With Device For Programmably Operating Vehicles Steerable Wheels Patents (Class 180/204)
  • Patent number: 11814099
    Abstract: A lane departure prevention control apparatus for a vehicle includes a traveling-environment recognition unit configured to detect lane lines, a steering-angle detector, a vehicle-behavior detector, a predicted departure determination unit, a lane departure prevention control processor, and a steering override determination unit. The predicted departure determination unit is configured to predict whether the vehicle is to depart from the lane. The lane departure prevention control processor is configured to set a target steering angle and execute a lane departure prevention control. The steering override determination unit is configured to check presence of steering override based on the driver's steering-wheel operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Omikawa, Ryo Hajika
  • Patent number: 11667328
    Abstract: Some embodiments relate to a vehicle corner module (VCM) connectable to a VCM-connection interface of a reference-frame of a vehicle platform (e.g. for regulating motion of a vehicle). Some embodiments relate to a multi-interface connection-element for connection of multiple electronic or flow vehicle subsystems of a vehicle to a Vehicle Corner Module (VCM). Related methods are disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: REE AUTOMOTIVE LTD
    Inventors: Troy Kenion, Gail Marie Prince
  • Patent number: 11634118
    Abstract: A parking control method includes: performing parking control of moving a vehicle to a target parking position on the basis of an operation command acquired from an operator located outside the vehicle; when the parking control to the target parking position is suspended and the vehicle leaves the target parking position, calculating a moving direction of the vehicle on the basis of a parking direction when the vehicle is parked at a next target parking position; and moving the vehicle in the moving direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryota Yamanaka, Yasuhiro Suzuki, Yasuhisa Hayakawa
  • Patent number: 11591014
    Abstract: The four-wheel steering system includes a front-wheel steering system that steers front wheels of a vehicle and a rear-wheel steering system that steers rear wheels of the vehicle in accordance with a steering angle that is a rotation angle of a steering wheel. The rear-wheel steering system includes a second ECU that, when the vehicle speed is equal to or lower than a vehicle speed threshold, performs antiphase control in which the rear wheels are steered in the opposite direction to that in which the front wheels are steered. When the vehicle speed is equal to or lower than the vehicle speed threshold, the second ECU performs in-phase control in which the rear wheels are steered in the same direction as that in which the front wheels are steered, in response to a specific trigger operation that is performed via the steering wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yasuharu Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 11580583
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a technique that enables customization of a vehicle. In an information processing apparatus, a controller presents vehicle units extracted from among a plurality of types of under units each of which is provided with a driving mechanism configured to cause wheels to rotate and a plurality of types of upper units to be loaded on any of the under units to a user, the vehicle units being combinable as a vehicle. Furthermore, the controller executes: accepting selection by a user from among the presented vehicle units; and calculating a fee in the case of providing the selected vehicle units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroki Yabushita, Keiichi Kondo, Kaori Takahashi, Jin Xin, Daisuke Mizushima, Satoru Ando, Takeshi Murakami, Yuchi Yamanouchi, Kenta Miyahara, Katsuhisa Yoshikawa, Yuji Suzuki, Keita Yamazaki, Kei Matsumoto, Hiroyuki Ito, Takashi Ogawa, Yukiya Sugiyama, Masaru Ando, So Sawahira, Rina Mukai, Azusa Nakagame, Erina Toyama, Yasushi Fujiwara
  • Patent number: 11485211
    Abstract: Described herein are various systems and processes for vehicles for delivery of real-time, on-demand orders for perishable goods, and operations thereof. The vehicles may each include a plurality of different modules that couple to a chassis. The modules may include battery modules, drive modules, cargo modules, and other modules. Each drive module may include wheels and motors and steering mechanisms that control the wheels. A plurality of such modules may be disposed on the chassis. The modules may be disposed on different portions of the chassis and be given different operational commands accordingly. Furthermore, operation of the vehicle may be adjusted based on the cargo carried by the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: DoorDash, Inc.
