Patents Examined by Y. Lin
  • Patent number: 12202493
    Abstract: A drivetrain has at least one electric drive machine configured for driving a motor vehicle, a drivable rear motor vehicle axle for transmitting drive forces of the electric drive machine to a roadway surface, and a vehicle transmission which has at least one transmission ratio stage and which is configured for transmitting drive forces in the direction of the drivable rear motor vehicle axle. The transmission ratio stage can, in at least one operating mode of the drivetrain, be engaged by a transmission control unit. The vehicle transmission can, from the transmission ratio stage, be shifted by the transmission control unit into a neutral position in which a transmission output shaft is freely rotatable relative to a transmission input shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Benjamin Huttenlocher, Georg Johann Meingassner, Aditya Sharma, Reinhard Simkovics
  • Patent number: 12194630
    Abstract: A method for controlling an industrial robot provides that position data of the industrial robot are detected and environment data of an object in an environment of the industrial robot are captured with an environment detection unit. The position data and the environment data are transformed into a common figure space, in which a control figure is defined for the industrial robot and an object figure of the object is represented. A parameter set is created which takes a dimensioning of the control figure in the figure space into account. The parameter set comprises a temporal and spatial correlation of the position data and the environment data and takes into account the movement history of the industrial robot and/or of the object. An action instruction is generated for the industrial robot if the control figure and the object figure satisfy a predefined criterion in relation to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Beckhoff Automation GmbH
    Inventors: Clemens Maier, Armin Pehlivan, Christoph Zech, Peter Kastler, Thomas Morscher
  • Patent number: 12194641
    Abstract: A robot system includes robot bodies, operation devices each configured to accept operation and generate operational information for causing the robot body to operate, motion controllers configured to control operation of the corresponding robot body in response to the operational information, operation target selectors configured to receive an operation for selecting any of the robot bodies and request a permission to operate the selected robot body based on the operational information from the corresponding operation device, and an operation permitting device having a determinator configured to receive the permission request from the operation target selector and determine whether a permission is to be granted for the permission request. When the permission request is received, and the operation of the robot body selected by the operation target selector based on the operational information from a different operation device is permitted, the determinator prohibits the permission to the permission request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yasuhiko Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 12183214
    Abstract: The method can include performing inference using the system; and can optionally include training the system components. The method functions to automatically interpret flight commands from a stream of air traffic control (ATC) radio communications. The method can additionally or alternatively function to train and/or update a natural language processing system based on ATC communications. Additionally, the method can include or be used in conjunction with collision avoidance and/or directed perception for traffic detection associated therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Merlin Labs, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew George, Alexander Naiman, Michael Pust, Joseph Bondaryk
  • Patent number: 12179358
    Abstract: Provided is a robot apparatus that includes a load compensation function dealing with a variation in load, where the robot apparatus includes one or more movable portions, a load compensation section utilizing an elastic body to compensate for a load acting on the movable portion, and an initial displacement amount setting section applying, to the elastic body, an initial displacement amount corresponding to a desired position or posture of the movable portion. The initial displacement setting section includes an actuator displacing the elastic body by an initial displacement amount and locks the actuator with the elastic body remaining displaced by the initial displacement amount. The movable portion is a leg including a joint portion having a degree of rotational freedom around a pitch axis, and the initial displacement amount setting section sets the initial displacement amount on the basis of a toe force of the leg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasunori Kawanami, Yasuhisa Kamikawa
  • Patent number: 12172324
    Abstract: A method for determining a safety-limit zone, including: obtaining a first image from a limb taken from a first direction, wherein the first image includes a first effective area and a second effective area, and the first effective area is capable of matching with the second effective area; obtaining a second image from the limb taken from a second direction, wherein the second image includes a third effective area corresponding to the first effective area, and a fourth effective area corresponding to the second effective area, the third effective area is capable of matching with the fourth effective area, and the second direction and the first direction are perpendicular to each other; and obtaining a safety-limit zone and safety-rotation angles according to the first effective area, the second effective area, the third effective area and the fourth effective area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jinmiao Tang
  • Patent number: 12175769
