Patents Examined by Atul Trivedi
  • Patent number: 10928826
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving sensor data from one or more sensors of each of one or more vehicles, processing a combination of the sensor data to generate an assessment of an area surrounding the one or more vehicles based on one or more points-of-view of the area, the one or more points-of-view of the area generated based on synchronizing the combination of the sensor data, and detecting an occurrence of an event based on the assessment of the area. The method further includes identifying one or more instructions corresponding to the event, the instructions associated with a particular vehicle and sending one or more executable instructions based on the instructions to the particular vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Lyft, Inc.
    Inventors: Farzad Cyrus Foroughi Abari, Romain Clément, Roxie Lynn Paine
  • Patent number: 10926794
    Abstract: A vehicular behavior control apparatus in which a control unit that controls a driving device and a braking device is configured to calculate a target yaw moment and a target deceleration of the vehicle for ensuring stable behavior of the vehicle during non-braking turning, to calculate a first vehicle longitudinal force applied to a turning inner wheel to achieve the target yaw moment and a second vehicle longitudinal force necessary to achieve the target deceleration, to control, when the first vehicle longitudinal force is equal to or less than the second vehicle longitudinal force, the driving device so as to generate a driving force equal to a value obtained by subtracting the second vehicle longitudinal force from a driver-requested driving force and adding the first vehicle longitudinal force, and to apply the first vehicle longitudinal force to the turning inner wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takemi Murayama, Hisanori Mitsumoto, Takuya Shoji, Noritsugu Iwazaki, Go Inoue
  • Patent number: 10916035
    Abstract: This disclosure is directed to calibrating sensor arrays, including sensors arrays mounted on an autonomous vehicle. Image data from multiple cameras in the sensor array can be projected into other camera spaces using one or more dense depth maps. The dense depth map(s) can be generated from point cloud data generated by one of the sensors in the array. Differences determined by the comparison can indicate alignment errors between the cameras. Calibration data associated with the errors can be determined and used to calibrate the sensor array without the need for calibration infrastructure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: Zoox, Inc.
    Inventor: Till Kroeger
  • Patent number: 10914110
    Abstract: A detection system and method of operating the detection system are provided. The system includes a power supply unit and at least one sensor for sensing at least one of an object and a motion. A communication unit is electrically coupled to the power supply unit for communicating with a plurality of vehicle system controllers. A microprocessor is operable in a plurality of modes and electrically coupled to the power supply unit and the at least one sensor and the communication unit. The microprocessor is configured to determine which of the plurality of modes should be active based on communication with the vehicle system controllers and to receive and process the data from the at least one sensor. The microprocessor is also configured to initiate movement of the closure panel in response to processing the data corresponding to the at least one of the object and the motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: MAGNA CLOSURES INC.
    Inventor: J. R. Scott Mitchell
  • Patent number: 10913458
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling drive of a vehicle includes an input device, and a control circuit. The control circuit performs a lane keeping control on a driving lane of the vehicle for a first time duration, when receiving a first input for changing a lane from the driver through the input device, performs a line access control such that the vehicle moves toward a line positioned in a direction of a target lane for the changing of the lane, after completing the lane keeping control for the first time duration, when receiving a second input for changing the lane from the driver through the input device after receiving the first input, and performs a lane entrance control toward the target lane when the line access control is completed within a second time duration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Beom Jun Kim, Hoi Won Kim, Doo Jin Um, Dae Young Kim, Chan Il Park, Jin Su Jeong, Dong Eon Oh
  • Patent number: 10909777
    Abstract: An example method includes receiving, at a computing system, a first user input from a user interface during operation of a vehicle and responsive to receiving the first user input, determining a time of reception for the first user input. The method further includes receiving a first set of parameters from the vehicle that correspond to a first parameter identifier (PID). The method also includes determining a time of reception for each parameter, and based on the time of reception for the first user input and the time of reception for each parameter of the first set of parameters, determining a first temporal position for an indicator configured to represent the first user input on a graph of the parameters corresponding to the first PID. The method further includes displaying, on a display interface, the graph of the parameters corresponding to the first PID with the indicator in the first temporal position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Snap-on Incorporated
    Inventors: Joshua C. Covington, Patrick S. Merg, Jacob G. Foreman
  • Patent number: 10909783
