Patents Examined by Demetra R Smith-Stewart
  • Patent number: 11542686
    Abstract: A system for controlling the lateral traverse position of a front three-point hitch mounted side-shifting implement and a rear three-point hitch mounted side-shifting implement on a mobile machinery such as an agricultural tractor with an controllable automated steering device, while simultaneously controlling the position of the tractor relative to the positions of each of the two side-shifting implements. The system uses a controller to control the positions of the side-shifting-implements using information received from a position monitoring system communication with roving receivers mounted on the side-shifting-implements. The controller also controls the position of the mobile machinery using local relationship sensors mounted on the side-shifting-implement's position and on the mobile machinery's position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Inventor: Peter Joseph Mollick
  • Patent number: 11535287
    Abstract: In a rail system and method for operating a rail system having a rail-guided mobile part and having a central control system, the mobile part includes a device for acquiring the position of the mobile part, the mobile part has a first drive, in particular a traction drive, the mobile part has a current acquisition device, the mobile part has a processor for evaluating the current-value profile acquired between a first position and a second position, the processor as a device for evaluating the current-value profile is configured such that the processor determines as an evaluation value tuples which include at least an item of position information and a value determined from the current-value profile, the processor is connected with the aid of a data transmission channel to the central control system for the transmission of the value tuples, the central control system is adapted to monitor the value tuples and monitors the respective value determined from the individual current profile for an exceeding of a pe
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Manuel Escuriola Ettingshausen, Björn Grothe, Daniel Schmidt, Stephan Meyer
  • Patent number: 11518277
    Abstract: Body measurements of a person may be scanned using a camera (e.g., a camera on a mobile phone. Vehicle settings may then be determined based on the body measurements. Example vehicle settings may include one or more of a position of a heads-up display, a position of a pedal, an angle of a backrest, a height of a seat cushion, a tilt of the seat cushion, an extension position of the seat cushion, a position of a lumbar support, a position of a seat side bolster, a position of a headrest, a position of a side mirror, a position of a rear-view mirror, a tilt of a steering wheel, and/or a position of a steering wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Volvo Car Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Bove, Christian Hedegaard
  • Patent number: 11514780
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided to define a strand upstream of a direction based traffic (DBT) link. In a method, a strand is defined upstream of a DBT link. The method includes extending the strand so as to include one or more links upstream of the DBT link. The strand is extended by determining whether a link is to be added to the strand based upon evaluation of a termination criteria. The termination criteria is at least partially based upon a relationship of a function class of the link to the function class of one or more other links. In an instance in which the termination criteria is satisfied, the method ceases further extension of the strand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: HERE GLOBAL B.V.
    Inventors: James Fowe, Aditya Balasaheb Jadhav, Earl Hammond
  • Patent number: 11505184
    Abstract: An apparatus for assistance avoidance steering is provided. The apparatus includes a processor configured to perform avoidance steering control based on Rear Wheel Steering (RWS) control when a head-on collision risk is sensed, and a storage configured to store data and an algorithm runnable by the processor. The avoidance steering control is based on the algorithm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Jae Il Park, Seung Ki Kim
  • Patent number: 11501539
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a vehicle control system, a sensing device and a sensing data processing method. In particular, the sensing device according to the present disclosure may include an information receiver for receiving at least one of driving route information of a vehicle and lane information, a control target selector for presetting at least one of a filter condition and a tracking condition based on the received information, and selecting a control target among one or more objects existing in front of the vehicle based on at least one of the filter condition and the tracking condition, and an output for capturing and outputting a sensing data including a control target information for the control target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: HL KLEMOVE CORP.
    Inventors: Jae Hyun Han, OhCheol Heo
  • Patent number: 11498458
    Abstract: A detection is made as to whether a vehicle occupant seated on a vehicle seat of a seating system of a motor vehicle has put on a pair of electronic data glasses. If the vehicle occupant has put on a pair of electronic data glasses, a check is performed to determine whether a predetermined minimum distance exists between the vehicle seat and an interior component of the motor vehicle. If the minimum distance exists, an adjustment range of the seating system is restricted in such a way that it is not possible to fall below the minimum distance. If the minimum distance does not exist, the minimum distance is established by automatically adjusting the seating system and/or outputting a message relating to the noncompliance with the minimum distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventor: Daniel Profendiner
  • Patent number: 11501650
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided an aviation weather control system including: a processing unit configured to receive weather information of an area to be overseen including a vertically integrated liquid water content, and specify a weather phenomenon affecting an airplane based on the received weather information; and a notification unit configured to notify the weather phenomenon specified by the processing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro Watanabe, Kazuhiro Yoshimi
  • Patent number: 11501644
    Abstract: The invention provides a signal redundancy control system. The system includes multiple first signal collecting devices, second signal collecting devices and a controller, wherein the multiple first signal collecting devices are configured to collect the dynamic information of default devices where the first signal collecting devices are located in real time; one second signal collecting device corresponding to each of the first signal collecting devices is disposed on each default device, and is configured to collect the dynamic information of the default device where the second signal collecting device is located in real time; the controller is configured to determine whether the first signal collecting devices include fault information or not, and positions each default device according to the dynamic information acquired by the first signal collecting devices or the second signal collecting devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: BYD COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Hongtao Wang, Yun Chen, Jianbo Wu, Yue Fang, Peng He, Xianhua Liu
  • Patent number: 11498388
