Patents Examined by B. M. M Hannan
  • Patent number: 12076860
    Abstract: A control method for a robot includes: determining a desired zero moment point (ZMP) of the robot; obtaining a position of a left foot and a position of a right foot of the robot, and calculating desired support forces of the left foot and the right foot according to the desired ZMP, the positions of the left foot and the right foot; obtaining measured support forces of the left foot and the right foot, and calculating an amount of change in length of the left leg and an amount of change in length of the right leg according to the desired support forces of the left foot and the right foot, the measured support forces of the left foot and the right foot; and controlling the robot to walk according to the amount of change in length of the left leg and the right leg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: UBTECH ROBOTICS CORP LTD
    Inventors: Ligang Ge, Yizhang Liu, Chunyu Chen, Zheng Xie, Youjun Xiong
  • Patent number: 12071130
    Abstract: A method of providing automated control of vehicle speed in a driver assist mode may include receiving an operator selection of the driver assist mode and a target speed, monitoring vehicle speed, and generating a propulsive torque request and a braking torque request based on a difference between the target speed and the vehicle speed. The method may further include, responsive to vehicle speed being in a selected range from zero to about three miles per hour, initiating a low speed correction to automatically provide a variable modification to the propulsive torque request or the braking torque request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Edward Brewer, Brandon Cameron, Brian Grewe
  • Patent number: 12071209
    Abstract: In a vessel for installing a structure onto or into a seabed, multiple actuators comprised by a dynamic positioning system and a structure positioning system may be used for controlling a position and/or orientation of the structure. When two actuators are actuated simultaneously or in rapid succession, instabilities may occur. Furthermore, two actuators may be working in opposite directions or with opposite control goals. To increase stability and/or workability of the vessel's actuators, a supervisory control arrangement is provided to interconnect control systems of different actuators of the vessel, for example the dynamic positioning system and the structure positioning system. Where previously the dynamic positioning system and the structure position system were individually operating system, with the supervisory control arrangement one system can take into account an input and/or output of the other system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: BAGGERMAATSCHAPPIJ BOSKALIS B.V.
    Inventor: Alexander Adriaan Rudolf Breijs
  • Patent number: 12065143
    Abstract: Disclosed are a driving control method and system of a vehicle. The driving control system includes a target calculator configured to calculate a target control value regarding behavior of the vehicle based on driving information with which the vehicle will travel, a correction calculator configured to calculate a corrected control value regarding the behavior of the vehicle based on the driving information and behavior data of the vehicle depending on the driving information, and a controller configured to control driving of the vehicle based on the target control value calculated by the target calculator and the corrected control value calculated by the correction calculator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jeong Ku Kim
  • Patent number: 12035707
    Abstract: A system for an agricultural operation includes a first vehicle having an object sensor configured to capture data associated with one or more objects within the field and a location sensor configured to capture data associated with a location of each of the one or more objects. A computing system is communicatively coupled with the object sensor and the location sensor. The computing system is configured to identify at least one of the one or more objects as a weed, classify each of the identified weeds in a first set of weeds or a second set of weeds, and generate a weed map based on the classification of each of the first set of weeds and the second set of weeds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Scott Allen Long, Roy A. Bittner
  • Patent number: 12025988
    Abstract: A method of sending scheduling information to a robotic device is provided, comprising: generating, with an application of a communication device, at least one scheduling command, the application comprising a graphical user interface; transmitting, with the application, the at least one scheduling command to a router, wherein the router is configured to transmit the at least one scheduling command to a cloud service; receiving, with a processor of a robotic device, the at least one scheduling command from the cloud service; generating or modifying, with the processor of the robotic device, scheduling information of the robotic device based on the at least one scheduling command; and suggesting, with the processor of the robotic device, a schedule of the robotic device based on previously received operational instructions and times of executing the instructions by the robotic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: AI Incorporated
    Inventors: Ali Ebrahimi Afrouzi, Andrew Fitzgerald, Chin Pang Alfred Kwan
  • Patent number: 12016310
