Patents Examined by Tyler J Lee
  • Patent number: 11840822
    Abstract: A work machine capable of assisting in an operator's operation to allow a work tool move along a design surface indicating a target shape of an object to be worked irrespectively of an angle of the design surface and a posture of a work implement is provided. A controller determines an excavation actuator in charge of an excavation action and determines an alignment actuator in charge of an alignment action for a work tool out of a plurality of actuators on the basis of the design surface set by a work execution target setting device and the posture of the work implement measured by a work implement posture/position measurement device, determines a target velocity of the excavation actuator on the basis of operation signals outputted from an operation device, and limits a target velocity of the alignment actuator in a direction in which the work tool approaches the design surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Tanaka, Hisami Nakano, Yuusuke Suzuki, Hiroshi Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 11840435
    Abstract: A simulation system for telehandlers that are equipped with a movable operating arm designed to lift and move loads, and stabilisers that include a plurality of movable stabilising arms. An acquisition module is configured to receive at least functional parameters relating to operating conditions of the stabilising arms. A calculation module is configured to determine a potential stability condition as a function of the operating parameters. And an output module is configured to provide an operator with information representing the condition of potential stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: MANITOU ITALIA S.R.L.
    Inventor: Marco Iotti
  • Patent number: 11835349
    Abstract: A driving support apparatus that includes a communication device configured to communicate with a vehicle-mounted device installed in a vehicle that is under automatic driving control and a mobile terminal of a user of the vehicle, and a processor configured to send, upon receiving a return request for moving the vehicle to an exit location at which the user has exited the vehicle, from the mobile terminal through the communication device, a return command for moving the vehicle to the exit location to the vehicle-mounted device through the communication device, when a return time required to move the vehicle to the exit location is less than an available return time, the available return time being calculated based on an expected arrival time at which the vehicle is expected to arrive at a destination of a passenger different from the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takahiro Shiga, Mami Kato, Masato Endo
  • Patent number: 11834812
    Abstract: A work machine includes a main body, a boom to drive with respect to the main body, a work tool connecting to the boom, the work tool to drive with respect to the boom, an actuator connecting to the main body and the work tool, the actuator to drive the work tool, and a sub-link to transmit drive of the actuator to the work tool. A method for calibrating the work machine includes outputting a detection value to detect an angle of the sub-link with respect to the boom in a predetermined posture of the boom and a work tool posture, converting the detection value as a measurement angle of the sub-link with respect to the boom based on a conversion value, and calibrating the conversion value based on a relationship between the measurement angle and an actual angle in the work tool posture which is specified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Shota Yamawaki, Shogo Miyazaki
  • Patent number: 11828602
    Abstract: A location estimating device has a processor that is configured to calculate a first estimated location of a vehicle using positional information representing the location of a vehicle and first map data overlapping with a first section of a vehicle traveling route, to calculate a second estimated location of the vehicle using positional information and second map data that overlaps with a second section of the traveling route, the first section and the second section having an overlapping section, and to assess whether or not the precision of the second estimated location satisfies a predetermined assessment criterion when the vehicle is traveling in the overlapping section from the first section toward the second section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Ryo Igarashi
  • Patent number: 11828044
    Abstract: A work analysis device includes a state data acquisition unit state, a work specification unit, and an output unit. The data acquisition unit acquires state data indicating a state of a work machine. The work specification unit specifies, based on the acquired state data, a classification of work of the work machine for each of the multiple times, and collects the classification of work in a chronological order. The output unit outputs a time series of the specified classification of work.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Shintaro Hamada, Minami Sugimura
  • Patent number: 11830221
    Abstract: A method is provided for aligning a vehicle service system relative to a vehicle positioned in a service area and provided with an Advanced Driver Assistance System, ADAS. The vehicle service system includes: a calibration structure, for calibrating an ADAS sensor of the ADAS of the vehicle, and an apparatus for measuring the alignment of the vehicle, wherein an optical device for capturing images is mounted on the apparatus. The method includes the following steps: applying a front wheel target and a rear wheel target on a front wheel and on a rear wheel of the vehicle; positioning the calibration structure and the apparatus at a position in front of the vehicle; capturing images through the optical device; and processing the images to derive information useful for positioning the calibration structure relative to the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: NEXION S.P.A.
