Patents by Inventor Brett Browning

Brett Browning 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: 12233878
    Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods are provided for enhanced rider pairing of an autonomous vehicle (AV). A system may pair a first user profile of a first user located at a first location with a first autonomous vehicle (AV) to complete a trip to a destination selected by the first user. The system may detect a second AV at the first location, wherein the second AV is associated with a second user profile. The system may connect the second AV with the first user using a connection mechanism. The system may select a profile status of the first user profile based on the connection to the second AV. The system may pair the first user profile with the second AV based on the profile status.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Volkswagen Group of America Investments, LLC
    Inventors: Shenglong Gao, Israel Marc Kositsky, Ramadev Burigsay Hukkeri, Thomas Mark Petroff, Scott Plant, Brett Browning, Shubhashree Venkatesh
  • Patent number: 12195042
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product aspects for validating protolanes. For example, the method includes determining a protolane level flowchart from one or more flowcharts corresponding to one or more gates of a protolane selected from a set of protolanes of a geonet, wherein the one or more flowcharts correspond to conditions that can be encountered by an actor approaching the corresponding one or more gates, and wherein the geonet comprises a plurality of lane segments associated with the set of protolanes. A graph through the protolane level flowchart is generated that corresponds to actions of an actor. Reasoning of the actor is validated by testing the actions of the actor against the graph through the protolane level flowchart.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: George Peter Kenneth Carr, Shawn Cook, Brett Browning, Andrew Hartnett, Constantin A. Savtchenko, Neal Seegmiller, Christopher Cunningham, Thomas Mark Petroff, Michael Pacilio
  • Patent number: 12162476
    Abstract: Systems and methods for operating a vehicle. The methods comprise: generating, by a computing device, a vehicle trajectory for the vehicle that is in motion; detecting an object within a given distance from the vehicle; generating, by the computing device, at least one possible object trajectory for the object which was detected; performing, by the computing device, a collision check to determine that there remains time to react safely to worst-case behavior by the object (the collision check being based on the vehicle trajectory and at least one possible object trajectory); and performing operations, by the computing device, to selectively cause the vehicle to perform an emergency maneuver based on results of the collision check.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Argo AI, LLC
    Inventors: Albert Costa, Mark Ollis, Thomas Petroff, Brett Browning
  • Publication number: 20240311711
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system for providing access information to a service provider for a property comprising of an apartment or condo association and for a specific apartment within the apartment or condo association. The system utilizes a software system to schedule the access for the service provider and automated lock management access control to control the access to the property and the specific apartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2024
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Applicant: Valet Living, LLC
    Inventors: Rob Casagrande, Mike Jacobs, Matt Graves, Marc Cramer, Patti Girardi, Steve Davis, Divya Tadi, Jeremy Pfeifer, Jeremy S. McDonald, Brett Brown, Patrick Shawn Handrahan, Igor Stanisavljev, Balaji Ramanujam
  • Patent number: 11995581
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system for providing access information to a service provider for a property comprising of an apartment or condo association and for a specific apartment within the apartment or condo association. The system utilizes a software system to schedule the access for the service provider and automated lock management access control to control the access to the property and the specific apartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Valet Living, LLC
    Inventors: Rob Casagrande, Mike Jacobs, Matt Graves, Marc Cramer, Patti Girardi, Steve Davis, Divya Tadi, Jeremy Pfeifer, Jeremy S. McDonald, Brett Brown, Patrick Shawn Handrahan, Igor Stanisavljev, Balaji Ramanujam
  • Patent number: 11861532
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system for providing location information to a system residing on a network with respect to a service provider providing service for a property comprising of an apartment or condo association and the location information is provided to the network with respect to a geofence system located within property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Valet Living, LLC
    Inventors: Rob Casagrande, Mike Jacobs, Matt Graves, Marc Cramer, Patti Girardi, Steve Davis, Divya Tadi, Jeremy Pfeifer, Jeremy McDonald, Brett Brown, Patrick Shawn Handrahan, Igor Stanisavljev, Balaji Ramanujam
  • Publication number: 20230325733
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system for providing access information to a service provider for a property comprising of an apartment or condo association and for a specific apartment within the apartment or condo association. The system utilizes a software system to schedule the access for the service provider and automated lock management access control to control the access to the property and the specific apartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Rob Casagrande, Mike Jacobs, Matt Graves, Marc Cramer, Patti Girardi, Steve Davis, Divya Tadi, Jeremy Pfeifer, Jeremy S. McDonald, Brett Brown, Patrick Shawn Handrahan, Igor Stanisavljev, Balaji Ramanujam
