Patents Examined by Jonathan M Dager
  • Patent number: 12371032
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for user sensory control in a bounded space. In one embodiment, the techniques involve receiving user data, generating light data based on the user data and sensory data, generating scent data based on the user data and the sensory data, and controlling a light emission or a scent emission based on a combination of the light data and the scent data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Eric W. Brockwell, Babak Makkinejad
  • Patent number: 12371153
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a rotorcraft includes a control element; a first detent sensor connected to the control element, the first detent sensor being operable to generate detent slip rate data indicating movement of the control element and detent state data indicating pilot control of the control element; a first trim motor connected to the control element and operable to generate trim rate data; and an FCC in signal communication with the first detent sensor and the first trim motor, the FCC including an error monitor operable to compare the detent slip rate data with the trim rate data and determine whether the first detent sensor is functional or defective, operable to provide a first flight management function when the first detent sensor is determined to be functional, and operable to provide a second flight management function when the first detent sensor is determined to be defective.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: TEXTRON INNOVATIONS INC.
    Inventors: Jillian Samantha Alfred, Lan Nam Hoang, Clifton Lee Harrell
  • Patent number: 12366056
    Abstract: A work control method according to the present invention includes a construction machine control step (S1) of driving a movable part of a construction machine based on a first input value input for each process cycle that is periodically repeated; a posture detection step of detecting the position of the movable part as a posture detection value; a feedback input value computation step of computing a second input value that reduces an error between a target value of the movable part and the posture detection value; and an input value correction step of correcting a second input value by a correction amount computed based on the first input value and an estimated value of an arrival time for the movable part to reach the target value for each process cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroshi Yoshida
  • Patent number: 12361503
    Abstract: Driving timetable generation methods and electronic devices are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: IE-CHENG TECHNOLOGY (TIANJIN) CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chunming Li
  • Patent number: 12361505
    Abstract: The embodiments disclose a method including providing an aerial drone coupled wirelessly to a social distancing application on a user digital device, wherein the drone is coupled to solar cell panels for recharging its batteries, providing a strobe light coupled to the drone for signaling an S.O.S.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Inventors: William Hart, Edmond A. DeFrank, Antonio DeFrank, Nicolas DeFrank, Allen Mark Jones
  • Patent number: 12358496
    Abstract: Parking settings and map data indicative of parking locations in proximity to a structure that are available for the vehicle are maintained to a memory of a vehicle, the parking settings indicating a first time at which the vehicle is to enter an automatic parking mode in which the vehicle moves among the parking locations in proximity to the structure, and a second time at which the vehicle is to exit the automatic parking mode. In the automatic parking mode, responsive to the parking settings indicating an automated parking movement, the parking locations are selected from to determine a parking location into which to move the vehicle and the automated parking movement is performed using a virtual drive system of the vehicle to move the vehicle from a current parked location in proximity to the structure to the determined parking location in proximity to the structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Brendan F. Diamond, Jonathan Hair, Keith Weston, Stuart C. Salter, Michael Alan McNees
  • Patent number: 12351212
    Abstract: Provided is a system and method that can control a speed of an autonomous vehicle when approaching a vehicle on a shoulder based on a piecewise linear function. Further, the system and method may determine whether to perform a lane change based on various factors. In one example, the method may include storing a piecewise linear function, detecting a vehicle on a shoulder (VOS) of a road based on sensor data sensed by one or more sensors of an ego vehicle approaching the VOS, determining that the VOS is within a predefined distance of the ego vehicle, and in response to the determination, controlling the ego vehicle to slow down and then speed up based on the piecewise linear function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: EMBARK TRUCKS INC.
    Inventors: Mark Liu, Roya Sabbagh Novin
  • Patent number: 12344191
    Abstract: An autonomous vehicle (AV) security system comprising an autonomous vehicle (AV) having a vehicle sensor subsystem, vehicle drive subsystems, an in-vehicle control computer, and vehicle drive subsystems comprising an actuator mechanism configured to receive one or more commands, from an oversight system, for extending or retracting a stairs assembly, where the oversight system transmits the one or more commands to the autonomous control subsystem based on determining a risk of hijacking the AV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: TUSIMPLE, INC.
