Patents Examined by Thomas E Worden
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Patent number: 12686993Abstract: A shovel includes a lower traveling body, and an upper swiveling body mounted on the lower traveling body. The upper swiveling body is rotatable. An attachment is attached to the upper swiveling body. A traveling actuator is configured to drive the lower traveling body. An attachment actuator is configured to move the attachment. A control device is provided in the upper swiveling body. The control device is configured to autonomously operate at least one of the traveling actuator and the attachment actuator depending on an inclination of a ground on which the lower traveling body is traveling.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2021Date of Patent: July 21, 2026Assignee: SUMITOMO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.Inventor: Takashi Nishi
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Patent number: 12679339Abstract: A parking method includes searching a moving path of a trailer, giving a movement instruction to a vehicle, based on the moving path of the trailer, measuring one or both of a current location of the trailer and a current direction of the trailer according to the movement instruction, comparing one or both of a desired location of the trailer and a desired direction of the trailer in the moving path of the trailer with one or both of the current location of the trailer and the current direction of the trailer; and moving the trailer to a parking space, based on a result of the comparing.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2022Date of Patent: July 14, 2026Assignee: Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.Inventors: Douglas Mackenzie, Venkatesh Dudiki, Zhe Li
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Patent number: 12676075Abstract: A method for providing an automated runway occupied alert comprises receiving, from a location sensor on board an aircraft, location sensor data for the aircraft. Location data is received for target traffic. Based on the location sensor data for the aircraft, a location, a speed, and a direction of travel are determined for the aircraft. Based on the location data for the target traffic, a location, a speed, and a direction of travel are determined for the target traffic. The method further comprises determining that the aircraft meets one or more runway occupancy criteria, and determining that the target traffic meets the one or more runway occupancy criteria. The runway occupied alert is output based upon determining that the aircraft and the target traffic meet the one or more runway occupancy criteria.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2024Date of Patent: July 7, 2026Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventor: Lance Olney
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Patent number: 12669818Abstract: A remote control request method has requesting, by a computer, a remote operator to perform remote control on an autonomous driving vehicle when the autonomous driving vehicle currently has or is expected to have difficulty in continuing autonomous driving, requesting remote assistance in which the remote operator makes at least a part of determination for the autonomous driving inside an autonomous driving domain, and requesting, outside the autonomous driving domain, remote driving in which the remote operator performs at least one of a steering operation and an acceleration or deceleration operation of the autonomous driving vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2022Date of Patent: June 30, 2026Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiromitsu Urano, Sho Otaki, Takashi Suzuki, Toru Takashima, Hojung Jung, Hiromitsu Kobayashi, Satoru Niwa, Kosuke Akatsuka
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Patent number: 12661787Abstract: An in-situ robot programming method for a hydraulic turbine top cover based on binocular structured light vision is provided, which relates to the field of robot vision-guided intelligent processing technologies. The method performs hand-eye calibration on a binocular structured light camera and a robot to construct a coordinate conversion relationship thereof, collects an annular to-be-processed area of the hydraulic turbine top cover by the binocular structured light camera for joining, and obtains a trajectory and a trajectory plan through point cloud processing algorithms, to thereby achieve a rapid programming for the hydraulic turbine top cover based on guidance of binocular structured light vision. The method adapts to changes in sizes of the hydraulic turbine top cover and take into account real-time performance and robustness, so that impacts of uncertainty factors on the system are greatly weakened, and the method has characteristics of intelligence and high degree of systematization.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2024Date of Patent: June 23, 2026Assignees: China Yangtze Power Co., Ltd., Wuhan Digital Design and Manufacturing Innovation Center Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tao Wu, Yichuan Ran, Ming Ma, Zaiming Geng, Jingnan Yan, Jian Deng, Hui Liu, Cencen Yang, Kui Huang, Donglei Ji, Xiaoping Zhang, Gaipeng Zhao
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Patent number: 12654688Abstract: A method and system include receiving a request for autonomous parking of a vehicle; upon receiving the request, obtaining information as to a plurality of potential parking spots, including as to their respective effects on a temperature of the vehicle; selecting, via a processor of the vehicle, one of the plurality of potential parking spots as a selected parking spot for the vehicle, based on the information, including the respective effects on the temperature of the vehicle; and autonomously parking the vehicle in the selected parking spot, in accordance with instructions provided by the processor.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2024Date of Patent: June 16, 2026Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Samuel B. Kupfer, Mayssaa El Rifai
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Patent number: 12650702Abstract: A mobile vehicle includes a controller, the controller executing program instructions to implement operations including moving the mobile vehicle from an exterior of a target to an interior of the target in response to determining that the mobile vehicle is separated from a second mobile vehicle; driving a transportation component of the mobile vehicle to receive a first cargo from the second mobile vehicle, wherein the second mobile vehicle is located at an exterior of the target; and moving the mobile vehicle away from the interior of the target so that the first cargo is placed in the interior of the target.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2025Date of Patent: June 9, 2026Assignee: VISIONNAV ROBOTICS USA INC.Inventors: Wei Lu, Mu Fang
