Patents Examined by Donald J. Wallace
  • Patent number: 11928618
    Abstract: The transport allocation planning system includes a transport allocation planning apparatus that creates a transport allocation plan and a user apparatus communicably connected to the transport allocation planning apparatus. The transport allocation planning apparatus transmits an inquiry related to a movement demand of the user to the user apparatus, receives an answer to the inquiry, estimates a movement demand of the user based on the answer, and creates a transport allocation plan based on the estimated movement demand. The user apparatus stores sensor information that is information indicating a current state or a past state of the user apparatus and a utility calculation model for calculating utility of the user during a movement, calculates the utility of the user by applying the sensor information to the utility calculation model, generates an answer to the inquiry based on the calculated utility, and transmits the generated answer to the transport allocation planning apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Kojin Yano, Satoru Hori, Kei Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11926353
    Abstract: According to various aspects, exemplary embodiments are disclosed of devices, systems, and methods related to tracking location of operator control units for locomotives. In an exemplary embodiment, an operator control unit includes a user interface configured to receive one or more commands from an operator for controlling a locomotive. The operator control unit also includes receiver configured to receive location information of the operator control unit, and a wireless communication device. The wireless communication device is configured to transmit command data corresponding to the one or more commands and location data corresponding to the location information to a machine control unit on the locomotive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Cattron North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeremy Jovenall, André Brousseau
  • Patent number: 11919354
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a control system (49) for controlling a target ride height of a vehicle (1). The control system (49) is configured to set a target off-road ride height (hOFF) in dependence on one or more vehicle operating parameters. The target off-road ride height (hOFF) is set upon receipt of a driving mode signal signalling that an off-road driving mode has been selected. Aspects of the present invention also relate to a vehicle and a method of controlling a target ride height of a vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Jaguar Land Rover Limited
    Inventors: Philip Guest, Jason Walters, Sam Anker, Edward Nicholson
  • Patent number: 11919657
    Abstract: A landing gear monitoring and alerting system includes a locking pin configured to be inserted into an aperture extending through a linkage of an extended landing gear assembly. When inserted into the aperture, the locking pin inhibits movement of the linkage to establish a locked state of the extended landing gear assembly. This system further includes a magnetic sensor and a communication module. The magnetic sensor is disposed proximate the aperture and is configured to sense a magnetic response indicative of the locking pin being disposed within the aperture. The magnetic sensor is configured to generate a sensor output indicative of the locking pin being disposed within the aperture. The communication module has a transmitter coupled to the magnetic sensor so as to receive the sensor output and is configured to responsively transmit a signal indicative of the locking pin being disposed within the aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Ameya D. Kamat, Tim W. Anstey, Surya Sundar Raj Durairaj
  • Patent number: 11917938
    Abstract: A method for constructing a map for a mower includes: acquiring a preliminary map of a work region, two adjacent target points are used as first target points and are connected to form an initial connecting line; selecting a target point farthest from the initial connecting line as a second target point, and using a connecting line between the second target point and the first target points as to-be-processed connecting lines; selecting a third target point for each to-be-processed connecting line; when a condition is met, using connecting lines between the third target point and the target points at the two ends of the to-be-processed connecting line as new to-be-processed connecting lines and returning; retaining each of the third target points whose distance from a corresponding to-be-processed connecting line is greater than the first preset threshold as a map construction target point, and constructing a boundary map.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Willand (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shaoguang Zhang, Degan Lin, Zhuo Yao
  • Patent number: 11919520
    Abstract: A wheel slip control method for a vehicle is provided, and includes estimating equivalent inertia information of a driving system based on operation information of the driving system while a vehicle travels, determining whether the slip of a drive wheel occurs from the estimated equivalent inertia information of the driving system, determining whether the drive wheel is in an uneven wheel slip state where the slip occurs only in one of a left wheel and a right wheel of the drive wheel from a left wheel speed and a right wheel speed detected by a sensor, if it is determined that the slip of the drive wheel occurs, and controlling an operation of a braking device such that a braking force is applied to the vehicle wheel in which the slip occurs, if it is determined that the vehicle wheel is in the uneven wheel slip state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ji Won Oh, Jeong Soo Eo, Ki Mo Sohn, Lee Hyoung Cho