  • Patent number: 11763218
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system for the management of service suppliers for customers or clients of an apartment or condo association. The system utilizes a software system to select the most appropriate service provider and provides automated lock management access control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Inventors: Rob Casagrande, Mike Jacobs, Matt Graves, Marc Cramer, Patti Girardi, Steve Davis, Divya Tadi, Jeremy Pfeifer, Jeremy S. McDonald, Brett Brown, Patrick Shawn Handrahan, Igor Stanisavljev, Balaji Ramanujam
  • Patent number: 11731661
    Abstract: Systems and methods for operating a vehicle are disclosed. The methods comprise: generating, by a computing device, a vehicle trajectory for the vehicle while the vehicle is in motion; detecting an object within a given distance from the vehicle; generating at least one possible object trajectory for the object which was detected; performing a collision check to determine whether a collision between the vehicle and the object can be avoided based on the vehicle trajectory and the at least one possible object trajectory; performing a plausibility check to determine whether the collision is plausible based on content of a map, when a determination is made in the collision check that a collision between the vehicle and the object cannot be avoided; and performing operations to selectively cause the vehicle to perform an emergency maneuver based on results of the plausibility check.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: ARGO AI, LLC
    Inventors: Albert Costa, Mark Ollis, Brett Browning, Thomas Petroff
  • Patent number: 11704912
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for evaluating a classifier used to determine a traffic light signal state in images. The method includes, by a computer vision system of a vehicle, receiving at least one image of a traffic signal device of an imminent intersection. The traffic signal device includes a traffic signal face including one or more traffic signal elements. The method includes classifying, by a traffic light classifier (TLC), a classification state of the traffic signal face using labeled images correlated to the received at least one image. The classification state controls an operation of the vehicle at the intersection. The method includes evaluating a performance of the classifying of the classification state generated by the TLC. The evaluation is a label-free performance evaluation based on unlabeled images. The method includes training the TLC based on the evaluated performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Guy Hotson, Richard L. Kwant, Brett Browning, Deva Ramanan
  • Patent number: 11625653
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system for providing access information to a service provider for a property comprising of an apartment or condo association and for a specific apartment within the apartment or condo association. The system utilizes a software system to schedule the access for the service provider and automated lock management access control to control the access to the property and the specific apartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Inventors: Rob Casagrande, Mike Jacobs, Matt Graves, Marc Cramer, Patti Girardi, Steve Davis, Divya Tadi, Jeremy Pfeifer, Jeremy S. McDonald, Brett Brown, Patrick Shawn Handrahan, Igor Stanisavljev, Balaji Ramanujam
  • Patent number: 11621025
    Abstract: A method for receiving autonomous vehicle (AV) map data associated with an AV map of a geographic location and coverage map data associated with a coverage map of the geographic location. The AV map data is associated with an AV lane of a roadway in the geographic location, and the coverage map data is associated with a coverage lane of the roadway in the geographic location. The method includes generating a hybrid map of the geographic location based on the AV map data and the coverage map data and providing hybrid map data associated with the hybrid map for routing of an AV. The hybrid map includes the AV lane linked with the coverage lane of the roadway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: UATC, LLC
    Inventors: Gordon Peter Bailey, Bryan John Nagy, Adam Henry Polk Milstein, Robert Zlot, Adam Panzica, Brett Bavar, David Prasser, Peter Hansen, Ethan Duff Eade, Xxx Xinjilefu, Brett Browning
  • Publication number: 20220391802
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system for providing location information to a system residing on a network with respect to a service provider providing service for a property comprising of an apartment or condo association and the location information is provided to the network with respect to a geofence system located within property.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Rob Casagrande, Mike Jacobs, Matt Graves, Marc Cramer, Patti Girardi, Steve Davis, Divya Tadi, Jeremy Pfeifer, Jeremy McDonald, Brett Brown, Patrick Shawn Handrahan, Igor Stanisavljev, Balaji Ramanujam
  • Patent number: 11487020
    Abstract: A satellite signal calibration system can receive sensor data from one or more sensors provided on a vehicle and detect satellite signal from one or more satellites of a satellite positioning system. Using the sensor data, the system can perform a localization operation to determine a current location of the vehicle. The system may then determine timing offsets of the satellite signals from each of the one or more satellites based at least in part on the current location of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: UATC, LLC