    Inventor: Mohammad Poorsartep
  • Patent number: 12345269
    Abstract: A method for operating an electric air compressor assembly. The assembly includes an electric motor and a compressor which is mechanically coupled to the electric motor and which is capable of providing compressed air to a tank The method comprises monitoring the temperature of at least one component of the electric air compressor assembly and controlling the motor speed as a function of said temperature running the motor at a first speed S1, which results in the temperature increasing; when the temperature reaches a temperature threshold, which is lower than a maximum admissible temperature, running the motor at a second speed S2>S1 until a predetermined desired pressure in the tank is reached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nathan Prod'homme, Hugo Bebon
  • Patent number: 12322292
    Abstract: An audio signal received at audio sensors of an aircraft is analyzed to determine directional information for a source of the audio signal. A location of the source of the audio signal is determined based on the directional information for the source of the audio signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignee: Zipline International, Inc.
    Inventors: Keenan A. Wyrobek, Matthew O. Derry, Rohit H. Sant, Gavin K Ananda Krishnan, Thomas O. Teisberg, Michael J. Demertzi
  • Patent number: 12311924
    Abstract: A driving support apparatus comprises a sensor for detecting an object, and a controller for prohibiting a collision control when an override condition is satisfied. The controller executes the collision control in a case where the override condition is satisfied during an erroneous operation, determines that an acceleration operation is the erroneous operation in a case where a predetermined normal erroneous operation condition is satisfied, or in a case where a predetermined relaxation erroneous operation condition is satisfied when a predetermined relaxation condition is satisfied, and determines that the relaxation condition is satisfied when a number of executions of the collision control during the erroneous operation in one trip is greater than or equal to a first threshold number or when a number of determinations that the acceleration operation is the erroneous operation in one trip is greater than or equal to a second threshold number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mafune Kakeshita, Toshifumi Kawasaki
  • Patent number: 12311800
    Abstract: A system and for performance prediction of an electric aircraft is disclosed. The system may include a controller including one or more processors configured to execute a set of program instructions stored in a memory. The set of program instructions may be configured to cause the one or more processors to receive aircraft data, route data, and environmental data. The aircraft data may include battery data of the battery of the electric aircraft. The system may also be configured to predict an available range based on the aircraft data and the environmental data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert W. Wallraff, Gilles Cochet
  • Patent number: 12311970
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide a method and apparatus for trajectory prediction, a device and a storage medium. The method includes that: location information of a reference end point of a moving object is determined according to location information of the moving object; a candidate trajectory set including multiple candidate trajectories is determined according to the location information of the moving object and the location information of the reference end point, wherein location information of an end point of each candidate trajectory is different from the location information of the reference end point; and a target trajectory of the moving object is determined from the candidate trajectory set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignees: SENSETIME GROUP LIMITED, HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Liangji Fang, Qinhong Jiang, Jianping Shi
  • Patent number: 12286204
    Abstract: A hybrid power generation plant system and method are disclosed, the system including but not limited to a plurality of diesel engines; an electrical bus switchably attached to the diesel engines, batteries switchably attached to the electrical bus; a tug boat propulsion load attached to the electrical bus; a diesel engine and a battery; a processor the executes a computer program; instructions to determine a current system load serviced by power provided from the hybrid power source; instructions to determine a current operating state for the diesel engine and the battery; instructions to determine a new operating state for the diesel engine and the battery to reduce power consumption servicing the current system load the diesel engine and the battery; and instructions to replace the current operating state for the diesel engine and the battery to the new operating state for the diesel engine and the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: Electronic Power Design, Inc.