  • Patent number: 11919626
    Abstract: A controller for a hydraulic braking system for an aircraft is disclosed. The hydraulic braking system includes a first accumulator and a second accumulator, the controller configured to: receive first signals including first pressure data from a first pressure transducer associated with the first accumulator, receive second signals including second pressure data from a second pressure transducer associated with the second accumulator, monitor the received first and second signals to determine whether a predetermined condition has been met, and issue a warning indicating a loss of integrity of the hydraulic braking system in response to a determination that one or more predetermined conditions has been met. A hydraulic braking system for an aircraft and method to determine the integrity of a hydraulic braking system are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED
    Inventors: Nicholas Crane, Adrian Harrison
  • Patent number: 11912312
    Abstract: A system, a transportation vehicle, a network component, apparatuses, methods, and computer programs for a transportation vehicle and a network component. The method for a transportation vehicle to determine a route section includes operating the transportation vehicle in an automated driving mode and determining an exceptional traffic situation. The method also includes transmitting information related to the exceptional traffic situation to a network component using a mobile communication system and receiving information related to driving instructions for the route section to overcome the exceptional traffic situation from the network component, wherein the receiving of the driving instructions includes tele-operating the transportation vehicle along the route section to overcome the exceptional traffic situation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Andreas Pfadler, Israel Gonzalez Vazquez, Ahmad El Assaad, Daniel Reimann, Guillaume Jornod, Andreas Kwoczek
  • Patent number: 11912074
    Abstract: A method for processing inflation defects of a tyre of a vehicle is disclosed, the tyre being equipped with sensors for measuring the pressure and the temperature of the internal cavity of said tyre. The pressure and the temperature of the internal cavity of the tyre are measured periodically and, as soon as an inflation defect of a tyre is detected, an alert is signalled to the driver of the vehicle, in which there is also transmitted to the driver of the vehicle a maximum speed setpoint: which, when the measured inflation pressure of the tyre is greater than or equal to a first inflation pressure threshold value p1, is a first maximum speed setpoint value V1; and which, when the measured inflation pressure of the tyre is less than said first pressure threshold value p1 and greater than or equal to a second pressure threshold value p2, decreases as a function of said measured inflation pressure of the tyre.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN
    Inventors: Olivier Muhlhoff, Arnaud Delbast, Aurelien Fabre
  • Patent number: 11906967
    Abstract: Techniques to use a trained model to determine a yaw of an object are described. For example, a system may implement various techniques to generate multiple representations for an object in an environment. Each representation vary based on the technique and data used. An estimation component may estimate a representation from the multiple representations. The model may be implemented to output a yaw for the object using the multiple representations, the estimated representation, and/or additional information. The output yaw may be used to track an object, generate a trajectory, or otherwise control a vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Zoox, Inc.
    Inventors: Subhasis Das, Francesco Papi, Shida Shen
  • Patent number: 11905012
    Abstract: A transport system identifies an attribute of a ground on the basis of sensing data obtained by sensing the ground in a transport destination area, which is performed in flight by an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle transporting an article, and determines a region in the ground as an arrangement place of the article on the basis of the identified attribute.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Rakuten Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Mitsuru Nakazawa, Hiroaki Iwase
  • Patent number: 11900820
    Abstract: An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) includes a propulsion system, a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) sensor, a camera and a controller. The controller includes logic that, in response to execution by the controller, causes the UAV to in response to detecting a loss of tracking by the GNSS sensor determine an estimated location of the UAV on a map based on a location image captured by the camera, determine a route to a destination using tracking parameters embedded in the map, wherein the map is divided into a plurality of sections and the tracking parameters indicate an ease of determining a location of the UAV using images captured by the camera with respect to each section, and control the propulsion system to cause the UAV to follow the route to the destination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: WING Aviation LLC
    Inventors: Martin Kubie, Dinuka Abeywardena
  • Patent number: 11899457
