Patents by Inventor Yi-Chung Chao

Yi-Chung Chao 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: 11933626
    Abstract: A navigation system includes: a communication unit configured to receive vehicle environment information of a user vehicle, the vehicle environment information including proximate vehicle information representing proximately located vehicles relative to the user vehicle; and a control unit, coupled to the communication unit, configured to: determine lane reference vehicles from the proximately located vehicles based on a vehicle type of the proximately located vehicles; monitor the relative location of the lane reference vehicles; generate a road lane model including a lane delineation estimation based on the relative location of the lane reference vehicles; and calculate a lane position of the user vehicle according to the lane delineation estimation based on a lateral position shift of the user vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Telenav, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander G. Glebov, Manuj Shinkar, Kok Wei Koh, Gregory Stewart Aist, HaiPing Jin, Sarvesh Bansilal Devi, Shalu Grover, Jinghai Ren, Yi-Chung Chao
  • Patent number: 11104353
    Abstract: A computing system includes: a control unit, coupled to the communication unit, configured to: monitor a current vehicle operation measure for an essential vehicle control function of a user vehicle in an autonomous vehicle operation state; calculate an operation measure modification factor based on a vehicle operation profile of the user vehicle; calculate a modified model input from the current vehicle operation measure based on the operation measure modification factor; generate a vehicle operation instruction, with the modified model input, for the essential vehicle control function according to a vehicle operation model to operate the essential vehicle control function of the user vehicle in the autonomous vehicle operation state; and a communication unit configured to provide the vehicle operation instruction to an autonomous vehicle operation system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Telenav, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander G. Glebov, Kok Wei Koh, Manuj Shinkar, Gregory Stewart Aist, HaiPing Jin, Sarvesh Bansilal Devi, Shalu Grover, Jinghai Ren, Yi-Chung Chao
  • Patent number: 10955259
    Abstract: A navigation system includes: a communication unit configured to receive vehicle environment information of a user vehicle for identifying a proximately located vehicle relative to the user vehicle during operation of the user vehicle; a control unit, coupled to the communication unit, configured to: determine proximate vehicle information of the proximately located vehicle, including a relative location and a relative distance from the user vehicle, from the vehicle environment information; and generate a navigation interface including a proximate vehicle representation of the proximately located vehicle and a user vehicle representation of the user vehicle on an interface map based on the relative location and the relative distance of the proximately located vehicle, wherein the proximate vehicle representation and the user vehicle representation are presented based on an interface scaled distance for displaying on a device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Telenav, Inc.
    Inventors: Manuj Shinkar, Kok Wei Koh, Alexander G. Glebov, Gregory Stewart Aist, HaiPing Jin, Sarvesh Bansilal Devi, Shalu Grover, Jinghai Ren, Yi-Chung Chao
  • Patent number: 10821973
    Abstract: A navigation system includes: a control unit configured to: receive a parking facility request for an autonomous vehicle operation of a user vehicle in a vehicle parking facility; retrieve a parking facility map for the vehicle parking facility, including facility information, for the vehicle parking facility, wherein the facility information includes intersection nodes; and generate a facility traversal route for the autonomous vehicle operation of the user vehicle through the vehicle parking facility based on the intersection nodes and the parking facility request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Telenav, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander G. Glebov, Manuj Shinkar, Ninad Pradeep Lanke, Sarvesh Bansilal Devi, Kok Wei Koh, Po-Wen Chen, HaiPing Jin, Yi-Chung Chao
  • Patent number: 10809722
    Abstract: A navigation system includes: a control unit configured to: determine an autonomous operation capability of an autonomous vehicle operation system to operate in an autonomous operation state; generate a planned travel route including an autonomous state prediction of the autonomous operation state for portions of the planned travel route; and a communication unit, coupled to the control unit, configured to provide operation instructions to the autonomous vehicle operation system for autonomous operation of a user vehicle along the planned travel route.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Telenav, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander G. Glebov, Kok Wei Koh, Manuj Shinkar, Gregory Stewart Aist, HaiPing Jin, Sarvesh Bansilal Devi, Shalu Grover, Jinghai Ren, Yi-Chung Chao
  • Publication number: 20200132497
    Abstract: A navigation system includes: a communication unit configured to receive vehicle environment information of a user vehicle, the vehicle environment information including proximate vehicle information representing proximately located vehicles relative to the user vehicle; and a control unit, coupled to the communication unit, configured to: determine lane reference vehicles from the proximately located vehicles based on a vehicle type of the proximately located vehicles; monitor the relative location of the lane reference vehicles; generate a road lane model including a lane delineation estimation based on the relative location of the lane reference vehicles; and calculate a lane position of the user vehicle according to the lane delineation estimation based on a lateral position shift of the user vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Alexander G. Glebov, Manuj Shinkar, Kok Wei Koh, Gregory Stewart Aist, HaiPing Jin, Sarvesh Bansilal Devi, Shalu Grover, Jinghai Ren, Yi-Chung Chao
  • Patent number: 10416980
    Abstract: An intelligent location based services and navigation hybrid system comprising a client having location based service capability and a server, the system setting a condition for new or updates of a relevant information by the server and/or client, selecting the relevant information for the updates by the server, transmitting the relevant information from the server, receiving the updates of the relevant information by the client, and selecting an operational mode by the client.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Telenav, Inc.