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Patent number: 12632068Abstract: A management system includes multiple autonomous moving bodies existing in a predetermined area, and a management device configured to manage the multiple autonomous moving bodies, in which each of the multiple autonomous moving bodies is configured to communicate with both the management device and other autonomous moving bodies, the management device is configured to attempt to transmit a specific instruction for a first autonomous moving body to each of the multiple autonomous moving bodies, when a second autonomous moving body receives the specific instruction from the management device, transmit an instruction corresponding to the specific instruction received from the management device to the first autonomous moving body, and when receiving the instruction corresponding to the specific instruction from the second autonomous moving body, the first autonomous moving executes processing according to the instruction corresponding to the specific instruction received from the second autonomous moving body.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2021Date of Patent: May 19, 2026Assignee: FUJI CORPORATIONInventor: Takuya Oda
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Patent number: 12630163Abstract: A driving assistance method for a vehicle comprises: suspending autonomous lane change control when a driver's steering operation input during execution of the autonomous lane change control satisfies a predetermined suspension condition; executing first autonomous lane change control, which is executed regardless of an indication of the driver's intention, without confirming the indication of the driver's intention; executing second autonomous lane change control, which is executed due to the indication of the driver's intention, when the indication of the driver's intention can be confirmed; and setting the predetermined suspension condition for the first autonomous lane change control to a condition under which the autonomous lane change control is more readily suspended than under the predetermined suspension condition for the second autonomous lane change control.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2022Date of Patent: May 19, 2026Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Inventor: Yasuhisa Hayakawa
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Patent number: 12629836Abstract: The present applicant discloses a robot suspension judgment method based on laser points, a map update method, and a chip. The method comprises: laser beams emitted by the laser sensor are controlled to scan an area to be detected, so as to obtain a laser beam simulation line segment; at the same time, a pre-built grid map is obtained; according to the number of obstacle grids passed by the laser beam simulation line segment within the allowable range of the ranging error, a laser beam simulation line segment with judgment function is obtained, and the laser beam simulation line segment with judgment function is counted; and according to a ratio of the number of laser beam simulation line segments with judgment function to the number of all laser beam simulation line segments, it is judged whether the mobile robot is in a suspended state.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2022Date of Patent: May 19, 2026Assignee: AMICRO SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Ming Sun, Hewen Zhou, Huibao Huang, Zhuobiao Chen, Songzhou Xu, Kun Xiong
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Patent number: 12623844Abstract: The embodiments of the present application provide a method, apparatus, and device for adjusting a material handling apparatus of a robot. The method includes: acquiring a first detection image through an image acquisition apparatus when the robot moves to a target ground identifier corresponding to a target storage location; determining a pose position relationship between the target storage location and the image acquisition apparatus based on preset key points in the first detection image; and adjusting the material handling apparatus of the robot to be aligned with the target storage location based on the pose position relationship, so that an insert plate of the material handling apparatus is placed between a first supporting portion and a second supporting portion. In this way, the material handling apparatus is calibrated before goods are retrieved or stored, which avoids collisions during goods retrieval and storage and improves operation safety of the robot.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2023Date of Patent: May 12, 2026Assignee: HAI ROBOTICS CO., LTD.Inventor: Ying Zhao
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Patent number: 12623352Abstract: The invention relates to an automatic massage method and device. A massage trajectory is generated on a typical human body surface model in surface coordinates. A target human body surface model is generated by adjusting its parameters to measurement results of a surface of a patient body. The patient body is placed in a posture close to a recommended posture and its surface is measured using a three-dimensional camera. The target human body surface model is further adjusted to the measured surface of the patient body. The massage trajectory is transferred from the surface coordinates into spatial coordinates, and a motion trajectory of a massage tool is calculated in coordinates of a robotic manipulator. Next, the patient body is massaged by moving the massage tool along the motion trajectory. The massage trajectory is re-calculated continuously to correct the motion trajectory when changing the position and posture of the patient body.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2023Date of Patent: May 12, 2026Inventors: Denis Ledenkov, Maxim Gladilov
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Patent number: 12620305Abstract: A method for generating data regarding closure of a stretch of navigable elements, includes: identifying source navigable elements and destination navigable elements in a region around the stretch; generating traffic flow indicators, each being based on a comparison of a reference measure and a closure measure. The reference measure indicates a number of first journeys relative to a number of second journeys during a reference period. The closure measure indicates a number of first journeys relative to a number of second journeys during a test period. Each first journey includes movement of a respective client from a respective source navigable element to a navigable element of the stretch and then to a respective destination navigable element. Each second journey includes movement of a respective client from a respective source navigable element to a respective destination navigable element without a stretch navigable element. The data is generated based on the indicators.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2022Date of Patent: May 5, 2026Assignee: TomTom Traffic B.V.Inventors: Sören Sven Sonnenburg, Przemyslaw Polewski, Lucian Ionescu, Gijs Peters, Yucel Kenan Ozturk
