Patents Examined by Geepy Pe
  • Patent number: 11292606
    Abstract: A system for an airborne platform includes a sensing device, an automatic throttling system, and a processing circuit. The sensing device is configured to measure a current airspeed of an aircraft. The processing circuit is configured to receive a control input comprising a current airspeed value, an airspeed reference value, a maximum adder threshold, and a minimum adder threshold. The processing circuit is further configured to calculate an airspeed error value based on the control input. The processing circuit is further configured to determine a programmed error value based on the calculated airspeed error value. The processing circuit is further configured to calculate an adder value by applying an integration function to the determined programmed error value and to determine a dynamic airspeed reference value based on the calculated adder value. The processing circuit is further configured to transmit the dynamic airspeed reference value to the automatic throttling system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc.
    Inventors: John P. Perich, Samuel E. Ferdon, Cornelis Van Der Linden, Thomas M. Scanlon
  • Patent number: 11297177
    Abstract: A method for detecting airbag deployment includes operating a plurality of sensors of the mobile device disposed in a vehicle during a drive to obtain a plurality of measurement signals, determining a change in at least one measurement signal of the plurality of measurement signals and that the change exceeds a first threshold. In response to determining that the change exceeds the first threshold, obtaining a pressure measurement signal from a pressure sensor of the plurality of sensors, determining a derivative of the pressure measurement signal, and determining that the derivative of the pressure measurement signal exceeds a second threshold. In response to determining that the derivative of the pressure measurement signal exceeds the second threshold, detecting a deployment of a vehicle airbag based on the change in the at least one measurement signal exceeding the first threshold and the derivative of the pressure measurement signal exceeding the second threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: CAMBRIDGE MOBILE TELEMATICS INC.
    Inventors: Brad Cordova, Eddie Vaisman, Yuting Qi, Sushrut Karnik
  • Patent number: 11285938
    Abstract: A method for controlling a vehicle when driving on a bend, includes determining bend information, wherein the bend information characterizes a further course of the bend in a direction of travel after a current position of the vehicle, determining predicted lateral acceleration values based on the bend information, wherein each of the predicted lateral acceleration values indicates a lateral acceleration predicted to act on the vehicle at a respective one of a plurality of future positions over the further course of the bend, and determining the probability of overturning at the future positions based on the predicted lateral acceleration values by comparing the predicted lateral acceleration values with a lateral acceleration limit value. A roll stability control system outputs a reduced deceleration request if the predicted lateral acceleration values undershoot the lateral acceleration limit value at least in certain regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: ZF CV SYSTEMS EUROPE BV
    Inventors: Michael Heise, Tobias Munko, Klaus Plaehn
  • Patent number: 11280615
    Abstract: A wide field-of-view celestial sighting system and method are provided. The method includes orienting an imaging optic to collect light from at least one light source, such as at least one celestial body, the imaging optic being secured to a platform. The method further includes selectively collecting light from the at least one celestial body through a selective light collector secured to the platform and positioned in an imaging surface, such as an imaging plane, of the imaging optic. The method further includes combining forward scattered light from the at least one celestial body to provide a combined forward scattered light, and detecting a light intensity of the combined forward scattered light. Systems for performing the method are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc.