    Inventors: Harrison Shih, Bruce Vest, Ilya Polyakov, Colton Anderson
  • Patent number: 11479295
    Abstract: Some embodiments relate to a vehicle corner module (VCM) connectable to a VCM-connection interface of a reference-frame of a vehicle platform (e.g. for regulating motion of a vehicle). Some embodiments relate to a multi-interface connection-element for connection of multiple electronic or flow vehicle subsystems of a vehicle to a Vehicle Corner Module (VCM). Related methods are disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: REE Automotive Ltd.
    Inventors: Troy Kenion, Gail Marie Prince
  • Patent number: 11407406
    Abstract: A parking assist device according to the present invention includes a backward-direction-path calculation unit that calculates a backward-direction path for taking an own vehicle out from a target parking position B based on constraint conditions of a parking space and an own-vehicle behavior, a connection-candidate-position storage unit that sets a plurality of connection candidate positions D on the backward-direction path, a forward-direction-path calculation unit that calculates a forward-direction path leadable to one of the connection candidate positions D from a current position A of the own vehicle, and a parking-path setting unit that sets a parking path by combining the backward-direction path and the forward-direction path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: CLARION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Noriyasu Hasejima, Shinya Tagawa
  • Patent number: 11396288
    Abstract: In the invention, in automatic parking, a route from a parking start position to a target parking position is calculated prior to the start of parking. However, there are cases where an external environment recognition device cannot detect an obstacle at a distant or blind spot. In such a case, smooth parking is hindered when the vehicle is actually automatically parked. In the invention, in Step S1101, the vehicle is virtually moved from a parking start position 1201 in the direction of a turning position, and a turning position 1206 is calculated on a parking route 1205. In Step S1103, a preliminary route to a target parking position 1207 when the vehicle is turned back at the turning position 1206 is calculated. In the next Step S1104, it is determined whether the preliminary route can be generated, and when the preliminary route satisfies a predetermined condition, the route calculated by a candidate route calculation unit 501 is adopted as an automatic parking route.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Naoyuki Tashiro, Masashi Seimiya, Masato Imai, Shinya Kasai
  • Patent number: 11390274
    Abstract: A parking information management server includes a receiver configured to receive a parking information item which has transmitted from one or more vehicles, the parking information item including a traveling path in which the vehicle has traveled as well as a parking area and an obstacle which are acquired by the vehicle in a parking lot the vehicle has used, a memory configured to store the parking information item received by the receiver, a map creator configured to create a map including the parking area and the obstacle based on the parking information item stored in the memory, and a transmitter configured to automatically transmit the map created by the map creator and the traveling path stored in the memory to a vehicle which has requested the map.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: FAURECIA CLARION ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Takeuchi, Tatsuro Narita
  • Patent number: 11348343
    Abstract: A sub-area in an area is identified as an authorized sub-area for a vehicle to access based on detecting a first object in the sub-area from first sensor data. Then a parameter of the first object is determined from the first sensor data. Upon detecting a second object in the sub-area from second sensor data, a parameter of the second object is determined based on the second sensor data. The sub-area is determined valid based on determining the parameter of the second object is different than the parameter of the first object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Chenhao Ma, Tony Tae-Jin Pak, Hamid M. Golgiri, Ahmed Benmimoun
  • Patent number: 11338825
    Abstract: Simulating realistic movement of an object, such as a vehicle or pedestrian, that accounts for unusual behavior may comprise generating an agent behavior model based at least in part on output of a perception component of an autonomous vehicle and determining a difference between the output and log data that includes indications of an actual maneuver of location of an object. Simulating movement of an object may comprise determining predicted motion of the object using the perception component and modifying the predicted motion based at least in part on the agent behavior model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Zoox, Inc.
