Patents Examined by Jean W Charleston
  • Vehicle control system, vehicle control method, and storage medium
    Patent number: 11370416
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes a recognizer that recognizes a peripheral situation of a vehicle, a driving controller that automatically performs speed control and steering control of the vehicle on the basis of a recognition result of the recognizer, and a determiner that determines whether a predetermined condition indicating that automated parking is not adequate is satisfied when a user exits the vehicle. The driving controller causes the vehicle to start to travel from a stop state and stop at a parking lot in a case where it is determined by the determiner that the predetermined condition is not satisfied, and causes the vehicle not to start to travel from a stop state and stop at a parking lot in a case where it is determined by the determiner that the predetermined condition is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junpei Noguchi, Yasushi Shoda, Yuki Hara, Ryoma Taguchi, Yuta Takada
  • Seat adjustment method, apparatus, and system
    Patent number: 11364818
    Abstract: Provided are a seat adjustment method, apparatus, and system. The seat adjustment method includes: acquiring position information of a RFID tag, and acquiring seat arrangement information stored in the RFID tag; adjusting a seat corresponding to the RFID tag according to the position information of the RFID tag and the seat arrangement information stored in the RFID tag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Xiang Gao
  • Semantic label based filtering of objects in an image generated from high definition map data
    Patent number: 11365976
    Abstract: The autonomous vehicle generates an overlapped image by overlaying HD map data over sensor data and rendering the overlaid images. The visualization process is repeated as the vehicle drives along the route. The visualization may be displayed on a screen within the vehicle or at a remote device. The system performs reverse rendering of a scene based on map data from a selected point. For each line of sight originating at the selected point, the system identifies the farthest object in the map data. Accordingly, the system eliminates objects obstructing the view of the farthest objects in the HD map as viewed from the selected point. The system further allows filtering of objects using filtering criteria based on semantic labels. The system generates a view from the selected point such that 3D objects matching the filtering criteria are eliminated from the view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: NVIDIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gil Colgate, Mark Damon Wheeler
  • Apparatus for guiding route of vehicle based on mobile terminal, system including the same, and method thereof
    Patent number: 11367353
    Abstract: A system for guiding a route of a vehicle includes a vehicle terminal, a mobile terminal, and a telematics multimedia system (TMS) server, and the vehicle terminal includes a first processor configured to synchronize route information discovered and generated by the mobile terminal, search for a route to a destination based on traffic information, and determine an optimum route by comparing the searched route and the route information discovered by and received from the mobile terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Dae Gil Cho
  • Methods and apparatus for controlling landing gear retract braking
    Patent number: 11358710
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for controlling landing gear retract braking are described. A controller is to determine an on-ground status of a wheel of a landing gear. The controller is to generate a control signal based on the on-ground status of the wheel. The control signal is to initiate a retract braking process for the wheel. The retract braking process is to decelerate the wheel from a first rate of rotation to a second rate of rotation less than the first rate of rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Leo W. Plude, Malcolm S. Bryant
  • Soft-boundary based path optimization for complex scenes for autonomous driving vehicles
    Patent number: 11353878
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, an ADV includes a method to plan a path. The method selects a plurality of discrete points of a path to determine the obstacle cost for the path. For the discrete points that do not overlap with an obstacle, the method accumulates an obstacle cost of the path using a first cost function starting from the initial discrete point through the discrete points that are successively further away from the initial point until a first discrete point is determined to overlap with an obstacle. The method calculates an overlapping obstacle cost for the first discrete point using a second cost function. The second cost function is based on a distance of the first discrete point from the initial point of the path. The method accumulates the overlapping obstacle cost to the obstacle cost to determine the obstacle cost for the path that overlaps with an obstacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: BAIDU USA LLC
    Inventor: Fan Zhu
  • Vehicle occupant detection
    Patent number: 11345353
    Abstract: A computer in a vehicle that includes a processor and memory storing instructions executable by the processor. The instruction may include: receive an indication that the vehicle door is ajar; receive sensor data from a rotational-rate sensor in a vehicle; and based on the indication and sensor data, determine a traversal event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Dawei Luo, Jianbo Lu
