Patents Examined by Yufeng Zhang
  • Patent number: 12377711
    Abstract: A vehicle system includes: at least one of: a sensor configured to measure an amount of a chemical in air within a passenger cabin of a vehicle; and a camera configured to capture images within the passenger cabin of the vehicle; and a control module configured to: detect smoking within the passenger cabin based on the at least one of the amount of the chemical and at least one of the images; and in response to smoking being detected within the passenger cabin, adjust operation of at least one of a luxury feature of the vehicle and a comfort feature of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignee: DENSO International America, Inc.
    Inventors: Sibu Varughese, Martín Nespolo, Thomas Krzyzak, Gareth Webb, Wilson Yim, Matthew Johnson
  • Patent number: 12371007
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining a number of micromobility transports in an area, determining a speed and a direction of the micromobility transports, notifying a vehicle approaching the area when the number of the micromobility transports is above a threshold and the speed and the direction will cause an event with the vehicle, and providing a position and a speed to the vehicle to navigate the event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: TOYOTA CONNECTED NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventor: Masahiro W. Muramatsu
  • Patent number: 12365406
    Abstract: A system may include a first device and a second device. The first device may be configured to be associated with a component of a machine. The second device may be configured to provide one or more interrogation magnetic signals to the first device; and determine, based on providing the one or more interrogation magnetic signals, whether a response magnetic signal is received from the first device. The second device may selectively provide first wear information indicating a first amount of wear of the component or second wear information indicating a second amount of wear of the component. The first information may be provided when the response magnetic signal is received from the first device. The second wear information may be provided when the response magnetic signal is not received from the first device. The second amount of wear may exceed the first amount of wear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Li Zhang, Eric J. Johannsen
  • Patent number: 12365343
    Abstract: Described herein is NLS using a bounded linear initial search space and a fixed grid with pre-calculated variables. Specifically, first and second signals with unknown first and second elevation angles, respectively, are received that have been reflected by an object, with the second signal also having been reflected off the ground. A line of second angles is then established as a function of first angles, a sensor height, and a range to the object. The first angles being bound by a function of the sensor height and the range and a function of the sensor height, the range, and the maximum height. A search algorithm is then used to search for an initial elevation angle pair along the line. The initial elevation angle pair may then be fed into a refinement algorithm (e.g., non-linear least squares) to determine the elevation angles associated with the first and second signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: APTIV TECHNOLOGIES AG
    Inventors: Xin Zhang, Stuart Rogers, Zhengzheng Li
  • Patent number: 12358506
    Abstract: A vehicle deceleration assistance apparatus executes a deceleration assistance control before a vehicle arrives at a target point. The apparatus executes the deceleration assistance control, setting a deceleration assistance level to a first level when a first condition is satisfied, blinkers are activated, and a second condition is satisfied. The first condition is a condition that a target point distance between the vehicle and the target point is equal to or shorter than a first distance. The second condition is a condition that the target point distance is equal to or longer than a second distance shorter than the first distance. The apparatus executes the deceleration assistance control, setting the deceleration assistance level to a second level lower than the first level when the first condition is satisfied, the blinkers are activated, and the second condition is not satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuta Ikezawa, Kohei Tochigi
  • Patent number: 12344231
    Abstract: A hybrid drive includes an internal combustion engine, an electrical machine, at least one torsional vibration damper, and an electronic control unit. The torsional vibration damper is designed for optimal vibration damping during operation of the internal combustion engine with the full number of cylinders of the internal combustion engine switched-on in internal-combustion-engine mode. The electronic control unit is further designed such that, in purely electric-motor mode where no cylinders are switched on, the electrical machine simulates the cylinder-ignition-dependent torque excitations of the switched-off internal combustion engine substantially identically until the internal combustion engine is switched back on.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Michael Friedrich, Markus Nussbaumer
  • Patent number: 12296815
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method, performed by a control device, for driving at least one power consumer connected to a powertrain of a vehicle. The at least one propulsion unit comprises a first electrical machine and a second electrical machine, wherein the first electrical machine is connected to a first main shaft and the second electrical machine is connected to a second main shaft. A connection shaft is connected to the first electrical machine; and the at least one power consumer comprises a first power consumer connected to the first main shaft and/or a second power consumer connected to the connection shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: Scania CV AB
    Inventors: Mathias Björkman, Niklas Pettersson, Fredrik Sundén, Mikael Bergquist, Johan Lindström
  • Patent number: 12286106
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for vehicle navigation. In one implementation, at least one processor may receive, from a camera, at least one captured image representative of features in an environment of the vehicle. The processor may identify an intersection and a pedestrian in a vicinity of the intersection represented in the image. The processor may determine a navigational action for the vehicle relative to the intersection based on routing information for the vehicle; and determine a predicted path for the vehicle relative to the intersection based on the determined navigational action and a predicted path for the pedestrian based on analysis of the image. The processor may further determine whether the vehicle is projected to collide with the pedestrian based on the projected paths; and, in response, cause a system associated with the vehicle to implement a collision mitigation action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: Mobileye Vision Technologies Ltd.
