Patents Examined by Redhwan k Mawari
  • Work vehicle
    Patent number: 11194336
    Abstract: A work vehicle configured to carry out a utility work while traveling autonomously includes an implement unit mounted on a vehicle body for carrying out the work, a work subject information acquisition section for accruing work subject information indicative of information on a work subject, a load calculation section for calculating a load of the work based on the work subject information, a storage section for storing driving conditions of the implement unit in advance, and a driving section configured to retrieve a driving condition stored in the storage section according to the load calculated by the load calculation section and to drive the implement unit based on the retrieved driving condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Kensuke Uemoto, Takeshi Komorida, Nobuyuki Yoshii, Katsuhiko Uemura, Shinichi Yamada
  • Vehicle and controlling method thereof
    Patent number: 11192583
    Abstract: A vehicle and a method for controlling vehicle is provided. A vehicle includes a camera which detects an inside lane and acquires an image of an object around the vehicle, a sensor which acquires traveling information of the vehicle, a storage which stores learning data on a steering pattern, and a controller which determines whether a preset learning condition is satisfied based on the inside lane and the object around the vehicle detected by the camera and extracts lane deviation information based on the traveling information acquired by the sensor to update the learning data on the steering pattern when the learning condition is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Ki Tae Eom
  • Driver assistance system for controlling a combination of agricultural vehicles
    Patent number: 11185005
    Abstract: A driver assistance system for controlling a combination of agricultural vehicles including a towing vehicle designed as a tractor and a mounted device, wherein the driver assistance system generates control parameters for the towing vehicle and/or for the mounted device. The driver assistance system has an input/output unit for the dialog with the user. The driver assistance system is formed by a rule interpreter which generates the control parameters by executing the rules of a set of rules, and the driver assistance system has a linking module which receives at least two sets of rules from different data sources and generates, on the basis of the received sets of rules and according to a linkage specification, the set of rules to be executed by the rule interpreter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: CLAAS Selbstfahrende Erntemaschinen GmbH
    Inventors: Arthur Berger, Sascha Dieckmeyer, Lennart Meyer
  • Systems and methods for conducting vehicle evaporative emissions test diagnostic procedures
    Patent number: 11187192
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for conducting diagnostics to indicate whether a fuel system and/or an evaporative emissions system of a vehicle has a source of undesired evaporative emissions, or not. A method comprises conducting such a diagnostic via evacuating the fuel system to a target vacuum, then sealing the fuel system from atmosphere and monitoring a pressure bleed-up in the fuel system, and dynamically adjusting a pressure bleed-up threshold responsive to one or more conditions that impact the pressure bleed-up during the diagnostic, and indicating undesired evaporative emissions responsive to the pressure bleed-up reaching the adjusted pressure bleed-up threshold. In this way, interpretation of the results of such a diagnostic may be more robust, completion rates may improve, and engine operation may be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Aed M. Dudar, Mark Peters, Dennis Yang
  • Control device for vehicle travelling
    Patent number: 11186279
    Abstract: A control device for vehicle travelling is provided, which executes following control that controls a vehicle speed in accordance with a following distance from a preceding vehicle. The following control includes LK following control that is executed so that a following distance from a preceding vehicle on a travel lane becomes an LK target following distance, under a situation of lane keep. The following control farther includes LC following control that is executed so that a following distance from a vehicle to be a preceding vehicle on a target lane becomes an LC target following distance, under a situation of lane change. In the LC following control, a vehicle speed is controlled so that a larger value is allowed as compared with at a time of execution of the LK following control, with respect to one or both of an acceleration and a jerk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroki Fukuda, Kenichiro Aoki
  • Control system for hybrid vehicle
    Patent number: 11180131
    Abstract: A control system for hybrid vehicles for reducing a shock caused by a change in an output torque of a transmission during a shifting operation of a transmission. In the hybrid vehicle, an engine and a first motor are connected to an input side of an automatic transmission, and a second motor is connected to an output side of the automatic transmission. A controller calculates a change in an output torque of the transmission when establishing a predetermined gear stage, based on a torque capacity of an engagement device to be engaged and an input torque to the transmission, and select one of the first motor and the second motor that requires less power to reduce the change in the output torque of the automatic transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Jonggap Kim
  • Dynamic routing system
    Patent number: 11181387
    Abstract: Methods, systems and computer program products for dynamic routing are provided. Aspects include receiving a plurality of stops from a user, wherein the plurality of stops includes at least one fixed location and at least one variable location and obtaining an address for at least one of the plurality of stops. Aspects also include obtaining a routing goal associated with the user and generating a route, including each of the plurality of stops, based on the routing goal. Aspects further include monitoring a movement of the user and updating the route based at least in part on the movement of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Danielle Judka, Philip Siconolfi, Weon W. Yuan
