Patents by Inventor Bryan John Nagy
Bryan John Nagy 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: 11953901Abstract: An autonomous vehicle includes one or more sensors for detecting an object in an environment surrounding the autonomous vehicle and a vehicle computing system comprising one or more processors receiving canonical route data associated with at least one canonical route, and controlling travel of the autonomous vehicle based on sensor data from the one or more sensors and the canonical route data associated with the at least one canonical route. The at least one canonical route comprises at least one roadway connected with another roadway in a plurality of roadways in a geographic location that satisfies at least one route optimization function derived based on trip data associated with one or more traversals of the plurality of roadways in a geographic location by one or more autonomous vehicles.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2020Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: UATC, LLCInventors: Andrew Raymond Sturges, Alexander Edward Chao, Yifang Liu, Xiaodong Zhang, Richard Brian Donnelly, Bryan John Nagy, Jeff Schneider, Collin Christopher Otis
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Publication number: 20230358554Abstract: Various examples are directed to routing autonomous vehicles. A processor unit accesses first routing graph modification data and second routing graph modification data. The first routing graph modification data based at least in part on first vehicle capability data describing a first type of autonomous vehicle and the second routing graph modification data based at least in part on second vehicle capability data describing a second type of autonomous vehicle. The processor unit accesses routing graph data describing a plurality of graph elements and generates a first route for a first autonomous vehicle of the first type based at least in part on the first routing graph modification data and the routing graph data. The processor unit also generates a second route for a second autonomous vehicle of the second type based at least in part on the second routing graph modification data and the routing graph data.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2023Publication date: November 9, 2023Inventors: Michael Voznesensky, Adam Panzica, Brent Goldman, Bryan John Nagy, Mark Yen, Adrian Rechy Romero
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Patent number: 11781872Abstract: Various examples are directed to systems and methods for routing an autonomous vehicle. A vehicle autonomy system may generate first route data describing a first route for the autonomous vehicle to a first target location and control the autonomous vehicle using the first route data. The vehicle autonomy system may determine that the autonomous vehicle is within a threshold of the first target location and select a second target location associated with at least a second stopping location. The vehicle autonomy system may generate second route data describing a route extension of the first route from the first target location to the second target location and control the autonomous vehicle using the second route data.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2022Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: UATC, LLCInventors: Bryan John Nagy, Xiaodong Zhang, Brett Bavar, Colin Jeffrey Green
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Patent number: 11713975Abstract: Various examples are directed to routing autonomous vehicles. A processor unit accesses first routing graph modification data and second routing graph modification data. The first routing graph modification data based at least in part on first vehicle capability data describing a first type of autonomous vehicle and the second routing graph modification data based at least in part on second vehicle capability data describing a second type of autonomous vehicle. The processor unit accesses routing graph data describing a plurality of graph elements and generates a first route for a first autonomous vehicle of the first type based at least in part on the first routing graph modification data and the routing graph data. The processor unit also generates a second route for a second autonomous vehicle of the second type based at least in part on the second routing graph modification data and the routing graph data.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2019Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: Uber Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Michael Voznesensky, Adam Panzica, Brent Goldman, Bryan John Nagy, Mark Yen, Adrian Rechy Romero
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Patent number: 11621025Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 2, 2021Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: UATC, LLCInventors: 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
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Publication number: 20220412755Abstract: Various examples are directed to systems and methods for controlling an autonomous vehicle. For example, a navigator system at an autonomous vehicle may generate a plurality of local routes beginning at a vehicle location and extending to a plurality of local route end points. The navigator system may access general route cost data, the general route cost data describing general route costs from the plurality of local route end points to a trip end point. The navigator system may select the first local route of the plurality of routes based at least in part on the general route cost data. A vehicle autonomy system at the autonomous vehicle may begin to control the autonomous vehicle along the first local route.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2022Publication date: December 29, 2022Inventors: Bryan John Nagy, Michael Voznessensky, Brent Goldman, Robert Michael S Dean, Jian Wen, Yanbo Zhao