    Inventors: Gerrit Bagschik, Andrew Scott Crego, Mahsa Ghafarianzadeh, Siavosh Rezvan Behbahani
  • Patent number: 11325646
    Abstract: A parking assistance system for a motor vehicle. A parking-space searching drive is performed where longitudinal and transverse guidance is determined, while a detection device determines a vehicle environment. Parking spaces may be measured on the basis of the detected vehicle environment. Based on the parking space measurement, it is determined if a parking space is suitable for the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Sascha Ziebart, Alexander Urban, Frank Schwitters
  • Patent number: 11305756
    Abstract: A parking control method includes: performing parking control of moving a vehicle to a target parking position on the basis of an operation command acquired from an operator located outside the vehicle; and when the parking control to the target parking position is suspended and the vehicle leaves the target parking position, moving the vehicle so that at least part of the vehicle is present within a predetermined range from the operator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryota Yamanaka, Yasuhiro Suzuki, Yasuhisa Hayakawa
  • Patent number: 11292455
    Abstract: When an automatic parking function and an automatic driving function are provided in the same system, a vehicle stops for parking trajectory calculation when switching between an automatic driving mode and an automatic parking mode is performed, and thus, there is concern that a driver is likely to feel discomfort with this stop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryoh Inaba, Katsuro Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11291153
    Abstract: A method for planning the cultivation of an at least quadrangular area of an agricultural field is presented. The area has edge sections between its corners, including a first edge section and a second edge section. The second edge section is arranged opposite of and oblique to the first edge section. A plurality of first working paths and a plurality of second working paths are determined. A lane that runs at least partially along the first working paths and the second working paths and along which an agricultural machine is to be moved over the area is determined. A plurality of turning points along the lane at which the machine is steered is determined, such that the lane runs less along the first working paths and further along the second working paths as the distance from the first edge section increases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: LEMKEN GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Josef van Haaren, Marco van den Boom
  • Patent number: 11247724
    Abstract: A computer, including a processor and a memory, the memory including instructions to be executed by the processor to receive a vehicle path from a server computer and verify the vehicle path based on vehicle dynamics and vehicle constraints. The instruction can include further instructions to, when the vehicle path is verified as correct, operating the vehicle on the vehicle path and, when the vehicle path is verified as incorrect, stopping the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Linjun Zhang, Lu Xu, Codrin Cionca, Juan Enrique Castorena Martinez
  • Patent number: 11130523
    Abstract: A driving supporter includes a support inhibitor that inhibits support of driving when a steering-operation value is greater than a threshold value. The support inhibitor includes a threshold-value determiner that determines the threshold value to a value greater when a first object and a second object are present than when the first object is present, and the second object is absent. The first object has a relationship in which a relative positional relationship between the object and an own vehicle is a relationship in which a steering operation is estimated to be performed in a first direction in which the own vehicle avoids the object. The second object has a relationship in which the relative positional relationship is a relationship in which the steering operation is estimated to be performed in a second direction reverse to the first direction such that the own vehicle avoids the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroaki Kataoka, Taisuke Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 11124036
    Abstract: A damping control system for a vehicle having a suspension located between a plurality of ground engaging members and a vehicle frame includes at least one adjustable shock absorber having an adjustable damping characteristic. The system also includes a controller coupled to each adjustable shock absorber to adjust the damping characteristic of each adjustable shock absorber, and a user interface coupled to the controller and accessible to a driver of the vehicle. The user interface includes at least one user input to permit manual adjustment of the damping characteristic of the at least one adjustable shock absorber during operation of the vehicle. Vehicle sensors are also be coupled to the controller to adjust the damping characteristic of the at least one adjustable shock absorber based vehicle conditions determined by sensor output signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Polaris Industries Inc.