    Abstract: A target vehicle recognition apparatus for recognizing a target vehicle as a target to be avoided by steering control of a host vehicle detects a stopped vehicle located in front of the host vehicle, determines whether the stopped vehicle is in a forward-facing state to the host vehicle or a rearward-facing state to the host vehicle, determines whether the stopped vehicle is in a right boundary line deviation state crossing a right boundary line of a travel lane of the host vehicle, a left boundary line deviation state crossing a left boundary line of the travel lane, and recognizes the target vehicle for steering control based on a captured image captured by a front camera of the host vehicle and each of the determination results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masakazu Nishijima, Wataru Sasagawa, Kazuyuki Fujita, Minami Sato
  • Patent number: 12168455
    Abstract: In the method for optimizing decision-making regulation and control, a first traveling sequence is obtained, where the first traveling sequence includes a first trajectory sequence of the vehicle in information about a first environment and first target driving behavior output by a behavior decision-making layer of a decision-making and control system based on the information about the first environment. A second traveling sequence is obtained, where the second traveling sequence includes a second trajectory sequence output by a motion planning layer of the decision-making and control system based on preset second target driving behavior and the second target driving behavior. The behavior decision-making layer is optimized based on a difference between the first traveling sequence and a preset traveling sequence, and the motion planning layer is optimized based on a difference between the second traveling sequence and the preset traveling sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bin Wang, Yuzheng Zhuang, Wulong Liu
  • Patent number: 12168297
    Abstract: A robot apparatus includes a robot arm, an end effector provided in the robot arm and configured to hold a workpiece, and a controller configured to perform a control process for controlling the end effector to release the workpiece on a basis of a first torque acting on the end effector in a predetermined direction in a state in which the end effector is holding the workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yuya Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 12168859
    Abstract: A working machine includes a controller to perform an automatic deceleration operation to automatically decelerate from a second speed to a first speed when a value calculated based on a first traveling pressure, a second traveling pressure, a third traveling pressure, and a fourth traveling pressure becomes equal to or more than a deceleration threshold in a state where a left traveling motor and a right traveling motor are being driven at the second speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji Fukuda, Kohei Nagao, Ryota Hamamoto, Hiroaki Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 12163825
    Abstract: A work machine includes: a load acquisition section which acquires a load of an object held by an attachment; and an estimative load determination part which determines, based on the load acquired by the load acquisition section, an estimative load of the object estimated to be discharged at a position above a destination in a discharge task when a predetermined estimative load determinative criterion is satisfied. The estimative load determinative criterion includes at least one of a criterion that a boom rising speed at which a boom rises in a rising direction reduces in a holding task, and a criterion that the boom rising speed reduces in a carrying task.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiro Ueta, Michio Hirayama, Kazuomi Endo
  • Patent number: 12159545
    Abstract: Systems and methods for depicting aircraft traffic. One example system includes an electronic controller coupled to a transceiver and a display for displaying a traffic interface. The electronic controller is configured to provide, on the traffic interface, a map representing a travel area and to provide, on the map, a first graphical representation of a first aircraft within the travel area. The electronic controller is configured to provide, on the map, a second graphical representation of a second aircraft within the travel area and to receive, from the transceiver, a first location of the first aircraft. The electronic controller is configured to receive, from the transceiver, a second location of the second aircraft and, in response to determining that the second location is within a predetermined radius of the first location, transform the traffic interface to highlight a geometric area of the map based on the first location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Robert S. Takacs, Simon J. Gharibian, Roderick S. Duplin, Octavian Codreanu
  • Patent number: 12153445
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for controlling cruise of an unmanned air vehicle based on a prefabricated construction platform, a terminal device, and a computer readable storage medium are provided. The control method comprises: acquiring personnel information at the construction site; adjusting a cruise cycle of the unmanned air vehicle based on the personnel information; transmitting the imagery data of the construction site collected by the unmanned air vehicle to the prefabricated construction platform; and completing three-dimensional modeling on the prefabricated construction platform based on the imagery data, and displaying a resulting model. In this way, the technical problem that the existing cruise method of the unmanned air vehicle has a low level of intelligence is solved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: CHINA CONSTRUCTION SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhonghua Zhang, Zesen Fan, Shilong Su, Xinwei Li, Ruinan Tan, Rong Teng, Yunxing Chang
  • Patent number: 12145266