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Publication number: 20220341740Abstract: Various examples are directed to systems and methods for routing an autonomous vehicle. A vehicle autonomy system may generate first route data describing a first route for the autonomous vehicle to a first target location and control the autonomous vehicle using the first route data. The vehicle autonomy system may determine that the autonomous vehicle is within a threshold of the first target location and select a second target location associated with at least a second stopping location. The vehicle autonomy system may generate second route data describing a route extension of the first route from the first target location to the second target location and control the autonomous vehicle using the second route data.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2022Publication date: October 27, 2022Inventors: Bryan John Nagy, Xiaodong Zhang, Brett Bavar, Colin Jeffrey Green
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Patent number: 11454973Abstract: A method for receiving autonomous vehicle (AV) driving path data associated with a driving path in a roadway of a geographic location. The driving path data associated with a trajectory for an AV in a roadway and trajectory points in a trajectory of the driving path in the roadway for determining at least one feature of the roadway positioned a lateral distance from a first trajectory of the one or more trajectories of the driving path of an AV based on the map data. The method includes receiving map data associated with a map of a geographic location, determining a driving path for an AV in a roadway, generating driving path information based on a trajectory point in a trajectory of the driving path, and providing driving path data associated with the driving path to an AV for controlling the AV on the roadway.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2020Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: UATC, LLCInventors: Adam Henry Polk Milstein, Donald Jason Burnette, Lisa Christine Weitekamp, Bryan John Nagy, Eric Michael Perko
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Patent number: 11441913Abstract: Various examples are directed to systems and methods for navigating an autonomous vehicle. Trip plan data may describe a plurality of candidate vehicle start points, a plurality of candidate waypoints, and a plurality of candidate vehicle end points. A plurality of candidate routes may be determined between an algorithm start point and an algorithm end point. Each candidate route of the plurality of candidate routes may include at least one of the plurality of candidate waypoints and at least one of the plurality of candidate vehicle end points. A best rate may be determined using the plurality of candidate routes. The best route may include a first candidate vehicle start point, a first candidate waypoint, and a first candidate vehicle end point. The autonomous vehicle may be controlled along the best route from the first candidate vehicle start point towards the first candidate vehicle end point.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2018Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: UATC, LLCInventors: Bryan John Nagy, Xiaodong Zhang, Brett Bavar, Misna Sameer
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Patent number: 11435194Abstract: A georeferenced trajectory system for vehicles receives trajectory data generated by a plurality of vehicle sensors and scaffolds of previously generated maps and aligns geometry data for a geographic region and trajectory data from the received data from different map builds. A scaffold of a geographic region to be mapped during an initial map build is generated, and the trajectory data from respective map builds is aligned with the scaffold of previously generated maps to generate a map of the geographic region. The resulting map expands the coverage of the existing map such that old and new map data is in a common consistent reference frame whereby the map may be built incrementally by merging or expanding local scaffolds and filling in the merged or expanded scaffold while ensuring global consistency.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2020Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: UATC, LLCInventors: David Prasser, Evan Herbst, Robert Zlot, Jennifer Joyce Padgett, Bryan John Nagy, Xiaodong Zhang, Michael Napoli, Adrian Rechy Romero
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Patent number: 11435200Abstract: Various examples are directed to systems and methods for controlling an autonomous vehicle. For example, a navigator system at an autonomous vehicle may generate a plurality of local routes beginning at a vehicle location and extending to a plurality of local route end points. The navigator system may access general route cost data, the general route cost data describing general route costs from the plurality of local route end points to a trip end point. The navigator system may select the first local route of the plurality of routes based at least in part on the general route cost data. A vehicle autonomy system at the autonomous vehicle may begin to control the autonomous vehicle along the first local route.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2020Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: UATC, LLCInventors: Bryan John Nagy, Michael Voznesensky, Brent Goldman, Robert Michael S Dean, Jian Wen, Yanbo Zhao
