Patents by Inventor Amanda Brown Prescott

Amanda Brown Prescott 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).

  • Patent number: 11950316
    Abstract: Vehicles may be associated with a variety of different types of events, including events associated with vehicle operations and/or events associated with vehicle passengers. The present disclosure is related to, when an event is detected, exchanging information with a vehicle passenger, such as via the passenger's mobile device and/or wearable device. In some instances, an event may be detected, and examples of the present disclosure may provide an application notification presenting various information. The notification may, in some examples, be configured to help the passenger locate the passenger device, to alert the passenger to the event, to provide instructions, and/or to provide a control interface for controlling a vehicle operation. In some examples, the notification may supersede operations of the passenger device, such as by being presented even if the device is in a locked state or has an unrelated application open and in the foreground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Zoox, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Robert Nalevanko, Riccardo Giraldi, Amanda Brown Prescott
  • Patent number: 11904848
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to systems and techniques for identifying collisions, such as relatively low energy impact collisions involving an autonomous vehicle. Sensor data from a first sensor modality in a first array may be used to determine a first estimated location of impact and second sensor data from a second sensor modality in a second array may be used to determine a second estimated location of impact. A low energy impact event may be configured when the first estimated location of impact corresponds to the second estimated location of impact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Zoox, Inc.
    Inventors: Marina Camille Josephs, Mark Alan Bates, Nam Gook Cho, Subhasis Das, Markus Jost, Amanda Brown Prescott, Valerie Bumbaca Randolph, Subasingha Shaminda Subasingha
  • Patent number: 11851049
    Abstract: Techniques for utilizing microphone or audio data to detect and responding to low velocity impacts to a system such as an autonomous vehicle. In some cases, the system may be equipped with a plurality of microphones that may be used to detect impacts that fail to register on the data captured by the vehicle's inertial measurement units and may go undetected by the vehicle's perception system and sensors. In one specific example, the perception system of the autonomous vehicle may identify a period of time in which a potential low velocity impact may occur. The autonomous vehicle may then utilize the microphone or audio data associated with the period of time to determine if an impact occurred.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Zoox, Inc.
    Inventors: Dilip Bethanabhotla, Michael Carsten Bosse, Venkata Subrahmanyam Chandra Sekhar Chebiyyam, Nam Gook Cho, Jonathan Tyler Dowdall, Amanda Brown Prescott, Subasingha Shaminda Subasingha, Sarah Tariq
  • Patent number: 11814042
    Abstract: A vehicle may receive sensor data captured by a sensor, determine that the sensor data represents an object in the environment, and determine a collision probability associated with a collision between the vehicle and the object. Based at least in part on the collision probability, the vehicle may determine one or more mitigating actions to perform prior to, during, and/or after the collision. The mitigating action may be associated with adjusting a hydraulic fluid pressure in at least a portion of a hydraulic fluid system of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Zoox, Inc.
    Inventors: Johannes Edren, Markus Jost, Ahditya Melkote, Amanda Brown Prescott
  • Patent number: 11577718
    Abstract: A vehicle may receive sensor data captured by a sensor of the vehicle, determine that the sensor data represents an object in the environment, and determine an impact location between the vehicle and the object. The impact location may be associated with a predicted collision between the vehicle and the object. The vehicle may also determine an object type corresponding to the object and/or a characteristic of the object. Based at least in part on the impact location, object type, and/or the characteristic, a ride height of the vehicle may be adjusted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Zoox, Inc.
    Inventors: Johannes Edren, Markus Jost, Ahditya Melkote, Amanda Brown Prescott
  • Publication number: 20220348192
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to systems and techniques for identifying collisions, such as relatively low energy impact collisions involving an autonomous vehicle. Sensor data from a first sensor modality in a first array may be used to determine a first estimated location of impact and second sensor data from a second sensor modality in a second array may be used to determine a second estimated location of impact. A low energy impact event may be configured when the first estimated location of impact corresponds to the second estimated location of impact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: Marina Camille Josephs, Mark Alan Bates, Nam Gook Cho, Subhasis Das, Markus Jost, Amanda Brown Prescott, Valerie Bumbaca Randolph, Subasingha Shaminda Subasingha