Patents Examined by Calvin Cheung
  • Patent number: 10633024
    Abstract: A vehicle lateral control system having a lane model with modulation weighting for controlling a vehicle includes a camera, an image processing device, a controller and a steering device. The camera is configured to capture a front image of the vehicle to generate a front image dataset. The front image dataset is analyzed by the image processing device to obtain a plurality of lane markers, and the image processing device establishes a lane fitting curve according to the lane markers and a target weighting. The controller has a plurality of vehicle dynamic parameters and a target distance. The target weighting is changeable according to the target distance. The controller generates a steering control weighting according to the lane fitting curve and the vehicle dynamic parameters. The steering device is configured to control a turning direction of the vehicle according to the steering control weighting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Automotive Research & Testing Center
    Inventors: Kun-Lung Ku, Jin-Yan Hsu, Hung-Pang Lin, Tong-Kai Jhang
  • Patent number: 10635112
    Abstract: A control system for a work vehicle includes a course data generation unit that generates a traveling condition including a traveling route of the work vehicle in a workplace, a service area setting unit that sets a service area which is an area where the work vehicle is serviceable, a passage area setting unit that sets a passage area having a predetermined width along the traveling route generated by the course data generation unit, and an update data generation unit that generates update data for service area data obtained by expanding the service area when the passage area is present on an outer side of the service area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD
    Inventors: Yuji Kobashi, Kenta Osagawa, Isao Toku, Tomonori Ozaki
  • Patent number: 10635095
    Abstract: The example systems, methods, and devices disclosed herein generally relate to generating create a supervised failure model for assets in the given fleet that is configured to receive operating data as inputs and output a prediction as to the occurrence of a given failure type at the asset. In some instances, a data analytics platform may create and use an unsupervised failure model for a subset of the assets, use the respective unsupervised failure models to detect a set of anomalies that are each suggestive of a prior failure occurrence, from the set of anomalies, identify a subset of anomalies that are each suggest of a prior failure occurrence of the given failure type, and create the supervised failure model using failure data for the identified subset of anomalies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Uptake Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: James Herzog, Benedict Augustine, Brian Burns, Eric Hall, Tuo Li
  • Patent number: 10625734
    Abstract: An automatic driving system for an automatically driven vehicle. In the system, a travel direction acquirer is configured to acquire travel direction information that is information indicative of whether or not each of lanes in a parking lot is unidirectional. In addition, in the system, an allowance determination unit is configured to, if determining, based on the travel direction information acquired by the travel direction acquirer, that each of the lanes in the parking lot is unidirectional, allow automatic driving of the automatically driven vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroaki Ohshima
  • Patent number: 10627249
    Abstract: Dynamic customization of an autonomous vehicle experience is presented herein. A dynamic recommendation engine can comprise a subscriber interface component, a data component, and a configuration component. The subscriber interface component can receive, from a subscriber of an autonomous vehicle service, a request specifying a route of transport by an autonomous vehicle; and based on the request, the data component can obtain, via a network slice comprising a virtual network function of the autonomous vehicle service, profile information for the subscriber and route information for the route. Further, the configuration component can determine, via the network slice based on the profile information and the route information, configuration data for the autonomous vehicle, and send, via the network slice, the configuration data directed to the autonomous vehicle to facilitate the transport by the autonomous vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignees: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P., AT&T MOBILITY II LLC
    Inventors: Erie Lai Har Lau, Sangar Dowlatkhah
  • Patent number: 10625779
    Abstract: An apparatus for manipulating in-vehicle devices using a steering wheel includes a reference signal input unit for inputting a reference signal to a driver through a charged plate, a touch sensor for receiving the reference signal through human body communication and for detecting a touch of the driver, and a controller for generating a control signal on the basis of the results detected by the touch sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jin Kwon Kim, Byoung Joon Lee, Seong Sook Ryu, Ho Choul Jung, Sam Yong Kim
  • Patent number: 10625615
    Abstract: Vehicle battery management systems (BMS) and methods are described, in which the output of a vehicle battery is reduced by activating a shutdown mode. A BMS may be configured to start a timer when the vehicle is turned off, e.g. based on when the main power between the vehicle and the battery is interrupted or based on a signal from the vehicle control system. The BMS may further be configured to store BMS data (e.g. variable data related to operation and/or status of the battery) to an electronic storage device, and to switch the battery to a shutdown mode, when the timer reaches a predetermined value. The BMS may be further configured to load the BMS data from the electronic storage device and/or to deactivate the shutdown mode when the vehicle is turned back on.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Thunder Power New Energy Vehicle Development Company Limited
