Patents Assigned to ACV Auctions Inc.
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Publication number: 20230388442Abstract: Devices and methods for capturing vehicle undercarriage images are described. In some instances, a mirror assembly may be used to reflect images of portions of a vehicle undercarriage into a field of view of a camera to be captured, e.g., as a vehicle passes over the mirror assembly. Composite images may be reconstructed from the reflected portions of the vehicle undercarriage, and analysis may be performed on those reconstructed, composite images to identify features in the composite vehicle undercarriage images.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2023Publication date: November 30, 2023Applicant: ACV Auctions Inc.Inventors: Keith Carolus, Timothy Poulsen, Charlie Campanella, Darin Chambers, Reid Gershbein, Daniel Magnuszewski, Michael Pokora, Philip Schneider
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Publication number: 20230360667Abstract: A mobile vehicle diagnostic device (MVDD) for acquiring data about a vehicle, the device comprising: a housing configured to be mechanically coupled to the vehicle so that, when the housing is mechanically coupled to the vehicle, vibration generated by the vehicle during its operation causes the housing to vibrate; acoustic sensors disposed within the housing and configured to acquire sound generated by the vehicle during its operation, the acoustic sensors comprising first and second acoustic sensors respectively oriented in first and second directions, wherein the first and second directions are at least 30 degrees apart; at least one dampening device disposed in the housing and positioned to dampen vibration of the acoustic sensors caused by operation of the vehicle; and at least one vibration sensor disposed within the housing and configured to sense vibration in the housing caused by the operation of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2023Publication date: November 9, 2023Applicant: ACV Auctions Inc.Inventors: Michael Pokora, Philip Schneider, Livio Forte, III, Margaret Donnelly, Justas Birgiolas, Shawn Galante, Marc LaBelle, Dennis Christopher Fedorishin
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Patent number: 11783851Abstract: A mobile vehicle diagnostic device (MVDD) for acquiring data about a vehicle, the device comprising: a housing configured to be mechanically coupled to the vehicle so that, when the housing is mechanically coupled to the vehicle, vibration generated by the vehicle during its operation causes the housing to vibrate; acoustic sensors disposed within the housing and configured to acquire sound generated by the vehicle during its operation, the acoustic sensors comprising first and second acoustic sensors respectively oriented in first and second directions, wherein the first and second directions are at least 30 degrees apart; at least one dampening device disposed in the housing and positioned to dampen vibration of the acoustic sensors caused by operation of the vehicle; and at least one vibration sensor disposed within the housing and configured to sense vibration in the housing caused by the operation of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2022Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: ACV Auctions Inc.Inventors: Philip Schneider, Michael Pokora, Livio Forte, III, Margaret Donnelly, Shawn Galante, Marc LaBelle
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Patent number: 11770493Abstract: Devices and methods for capturing vehicle undercarriage images are described. In some instances, a mirror assembly may be used to reflect images of portions of a vehicle undercarriage into a field of view of a camera to be captured, e.g., as a vehicle passes over the mirror assembly. Composite images may be reconstructed from the reflected portions of the vehicle undercarriage, and analysis may be performed on those reconstructed, composite images to identify features in the composite vehicle undercarriage images.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2019Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: ACV Auctions Inc.Inventors: Keith Carolus, Timothy Poulsen, Charlie Campanella, Darin Chambers, Reid Gershbein, Daniel Magnuszewski, Michael Pokora, Philip Schneider
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Publication number: 20230267780Abstract: Methods and systems for capturing and processing audio data of a vehicle engine. In one aspect, a vehicle audio capture system includes a mobile device configured to capture vehicle engine sounds in an audio file and to associate tags identifying one or more vehicle conditions observed during audio capture and reflected in the audio file, and a server configured to process the audio file and expose an application programming interface (API) to provide access to the audio file to one or more data consumer devices. In some instances, a condition report server is configured to access the application programming interface to retrieve a version of the audio file and include data describing the audio file within a vehicle condition report. Additionally, tags may be added to the audio file based on detected engine conditions. Detection of engine conditions may be based on use of trained models.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2023Publication date: August 24, 2023Applicant: ACV Auctions Inc.Inventors: Charlie Campanella, Keith Carolus, Reid Gershbein, Daniel Magnuszewski, Michael Pokora, Timothy Poulsen, Philip Schneider, Dennis Christopher Fedorishin
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Patent number: 11631289Abstract: Methods and systems for capturing and processing audio data of a vehicle engine. In one aspect, a vehicle audio capture system includes a mobile device configured to capture vehicle engine sounds in an audio file and to associate tags identifying one or more vehicle conditions observed during audio capture and reflected in the audio file, and a server configured to process the audio file and expose an application programming interface (API) to provide access to the audio file to one or more data consumer devices. In some instances, a condition report server is configured to access the application programming interface to retrieve a version of the audio file and include data describing the audio file within a vehicle condition report. Additionally, tags may be added to the audio file based on detected engine conditions. Detection of engine conditions may be based on use of trained models.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2020Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: ACV Auctions Inc.Inventors: Charlie Campanella, Keith Carolus, Reid Gershbein, Daniel Magnuszewski, Michael Pokora, Timothy Poulsen, Philip Schneider, Dennis Christopher Fedorishin
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Patent number: 10893213Abstract: Devices and methods for capturing vehicle undercarriage images are described. In some instances, a mirror assembly may be used to reflect images of portions of a vehicle undercarriage into a field of view of a camera to be captured, e.g., as a vehicle passes over the mirror assembly. Composite images may be reconstructed from the reflected portions of the vehicle undercarriage, and analysis may be performed on those reconstructed, composite images to identify features in the composite vehicle undercarriage images.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2019Date of Patent: January 12, 2021Assignee: ACV Auctions Inc.Inventors: Daniel Magnuszewski, Charlie Campanella, Keith Carolus, Darin Chambers, Reid Gershbein, Michael Pokora, Timothy Poulsen, Philip Schneider, Julian Baldwin