Patents Examined by Brent A. Swarthout
  • Patent number: 11364844
    Abstract: Systems and methods for verifying whether vehicle operators are paying attention are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: generate output signals conveying information related to a first vehicle operator; make a first type of determination of at least one of an object on which attention of the first vehicle operator is focused and/or a direction in which attention of the first vehicle operator is focused; make a second type of determination regarding fatigue of the first vehicle operator; make a third type of determination of at least one of a distraction level of the first vehicle operator and/or a fatigue level of the first vehicle operator; and effectuate a notification regarding the third type of determination to at least one of the first vehicle operator and/or a remote computing server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: SmartDrive Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Juan Carlos Mauricia, Daniel Andrew Deninger, Reza Ghanbari, Mark Freitas, Jeffrey Griswold, David Forney, Nicholas Shayne Brookins, Jason Palmer
  • Patent number: 11366522
    Abstract: The disclosed wearable apparatus may include (1) a device dimensioned to fit about a body part of a user, (2) a tensioning mechanism that harnesses to the device in a manner that is relative to the fit of the device about the body part of the user, and (3) an actuator couples to the tensioning mechanism that, when actuated, causes substantially tangential movement of the tensioning mechanism relative to a surface of the body part to produce substantially orthogonal movement of the device relative to the surface of the body part. Various other methods, systems, and/or computer-readable media are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Evan Matthew Pezent, Priyanshu Agarwal, Hrvoje Benko, Nicholas Colonnese, Ali Israr, Shea Jonathan Robinson
  • Patent number: 11361632
    Abstract: A tactile force information presenting system includes: a tactile force presenting device that generates the stimulus; a drive device that drives the tactile force presenting device; and a tactile force non-presenting device that does not generate said stimulus to an operator, and the tactile force presenting device presents the tactile force to the operator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Norio Nakamura, Natsuo Koda, Yosuke Iizuka
  • Patent number: 11352091
    Abstract: Presented here is a system and method for creating easy-to-understand notifications of the vehicle state. The notification can be visual or can be auditory and can indicate to the user the vehicle state even when the user's attention is directed elsewhere. The indication can serve to attract the user's attention before more involved information is presented to the user, such as text, or the indication can serve to communicate to the user the vehicle state in an easy-to-understand way such as using color-coded displays or audio indications. The intensity of the indication can be adjusted based on the likelihood that indication will be perceived by the user by, for example, measuring ambient light and/or ambient noise. Reducing the intensity of the indication conserves energy of an energy source associated with the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Neutron Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Henry W. Bradlow, Hung Yui Lo, Houchang Lu, Yang Song, Meng Xie, Peter Chang, Xiaoxiao Hou, Punit Nitin Shah, Siwei Wang
  • Patent number: 11355018
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for flight path information reporting are disclosed. One method of UE such as aerial vehicles for flight path information reporting includes determining whether current flight path information is changed comparing with planned flight path information; and transmitting a report including the current flight path information to a network equipment such as eNB. The method contributes to improve mobility performance of the aerial vehicles by timely communicating the current flight path information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITED
    Inventors: Jing Han, Haiming Wang, Lianhai Wu, Zhuoyun Zhang, Xiaodong Yu
  • Patent number: 11341851
    Abstract: A method for displaying a smooth movement of a vehicle on a map may include obtaining a route, a last real-time location of the vehicle, and a last uploading time point. The method may also include obtaining driving data of one or more neighboring vehicles and determining a predicted location of the vehicle at a prediction generating time point. The method may further include displaying a smooth movement of the vehicle from the last real-time location to the predicted location on a map. A method for displaying a driving path of a vehicle on a map may include obtaining a request for displaying a driving path of a vehicle, location information of the vehicle, and scene related information associated with the driving path. The method may further include verifying the location information based on the scene related information and displaying the driving path of the vehicle on a map.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: BEIJING DIDI INFINITY TECHNOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Qiao Chen, Yingchuan Xu, Kegang Wang, Pengxuan Li, Chao Liu, Chao Ye, Qian Mu, Yong Qiao, Zhenlin Yang
  • Patent number: 11335198
    Abstract: A notification system includes a notification unit configured to notify a second person of position information relating to a parking position of a vehicle and auxiliary information to help the second person to find the vehicle after the vehicle is moved and parked by a first person.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tohru Yanagida, Chikage Kubo, Ai Fujimura, Shunsuke Noda, Satoshi Usui
  • Patent number: 11335197
