Patents by Inventor Alexander John Bowe

Alexander John Bowe 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).

  • Systems and methods for overlap-aware ranking of navigation avoidance areas for autonomous vehicles
    Patent number: 11914382
    Abstract: A computing system that analyzes the network effects of avoidance areas on autonomous vehicle routing is described herein. The computing system includes a data store that comprises a set of avoidance areas through which the autonomous vehicle is prohibited from being routed. A grouping system identifies groups of avoidance areas. A graph construction system constructs a graph representation of the avoidance area groups. A ranking algorithm is evaluated over the graph representation to generate a ranking of the avoidance area groups by relative impact on routing metrics for routes through an operational area of the autonomous vehicle. A mapping vehicle can be dispatched to resolve avoidance areas in avoidance area groups indicating in the ranking as having a greater impact on routing metrics than other avoidance area groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: GM CRUISE HOLDINGS LLC
    Inventors: Alexander John Bowe, Lucio Otavio Marchioro Rech
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OVERLAP-AWARE RANKING OF NAVIGATION AVOIDANCE AREAS FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES
    Publication number: 20220206504
    Abstract: A computing system that analyzes the network effects of avoidance areas on autonomous vehicle routing is described herein. The computing system includes a data store that comprises a set of avoidance areas through which the autonomous vehicle is prohibited from being routed. A grouping system identifies groups of avoidance areas. A graph construction system constructs a graph representation of the avoidance area groups. A ranking algorithm is evaluated over the graph representation to generate a ranking of the avoidance area groups by relative impact on routing metrics for routes through an operational area of the autonomous vehicle. A mapping vehicle can be dispatched to resolve avoidance areas in avoidance area groups indicating in the ranking as having a greater impact on routing metrics than other avoidance area groups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Alexander John Bowe, Lucio Otavio Marchioro Rech
  • Systems and methods for overlap-aware ranking of navigation avoidance areas for autonomous vehicles
    Patent number: 11307590
    Abstract: A computing system that analyzes the network effects of avoidance areas on autonomous vehicle routing is described herein. The computing system includes a data store that comprises a set of avoidance areas through which the autonomous vehicle is prohibited from being routed. A grouping system identifies groups of avoidance areas. A graph construction system constructs a graph representation of the avoidance area groups. A ranking algorithm is evaluated over the graph representation to generate a ranking of the avoidance area groups by relative impact on routing metrics for routes through an operational area of the autonomous vehicle. A mapping vehicle can be dispatched to resolve avoidance areas in avoidance area groups indicating in the ranking as having a greater impact on routing metrics than other avoidance area groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: GM CRUISE HOLDINGS LLC
    Inventors: Alexander John Bowe, Lucio Otavio Marchioro Rech
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OVERLAP-AWARE RANKING OF NAVIGATION AVOIDANCE AREAS FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES
    Publication number: 20200409375
    Abstract: A computing system that analyzes the network effects of avoidance areas on autonomous vehicle routing is described herein. The computing system includes a data store that comprises a set of avoidance areas through which the autonomous vehicle is prohibited from being routed. A grouping system identifies groups of avoidance areas. A graph construction system constructs a graph representation of the avoidance area groups. A ranking algorithm is evaluated over the graph representation to generate a ranking of the avoidance area groups by relative impact on routing metrics for routes through an operational area of the autonomous vehicle. A mapping vehicle can be dispatched to resolve avoidance areas in avoidance area groups indicating in the ranking as having a greater impact on routing metrics than other avoidance area groups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2019
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Alexander John Bowe, Lucio Otavio Marchioro Rech