    Inventors: Jack Kario, Yuval Gelbard, Ariel Benou, Dmitry Kirzhner, Ofer Finelt, Ariav Kenig
  • Patent number: 12286208
    Abstract: A marine vessel maneuvering system includes an operator to receive both a propulsive force operation to change a propulsive force of a propulsion device and a steering operation to turn the propulsion device to steer a marine vessel, and a controller configured or programmed to perform a control to automatically drive the propulsion device to move the marine vessel in an automatic marine vessel maneuvering mode. The controller is configured or programmed to perform a control to transition to the automatic marine vessel maneuvering mode based on a transition operation being performed on the operator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Toshiya Tsuchiya
  • Patent number: 12286023
    Abstract: A system for positioning a vehicle at a charging station. The system comprises: a wireless communication arrangement comprising a first communication device configured to wirelessly communicate with a second communication device by a wireless protocol; a vehicle positioning arrangement comprising a transmitting antenna configured to transmit a detection signal, and a receiving antenna configured to receive the detection signal. The transmission of the detection signal by the transmitting antenna and/or the detection of the detection signal by the receiving antenna is controlled to determine an angle between the transmitting antenna and the receiving antenna, which angle is used to guide the vehicle to a predetermined position at the charging station. The first communication device comprises one of the transmitting antenna and receiving antenna of the vehicle positioning arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Victor Sandgren, Jingxu Gu, Mikaela Öhman
  • Patent number: 12284523
    Abstract: A method, system and product for identifying spoofed maritime signals using information from other vessels. The method comprises obtaining one or more location-reporting signals of a maritime vessel, wherein the one or more location-reporting signals comprise one or more respective sets of geographical coordinates, each of which having a timestamp. The method further comprises determining that the one or more location-reporting signals are at least partially fabricated, wherein said determining is based on a contradiction between a content of the one or more location-reporting signals and information derived from location-reporting signals received from other maritime vessels. The method further comprises performing a responsive action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Windward LTD.
    Inventors: Dror Salzman, Shay Amram
  • Patent number: 12280780
    Abstract: A control system for a host vehicle operable in an automated mode, wherein the control system is configured to: receive a driver selection from a first human-machine interface of a vehicle-to-vehicle separation when vehicle speed falls below a threshold; store the vehicle-to-vehicle separation when vehicle speed falls below the threshold; receive a driver intervention from a second human-machine interface to modify the vehicle-to-vehicle separation; and update the stored vehicle-to-vehicle separation based on the received driver intervention when the vehicle speed later falls below the threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: JAGUAR LAND ROVER LIMITED
    Inventors: Fraser Jardine, Michael Belcher, Simon Nell, Daniel Woolliscroft
  • Patent number: 12276986
    Abstract: A system configured to operate in an unknown, possibly texture-less environment, with possibly self-similar surfaces, and comprising a plurality of platforms configured to operate as mobile platforms, where each of these platforms comprises an optical depth sensor, and one platform operates as a static platform and comprising at least one optical projector. Upon operating the system, the static platform projects a pattern onto the environment, wherein each of the mobile platforms detects the pattern or a part thereof by its respective optical depth sensor while moving, and wherein information obtained by the optical depth sensors, is used to determine moving instructions for mobile platforms within that environment. Optionally, the system operates so that every time period another mobile platform from among the plurality of platforms, takes the role of operating as the static platform, while the preceding platform returns to operate as a mobile platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: INUITIVE LTD.