    Inventor: Ming-Chieh Cheng
  • Patent number: 10625832
    Abstract: Disclosed, as a device for correcting the horizontality of the small ship according to the present invention, is a device for controlling the horizontality of a small ship by using a variable mast, the device comprising: a tilt sensing unit for sensing the tilt of the small ship; a position adjustment unit formed such that at least a portion thereof can move in the horizontal direction on the deck of the small ship, and having a separate mast loaded on an upper part thereof to support the mast such that the mast is located at a predetermined height or higher; and a horizontality control unit for correcting the center of gravity of the small ship by adjusting a position of the mast through the position adjustment unit in correspondence to the tilt sensed by the tilt sensing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
    Inventor: Nam Sun Son
  • Patent number: 10612932
    Abstract: This disclosure relates generally to autonomous vehicle, and more particularly to method and system for correcting a pre-generated navigation path for an autonomous vehicle. In one embodiment, a method may be provided for correcting the pre-generated navigation path for the autonomous vehicle. The method may include receiving the pre-generated navigation path on a navigation map, an environmental field of view (FOV) of the autonomous vehicle, and a location of the autonomous vehicle on the pre-generated navigation path. The method may further include determining a set of new data points in a pre-defined region with respect to the location of autonomous vehicle based on the environmental FOV and the navigation map, determining an offset of the pre-generated navigation path in the pre-defined region based on the set of new data points, and correcting the pre-generated navigation path in the pre-defined region based on the offset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Wipro Limited
    Inventors: Balaji Sunil Kumar, Manas Sarkar, Shyam Sundar Pal
  • Patent number: 10607496
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided determining airport operations based on radio communications, the method includes: configuring a receiver of an aircraft to scan communication channels of different radio frequencies related to transmissions between air traffic control (ATC) and a set of aircrafts to determine one or more communication channels associated with the set of aircrafts in a coverage area to enable the receiver to monitor and receive air traffic control (ATC) communications of the set of aircraft; and processing, by a conversation extractor unit, the ATC communications to extract clearance information in the ATC communications, and to associate the clearance information with an identifier with each aircraft to create a table of timings of the clearance information to a particular aircraft with the identifier providing a view of airport operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Narayanan Srinivasan, Hariharan Saptharishi, Gobinathan Baladhandapani, Syed Hakkim
  • Patent number: 10594666
    Abstract: An example apparatus comprises a memory resource configured to store a private key associated with a vehicle and store a data matrix comprising data corresponding to operation of the vehicle. The apparatus may further include a processing resource configured to generate a first secure message comprising data corresponding to the vehicle, transmit the first secure message, receive a second secure message comprising an updated data matrix, and update the data matrix based, at least in part, on the updated data matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Alberto Troia, Antonino Mondello
  • Patent number: 10591915
    Abstract: A system for controlling a motion of a vehicle from an initial state to a target state includes a path planner to determine a discontinuous curvature path connecting the initial state with the target state by a sequential composition of driving patterns. The discontinuous curvature path is collision-free within a tolerance envelope centered on the discontinuous curvature path. The system further includes a path transformer to locate and replace at least one treatable primitive in the discontinuous curvature path with a corresponding continuous curvature segment to form a modified path remaining within the tolerance envelope. Each treatable primitive is a predetermined pattern of elementary paths. The system further includes a controller to control the motion of the vehicle according to the modified path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott A Bortoff, Yebin Wang, Jin Dai
  • Patent number: 10586218
    Abstract: A system is disclosed for tracking receptacles serviced by a service vehicle. The system may have a locating device located onboard the at least one service vehicle and configured to generate a location signal indicative of a location of the at least one service vehicle, a receptacle sensor located onboard the at least one service vehicle and configured to generate an identity signal indicative of an identity of a receptacle in a vicinity of the at least one service vehicle, and a display. The system may also have at least one controller in communication with the locating device, the sensor, and the display. The at least one controller may be configured to show on the display an icon representing the receptacle overlaid on a map based on the location and identification signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Rubicon Global Holding, LLC
