Patents by Inventor Ami Woo

Ami Woo 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: 12377841
    Abstract: Vehicles and related systems and methods are provided for predicting a future maneuver expected to be executed by a driver. One method involves determining a combined probability for a potential maneuver based on constituent probabilities corresponding to different vehicle state variables, and environmental conditions using one or more tuning parameters specific to the respective combination of maneuver and vehicle state variable, determining an adjusted probability for the potential maneuver based at least in part on the combined probability and one or more contextual state variables corresponding to a current operating context for the vehicle, adapted to driver behavior and driving style, identifying the potential maneuver as an expected maneuver to be executed by a driver of the vehicle based on the adjusted probability, and automatically initiating one or more actions in a manner that is influenced by the expected maneuver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Mehdi Abroshan, Khizar Ahmad Qureshi, Mohammadali Shahriari, Puneet Bagga, Hassan Askari, Ami Woo
  • Publication number: 20250128757
    Abstract: A vehicle system includes a control module configured to receive data from a sensor indicative of a torque applied to the steering wheel, calculate a torque rate based on the applied torque, calculate a left evasive steering probability of the driver intending to steer the vehicle to the left and a right evasive steering probability of the driver intending to steer the vehicle to the right based on the torque, the torque rate, and a modeled relationship between the torque and the torque rate, compare the left evasive steering probability and the right evasive steering probability to determine a directional steering intent of the driver, and transmit a signal to a threat avoidance steering control module for controlling the vehicle. Other example vehicle systems and methods for predicting driver intent in evasive steering maneuvers are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2023
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Inventors: Ami WOO, Mohammadali SHAHRIARI, Khizar Ahmad QURESHI, Reza ZARRINGHALAM, Hassan ASKARI
  • Publication number: 20240409090
    Abstract: Vehicles and related systems and methods are provided for predicting a future maneuver expected to be executed by a driver. One method involves determining a combined probability for a potential maneuver based on constituent probabilities corresponding to different vehicle state variables, and environmental conditions using one or more tuning parameters specific to the respective combination of maneuver and vehicle state variable, determining an adjusted probability for the potential maneuver based at least in part on the combined probability and one or more contextual state variables corresponding to a current operating context for the vehicle, adapted to driver behavior and driving style, identifying the potential maneuver as an expected maneuver to be executed by a driver of the vehicle based on the adjusted probability, and automatically initiating one or more actions in a manner that is influenced by the expected maneuver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2023
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Mehdi Abroshan, Khizar Ahmad Qureshi, Mohammadali Shahriari, Puneet Bagga, Hassan Askari, Ami Woo
  • Publication number: 20240166232
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for controlling a vehicle. In one embodiment, a system includes: a sensor system configured to generate sensor data sensed from an environment of the vehicle; and a control module configured to, by a processor, based on the sensor data, identify a gap in a lane line on a roadway in front of the vehicle, determine at least two points within the gap, determine a curve between the at least two points, compute a correlation measure based on the curve, generate lane stitching data based on data based on the curve and an evaluation of the correlation measure, and controlling one or more components of the vehicle based on the stitching data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Ami Woo, Tushita Arun Sikder, Amirreza Mirbeygi Moghaddam, Mohammadali Shahriari, Reza Zarringhalam
  • Patent number: 11131992
    Abstract: A RLP system for a host vehicle includes a memory and levels. The memory stores a RLP algorithm, which is a multi-agent collaborative DQN with PER algorithm. A first level includes a data processing module that provides sensor data, object location data, and state information of the host vehicle and other vehicles. A second level includes a coordinate location module that, based on the sensor data, the object location data, the state information, and a refined policy provided by the third level, generates an updated policy and a set of future coordinate locations implemented via the first level. A third level includes evaluation and target neural networks and a processor that executes instructions of the RLP algorithm for collaborative action planning between the host and other vehicles based on outputs of the evaluation and target networks and to generate the refined policy based on reward values associated with events.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignees: DENSO International America, Inc.
    Inventors: Zhiyuan Du, Joseph Lull, Rajesh Malhan, Sriram Subramanian, Sushrut Bhalla, Jaspreet Sambee, Mark Crowley, Sebastian Fischmeister, Donghyun Shin, William Melek, Baris Fidan, Ami Woo, Bismaya Sahoo