    Inventor: Brett Browning
  • Patent number: 11473917
    Abstract: A system provides navigational control information to a fleet of vehicles and includes a network of nodes within a geographical area. Each node is located at a different intersection in the geographical area. Each node includes a node vision range and a processor which generates augmented perception data (APD) for each moving object of interest monitored in the node vision range. The system includes a remote server system that includes a database of the APD and receives a query from a vehicle of the fleet for the APD associated with an imminent path of the vehicle. The server system, in response to the query, searches the database for APD associated with the imminent path, and communicates, over a communication network, the resultant APD associated with the imminent path to the vehicle. The APD controls navigation of the vehicle through one or more imminent intersections along the imminent path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Argo AI, LLC
    Inventors: Ilan Biala, Michel Laverne, Brett Browning
  • Publication number: 20220297698
    Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods are provided for enhanced rider pairing of an autonomous vehicle (AV). A system may pair a first user profile of a first user located at a first location with a first autonomous vehicle (AV) to complete a trip to a destination selected by the first user. The system may detect a second AV at the first location, wherein the second AV is associated with a second user profile. The system may connect the second AV with the first user using a connection mechanism. The system may select a profile status of the first user profile based on the connection to the second AV. The system may pair the first user profile with the second AV based on the profile status.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Applicant: Argo AI, LLC
    Inventors: Shenglong Gao, Israel Marc Kositsky, Ramadev Burigsay Hukkeri, Thomas Mark Petroff, Scott Plant, Brett Browning, Shubhashree Venkatesh
  • Patent number: 11416788
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system for providing location information to a system residing on a network with respect to a service provider providing service for a property comprising of an apartment or condo association and the location information is provided to the network with respect to a geofence system located within property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Inventors: Rob Casagrande, Mike Jacobs, Matt Graves, Marc Cramer, Patti Girardi, Steve Davis, Divya Tadi, Jeremy Pfeifer, Jeremy S. McDonald, Brett Brown, Patrick Shawn Handrahan, Igor Stanisavljev, Balaji Ramanujam
  • Patent number: 11403943
    Abstract: A node is provided for capturing information about moving objects at an intersection. The node includes a plurality of first cameras that are positioned to capture first digital images of an intersection from different fields of view and a second camera positioned to capture second digital images in a field of view that is wider than that of each first camera. The node includes a processor that detects in the first and second digital images a set of objects of interest of the intersection, determines motion of each detected object of interest in the set from consecutive images of the first digital images or the second digital images. The node generates, for each object of interest of the set, augmented perception data that includes location data in the global coordinate system and the determined motion of each object of interest in the set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Argo AI, LLC
    Inventors: Sean Foley, Ilan Biala, Michel Laverne, James Hays, Brett Browning
  • Publication number: 20220122620
    Abstract: Systems and methods for siren detection in a vehicle are provided. A method includes recording an audio segment, using a first audio recording device coupled to an autonomous vehicle, separating, using a computing device coupled to the autonomous vehicle, the audio segment into one or more audio clips, generating a spectrogram of the one or more audio clips, and inputting each spectrogram into a Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) run on the computing device. The CNN may be pretrained to detect one or more sirens present in spectrographic data. The method further includes determining, using the CNN, whether a siren is present in the audio segment, and if the siren is determined to be present in the audio segment, determining a course of action of the autonomous vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Olivia Watkins, Nathan Pendleton, Guy Hotson, Chao Fang, Richard L. Kwant, Weihua Gao, Deva Ramanan, Nicolas Cebron, Brett Browning
  • Publication number: 20220105963
    Abstract: Systems and methods for operating a vehicle are disclosed. The methods comprise: generating, by a computing device, a vehicle trajectory for the vehicle while the vehicle is in motion; detecting an object within a given distance from the vehicle; generating at least one possible object trajectory for the object which was detected; performing a collision check to determine whether a collision between the vehicle and the object can be avoided based on the vehicle trajectory and the at least one possible object trajectory; performing a plausibility check to determine whether the collision is plausible based on content of a map, when a determination is made in the collision check that a collision between the vehicle and the object cannot be avoided; and performing operations to selectively cause the vehicle to perform an emergency maneuver based on results of the plausibility check.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: Albert Costa, Mark Ollis, Brett Browning, Thomas Petroff