    Inventors: John Bradford Janik, Berry Justin Rowden, Charles Sutherland, Prince Varghese, Felix Gonzalez
  • Patent number: 12280809
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of intelligent vehicles, and more specifically, to a human-machine shared control method based on trajectory prediction. It comprises: establishing a road-vehicle model based on vehicle-related parameters and then designing a path-tracking controller; further predicting the driver's driving trajectory, evaluating the driving risk, and switching the control power between the automatic system and the human driver based on the driving risk. The present invention ensures that when the driver's inputs will cause high risk to the vehicle, the driver's input is deprived of; and that when the driver's driving inputs will not cause high risk to the vehicle, the driving is carried out by the driver, so that in the case where the automatic system is having a problem, the driver can effectively realize a safe intervention, and the safety of the intelligent driving is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Guangdong University of Technology
    Inventors: Panshuo Li, Kunsong Lin, Xinduan Yang, Hongyi Li, Renquan Lu
  • Patent number: 12277860
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, using one or more sensors of a first vehicle, sensor data associated with an environment surrounding the first vehicle. The method includes detecting, using the sensor data, a second vehicle in the environment surrounding the first vehicle. The method includes determining, based on the sensor data, a first movement context associated with the first vehicle and a second movement context associated with the second vehicle. The method includes coordinating, via a ride matching system, movements between the first vehicle and the second vehicle based on the first movement context associated with the first vehicle and the second movement context associated with the second vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: Lyft, Inc.
    Inventors: Taggart Matthiesen, Jisi Guo, Sebastian Rolf Johan Brannstrom, Jess Garms
  • Patent number: 12275397
    Abstract: A method of preventing a blind spot collision includes recognizing a reflector installed on a road using a front camera, determining whether at least one other vehicle image exists in the reflector, determining whether the at least one other vehicle is a preceding vehicle or an opposite vehicle through image analysis when the at least one other vehicle image exists in the reflector, generating a braking command when the at least one other vehicle is the preceding vehicle, and generating a steering torque for maintaining a lane when the at least one other vehicle is the opposite vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hyun Chan Ahn
  • Patent number: 12271909
    Abstract: The present invention teaches a system having at least one plant system having at least a plurality of agents, having at least a plurality of autonomous mobile robots, movable machinery, and a plurality of sensors for generating data for use for the safety relevant securing of the plant system, wherein a local plant safety system associated with the plant system is present, wherein data of the local plant safety system are stored in a first database, wherein the local plant safety system has a first data model having datasets of the plant system, wherein a decentral public plant library system associated with the local plant safety system is present, wherein the plant safety system and the plant library system are connected to one another via an interface, and wherein data and datasets can be transmitted between the plant safety system and the plant library system via the interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: SICK AG
    Inventor: Mathias Ams
  • Patent number: 12269454
    Abstract: An aftermarket hybrid conversion system enables retrofitting existing combustion engine vehicles with electric assist capabilities. The system includes a variable speed electric motor with regenerative braking, coupled to the vehicle's drive shaft through a power input gearbox and torque converter. An energy storage system combines lithium polymer batteries and supercapacitors in parallel configuration, charged through regenerative braking and the vehicle's alternator. Steering wheel-mounted paddle shifters provide user control, with the left paddle engaging regenerative braking and the right paddle controlling electric assist power. An electrical controller manages power flow, implements safety protocols, and synchronizes motor operation. The system provides supplemental torque equivalent to the original engine's output while capturing otherwise wasted braking energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Inventor: Finn Heath
  • Patent number: 12245537
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method of controlling a mobile agricultural machine includes receiving field map data representing a first agricultural operation performed on a field, receiving a location sensor signal indicative of a sensed geographic location of the mobile agricultural machine on the field, the mobile agricultural machine having a plurality of sections that are independently controllable to perform a second agricultural operation on the field that is different than the first agricultural operation, and generating a control signal to control the plurality of sections based on the field map data and the location sensor signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Qiang R. Liu, Patrick C. Dougherty, Michael R. Moody, Ajit K. Thankappan Pillai