    Abstract: There is provided a method of automatically generating a test group ID for generating and storing the test group ID of a vehicle having an electronic control unit including a storage. The method includes reading VIN stored in a storage, by the electronic control unit; generating a test group ID based on a model year included in the VIN; and storing the generating test group ID in the storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Tsuchikiri, Wataru Endo
  • Patent number: 10901429
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for outputting information of an autonomous vehicle are provided. The autonomous vehicle comprises a lidar. A specific embodiment of the method comprises: determining a target area around the autonomous vehicle from a target map based on positioning information of the autonomous vehicle; acquiring obstacle point cloud data in a preset area around the autonomous vehicle by the lidar, the preset area including the target area; determining a point cloud data set corresponding to the target area from the point cloud data of the obstacle based on the target area and the point cloud data, and determining the point cloud data set as a target point cloud data set; and outputting the target point cloud data set. The embodiment has reduced the usage rate of vehicle terminal processors, and improved the driving safety of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: BAIDU ONLINE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bosheng Wang, Jun Wang, Liang Wang
  • Patent number: 10901432
    Abstract: Systems and methods for determining the location of a vehicle are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for localizing a vehicle includes driving over a first road segment, identifying by a first localization system a set of candidate road segments, obtaining vertical motion data while driving over the first road segment, comparing the obtained vertical motion data to reference vertical motion data associated with at least one candidate road segment, and identifying, based on the comparison, a location of the vehicle. The use of such localization methods and systems in coordination with various advanced vehicle systems such as, for example, active suspension systems or autonomous driving features, is contemplated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: ClearMotion, Inc.
    Inventors: Vijayaraghavan Sridhar, John Parker Eisenmann, Yu Jiang, David Francis Weatherwax
  • Patent number: 10895461
    Abstract: A multi-day and multi-person trip planning system comprises a planning graph of nodes interconnected by transit arcs which both have associated time-variable costs and time. A user specifies user objectives within trip destinations and customizes a plurality of user preferences for a multi-day, multi-person, multi-modal trip. An optimizer compiles a plurality of permutations of visiting plans within the planning graph which satisfy the specified user objectives including routing to a plurality of trip destinations. The optimizer compares the permutations using mixed integer programming or constraint programming to identify at least one optimized visiting plan having a lowest aggregate associated cost or shortest travel time that also satisfies a plurality of constraints determined by the customizable user preferences or environment condition. Then the user interface presents at least one optimized visiting plan to a user or route related coupons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Yimin Liu, Tina Yang, Hao Liu, Fei Wang, Rebecca Peng
  • Patent number: 10889187
    Abstract: A vehicle-mounted power supply system according to the present invention is provided with: a main battery; a sub-battery; a voltage regulating unit which regulates the voltage of power supplied from the main battery and the sub-battery; and a state detecting unit which detects the state of the sub-battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: GS Yuasa International Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuki Nakanishi, Kazuhiro Sugie, Takeshi Chiba
  • Patent number: 10889293
    Abstract: A vehicular control system includes a control disposed at a vehicle. A camera is disposed at the vehicle and has a field of view exterior and at least forward of the vehicle. The control is operable to at least partially control driving of the vehicle responsive to determination of an emergency driving condition. The control, responsive to determination of an emergency driving condition, determines a target stopping location ahead of the vehicle at a road along which the vehicle is traveling. The control determines the target stopping location responsive at least in part to processing of image data captured by the camera. The control, responsive to determination of the target stopping location, at least partially controls driving of the vehicle to the target stopping location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: MAGNA ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Alexander F. Viehmann
  • Patent number: 10870427
    Abstract: A vehicular control system includes a camera, a non-vision sensor and a control having at least one data processor. The camera is disposed at a vehicle and has a field of view at least forward of the vehicle. The non-vision sensor is disposed at the vehicle and has a field of sensing at least forward of the vehicle. The control, responsive at least in part to processing at the control of captured image data captured sensor data, determines a fault of the camera or of the non-vision sensor. Responsive to determination of the fault of the camera or of the non-vision sensor, the control wirelessly communicates an alert to a remote processor that is located remote from the vehicle and that is not part of the vehicle. Responsive to receipt of the communicated alert, the remote processor at least in part assumes control of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: MAGNA ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Krishna Koravadi
  • Patent number: 10870449