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Patent number: 11397089Abstract: Various examples are directed to systems and methods for routing an autonomous vehicle. A vehicle autonomy system may generate first route data describing a first route for the autonomous vehicle to a first target location and control the autonomous vehicle using the first route data. The vehicle autonomy system may determine that the autonomous vehicle is within a threshold of the first target location and select a second target location associated with at least a second stopping location. The vehicle autonomy system may generate second route data describing a route extension of the first route from the first target location to the second target location and control the autonomous vehicle using the second route data.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2018Date of Patent: July 26, 2022Assignee: UATC, LLCInventors: Bryan John Nagy, Xiaodong Zhang, Brett Bavar, Colin Jeffrey Green
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Patent number: 11333503Abstract: An autonomous vehicle (AV) includes a vehicle computing system including one or more processors programmed to receive map data associated with a map of a geographic location, determine, based on the map data, one or more local routes in the one or more roadways between the current location of the AV and one or more exit locations, and control travel of the AV based on a selected local route of the one or more local routes. The map includes one or more roadways in the geographic location. The map data includes a global route in the one or more roadways between a current location of the AV and a destination location of the AV. The one or more exit locations are located between the current location of the AV and the destination location of the AV.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2018Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: UATC, LLCInventors: Robert Michael S Dean, Xiaodong Zhang, Eric Michael Perko, Adam Cole Panzica, Bryan John Nagy, Brett Bavar
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Patent number: 11255679Abstract: An autonomous vehicle (AV) includes a vehicle computing system including one or more processors programmed to receive map data associated with a map of a geographic location, including, one or more local routes in the one or more roadways between the current location of the AV and one or more exit locations, receive sensor data associated with an object detected in an environment surrounding the AV, select a local route of the one or more local routes based on the sensor data and control travel of the AV based on a selected local route of the one or more local routes. The map includes one or more roadways in the geographic location. The one or more exit locations are located between the current location of the AV and the destination location of the AV in a global route in the one or more roadways.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2018Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignee: UATC, LLCInventors: Robert Michael S Dean, Xiaodong Zhang, Eric Michael Perko, Adam Cole Panzica, Bryan John Nagy, Brett Bavar
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Publication number: 20220032949Abstract: Systems and methods herein describe accessing a set of feature flags, a first feature flag in the set of feature flag describing vehicle navigation behavior on a routing graph, the routing graph representing the roadway, associating the set of feature flags with a vehicle, applying the associated set of feature flags to a graph traversal algorithm to generate a modified graph traversal algorithm, generating the route using the modified graph traversal algorithm; and transmitting instructions to the vehicle to begin executing the route.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2021Publication date: February 3, 2022Inventors: Austin Thomas, Shubhit Mohan Singh, Jacob Robert Forster, Bryan John Nagy, Alan B. Sheinberg
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Publication number: 20210370971Abstract: A vehicle navigation system may include a data pipeline that proposes routing graph modifications from automatically ingested data sources and that provides enough context to suggest an expiration time to remove the routing graph modifications once imposed. The system and method receives from at least one data source routing graph modification data including geographic location data identifying a location to which a routing graph modification applies. The routing graph modification data is associated with one or more roadway elements in a routing graph of a navigation constraints system, and the routing graph modification data associated with the one or more roadway elements is classified as a routing graph modification. The routing graph modification is added to or, if expired, removed from the navigation constraints system.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2021Publication date: December 2, 2021Inventors: Alvin AuYoung, Chaoqun Tao, Anny Xinda Yang, Christopher James Lyons, Bryan John Nagy, Quinn Zikun Shen, Michael Beeheng Goff, Alexander Rashid Ansari, Qing Li
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Patent number: 11073400Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 23, 2018Date of Patent: July 27, 2021Assignee: UATC, LLCInventors: Gordon Peter Bailey, Bryan John Nagy, Adam Henry Polk Milstein, