Patents by Inventor Brian Westphal
Brian Westphal 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).
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Patent number: 12272138Abstract: Techniques are presented for the detection and management of collision warning (CW) events. A training dataset comprising videos of vehicle collisions and non-collisions, sensor readings, environmental conditions, and more is utilized to train a CW classification model for detecting potential collision events in vehicles. A backend CW classification model, with greater computational resources, employs a more complex neural network to review CW events received by the Behavioral Monitoring System (BMS) based on video data, achieving higher precision and reducing false positives. The CW model is installed in vehicles for real-time detection, while the backend model is deployed at the BMS. The BMS validates detected CW events, filters out false positives, and streamlines the review process for fleet administrators and customers. Additional BMS filtering operations include assessing non-proximity-related CW events and camera impairments, with the filtered CW events presented for review in the safety inbox.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2024Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Assignee: Samsara Inc.Inventors: Rohit Annigeri, Sharan Srinivasan, Kevin Lai, Jose Cazarin, Brian Westphal, Shiva Bala, Ivan Stoev, Douglas Boyle, Cole Jurden, Margaret Irene Finch, Rachel Demerly, Maya Krupa, Shirish Nair, Nathan Hurst, Yan Wang, Shaurye Aggarwal, Akshay Raj Dhamija
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Patent number: 12197610Abstract: A driver monitoring system includes internal and external cameras attached to a vehicle. The cameras capture video of the vehicle's driver and the area surrounding the vehicle for later review by a coach or supervisor. To ensure privacy of people who appear in video, portions of the video may be processed to blur faces, license plates, and/or other features. Furthermore, access control mechanisms exist so that only users in specific roles have access to review certain types of video.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2022Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: Samsara Inc.Inventors: Rudy Wen, Brian Westphal, Jevon Yeoh, Miranda Huey, Gerrit Steinbach, Young Guo, Ewelina Sieradzka, Robert Bales, Alexander Stevenson
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Patent number: 12165393Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer programs are presented for the management of lane-departure (LD) events. One method includes training a classifier for LD events and loading the classifier into a vehicle. LD events are detected based on outward images using the classifier, while the turn signal is monitored to prevent false triggers. If an LD event is detected, rules are checked for alerting the driver and deciding whether to alert the driver or not. Subsequently, additional rules are checked for reporting the event and deciding whether to report the event to a Behavior Monitoring System (BMS) or to discard it. The method also includes a solid line departure model that identifies crossing dashed, solid-white, and solid-yellow lanes, delaying alerts and event generation until a significant portion of the vehicle crosses over the lane. The model also outputs a confidence score reflecting the amount of vehicle deviation from the driving lane.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2024Date of Patent: December 10, 2024Assignee: Samsara Inc.Inventors: Akshay Raj Dhamija, Abner Ayala, Rohit Annigeri, Cole Jurden, Douglas Boyle, Jason Liu, Kevin Lai, Jose Cazarin, Pang Wu, Nathan Hurst, Brian Westphal, Lucas Doyle, Saurabh Tripathi, Shirish Nair
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Publication number: 20240394389Abstract: A driver monitoring system includes internal and external cameras attached to a vehicle. The cameras capture video of the vehicle's driver and the area surrounding the vehicle for later review by a coach or supervisor. To ensure privacy of people who appear in video, portions of the video may be processed to blur faces, license plates, and/or other features. Furthermore, access control mechanisms exist so that only users in specific roles have access to review certain types of video.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2022Publication date: November 28, 2024Inventors: Rudy Wen, Brian Westphal, Jevon Yeoh, Miranda Huey, Gerrit Steinbach, Young Guo, Ewelina Sieradzka, Robert Bales, Alexander Stevenson
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Patent number: 11693857Abstract: Implementations described herein relate to systems and methods to configure a data warehouse system.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2022Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: Keebo Inc.Inventors: Alekh Jindal, Barzan Mozafari, Yongjoo Park, David Wolfgang Grömling, Brian Westphal, Alan D. Cabrera
