Patents by Inventor Venkata Satya Siva Prasad Challa

Venkata Satya Siva Prasad Challa 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: 11964691
    Abstract: A vehicular vision system includes a camera and a radar sensor disposed at the equipped vehicle. The system includes an electronic control unit (ECU) and, as the equipped vehicle travels along a road, the ECU, via processing of image data and processing of sensor data, determines other vehicles present on the road ahead of the equipped vehicle. The ECU, responsive to determining the presence of a plurality of other vehicles present on the road, fuses the image data captured by the camera and the sensor data captured by the radar sensor. The ECU, based on the fused data, determines a threat level for each vehicle of the plurality of other vehicles and, when the threat level for one or more vehicles of the plurality of other vehicles exceeds a threshold value, generates a braking command. The ECU transmits the braking command to a braking system of the equipped vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Magna Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Venkata Satya Siva Prasad Challa, Nikunj Vinubhai Kumbhani
  • Publication number: 20240059282
    Abstract: A vehicular driving assist system includes a camera and a radar sensor disposed at a vehicle. The system, via processing at the ECU of captured image data and captured sensor data, detects an object and determines that the detected object is traveling along a lane that intersects with a lane the vehicle is traveling along. The system, responsive to processing of captured image data and captured sensor data and responsive to determining that the detected object is traveling along the lane that intersects with the lane the vehicle is traveling along, determines a time to collision (TTC) between the vehicle and the detected object at the intersection. The system, responsive to determining that the TTC is below a threshold amount of time, generates a braking command to slow the vehicle prior to reaching the intersection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Venkata Satya Siva Prasad Challa, Kirti Hiranand Balani
  • Publication number: 20230001923
    Abstract: A vehicular control system includes a sensor disposed at a vehicle and capturing sensor data. The system, as the vehicle is approaching an intersection and responsive to processing by a processor of sensor data captured by the sensor, detects a cross-traffic threat approaching the intersection and maintains a buffer to store a trajectory of the cross-traffic threat. The system, using the trajectory, determines an intersection point between the vehicle and the cross-traffic threat, determines an arrival time at the intersection point for both the vehicle and the cross-traffic threat, and determines a difference between the arrival time of the vehicle at the intersection and the cross-traffic threat. The system, responsive to determining that the difference between the arrival time of the equipped vehicle at the intersection and the arrival time of the cross-traffic threat is less than a threshold amount, controls a safety system of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Venkata Satya Siva Prasad Challa, Kirti Hiranand Balani
  • Publication number: 20220048566
    Abstract: A vehicular control system includes a camera that captures image data. The system includes an electronic control unit (ECU) for processing image data captured by the camera. The ECU, via processing by an image processor of image data captured by the camera, determines lane information of a traffic lane along a road being traveled by the equipped vehicle. The ECU determines a lane quality value that represents a confidence in the determined lane information. When the lane quality value exceeds a threshold value, and based at least in part on the determined lane information, the ECU provides a steering command to a steering system of the equipped vehicle to adjust a heading of the equipped vehicle to center the equipped vehicle within the traffic lane of the road being traveled by the equipped vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Venkata Satya Siva Prasad Challa, Tejas Murlidhar Varunjikar, Arpit Awathe
  • Publication number: 20220048504
    Abstract: A vehicular vision system includes a camera and a radar sensor disposed at the equipped vehicle. The system includes an electronic control unit (ECU) and, as the equipped vehicle travels along a road, the ECU, via processing of image data and processing of sensor data, determines other vehicles present on the road ahead of the equipped vehicle. The ECU, responsive to determining the presence of a plurality of other vehicles present on the road, fuses the image data captured by the camera and the sensor data captured by the radar sensor. The ECU, based on the fused data, determines a threat level for each vehicle of the plurality of other vehicles and, when the threat level for one or more vehicles of the plurality of other vehicles exceeds a threshold value, generates a braking command. The ECU transmits the braking command to a braking system of the equipped vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Venkata Satya Siva Prasad Challa, Nikunj Vinubhai Kumbhani
  • Publication number: 20220048509
    Abstract: A vehicular control system includes a camera and an electronic control unit (ECU) that processes image data captured by the camera. The ECU, via processing of the image data, determines lane information of a traffic lane. The lane information includes lane boundaries. The ECU also determines presence of other vehicles on the road ahead of the equipped vehicle. The ECU, responsive to determining presence of a target vehicle ahead of the equipped vehicle, and at least in part via processing by the image data, predicts a change in velocity of the target vehicle relative to the equipped vehicle. The ECU, responsive to determining the lane information and responsive to predicting the change in velocity of the target vehicle, generates longitudinal and lateral commands for centering the vehicle within the traffic lane and maintaining a threshold distance between the equipped vehicle and the target vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventor: Venkata Satya Siva Prasad Challa