    Inventors: Louis J. Brady, Alex R. Scheuerell, Steven R. Franker, Aaron J. Nysse
  • Patent number: 11072330
    Abstract: A method of controlling a vehicle-trailer unit includes recording, with an electronic control unit for a trailer assist system, a plurality of maneuvers of the vehicle-trailer unit as each maneuver is executed in an original direction of travel. The method also includes retrieving the recorded plurality of maneuvers in response to an initiating of a tight spot reversal feature for the trailer assist system. The method further includes instructing vehicle systems to perform the retrieved recorded plurality of maneuvers in the reverse order and direction of travel in which they were recorded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Continental Automotive Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Brandon Herzog, Jeremy McClain, Ibro Muharemovic
  • Patent number: 11027725
    Abstract: A self position estimation method is provided which is capable of accurately estimating, when executing automatic parking to a parking target position using a stored surrounding situation, a position of a host vehicle or a target in the surrounding situation stored in a storage device. The method includes a step that presents the stored surrounding situation, a step that receives an operation of setting a positional relationship between the stored surrounding situation, and at least one of the host vehicle and the targets existing around the host vehicle, and a step that sets a position of at least one of the host vehicle and the target in the stored surrounding situation based on the operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhisa Hayakawa, Ichiro Yamaguchi, Yasuhiro Sakurai, Daisuke Tanaka, Yukinori Nishida
  • Patent number: 11027771
    Abstract: A steering assistance device includes: a steering angle detection unit that detects the steering angle of a vehicle; a pump unit that performs steering assistance of the vehicle by using oil pressure; a motor that performs steering assistance of the vehicle by using electrical power; and a steering control unit that causes the pump unit to perform steering assistance with the steering assistance amount thereof reduced by a predetermined amount from the predetermined steering assistance amount, and causes the motor to perform steering assistance, in a case where the pump unit can perform steering assistance in a steering assistance amount predetermined for the detected steering angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: ISUZU MOTORS LIMITED
    Inventor: Teruhiko Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11017249
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method of detecting distracted driving comprises: determining, by one or more processors, a primary preview region (PPR) in a representation of an environment; determining, by the one or more processors, a gaze point for a driver based on a sequence of images of the driver; determining, by the one or more processors, that the gaze point is outside of the PPR; based on the determined gaze point being outside of the PPR, decreasing, by the one or more processors, an attention level for the PPR; based on the attention level for the PPR, generating, by the one or more processors, an alert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Hai Yu, Fatih Porikli, Yuzhu Wu
  • Patent number: 10988175
    Abstract: A device for assisting the driving of a motor vehicle, wherein it includes a processing unit configured to calculate the angular position of at least one wheel of the vehicle relative to a reference angular position and to generate a light signal representative of the angular position of said at least one wheel relative to the reference position. Also included is a method for assisting the driving of a motor vehicle equipped with such a device. The method includes a step of definition of the reference axis within the processing unit, a step of definition of the reference position within the processing unit, a step of calculation within the processing unit of the angular position of at least one wheel of the vehicle relative to the reference position, and a step of generation, inside the cab of the vehicle, of a light signal representative of the angular position of the at least one wheel relative to the reference position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Eric Stefura, Thibaud Barillot
  • Patent number: 10988145
    Abstract: A method for a vehicle control procedure, wherein in the case of this vehicle control procedure a closed loop control of the vehicle velocity is performed on the basis of a predetermined desired value, may comprise the following steps: determining on the basis of at least one predetermined criterion whether in the case of the closed loop control the vehicle velocity leaves a value range that is defined by at least one velocity threshold value while taking into consideration a tolerance range that defines predetermined, permitted deviations from this value range; and implementing a corresponding measure while modifying the vehicle control procedure in dependence upon the result of this determination procedure, wherein the determination procedure is performed on the basis of a signal analysis of at least one measurement signal that describes the movement status of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Frederic Stefan, Erik Alpman, Urs Christen, Rainer Busch
  • Patent number: 10977946
    Abstract: Systems and methods for lane change prediction, detection, and/or confirmation. In some embodiments, a vehicle yaw rate associated with a vehicle may be detected and a set of vehicle yaw rate data may be generated. A steering angle associated with the vehicle may also be detected and a set of vehicle steering angle data generated. A first filter model may be used to process the vehicle yaw rate data. The vehicle steering angle data may be used to confirm a suspected lane change. A parameter threshold may be applied to the processed vehicle yaw rate data and, upon exceeding the parameter threshold and upon confirmation of the suspected lane change from the vehicle steering angle date, a parameter of a lane change assist system of the vehicle may be adjusted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Veoneer US, Inc.
