Patents Examined by Mahmoud S Ismail
  • Patent number: 12123170
    Abstract: There are provided: a monitoring apparatus that detects an obstacle located around a hydraulic excavator, and outputs obstacle information; and a controller that calculates an operation limiting command for limiting operation of the hydraulic excavator in accordance with an intrusion prohibited area set on the basis of a result of comparison between a movable range of the hydraulic excavator and a monitoring range of the monitoring apparatus and in accordance with the obstacle information from the monitoring apparatus. Thereby, it is possible to appropriately set an intrusion prohibited area, and reduce detection failures and detection errors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hidekazu Moriki, Takuya Naka, Shinya Imura
  • Patent number: 12124263
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide for generation of trajectories for a vehicle driving in an autonomous driving mode. In one instance, a default number of trajectories to be generated may be identified. A set of maneuvering options may be selected from a set of predetermined maneuvering options based on the number of trajectories. The set of maneuvering options may be filtered based on the default number of trajectories. A set of trajectories may be generated based on the filtered set of maneuvering option such that each trajectory of the set corresponds to a different maneuvering behavior. A cost for each trajectory of the set of trajectories may be determined, and one of the trajectories of the set of trajectories may be selected based on the determined costs. The vehicle may be maneuvered in the autonomous driving mode according to the selected one of the trajectories.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: Waymo LLC
    Inventors: Guillaume Dupre, Benjamin Charrow
  • Patent number: 12125321
    Abstract: A method includes receiving, from a mobile device disposed within a vehicle, a set of sensor measurements collected from an accelerometer of the mobile device during a first time period and converting the set of sensor measurements into a frequency domain. The method also includes filtering the set of sensor measurements to eliminate high frequency sensor measurements and defining a set of contiguous windows based on a remaining sensor measurements in the set of sensor measurements. Each contiguous window of the set of contiguous windows represents a contiguous portion of the remaining sensor measurements. The method further includes generating, for each contiguous window of the set of contiguous windows, a set of features by resampling the remaining sensor measurements of the contiguous window at one or more predefined frequencies and generating an estimated speed of the vehicle during the first time period using the set of features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: CAMBRIDGE MOBILE TELEMATICS INC.
    Inventors: Sushrut Karnik, Burak Erem, Yuting Qi, Sanujit Sahoo, Harrison Kitchen
  • Patent number: 12123733
    Abstract: Methods, systems, devices, and tangible non-transitory computer readable media for surface detection and geolocation are provided. The disclosed technology can receive location request data associated with a request for a geographic location of a user device in an environment. Based on the location request data, images of segments of a surface of the environment can be accessed. The geographic location of the user device can be determined based on the segment signatures that match stored segment signatures respectively associated with stored geographic locations. The segment signatures can be based on the images of the segments of the surface of the environment. Map data including information associated with a geographic area can be accessed. Furthermore, indications can be generated and the indications can include information associated with the geographic location of the user device within the geographic area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventor: Alexander Yuryevich Tesov
  • Patent number: 12117306
    Abstract: Navigation devices and methods of operation are provided. The navigation device includes a communication unit; a display; an input unit for receiving an input of data; a communication unit; and a controller for controlling operation of the display and the input unit. The controller connects to a data server through the communication unit, requests path setting information to the data server, receives the path setting information from the data server, acquires present position information of the navigation device, acquires a user moving path by reflecting the acquired position information and the received path setting information, and sets the user moving path as a guidance path. In this case, the path setting information is generated in another electronic device or the data server based on user input information input from the another electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: THINKWARE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hyungjun Kim, Taekyu Han
  • Patent number: 12106673
    Abstract: A piloting assistance system for assisting the piloting of a vehicle, the piloting assistance system comprising at least one display and a plurality of sensors for each measuring a value of a given parameter, the at least one display being configured to display a symbol carrying the value, the plurality of sensors comprising redundant sensors with a redundancy of order three or higher. The piloting assistance system comprises a display controller configured to select, according to stored logic, a selected sensor from the plurality of sensors, the at least one display using the value of the parameter measured with the selected sensor to display the symbol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS
    Inventor: Herve Larminier
  • Patent number: 12100226