    Abstract: Systems, methods and apparatus of climate control in vehicle cabins where occupants of vehicles are located/seated. For example, a vehicle includes: a climate control system; and an artificial neural network configured to receive climate control input parameters and generate, based on the climate control input parameters as a function of time, predictions of setting adjustments for the climate control system. For example, the climate control input parameters can include at least one setting of the climate control system and at least one operating parameter of the vehicle; and the vehicle is configured to effectuate an adjustment of the climate control system based at least in part on the predictions generated by the artificial neural network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Poorna Kale, Robert Richard Noel Bielby
  • Patent number: 11495133
    Abstract: An aircraft enhanced vision system includes an electromagnetic sensor comprising at least one group of transmitters and at least one group of receivers. The electromagnetic sensor includes a waveform generation assembly powering each transmitter in order to generate the transmitted signal and a signal capture assembly to capture the signal received by each receiver after reflection off of the ground. The transmitters are distinct and spaced apart from the receivers, being arranged so as to form at least one virtual transmitter/receiver network extending in an elongation direction perpendicular to the observation direction from each transmitter/receiver combination between the group of transmitters and the group of receivers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: DASSAULT AVIATION
    Inventors: Gérard Leflour, Jérôme Lagarde, Paul Soudais, Nicolas Moulin
  • Patent number: 11485265
    Abstract: A system and method for providing massaging within a vehicle that include receiving vehicle dynamic data associated with a real-time dynamic performance of the vehicle as the vehicle is being driven for a predetermined period of time. The system and method also include determining at least one strenuous driving activity associated with a driver of the vehicle based on at least one driving maneuver. The system and method additionally include analyzing positional parameters and movement parameters that are associated with at least one area of a body of the driver that is utilized to conduct the at least one driving maneuver for the predetermined period of time. The system and method further include controlling at least one massaging element disposed within the seat of the vehicle to provide massaging to the at least one area of the body of the driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Joseph Anthony Alequin, Rebecca Lee Lyss
  • Patent number: 11480438
    Abstract: Described is a computer-implemented method which comprises receiving a plurality of images captured by at least one user device, wherein each image is associated with one of a corresponding plurality of geographic locations; determining a path between the plurality of geographic locations; determining a confidence indicator representative of whether the determined path corresponds to a demarked path, wherein determining the confidence indicator comprises determining a time of capture of each of the plurality of images; identifying the path as corresponding to a demarked route, based on the confidence indicator; and marking the plurality of images for display as a demarked route.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventor: Stephen Charles Hsu
  • Patent number: 11473929
    Abstract: A plurality of prompts, each associated with a road event, are presented on a display upon receiving a first input on an input device. A second input selecting the prompts is received on a second input device. A message is sent with the selected prompts and a location of a vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Victoria Leigh Schein
  • Patent number: 11472404
    Abstract: To shorten a time required to predict collision with other vehicles, a collision prediction device includes: a detection unit configured to detect each of a front, a rear, and a side of other vehicles located around a vehicle from a captured image of one frame in which surroundings of the vehicle are imaged; and a determination unit configured to determine a likelihood of collision with the other vehicles based on a detection result of the detection unit. The determination unit determines that the likelihood of collision with the other vehicle of which only the front or only the rear is detected is high in the other vehicles of which one or more of the front, the rear, and the side are detected by the detection unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: MURAKAMI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Atsushi Hayami
  • Patent number: 11467574
    Abstract: Provided herein are platforms for determining a non-navigational quality of at least one infrastructure by a plurality of autonomous or semi-autonomous land vehicles through infrastructure recognition and assessment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Nuro, Inc.
    Inventors: David Ferguson, Jiajun Zhu, Cosimo Leipold, Pichayut Jirapinyo
  • Patent number: 11447179
    Abstract: A method for determining a rack-and-pinion position in a steering system having an electric servomotor and a rack includes determining kinematic changes in a transmission path between the servomotor and the rack. The method further includes generating an event signal when a kinematic or dynamic rotor size of the servomotor exceeds an assigned threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Michael Sprinzl
  • Patent number: 11440539
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes an oncoming vehicle detection sensor that detects an oncoming vehicle approaching an own vehicle; and a controller configured to automatically apply brakes to the own vehicle to avoid a collision with the oncoming vehicle, detected by the oncoming vehicle detection sensor, under a condition that the own vehicle is at least partially in an opposite lane or a planned path of the own vehicle is at least partially in the opposite lane. The controller is further configured to set, between the own vehicle and the oncoming vehicle, a virtual area that moves with the oncoming vehicle and that extends toward the own vehicle using a rear end of the oncoming vehicle as a base point, and automatically brake the own vehicle to avoid the own vehicle coming into contact with the virtual area to avoid the collision between the own vehicle and the oncoming vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ohmura, Takashi Nakagami, Xi Chen
  • Patent number: 11441914
    Abstract: Embodiments provide techniques, including systems and methods, for determining matches of requestors and providers based on a dynamic provider eligibility model. For example, a request matching model uses an estimated arrival time for a requestor and estimated travel times for available providers to a pickup location to determine eligible providers for matching to a ride request. The matching model determines those providers that are far enough away from the request location to allow the requestor time to arrive at the pickup location without matching providers that are too far away, causing delay for the requestor and lowering the efficiency of the system by taking provider system resources from other service areas and increasing provider downtime upon matching. Additionally, embodiments provide more efficient matching processing leading to fewer canceled matched requests, fewer requests for a successful match, and fewer system resources necessary to meet requestor demand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: LYFT, INC.
    Inventors: Austin Broyles, Robert Anthony Farmer, Krishna Kumar Selvam
  • Patent number: 11433896
    Abstract: A computer includes a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor to move a vehicle within a roadway lane according to an emergency lane procedure to form an emergency lane when a longitudinal speed of the vehicle is below a specified speed and end the emergency lane procedure when the longitudinal speed is at least a second specified speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Andreas Puetz, Guido Weitkus, Andreas Meyer, Mohamed Benmimoun