Patents Examined by Isaac G Smith
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Patent number: 10422654Abstract: Devices, methods, and machine-readable media to facilitate intuitive comparison and selection of calculated navigation routes are disclosed. An electronic device for navigation includes a touch-sensitive screen and a processing module for displaying a map, calculating a number or navigation routes simultaneously on the touch-sensitive screen, and receiving a selection of a route. Callouts, or markers for presenting key information about each route, are also displayed discretely on the map. Navigation tiles including key route information and route pictorials can also be created and displayed for each calculated route.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2012Date of Patent: September 24, 2019Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Bradford Moore, Christopher Blumenberg, Marcel Van Os, Graham Gyatt
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Patent number: 10423157Abstract: A process for controlling a plurality of mobile-radio equipped robots in a talkgroup includes receiving, at a mobile-radio equipped robot via a wireless communications interface comprising one of an infrastructure wireless communication interface for communicating with an infrastructure radio access network (RAN) and an ad-hoc wireless communication interface for communicating with an ad-hoc network, a group voice call containing a voice-command. The mobile-radio equipped robot determines that it is a target of the group voice call, and responsively text-converts the voice-command into an actionable text-based command. The mobile-radio equipped robot subsequently operates a mechanical drive element in accordance with the actionable text-based command.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2019Date of Patent: September 24, 2019Inventor: Yury Kotlyarov
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Patent number: 10422651Abstract: A route information acquisition unit acquires a waypoint information piece including a route information piece concerning a waypoint on a route from a departure place to a destination, from each external database device. A route reproduction unit reproduces each of acquired route information pieces in the format used in a route evaluation apparatus. On the basis of the evaluation criteria stored in an evaluation criterion storage unit, a route evaluation unit generates an evaluation result by calculating a time and a distance concerning a route including the waypoint represented by the waypoint information piece, and evaluates the route information pieces. A display control unit controls a display unit such that the display unit displays the generated evaluation result.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2016Date of Patent: September 24, 2019Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Yoshiaki Adachi, Masahiko Ikawa, Hiroki Konaka
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Patent number: 10417274Abstract: A method and apparatus for pushing information. A specific embodiment of the searching method comprises: analysing, based on a second search operation sequentially performed to a map application installed on a client by a user, a search term corresponding to the second search operation; matching the analysed search term with a first search term in a first search term sequence to determine whether the matching is successful; acquiring log data of the map application installed on the client, in response to the matching being successful; determining a vehicle demand probability of the user based on the log data, acquired feature information of the user and a pre-trained vehicle demand probability model; and pushing information to the client in response to the determined vehicle demand probability being greater than a preset vehicle demand probability threshold.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2017Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: Baidu Online Network Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yuan Xia, Jingbo Zhou, Haishan Wu
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Patent number: 10414397Abstract: An operational design domain decision apparatus includes: a position estimation unit configured to estimate a vehicle position; a traffic map database in which a restriction related to a vehicle speed and a position are associated with each other; a rule acquisition unit configured to acquire the restriction; a required value calculation unit configured to calculate a required detection distance at which it is necessary for an object detection sensor equipped in the vehicle to have detected a moving object for execution of a predetermined automatic driving; a distance measurement unit configured to calculate a detectable distance based on a detection result of the object detection sensor; and a determination unit configured to determine that the automatic driving system is in the operational design domain, when the detectable distance is equal to or more than the required detection distance.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2018Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Toshiki Kindo
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Patent number: 10407873Abstract: A work vehicle according to an embodiment includes: (i) a travelling vehicle body that includes a power source to a work part and a travel part; (ii) a communication unit that is able to transmit and receive signals to and from a portable communication terminal; and (iii) a control unit that is able to control the travel part on the basis of a signal transmitted from the portable communication terminal and received by the communication unit. A plurality of communication systems is provided between the communication unit and the portable communication terminal. The communication systems include a first communication system that is able to transmit a first signal from a portable communication terminal, and a second communication system that has a smaller communication area than that of the first communication system and is able to receive a second signal indicating that the portable communication terminal exists in a predetermined area.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2017Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: ISEKI & CO., LTD.Inventor: Koki Ono
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Patent number: 10403158Abstract: A vertical landing vehicle including an airframe forming a hull and having at least one wing coupled to the airframe, at least one proximity sensor coupled to the airframe, and a flight control system including a control processor and an operator interface, the at least one proximity sensor being coupled to the control processor, the control processor being configured to receive proximity signals from the at least one proximity sensor and present, through the operator interface and based on the proximity signals, situational awareness information of obstacles within a predetermined distance of the vertical landing vehicle relative to the hull and/or the at least one wing.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2017Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Eric Lieberman, William Brendan Blanton