    Abstract: An electronic device configured to control a host vehicle includes: an image sensor configured to photograph a surrounding environment of the host vehicle; and a processor configured to perform an image processing operation based on a first image captured by the image sensor, and control the host vehicle based on the processing result, wherein the processor determines whether to use a high speed performance of the image processing operation based on a speed of the host vehicle, and the electronic device is configured such that when the high speed performance is not used, the processor performs the image processing operation by using a first image processing module, and when the high speed performance is used, the processor performs the image processing operation by using a second image processing module having less data throughput than the first image processing module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyoungyoung Kim, Sangsoo Ko, Byeoungsu Kim, Sanghyuck Ha
  • Patent number: 12090998
    Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus selects at least one oncoming vehicle and sets the selected oncoming vehicle as a control target vehicle when an own vehicle turns right or left in a traffic intersection, acquires a first index value which represents a collision probability, and executes a collision avoiding control when the first index value satisfies a predetermined condition. The vehicle control apparatus calculates a second index value which represents a degree of turning of the own vehicle, moves an area used to select the control target vehicle toward the own vehicle in an opposite direction to a turning direction of the own vehicle as the second index value increases, and selects, as the control target vehicle, the oncoming vehicle which has been in the area for a predetermined time threshold or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenichi Shimizu, Arifumi Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 12094023
    Abstract: A system included and a computer-implemented method performed in an autonomous-driving vehicle are described. The system performs: receive a request to meet a person at a location; drive the vehicle to the location; identify the person at the location; and providing an instruction for the person to interact with the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Inventors: Peter G. Diehl, Cheng Jin
  • Patent number: 12090928
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a motor vehicle including at least one optical surroundings sensor which has a detection range in a detection direction. The motor vehicle further includes a deflection arrangement for the surroundings sensor. The deflection arrangement includes an optical arrangement configured to deflect the detection direction and the entire detection range, and an adjustment device configured to move the optical arrangement into and out of the detection range of the surroundings sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Audi AG
    Inventors: Stefan Krämer, Marvin Raaijmakers
  • Patent number: 12084071
    Abstract: Techniques for analyzing driving simulations and determining simulation stability metrics are discussed herein. Various techniques may include receiving a driving simulation and determining a number of perturbed simulations based on the driving simulation. The perturbed simulations may include, for example, one or more perturbed object attributes, perturbed simulation failure conditions, and/or perturbed behaviors of the vehicle system on which the simulation is executed. The perturbed simulations may be executed, and the results may be analyzed to determine a stability score associated with the driving simulation. Stability scores for driving simulations may be determined and maintained based on different simulation data perturbations received based on perturbation models, and the stability scores may be used in various implementations to generate simulation batteries for regression testing and for analyzing and routing simulation failures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Zoox, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Gribble, Peter Scott Schleede
  • Patent number: 12089048
    Abstract: An in-vehicle system includes a zone control unit and lower-level control units. The zone control unit includes: a power supply control unit configured to control power supply to each of the lower-level control units; a communication control unit configured to control communication with each of the lower-level control units; and an abnormality detection unit configured to detect presence or absence of an abnormality in each of the lower-level control units. In a case in which an abnormality for two or more of elements including a power supply current value, a communication response time, and a MAC address is detected in at least one of the lower-level control units, the abnormality detection unit is configured to recognize that the at least one of the lower-level control units is an unauthorized device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jun Goto
  • Patent number: 12084122
    Abstract: A steering apparatus for vehicles that assists and controls a steering system includes a torsional angle control section that calculates a motor current command value to make the torsional angle follow a target torsional angle; the torsional angle control section includes a steering angle disturbance compensating section that calculates a first compensation motor current command value by performing filter processing to the detected steering angle, and the torsional angle control section performs compensation by the first compensation motor current command value in calculation of the motor current command value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Tsubaki, Hiroyasu Kumagai
  • Patent number: 12084084