    Abstract: Autonomous vehicles are an exciting prospect to the future of driving. However, concerns about the decision-making made by the AI controlling a vehicle has been of concern, particularly in light of high-profile accidents. We can alleviate some concern, introduce better decisions, and also train an AI to make better decisions by introducing a remote viewer's, e.g., a human's, reaction to a possibly complex environment surrounding a vehicle that includes a potential threat to the vehicle. One or more remote viewer may provide a recommended response to the threat that may be incorporated in whole or in part in how the vehicle reacts. Various ways to engage and utilize remote viewers are proposed to improve the likelihood of receiving useful recommendations, including modifying how the environment is presented to a remote viewer to best suit the remote viewer, e.g., perhaps present the threat in a game.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: MOBILEYE VISION TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
    Inventors: Robert Vaughn, Casey Baron
  • Patent number: 11898850
    Abstract: It is possible to reduce inadvertent vehicle behavior during autonomous driving.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventor: Ryota Mita
  • Patent number: 11897492
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a receiver configured to receive a data set including a requested acceleration as information representing movement of a vehicle in a front-rear direction and any one of a steering angle, a yaw rate, and a rotation radius as information representing movement of the vehicle in a lateral direction from each of a plurality of applications, an arbitration unit configured to perform arbitration of information representing the movement of the vehicle in the front-rear direction and arbitration of information representing the movement of the vehicle in the lateral direction based on a plurality of the data sets received by the receiver, and a first output unit configured to output instruction information for driving an actuator based on an arbitration result of the arbitration unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ikuma Suzuki, Wataru Kanda, Kaiji Itabashi, Yoshihisa Yamada, Kazuki Miyake, Tamotsu Kondoh
  • Patent number: 11892856
    Abstract: An information processing method uses a computer and includes: obtaining a first information item regarding first monitoring performed by a first monitor on a first vehicle, the first monitoring being allocated to the first monitor; obtaining a second information item regarding second monitoring on a second vehicle, the second monitoring being not allocated to any monitor; comparing the first information item with the second information item; generating presentation information indicating the second monitoring on the second vehicle in accordance with a result of the comparing; and presenting the generated presentation information via a presentation device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Takahiro Yoneda, Toshiya Arai, Yuta Shimotsuma
  • Patent number: 11893897
    Abstract: A movement space information processing system includes moving bodies and an information processing device. The information processing device determines one or more moving bodies that are movably located within a predetermined movement range in the space from the moving bodies, and performs an identification task of identifying, from the determined one or more moving bodies, at least one moving body to accordingly perform a setting task of setting the identified at least one moving body as the at least one representative moving body. At least one moving body identified as the at least one representative moving body acquires an image of the space and extracts, from the image, probe information related to the space. The information processing transmits device The moving-body information item including the probe information and performs development of the spatial information based on the probe information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jingyu Xiang, Masataka Hirai, Tomohito Terazawa
  • Patent number: 11891055
    Abstract: A vehicle comprises an autonomous driving system and a vehicle platform that controls the vehicle in response to a command received from the autonomous driving system. In the present vehicle, when the autonomous driving system issues a first command to request the vehicle platform to provide deceleration to stop the vehicle and a first signal indicates 0 km/h or a prescribed velocity or less, the autonomous driving system issues a second command to request the vehicle platform to maintain stationary. And after brake hold control is finished, a second signal indicates standstill. Until the second signal indicates standstill, the first command continues to request the vehicle platform to provide deceleration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ikuma Suzuki, Yuta Ohashi
  • Patent number: 11880211
    Abstract: An aircraft controller configured to determine a period and/or distance over which deployment of a landing gear can be initiated for landing including a determined first portion during which landing gear deployment can be safely initiated and a determined second portion, closer to aircraft landing than the first portion, during which the landing gear deployment can be safely initiated in an efficient landing mode; issue a first pilot feedback when the first portion is entered by the aircraft; issue a second pilot feedback when the second portion of the determined; and initiate landing gear deployment when the aircraft is in the determined period and/or distance in response to receiving a deployment signal from the pilot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Airbus Operations Limited
    Inventor: Fraser Wilson
  • Patent number: 11880210
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the field of swarm intelligence and provides a multi-intelligent-agent cooperated transportation method and system as well as a computer readable storage medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: SHENZHEN TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Tao Cheng, Xinjia Yu