    Abstract: Robot control systems, methods, control modules, and computer program products that leverage one or more large language model(s) (LLMs) in order to achieve at least some degree of autonomy are described. Robot control parameters, environment details, and/or instruction sets may advantageously be specified in natural language (NL) and communicated with the LLM via an NL prompt or query. An NL response from the LLM may then be converted into a task plan. A task plan that successfully completes a first instance of a work objective may be parameterized and re-used to complete a second instance of the work objective. Parameterization of a task plan may include replacing one or more nouns/objects in the NL task plan with variables, while optionally preserving one or more verbs/actions in the NL task plan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2024
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Sanctuary Cognitive Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Geordie Rose, Suzanne Gildert
  • Patent number: 12148310
    Abstract: One example method of operation may include receiving, from a drone, one or more communications indicating a distress event experienced by the drone based on one or more indicators, transmitting a mitigation instruction message to the drone to initiate a mitigation operation, receiving from the drone, one or more communications including content stored on the drone, and transmitting a data purge instruction to the drone to purge data stored on the drone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: MetroStar Systems LLC
    Inventors: Ali Reza Manouchehri, Udaya Chundury, Vy Truong
  • Patent number: 12138801
    Abstract: A trajectory plan generation device executes a first search process for searching for a plurality of position candidates which are movement destinations of the tip portion within a predetermined distance from first trajectory information indicating positions and postures of the tip portion between the start point and the end point, a second search process for searching for a plurality of posture candidates of the tip portion that change within an allowable range by spherical interpolation based on postures of the tip portion at the start point and the end point, a determination process for determining second trajectory information indicating positions and postures of movement destinations of the tip portion from the first trajectory information based on the plurality of position candidates searched for by the first search process and the plurality of posture candidates searched for by the second search process, and an output process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuta Yamauchi, Nobuaki Nakasu
  • Patent number: 12138796
    Abstract: A robot system includes: a robot comprising a joint driven by a motor; and a circuitry configured to: execute position control of the motor based on position commands; store torque commands generated based on the position commands during execution of the position control of the motor; and execute torque control of the motor based on the stored torque commands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Inventors: Keita Shimamoto, Koji Uemura
  • Patent number: 12138811
    Abstract: A robot control device executes assist control for generating an assist force in a direction of an external force applied to a robot in a case where a position of the robot is located in a first area set in a work area of the robot when the external force is applied to the robot. The robot control device stops the execution of the assist control in a case where the position of the robot is located in a second area set outside the work area of the robot. The robot control device restricts the execution of the assist control in a case where the position of the robot is located in a third area set outside the first area and inside the second area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigeyoshi Inagaki, Naofumi Yoshida, Yasuhiro Yamashita
  • Patent number: 12138129
    Abstract: An imaging system for a surgical robot and a surgical robot. The imaging system includes: a fixed display device for acquiring and displaying image information about a surgical environment; a movable display device, which is coupled, so as to be movable relative, to the fixed display device, the movable display device configured to acquire and display the same image information as is displayed by the fixed display device; and a console having a support on which the fixed display device is mounted. The combined use of the movable display device with the fixed display device in the imaging system and the surgical robot provide more options of operation to an operator. The movable display device can be adjusted according to the desired comfort and personal preferences of the operator to provide the operator with an experience of increased operational comfort and reduce the fatigue of the operator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: SHANGHAI MICROPORT MEDBOT (GROUP) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuai Yuan, Yunlei Shi, Jiayin Wang, Chao He
  • Patent number: 12138810
    Abstract: Utilization of user interface inputs, from remote client devices, in controlling robot(s) in an environment. Implementations relate to generating training instances based on object manipulation parameters, defined by instances of user interface input(s), and training machine learning model(s) to predict the object manipulation parameter(s). Those implementations can subsequently utilize the trained machine learning model(s) to reduce a quantity of instances that input(s) from remote client device(s) are solicited in performing a given set of robotic manipulations and/or to reduce the extent of input(s) from remote client device(s) in performing a given set of robotic operations. Implementations are additionally or alternatively related to mitigating idle time of robot(s) through the utilization of vision data that captures object(s), to be manipulated by a robot, prior to the object(s) being transported to a robot workspace within which the robot can reach and manipulate the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Johnny Lee, Stefan Welker