  • Apparatus for controlling behavior of autonomous vehicle and method thereof
    Patent number: 11345385
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling a behavior of an autonomous vehicle includes: a joystick that inputs an adjustment value corresponding to an amount of manipulation by a user, and a controller to control the behavior of the autonomous vehicle based on the adjustment value corresponding to the amount of manipulation being input from the joystick.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ji Yoel Joeng
  • Method of operating a powertrain system during coasting operation
    Patent number: 11332138
    Abstract: A method of operating a powertrain system during coasting operation, wherein the powertrain system includes a driveline component (e.g., a transmission, drive shaft, differential, axle or wheel) having an output torque profile. The method includes: (i) determining a desired output torque transition profile for the driveline component between a first transition point before an end of a first state, and a second transition point after a beginning of a second state; and (ii) in response to a braking torque request, generating a friction braking torque command to operate a friction braking system, and adjusting the friction braking torque command during a transitional state between the first and second transition points by an amount corresponding to a difference between a magnitude of the output torque profile and a magnitude of the desired output torque transition profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Anthony H. Heap, Jordan Billet
  • Slip angle estimation device for a vehicle
    Patent number: 11332151
    Abstract: A slip angle estimation device for a vehicle comprises an imaging device for capturing an image of at least one of the front and the rear of the vehicle and a control unit. The imaging device is a CCD camera including a lens and an imaging sensor. The control unit is configured to determine a plurality of tracking points for a plurality of captured objects, determine an optical flow for the plurality of tracking points based on two images captured at predetermined elapsed time intervals, determine a vanishing point based on intersections of the plurality of optical flows, and calculate a slip angle of the vehicle based on a ratio of a horizontal distance between an image center and the vanishing point to a distance between a lens center of the CCD camera and an imaging sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroaki Sasaki, Hisanori Mitsumoto
  • Vehicle control device
    Patent number: 11325589
    Abstract: This vehicle control device comprises: action amount determination units that determine evasive action amounts indicating the degree of evasive action relative to a recognized obstacle; and a travel control unit that performs travel control whereby a vehicle is caused to take evasive action corresponding to the determined evasive action amount. The action amount determination units determine the amount of evasive action, according to user preferences for the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaaki Nagashima, Hideki Matsunaga, Takeru Goto, Hirokiyo Kasahara, Yoshimitsu Murahashi
  • Vehicle control system
    Patent number: 11327480
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes: a driving operation device provided in a vehicle and configured to accept a driving operation by a user; an operation terminal configured to be carried by the user and including an input/output unit configured to accept an input by the user and to output a signal; and a control device configured to control traveling of the vehicle based on a signal from the driving operation device and to execute remote parking processing to move the vehicle to a parking position based on a signal from the operation terminal. When the control device detects the driving operation based on a signal from the driving operation device during the remote parking processing, the control device executes suspension processing to stop the vehicle and to make the input/output unit notify that the driving operation device has been operated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junpei Noguchi, Masahiro Kowada, Miki Tsujino
  • Vehicle control system
    Patent number: 11327479
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes: a plurality of terminals configured to be carried by users; and a control device configured to execute remote parking processing to move a vehicle from a current position to a parking position and to park the vehicle at the parking position in response to an instruction from any of the terminals. The control device is configured to execute starting processing to start operation of the vehicle in response to the instruction from any of the terminals. Once the control device executes the starting processing in response to an instruction from one of the terminals, the control device prohibits the remote parking processing in response to an instruction from any other of the terminals as long as the vehicle is in operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junpei Noguchi, Masahiro Kowada, Miki Tsujino
  • Autonomous vehicle having a configurable passenger seat
    Patent number: 11318865
