Patents Assigned to AUTOX, INC.
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Patent number: 12503152Abstract: A device for concealing the steering wheel provided includes provided includes a slide mechanism, and a display. The slide mechanism is installed in a length direction of the center console. The steering wheel is located between the slide mechanism and the center console, the steering wheel is close to an end of the slide mechanism. The slide mechanism includes a slide base, and a slidable assembly. The slidable assembly moves reciprocally along the slide base. The display is fixed to the slidable assembly. The display is driven by the slidable assembly to be switched between a first position and a second position. The display is separated from the steering wheel when the display being located at the first positions. The display shields a side of the steering wheel away from the center console when the display being located at the second position.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2024Date of Patent: December 23, 2025Assignee: AutoX, Inc.Inventors: Liang Wen, Hailin Xiong
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Publication number: 20250368217Abstract: The disclosure provides a control method for cold start safety measures of an autonomous vehicle. The control method for cold start safety measures includes steps of: controlling the cold start sensing system to collect environmental data, when the autonomous vehicle is in a cold start phase; identifying whether a risk exists for the autonomous vehicle based on the environmental data; and controlling an alarm device installed on the autonomous vehicle to emit an alarm when a risk exists for the autonomous vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2025Publication date: December 4, 2025Applicant: AutoX, Inc.Inventor: Jianxiong Xiao
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Publication number: 20250368127Abstract: The disclosure provides a vehicle lighting system with display interaction information, including a vehicle lamp, a display, and a control device. The vehicle lamp includes a housing and a light source within the housing for emits light, the vehicle lamp is arranged according to vehicle regulations; the display is within the housing. The control device includes one or more processor configured to: acquire a decision of a currently executed operation of the vehicle and perception information; determine whether to illuminate the display or not based on the decision of the currently executed operation of the vehicle; determine content to be displayed based on the perception information, and control the display to display the content; the content displayed on the display being selected from a plurality of predetermined contents to demonstrate the decision of the currently executed operation of the vehicle for interaction with an external object.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2025Publication date: December 4, 2025Applicant: AutoX, Inc.Inventors: Jianxiong Xiao, Zhuo Li, Zhenyu Li, Wen Xiao
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Publication number: 20250368162Abstract: The disclosure provides a cleaning way for a vehicle sensor, the vehicle sensor has a viewport. The cleaning way includes steps of: controlling the vehicle sensor to scan the viewport to obtain viewport data of the vehicle sensor when the vehicle enters a cold start phase; determining whether dirt exists on the viewport based on the viewport data and predetermined dirt features; and controlling a cleaning device to clean the viewport when dirt on the viewport is detected. Additionally, the disclosure further provides a cleaning system for a vehicle sensor and a vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2025Publication date: December 4, 2025Applicant: AutoX, Inc.Inventors: Jianxiong Xiao, Yizhou Shan
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Publication number: 20250360774Abstract: The disclosure provides a seat heating control system and method that heat the seats by introducing high-pressure gas compressed by the compressor of the air conditioning system into the heat exchanger through an electronic throttle valve that coupled the air conditioning system and the seat heating control system. The high-pressure gas exchanges heat in the heat exchanger to raise the temperature and heat the seat, then flows out of the heat exchanger and re-enters the compressor to achieve circulation of the gas within the air conditioning system. This enables heating when the seat surface temperature is low without additional heating consumption, improving the vehicle's economy, power performance, and environmental friendliness.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2025Publication date: November 27, 2025Applicant: AutoX, Inc.Inventors: Jianxiong Xiao, Tao Ma, Jinheng Lu, Yilong Gao
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Publication number: 20250360958Abstract: A steering wheel hiding system for a vehicle is provided. By acquiring the driving state of the vehicle, determine whether the vehicle is in an autonomous driving state. After determining that the driving state is an autonomous driving state, control the folding of the steering wheel assembly and the movement of the column, and control the movement of the vehicle's display to obscure the steering wheel assembly. This ensures that the steering wheel does not occupy driving and passenger space while obscuring the steering wheel to enhance the aesthetics of the cockpit. Additionally, by using the display to obscure the steering wheel, a large screen can be installed in the cockpit, improving office comfort.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2025Publication date: November 27, 2025Applicant: AutoX, Inc.Inventors: Jianxiong Xiao, Kai Wang, Conghe Wang, Jinheng Lu
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Publication number: 20250113466Abstract: A vehicle thermal management system provided includes a water tank, a flow channel plate, a power component, and a flow channel control component. The water tank includes a plurality of chambers with a first chamber and a second chamber filled with liquid; the flow channel plat includes a plurality of channels connected to the chambers to form thermal management loop to respectively control the first group of the component and the second group of the components; the power assembly includes a first power component and a second power component, respectively arranged on the first thermal management loop and the second thermal management loop; the flow channel control assembly includes a first flow channel control component and a second flow channel control component respectively arranged on the first thermal management loop and the second thermal management loop, and selectively controlling on/off status of them.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2024Publication date: April 3, 2025Applicant: AutoX, Inc.Inventors: Wenchun Lv, Cheng Liu, Zhong Cen, Jianqiang Zhang, Huasen Li, Tao Shi
