Patents Examined by Jalal C Coduroglu
  • Patent number: 12377848
    Abstract: A method of outputting a prompt information, a device, a medium, and a vehicle, which relate to a field of artificial intelligence, in particular to a field of assisted driving, a field of intelligent transportation and a field of computer vision. The method of outputting the prompt information may include: determining a type of an auxiliary prompt information in response to a determination that the auxiliary prompt information is required to be output, wherein the determination that the auxiliary prompt information is required to be output is performed according to a navigation information and an environment information; determining an output time of the auxiliary prompt information according to the type of the auxiliary prompt information; and outputting the auxiliary prompt information in response to the output time being reached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignee: BEIJING BAIDU NETCOM SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xin Zhang
  • Patent number: 12379730
    Abstract: A system for flight control configured for use in an electric aircraft includes an inertial measurement unit (IMU) and configured to detect an aircraft angle and an aircraft angle rate. The system includes a flight controller including an outer loop controller configured to receive the input datum from the sensor, receive the aircraft angle from the IMU, and generate a rate setpoint as a function of the input datum. The system includes an inner loop controller configured to receive the aircraft angle rate, receive the rate setpoint from the outer loop controller, and generate a moment datum as a function of the rate setpoint. The system includes a mixer configured to receive the moment datum, perform a torque allocation as a function of the moment datum, and generate a motor command datum as a function of the torque allocation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignee: BETA AIR LLC
    Inventors: Nicholas Moy, Joshua E. Auerbach
  • Patent number: 12371022
    Abstract: A control system for controlling a powertrain of an electric or hybrid electric vehicle is disclosed. The powertrain comprises a battery and a traction motor and is operable in a regenerative braking mode. The control system is configured to generate a deceleration target for the vehicle in the regenerative braking mode, and to generate a torque command for the traction motor based on the deceleration target. By generating a deceleration target for the vehicle during regenerative braking and using the deceleration target to control the torque of the traction motor, more consistent regenerative braking may be provided, particularly when the vehicle is used to carry different loads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: Cummins Inc.
    Inventors: Jaime Antonio Lugo-Castillo, Sathya Narayanan Hariharan, Yuanchun Cai, Balan Mariappan Selvaraj, Richard A. Booth
  • Patent number: 12365266
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for management of an energy storage system (ESS) of a vehicle, wherein said vehicle comprises a vehicle control unit (VCU) and an energy storage control management unit (ESCM), wherein said ESS comprises at least two battery units electrically connected in parallel to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Faisal Altaf, Anton Klintberg
  • Patent number: 12365481
    Abstract: Disclosed are a flight control apparatus for an aerial vehicle and a method of operating the same. The flight control apparatus includes a communication circuit that establishes communication with a control system and receive first information related to operation information for controlling flight of an aerial vehicle from the control system, a sensor that obtains second information related to flight data of the aerial vehicle, a memory that stores a prediction model for predicting a flight state of the aerial vehicle based on the first information and the second information, and a flight parameter estimation value including at least one of a landing gear spring coefficient, an aerodynamic coefficient, a friction coefficient, an control surface effect, a thrust coefficient, or inertia moment or any combination thereof or any combination thereof, and a processor that is electrically connected to the communication circuit, the sensor, and the memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Hong Ju Lee, Gun Hee Moon, Hye In Jung, Kyu Nam Kim, Hyun Jee Ryu, Chang Hyun Sung, Jun Young Lim
  • Patent number: 12358648
    Abstract: A control device includes a computation section that computes information related to an effect of radiation received by a rover based on error information of a processing device provided to the rover, and a control section that performs control so as to reduce the effect of radiation received by the rover based on the information related to an effect of radiation computed by the computation section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Noriyuki Nishi, Hiroaki Hanzawa
  • Patent number: 12337983
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to controlling an aircraft to avoid overheating components. In one embodiment, a method is disclosed, comprising: receiving first sensor data indicating at least one attribute of high voltage wiring of the aircraft; receiving a state of operation of the aircraft; determining a proximity of a temperature of the high voltage wiring to a temperature limit based on the first sensor data and the state of operation of the aircraft; and controlling at least one electric propulsion unit of the aircraft to avoid exceeding the temperature limit based on the determined proximity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2025
    Assignee: ARCHER AVIATION INC.