  • Vehicle control device
    Patent number: 11180143
    Abstract: A surroundings recognition unit recognizes the road environment and traffic participants around the host vehicle. A condition satisfaction determination unit determines whether or not first to fifth conditions are satisfied, on the basis of recognition results from the surroundings recognition unit. When causing the host vehicle to travel in a lane of a traveling road adjacent to the edge of the traveling road, a control unit changes travel control content and/or notification control content relating to automated driving, depending on whether or not the first to fifth conditions are satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Horii, Tadahiko Kanou, Takashi Kuboshima, Ken Hanayama, Jun Ochida
  • System and method for detecting GPS signal spoofing
    Patent number: 11137499
    Abstract: A method, a system, and computer readable medium for detecting interference with a navigation system are provided. The method includes detecting a global positioning system (GPS) signal via the navigation system of a vehicle, determining a signal strength of the GPS signal, determining a location of the vehicle based on the GPS signal, and determining a first attribute and a second attribute. The first attribute is determined as a function of the signal strength. The second attribute is determined as a function of the location of the vehicle. The method further includes outputting an alert indicating an interference with the navigation system when the first attribute and the second attribute are true.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventor: Ming Michael Meng
  • Control apparatus for hybrid vehicle
    Patent number: 11130495
    Abstract: A power control ECU controls electric power and engine power of a hybrid vehicle. The power control ECU includes a request driving force calculating portion that calculates a request driving force calculated in accordance with an accelerator operation amount, a travel driving force calculating portion that calculates a travel driving force as a value that belatedly follows the request driving force, and a dashpot control processing portion. The dashpot control processing portion sets a value of the request driving force as a value of a final request driving force used to calculate request engine power when a difference of the request driving force with respect to the travel driving force is less than a predetermined positive value, and sets a value that belatedly follows the request driving force when the difference is greater than or equal to the predetermined positive value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shunya Kato, Yasutaka Tsuchida, Kenji Uchida, Takuro Kumada
  • Adjusting timing of actuation commands to account for fixed and variable delays in autonomous driving control of vehicles
    Patent number: 11124202
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to controlling a vehicle in an autonomous driving mode. For instance, a trajectory is identified. The trajectory defines a future desired path for the vehicle and includes a control requirement having a corresponding point in time. A command for achieving the control requirement is generated. A fixed delay value corresponding to a delay caused by transmission of the command to an actuator of the vehicle is generated. A variable delay value corresponding to a delay caused by an amount of time to change a physical state of the actuator to a desired state according to the command is generated. The command is then sent to the actuator based on the fixed delay value, the variable delay value, and so that the actuator causes the vehicle to move according to the command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Waymo LLC
    Inventors: Ethan Stark, Daniel Trawick Egnor, Ryan Cash
  • Mixed-mode driving of a vehicle having autonomous driving capabilities
    Patent number: 11112793
    Abstract: Among other things, a vehicle having autonomous driving capabilities is operated in a mixed driving mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Motional AD LLC
    Inventors: Emilio Frazzoli, Harshavardhan Ravichandran, Eric Wolff, Hsun-Hsien Chang
  • System and method for providing real-time and predictive speed, traffic signal timing, station dwell time, and departure window information to transit vehicle
    Patent number: 11113957
    Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods are disclosed for connecting traffic signal control infrastructure, in-service transit vehicles, and back-end computing and service systems, and providing an adaptable user interface, remotely effecting a change on a Portable Electronic Device (PED), verifying location of transit vehicles and tailoring information to the behavior of a transit operator. System determines an “optimal window” for a transit vehicle to travel through a maximum number of consecutive traffic signals during the green vehicular phase. The system determines and sends a recommended speed to traverse the optimal window. In a case where an optimal window is not possible under current circumstances, the system determines and then advises the driver to remain at the current station for a specified dwell time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: TRAFFIC TECHNOLOGY SERVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Kiel Roger Ova, Venkata Subbarao Nallamothu, Keith Andrew Riniker, Thomas Bauer, Jingtao Ma
  • Vehicle control system, vehicle control method, and storage medium
    Patent number: 11077862
