Patents Examined by Muhammad Shafi
  • Patent number: 12691890
    Abstract: In a management apparatus, a mobile-body control system has an instruction unit that transmits a command of making a vehicle move to a waiting state from automatic driving; in the case where a state-transition determination unit determines that a state of the vehicle satisfies a predetermined condition and the vehicle receives the foregoing command from the management apparatus, the vehicle is made to move to the waiting state by a state-transition execution unit, so that loss in the function of a battery is suppressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2026
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tomokazu Saito, Yuta Wada
  • Patent number: 12693685
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure disclose a method and an apparatus for tracking a moving target and an unmanned aerial vehicle. The method includes: identifying and locking a moving target; and adjusting a moving state of the unmanned aerial vehicle and/or parameters of the photographing device according to a moving state of the moving target, so that the moving target is always located on a display screen of a control terminal. A method and an apparatus for tracking a moving target and an unmanned aerial vehicle provided in the disclosure can adjust the moving state of the unmanned aerial vehicle and/or the parameters of the photographing device in real time according to the moving state of the moving target and can ensure that the moving target in a preset size is always located on the display screen of the control terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2026
    Assignee: AUTEL ROBOTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xin Huang, Yuanyuan Du
  • Patent number: 12679184
    Abstract: A door tilting system for a slidable vehicle door, and a method for adjusting a door tilting system, where the door tilting system forms part of a pivoting joint between the vehicle door and a movable arm structure connecting the vehicle door to a vehicle body structure. The door tilting system includes an inner socket and an outer socket, where the inner socket is arranged inside the outer socket and rotatably arranged relative to the outer socket. The inner socket includes a receiving opening configured for receiving a fastening device. The receiving opening has an elongated configuration, and the receiving opening is extending in a first direction along a first axis through the inner socket. The door tilting system is configured for changing the first direction of the receiving opening relative to the outer socket upon rotational displacement of the inner socket relative to the outer socket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2026
    Assignees: Ningbo Geely Automobile Research & Dev. Co., Ltd., ZHEJIANG GEELY HOLDING GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kaj Andersson, Fredrik Wallander
  • Patent number: 12673768
    Abstract: In various embodiments, a motor controller includes a rotor strike detector and a drive and control unit. The motor controller generates a plurality of phase-shifted sinusoidal signals. The rotor strike detector detects a rotor strike including by comparing a commanded control signal and an adaptive control signal. The adaptive control signal is associated with controlling the rotor and includes the phase-shifted sinusoidal signals. A rotor strike is detected based on a change in a plurality of sinusoidal signals. The drive and control unit, in response to detecting that the aircraft is above a threshold altitude and detecting the rotor strike, sets a value of the adaptive control signal to keep the aircraft airborne, and reduces a striking force applied to an object being struck by the rotor including by prioritizing the keeping the aircraft airborne over the reducing the striking force applied to the object being struck by the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2026
    Assignee: Kitty Hawk Corporation
    Inventor: Christopher Scott Saunders
  • Patent number: 12668371
    Abstract: A turbomachine monitoring and control system includes a temperature sensor configured to measure temperature of a turbomachine disposed onboard a vehicle, a vibration sensor configured to measure vibration of the turbomachine, and a controller including one or more processors. The controller is configured to receive and analyze temperature data generated by the temperature sensor and vibration data generated by the vibration sensor. The controller is further configured to determine a health condition of the turbomachine based on the analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2026
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Mohamed Elbibary, Daniel Merle Newman
  • Patent number: 12662083
    Abstract: Autonomous vehicle methods and systems are described herein for communicating with an autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle to remotely control operation of the vehicle, to detect and remove unauthorized passengers, to deliver loads, to receive registration information for the vehicle, to provide accessibility information to the vehicle, and/or to receive sensor or other environmental data to integrate with an electronic game or other extended reality experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2026
    Assignee: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY
    Inventors: Ryan Gammelgard, Justin Davis
  • Patent number: 12651532
    Abstract: Systems and methods for increasing the efficiency of vehicle platooning systems are described. In one aspect, drivers are more likely to enjoy a system if it begins platooning as desired and does not accidently end platoons. When a certain amount of data packets sent between vehicles are dropped, systems typically will either not engage in a platoon or end a current platoon. When a platoon has a very small gap between vehicles, the platoon should end—or not start, when a certain amount of packets are dropped. However, if a gap is large enough to provide a driver with more time to react, a system may accept a greater amount of dropped packets before it refuses to start a platoon or causes the end of a platoon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2026