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Patent number: 12617418Abstract: A device may receive road facing camera (RFC) video data, driver facing camera (DFC) video data, and idling events data associated with a vehicle, and may receive traffic data associated with the vehicle. The device may determine that an idling event of the idling events data is an idling event trigger, and may process the idling event and the DFC video data, based on the idling event being an idling event trigger and with a first machine learning model, to determine a behavior of a driver of the vehicle. The device may process the behavior of the driver, the RFC video data, and the traffic data, with a second machine learning model, to determine a score for the idling event, and may determine a classification for the idling event based on the score and a score threshold. The device may perform one or more actions based on the classification.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2023Date of Patent: May 5, 2026Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Francesco De Felice, Filippo Valente, Giovanni Pini, Tommaso Mugnai
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Patent number: 12606264Abstract: A method for plausibilizing a sensor signal of a single-track vehicle. The method includes: estimating gear ratios between a wheel speed of a wheel and a pedaling frequency of a pedal of a pedal unit and/or a drive speed of a drive of the single-track vehicle at multiple points in time; ascertaining a value of a reliability indicator based on the estimated gear ratios, the value of the reliability indicator being ascertained with the aid of a statistical parameter, in particular a variance, of the estimated gear ratios and/or a histogram of the estimated gear ratios; and plausibilizing the sensor signal based on a comparison of the value of the reliability indicator with a threshold value, the threshold value corresponding to a maximally permissible value of the reliability indicator.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2022Date of Patent: April 21, 2026Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBHInventors: Jan Schnee, Jo Pletinckx
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Patent number: 12605846Abstract: According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, a cooking robot system may include a first kettle, a multi-joint robot, and a controller, and wherein the controller, when controlling a movement of the multi-joint robot to grip a cooking utensil, determines whether to rotate a gripper unit coupled to the multi-joint robot according to a kind of the cooking utensil.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2025Date of Patent: April 21, 2026Assignee: HANKOOKROBOTICS CO., LTD.Inventor: Chong Young Woo
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Patent number: 12594967Abstract: A system for addressing failure in an autonomous agent includes a driving subsystem, a control subsystem, a central computing subsystem, and an autonomous vehicle (AV) sensor subsystem. The system can optionally additionally include a power subsystem, a vehicle chassis subsystem, a communication subsystem, a distributed computing and/or processing subsystem, a supplementary sensor subsystem, and/or any other components. A method for addressing failure can include any or all of: detecting and responding to a failure; and operating the vehicle. Additionally or alternatively, the method 200 can include any other processes.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2024Date of Patent: April 7, 2026Assignee: Gatik AI Inc.Inventors: Apeksha Kumavat, Brian McLean, Siddharth Ram, Arjun Narang, Gautam Narang
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Patent number: 12583445Abstract: A vehicle controller includes a processor configured to sense trouble with a first sensor among sensors that are capable of detecting objects around a host vehicle and whose sensing areas at least partially overlap, detect another vehicle traveling in an area around the host vehicle, based on sensor signals from the respective sensors, and decelerate the host vehicle at first deceleration in the case where trouble with the first sensor is sensed and where the other vehicle is detected on the basis of a sensor signal from a second sensor having lower priority than the first sensor in sensing the other vehicle cutting in front of the host vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2023Date of Patent: March 24, 2026Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Ryusuke Kuroda, Kenichiro Aoki, Tadashi Okubo
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Patent number: 12568363Abstract: A communication system includes a first communication device located onboard a first vehicle in a vehicle system formed from the first vehicle and at least a second vehicle, a second communication device located onboard the second vehicle in the vehicle system, and a first communication path extending between the first and second communication devices and established using a first communication medium. The first and second communication devices may share a security credential via the first communication path. The first and second communication devices also may establish a secure second communication path between the first and second communication devices using the security credential that is shared via the first communication path. The second communication path established by the first and second communication devices uses a different, second communication medium extending between the first and second communication devices.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2021Date of Patent: March 3, 2026Assignee: Transportation IP Holdings, LLCInventor: Mark Elliott Loch
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Patent number: 12535829Abstract: An information processing device of the present disclosure includes a ranger that detects a distance to an end part of a stage and detects a predetermined pattern provided on the stage, with infrared light, and an estimator that estimates a self-location on the basis of a detection result of the ranger.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2022Date of Patent: January 27, 2026Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventor: IshwarPrakash Hebbar