    Inventors: Saienath Poopalarajah, Paul Frihauf, Geoffrey Christien Bower
  • Patent number: 12340707
    Abstract: A method for validating a terrain database includes a step of simulating flights based on trajectory data for an aircraft, the flight simulations being speeded up, a step of determining terrain collision risks by means of a system for signalling terrain collision risks based on the speeded-up flight simulations, a step of determining the origins of terrain collision risks with a view to validating or not validating the terrain database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2025
    Assignee: THALES
    Inventors: Vincent Savarit, Stéphane Fleury, Betty Bastareaud
  • Patent number: 12330800
    Abstract: Provided is an aerial vehicle including an emergency control device through power regulation. The aerial vehicle includes a power unit configured to supply power for the aerial vehicle, a flight control device configured to receive a wireless control signal from control terminal, and control a movement of the aerial vehicle based on the received control signal, and a power regulation device arranged between the power unit and the flight control device and configured to transmit the power from the power unit to the flight control device, wherein the power regulation device includes a communication unit configured to externally receive an emergency control signal through certain radio waves, a verification unit configured to verify whether the received emergency control signal is given according to a predetermined authority, and a power regulation unit configured to cut off the power supplied from the power unit to the flight control device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: FORDRONE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Weon Kook Kim, Jin Kyo Shin, Kwang Rae Kim, Young Ju Jeong, Gang Hyeon Lee
  • Patent number: 12325539
    Abstract: An exploration method includes: a step of exploring a natural resource on a satellite, a minor planet, or a planet; a step of acquiring the natural resource detected by the exploration; and a step of storing the acquired natural resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2025
    Assignee: ispace, Inc.
    Inventors: Takeshi Hakamada, Takahiro Nakamura, John Walker, Toshiro Shimizu, Toshiki Tanaka, Daisuke Furutomo, Yu Kudo, Kiyona Miyamoto, Daishi Matsukura, Mohamed Ragab, Abdelkader Haouchine, Damien Haikal, Chit Hong Yam, Julian Jakub Gramatyka
  • Patent number: 12319435
    Abstract: A method for piloting a pre-existing aircraft comprising the following steps: integrating an alternative piloting system (1) into the pre-existing aircraft; connecting the aircraft (200) and a ground station in which a ground pilot (207) is positioned; when the aircraft is in a normal state, having the aircraft piloted by a nominal crew; using detection means to detect the occurrence of an emergency situation and, when the occurrence of the emergency is detected: making the ground pilot (207) operational, so that the ground pilot can produce an aircraft ground piloting set-point; transmitting the ground piloting setpoint to the aircraft; using the alternative piloting system to acquire and transmit the ground piloting setpoint to the aircraft flight control system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignees: SAFRAN ELECTRONICS & DEFENSE, ST ENGINEERING AEROSPACE LTD
    Inventors: Eric Walter, Julien Farjon, Mikaël Diaz, Nicolas Cadalen, Philippe Tranie, Ng Kwee Chye, Hoon Ta Huang Jackson
  • Patent number: 12319423
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for correcting the thrust vector created by a thrust unit associated with electrical correction means of the thrust vector. Such a thrust unit comprises a mechanical rotor moved in rotation by a rotary shaft of an internal combustion engine in response to a power command. Such a method comprises a step of generating this latter in order to reduce the error value between a rotation speed setpoint and a measured rotation speed of the shaft of the internal combustion engine and thus to correct the speed of the shaft of said internal combustion engine. The method also comprises a step of generating an actuation command of thrust vector electrical correction means generated based on the error value independently of the speed correction of the shaft of the internal combustion engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignee: ZIPAIR
    Inventors: Frankie Zapata, Laurent Aulagnier, Adrien Uhl
  • Patent number: 12313413
    Abstract: A system for routing a vehicle based on clearance height of the vehicle includes a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) for determining a geographical location of the vehicle, a vehicle communication system for communicating with external systems, and a controller in electrical communication with the GNSS and the vehicle communication system. The controller is programmed to receive a navigation request from an occupant of the vehicle and determine a vehicle clearance height. The controller is further programmed to determine a navigation route using at least the GNSS and the vehicle communication system in response to receiving the navigation request, where the navigation route is based at least in part on the vehicle clearance height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Donald K. Grimm, Talus Park, Tomislav Babic
  • Patent number: 12296707
    Abstract: An operation management device includes: an information acquisition unit configured to acquire information necessary for charging an on-vehicle battery of a vehicle entering a charging facility in which charging spaces coexist, power transmission devices having different amounts of transmission power being installed in the charging spaces; and an optimization unit configured to optimize a charging schedule for increasing a charge amount of the on-vehicle battery to a target charging level by charging with an available power transmission device in the charging spaces based on the acquired information so that power consumption in the charging facility is suppressed to a maximum allowable power amount or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: IHI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kenji Nishimura