    Inventor: Philip Rodoni
  • Patent number: 10565869
    Abstract: In a driving assistance apparatus, a start determiner determines whether or not during travel in a no-passing zone an own vehicle has laterally moved from a rearward position to a lateral position relative to the preceding vehicle, and if the own vehicle has laterally moved, then determine that the own vehicle has started passing driving. If the own vehicle has started passing driving in the no-passing zone, an alert controller starts alerting using an alert device at a start of passing driving. A situation determiner determines whether or not a change of situation from a blocking situation to a non blocking situation has occurred after the start of passing driving. If the change of situation from the blocking situation to the non blocking situation has occurred, an alerting stopper stops alerting using the alert device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignees: DENSO CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Naoto Yoshitomi, Jian Hu, Shota Satomura, Yusuke Fujimaki
  • Patent number: 10562395
    Abstract: A control device for a hybrid vehicle is provided with an internal combustion engine and an electric motor. The control device includes an acquisition unit, a determination unit, and a controller. The acquisition unit acquires a plurality of pieces of vehicle information regarding the vehicle configured to be externally charged. The vehicle information includes information related to a destination of the vehicle. The determination unit determines whether or not the hybrid vehicle is externally charged at the destination based on at least one piece of vehicle information regarding a same-destination vehicle including at least one of a vehicle having the same destination as the hybrid vehicle and a vehicle that has arrived at the destination of the hybrid vehicle. The controller controls the hybrid vehicle in accordance with a result of the determination by the determination unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shinji Ichikawa
  • Patent number: 10558876
    Abstract: An automatic driving assistance device includes an information acquirer configured to acquire information on a state of a cabin of a vehicle capable of automatic driving and a modifier configured to modify traveling characteristics in automatic driving according to the state of the cabin of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: DENSO TEN Limited
    Inventors: Azusa Naka, Akiko Muroi, Akihide Fujio, Minoru Maehata
  • Patent number: 10555456
    Abstract: A robotic mowing system that includes a station and a robotic mower. The robotic mower has a controller and a memorizer, the memorizer stores a working procedure, and after receiving a start command input by a user, the controller executes the working procedure, so as to control the robotic mower to automatically and repeatedly mow and return to the station to be charged until the controller receives a stop command. In this way, the user does not need to input working parameters, and costs are relatively low.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: Positec Power Tools (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Gianni Borinato
  • Patent number: 10556638
    Abstract: An electronic device controls at least one bicycle component in correspondence with operation of an operation device. The electronic device includes a receiver, a memory, a first wireless transmitter, a memory and an electronic controller. The receiver receives operation information corresponding to the operation of the operation device. The memory stores an actuation command of the bicycle component in correspondence with the operation information. The electronic controller receives the operation information and transmits the actuation command corresponding to the received operation information from the first wireless transmitter. The memory is configured to allow the actuation command stored in correspondence with the operation information to be changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: Shimano Inc.
    Inventors: Taketoshi Sato, Hideki Ikemoto, Takao Harada, Daisuke Noborio, Kazuhiro Takeda, Ryuji Abe
  • Patent number: 10559212
    Abstract: A system includes a flight plan database and a flight plan engine. The flight plan database is configured to store a local flight plan. The local flight plan includes one or more flight actions associated with a plan event condition including at least one of a time, a waypoint, or a position. The flight plan engine is configured to, while a platform is in an operational state, compare the plan event condition of at least one flight action to a current event condition to determine an action state of the at least one flight action, generate a group flight plan including the at least one action based on the action state, and transmit the group flight plan to one or more remote platforms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC.
    Inventors: Jason L. Langer, Mark A. Jannusch
  • Patent number: 10550801
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for reducing carbon buildup in an exhaust gas recirculation system of an engine of a vehicle. In one example, a method comprises injecting a diesel exhaust fluid into an intake manifold of the engine, routing the diesel exhaust fluid into the exhaust gas recirculation system, and vaporizing the diesel exhaust fluid in the exhaust gas recirculation system. In this way, any carbon deposits associated with an exhaust gas recirculation valve and/or exhaust gas recirculation passage may be reduced, which may increase fuel economy and may reduce undesired emissions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Aed M. Dudar