    Inventor: Giulio Corghi
  • Patent number: 11827231
    Abstract: A system according to the present disclosure includes an actuator control module and a damping ratio module. The actuator control module is configured to control an actuator of a vehicle to cause the vehicle to perform a yaw maneuver by rotating about its yaw axis. The damping ratio module is configured to determine a damping ratio based on an operating parameter measured during the yaw maneuver. The operating parameter includes at least one of a yaw rate of the vehicle, a yaw rate of a trailer connected to the vehicle, a lateral acceleration of the vehicle, a lateral acceleration of the trailer, a heading angle of the vehicle, and a hitch angle between a longitudinal axis of the vehicle and a longitudinal axis of the trailer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Wen-Chiao Lin, Bo Yu
  • Patent number: 11828608
    Abstract: At least one three-dimensional roadway segment cuboid nodal system and at least one stationary resource node subsystem(s) includes a computing device comprising at least a memory, a processor, and processing logic for execution in the processor. The processing logic is configured to acquire information regarding a mobile node and the three-dimensional roadway segment cuboid subsystem(s). The information includes a location of the mobile node and a location of the roadway segment cuboid subsystem(s) and a type of use of the mobile node and roadway segment cuboid subsystem(s) to identify and determine acceptable usage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Inventor: Joseph E. Conroy
  • Patent number: 11822381
    Abstract: A display mounting device is disclosed. The display mounting device includes a driving motor which provides a rotational driving force; and an arm unit which receives the rotational driving force and moves linearly in at least one zone, thereby becoming stretched or extended. The display mounting device further includes a display mount for receiving a display and for moving the display in coordination with the stretching or extension of the arm unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: DOTHEAL Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Bo Ram Hong
  • Patent number: 11822379
    Abstract: A display mounting device is disclosed. The display mounting device includes a driving motor which provides a rotational driving force; and an arm unit which receives the rotational driving force and moves linearly in at least one zone, thereby becoming stretched or extended. The display mounting device further includes a display mount for receiving a display and for moving the display in coordination with the stretching or extension of the arm unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: DOTHEAL Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Bo Ram Hong
  • Patent number: 11822380
    Abstract: A display mounting device is disclosed. The display mounting device includes a driving motor which provides a rotational driving force; an arm unit which receives the rotational driving force and moves linearly in at least one zone, thereby becoming stretched or extended. The display mounting device further includes a display mount for receiving a display and for moving the display in coordination with the stretching or extension of the arm unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: DOTHEAL Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Bo Ram Hong
  • Patent number: 11823040
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for testing an air traffic management electronic system. The method includes receiving by the system of input data representative of a state of air traffic and establishing by the system of information related to air traffic as a function of the input data and delivery of the information to an electronic test device of the system. The method further includes determining by the electronic test device, as a function of the delivered information, of air traffic control instructions and providing said system with the instructions and receiving and processing of the instructions by the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: THALES
    Inventors: Béatrice Pesquet-Popescu, Fateh Kaakai, Frédéric Barbaresco
  • Patent number: 11823504
    Abstract: A telematics device and a method by the telematics device are provided. The method includes detecting a vehicle starting event and sending a first request while refraining from sending a second request for a requests-off duration. After the expiry of the requests-off duration, sending the second request. In response to detecting a vehicle turning off event, sending a third request and receiving a third response up to a post vehicle turning off duration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Geotab Inc.
    Inventors: Himanshu Gulati, Kanwaljit Basra
  • Patent number: 11815360
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for predicting the destination location of a vehicle by processing a local preference graph of a user of the vehicle having nodes corresponding to locations visited by the user. In some embodiments, information about locations which have been visited one after another by users and the time between visits of the locations are also used in the prediction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: GRABTAXI HOLDINGS PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Xiang Hui Nicholas Lim, See Kiong Ng, Kuen Yew Bryan Hooi, Renrong Weng, Jagannadan Varadarajan
  • Patent number: 11814818
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a fatigue management system capable of managing fatigue of each portion of a construction machine more accurately than conventional systems. The fatigue management system S includes: a stress calculation section S1 that calculates stress acting on a plurality of portions of the construction machine based on the output of a sensor 18 attached to a part of the construction machine; a damage degree calculation section S2 that calculates the cumulative damage degree of each portion of the construction machine based on the stress calculated by the stress calculation section S1; and an index value calculation section S3 that calculates a fatigue index value, which is a weighted value of the cumulative damage degree, for each portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keita Ogasawara, Akio Hoshi, Shunichi Suda, Hiroshi Kanezawa, Takeshi Shiina
  • Patent number: 11816543
    Abstract: Methods, systems and computer program products for generating content for training a classifier, including: receiving two or more parts of a description, for each part, retrieving from an extracted feature collection library one or more extracted feature collections derived from one or more video frames, the extracted feature collections or the video frames labeled with a label associated with the part, thus obtaining a multiplicity of extracted feature collections, and combining the multiplicity of extracted feature collections to obtain a combined feature collection associated with the description, the combined feature collection to be used for training a classifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: OSR ENTERPRISES AG
    Inventors: Yosef Ben-Ezra, Samuel Hazak, Yaniv Ben-Haim, Yoni Schiff, Shai Nissim, Orit Shifman
  • Patent number: 11814029
    Abstract: A system for sensing the angular position of a caster wheel includes a sensor mounted on a bearing which supports a shaft aligned with the rotational axis of the caster. A target on the shaft is detected by the sensor which generates signals indicative of the presence or absence of the target. The position of the target is coordinated with the position of the caster wheel such that the signals are indicative of the angular position of the caster wheel. The target may be a groove extending partially around the shaft and a remaining ungrooved portion of the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventor: Jeffrey Brown Fay, II
  • Patent number: 11813909
    Abstract: Trailer coupling assembly arranged to a support structure of a vehicle or support structure of a trailer, wherein the trailer coupling assembly comprises a tow bar or a connection head/trailer hitch, wherein it comprises an intermediate connection device enabling movement of the tow bar or connection head/trailer hitch in a vertical direction and/or longitudinal direction of the vehicle or trailer, respectively. A vehicle with trailer coupling assembly movable in at least a vertical direction and/or longitudinal direction of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Smart Patents AS
    Inventor: Dag Arild Aamodt Strand
  • Patent number: 11817562
    Abstract: A vehicle includes: a battery pack including a secondary battery, a battery sensor that detects a state of the secondary battery, and a first control device; a second control device provided separately from the battery pack; and a converter. The first control device is configured to use a detection value of the battery sensor to obtain a current upper limit value indicating an upper limit value of an output current of the secondary battery. The second control device is configured to use a power upper limit value indicating an upper limit value of an output power of the secondary battery to control the output power of the secondary battery. The converter is configured to perform conversion of the current upper limit value into the power upper limit value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Kikuchi, Junichi Matsumoto, Akio Uotani