Patents Examined by Yonel Beaulieu
  • Patent number: 11921500
    Abstract: Technology for generating and displaying a graphical user interface for operating an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is disclosed herein that generates and updates a representation of a spline flight path. In various implementations, a graphical user interface detects user interactions with a remote control device directing the flight control subsystem of the UAV to record keyframes and to compute a spline based on the keyframes during flight. The graphical user interface displays a real-time perspective of the UAV with a representation of the spline and the keyframes overlaying the view. The graphical user interface continually updates the representation as the UAV flies and when the spline is updated as the keyframes are updated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Skydio, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Thomas Beaudouin-Lafon, Saumya Pravinbhai Shah, Kristen Marie Holtz, James Anthony Ferrandini, Hayk Martirosyan, Matthew Joseph Donahoe, Charles VanSchoonhoven Wood, Clara Kelley, Adam Parker Bry, Jack Louis Zhu
  • Patent number: 11913193
    Abstract: A shovel includes a lower traveling body; an upper turning body pivotably attached to the lower traveling body; an attachment attached to the upper turning body; and a processor that stores in a memory, or transmits to an external device, log information including information on the shovel and information on a peripheral environment of the shovel upon detecting that a degree of stability on a motion of the shovel becomes less than a predetermined reference level, or upon detecting an indication that the degree of stability on the motion of the shovel becomes lower than the predetermined reference level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Tetsuji Ono
  • Patent number: 11905145
    Abstract: The present invention provides a remote control terminal which achieves both easy visibility and easy control by indicating the movement direction and the movement speed of a work device as a directed segment according to the operation direction and the operation amount of an operation tool. The present invention provides a remote control terminal which remotely controls a crane device of a crane, the remote control terminal being provided with: a terminal-side communication unit; a suspended load movement operation tool; a terminal-side display device; and a terminal-side control device. The terminal-side control device calculates a vector which represents the movement direction and the movement speed of the crane device according to the operation direction and the operation amount of the suspended load movement operation tool, and the terminal-side control device displays an image in which the directed segment representing the vector is superimposed on the image captured by the camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: TADANO LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Hayashi, Shinsuke Kanda
  • Patent number: 11884397
    Abstract: Certain embodiments of the present application relate to a method for releasing a parcel from an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The parcel is engaged with a hook attached to a line suspended from the UAV. The method includes lowering the hook such that the parcel is at least partially supported by a target surface, thereby performing an attempt to release the parcel from the hook, performing at least one iteration of an iterative procedure. The iterative procedure includes raising the hook, and determining whether the line remains loaded. The iterative procedure further includes lowering the hook an additional time in response to a determination that the line remains loaded, thereby performing an additional attempt to release the parcel from the hook. The iterative procedure further includes performing an additional iteration of the iterative procedure in response to the number of attempts failing to satisfy a threshold number of attempts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Workhorse Group Inc.
    Inventors: Rich Parraga, James Wagner, Phil McDermott, Gianfranco Trovato, Joseph Sams, Mark Beaulieu, Wei Wei
  • Patent number: 11878632
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes, receiving a first set of positional parameters for movement of a vehicle through an environment captured by a first sensor associated with the vehicle. The method includes receiving a second set of positional parameters for movement of the vehicle through the environment captured by a second sensor associated with the vehicle. The method includes calculating an angular offset between the first set of positional parameters and the second set of positional parameters based on comparing the first set of positional parameters to the second set of positional parameters. The method includes determining a calibration factor based on the calculated angular offset. The method includes calibrating at least one of the first sensor or the second sensor by using the calibration factor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Lyft, Inc.