    Abstract: An autonomous vehicle is provided. The autonomous vehicle includes a vehicle control device positioned proximate a forward end of the autonomous vehicle. The autonomous vehicle further includes a passenger seat. The passenger seat defines a seating orientation and is configurable in at least a first position and a second position. When the passenger seat is in the first position, the seating orientation is directed towards the rear end of the autonomous vehicle. In addition, the vehicle control device is substantially obscured from access from a passenger compartment of the autonomous vehicle. When the passenger seat is in the second position, the seating orientation is directed towards the forward end of the autonomous vehicle. In addition, the vehicle control device is accessible from the passenger compartment of the autonomous vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: UATC, LLC
    Inventor: Johad Husseini Ellis
  • Hyperassociation in episode memory
    Patent number: 11320820
    Abstract: An autonomous vehicle, system and method of operating the autonomous vehicle. The system includes an episodic memory, a hyper-association module and a navigation system. The episodic memory stores a plurality of episodes, recalls a plurality of candidate episodes in response to receiving a partial prefix and recalls a hypothesis episode in response to receiving an intermediate episode. The hyper-association module receives the plurality of candidate episodes from the episodic memory and obtains the intermediate episode from the plurality of candidate episodes. The navigation system navigates the autonomous vehicle using the hypothesis episode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Youngkwan Cho, Rajan Bhattacharyya, Michael J. Daily
  • Controller and control method
    Patent number: 11312367
    Abstract: A controller and a control method capable of appropriately assisting with a rider's operation while suppressing falling of a motorcycle, departure of the motorcycle from a lane, a difficulty of the motorcycle in adaptive cruise, and the like is disclosed. In the controller and the control method according to the present invention, in a control mode to make the motorcycle perform autonomous cruise acceleration operation, automatic acceleration that is acceleration generated to the motorcycle by the autonomous cruise acceleration operation is controlled in accordance with a lean angle of the motorcycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Yoshihide Igari
  • Methods of operating a rear wiper system and a full display mirror system of a vehicle
    Patent number: 11312336
    Abstract: A method of operating a rear wiper system of a vehicle that includes monitoring an operational status of a full display mirror system of the vehicle, and automatically activating the rear wiper system when the full display mirror system is switched from an active mode to an inactive mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Erik F. de Almeida, Douglas R. Kaltenmark, Osamu Tsurumiya
  • Apparatus for controlling parking of a vehicle, system having the same and method for the same
    Patent number: 11312369
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling parking of a vehicle, a system having the same, and a method for the same are provided. The apparatus for controlling parking of a vehicle includes a processor to stop the vehicle when the vehicle arrives at a target parking space while performing an automatic parking of the vehicle to the target parking space, to adjust a steering angle, and to terminate the automatic parking after moving the vehicle for a predetermined distance when the steering angle is adjusted and the steering angle is greater than a preset threshold angle and a storage to store a parking path and the threshold angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gil Won Seo, Su Min Choi, Ki Ho Lee, Jin Ho Park
  • Vehicle control system, vehicle control method, and storage medium
    Patent number: 11305769
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes: a recognizer that recognizes a surrounding environment of a vehicle; a driving controller that performs speed control and steering control of the vehicle regardless of an operation of an occupant on the basis of a recognition result obtained by the recognizer; and a wiper controller that controls a wiper attached to a window of the vehicle, wherein the wiper controller changes a degree of operation of the wiper according to a boarding position and a degree of approach when the vehicle moves to the boarding position at which an occupant boards the vehicle after the vehicle starts traveling under the control of the driving controller or when the vehicle starts traveling to move away from the boarding position under the control of the driving controller after the occupant alights from the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junpei Noguchi, Yasushi Shoda, Yuki Hara, Ryoma Taguchi, Yuta Takada
  • Data processing device, drone, and control device, method, and processing program therefor
    Patent number: 11302203
    Abstract: Provided is a technique for controlling an unmanned aerial vehicle in flight according to a battery level. A drone control device controls a drone according to a battery level, including: a flight distance calculation unit, calculating a flight distance according to an airframe position at any time point and a landing place of the drone; a battery status acquisition unit, acquiring the battery level of the drone; an estimated battery consumption calculation unit, calculating an estimated battery consumption when the drone flies over the flight distance calculated by the flight distance calculation unit; and a return decision unit, deciding, on the basis of the battery level of the drone and the estimated battery consumption, whether the drone is capable of flying over the flight distance and return.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: TOPCON CORPORATION
    Inventor: You Sasaki