    Abstract: A method for teleoperated driving of a transportation vehicle wherein sensor data concerning an environment of the transportation vehicle are received and a computation system determines a probability for an incident affecting a control of the transportation vehicle based on the sensor data. The computation system receives quality information concerning a predicted quality of the communication network and defines at least one parameter for a teleoperation of the transportation vehicle based on the probability for the incident and on the quality information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Inventors: Guillaume Jornod, Andreas Pfadler
  • Patent number: 11335204
    Abstract: Flight path deconfliction among unmanned aerial vehicles is disclosed. Telemetry data received from an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and air traffic data received from a server or other data sources are analyzed, using deconfliction circuitry, to determine whether a flight path conflict indicative of a potential collision exists. The deconfliction circuitry reroutes the flight path of the UAV to avoid the flight path conflict, and transmits, in dependence upon the rerouted flight path, navigation instructions to the UAV for avoiding the potential collision. The deconfliction circuitry includes hardware-implemented logic optimized for processing the navigation data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: SKYGRID, LLC
    Inventors: Syed Mohammad Ali, Lowell L. Duke, Zehra Akbar, Syed Mohammad Amir Husain
  • Patent number: 11332073
    Abstract: A proximity alert system for a vehicle having a mobility access device that is moveable between a stowed position and a deployed position may include a control system, a sensor system, and an annunciator system. The control system operates the sensor system to detect a presence of an object within a defined sensing region exterior to the vehicle when the mobility access device is in the stowed position. The control system operates the annunciator system when the sensor system detects the presence of the object within the defined sensing region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Vantage Mobility International, LLC
    Inventors: Mark Charles Miller, Jeffrey Powell Butler, Kelly Eugene Stephenson
  • Patent number: 11322030
    Abstract: An electric vehicle is coupled to an communicates with the cloud. The cloud is coupled to and communicates with the electric vehicle. The cloud includes a server. The electric vehicle is configured to distribute information between electric vehicles in a fleet. The electric vehicle has cloud connectivity and a second local wireless communication to communication information to the fleet of electric vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Acton, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Tam, Peter Treadway
  • Patent number: 11322026
    Abstract: A control device is provided, including a request-information receiving section that receives request information being for requesting transmission of a captured image of an image-capturing target spot and including spot location information indicating the image-capturing target spot and transmitting source information indicating a transmitting source of the request information; a vehicle location information acquiring section that acquires vehicle location information indicating a location of the first vehicle; and a transmission control section that transmits, to the transmitting source indicated by the transmitting source information, a captured image of the image-capturing target spot captured by an image capturing section included in the first vehicle when the first vehicle is located within a predetermined range with the image-capturing target spot as a reference, and broadcasts the request information to a vehicle other than the first vehicle when the first vehicle is located outside the predetermined
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mutsumi Katayama, Naohide Aizawa
  • Patent number: 11308772
    Abstract: A tactile force information presenting system includes: a tactile force presenting device that generates the stimulus; a drive device that drives the tactile force presenting device; and a tactile force non-presenting device that does not generate said stimulus to an operator, and the tactile force presenting device presents the tactile force to the operator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Norio Nakamura, Natsuo Koda, Yosuke Iizuka
  • Patent number: 11304655
    Abstract: A system for providing a connected dental device is disclosed. In particular, the system may include integrating a network chip or transceiver into a dental device, such as a toothbrush, so as to enable the dental device to communicate with a user device and one or more accessory devices. Once the user device and one or more accessory devices are paired with the user device, the system may track information associated with the dental device and the user using the dental device. Based on the tracked information, the system may determine an action to be performed by the user using the dental device. Using the dental device, the system may transmit a notification to the user device to alert the user of the action that needs to be performed. The system may also transmit notifications providing status information for the dental device and the one or more accessory devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
    Inventors: Krishnapraveen Suri, Perla Hizon
  • Patent number: 11276311
    Abstract: Among other things, equipment is located at an intersection of a transportation network. The equipment includes an input to receive data from a sensor oriented to monitor ground transportation entities at or near the intersection. A wireless communication device sends to a device of one of the ground transportation entities, a warning about a dangerous situation at or near the intersection, there is a processor and a storage for instructions executable by the processor to perform actions including the following. A machine learning model is stored that can predict behavior of ground transportation entities at or near the intersection at a current time. The machine learning model is based on training data about previous motion and related behavior of ground transportation entities at or near the intersection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: DERQ Inc.