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes a control unit configured to support a driving of a vehicle by selectively operating in one driving support mode among a plurality of driving support modes including a low speed following travel mode in which the vehicle travels while maintaining a constant inter-vehicle distance between a preceding traveling vehicle and the vehicle in a case where the speed is equal to or less than a predetermined speed, and an equipment control unit configured to release a use restriction on a specific function in which the line of sight of a driver is removed from the vehicle surroundings due to its utilization in a case where the control unit operates the low speed following travel mode is executed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Mimura, Yoshihiro Oniwa, Mineyuki Yoshida, Yuko Ouchi, Fue Kubota, Toshiyuki Kaji, Naotaka Kumakiri, Hironori Takano
  • Method for predicting battery life
    Patent number: 11072258
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for reliably providing a prognosis of the life-expectancy of a vehicle battery. A state of degradation of the battery is predicted based on a rate of convergence of a metric, that is derived from a sensed vehicle operating parameter, towards a defined threshold, determined based on past history of the metric. The predicted state of degradation is then converted into an estimate of time or distance remaining before the component needs to serviced, and displayed to the vehicle operator. Vehicle control and communication strategies may be defined with respect to the predicted state of degradation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Pankaj Kumar, Imad Hassan Makki, Fakhreddine Landolsi, Mark Eifert, Sheida Malekpour, David W. Linden
  • System and method for cleaning obstructions for the sensors of an autonomous vehicle
    Patent number: 11059458
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method, a system, and a non-transitory computer readable medium for cleaning obstructions for the sensors of the autonomous vehicle. The method includes: detecting, via a sensor, obstructions that block the field of views for the sensors; retrieving real-time weather data outside the autonomous vehicle; estimating, based on the real-time weather data, the features of the obstructions; proposing, based on the estimation of the features of the obstructions and, one or more cleaning plans; querying, via a user interface, a selection by a user regarding the proposed cleaning plans; and executing, via a cleaning system for the sensors of the autonomous vehicle, the proposed cleaning plan selected by the user. User interaction may be vehicle-driven or user-driven.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Scott L. Frederick, Scott P. Robison
  • Operation guide device
    Patent number: 11060264
    Abstract: A guide controller that displays an operation guide image for a hydraulic excavator acquires operation signals outputted from operating devices formed of electric operating levers and stores them in a collected data storage section, compares strokes of the operating devices as derived from the operation signals, which are stored in the collected data storage section, with standard strokes corresponding to standard operation procedures out of standard operation pattern data stored in a standard operation pattern storage section, and, if a deviation equal to or greater than a predetermined standard stroke threshold is determined to exist between at least one of the strokes and the corresponding standard stroke, to read the operation guide image from the standard operation pattern storage section and to display it on a display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Shiina, Hiroshi Kanezawa
  • Vehicle proximity system using heads-up display augmented reality graphics elements
    Patent number: 11059421
    Abstract: The systems and methods disclosed herein are directed to a vehicle proximity system. The vehicle proximity system uses sensors, a vehicle computing device, and a heads-up display of a host vehicle to present proximity graphic elements to a vehicle occupant, such as the driver of the host vehicle. The proximity graphic elements are displayed using a heads-up display and are projected on a transparent surface of the host vehicle, such as the windows, windshield, display screen, lenses, etc. The proximity graphic elements indicate the presence of a proximal vehicle to the host vehicle. In some embodiments, the proximal vehicle is a vehicle passing the host vehicle. Alternatively, the proximal vehicle may be inline with the host vehicle traveling in a forward or rearward direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Maxim Ostapenko
  • System and method for determining the energy requirement of a vehicle for a journey
    Patent number: 11060883
    Abstract: A system for determining an energy requirement of a vehicle for a journey. The system includes a predictor mechanism to predict, using an energy prediction algorithm, a vehicle energy requirement for the journey. The system includes an updater mechanism configured to refine the energy prediction algorithm for the vehicle by determining for each of a number of historical journeys undertaken by the vehicle, an error between an actual vehicle energy usage for the historical journey and a predicted energy usage derived using the energy prediction algorithm for the historical journey, each historical journey of the of the number of historical journeys being associated with a respective error of a set of errors. An aggregate error is calculated from the set of errors. The updater is arranged to adjust the energy prediction algorithm to reduce the aggregate error.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Spark EV Technology Ltd.
    Inventors: Gregory James Matthews, Justin Bradley Ott
  • Angle of attack estimation system and method
    Patent number: 11046451
    Abstract: Systems and methods for determining angle of attack (AOA) for an aircraft are disclosed. In implementations, a kinematic AOA signal and an aerodynamic AOA signal are determined based on measurements received from an airspeed sensor and an inertial reference system (IRS) or attitude and heading reference system (AHRS). The kinematic AOA signal is low pass filtered and the aerodynamic AOA signal is band-pass filtered. A blended AOA signal for the aircraft is then determined by summing the filtered kinematic AOA and aerodynamic AOA signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc.
    Inventors: Keith M. Allen, Vladislav Gavrilets