    Inventors: Ramesh Veerabhadra Pantulu Baladandayu Thapani, Shan Cong
  • Patent number: 10938285
    Abstract: An electric drive system including: a rotary motor system including a hub assembly, a first rotating assembly, a second rotating assembly, and a third rotating assembly, wherein the hub assembly defines a rotational axis about which the first rotating assembly, the second rotating assembly, and the third rotating assembly are coaxially aligned and are capable of independent rotational movement independent of each other; a multi-bar linkage mechanism connected to each of the first and third rotating assemblies and connected to the hub assembly and constraining movement of the hub assembly so that the rotational axis of the hub assembly moves along a defined path that is in a transverse direction relative to the rotational axis and wherein the multi-bar linkage mechanism causes the rotational axis of the hub assembly to translate along the defined path in response to relative rotation of the first rotating assembly and the third rotating assembly with respect to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Indigo Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Ian W. Hunter, Timothy A. Fofonoff, Peter Madden, Dean Ljubicic, Thomas Moriarty, Scott T. Purchase
  • Patent number: 10896612
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a lane change assistance device, including: a change time setting unit configured to set a change time required for the lane change; a yaw angle acquisition unit configured to acquire a yaw angle of an own vehicle before starting the lane change; and a steering control unit configured to control a steering unit of the own vehicle to perform the lane change in the change time set by the change time setting unit, wherein when the yaw angle acquired by the yaw angle acquisition unit is a yaw angle in a state where the own vehicle approaches a target lane designated during the lane change, the change time setting unit sets the change time shorter than in other states, and when the yaw angle acquired by the yaw angle acquisition unit is a yaw angle in a state where the own vehicle stays away from the target lane, the change time setting unit sets the change time longer than in the other states.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji Fujiki, Hiroaki Niino
  • Patent number: 10875531
    Abstract: A lane curvature, a vehicle position offset relative to a lane center line, and a vehicle heading are determined based on image data received from a vehicle camera sensor. An adjusted lane curvature and an adjusted vehicle heading are computed based on a vehicle speed, a vehicle yaw rate and the position offset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Vladimir Ivanovic, Hongtei Eric Tseng, Nitendra Nath, Pavithra Madhavan
  • Patent number: 10850743
    Abstract: A method and a device for determining a parking trajectory, in particular for a driver assistance system, for autonomous or partially autonomous maneuvering of a vehicle into a target parking position, is disclosed. A perspective representation of the vehicle surroundings is displayed to a user on a display device and a previously determined parking trajectory is output in the representation of the vehicle surroundings. The previously determined parking trajectory can be influenced by the user by at least one manual operator input. An adjusted parking trajectory is determined in accordance with the manual operator inputs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. OHG
    Inventors: Stephan Kirstein, Benedikt Lattke, Stefan Lüke
  • Patent number: 10759423
    Abstract: A lane departure preventing device includes at least one electronic control unit. The at least one electronic control unit is configured to: when there is a likelihood that a vehicle will depart from a traveling lane, calculate a prevention yaw moment, and control a brake actuator such that the prevention yaw moment is applied to the vehicle; acquire a lateral acceleration; determine whether the lateral acceleration is greater than an ideal value by a predetermined value; control the brake actuator such that the braking force matches a target braking force required to apply the prevention yaw moment to the vehicle, when the lateral acceleration is not greater than the ideal value by the predetermined value; and control the brake actuator such that the braking force is less than the target braking force, when the lateral acceleration is greater than the ideal value by the predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akira Nagae, Ryo Inomata, Hironori Ito, Masayuki Ikeda
  • Patent number: 10710582
    Abstract: An electric power steering device includes: a steering torque sensor that detects a steering torque; a current command value calculation unit that calculates a current command value based on the steering torque; an electric motor that generates a steering assist torque; a motor control unit that controls and drives the electric motor based on the current command value; a navigation controller and a GPS receiver that detects position information of a vehicle; and an operation assist unit that stores, in a map database, the steering torque detected by the steering torque sensor and the position information of the vehicle upon detection of the steering torque in association with each other and executes operation assist processing for assisting the driver in operating the steering wheel based on a past steering torque corresponding to current position information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: NSK LTD.
