path around the virtual object in response to the receipt of the instructions based on the given distance being greater than a threshold distance. The device may cause a change of the view along a translational path indicative of a shape of the surface of the virtual object in response to the receipt of the instructions based on the given distance being less than the threshold distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: James Joseph Kuffner, James Robert Bruce, Thor Lewis, Sumit Jain
  • Patent number: D900133
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Toyota Research Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Thor Lewis, Ashlimarie Dong, James Cazzoli, Stephanie Paepcke, Christoffer Rodemeyer, Jemma Robinson, Carlo Vega, David Landa, James Veluya, Helena Zhang
  • Patent number: D900134
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Toyota Research Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Thor Lewis, Ashlimarie Dong, James Cazzoli, Stephanie Paepcke, Christoffer Rodemeyer, Jemma Robinson, Carlo Vega, David Landa, James Veluya, Helena Zhang
  • Patent number: D900146
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Toyota Research Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Thor Lewis, Ashlimarie Dong, James Cazzoli, Stephanie Paepcke, Christoffer Rodemeyer, Jemma Robinson, Carlo Vega, David Landa, James Veluya, Helena Zhang
  • Patent number: D901522
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Toyota Research Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Thor Lewis, Ashlimarie Dong, James Cazzoli, Stephanie Paepcke, Christoffer Rodemeyer, Jemma Robinson, Carlo Vega, David Landa, James Veluya, Helena Zhang
  • Patent number: D939544
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Toyota Research Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Thor Lewis, Ashlimarie Dong, James Cazzoli, Stephanie Paepcke, Christoffer Rodemeyer, Jemma Robinson, Carlo Vega, David Landa, James Veluya, Helena Zhang
  • Patent number: D971252
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.
    Inventors: Thor Lewis, Ashlimarie Dong, James Cazzoli, Stephanie Paepcke, Christoffer Rodemeyer, Jemma Robinson, Carlo Vega, David Landa, James Veluya, Helena Zhang
  • Patent number: D973698
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Toyota Research Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Thor Lewis, Ashlimarie Dong, James Cazzoli, Stephanie Paepcke, Christoffer Rodemeyer, Jemma Robinson, Carlo Vega, David Landa, James Veluya, Helena Zhang
  • Patent number: D973708
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Toyota Research Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Thor Lewis, Ashlimarie Dong, James Cazzoli, Stephanie Paepcke, Christoffer Rodemeyer, Jemma Robinson, Carlo Vega, David Landa, James Veluya, Helena Zhang
  • Patent number: D973709
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Toyota Research Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Thor Lewis, Ashlimarie Dong, James Cazzoli, Stephanie Paepcke, Christoffer Rodemeyer, Jemma Robinson, Carlo Vega, David Landa, James Veluya, Helena Zhang
  • Patent number: D974388
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Toyota Research Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Thor Lewis, Ashlimarie Dong, James Cazzoli, Stephanie Paepcke, Christoffer Rodemeyer, Jemma Robinson, Carlo Vega, David Landa, James Veluya, Helena Zhang
  • Patent number: D974402
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Toyota Research Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Thor Lewis, Ashlimarie Dong, James Cazzoli, Stephanie Paepcke, Christoffer Rodemeyer, Jemma Robinson, Carlo Vega, David Landa, James Veluya, Helena Zhang
  • Patent number: D983812
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Toyota Research Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Thor Lewis, Ashlimarie Dong, James Cazzoli, Stephanie Paepcke, Christoffer Rodemeyer, Jemma Robinson, Carlo Vega, David Landa, James Veluya, Helena Zhang