    Inventors: Yi-Chung Chao, Robert Rennard, HaiPing Jin
  • Publication number: 20190235497
    Abstract: A navigation system includes: a control unit configured to: determine an autonomous operation capability of an autonomous vehicle operation system to operate in an autonomous operation state; generate a planned travel route including an autonomous state prediction of the autonomous operation state for portions of the planned travel route; and a communication unit, coupled to the control unit, configured to provide operation instructions to the autonomous vehicle operation system for autonomous operation of a user vehicle along the planned travel route.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Alexander G. Glebov, Kok Wei Koh, Manuj Shinkar, Gregory Stewart Aist, HaiPing Jin, Sarvesh Bansilal Devi, Shalu Grover, Jinghai Ren, Yi-Chung Chao
  • Publication number: 20190210594
    Abstract: A navigation system includes: a control unit configured to: receive a parking facility request for an autonomous vehicle operation of a user vehicle in a vehicle parking facility; retrieve a parking facility map for the vehicle parking facility, including facility information, for the vehicle parking facility, wherein the facility information includes intersection nodes; and generate a facility traversal route for the autonomous vehicle operation of the user vehicle through the vehicle parking facility based on the intersection nodes and the parking facility request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Alexander G. Glebov, Manuj Shinkar, Ninad Pradeep Lanke, Sarvesh Bansilal Devi, Kok Wei Koh, Po-Wen Chen, HaiPing Jin, Yi-Chung Chao
  • Publication number: 20190202470
    Abstract: A computing system includes: a control unit, coupled to the communication unit, configured to: monitor a current vehicle operation measure for an essential vehicle control function of a user vehicle in an autonomous vehicle operation state; calculate an operation measure modification factor based on a vehicle operation profile of the user vehicle; calculate a modified model input from the current vehicle operation measure based on the operation measure modification factor; generate a vehicle operation instruction, with the modified model input, for the essential vehicle control function according to a vehicle operation model to operate the essential vehicle control function of the user vehicle in the autonomous vehicle operation state; and a communication unit configured to provide the vehicle operation instruction to an autonomous vehicle operation system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Alexander G. Glebov, Kok Wei Koh, Manuj Shinkar, Gregory Stewart Aist, HaiPing Jin, Sarvesh Bansilal Devi, Shalu Grover, Jinghai Ren, Yi-Chung Chao
  • Publication number: 20190120647
    Abstract: A navigation system includes: a communication unit configured to receive vehicle environment information of a user vehicle for identifying a proximately located vehicle relative to the user vehicle during operation of the user vehicle; a control unit, coupled to the communication unit, configured to: determine proximate vehicle information of the proximately located vehicle, including a relative location and a relative distance from the user vehicle, from the vehicle environment information; and generate a navigation interface including a proximate vehicle representation of the proximately located vehicle and a user vehicle representation of the user vehicle on an interface map based on the relative location and the relative distance of the proximately located vehicle, wherein the proximate vehicle representation and the user vehicle representation are presented based on an interface scaled distance for displaying on a device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2017
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Manuj Shinkar, Kok Wei Koh, Alexander G. Glebov, Gregory Stewart Aist, HaiPing Jin, Sarvesh Bansilal Devi, Shalu Grover, Jinghai Ren, Yi-Chung Chao
  • Patent number: 9683850
    Abstract: A method of operation of a navigation system having adaptive coverage includes: detecting a no service region or an intermittent loss of service region upcoming in a route; selecting an adaptive coverage operations block based on the no service region or based on the intermittent loss of service region for storing on a device; and sending data from the adaptive coverage operations block for displaying on the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: Telenav, Inc.
