Patents by Inventor Andrew Wagenmaker

Andrew Wagenmaker 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: 10762399
    Abstract: An image predictor is trained to produce a predicted image based on N preceding images captured by a vehicle camera and vehicle controls. A discriminator is trained to distinguish between an image following P preceding images in an image stream and one that is not a subsequent image. A control generator generates estimated controls based on a set of N images and the estimated controls and set of N images are input to the image predictor. A predicted image and the set of N images are input to the image predictor which outputs a value indicating whether the predicted image is accurate. A loss function based on this value and a difference between the vehicle controls and the estimated controls for the set of N images is used as feedback for training the control generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventor: Andrew Wagenmaker
  • Patent number: 10599146
    Abstract: A high-level vehicle command is determined based on a location of the vehicle with respect to a route including a start location and a finish location. An image is acquired of the vehicle external environment. Steering, braking, and powertrain commands are determined based on inputting the high-level command and the image into a Deep Neural Network. The vehicle is operated by actuating vehicle components based on the steering, braking and powertrain commands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Wagenmaker, Gintaras Vincent Puskorius
  • Publication number: 20190294164
    Abstract: A high-level vehicle command is determined based on a location of the vehicle with respect to a route including a start location and a finish location. An image is acquired of the vehicle external environment. Steering, braking, and powertrain commands are determined based on inputting the high-level command and the image into a Deep Neural Network. The vehicle is operated by actuating vehicle components based on the steering, braking and powertrain commands.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: ANDREW WAGENMAKER, GINTARAS VINCENT PUSKORIUS
  • Publication number: 20190188542
    Abstract: An image predictor is trained to produce a predicted image based on N preceding images captured by a vehicle camera and vehicle controls. A discriminator is trained to distinguish between an image following P preceding images in an image stream and one that is not a subsequent image. A control generator generates estimated controls based on a set of N images and the estimated controls and set of N images are input to the image predictor. A predicted image and the set of N images are input to the image predictor which outputs a value indicating whether the predicted image is accurate. A loss function based on this value and a difference between the vehicle controls and the estimated controls for the set of N images is used as feedback for training the control generator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventor: Andrew Wagenmaker