    Inventor: Masaya Ooba
  • Patent number: 10688986
    Abstract: An automatic parking control device enables operations after the completion of parking to be made based on a users' general behavior required at the time of parking of a vehicle. This automatic parking control device is provided with a processing unit, which calculates a parking guide path of the host vehicle from an image of a camera and an output signal of a distance measuring sensor and performs a drive system stop mode as preliminarily set with respect to the vehicle depending on the parking mode given when it is found that the vehicle has been parked in a parking space along the guide path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hirokazu Shimizu, Nariaki Takehara
  • Patent number: 10689030
    Abstract: A driving assist system includes: a first detection unit configured to detect first rotational information that is information about rotation of a left wheel of a vehicle; a second detection unit configured to detect second rotational information that is information about rotation of a right wheel of the vehicle; and a processing unit configured to estimate a running turning radius of a running turning circle on a running route on which the vehicle drives from the first rotational information and the second rotational information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koichi Sassa, Hironori Hirata, Yoshihito Mizuno
  • Patent number: 10654415
    Abstract: A system according to the present disclosure includes an edge detection module, a hitch identification module, a guidance line module, and a display control module. The edge detection module detects edges of an object within an image of a cargo bed of a vehicle. The hitch identification module identifies at least one of a type of a trailer hitch attached to the cargo bed and a size of the trailer hitch based on the detected edges of the object. The guidance line module determines a starting point of a guidance line for connecting a trailer to the trailer hitch based on at least one of the type of the trailer hitch and the size of the trailer hitch. The display control module controls an electronic display to display the image of the cargo bed and to display the guidance line on the image of the cargo bed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Allan K. Lewis, Mohammad Naserian, Michael J. Bliss
  • Patent number: 10591726
    Abstract: A hologram display control apparatus may include a determination device turning on a hologram display control depending on an input signal of a user, a hologram projection device projecting a first hologram image corresponding to an image of a manipulating device of a steering wheel onto a first area predefined based on a space coordinate system of a vehicle, when the hologram display control is turned on, a detector recognizing a set operation in a second area predefined for operation recognition with respect to button manipulation in the first hologram image, a manipulation button recognizing device recognizing a manipulation button in the first hologram image based on a location at which the set operation is recognized by the detector, and a signal processing device transmitting a control signal to a driving device of the vehicle operated by the manipulation button.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motor Company
    Inventor: Sang Woo Ji
  • Patent number: 10576995
    Abstract: A method for a vehicle control procedure, wherein in the case of this vehicle control procedure a closed loop control of the vehicle velocity is performed on the basis of a predetermined desired value, may comprise the following steps: determining on the basis of at least one predetermined criterion whether in the case of the closed loop control the vehicle velocity leaves a value range that is defined by at least one velocity threshold value while taking into consideration a tolerance range that defines predetermined, permitted deviations from this value range; and implementing a corresponding measure while modifying the vehicle control procedure in dependence upon the result of this determination procedure, wherein the determination procedure is performed on the basis of a signal analysis of at least one measurement signal that describes the movement status of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Frederic Stefan, Erik Alpman, Urs Christen, Rainer Busch
  • Patent number: 10549941
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a power tape dispenser which capable to automatically dispense and cut packaging tape at a desired speed. The operations of the tape dispenser such as taping and cutting process are controlled by the engagement of surface triggering device, the main triggering device and the electrical components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Inventor: Khai Gan Chuah
  • Patent number: 10520317
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for the in-situ determination of vehicle wheel position using an inertial measurement unit (IMU). In one aspect as the wheel is rotating, gyroscope measurements are used to find a slip angle defined between the direction of wheel travel and the direction of vehicle travel, to determine a toe alignment condition for the wheel. System and methods are also presented for using an accelerometer to measure slip angle and camber angle. Using an accelerometer or gyroscope, instantaneous wheel angle measurements can also be made to predict vehicle movement, and aid in autonomous steering and in-situ wheel alignment adjustments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Maliszewski Family 2001 Trust