    Inventors: Juha-Pekka J. Laine, Stephen P. Smith
  • Patent number: 11269327
    Abstract: A controller of an autonomous vehicle receives a travel itinerary of a passenger and an airport map. The controller then uses the airport map to arrive at a terminal corresponding to the passenger's travel itinerary. Upon arrival at the terminal the controller communicates with parked vehicles (V2V) or infrastructure to identify an unoccupied parking spot and then autonomously parks. When picking up a passenger, the controller determines whether the passenger has checked luggage and adjusts and arrival time accordingly and may account for the storage volume of the luggage. The controller may also loop a circuit at the airport where a wait time has been exceeded. In some embodiments, augmented reality may be used to help the passenger identify the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Lindsay Chan, Aysha Habbaba, Jinesh J. Jain
  • Patent number: 11269069
    Abstract: A method includes recording a first timestamp of a detection with a first sensor array of a first physical property of an event; determining a direction of the event, based on the detection with the first sensor array; recording a second timestamp of a detection with a second sensor array of a second physical property of the event; determining a distance of the event from the first and second sensor arrays, based on the first timestamp and the second timestamp; determining the event, based on the first physical property and the second physical property; and taking an action based on the event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: GM Cruise Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Aman Ashwin Diwakar, Gabriel Warshauer-Baker
  • Patent number: 11270594
    Abstract: A device can be configured to receive flight data from an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), where the flight data indicates at least one of an identifier that identifies the UAV, a location of the UAV, an altitude of the UAV, a bearing of the UAV, or a speed of the UAV. The device can be further configured to convert at least a portion of the flight data from a first format to a second format; generate automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) data based on the converted flight data; and perform an action associated with the ADS-B data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Verizen Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: X, Jonathan Evans, Matt Fanelli
  • Patent number: 11268821
    Abstract: Systems and methods for coordinating point of interest pickups in a transportation service are provided. In example embodiments, the system detects a location of a device of a user. Responsive to detecting the location of the device of the user, the system automatically determines one or more potential pickup points based on the detected location. A pickup point user interface (UI) that displays one or more potential pickup points based on the detected location is presented on the device of the user without displaying a map. The system receives confirmation of a pickup point from the one or more potential pickup points and receives an indication of a destination. The system then establishes the transportation service based on the confirmed pickup point and the destination. The system can provide user interfaces that display progress of a driver to the pickup point and progress to the destination without displaying a map.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Uber Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Srikanth Jalasutram, Anurag Arora, Needa Jamil, Sidharth Raja
  • Patent number: 11263910
    Abstract: A Very Low Level Operations Coordination Platform and a method of operating it, that includes a cloud-based software platform that serves as a central database application for drone-related applications, the central database application including a database storing any, some or all zones which defines where drones are and are not allowed to fly based on all required information such as but not limited to drone legislation, airspace structure, obstacles, environment and people density, taking into account scheduled flights, planned flights and flights flown of other drones, where if the drone fails to remain within the approved fly zone the platform is adapted to proactively intervene in flight operations so that the drone cannot leave the approved fly zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: UNIFLY N.V.
    Inventors: Koen Meuleman, Andres Van Swalm, Koen Williame
  • Patent number: 11260872
    Abstract: A system and method for utilizing a temporal recurrent network for online action detection that include receiving image data that is based on at least one image captured by a vehicle camera system. The system and method also include analyzing the image data to determine a plurality of image frames and outputting at least one goal-oriented action as determined during a current image frame. The system and method further include controlling a vehicle to be autonomously driven based on a naturalistic driving behavior data set that includes the at least one goal-oriented action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yi-Ting Chen, Mingze Xu, Mingfei Gao
  • Patent number: 11247684
    Abstract: An electric power supply control apparatus for a vehicle decreases a first electric power prior to switching the modes, when a sum of a request value of a second electric power and the first electric power exceeds a total electric power upper limit value in the mode before the switching, and switches the modes after the sum of the decreased first electric power and the request value of the second electric power becomes equal to or smaller than the total electric power upper limit value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryohei Hoshi, Fumiyuki Moriya, Hirofumi Yabe, Ken Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11247692
    Abstract: A prediction device including: a recognizer recognizing a road structure and another vehicle in the vicinity of a subject vehicle; and a predictor predicting a running locus of the other vehicle recognized by the recognizer in the future on the basis of the road structure recognized by the recognizer in a predetermined situation, wherein, in the predetermined situation, in a case in which at least a part of the road structure used for predicting the running locus of the other vehicle in the future is not recognizable for the recognizer, the predictor predicts the running locus of the other vehicle in the future on the basis of a running locus of the other vehicle in the past acquired on the basis of a result of recognition in the past that is acquired by the recognizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuma Ohara, Yosuke Sakamoto, Yuki Motegi