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method comprising receiving a rideshare request from a user, the rideshare request including a destination; transporting the passenger to the destination using an autonomous vehicle (AV) having a plurality of windows comprising electrically switchable smart glass; during the transporting, monitoring a metric related to arrival of the AV at the destination; and untinting the windows when the monitored metric has a prescribed relationship to a threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: GM Cruise Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Kenneth Ferguson, Samuel Harrison Glidden, Maximilian Gerrit Euchenhofer, Jeffrey Brandon, Michael Frank Schmidt
  • Patent number: 12071800
    Abstract: A truck is provided that includes a bed section located rear of a cab section. The bed section is bounded on each side by opposing first and second upward-extending sidewalls, respectively. The truck also includes a truck bed cover that sits over the bed section on at least the first and second upward-extending sidewalls, and includes a door portion to create selective accessibility to the bed section of the pickup truck. The door portion is movable with respect to the first and second upward-extending sidewalls between open and closed positons via an automatic bed cover drive assembly that moves the door portion between open and closed positons according to a plurality of velocities within a predetermined variance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: Leer Group
    Inventor: Marcus K. Junod
  • Patent number: 12073446
    Abstract: A system can receive a transport request from a computing device of a requesting user, where the transport request indicates a service location. The system can determines a preliminary route for the transport request, and select an autonomous vehicle from a fleet of autonomous vehicles operating in the given area to service the transport request based on determining that the selected autonomous vehicle is capable of traversing the preliminary route without intervention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: Uber Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: William Ross, John Bares, David LaRose, Matthew Sweeney
  • Patent number: 12067818
    Abstract: To identify sources of data resulting from an execution flow in a robotic device such as an autonomous vehicle, an operating system receives sensor data from various sensors of the robotic device. For each sensor, the system generates a data log comprising an identifier of a first checkpoint associated with that sensor, as well as a first timestamp. The system performs an execution flow on the sensor data from that sensor. The system updates the data log to include an identifier and timestamp for one or more additional checkpoints during the execution flow. The system then fuses results, uses the fused data as an input for a decision process, and causes a component of the robotic device to take an action in response to an output of the decision process. The system may record the action, an action timestamp and the data logs for each sensor in a memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Argo AI, LLC
    Inventors: Guillaume Binet, Nicholas J. Meyer, Randall Nortman
  • Patent number: 12065060
    Abstract: An FCV includes: a driving device that generates traveling power by using at least one of FC energy and battery energy; and a display device that presents an indicator indicating the traveling power that is being generated by the driving device. When the traveling power is less than a threshold value, the driving device generates the traveling power by using one energy of the FC energy and the battery energy without using the other energy of the FC energy and the battery energy. When the traveling power is more than or equal to the threshold value, the driving device generates the traveling power by using both the FC energy and the battery energy. At the indicator, the display device presents information indicating the threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shinji Ichikawa
  • Patent number: 12067812
    Abstract: A system and method for collecting and evaluating data associated with operation of a vehicle. Vehicle trajectory data associated with operation of a vehicle is received from a device configured to collect the vehicle trajectory data. The vehicle trajectory data comprises time-marked and location-marked speed data. The vehicle trajectory data is segmented into one or more segments, each representing a pattern of driver behavior. Event data is retrieved from one or more databases and corresponds to a time associated with the time marking of the vehicle trajectory data and a location associated with the location marking of the vehicle trajectory data. The segments are correlated with the event data using the time and the location. The correlations are analyzed. Based on the analysis, associations between the vehicle trajectory data and the event data are determined. The associations represent a causal relationship between the segments and the event data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company
    Inventors: Robert B. Craig, SeyedSobhan MoosaviNejadDaryakenari
  • Patent number: 12058947
    Abstract: An apparatus for localizing an agricultural machine in an agricultural useful area. The apparatus includes an input interface configured to receive, as input, a route predefined in the useful area and image data related to a monitoring region of the useful area detected by a sensor and located in a vicinity of the agricultural machine. The apparatus also includes an evaluation unit configured to detect a position of the monitoring region with respect to the predefined route and an output interface configured to output the detected position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventors: Zhihu Chen, Benjamin Rippel