    Inventor: Gerald Maliszewski
  • Patent number: 10377236
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an assistance apparatus for driving of a vehicle including a display unit displaying the virtual preceding vehicle corresponding to one virtual preceding mode, which is selected by a user, of a plurality of virtual preceding modes, an interface unit receiving route information including destination information that is set by a driver and sensing information detected by a sensing unit, and a processor controlling the virtual preceding vehicle on the basis of the route information and the sensing information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Seungwon Ryu, Junsic Park, Yoonna Soh, Jieun Song
  • Patent number: 10366611
    Abstract: A method of displaying parking assist information is used in a parking assist apparatus comprising a display and a control device. The control device specifies a parking space on the basis of a parking condition that is preliminarily defined, and displays the specified parking space in a predetermined display region defined on a display surface of the display. When the area of a region that is occupied by the parking space and displayed in the display region is less than a predetermined value, the control device displays a specific mark on the display. The mark indicates that the parking space that is not displayed in the display region exists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasuhisa Hayakawa
  • Patent number: 10351165
    Abstract: A steer by wire steering system for a vehicle includes a reaction force actuator 25, a steering actuator 28, a control unit 40, and a clutch 20, 120 that can selectively connect a steering wheel 11 with road wheels 3 to be steered. The control unit is configured to operate in an emergency mode when a failure is detected while the control unit is operating in a steer by wire mode. The emergency mode includes commanding the clutch to engage, terminating the steer by wire mode, performing a position keep control whereby the steering actuator is driven so as to maintain a fixed steering angle of the road wheels, initiating a power assist mode using the reaction force actuator, and once the clutch is fully engaged, terminating the position keep control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirotaka Katayama, Yasushi Ueda
  • Patent number: 10315651
    Abstract: A lane keeping assist system of a vehicle includes a camera and control having an image processor that processes image data captured by the camera to determine a lane boundary of a lane of a road traveled by the vehicle. The control establishes a virtual boundary line at an initial location relative to the determined lane boundary, with the initial location of the virtual boundary line at or inboard of the determined lane boundary. The control, responsive to a lateral speed of the vehicle relative to the determined lane boundary, laterally adjusts the virtual boundary line relative to the determined lane boundary. Responsive to a determination that the vehicle, when moving towards the determined lane boundary, would cross the virtual boundary line, the control at least one of (i) generates an alert to the driver of the vehicle and (ii) controls a steering system of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: MAGNA ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: John Fiaschetti, Pranav Bhatkhande, Tarig Mahameed, G. Edzko Smid
  • Patent number: 10300927
    Abstract: A method for a vehicle control procedure, wherein in the case of this vehicle control procedure a closed loop control of the vehicle velocity is performed on the basis of a predetermined desired value, may comprise the following steps: determining on the basis of at least one predetermined criterion whether in the case of the closed loop control the vehicle velocity leaves a value range that is defined by at least one velocity threshold value while taking into consideration a tolerance range that defines predetermined, permitted deviations from this value range; and implementing a corresponding measure while modifying the vehicle control procedure in dependence upon the result of this determination procedure, wherein the determination procedure is performed on the basis of a signal analysis of at least one measurement signal that describes the movement status of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Frederic Stefan, Erik Alpman, Urs Christen, Rainer Busch
  • Patent number: 10300942
    Abstract: An electric power steering apparatus that enables implementation of a desired steering torque without being affected by a state of a road surface by controlling a steering torque so as to become a value corresponding a steering angle and a steering angular velocity. The apparatus includes a SAT compensation value calculating section that calculates a SAT compensation value based on a SAT value; and a steering reaction compensation value calculating section that calculates a steering reaction compensation value based on the SAT compensation value, a steering angle and a steering angular velocity, and corrects the current command value by the steering reaction compensation value. Further, an electric power steering apparatus controls a twist angle of a torsion bar so as to follow a value corresponding to a steered angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: NSK LTD.
