Patents Examined by Sang Kim
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Patent number: 12151559Abstract: An embodiment display apparatus for a vehicle includes a display unit designed to be accommodated inside an interior trim of the vehicle and configured to output outside image information captured by a camera and a moving unit configured to allow the display unit to be selectively pulled out from the interior trim and to allow the display unit to rotate in opposite directions in a state in which the display unit is pulled out.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2022Date of Patent: November 26, 2024Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATIONInventors: Hong Heui Lee, Myung Hoe Kim, Seung Sik Han
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Patent number: 12139160Abstract: Disclosed are a vehicle control method and an intelligent device for controlling a vehicle. A vehicle control method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure comprises: acquiring a user request; updating the user request so as to be recognized by an application providing a service related to the user request, and providing the updated user request to the application; and providing the service through the application. Accordingly, the present invention can accurately and promptly recognize words in various forms, included in a user request, thereby providing a comparatively accurate service in accordance with the user request. One or more of an autonomous driving vehicle and an intelligent computing device of the present disclosure may be linked to an artificial intelligence module, a drone (unmanned aerial vehicle, UAV), a robot, an augmented reality (AR) device, a virtual reality (VR) device, a device related to 5G services, and the like.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2019Date of Patent: November 12, 2024Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Yonghwan Lee, Kihyeon Kim, Ahyoung Shin, Jongyeop Lee
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Patent number: 12128902Abstract: A driving control device includes a processor that controls driving of a subject vehicle using any one of a first driving mode and a second driving mode having a lower driving assistance level than that of the first driving mode. The processor is configured to: after the driving mode switches from the first driving mode to the second driving mode, determine whether or not a travel environment of the subject vehicle satisfies an automatic return-possible condition; and when the travel environment of the subject vehicle satisfies the automatic return-possible condition after the driving mode switches from the first driving mode to the second driving mode, output, to a user interface, first information indicating that the driving mode of the subject vehicle can be switched automatically from the second driving mode to the first driving mode.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2020Date of Patent: October 29, 2024Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Inventor: Yasuhisa Hayakawa
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Patent number: 12128932Abstract: A display control unit displays a background of a touch panel in a first color and does not display a button for starting autonomous driving on the touch panel when an autonomous driving vehicle is not permitted to travel in autonomous driving from a management center and displays the background of the touch panel in a second color different from the first color and displays an autonomous driving start button for starting the autonomous driving on the touch panel when the autonomous driving vehicle is permitted to travel in autonomous driving from the management center.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2023Date of Patent: October 29, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hirohito Ide, Yuchi Yamanouchi, Shogo Nakata
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Patent number: 12110038Abstract: A method for virtual fields driving related operations, the method includes (i)obtaining coarse navigation information regarding at least a segment of a path of a vehicle to a destination of the vehicle; and (ii) determining one or more virtual forces, by using a processing circuitry and based on the coarse navigation information, the one or more virtual forces are for use in applying a driving related operation of the vehicle, the one or more virtual forces belong to a virtual physical model and represent, at least in part, the coarse navigation information.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2023Date of Patent: October 8, 2024Assignee: AUTOBRAINS TECHNOLOGIES LTD.Inventors: Armin Biess, Isaac Misri, Julius Engelsoy, Igal Raichelgauz
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Patent number: 12103567Abstract: A processor operates to: refer to a switching condition in which a vehicle speed and input form information of an input command are preliminarily associated with each other, to determine whether or not the input form of the input command satisfies the switching condition associated with the vehicle speed; when a determination is made that the input form of the input command satisfies the switching condition corresponding to the vehicle speed, switch a control mode of the vehicle from autonomous driving control to manual driving control based on the input command; and execute driving of the vehicle by the manual driving control.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2021Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Inventor: Yasuhisa Hayakawa
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Patent number: 12098522Abstract: A management server receives a maximum value and a minimum value of the respective voltages in a plurality of battery cells configuring an electricity storage device of a hydraulic excavator from the hydraulic excavator, and stores the values in a storage device. Discharge characteristics of the electricity storage device are stored in the storage device in the management server. A battery state estimation calculating unit in the management server calculates an estimation maximum value and an estimation minimum value of cell voltages in the present or in the future by adding the discharge characteristics stored in the storage device to the latest maximum value and the latest minimum value of the cell voltages stored in the storage device. A management information producing unit outputs information based upon the estimation maximum value and the estimation minimum value of the cell voltages calculated in the battery state estimation calculating unit.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2019Date of Patent: September 24, 2024Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.Inventors: Akira Watanabe, Ken Takeuchi, Itaru Naya
