Patents Assigned to Tesla
  • Publication number: 20250148745
    Abstract: Systems and methods for enhanced object detection for autonomous vehicles based on field of view. An example method includes obtaining an image from an image sensor of one or more image sensors positioned about a vehicle. A field of view for the image is determined, with the field of view being associated with a vanishing line. A crop portion corresponding to the field of view is generated from the image, with a remaining portion of the image being downsampled. Information associated with detected objects depicted in the image is outputted based on a convolutional neural network, with detecting objects being based on performing a forward pass through the convolutional neural network of the crop portion and the remaining portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2025
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Applicant: Tesla, Inc.
    Inventors: Anting Shen, Romi Phadte, Gayatri Joshi
  • Patent number: 12280629
    Abstract: A compliant mechanism is provided for monitoring the position of a suspension of a vehicle. The compliant mechanism can include a body for coupling to both an angle sensor and the suspension of the vehicle. The body can have at least two first portions and at least one second portion. The second portion is coupled to both of the two first portions and is more flexible than the two first portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Tesla, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas Nordman, Peter Hawkins, Julian Pitt
  • Publication number: 20250121818
    Abstract: A processor retrieves data associated with a set of driving sessions and generates a training dataset by labeling a first subset of data that corresponds to driving sessions that included a first event and labeling a second subset of the data that corresponds to driving sessions that included an indication of an airbag activation. The processor then trains an artificial intelligence model using the training dataset, such that trained artificial intelligence model predicts a score indicative of a likelihood of a new driving session associated with a new driver being associated with at least the first event or an airbag activation. Once trained, the processor can augment the score using data retrieved after each driving session. The processor can also notify the driver if the driver's actions has caused their score to increase/decrease and provide an underlying reason.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2022
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Applicant: Tesla, Inc.
    Inventors: Thoralf Gutierrez, James Potthast, Alex Baranau
  • Publication number: 20250124286
    Abstract: Sensor data, including a group of time series elements, is received. A training data set is determined, including by determining for at least a selected time series element in the group of time series elements a corresponding ground truth. The corresponding ground truth is based on a plurality of time series elements in the group of time series elements. A processor is used to train a machine learning model using the training dataset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2024
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Applicant: Tesla, Inc.
    Inventors: Ashok Kumar Elluswamy, Matthew Bauch, Christopher Payne, Andrej Karpathy, Joseph Polin
  • Patent number: 12272189
    Abstract: A vehicular autonomous driving system includes a fault prediction unit, including a processor and memory, configured to predict a potential future fault condition by: monitoring performance data associated with the plurality of autonomous driving components; comparing the performance data associated with the plurality of autonomous driving components to a plurality of performance thresholds; and determining the potential future fault condition for one of the plurality of autonomous driving components, when the performance data associated with the one of the plurality of autonomous driving components compare unfavorably to corresponding one of the plurality of performance thresholds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Tesla, Inc.
    Inventors: Atchyuth Gorti, David Glasco, Daniel William Bailey
  • Patent number: 12261110
    Abstract: An electronic assembly includes a mechanical carrier, a plurality of integrated circuits disposed on the mechanical carrier, a fan out package disposed on the plurality of integrated circuits, a plurality of singulated substrates disposed on the fan out package, a plurality of electronic components disposed on the plurality of singulated substrates, and at least one stiffness ring disposed on the plurality of singulated substrates. A method for constructing an electronic assembly includes identifying a group of known good singulated substrates, joining the group of known good singulated substrates into a substrate panel, attaching at least one bridge to the substrate panel that electrically couples at least two of the known good singulated substrates, and mounting a plurality of electronic components onto the substrate panel, each electronic component of the plurality of electronic components corresponding to a respective known good singulated substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: Tesla, Inc.
    Inventors: Mengzhi Pang, Shishuang Sun, Ganesh Venkataramanan
  • Patent number: 12260332
    Abstract: An image captured using a sensor on a vehicle is received and decomposed into a plurality of component images. Each component image of the plurality of component images is provided as a different input to a different layer of a plurality of layers of an artificial neural network to determine a result. The result of the artificial neural network is used to at least in part autonomously operate the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: Tesla, Inc.
