Patents Assigned to Pony Al Inc.
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Patent number: 11887409Abstract: Described herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media for self-detection of fault conditions experienced by vehicle components, generation of device health codes indicative of the fault conditions, and broadcasting of the device health codes over mixed vehicle communication networks. The device health codes can be parsed to identify fault information, and the fault information can be assessed along with current vehicle operational data to determine a recommended vehicle response measure to one or more fault conditions experienced by one or more vehicle components.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2021Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: Pony Al Inc.Inventors: Kai Chen, Pingfan Meng
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Patent number: 11834008Abstract: Described herein are sensor assembly cleaning systems and apparatuses that are adapted to rotate a transparent surface of a sensor assembly independently of a housing of the sensor assembly in order to disperse water, moisture, debris, or the like from the surface. The transparent surface may be a glass window that provides a camera of the sensor assembly with a field-of-view of an external environment. Sensor data captured from various on-board vehicle sensors such as moisture data, image data, vehicle velocity data, or the like can be evaluated against various criteria to determine when and for how long to rotate the transparent surface. Sensor data can be evaluated over a period of time to identify patterns or trends relating to one or more vehicle parameters. An activation schedule for initiating and ceasing rotation of the transparent surface can be determined based on such patterns/trends.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2020Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: Pony Al Inc.Inventors: Anatolii Vitanov, Peter G. Diehl
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Patent number: 11812129Abstract: A sensor device includes a housing. The housing includes a front plate and a back plate, and a printed circuit board encased by the housing. The printed circuit board includes an image sensor, an image sensor processor, and conducting layers interposed between insulating layers. A conducting layer of the conducting layers includes power planes. One of the power planes is connected to a decoupling capacitor that carries power to the image sensor or the image sensor processor.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2022Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: Pony Al Inc.Inventors: Li Niu, Hanxiao Xie, Bin Han, Zaichang Zhao, Jordan Renovato Bravo
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Patent number: 11597255Abstract: A system includes heat generating components in a vehicle and a coolant flow path connected to the heat generating components. The system includes a coolant pump that circulates coolant through the coolant flow path and a reversing mechanism that reverses a direction of circulation of coolant.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2020Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: Pony Al Inc.Inventors: Luke Morrow, Robert Dingli
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Patent number: 11592539Abstract: Described herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media for performing an alignment between a first vehicle sensor and a second vehicle sensor. Two-dimensional (2D) data indicative of a scene within an environment being traversed by a vehicle is captured by the first vehicle sensor such as a camera or a collection of multiple cameras within a sensor assembly. A three-dimensional (3D) representation of the scene is constructed using the 2D data. 3D point cloud data also indicative of the scene is captured by the second vehicle sensor, which may be a LiDAR. A 3D point cloud representation of the scene is constructed based on the 3D point cloud data. A rigid transformation is determined between the 3D representation of the scene and the 3D point cloud representation of the scene and the alignment between the sensors is performed based at least in part on the determined rigid transformation.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2020Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: Pony Al Inc.Inventors: Yubo Zhang, Pingfan Meng
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Patent number: 10778937Abstract: Provided herein is a system and method implemented on a vehicle. The system comprises one or more sensors, one or more processors, and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, causes the system to perform: determining, based on a user input, whether to videorecord an interior or surroundings of the vehicle. The instructions cause the system to videorecord the interior or the surroundings of the vehicle in response to determining to videorecord the interior or the surroundings of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2019Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: Pony Al Inc.Inventor: Robert Dingli
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Patent number: 10769457Abstract: Provided herein is a system and method that detects an airborne object and determines a driving action based on the airborne object. The system comprises one or more sensors; one or more processors; a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, causes the system to perform detecting an airborne object within a detection radius of a vehicle. In response to detecting the airborne object, the system performs tracking the airborne object to obtain 3-D coordinate information of the airborne object at distinct times, determining a probability that the airborne object will collide with the one or more sensors based on the 3-D coordinate information, determining a driving action of a vehicle based on the determined probability, and performing the driving action.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2019Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: Pony Al Inc.Inventors: Peter G. Diehl, Robert Dingli