  • Patent number: 11247676
    Abstract: In a method for automatically adjusting the speed of a motorcycle as a function of the longitudinal distance as well as the lateral distance of a motorcycle from a preceding other vehicle, a minimum lateral distance to be maintained is determined as a function of the type of the other vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Mathieu Grelaud, Michael Schoenherr
  • Patent number: 11247685
    Abstract: A road surface condition is determined appropriately. A road surface determining section (84) configured to determine a road surface condition with reference to a wheel speed signal indicative of wheel speeds includes a band-stop filter (841) which acts on the wheel speed signal and has a cutoff frequency band which is changed in accordance with the wheel speed signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: SHOWA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ken Isshiki, Eishi Ishimaru, Kyouichi Tagami, Katsutoshi Yokoi
  • Patent number: 11242058
    Abstract: A method detects a driving state of a vehicle. The vehicle has a drive train with at least one drive and an accelerator pedal. A rest state of the accelerator pedal is determined by evaluating an operating point position of the accelerator pedal by a first accelerator pedal gradient in a first time interval, and checking whether the first accelerator pedal gradient within the first time interval is less than a maximum value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Jan-Hinerk Frerichs, Lutz Neumann, Matthias Reichler
  • Patent number: 11242063
    Abstract: In a method and a device for operating a first vehicle, a method includes receiving a signal from an external processing unit for influencing a first surroundings sensor system of the first vehicle, influencing the first surroundings sensor system dependent on the received signal, receiving surroundings data values detected by at least one second surroundings sensor system of a second vehicle and that at least partially represent surroundings of the first vehicle, and operating the first vehicle dependent on the influence of the first surroundings sensor system and the received surroundings data values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Holger Mielenz, Jan Rohde
  • Patent number: 11237014
    Abstract: A vehicle infotainment system is provided. The vehicle infotainment system includes a display screen for displaying a plurality of applications and a controller communicatively coupled to the display screen. The controller is configured to display an application on the display screen. The application is divided into a first display region, and a second display region. The controller is further configured to display a plurality of categories on the first display region. The controller is also configured to receive a selection of a category of the plurality of categories. In addition, the controller is configured to display, on the second display region, a plurality of selectable points of interest associated with the selected category.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Michael Tsay, Richard Magness
  • Patent number: 11235782
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes: an automated driving controller configured to execute automated driving in which at least one of acceleration/deceleration and steering of a vehicle is automatically controlled; and a mode setter configured to set a mode of the automated driving which is executed by the automated driving controller and to set the mode of automated driving to an exchangeable mode in which an occupant who sits in a driver seat is able to be exchanged when the automated driving is executed in a mode in which an occupant needs to sit in the driver seat of the vehicle and predetermined conditions have been satisfied. Accordingly, it is possible to enable smooth exchange of an occupant during automated driving.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Mimura, Masahiko Asakura, Hironori Takano, Junichi Maruyama
  • Patent number: 11225231
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a brake control system for use in a vehicle and a control method thereof. A brake control system may be configured to include a brake pad for braking the vehicle by pressing a brake disc provided in the vehicle, a measuring apparatus for measuring the vehicle speed, the wear level of the brake pad, the traveling distance of the vehicle, the braking distance of the vehicle, and the braking pressure applied by the brake pad to the brake disc at braking, and a controller connected with the measuring apparatus and for controlling an operation of the brake pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Tae Hyun Kim, Beom Oh Kim, Ji Chan Maeng, Won Ho Shin, Jong Hoon Chae
  • Patent number: 11221224
    Abstract: Provide are a method and device for generating a path of an unmanned vehicle on a construction section. The method includes: when detecting a construction section, detected obstacle information is acquired; a current accessible area of the construction section is determined according to the type and position information of the obstacle, and each road point included in the current accessible area is determined; a terminal road point of a target driving path is determined according to the current accessible area; a current location of a vehicle is taken as a start road point, path search is performed in the road points included in the current accessible area according to the start road point and the terminal road point, and passing road points of the target driving path in the construction section are determined; and a target driving path is generated according to the start road point, the passing road points and the terminal road point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: GUANGZHOU AUTOMOBILE GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xinhua Gan, Hongshan Zha, Ted S Huang, Wei Xu, Caijing Xiu