    Abstract: A mortality recovery device is described. The mortality recovery device provides for autonomous recovery of expired poultry within an environment, such as a poultry barn. The mortality recovery device includes a linkage assembly by which the expired poultry is conveyed to a container. The mortality recovery device includes one or more cameras for detecting the expired poultry. The mortality recovery device also includes one or more cameras for object detection purposes. The mortality recovery device also includes a camera or a LiDAR for mapping the position and orientation (pose) of the mortality recovery device within the environment. By the object detection and the pose information, the mortality recovery device autonomously travels within the environment. The mortality recovery device also includes a spinner assembly for deterring live poultry from the path of the mortality recovery device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Bird's Eye Robotics, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Niewohner, Lucas Niewohner
  • Patent number: 12017657
    Abstract: A system comprises a computer having a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor to access sensor data from one or more imaging radar sensors of a vehicle, identify, based on the sensor data, a radar point cloud corresponding to an occupant of the vehicle, analyze the radar point cloud to determine an occupant classification of the occupant, determine an operating parameter for a feature of the vehicle based on the occupant classification, and implement the operating parameter for the feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jun Lin, Jialiang Le
  • Patent number: 11994383
    Abstract: A method for sampling wheel acceleration, a method for determining rotation angular position of a wheel, and a tire pressure monitoring system are disclosed. The method for sampling wheel acceleration may include: acquiring a real-time wheel acceleration value of a target wheel and calculating a time length required to rotate for a preset number of revolutions of the target wheel according to a first association relationship between the wheel acceleration and the time length required to rotate for the preset number of revolutions of the target wheel; obtaining a time interval between any two adjacent sampling points according to the time length required to rotate for the preset number of revolutions; and sampling the wheel acceleration of the target wheel once every the time interval starting from any time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: AUTOCHIPS WUHAN CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tao Zhang
  • Patent number: 11989018
    Abstract: A remote operation device for operating a remote target device includes an acquisition unit for acquiring quality of communication between the target device and the remote operation device, and a setting unit for setting an authority of the remote operation device related to an operation of the target device based on the communication quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masamitsu Tsuchiya
  • Patent number: 11981321
    Abstract: A vehicle (10) has mounted therein an engine (2), a first rotating electric machine (3), and a second rotating electric machine (4). The power of the engine (2) and the power of the first rotating electric machine (3) are separately transmitted from different power transmission paths (41, 42) to drive wheels (5). The power of the engine (2) is also transmitted to the second rotating electric machine (4) and utilized to generate electrical power. The vehicle (10) is provided with a connecting/disconnecting mechanism (8) on the power transmission path (42) that transmits the power of the first rotating electric machine (3) to the drive wheels (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hironori Abe, Kazunori Handa, Daizo Ogino, Hitoshi Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 11975727
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an autonomous vehicle control system (100) for providing motion control of an autonomous vehicle (200), comprising: —a primary control unit (10) configured to perform longitudinal and lateral motion control of the vehicle during normal operation, —a secondary back-up control unit (20) configured to perform back-up longitudinal motion control when an emergency mode has been enabled, wherein the primary control unit is further configured to perform back-up lateral motion control when the emergency mode has been enabled. The invention further relates to a method for providing motion control of an autonomous vehicle and to an autonomous vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kristoffer Tagesson, Jonas Hagerskans, Vinzenz Bandi
  • Patent number: 11964675
    Abstract: A system for safely operating an automated vehicle includes a first network including a sensor set comprising a plurality of sensors configured to detect the surroundings of the vehicle. The sensor set is coupled to a high-performance electronic control unit (ECU) configured to process the signals of the sensors for orientation, control, and collision avoidance. The system further includes a secure motion-control ECU redundantly coupled to at least one drive element via at least two control signals for controlling the vehicle. The high-performance ECU is configured to output an object recognition indicator signal for orientation, control, and collision avoidance to the motion-control ECU. The system also includes a second, hierarchical, redundant network for safely operating the vehicle. The motion-control ECU is designed to securely evaluate the signals of a human/remote-machine interface (HMI/RMI), a ground truth sensing device, and a perception-safety ECU for the recognition of an emergency state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventors: Marcus Hiemer, Sascha Heinrichs-Bartscher, Mark Mohr
  • Patent number: 11964667