    Inventors: Timofey Uvarov, Brijesh Tripathi, Evgene Fainstain
  • Patent number: 12256282
    Abstract: A method is provided for interacting with audience members in an event, each of the potential attendees having available thereto a unique identifier. The method comprises creating, for an attendee, a unique ID (UID) on a mobile wireless device (MWD) by the steps of inputting to the MWD one of the unique identifiers, combining the obtained unique identifier with a UID time stamp at the time of creation of the UID; receiving with a server on a first wireless channel communications from the MWD; registering the UID at the physical location of the event; generating a visual query; displaying on the MWD response indicators; receiving at the server from the registered attendee a response, to the query over the first wireless channel; and storing in a database on the server the received response in association with the displayed query.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Tesla Laboratories, LLC
    Inventor: Jovan Hutton Pulitzer
  • Publication number: 20250068166
    Abstract: A processor coupled to memory is configured to receive an identification of a geographical location associated with a target specified by a user remote from a vehicle. A machine learning model is utilized to generate a representation of at least a portion of an environment surrounding the vehicle using sensor data from one or more sensors of the vehicle. At least a portion of a path to a target location corresponding to the received geographical location is calculated using the generated representation of the at least portion of the environment surrounding the vehicle. At least one command is provided to automatically navigate the vehicle based on the determined path and updated sensor data from at least a portion of the one or more sensors of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicant: Tesla, Inc.
    Inventors: Elon Musk, Kate Park, Nenad Uzunovic, Christopher Coleman Moore, Francis Havlak, Stuart Bowers, Andrej Karpathy, Arvind Ramanandan, Ashima Kapur Sud, Paul Chen, Paril Jain, Alexander Hertzberg, Jason Kong, Li Wang, Oktay Arslan, Nicklas Gustafsson, Charles Shieh, David Seelig
  • Patent number: 12236689
    Abstract: A system is comprised of one or more processors coupled to memory. The one or more processors are configured to receive image data based on an image captured using a camera of a vehicle and to utilize the image data as a basis of an input to a trained machine learning model to at least in part identify a distance of an object from the vehicle. The trained machine learning model has been trained using a training image and a correlated output of an emitting distance sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: TESLA, INC.
    Inventors: James Anthony Musk, Swupnil Kumar Sahai, Ashok Kumar Elluswamy
  • Patent number: 12233617
    Abstract: Systems and methods for texturing substrates (e.g., glass, metal, and the like) and the textured substrates produced using such systems and methods are disclosed. An exemplary system for texturing a substrate includes a first roller and a second roller. The first roller has a first textured surface. The first textured surface has a root mean square roughness between 40 to 1000 microns and an autocorrelation function greater than 0.5 for distances less than 50 microns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Tesla, Inc.
    Inventors: William S. Sweney, Michael Pilliod, Christos Gougoussis
  • Patent number: 12235337
    Abstract: An MRI system receive coil arrangement 3 for use with a main MRI scanner arrangement, the receive coil arrangement 3 including support structure and at least one receives coil 7 carried on the support structure 40. The support structure 40 includes a receive coil housing portion 43 which defines a channel portion 43a which houses at least a portion of the at least one receive coil 7. The channel having a mouth 43b for allowing the introduction of said at least a portion of the at least one receive coil 7 through the mouth 43b and into the channel 43a and a closing portion 45 moveable between a first position in which the mouth 43b of the channel portion is open for allowing introduction of the at least a portion of the at least one receive coil 7 into the channel portion 43a and a second, closing, position in which the mouth 43b of the channel is blocked by the closing portion 45.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignees: TESLA DYNAMIC COILS BV, FUTURA COMPOSITES B.V.