    Inventors: Idan Ram, Ady Ecker
  • Patent number: 12272191
    Abstract: An acquisition unit that acquires vehicle information related to a vehicle state of a vehicle; a determination unit that determines whether the vehicle has traveled in a state in which energy consumption efficiency of the vehicle is poor within a predetermined time from a predetermined driving operation of the vehicle based on the vehicle information acquired by the acquisition unit; and a display control unit that causes a display unit to display the number of times of traveling in the state per unit time within the predetermined time from the predetermined driving operation, the traveling being determined by the determination unit, are included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tatsunobu Murai, Hirotaka Murakami
  • Patent number: 12269720
    Abstract: An unmanned ground-based transport vehicle, UGV, includes a housing, having a base plate and at least one housing side wall substantially perpendicular to the base plate. Arranged in the housing is at least one wheel drive, which is coupled to at least one wheel. The wheel is arranged in a recess in the base plate. The UGV further includes sensors for sensing the environment of the UGV, and a controller for autonomous location and navigation of the UGV on the basis of sensing parameters of the sensors. The UGV includes at least one load-receiving element coupled to the housing side wall and extending outwards from the housing side wall, wherein the load-receiving element includes a load support surface for supporting an item with respect to a vertical direction which extends transverse to the base plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignees: Airbus Operations GmbH, Capgemini Engineering Deutschland S.A.S. & Co. KG
    Inventors: Christian Le Polotec, Thomas Stopp, Matthias Kossow
  • Patent number: 12269487
    Abstract: A wheel load estimation device includes an obtaining unit obtaining angular velocities and angular accelerations of a rigid body including an element, accelerations of the rigid body in a front-rear direction and in a lateral direction, a weight of the element, and a position including a height of the element. The element fluctuates a center of gravity of the rigid body. A center-of-gravity inertia value calculation unit calculates information relevant to the center of gravity of the rigid body and an inertia value. A wheel load variation calculation unit calculates variation amounts of wheel loads that each act on a corresponding one of a plurality of wheels supporting the rigid body. A wheel load estimation unit estimates the wheel loads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Tatsuya Hattori, Hiroyuki Yamaguchi, Daiki Mori, Yoshikazu Hattori, Noriyoshi Suzuki
  • Patent number: 12272253
    Abstract: A system and a method include a phase determination control unit configured to receive position data of an aircraft, determine variables from messages received from the aircraft, apply fuzzy logic to the variables to determine scores for possible phases of flight of the aircraft, identify a highest score among the possible phases of flight, and determine the highest score as an actual phase of flight of the aircraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Ralf Rene Shu-Zhong Cabos, Andreas Sindlinger, Sabine Rath, Jennifer Mayer
  • Patent number: 12269458
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for emissions control of a hybrid vehicle. An instruction to switch from a combustion engine power mode of the hybrid vehicle to an electric power mode of the hybrid vehicle is received. A temperature of a catalyst associated with a combustion engine of the hybrid vehicle is identified, where exhaust gases from the combustion engine are passed over the catalyst. If the temperature of the catalyst is at, or above, a threshold level, the hybrid vehicle is switched to the electric power mode, and the combustion engine is switched off. If the temperature of the catalyst is below the threshold level, the hybrid vehicle is switched to the electric power mode, and the catalyst temperature is maintained at, or above, the threshold level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Peter Deakin, Justin Lloyd
  • Patent number: 12269512
    Abstract: A method for training a machine learning algorithm for predicting an intent parameter of an object in proximity to a self-driving vehicle on a terrain are provided. The method includes generating a training dataset having assessor-less labels, based on data collected by a training vehicle. The data collected by the training vehicle include data on the state of the training vehicle, the state of a training object, and a training terrain at a target moment in time and at a time after the target moment in time. The training data is based, at least in part, on the data for the target moment in time, and the assessor-less label is based, at least in part, on the data for a time after the target moment in time. A method for operating a self-driving vehicle and a self-driving vehicle are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Y.E. Hub Armenia LLC
    Inventors: Boris Konstantinovich Yangel, Maksim Ilich Stebelev
  • Patent number: 12269348
    Abstract: Disclosed are an apparatus and method for controlling autonomous traveling of an independent driving electric vehicle. An apparatus for controlling autonomous traveling of an independent driving electric vehicle according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a measurement unit configured to measure traveling information of a vehicle, a steering angle controller configured to calculate a steering angle for following a look ahead point based on path information of the vehicle and the traveling information, and control the vehicle according to the steering angle, and a torque vectoring controller configured to calculate a lateral error and an angular error of the vehicle based on the path information and the traveling information, generate a control moment based on the lateral error and the angular error, and control a motor torque of each motor based on the control moment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Research & Business Foundation Sungkyunkwan University
    Inventors: Sung Ho Hwang, Ho Yong Na