    Inventor: Takahiro Tsubaki
  • Patent number: 10279840
    Abstract: A method for operating a vehicle includes the vehicle receiving a start signal for starting the vehicle via a communication network, and responding to the start signal only when one or multiple predetermined conditions are met. Additionally, a device for operating a vehicle, a parking facility management server, and a computer program can be provided for restricting a response to a start signal to only when the one or multiple predetermined conditions are met.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventor: Stefan Nordbruch
  • Patent number: 10262537
    Abstract: In an example embodiment, a computer-implemented method is disclosed that broadcasts a request for a parking space, receives response(s) from responsive vehicle(s), and extracts set(s) of response data from the received response(s). Each set corresponds to a responsive vehicle and includes a vehicle attribute and a situational context for that corresponding responsive vehicle. The method further generates a dynamic parking model based on the vehicle attribute and the situational context included in each set of response data. The dynamic parking model maps estimated position(s) of the responsive vehicle(s) and further identifies, for each responsive vehicle, estimated unutilized distance(s) between the responsive vehicle and surrounding object(s) corresponding to the responsive vehicle. The method further determines, from the responsive vehicle(s), a group of one or more relocatable vehicles based on the dynamic parking model, and instructs the group to relocate to create the requested parking space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Eric Shinwon Kim, BaekGyu Kim, Shinichi Shiraishi
  • Patent number: 10232850
    Abstract: A parking-lot-leaving support apparatus, to execute parking-lot-leaving support to support a vehicle leaving a parking lot, based on a positional relationship between the vehicle and an obstacle in a back-and-forth direction of the vehicle, includes a determination unit configured to determine whether an obstacle exists in a side direction of the vehicle, based on a detection result of a detection unit that detects an obstacle in the side direction of the vehicle; and an inhibition unit configured to, when the determination unit has determined that the obstacle exists in the side direction of the vehicle, inhibit the parking-lot-leaving support in a direction that coincides with the side direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DENSO CORPORATION, AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Motonari Obayashi, Hironobu Ishijima, Masaki Kinoshita, Yutaka Hamamoto, Masaya Kato, Yusuke Kiyokawa
  • Patent number: 10214239
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments disclose a parking assistance apparatus and a method of controlling the same, including, displaying an around view monitoring (AVM) image for a predetermined range from a vehicle on a touchscreen, sensing a touch input for a region in which the AVM image is displayed, and setting a target parking region of the vehicle based on a type and a pattern of the touch input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seong soo Lee, Sang kook Kim
  • Patent number: 10207704
    Abstract: A method for autonomously parking or un-parking a motor vehicle includes the steps of locating the motor vehicle within a parking area, setting a destination location within the parking area, generating and setting a path from the location of the motor vehicle to the destination location, and autonomously driving the motor vehicle along the path. The path is generated by (a) generating a first set of nodes from the location of the motor vehicle, (b) assigning a cost to each node in the first set of nodes, (c) selecting a lowest cost node from the first set of nodes, (d) generating another set of nodes from the selected node, (e) assigning a cost to each of the newly generated nodes, (f) selecting a lowest cost node from all of the nodes, and (g) repeating steps (d)-(f) until a lowest cost node is located at the destination location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: DURA OPERATING, LLC
    Inventors: Arda Kurt, Umit Ozguner, Gordon Thomas, Keith Redmill