    Assignee: Peloton Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Colleen Twitty, Evan Nakano, Stephen Erlien, Joshua Switkes
  • Patent number: 12630055
    Abstract: In a method and apparatus for battery conditioning of an eco-friendly vehicle, the battery conditioning method includes: comparing a charging completion expected temperature, which is a temperature of a battery provided in the vehicle expected at a point in time when fast charging is to be completed, and a high-power driving target temperature, which is a target temperature of the battery required at a point in time when high-power driving is to begin, upon identifying that the high-power driving is to be performed within a preset time period from a point in time when the fast charging of the battery is completed; and cooling the battery in a first cooling mode during the fast charging, upon concluding that the charging completion expected temperature is higher than the high-power driving target temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Soo Yang Jin
  • Patent number: 12630014
    Abstract: A side window display system on vehicles is provided. The side window display system on vehicles includes a transparent display, at least one external sensor, at least one internal sensor and a controller. The transparent display is provided on a side window of a vehicle. The external sensor is used to detect an external environment of the vehicle to provide external environment information. The internal sensor is used to detect an internal environment of the vehicle to provide internal environment information. The controller is coupled to the transparent display, the external sensor, and the internal sensor to select an operation mode based on the internal environment information, and controls the transparency distribution and brightness distribution of the transparent display based on the operation mode and the external environment information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignee: AUO Corporation
    Inventors: Yu-Chi Chen, Chi-Yu Liu, Chia-Sheng Cheng
  • Patent number: 12624954
    Abstract: A method for predicting a success rate of lane changing by a vehicle, including obtaining lane-group data of the plurality of lane groups, determining feature sets respectively corresponding to a plurality of lane lines of the traveling road, removing a feature subset in the plurality of feature subsets that meets a first preset condition from a feature set corresponding to the feature subset to obtain a remaining feature set, determining a current position offset of a traveling position of the vehicle in the plurality of lane groups during traveling of the vehicle, determining a target position offset of a preset target position of the vehicle in the plurality of lane groups, and predicting a success rate of changing from the first lane to the second lane by the vehicle based on the current position offset, the target position offset, the remaining feature set, and traveling information of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2026
    Assignee: Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited.
    Inventor: Ning Xiao
  • Patent number: 12617438
    Abstract: A system including a plurality of vehicles, each having disposed onboard a location device, a communication device, a control system, and an energy storage device. Thea control system may determine vehicle locations of one or more vehicles of the plurality of vehicles and states of charge of the energy storage devices onboard the one or more vehicles. The control system may communicate with the communication devices of the one or more vehicles and may direct which of one or more vehicles are to couple with each other, and thereby be powered by electric energy stored in the energy storage devices onboard the one or more vehicles directed to couple. The control system may direct which of the one or more vehicles are to couple with and be powered by the electric energy of the energy storage devices based on one or more of: the vehicle locations and the states of charge of the vehicle energy storage devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2026
    Assignee: Transportation IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Jared Klineman Cooper, Samuel William Golden, Robert James Foy, David Michael Peltz, Nathan Thomas North, Milan Karunaratne, Anthony D. Paul, Gregory Wright, William Carnegie, Daniel McNair
  • Patent number: 12619253
    Abstract: An unmanned vehicle management system according to an aspect includes: a collection unit configured to collect video data acquired by an unmanned vehicle and natural disaster data related to natural disasters from information sources; a storage unit configured to store the video data and the natural disaster data; an analysis unit configured to extract feature amounts of the video data and the natural disaster data, and predict a high-risk area where a risk of natural disaster occurrence is higher than in other areas; a prediction unit configured to compare the video data and the natural disaster data collected during a disaster with the video data and the natural disaster data collected during normal times, and predict a disaster occurrence area where a disaster will occur; and a deployment unit configured to determine deployment of the unmanned vehicle and a rescuer based on the high-risk area and the disaster occurrence area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2026
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoshiaki Konishi
  • Patent number: 12606125
    Abstract: A vehicle control device, including a main body, a vehicle control unit disposed within the main body to allow a user to control a vehicle, a vehicle power button disposed on at least a portion of the main body to allow the user to power on the vehicle from a distance, a trunk button disposed on at least a portion of the main body to allow the user to open a trunk of the vehicle from a distance, and a plurality of climate control buttons to allow the user to control an air conditioner or a heater of the vehicle from a distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2026
    Inventor: Ella Johnson
  • Patent number: 12606247