    Abstract: A vehicular trailering system includes a plurality of cameras disposed at a vehicle, and a control having an image processor that processes image data captured by the plurality of cameras. With a trailer hitched to the vehicle, the system determines trailer angle of the trailer relative to the vehicle responsive at least in part to processing of image data captured by at least some of the cameras during forward motion of the vehicle. With the cameras disposed at the vehicle and with the trailer hitched to the vehicle and responsive at least in part to processing of image data captured by at least some of the cameras during forward motion of the vehicle, an object exterior of the vehicle is detected. Responsive to detection of the detected object, the system plans a path of forward travel of the vehicle towing the trailer that avoids contact with the detected object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: MAGNA ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Achim Gieseke, Ralph Latotzki, Ruediger Boegel
  • Patent number: 10846719
    Abstract: A network system, such as a transport management system, efficiently allocates resources by monitoring the geospatial and topological locations of a rider responsive to receiving a trip request. A trip management module matches a rider with an available driver based in part on an comparison of the estimated times of arrival of the rider and the driver at the pickup location. A client positioning module monitors the rider's progress through nodes and edges in a topological graph associated with the origin location based on radio signatures received at the rider client device. A client ETA module calculates a rider ETA based on the rider's rate of travel through the origin location represented by nodes in the topological graph. Responsive to determining that the rider ETA and the driver ETA vary by over a threshold amount of time, the trip management module matches the rider with a second available driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Uber Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Upamanyu Madhow, Daniel Iland, Dinesh Ramasamy
  • Patent number: 10846951
    Abstract: An apparatus for correcting option misjudgment of a control unit includes a location information searcher for generating location information of a vehicle. The control unit changes and applies an option value of the vehicle in response to an abnormal mode when a current location of the location information is in the abnormal mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Jeong-Hee Jeong
  • Patent number: 10846949
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an apparatus for controlling the parking of a vehicle, a system having the same, and a method thereof. The apparatus for controlling parking of a vehicle includes a communication device communicating with a remote controller located inside or outside a vehicle, and a processor receiving information about a surrounding obstacle from a sensor and performing avoidance steering control of the vehicle to avoid collision with the surrounding obstacle, when receiving a vehicle control command from the remote controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gil Won Seo, Dong Hae Kim, Jong Ho Park
  • Patent number: 10845807
    Abstract: A managing apparatus provides self-driving of a vehicle, which allows the vehicle to enter a parking space out of a plurality of parking spaces from an outside of a parking lot including the plurality of parking spaces, and which allows the vehicle to leave the parking lot for a predetermined place in the outside. The managing apparatus is provided with: a wait time setting device configured to set a maximum wait time of the vehicle in the predetermined place; and a controller configured to set a driving route for returning the vehicle to the parking lot from the predetermined place on condition that the maximum wait time elapses from an arrival of the vehicle in the predetermined place, and configured to provide the self-driving of the vehicle along the driving route.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yoshio Mukaiyama
  • Patent number: 10843694
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus for a collision warning system. The collision warning system includes at least one of a navigation unit, one or more sensors or a user interface. The collision warning system includes an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to determine that the height of the vehicle or the height of the load on the vehicle is within a threshold height of the height of the object. The electronic control unit is configured to determine that the vehicle is approaching the object. The electronic control unit is configured to control an operation of the vehicle to indicate that the height of the vehicle or the height of load on the vehicle is within the threshold height when a distance between vehicle and approaching object is a first threshold distance and to avoid the approaching object when the distance is a second threshold distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Eric R. Schmidt, Jeffrey E. Pierfelice, Robert J. Crawford, Nicholas S. Sitarski
  • Patent number: 10838061
    Abstract: A system and method for enhanced velocity resolution and signal to noise ratio in optical phase-encoded range detection includes receiving an electrical signal generated by mixing a first optical signal and a second optical signal, wherein the first optical signal is generated by modulating an optical signal, wherein and the second optical signal is received in response to transmitting the first optical signal toward an object, and determining a Doppler frequency shift of the second optical signal, and generating a corrected electrical signal by adjusting the electrical signal based on the Doppler frequency shift, and determining a range to the object based on a cross correlation of the corrected electrical signal with a radio frequency (RF) signal that is associated with the first optical signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: BLACKMORE SENSORS & ANALYTICS, LLC.
    Inventors: Stephen C. Crouch, Zeb William Barber, Emil A. Kadlec, Krishna Rupavatharam