Patents by Inventor Alan Agon

Alan Agon has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20260054751
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can detect an occurrence of a condition in an environment based on sensor data captured by a vehicle. A determination is made whether the occurrence of the condition satisfies a threshold associated with a likelihood that a behavior associated with an object in the environment will occur based on an interaction between the condition and the object, wherein the likelihood is based on prior observations of one or more objects. Subsequent to determining that the threshold is satisfied, a vehicle operation that is associated with the likelihood that the behavior associated with the object will occur is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2025
    Publication date: February 26, 2026
    Applicant: Lyft, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan Agon, Nastaran Ghadar, Yunjian Jiang, Mason Lee, Carlos Alberto De Magalhaes Massera Filho, Carey Stover Nachenberg, Sammy Omari, Ana Sofia Rufino Ferreira, Meng Tao
  • Publication number: 20250376172
    Abstract: Determining positioning of a sensor system associated with a vehicle involves: (i) identifying a given time when the vehicle was driving in a lane having substantially-straight lane geometry, (ii) inferring that, because the lane had substantially-straight lane geometry at the given time, the vehicle was laterally positioned in alignment with a lateral centerline of the lane at the given time, (iii) detecting a lane boundary of the lane in which the vehicle was driving at the given time, (iv) determining, at the given time, a first lateral distance between the lane boundary and the vehicle's associated sensor system and a second lateral distance between the lane boundary and the lateral centerline of the lane, and (v) based on the first and second lateral distances, determining a given measure of a lateral offset between the vehicle's associated sensor system and the lateral center of the vehicle for the given time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2025
    Publication date: December 11, 2025
    Inventors: Alan Agon, Michael Jared Benisch, Mason Lee, Sameer Qureshi, Luc Vincent
  • Patent number: 12399496
    Abstract: Examples disclosed herein may involve a computing system that is operable to (i) identify, within a given period of operation of a vehicle having an associated sensor system for capturing sensor data, one or more times when the vehicle was driving in a lane having substantially-straight lane geometry, (ii) for each identified time, determine a respective measure of a lateral offset between the vehicle's associated sensor system and a lateral reference point of the vehicle, and (iii) based on the respective measure of the lateral offset that is determined for each of the one or more identified times, determine the lateral offset between the vehicle's associated sensor system and the lateral reference point of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2025
    Assignee: Lyft, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan Agon, Michael Jared Benisch, Mason Lee, Sameer Qureshi, Luc Vincent
  • Patent number: 12371065
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can detect an occurrence of a condition in an environment based on sensor data captured by a vehicle. A determination is made whether the occurrence of the condition satisfies a threshold associated with a likelihood that a behavior associated with an object in the environment will occur based on an interaction between the condition and the object, wherein the likelihood is based on prior observations of one or more objects. Subsequent to determining that the threshold is satisfied, a vehicle operation that is associated with the likelihood that the behavior associated with the object will occur is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: Lyft, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan Agon, Nastaran Ghadar, Yunjian Jiang, Mason Lee, Carlos Alberto De Magalhaes Massera Filho, Carey Stover Nachenberg, Sammy Omari, Ana Sofia Rufino Ferreira, Meng Tao
  • Patent number: 11886195
    Abstract: A method includes generating a parameter of a trajectory associated with a scenario using a path planner. The parameter is generated based on a training dataset. The method includes comparing the parameter of the trajectory against a validation parameter associated with a validation dataset. The validation parameter is based on human-based vehicle driving trajectory data associated with scenarios that satisfy a level of similarity with the scenario. The method further includes determining a level of similarity between the parameter associated with the scenario and the validation parameter associated with the scenarios, and, subsequent to determining that the level of similarity fails to satisfy a similarity threshold, the method concludes with providing training data associated with the scenario to the training dataset so that a subsequent parameter of a subsequent trajectory generated by the path planner and associated with the scenario satisfies the level of similarity against the validation parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Woven by Toyota, U.S., Inc.
    Inventors: Muhammad Usman, Sammy Omari, Moritz Niendorf, Sameer Qureshi, Alan Agon
  • Publication number: 20220171401
    Abstract: A method includes generating a parameter of a trajectory associated with a scenario using a path planner. The parameter is generated based on a training dataset. The method includes comparing the parameter of the trajectory against a validation parameter associated with a validation dataset. The validation parameter is based on human-based vehicle driving trajectory data associated with scenarios that satisfy a level of similarity with the scenario. The method further includes determining a level of similarity between the parameter associated with the scenario and the validation parameter associated with the scenarios, and, subsequent to determining that the level of similarity fails to satisfy a similarity threshold, the method concludes with providing training data associated with the scenario to the training dataset so that a subsequent parameter of a subsequent trajectory generated by the path planner and associated with the scenario satisfies the level of similarity against the validation parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Applicant: Woven Planet North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Muhammad Usman, Sammy Omari, Moritz Niendorf, Sameer Qureshi, Alan Agon
  • Publication number: 20220119012
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can detect an occurrence of a condition in an environment based on sensor data captured by a vehicle. A determination is made whether the occurrence of the condition satisfies a threshold associated with a likelihood that a behavior associated with an object in the environment will occur based on an interaction between the condition and the object, wherein the likelihood is based on prior observations of one or more objects. Subsequent to determining that the threshold is satisfied, a vehicle operation that is associated with the likelihood that the behavior associated with the object will occur is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicant: Lyft, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan Agon, Nastaran Ghadar, Yunjian Jiang, Mason Lee, Carlos Alberto De Magalhaes Massera Filho, Carey Stover Nachenberg, Sammy Omari, Ana Sofia Rufino Ferreira, Meng Tao
  • Publication number: 20210405641
    Abstract: Examples disclosed herein may involve a computing system that is operable to (i) identify, within a given period of operation of a vehicle having an associated sensor system for capturing sensor data, one or more times when the vehicle was driving in a lane having substantially-straight lane geometry, (ii) for each identified time, determine a respective measure of a lateral offset between the vehicle's associated sensor system and a lateral reference point of the vehicle, and (iii) based on the respective measure of the lateral offset that is determined for each of the one or more identified times, determine the lateral offset between the vehicle's associated sensor system and the lateral reference point of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Alan Agon, Michael Jared Benisch, Mason Lee, Sameer Qureshi, Luc Vincent