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Patent number: 11567936Abstract: Implementations described herein relate to systems and methods to provide platform agnostic query acceleration. In some implementations, a method includes receiving, at a processor associated with a query acceleration service, a request from an client/application, wherein the request conforms to a particular wire protocol of a plurality of supported wire protocols, and wherein the request includes header data and body content data, analyzing the request to identify at least one of a query and a command in the body content data, determining an optimal matched model of the one or more query acceleration models, rewriting the query based on the optimal matched model, transmitting the rewritten query to the query processing platform, receiving a response to the rewritten query or the query from the query processing platform, and transmitting the received response to the application, wherein the transmission is configured based on the particular wire protocol.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2022Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: Keebo Inc.Inventors: Alekh Jindal, Barzan Mozafari, Yongjoo Park, Brian Westphal, Shi Qiao, Matthew Larsen, Advait Abhay Dixit
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Patent number: 8897508Abstract: A method and apparatus for creating and updating a facial image database from a collection of digital images is disclosed. A set of detected faces from a digital image collection is stored in a facial image database, along with data pertaining to them. At least one facial recognition template for each face in the first set is computed, and the images in the set are grouped according to the facial recognition template into similarity groups. Another embodiment is a naming tool for assigning names to a plurality of faces detected in a digital image collection. A facial image database stores data pertaining to facial images detected in images of a digital image collection.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2012Date of Patent: November 25, 2014Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Hartwig Adam, Johannes Steffens, Keith Kiyohara, Harmut Neven, Brian Westphal, Tobias Magnusson, Gavin Doughtie, Henry Benjamin, Michael Horowitz, Hong-Kien Kenneth Ong
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Publication number: 20130251217Abstract: A method and apparatus for creating and updating a facial image database from a collection of digital images is disclosed. A set of detected faces from a digital image collection is stored in a facial image database, along with data pertaining to them. At least one facial recognition template for each face in the first set is computed, and the images in the set are grouped according to the facial recognition template into similarity groups. Another embodiment is a naming tool for assigning names to a plurality of faces detected in a digital image collection. A facial image database stores data pertaining to facial images detected in images of a digital image collection.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2012Publication date: September 26, 2013Inventors: Hartwig ADAM, Johannes Steffens, Keith Kiyohara, Harmut Neven, Brian Westphal, Tobias Magnusson, Gavin Doughtie, Henry Benjamin, Michael Horowitz, Hong-Kien Kenneth Ong
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Patent number: 8358811Abstract: A method and apparatus for creating and updating a facial image database from a collection of digital images is disclosed. A set of detected faces from a digital image collection is stored in a facial image database, along with data pertaining to them. At least one facial recognition template for each face in the first set is computed, and the images in the set are grouped according to the facial recognition template into similarity groups. Another embodiment is a naming tool for assigning names to a plurality of faces detected in a digital image collection. A facial image database stores data pertaining to facial images detected in images of a digital image collection.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2009Date of Patent: January 22, 2013Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Hartwig Adams, Johannes Steffens, Keith Kiyohara, Hartmut Neven, Brian Westphal, Tobias Magnusson, Gavin Doughtie, Henry Benjamin, Michael Horowitz, Hong-Kien Kenneth Ong
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Publication number: 20090252383Abstract: A method and apparatus for creating and updating a facial image database from a collection of digital images is disclosed. A set of detected faces from a digital image collection is stored in a facial image database, along with data pertaining to them. At least one facial recognition template for each face in the first set is computed, and the images in the set are grouped according to the facial recognition template into similarity groups. Another embodiment is a naming tool for assigning names to a plurality of faces detected in a digital image collection. A facial image database stores data pertaining to facial images detected in images of a digital image collection.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2009Publication date: October 8, 2009Applicant: Google Inc.Inventors: Hartwig ADAM, Johannes Steffens, Keith Kiyohara, Hartmut Neven, Brian Westphal, Tobias Magnusson, Gavin Doughtie, Henry Benjamin, Michael Horowitz, Hong-Kien Kenneth Ong