Patents by Inventor Benjamin Thomas Nuttle

Benjamin Thomas Nuttle 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).

  • Courteous trajectory planning for automated vehicles
    Patent number: 11203344
    Abstract: Systems and methods for driving trajectory planning of an automated vehicle. The system includes an electronic processor configured to determine a lane segment graph indicating allowable transitions between a plurality of lane segments. The electronic processor is also configured to determine a current type of traffic flow situation. The electronic processor is further configured to determine weighting factors for each of the allowable transitions based on aggregate observations of previous real-world traffic flow transitions for the current type of traffic flow situation. Each of the weighting factors indicate a likelihood of transition for a respective one of the allowable transitions. The electronic processor is also configured to determine a weighted lane segment graph based at least in part on the weighting factors. The electronic processor is further configured to determine a driving trajectory of the automated vehicle based at least in part on the weighted lane segment graph.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Michael John Bowyer, Benjamin Thomas Nuttle
  • COURTEOUS TRAJECTORY PLANNING FOR AUTOMATED VEHICLES
    Publication number: 20210347362
    Abstract: Systems and methods for driving trajectory planning of an automated vehicle. The system includes an electronic processor configured to determine a lane segment graph indicating allowable transitions between a plurality of lane segments. The electronic processor is also configured to determine a current type of traffic flow situation. The electronic processor is further configured to determine weighting factors for each of the allowable transitions based on aggregate observations of previous real-world traffic flow transitions for the current type of traffic flow situation. Each of the weighting factors indicate a likelihood of transition for a respective one of the allowable transitions. The electronic processor is also configured to determine a weighted lane segment graph based at least in part on the weighting factors. The electronic processor is further configured to determine a driving trajectory of the automated vehicle based at least in part on the weighted lane segment graph.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2020
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Michael John Bowyer, Benjamin Thomas Nuttle