Patents Examined by Michael Lukon
  • Patent number: 12276982
    Abstract: A system installed in a vehicle includes a first group of sensing devices configured to allow a first level of autonomous operation of the vehicle; a second group of sensing devices configured to allow a second level of autonomous operation of the vehicle, the second group of sensing devices including primary sensing devices and backup sensing devices; a third group of sensing devices configured to allow the vehicle to perform a safe stop maneuver; and a control element communicatively coupled to the first group of sensing devices, the second group of sensing devices, and the third group of sensing devices. The control element is configured to: receive data from at least one of the first group, the second group, or the third group of sensing devices, and provide a control signal to a sensing device based on categorization information indicating a group to which the sensing device belongs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: TUSIMPLE, INC.
    Inventors: Xiaoling Han, Chenzhe Qian, Chiyu Zhang, Charles A. Price, Joshua Miguel Rodriguez, Lei Nie, Lingting Ge, Panqu Wang, Pengfei Chen, Shuhan Yang, Xiangchen Zhao, Xiaodi Hou, Zehua Huang
  • Patent number: 12252020
    Abstract: A method for monitoring and identifying sensor faults in an electric drive system of a vehicle includes collecting corresponding data using sensors in the electric drive system, inputting the collected data to an already-established sensor fault mode identification model, and determining whether a fault mode exists and a fault mode type based on the collected data using the sensor fault mode identification model. The method quickly determines the fault mode caused by a sensor fault in the electric drive system, and the fault mode type of the sensor fault.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Xiaoyun Zang
  • Patent number: 12254616
    Abstract: A vehicle comprising a track system can be monitored to obtain information regarding the vehicle, including information regarding the track system, such as an indication of a physical state of a track and/or other component of the track system based on at least on 3D recognition and/or 2D recognition of image data of a track system component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Camso Inc.
    Inventors: Ghislain Laperle, David Gingras
  • Patent number: 12250499
    Abstract: In some implementations, a device may receive, from a sensor of a vehicle, sensor data. The device may detect whether an event causing damage to the vehicle has occurred or is expected to occur based on the sensor data being greater than a threshold, wherein the threshold is based on an on-off status of the vehicle and a sensor type. The device may activate, based on whether the event has occurred or is expected to occur, a camera of the vehicle to capture video data of a scene associated with the vehicle. The device may transmit, to a server, an indication that indicates the event and the video data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Alyssa Scarbrough, John Hopkins, Zahra Hosseinimakarem, Yi Hu
  • Patent number: 12227112
    Abstract: A moving body control device controls a moving body that moves by a rotation of a motor. The moving body control device includes: a pinching detecting unit that detects pinching of an object based on a change in a physical quantity indicating a rotation state of the motor. The pinching detecting unit is configured to: determine that the pinching has occurred in a case in which a first difference of the physical quantity in a first period is equal to or greater than a first threshold value and a tendency of a change in the physical quantity in the first period is a monotonous increase or a monotonous decrease; and lower a value of the first threshold value in a case in which the tendency of the monotonous increase or the monotonous decrease of the physical quantity continues for a period longer than the first period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: NIDEC MOBILITY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Koji Ozawa
  • Patent number: 12171157
    Abstract: A working machine includes: a working drive source that generates a drive force; a working device that performs a predetermined work using the drive force of the working drive source; a sensor that acquires environmental information that is information on a surrounding environment of the working machine; and a control part that determines whether or not to perform an influence reduction control on the basis of the environmental information acquired by the sensor, and in a case where it is determined that the influence reduction control is to be performed, performs the influence reduction control which is a predetermined control that reduces an influence on the surrounding environment of a sound generated when the working device performs the predetermined work.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaya Honji, Makoto Yamamura, Tsukasa Sugino, Takayuki Kawai
  • Patent number: 12172739
    Abstract: Disclosed is path planning system and method for sea-aerial cooperative underwater target tracking, the method comprises: obtaining the position information of a detection target, carrying out a first path planning along a channel of sea surface monitoring device according to the position information of the detection target; carrying out a second path planning along the channel of sea surface monitoring device according to the water surface navigation map and its own position information, constructing an underwater obstacle map; performing a third path planning according to the underwater obstacle map, and tracking to the position of the detection target to complete the tracking task. This disclosure adopts the collaborative optimization of several clusters to reduce the number of iterations and improve the optimization efficiency, making the path planning reasonable, as a result, the target position can be quickly tracked, and the autonomous collaborative tracking capability is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Yong Ma, Xiang Yin, Xinping Yan, Lei Zhang
  • Patent number: 12146569
    Abstract: A motor vehicle has an electronically controllable parking lock and an electronically controllable parking brake, which can be controlled individually or in combination. A device having an electronic control unit and a central operating element associated with the parking lock and the parking brake is provided. When the motor vehicle is at a standstill and the central operating element is actuated, the parking lock and the parking brake can be controlled in a specific type of parking-lock and/or parking-brake activation. In a first specific type, during a first actuation of the central operating element, at least the parking brake is automatically activated first. If the central operating element is then re-actuated within a predefined time window, or if the central operating element remains actuated for a predefined minimum time period, the driver is offered at least one possibility of manually selecting a specific type of parking-lock and/or parking-brake activation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Martin Berndaner, Ulrich Hetzenecker, Frederic Weber
  • Patent number: 12105512
    Abstract: A method for preventing a robot from colliding with a charging base, including: step 1, during a process of moving in a current working area of the robot, detecting, in real time, a reception condition of a base avoidance signal of the robot within a received signal coverage range thereof; and step 2, establishing a safety area in the current working area according to a direction feature relationship between the base avoidance signal and a preset working path of the robot, and before establishing the safety area, according to an orientation relationship between the base avoidance signal and a direction of a current moving path of the robot, marking and establishing a danger area at a position that satisfies a collision avoidance relationship with a current position of the robot, so that the robot avoids the charging base during the process of moving in the current working area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: AMICRO SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yongyong Li
  • Patent number: 12066523
    Abstract: A radar-based system for communicating information to a vehicle uses spatially-encoded markers that are positioned proximate to a roadway traveled by the vehicle. The markers are designed to convey a unique radar signature that distinguishes the markers from other objects. The unique radar signature or marker characteristics are further interpreted by at least one controller on the vehicle as encoded messages. Marker distinguishing characteristics, such as size, shape, orientation and movement, provide distinct information to the controller. The controller may use the conveyed information to make control decisions for the vehicle or to display the conveyed information to occupants of the vehicle. In some cased, the controller may use the conveyed information to determine a location of the vehicle, such as a position of the vehicle within a lane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Spartan Radar Inc.
    Inventor: Scott Bergen