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Patent number: 10393880Abstract: A method is disclosed for managing rules or policies in a vehicle having a controllable unit. The method may include determining, at the start of a driving, an active route of the vehicle, selecting a set of control values from multiple stored sets of control values, where one control value of the set of control values corresponds to one predetermined interval of the determined active route, and controlling the at least one controllable unit based on the selected set of control values. The method may also include recording, during the current driving of the vehicle, a set of control result values, where one control result value corresponds to a predetermined interval of the determined active route which the vehicle has driven and, at the end of the driving based on the set of control result values, determining and storing an updated set of control values for the actually driven route.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2015Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: Volvo Car CorporationInventors: Rickard Arvidsson, Niklas Akerblom
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Patent number: 10387982Abstract: Tracking remaining storage capacity of a vehicle using sensors via a wireless system of the vehicle is presented herein. A method can include receiving first data representing an object; receiving second data representing a storage space of a vehicle; and determining, using the first data and the second data, whether the object is capable of placement within the storage space of the vehicle. In an example, the method can further include displaying information representing an order of placements of a set of objects comprising the object, a proposed location for the object, and/or a proposed orientation for the object within the storage space of the vehicle in response to the object being determined to be capable of placement within the storage space of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2017Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: Lyft, Inc.Inventor: Christopher Baldwin
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Patent number: 10388168Abstract: A method of controlling inter-vehicle gap(s) in a platoon that includes a lead vehicle and one or more following vehicles includes the steps of: obtaining an indicator of a potential collision threat identified by an autonomous emergency braking system of the lead vehicle, wherein the autonomous emergency braking system of the lead vehicle includes pre-defined control phases, and wherein the indicator at least partly determines a current control phase of the autonomous emergency braking system; and sending the obtained indicator to the one or more following vehicles.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2015Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: Volvo Truck CorporationInventors: Hans DeragÄrden, Lennart Cider
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Patent number: 10378914Abstract: Some embodiments of the invention provide a navigation application that allows a user to peek ahead or behind during a turn-by-turn navigation presentation that the application provides while tracking a device (e.g., a mobile device, a vehicle, etc.) traversal of a physical route. As the device traverses along the physical route, the navigation application generates a navigation presentation that shows a representation of the device on a map traversing along a virtual route that represents the physical route on the map. While providing the navigation presentation, the navigation application can receive user input to look ahead or behind along the virtual route. Based on the user input, the navigation application moves the navigation presentation to show locations on the virtual route that are ahead or behind the displayed current location of the device on the virtual route. This movement can cause the device representation to no longer be visible in the navigation presentation.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2018Date of Patent: August 13, 2019Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Christopher D. Moore, Christopher Blumenberg, Marcel van Os, Billy P. Chen
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Patent number: 10369888Abstract: A vehicle includes a powertrain, an electric machine, a battery, and a controller. The powertrain is configured to transfer motive power to the electric machine to charge the battery during regenerative braking. The controller programmed to, in response to a decreasing demanded powertrain output torque, adjust a regenerative braking torque limit based on an anti-jerk torque schedule, generate an actual regenerative braking torque based on system constraints, and limit the actual regenerative braking torque to the regenerative braking torque limit.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2016Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Ming Lang Kuang, Bernard D. Nefcy, Yanan Zhao, Daniel Scott Colvin
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Patent number: 10363931Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle control device which is capable of preventing a vehicle from being excessively close to a preceding vehicle, a vehicle control method and a vehicle control program. The vehicle control device includes: recognizer configured to recognize peripheral conditions, a gradient traveling controller configured to control traveling of the vehicle, a following traveling controller configured to control the traveling of the vehicle to maintain a predetermined distance from a preceding vehicle, and a receiver configured to receive at least one instruction to switch an operation of the gradient traveling controller and the following traveling controller to an ON state, wherein the operation of the following traveling controller is prioritized when at least one instruction to set the operation of both the gradient traveling controller and the following traveling controller to the ON state.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2017Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Kanta Tsuji, Shinji Ijima