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Patent number: 12085397Abstract: A system and method include providing a list of children to be picked up by a vehicle at a particular stop along a route to a driver device. The provided list is displayed as part of a graphical user interface which includes a plurality of pick up options for each child in the list of children. The options include a picked up interface button, a no show interface button and a canceled button. The graphical user interface provides a picture and identification of each child. The server device transmits a message to a user device with confirmation that a child has been picked up. The server device also provides a list of children to be dropped off by the vehicle via a graphical user interface that also provides drop off options for each child in the list of children including a dropped off button or an on hold button.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2023Date of Patent: September 10, 2024Assignee: Zum Services, Inc.Inventors: Abhishek Garg, Alexey Kononov, Shiva Nagabushanaswamy, Sidi Liu, Andrew Mormysh, Sreejith Nair, Kanstantsin Gerasimovich, Rashmi Choudhary, Rohit Jain, Melissa Shiu, Niket Sanghvi, Lipi Sanghi
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Patent number: 12086724Abstract: Methods, computer-readable media, software, and apparatuses may collect, in real-time and via an edge-computing device located in a vehicle, vehicle driving event data including data indicative of driving characteristics associated with an operation of the vehicle. The edge-computing device may analyze, based on a machine learning model, characteristics of the vehicle driving event data. The edge-computing device may, based on the machine learning model, determine at least one of: a driving behavior, a driver rating, occurrence of a collision, and vehicle diagnostics, and the information may be displayed via a graphical user interface to a user in the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2020Date of Patent: September 10, 2024Assignee: Allstate Insurance CompanyInventor: Emad S. Isaac
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Patent number: 12083890Abstract: An operation device for an autonomous vehicle includes a touch panel configured to display at least one of a start button and a deceleration button, and a notification button on the same screen. The autonomous vehicle is autonomously drivable. The start button is a button for starting driving of the autonomous vehicle in an autonomous drive mode. The deceleration button is a button for decelerating the autonomous vehicle during the autonomous drive mode. The notification button is a button for performing notification to an outside of the autonomous vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2023Date of Patent: September 10, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuchi Yamanouchi, Masaharu Kinoshita
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Patent number: 12071166Abstract: A method for transferring a motor vehicle from an autonomous driving mode, in which the motor vehicle is guided autonomously, into a manual driving mode, in which the motor vehicle is guided by a vehicle driver. In the method, pieces of information for supporting the transfer are ascertained with the aid of a cognitive model of the vehicle driver, the cognitive model describing at least one perception process of the vehicle driver with respect to a driving situation and at least one decision-making process of the driver with respect to an action option. A device configured for executing the method is also described.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2021Date of Patent: August 27, 2024Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBHInventor: Marlene Susanne Lisa Scharfe-Scherf
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Patent number: 12065036Abstract: A vehicle includes a vehicle body having a cabin, a first seat and a second seat arranged in the cabin, a planar transparent member placed on a side surface of the cabin, and that separates an interior of the cabin and a vehicle exterior from each other, and a display device placed on the side surface of the cabin and arranged along the planar transparent member, the display device having a plurality of pixels. At least a part of the display device is placed on the side surface and between the first seat and the second seat.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2022Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignee: PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS CO., LTD.Inventors: Tsuyoshi Nishio, Naoki Usui, Takuma Masuda
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Patent number: 12059956Abstract: Systems and methods are provided to perform a vehicle function. A vehicle function command is detected and it is determined if an event moved is active. In response to a determination that the event mode is active, an event mode parameter is retrieved. Otherwise, in response to a determination that the event mode is not active, a normal mode parameter is retrieved. The vehicle function is performed based on the retrieved event mode parameter or normal mode parameter.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2022Date of Patent: August 13, 2024Assignee: Rivian IP Holdings, LLCInventors: Wassym Bensaid, Benjamin Noah Drobiz, Adam Jarrett Smith, Erik Robert Glaser, Gyeong Sik Choi, Emily Joan Wilson, David McKerron Anderson
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Patent number: 12060072Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure relates to an apparatus providing drive guide information of a construction equipment includes: an information acquisition unit acquiring information generated according to a motion of the construction equipment; a storage unit storing an item defined for calculating a score for worker driving of the construction equipment and an equation for calculating the score for the item, and storing a guide phrase for each item and information on equipment setting change for each item; a control unit calculating the score for each item according to the information provided, and selecting an item which needs to be improved based on the calculated score for each item; and a display unit displaying a guide phrase matching an item selected according to an instruction of the control unit and information on equipment setting change matching the selected item at a predetermined time.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2021Date of Patent: August 13, 2024Assignee: HD HYUNDAI INFRACORE CO., LTD.Inventors: Kwangseok Park, Jinhyuk Oh, Sookyung Heo