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Publication number: 20250094616Abstract: There is provided with a method for protecting privacy data of a vehicle, including step of: obtaining current sensing data of the vehicle; determining whether a current location of the vehicle is within a predetermined privacy protection locating range; when the current location of the vehicle is not within the predetermined privacy protection locating range, determining the current sensing data to be non-private data and uploading the current sensing data to one or more remote devices of the vehicle; when the current location of the vehicle is within the predetermined privacy protection locating range, determining the current sensing data to be private data and only saving the current sensing data to a local device of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2024Publication date: March 20, 2025Applicant: AutoX, Inc.Inventor: Jianxiong Xiao
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Publication number: 20250091596Abstract: This application provides a voice-based control method for a vehicle including: steps of: when receiving a voice command, recognizing the voice command to obtain a pending voice command; planning vehicle actions of the vehicle based on the pending voice command; constructing a current scene map of the vehicle to obtain a first scene map, and displaying the first scene map to prompt user to confirm or modify the pending voice command to correspondingly generate a confirmation instruction or an invalid instruction, wherein the first scene map is configured to present a scenario in which the vehicle would execute the vehicle actions; when the confirmation instruction is received, controlling the vehicle to execute the voice command; and when the invalid instruction is received, controlling the vehicle to ignore the voice command.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2024Publication date: March 20, 2025Applicant: AutoX, Inc.Inventor: Jianxiong Xiao
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Publication number: 20250091636Abstract: A device for concealing the steering wheel provided includes provided includes a slide mechanism, and a display. The slide mechanism is installed in a length direction of the center console. The steering wheel is located between the slide mechanism and the center console, the steering wheel is close to an end of the slide mechanism. The slide mechanism includes a slide base, and a slidable assembly. The slidable assembly moves reciprocally along the slide base. The display is fixed to the slidable assembly. The display is driven by the slidable assembly to be switched between a first position and a second position. The display is separated from the steering wheel when the display being located at the first positions. The display shields a side of the steering wheel away from the center console when the display being located at the second position.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2024Publication date: March 20, 2025Applicant: AutoX, Inc.Inventors: Liang Wen, Hailin Xiong
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Patent number: 10948914Abstract: A system and method for providing an autonomous delivery vehicle (ADV) incorporated with intelligent ramp control is disclosed. The ADV is configured to make decisions to deploy/retract the ramps depending on some conditions around the ADV. The ADV comprising a computing device including a means for executing artificial intelligence (AI) software, a ramp system comprising a plurality of ramps, and a sensor assembly in communication with the computing device to collect environmental data around the ADV. The data is communicated to the AI software, which is configured to analyze the environmental data to detect one or more obstacles proximate to the plurality of ramps of the ADV. Further, AI software determines a decision to deploy/retract at least one ramp based on the analysis and transmits the decision to the computing device. The computing device is configured to manipulate each ramp to deploy/retract based on the received decision.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2018Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignee: AUTOX, INC.Inventors: Jianxiong Xiao, Zhuo Li
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Patent number: 10942519Abstract: A system and method for navigating an autonomous driving vehicle (ADV) by capturing and analyzing information of a global scene and local objects around the ADV, is disclosed. The system comprises a sensor assembly incorporated on the ADV and a computing device in communication with the sensor assembly. The sensor assembly is configured to collect environmental data around the ADV. The computing device comprises a processor, and a memory unit for storing a predefined scene template and environmental data. The computing device is configured to process the environmental data to identify a moving and static object. The computing device is further configured to observe an environmental scene around the ADV. The observed environmental scene is aligned with a predefined scene template. Further, the predefined scene template is adjusted using the processed environmental data. The computing device provides instruction to control the vehicle based on the adjusted scene template.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2018Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: AUTOX, INC.Inventor: Jianxiong Xiao
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Patent number: 10890911Abstract: A system and method for autonomously transporting and delivering one or more commodities from drop-off point to recipient preferred environment, is disclosed. The system is configured to analyze an authorized person's voice command or request and executes the request. The system provides at least two modes of operation to deliver the commodities comprising mapped location delivery mode and human following delivery mode. The system is configured to analyze the command and extract the delivery location. The system is further configured to identify the location of the point of the interest based on object detection system and environment understanding system, to deliver the commodities. At human following delivery mode, the ADV follows the recipient and saves the location or path data once the preferred environment is located. At mapped location delivery mode, ADV maneuvers itself to the destination location by retrieving information on recipient's previous history of delivering commodities.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2018Date of Patent: January 12, 2021Assignee: AUTOX, INC.Inventor: Jianxiong Xiao