Patents Examined by Mahmoud S Ismail
  • Patent number: 11282393
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method, system, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for providing a pickup location. The pickup service method executable on a computer system, including displaying, by the at least one processor, one or more pickup candidate locations corresponding to a location associated with a user of an electronic device, on a map screen including the location, providing, by the at least one processor, guidance information on a pickup candidate location, which is selected by the user from among the one or more pickup candidate locations, on the map screen, and transmitting, by the at least one processor to a server, a pickup request including a final pickup candidate location that is selected by the user from among the one or more pickup candidate locations displayed on the map screen as a pickup location may be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Line Plus Corporation
    Inventors: KiYoung Yun, Changha Kim, Namyoon Kim, Dae Hyeon Lee, Cheol Hyun Park, Ky-Yong Sim, Hyesang Yu
  • Patent number: 11280623
    Abstract: A device can receive input indicating an intersection of two or more roads. The device can identify the two or more roads included in the input using an indicator. The device can determine a geographic location of another device using information that identifies the geographic location received from the other device. The device can identify a data structure that includes information identifying a set of intersections associated with the geographic location. The device can perform a search of the two or more roads using the information identifying the two or more roads and the information included in the data structure. The device can determine a priority for one or more results of the search for the intersection after performing the search of the two or more roads. The device can provide the one or more results of the search for the intersection to permit and/or cause an action to be performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Batta, Carolyn Vlach, Chad Kearney, Jonathan Harahush
  • Patent number: 11277957
    Abstract: Systems and methods for vehicle controllers for agricultural and industrial applications are described. For example, a method includes receiving image data, captured using one or more image sensors connected to a vehicle, depicting one or more plants in a vicinity of the vehicle; detecting the one or more plants based on the image data; responsive to detecting the one or more plants, adjusting implement control data; and controlling, based on the adjusted implement control data, an implement connected to the vehicle to perform an operation on the one or more plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Bear Flag Robotics, Inc.
    Inventors: David E. Bertucci, Igino C. Cafiero, Aubrey C. Donnellan, Thuy T. Nguyen, Vaibhav K. Viswanathan
  • Patent number: 11277956
    Abstract: Systems and methods for vehicle controllers for agricultural and industrial applications are described. For example, a method includes accessing a map data structure storing a map representing locations of physical objects in a geographic area; accessing current point cloud data captured using a distance sensor connected to a vehicle; detecting a crop row based on the current point cloud data; matching the detected crop row with a crop row represented in the map; determining an estimate of a current location of the vehicle based on a current position in relation to the detected crop row; and controlling one or more actuators to cause the vehicle to move from the current location of the vehicle to a target location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Bear Flag Robotics, Inc.
    Inventors: David E. Bertucci, Igino C. Cafiero, Aubrey C. Donnellan, Thuy T. Nguyen, Vaibhav K. Viswanathan
  • Patent number: 11270595
    Abstract: Systems and methods for aerial unmanned vehicle (for example, drone) early warning privacy breach detection, interception, and defense are disclosed. The system detects drones within a threshold distance of an individual or configurable location, notifies the individual of the drones' existence, tracks the drones, and executes countermeasures. The system can communicate with telecommunication networks or other sources (for example, FAA) to identify and filter out drones that are authorized to be in the airspace around the individual.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Yocam, Damon Laursen
  • Patent number: 11269337
    Abstract: A management system of a work site includes a guidance unit which outputs, to a manned vehicle of a work site, guidance data for guiding the manned vehicle to an unmanned vehicle stopped due to occurrence of an abnormality at the work site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventor: Tsugio Sudou
  • Patent number: 11254327
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to present anticipated vehicle maneuvers to a passenger are disclosed. An example method includes determining an anticipated autonomous maneuver of a vehicle based on collected information corresponding to autonomous operation of the vehicle, determining a notification type to present to a passenger device based on a device type, and presenting the anticipated autonomous maneuver to a user via the passenger device based on the notification type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventor: Brandon Beauvais
  • Patent number: 11256260
    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: October 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Waymo LLC
    Inventors: Guillaume Dupre, Benjamin Charrow
  • Patent number: 11242045
    Abstract: There is provided a hybrid vehicle that suppresses the driver from feeling slow. At the time of a predetermined request that requires fuel injection of an engine in the state of motoring the engine under fuel cutting by a first motor at a rotation speed that is higher than an upper limit rotation speed during fuel injection of the engine, the hybrid vehicle waits until the rotation speed of the engine becomes equal to or lower than the upper limit rotation speed and then starts fuel injection of the engine. At the time of the predetermined request, the hybrid vehicle causes the rotation speed of the engine to be decreased by the first motor until the rotation speed of the engine becomes equal to or lower than the upper limit rotation speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Jun Konishi
  • Patent number: 11240966
    Abstract: Mowing systems include a mower and, optionally, a remote control unit such as a handheld unit, between which may be provided 1- or 2-way communications. Components and features are included in the mower, the remote control unit, or both to enhance the safety, functionality, or user experience of the system's user/operator. One aspect relates to monitoring a tilt angle of the mower, and defining or executing different system responses as a function of different first and second conditions that relate to the tilt angle. Another aspect relates to automatic adjustment of a speed setting of the mower's drive system as a function of a power takeoff (PTO) unit of the mower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: Embankscape Equipment LLC
    Inventor: Michael D. Brandt
  • Patent number: 11242050