    Inventors: Dennis Wilhelmus Johannes Klomp, Catalina Sofia Arteaga de Castro, Martino Borgo, Thijs van Hooren, Wout Schuth
  • Patent number: 12227857
    Abstract: A metal sulfate manufacturing system comprising an electrochemical dissolution system having, an anode electrode that holds metal raw material, a cathode electrode, an electrolyte bath having an inlet to receive an initial acid or metal-acid complex solution and an outlet to discharge the treated metal sulfate solution, stirring equipment that mixes the electrolyte bath, a temperature control system, and a rectifier that supplies current at constant voltage between the anode and cathode electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Tesla, Inc.
    Inventors: Shinji Arimoto, Mikel Dermer, Zhiwen Sun
  • Patent number: 12227972
    Abstract: An angle-detecting door handle assembly comprises: a handle member; a four-bar link configured to move the handle member between at least retracted and presented positions relative to a door surface; a motor configured to actuate the four-bar link; a rotary sensor configured to detect an angle of the four-bar link throughout actuation and generate a signal corresponding to the detected angle; and a controller configured to control the motor based on the signal from the rotary sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Tesla, Inc.
    Inventors: Joris Aerts, Klaus Hofmockel, Brian Svec
  • Patent number: 12230798
    Abstract: Dry process electrode films, and energy storage devices incorporating the same are described, including a silicon active material. The films may be free standing anode electrode films. Also provided are methods for fabricating such anode electrode films.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Tesla, Inc.
    Inventors: Joon Ho Shin, Haim Feigenbaum, Hieu Minh Duong
  • Patent number: 12223428
    Abstract: Sensor data, including a group of time series elements, is received. A training data set is determined, including by determining for at least a selected time series element in the group of time series elements a corresponding ground truth. The corresponding ground truth is based on a plurality of time series elements in the group of time series elements. A processor is used to train a machine learning model using the training dataset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: Tesla, Inc.
    Inventors: Ashok Kumar Elluswamy, Matthew Bauch, Christopher Payne, Andrej Karpathy, Joseph Polin
  • Patent number: 12218303
    Abstract: An energy storage device can include a first electrode, a second electrode and a separator between the first electrode and the second electrode wherein the first electrode includes an electrochemically active material and a porous carbon material, and the second electrode includes elemental lithium metal and carbon particles. A method for fabricating an energy storage device can include forming a first electrode and a second electrode, and inserting a separator between the first electrode and the second electrode, where forming the first electrode includes combining an electrochemically active material and a porous carbon material, and forming the second electrode includes combining elemental lithium metal and a plurality of carbon particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Tesla, Inc.
    Inventors: Hieu Minh Duong, Porter Mitchell, Mohammed-Yazid Saidi, Joon Ho Shin, Haim Feigenbaum
  • Patent number: 12216610
    Abstract: A microprocessor system comprises a computational array and a hardware data formatter. The computational array includes a plurality of computation units that each operates on a corresponding value addressed from memory. The values operated by the computation units are synchronously provided together to the computational array as a group of values to be processed in parallel. The hardware data formatter is configured to gather the group of values, wherein the group of values includes a first subset of values located consecutively in memory and a second subset of values located consecutively in memory. The first subset of values is not required to be located consecutively in the memory from the second subset of values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Tesla, Inc.
    Inventors: Emil Talpes, William McGee, Peter Joseph Bannon
  • Patent number: 12208837
    Abstract: Some examples relate to the configuration or management of an integrated component that provides structural component functionality for a vehicle, such as a cross member that absorbs loads placed on the vehicle. Additionally, the integrated component illustratively further provides air reservoir functionality that for one or more additional vehicle components. In some examples, an integrated component can provide structural component functionality associated with a cross member mounted between shock towers and air reservoir functionality to provide compression air such as for active or semi-active vehicle suspension systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Tesla, Inc.
    Inventors: Marcus Stack, Mitchell Heinzmann, Ismael Pinsonneault
  • Patent number: 12196330
    Abstract: A valve includes a holder having an expandable material. The valve includes a retainer coupled to the holder. The valve further includes an umbrella member with a stem coupled to the holder. The expandable material is adapted to expand in size when absorbing a fluid and translate the umbrella member along an axis of the stem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Tesla, Inc.
    Inventors: Nathaniel Hall-Snyder, Ian Casimir Dimen, Richard Wurden