    Inventors: Georges Aoude, Amer Abufadel, Karl Jeanbart, Rishabh Choudhary, Ankit Sharma
  • Patent number: 11273928
    Abstract: An avionics system for an aircraft includes a threat data structure and a processor. The threat data structure stores an alert threshold and a margin threshold. The processor is programmed to: predict an aircraft state at a plurality of positions along a potential future trajectory; calculate a margin value at each of the plurality of positions as a difference between the predicted future condition and the threat value at each respective one of the plurality of positions; calculate a margin rate of change at each of the plurality of positions based on a change in the margin value along the potential future trajectory; estimate a time to go value based on a minimum calculated margin value and a maximum calculated margin rate of change among the plurality of positions; and command an indicator to alert the pilot in response to the time to go value reaching the alert threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation
    Inventors: Kevin Prosser, Blake Finlayson, Abhishek Vaidya, Alborz Sakhaei
  • Patent number: 11270219
    Abstract: A data collection apparatus includes: a collection unit which collects data relating to respective vehicles from vehicular devices installed in the respective vehicles; a reception unit which receives a data collection condition specified by a user; an analysis unit which calculates a probability of occurrence of an event for collection of data specified in the collection condition based on past data collection results; and a providing unit which provides the user with information that is based on the probability of occurrence calculated by the analysis unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: DENSO TEN Limited
    Inventors: Tomofumi Soda, Yoshitaka Hirashima, Tatsuya Hamaoka
  • Patent number: 11267340
    Abstract: A windshield (window glass for a vehicle) 10 is a window glass for a vehicle emitting visible light through incident radiation of excitation light that is irradiated from a light source, and an end part 10E of the window glass for a vehicle is capable of emitting light through irradiation with the excitation light. The present invention can provide window glass for a vehicle such as a car that enables a driver to easily check warning display without narrowing the interior space or obstructing the field of view in the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke Nakajima, Yuusuke Oota, Atsushi Nohara, Masashi Yanai
  • Patent number: 11260985
    Abstract: Various methods enable a processor of a robotic vehicle to determine when the robotic vehicle has been stolen so that a self-recovery operation may be performed. Determining whether the robotic vehicle has been stolen may include evaluating, by a processor of the robotic vehicle, unauthorized use indicia, and determining that the robotic vehicle is stolen in response to determining that unauthorized use indicia exceed a threshold. Evaluating unauthorized use indicia may include determining whether an Integrated Circuit Card Identifier of a Subscriber Identify Module matches a stored value, determining whether a paired controller is different from a usual controller, determining whether the operator's skill has changed, and evaluating one or more trust factors that are observable features of normal operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Michael Franco Taveira, Naga Chandan Babu Gudivada
  • Patent number: 11262169
    Abstract: This invention provides impact detection and vehicle cooperation to achieve particular goals and determine particular threat levels. For example, an impact/penetration sensing device may be provided on a soldier's clothing such that when this clothing is impacted/penetrated (e.g., penetrated to a particular extent) a medical unit (e.g., a doctor or medical chopper) may be autonomously, and immediately, provided with the soldiers location (e.g., via a GPS device on the soldier) and status (e.g., right lung may be punctured by small-arms fire).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Inventor: Jeffrey David Mullen