    Inventor: Forrest Samuel Briggs
  • Patent number: 11881106
    Abstract: A vehicle such as an autonomous or self-driving vehicle has a navigation system for displaying, on a display screen, a user interface presenting a map showing multiple routes. The vehicle includes a traffic-prioritization processor configured to cooperate with the navigation system to present prices and travel times for the multiple routes via the user interface to enable a user of the vehicle to select one of the multiple routes based on both the prices and the travel times displayed on the display screen. The vehicle further includes a radiofrequency data transceiver configured to cooperate with the traffic-prioritization processor to communicate with one or more other vehicles or a central server to negotiate a traffic reprioritization for a user-selected route.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Inventor: Matthew Roy
  • Patent number: 11880118
    Abstract: A method of determining a path along an object includes a step of “determining a reference point of the object in absolute coordinates”, a step of “ascertaining a set of points of the object in absolute coordinates on the basis of further points of the object within a relative coordinate system, conversion of the further points of the object to the absolute coordinate system being effected on the basis of the reference point of the object”, and a step of “determining the path along the object on the basis of the set of points of the object, so that the path extends at a distance from the object”.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: TOP SEVEN GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Peter Schickel, Ulrich Seng, Oliver Neubauer
  • Patent number: 11865062
    Abstract: A guide system is provided that uses a plurality of sensors to identify and determine a clear path for an ambulatory vision impaired person. The system includes one or more wheels that rotate to propel the system, a platform supported by the one or more wheels and housing a processor, a rigid harness with a haptic feedback grip that is positioned to be grasped by an operator, and one or more sensors configured to sense information about the environment. In operation, the processor analyzes information sensed by the sensors to identify object in the path of the guide system and sends messages to the operator to allow the operator to avoid the identified objects. The messages may be sent to the operator via the haptic feedback grip or audibly via a speaker or via a wireless connection to a haptic or audio device being worn by the operator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: United States Government as Represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs
    Inventor: Brian L. Higgins
  • Patent number: 11867246
    Abstract: A wear volume estimation device estimates a wear volume of a brake pad of a vehicle. A wear volume function expresses the wear volume as a function of a vehicle speed, a brake pressure, and a brake duration. The wear volume estimation device calculates the wear volume by using the wear volume function. Moreover, the wear volume estimation device estimates a temperature of a contact surface of the brake pad that comes in contact with a brake rotor, and updates temperature history information indicating at least a temperature history of the contact surface based on the temperature of the contact surface. The wear volume estimation device variably sets the wear volume function according to the temperature history of the contact surface indicated by the temperature history information acquired at a time of previous braking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Noriyoshi Matsui
  • Patent number: 11861948
    Abstract: An apparatus for determining a resource remaining datum of an electric aircraft is disclosed. The apparatus includes a processor and a memory communicatively connected to the processor. The memory contains instructions configuring the processor to receive aircraft data from at least a sensing device, wherein the at least a sensing device is configured to measure at least a parameter of a battery pack of the electric aircraft and generate aircraft data as a function of the at least a parameter of the battery pack of the electric aircraft. The memory contains instructions configuring the processor to determine a reserve energy as a function of a flight mode of the electric aircraft and determine a resource remaining datum as a function of the aircraft data and the reserve energy, wherein the resource remaining datum is related to the battery pack of the electric aircraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: BETA AIR, LLC
    Inventors: Steven J. Foland, Thomas Henck, Herman Wiegman
  • Patent number: 11862028
    Abstract: A system and method for pilot assistance in an electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. The system generally includes a pilot control and a flight controller. The pilot control is attached to the eVTOL aircraft. The pilot control is configured to transmit an input relating to the flight path of the aircraft. The flight controller is communicatively connected to the pilot control. The flight controller is configured to receive the input relating to the flight path, generate an output of a recommended flight maneuver as a function of the input, and display the recommended flight maneuver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: BETA AIR, LLC
    Inventor: Collin Freiheit
  • Patent number: 11853058
    Abstract: A system may include one or more sensors configured to acquire data associated with a driver of a vehicle and a processor. The processor may receive the data and determine whether the data is within a baseline data associated with expected behavior of the driver. The processor may then control one or more operations of the vehicle in response to the data being outside the baseline data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Kade L. Scott, Benjamin D. Ethington, Richard Daniel Graham, Matthew T. Flachsbart
  • Patent number: 11854414
    Abstract: A UAV delivery control system is disclosed. Sensors detect operation parameters associated with the UAV as the UAV maneuvers along an airborne delivery route. A UAV operation controller monitors UAV route parameters as the UAV maneuvers along the airborne delivery route. The UAV route parameters are indicative as to a current environment of the airborne delivery route that the UAV is encountering. The UAV operation controller automatically adjusts the operation of the UAV to maintain the operation of the UAV within an operation threshold based on the operation parameters and the UAV route parameters. The operation threshold is the operation of the UAV that is maintained within an overall airborne operation radius of the UAV from a return destination thereby enabling the UAV to execute the delivery of the package along the airborne delivery route and to return to the return destination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Workhorse Group Inc.