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing navigation to a vehicle may include receiving observation data from one or more sensors of the vehicle, generating projection data corresponding to the one or more traffic participants based on the observation data for each time step within a time period, and predicting interactions between the vehicle, the one or more traffic participants, and the one or more obstacles, based on the projection data of the one or more traffic participants. The systems and methods may further include determining a set of actions by the vehicle corresponding to a probability of the vehicle safely arriving at a target location based on the predicted interactions, and selecting one or more actions from the set of actions and provide the one or more actions to a navigation system of the vehicle, wherein the navigation system uses the navigation data to provide navigation instructions to the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Maxime Bouton, Alireza Nakhaei Sarvedani, Kikuo Fujimura, Mykel John Kochenderfer
  • Patent number: 11235759
    Abstract: A vehicle that includes: an input device that is configured to receive a user command from a user; and a controller that is configured to: obtain vehicle driving information, based on the vehicle driving information, control the vehicle to travel autonomously, determine whether the user command is inconsistent with the vehicle driving information, based on a determination that the user command is inconsistent with the vehicle driving information, determine to ignore the user command, in response to a determination to ignore the user command, control the vehicle based on the vehicle driving information without the user command, based on a determination that the user command is consistent with the vehicle driving information, determine to apply the user command, and in response to a determination to apply the user command, control the vehicle based on the vehicle driving information and the user command is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Cheolmun Kim, Sanghyuk Lee, Jonghwa Yoon
  • Patent number: 11230273
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for autonomously controlling a vehicle performed by a vehicle control system, the vehicle control system comprising a zone control system, a collision prediction system and a braking control system, the method comprising the steps of: defining in the zone control system at least a first zone and a second zone relative to a vehicle position, predicting a collision with an obstacle with the prediction system, autonomously braking the vehicle with the braking control system in a first braking mode if the collision is predicted to occur in the first zone and braking the vehicle with the braking control system in a second braking mode if the collision is predicted to occur in the second zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: LIEBHERR MINING EQUIPMENT NEWPORT NEWS CO.
    Inventor: James Whitfield, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11230290
    Abstract: A vehicle control device (1) includes an automated driving control unit (100) configured to execute automated driving of a vehicle and an acquisition unit (124) configured to acquire movement states in a running direction and a lateral direction of the vehicle. The automated driving control unit is configured to execute the automated driving such that the movement states which have been acquired by the acquisition unit before the automated driving has been started are maintained in a predetermined time or a predetermined distance when automated driving has been started by switching from manual driving.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Ishioka, Akira Mizutani, Toru Kokaki
  • Patent number: 11231286
    Abstract: A system can analyze a sensor view of a surrounding area of a self-driving vehicle (SDV). Based on analyzing the sensor view, the system can determine that a decision point along a current route of the SDV exceeds a predetermined risk threshold, and diverge the SDV from the current route based at least in part on the decision point exceeding the predetermined risk threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: UATC, LLC
    Inventors: Anthony Stentz, Bryan Nagy
  • Patent number: 11231709
    Abstract: An autonomous vehicle mode regulator system and method comprise transmitting authorization signals from autonomous driving infrastructure on a roadway to a controller module to authorize or inhibit operation of a vehicle in different levels of automation. The controller module controls the level of automation under which the autonomous driving system of the vehicle operates based on the signals received from the autonomous driving infrastructure. In this regard, the controller module can prevent the autonomous driving system of the vehicle from operating in certain levels of automation unless appropriate authorizations signals are received. Similarly, the controller module can permit or even require operation of the vehicle in certain levels of automation upon receipt of certain authorization signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Inventors: Arnold Chase, William Chase
  • Patent number: 11231097
    Abstract: A differential arrangement having a gear stage that includes at least one input element and at least two output elements is provided. The at least one output element is connected to at least one electrical device in order to distribute torque.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Matthias Lang, Rainer Gugel, David Mueller
  • Patent number: 11226627
    Abstract: A system for moving material from a first location to a second location includes a planning system to identify an initial spot location. A perception sensor is configured to generate perception signals indicative of whether an obstacle is in the path between a material carrying machine and the initial spot location. An alternate spot location is determined if an obstacle is in the path and a propulsion command is generated to move the material carrying machine from the current pose to the alternate spot location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Caterpillar Global Mining LLC
    Inventors: Andrew J. Vitale, Bryan J. Everett, Mark H. Banham, Craig L. Koehrsen
  • Patent number: 11226619
    Abstract: A system and method for dynamically operating a drone safety system of a delivery drone. The method includes: receiving at least one terrain map; receiving a delivery request, wherein the delivery request includes a destination location and a delivery time; analyzing the received at least one terrain map and the delivery request to generate a navigation plan, wherein the navigation plan include a plurality of segments, wherein each of the plurality of segments include at least source coordinates, destination coordinates, an operation instruction to operate a drone safety system in case of failure of a delivery drone; and sending the navigation plan to the delivery drone for execution of the navigation plan at least in case of failure of the delivery drone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: FLYTREX AVIATION LTD.
    Inventors: Yariv Bash, Amit Regev
  • Patent number: 11214304
    Abstract: Inverter circuits are provided for motor winding sets, respectively. Control units are provided for the motor winding sets to generate control signals related to driving of the inverter circuits and control currents flowing through the motor winding sets, respectively, thereby controlling driving of a motor. The control mode includes a manual steering mode for controlling the motor according to a steering operation on a steering wheel by a driver and an automatic steering mode for controlling the motor independently of the steering operation on the steering wheel by the driver. The control units are capable of switching the control modes and differentiate the current control according to the control mode. By making the current control different according to the control mode, it is possible to attain optimal characteristics which correspond to each control mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsuko Oka, Nobuyori Nakajima, Go Endoh, Koichi Nakamura, Yosuke Ogi