  • Patent number: 12291219
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed that relate to testing processing elements of an integrated processing system. A first system test may be performed on a first processing element of an integrated processing system. The first system test may be based at least on accessing a test node associated with the first processing element. The first system test may be accessed using a first local test controller. A second system test may be performed on a second processing element of the integrated processing system. The second system test may be based at least on accessing a second test node associated with the second processing element. The second system test may be accessed using a second local test controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: NVIDIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Anitha Kalva, Jae Wu, Shantanu Sarangi, Sailendra Chadalavada, Milind Sonawane, Chen Fang, Abilash Nerallapally
  • Patent number: 12288471
    Abstract: In an aspect an apparatus for determining a most limiting parameter of an electric aircraft is presented. An apparatus includes at least a processor and a memory communicatively connected to the at least a processor. A memory contains instructions configuring at least a processor to receive aircraft data from a sensing device. A sensing device is configured to measure a parameter of an electric aircraft and generate aircraft data. At least a processor is configured to determine a most limiting parameter of an electric aircraft as a function of aircraft data. At least a processor is configured to communicate a most limiting parameter to a pilot indicator in communication with the at least a processor and memory communicatively connected to the at least a processor. A pilot indicator is configured to display a most limiting parameter to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: BETA AIR LLC
    Inventors: Herman Wiegman, Thomas Henck, Sarah Overfield, Richard Donnelly
  • Patent number: 12286236
    Abstract: Systems and methods for locating UAV. The methods comprise: causing a physical joining of a payload with a fuselage of the UAV (where the payload comprises a communication relay); using a power source to supply power to the payload that is independent from a main power source of the UAV; and continuing to perform relay operations by the communication relay and location operations by a first locator, when power is no longer being supplied by the main power source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: L3Harris Global Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Burke, Richard J. Nink, Joel Womack, Malcolm Packer, Thomas Howe, Aaron Hendershot
  • Patent number: 12286241
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for maintaining a spacecraft near an orbit comprises steps of detecting that a distance from the spacecraft to the orbit is greater than a spacecraft threshold and in response, linearizing dynamics of the spacecraft from a current time over a time horizon with respect to a high-fidelity reference trajectory to produce a state transition matrix (STM) for an uncontrolled motion of the spacecraft within the time horizon. The STM includes non-expanding eigenvectors with magnitudes less than or equal to one and expanding eigenvectors with magnitudes greater than one. The method further comprises determining a control action that changes an upcoming state of the spacecraft to a linear combination of the non-expanding eigenvectors of the STM and generating a control command to an actuator of the spacecraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Avishai Weiss, Purnanand Elango, Stefano Di Cairano, Uros Kalabic
  • Patent number: 12286138
    Abstract: According to one aspect, systems and techniques for adaptive trust calibration may include usage of a driving style predictor, including a memory and a processor. The memory may store one or more instructions and the processor may execute one or more of the instructions stored on the memory to perform one or more acts, actions, or steps, such as receiving a current automated vehicle (AV) driving style, receiving an indication of an event and an associated event type, receiving an indication of a driver takeover, concatenating the current AV driving style and one or more of the event type or the driver takeover to generate an input, and passing the input through a neural network, which may include a gated recurrent unit (GRU), to generate a preference change associated with the AV driving style.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kumar Akash, Teruhisa Misu, Zhaobo K. Zheng
  • Patent number: 12281915
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method and a device for generating a VRU path map related to a moving path of a VRU by a first device in a wireless communication system supporting a sidelink according to various embodiments. Disclosed are a method and a device therefor, the method comprising the steps of: collecting a plurality of VRU moving paths from a plurality of VRU messages; generating a VRU path map on the basis of the plurality of VRU moving paths; and transmitting a first message including information on the VRU path map, wherein the SoftV2X server determines, on the basis of path data, joints where two or more VRU paths are branched, determines a VRU path located between two joints on the basis of the determined joints, generates node information on the VRU path on the basis of the path data, and generates the VRU path map including the node information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jaeho Hwang, Hakseong Kim, Hanbyul Seo