    Inventors: Jay Ratajczak, Scott Wilson, Wei Wei, Thaddeus M. Bort, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11854416
    Abstract: According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided a drone station comprising a housing having a cavity, and a structure permeable to air and configured to be moved from a first position into a second position and reverse, wherein a platform for landing, storing and starting of a drone is provided by the structure within the cavity in the first position, and wherein an entry into the cavity or an exit out of the cavity through a ventral access is provided for the drone in the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Teknologian tutkimuskeskus VTT Oy
    Inventor: Raul Prieto
  • Patent number: 11847922
    Abstract: A method for controlling secure delivery of a medication package includes receiving a medication delivery request to deliver a medication package to a first delivery location. The method also includes identifying one or more authenticated delivery locations corresponding to a recipient and determining whether the one or more authenticated delivery locations includes the first delivery location and, in response to a determination that the one or more authenticated delivery locations includes the first delivery location, instructing an unmanned aerial vehicle to transport the medication package from a starting location to the first delivery location. The method also includes, in response to the unmanned aerial vehicle communicating authentication data, determining whether the authentication data corresponds to the recipient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.
    Inventors: Ankur Kaneria, Timothy B. Clise
  • Patent number: 11844302
    Abstract: A controller for a harvester. The controller is configured to receive crop flow information representative of how crop is flowing through the harvester and generate display information for providing a visual display to an operator of the harvester. The visual display includes an animation of crop flowing through the harvester. The controller is further configured to set one or more properties of the animation of the crop flowing through the harvester based on the received crop flow information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Bart M. A. Missotten, Glenn Aesaert, Michael Carpentier, Dré W. J. Jongmans, Thomas Mahieu, Ricardo Mesquita, Karel M. C. Viaene, Bart Vroman, Johnny M. F. Scherrens
  • Patent number: 11841714
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method of a wireless communication system, and a computer-readable storage medium are disclosed. The apparatus comprises a processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to configure, directly or indirectly on the basis of one or more height thresholds for user equipment and a current height of the user equipment, operation of the user equipment. According to at least one aspect of the embodiments of the disclosure, configuring, on the basis of a height threshold, operation of a user equipment optimizes communication performance in an unmanned aerial vehicle communication scenario.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wenbo Zhang, Penshun Lu, Chen Sun
  • Patent number: 11834055
    Abstract: A method for selecting a content forwarding node in a vehicle ad-hoc network on the basis of service type, comprising the following steps: calculating a bandwidth occupation proportion factor according to the type of requested content information and a bandwidth occupation situation of a neighboring vehicle which can perform forwarding in a one-hop transmission range; defining a virtual arrival time of a candidate forwarding vehicle to an initial request vehicle according to the distance between the neighboring vehicle and the initial request vehicle and a driving speed of the neighboring vehicle; calculating a forwarding node impact factor according to the bandwidth occupation proportion factor and the virtual arrival time; and selecting a forwarding node according to the forwarding node impact factor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: NANJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
    Inventors: Qi Zhu, Yuanyuan Tang, Hongbo Zhu, Longxiang Yang
  • Patent number: 11827152
    Abstract: A vehicular vision system includes an interior-viewing camera disposed in a vehicle and viewing a driver of the vehicle, and a forward-viewing camera disposed at the vehicle and viewing at least forward of the vehicle. Responsive to image processing of image data captured by the interior-viewing camera, at least one selected from the group consisting of (i) position of the driver's head is determined and (ii) direction that the driver's eyes are viewing is determined. Responsive to image processing of image data captured by the forward-viewing camera and to image processing of image data captured by the interior-viewing camera, an object present exterior of the equipped vehicle and viewable by the driver is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: MAGNA ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Achim Gieseke, Michael Biemer
  • Patent number: 11829139
    Abstract: A technique is described for developing and using applications and skills with an autonomous vehicle. In an example embodiment, a development platform is provided that enables access to a developer console for developing software modules for use with an autonomous vehicle. Using the developer console, a developer user can specify instructions for causing an autonomous vehicle to perform one or more operations. For example, to control the behavior of an autonomous vehicle, the instructions can cause an executing computer system at the autonomous vehicle to generate calls to an application programming interface (API) associated with an autonomous navigation system of autonomous vehicle. Such calls to the API can be configured to adjust a parameter of a behavioral objective associated with a trajectory generation process performed by the autonomous navigation system that controls the behavior of the autonomous vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Skydio, Inc.
    Inventors: Roshan Neel Jobanputra, Jeffrey Robert DeCew, Matthew Joseph Donahoe, Mark Edward Rubin, Adam Parker Bry, Abraham Galton Bachrach, Jack Louis Zhu, Kristen Marie Holtz