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Patent number: 10365632Abstract: A method of controlling an aircraft electrical taxiing system, the method comprising the steps of: defining a target value (Ld_nmax) for an electrical parameter; generating a nominal force command (Cmd_nom) for the electrical taxiing system; in parallel with generating the nominal force command (Cmd_nom), using a processing system (2) to produce a maximum command force (Force_max) for the electrical taxiing system so that a real value of the electrical parameter reaches the target value (Ld_nmax), the processing system (2) comprising a regulator loop (4); and generating an optimized force command (Cmd_opt) for the electrical taxiing system equal to the smaller of the nominal force command and the maximum command force.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2017Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: SAFRAN LANDING SYSTEMSInventor: Clement Gorce
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Patent number: 10364546Abstract: A distance obtaining unit obtains the distance between a work implement and a design terrain. A work aspect determining unit determines a work aspect by the work implement. A limit velocity deciding unit limits the velocity of the work implement when the distance between the work implement and the design terrain becomes smaller. When the work aspect is surface compaction work and the distance between the work implement and the design terrain is within a first range of at least a portion that is equal to or less than a predetermined first distance, the limit velocity deciding unit increases the limit velocity of the work implement in comparison to when the work aspect is an aspect of a work other than surface compaction, or cancels the limiting of the velocity of the work implement.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2016Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.Inventors: Yuki Shimano, Tomohiro Nakagawa, Masashi Ichihara, Jin Kitajima
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Patent number: 10345108Abstract: A computer-implemented system and method distilling three-dimensional structure to a two-dimensional raster with multiple discrete planes for purposes of safe and accurate route planning including a map generator (100), pixel encoder (102), map transformer (106), and route generator (108). The map generator (100) generates a raster map by populating a blank map canvas with raster and vector data on a per-pixel basis and obtains values for pixels from the pixel encoder (102). The pixel encoder (102) encodes type, plane, and elevator information of features into pixels. The map transformer (106) converts the map produced by the map generator (100) into a weighted graph of nodes and edges suitable for route generation. The route generator (108) generates routes using the graph produced by the map transformer (106).Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2012Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: Polaris Industries Inc.Inventors: Erik Stephen Freed, Kyle Kenneth Estes, Randy Len Milbert
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Patent number: 10336341Abstract: A vehicle control-system includes an automated driving controller and a vehicle-side communication section. The automated driving controller executes automated driving in which at least one out of speed control or steering control of a vehicle is performed automatically, and executes automated driving in a mode from out of plural modes with differing degrees of automated driving. The vehicle-side communication section communicates with a server for managing characteristic information of a vehicle occupant. The automated driving controller controls automated driving based on the characteristic information of the vehicle occupant received from a server-side communication section using the vehicle-side communication section.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2017Date of Patent: July 2, 2019Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Masahiko Asakura, Kunimichi Hatano, Naoto Sen, Masaaki Abe
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Patent number: 10331131Abstract: Systems and associated methods for rapid integration and control of payloads carried by a multi-mode unmanned vehicle configured to accommodate a variety of payloads of varying size, shape, and interface and control characteristics. Mechanical, power, signal, and logical interfaces to a variety of payloads operate to enable environmental protection, efficient placement and connection to the vehicle, and control of those payloads in multiple environmental modes as well as operational modes (including in air, on the surface of water surface, and underwater).Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2017Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: Unmanned Innovations, Inc.Inventors: Bruce Becker Hanson, Thomas Edward Hanson
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Patent number: 10319241Abstract: Disclosed is a novel system and method for adjusting a flight path of an aircraft. The method begins with computing a flight path of an aircraft from a starting point to an ending point which incorporates predicted weather effects at different points in space and time. An iterative loop is entered for the flight path. Each of the following steps are performed in the iterative loop. First lift data is accessed from a fine-grain weather model associated with a geographic region of interest. The lift data is data to calculate a force that directly opposes a weight of the aircraft. In addition, lift data is accessed from sensors coupled to the aircraft. The lift data is one or more of 1) thermal data, 2) ridge lift data, 3) wave lift data, 3) convergence lift data, and 4) a dynamic soaring lift data. Numerous embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2018Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Timothy M. Lynar, Olivia J. Smith, John M. Wagner
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Patent number: 10318104Abstract: Some embodiments provide a navigation application. The navigation application includes an interface for receiving data describing junctures along a route from a first location on a map to a second location on the map. The data for each juncture includes a set of angles at which roads leave the juncture. The navigation application includes a juncture decoder for synthesizing, from the juncture data, instruction elements for each juncture that describe different aspects of a maneuver to be performed at the juncture. The navigation application includes an instruction generator for generating at least two different instruction sets for a maneuver by combining one or more of the instruction elements for the juncture at which the maneuver is to be performed. The navigation application includes an instruction retriever for selecting one of the different instruction sets for the maneuver according to a context in which the instruction set will be displayed.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2016Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Seejo K. Pylappan, Emanuele Vulcano, Bradford A. Moore, Marcel van Os