Patents Examined by Gennam M Mott
  • Patent number: 11597381
    Abstract: The present invention provides a driving assist apparatus, a driving assist method, and a driving assist system capable of realizing driving assist in consideration of a delay in a driver's operation regardless of a configuration of a vehicle. A driving assist apparatus includes a standard running route acquisition portion configured to acquire a standard running route calculated based on curve information ahead of a vehicle that is acquired by an external world recognition portion, and an actuator control output portion configured to acquire a standard vehicle motion amount when the vehicle runs the standard running route, calculate an instruction that guides a motion amount of the vehicle toward the standard vehicle motion amount based on the standard vehicle motion amount and a current vehicle motion amount of the vehicle, and output the instruction to an actuator portion configured to provide at least one of a curving force and a braking force to the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventor: Satoshi Kashiwamura
  • Patent number: 11371847
    Abstract: Systems and methods for use in aiding an inertial navigation system during a GNSS signal outage. An ultrasonic transceiver is positioned adjacent a wheel of a vehicle and reflections of the emitted signal are used to determine changes of direction and/or to determine a distance traveled by the vehicle. For changes of direction, the transceiver is adjacent to a front wheel such that left or right turns cause the wheel to interrupt a signal path from the transceiver to a reflector. For distance estimates, the transceiver is adjacent a back wheel of the vehicle. The ultrasonic signal is reflected off of solid sections of the wheel or passes through void sections of the wheel. The measurements obtained can be processed in various ways to estimate number of rotations of the wheel and, accordingly, the distance traveled by the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: UTI Limited Partnership
    Inventors: Mohamed Moussa, Adel Moussa, Naser El-Sheimy
  • Patent number: 11292476
    Abstract: Vehicles feature various forms of automated driving control, such as speed control and braking distance monitoring. However, the parameters of automated control may conflict with the user driving behaviors of the user; e.g., braking distance maintained with respect to a leading vehicle may seem overcautious to users who prefer shorter braking distances, and unsafe to users who prefer longer braking distances. Presented herein are techniques for controlling vehicles according to the user driving behaviors of users. While a user operates a vehicle in a driving context, a device monitors various driving features (e.g., acceleration or braking) to determine various user driving behaviors. When requested to control a driving feature of the vehicle, a controller may identify the user driving behaviors of the user in the driving context, and control the driving features according to the user driving behaviors, thus personalizing automated driving to the preferences of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: INRIX Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher L. Scofield, Scott Sedlik