    Abstract: A side structure of a vehicle is capable of preventing water from entering an interior of a cabin. The side structure of the vehicle includes: a roof rail, which is disposed on an outer upper section of the vehicle and extends along a vehicle front-rear direction; pillars, which extend downward from the roof rail in a vehicle up-down direction; and an outer member, which covers outer sides of the roof rail and the pillars in a vehicle width direction. The outer member is formed with inclined sides that are inclined upward in the vehicle up-down direction and toward a door opening side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2026
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masahiro Tanigawa
  • Patent number: 12606205
    Abstract: An actuator system to be provided in a vehicle and configured to realize a motion request includes one or more processors configured to receive predetermined information from a motion manager, and an actuator configured to realize the motion request by using the predetermined information. The one or more processors are configured to receive first information related to a state of the vehicle that is recognized by the motion manager. The one or more processors are configured to determine whether to permit control on the actuator by using a result of comparison between the first information and second information related to a current state of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2026
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Takahisa Harada
  • Patent number: 12606986
    Abstract: A work machine includes an implement that carries an object. A vision system detects the endpoints of the object relative to the implement and provides those endpoints to a damage avoidance control system. The damage avoidance control system generates control signals to avoid a collision between the object and a part of the work machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2026
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Aaron R. Kenkel, Giovanni A. Wuisan
  • Patent number: 12583440
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a rapid-response active suspension system controls suspension force and position for improving vehicle safety and drivability. The system may interface with various sensors that detect safety critical vehicle states and adjust the suspension of each wheel to improve safety. Pre-crash and collision sensors may notify the active suspension controller of a collision and the stance may be adjusted to improve occupant safety during an impact while maintaining active control of the wheels. Wheel forces may also be controlled to improve the effectiveness of vehicle safety systems such as ABS and ESP in order to improve traction. Also, bi-directional information may be communicated between the active suspension system and other vehicle safety systems such that each system may respond to information provided to the other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2026
    Assignee: ClearMotion, Inc.
    Inventors: Zackary Martin Anderson, Marco Giovanardi, Clive Tucker, Jack A. Ekchian
  • Patent number: 12587320
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE), such as a vehicle UE may receive an indication of a change in a formation of a vehicle grouping, such as a platoon, with which the UE is associated, the vehicle grouping including a plurality of vehicles moving as a group based on sidelink communications between members of the group. The UE may determine a distance-based feedback procedure to be used by the UE based on whether the UE is, as a result of the change in the formation, a primary vehicle in the vehicle grouping or a secondary vehicle that is responsive to one or more primary vehicles in the vehicle grouping, and may operate in accordance with the distance-based feedback procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2026
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Mohit Narula, Kapil Gulati, Hui Guo
  • Patent number: 12578721
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a system includes a driver station having a control interface, an electronic display, and a driver data communication module, and a vehicle data communication module. The vehicle data communication module receives vehicle sensor data generated by a plurality of vehicle sensors of a vehicle, and environment sensor data generated by a plurality of environment sensors within an environment of the vehicle. The driver data communication module and the vehicle data communication module are in bidirectional communication such that the vehicle data communication module wirelessly provides the vehicle sensor data and the environment sensor data to the driver data communication module, the driver data communication module renders a view of the vehicle and the environment on the electronic display, the control interface wirelessly provides control instructions to the vehicle data communication module, and the vehicle data communication module provides the control instructions to the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2026
    Assignees: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yosuke Tsuruta, Imad Zahid
  • Patent number: 12568871
    Abstract: A system for determining residue coverage of a field includes a LiDAR sensor configured to emit light-based output signals for reflection off of a field surface of a portion of a field and detect reflections of the light-based output signals as return signals. Furthermore, the system includes a soil moisture sensor configured to generate soil moisture sensor data indicative of a soil moisture content of the portion of the field. Additionally, a computing system is configured to receive LiDAR sensor data associated with the return signals detected by the LiDAR sensor. Moreover, the computing system is configured to determine a soil moisture value for the portion of the field based on the soil moisture sensor data. In addition, the computing system is configured to determine a residue coverage value of the portion of the field based on the determined soil moisture value and the LiDAR sensor data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2026
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Brittany Schroeder, Joshua D. Knoblauch