    Inventors: Yi-Chung Chao, Robert W. Rennard, Zhiqi Luo, Musiri S. Shrivathsan
  • Patent number: 9593953
    Abstract: A method of operation of a navigation system includes: determining a location indicator within a geographic area; determining a traversal position based on a distance from an inanimate object location; determining a position error based on calculating a distance difference between the location indicator and the traversal position; determining an adjustment factor based on an error magnitude of the position error; and generating an update position with a control unit based on updating the location indicator with the adjustment factor for displaying on the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: Telenav, Inc.
    Inventors: Shane-Woei Lee, Yi-Chung Chao
  • Patent number: 9594819
    Abstract: A method of operation of a wireless system includes: receiving a notification packet through a wireless channel; calculating a retrieval route based on the content of the notification packet including identifying a final WLAN hub accessible form the retrieval route; transferring an update database while travelling the retrieval route including receiving a final update packet from the final WLAN hub through the wireless channel; and loading a storage unit with the content of the update database including copying the content to a display interface for displaying on a device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: Telenav, Inc.
    Inventor: Yi-Chung Chao
  • Patent number: 9541402
    Abstract: A method of operation of a hybrid navigation system includes: providing a position information for locating a first device; linking a second position to the position information, the second position for locating a second device; generating a planned route with the position information refined by the second position for transferring over a regional network to the first device or the second device; and storing saved route information from the planned route for displaying on the first device when the regional network is not available.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: Telenav, Inc.
    Inventors: Hengbin Luo, Jose Bedolla, Yi-Chung Chao
  • Patent number: 9398278
    Abstract: A method of operation of a graphical display system includes: generating a first registration point of an adaptive alignment image; calculating the adaptive alignment image having a first alignment point with a known location relative to the first registration point; projecting a projected image, having a first projected registration point, with the adaptive alignment image for displaying on a display surface with the first alignment point is a first projected alignment point on the display surface; calculating an adjustment for the adaptive alignment image using a relative location between the first alignment point and the first registration point, and the first projected alignment point and the first projected registration point, respectively; and creating an apparent image as an adaptive keystone corrected perception of the projected image by modifying the display image with the adjustment for displaying from a projector device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: Telenav, Inc.
    Inventor: Yi-Chung Chao
  • Patent number: 9250094
    Abstract: A method of operation of a navigation system includes: detecting a location reading; selecting a route having a current edge with an endpoint and a shape point; predicting a navigation instruction based on a calculation with the location reading, the shape point, and a time delay for the calculation; and displaying the navigation instruction on a device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: TELENAV, INC.
    Inventors: Autumn Claire Victor, Yi-Chung Chao
  • Publication number: 20150363479
    Abstract: A method of operation of a wireless system includes: receiving a notification packet through a wireless channel; calculating a retrieval route based on the content of the notification packet including identifying a final WLAN hub accessible form the retrieval route; transferring an update database while travelling the retrieval route including receiving a final update packet from the final WLAN hub through the wireless channel; and loading a storage unit with the content of the update database including copying the content to a display interface for displaying on a device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2014
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Inventor: Yi-Chung Chao
  • Patent number: 9182498
    Abstract: A method of operation of a hybrid navigation system includes: providing a peer-to-peer communication controller for communicating with a first vehicle; linking a second peer-to-peer communication controller for communicating between a second vehicle and the first vehicle; providing a communication and navigation controller for monitoring a regional network for the first vehicle or the second vehicle including storing saved route information; and preparing a first route history file for transferring from first vehicle to the second vehicle including providing the first route history file from the saved route information for displaying in the second vehicle when the regional network is not available.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: TELENAV INC.
    Inventors: Hengbin Luo, Jose Bedolla, Yi-Chung Chao
  • Publication number: 20150204680
    Abstract: A method of operation of a navigation system includes: determining a location indicator within a geographic area; determining a traversal position based on a distance from an inanimate object location; determining a position error based on calculating a distance difference between the location indicator and the traversal position; determining an adjustment factor based on an error magnitude of the position error; and generating an update position with a control unit based on updating the location indicator with the adjustment factor for displaying on the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2014
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Applicant: Telenav, Inc.
    Inventors: Shane-Woei Lee, Yi-Chung Chao