    Abstract: In a vehicle control device, a vehicle control method, and a vehicle control system according to the present invention, in control of a motion of a vehicle which is based on a signal relating to a target trajectory and a signal relating to a traveling state, a target traveling state of the vehicle after a predetermined time period corresponding to a delay element in the control of the motion of the vehicle is predicted, and a command for achieving the predicted target traveling state is output to an actuator configured to control the motion of the vehicle, thereby suppressing occurrence of a deviation of a traveling trajectory from the target trajectory and occurrence of an unstable behavior, for example, meandering, due to the delay element in a vehicle motion control system which is based on the target trajectory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kentaro Ueno
  • Patent number: 11958377
    Abstract: A vehicle diagnosis system, an apparatus therefor, and a method therefore are provided. The vehicle diagnosis system includes a wireless charging station that transmits a message including information related to a supportable service type and information related to a vendor of a supportable vehicle and a vehicle that identifies the message and connect a diagnosis session for diagnosing and reprogramming the vehicle. The diagnosis session is performed when a connection for a wireless charging session of the vehicle is established.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, YURA CORPORATION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: In Sun Oh, Kwang Hae Ye, Ji Heon Kwon, Joon Hyuk Eom, Jae Hwan Na, Yong Ho Kim
  • Patent number: 11945428
    Abstract: In a vehicle, GV control and M+ control are executed by generating braking/driving forces from a brake hydraulic pressure control device and a drive device during steering. A controller estimates (calculates), by a posture estimation unit, a pitch amount and a roll amount (predicted pitch rate and predicted roll rate) that occur in the vehicle through use of a moment command of the M+ control and a longitudinal G command of the GV control. The controller adjusts damping forces of damping force variable dampers through use of the estimated pitch amount and the estimated roll amount (predicted pitch rate and predicted roll rate) so that a pitch amount calculated by a pitch control unit and a roll amount calculated by a roll suppression unit approach respective target values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryusuke Hirao, Nobuyuki Ichimaru
  • Patent number: 11938980
    Abstract: A RIO device mounted to a train includes an output unit that outputs a signal to a relay mounted to the train, and a controller that controls whether or not to cause the output unit to output the signal. The output unit includes a readback circuit that detects whether or not the signal is outputted from the output unit. The controller makes a signal stop request and a signal output request to the output unit before operation of the train starts, acquires a detection result of the readback circuit while each of the signal stop request and the signal output request is performed, and detects abnormality of the output unit using the detection result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ken Shibata, Tetsuo Komura, Hiromi Goda, Hiroshi Jota, Kentaro Hoshino
  • Patent number: 11933008
    Abstract: An apparatus for de-icing a pathway, the apparatus comprising a frame including a set of wheels, a salt dispenser, a servo attached to the salt dispenser, one or more motors, the motors attached to at least one of the set of wheels, and a microcontroller communicatively coupled to the servo and the one or more motors, wherein the microcontroller instructs the servo to operate the salt dispenser and activates the one or more motors to drive the at least one of the set of wheels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Inventors: Ari J. Ostrow, Adriel Kohananoo, Ruben Prawer
  • Patent number: 11912299
    Abstract: A vehicle system, including: a steering system; and a longitudinal-force application system including longitudinal-force application actuators configured to apply longitudinal forces respectively to one or more left-side wheels and one or more right-side wheels and a longitudinal-force controller configured to control the longitudinal-force application actuators to control the longitudinal forces applied respectively to the one or more left-side wheels and the one or more right-side wheels, and an onboard power source device including a main power source and a secondary power source. When the main power source fails to supply electric power to the longitudinal-force application system and the steering system, the longitudinal-force controller controls the longitudinal-force application actuators to control a difference between the longitudinal force applied to the one or more left-side wheels and the longitudinal force applied to the one or more right-side wheels, thereby turning the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Tsukasa Fukasawa
  • Patent number: 11904840
    Abstract: A parking assistance device includes: a calculation unit that calculates a target speed with passage of time until a vehicle is moved to a parking target position; an event detection unit that detects an event that is a predetermined event indicating a timing of recalculation of the target speed; and an acquisition unit that acquires a current actual speed of the vehicle. Then, when the event is detected, the calculation unit recalculates the target speed to match the target speed with the current actual speed of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuma Iwazawa, Hiroki Inagaki, Hiroyuki Tachibana, Yuichi Mizutani, Yusuke Kiyokawa, Motokatsu Tomozawa, Yoshihiko Kosegaki, Akihiro Omura