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Patent number: 12049238Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to altering vehicle paths. In particular, a computing system can access map data for a geographic area. The computing system can obtain target zone data describing a target zone within the geographic area. The computing system can determine an altered nominal path to traverse the target zone. The computing system can designate a portion of the altered nominal path as a designated action region associated with the target zone. The computing system can generate a longitudinal plan for an autonomous vehicle through the geographic area based on the altered nominal path. The computing system can generate a target velocity for one or more portions of the nominal path within the designated action region. The computing system can generate a trajectory for the autonomous vehicle based on the target velocity and the altered nominal path.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2020Date of Patent: July 30, 2024Assignee: UATC, LLCInventors: Chenggang Liu, David Mcallister Bradley, Nitish Thatte, Colin Jeffrey Green
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Patent number: 12043273Abstract: A method includes generating, while a vehicle is operating in an autonomous-driving mode, a planned trajectory associated with a computing system of the vehicle based on first sensor data capturing an environment of the vehicle. The method further includes, while the vehicle is operating according to the planned trajectory, receiving a disengagement instruction associated that causes the vehicle to disengage from operating in the autonomous-driving mode and switch to operating in a disengagement mode. Subsequent to the vehicle operating in the disengagement mode, the method further includes capturing second sensor data and generating a simulation of the environment. The simulation is based on sensor data associated with the environment and the planned trajectory. Additionally, subsequent to the vehicle operating in the disengagement mode, the method concludes with evaluating a performance of an autonomy system based on the simulation, and providing feedback based on the evaluation.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2020Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignee: Woven by Toyota, U.S., Inc.Inventors: David Tse-Zhou Lu, Sameer Qureshi, Shaojing Li, Luc Vincent
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Patent number: 12017533Abstract: A method for a situation-controlled display of an actuation element for a function in a vehicle on a touch-sensitive display surface operable by a person using the vehicle involves the actuation element as a blocking element for a window lifter of the vehicle. The actuation element is always displayed if a child is detected on a seat in the vehicle, and a window lifter associated with the seat is actuated, if a contradicting actuation of window lifters for the same window is carried out, the window lifters being accessible to different people in the vehicle, and/or if the occurring actuation of the window lifters deviates from the conventional actuation type.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2021Date of Patent: June 25, 2024Assignee: MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AGInventors: Christoph Gäng, Marko Goller, Alice Stockmann
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Patent number: 12005913Abstract: A method of controlling vehicle driving, when a plurality of occupants is in the vehicle, by implementing components required for vehicle driving control as holographic images to ensure a maximum space in an autonomous vehicle, may include steps of requesting, by a first occupant currently having no driving control authority, a transfer of the authority by use of a holographic image, accepting, by a second occupant currently having the driving control authority, the transfer of the authority by use of the holographic image, selecting, by the first occupant, a mode by use of the holographic image based on the acceptance by the second occupant, and performing vehicle control in accordance with the mode selected by the first occupant, and the holographic images in the respective steps are displayed to the occupants wearing an HMD device.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2021Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventors: Myung-Ki Yeom, In-Su Kim
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Patent number: 12005925Abstract: A teleoperations system that collaboratively works with an autonomous vehicle planning component to generate a path for controlling the autonomous vehicle to pass a situation where the vehicle is unable to identify a vehicle option to proceed and may comprise presenting one or more paths to a teleoperator (e.g., a human user, machine-learned model, and/or artificial intelligence component), such paths being generated either at the vehicle or remote system. The teleoperations system may receive input from the teleoperator indicating a vehicle option to select for the vehicle to proceed in the environment. The teleoperations system may generate a guidance path based on the vehicle options and the input and transmit the guidance path to the autonomous vehicle. Based at least in part on the guidance path, the autonomous vehicle may generate a control trajectory to use to navigate around the obstacle.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2021Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: Zoox, Inc.Inventors: Ravi Gogna, Arian Houshmand, Paul Orecchio
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Patent number: 11993293Abstract: Evacuation control such as deceleration or stop of a vehicle is executed in response to an application from a driver of the vehicle for refusal of switching to manual driving.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2019Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions CorporationInventor: Eiji Oba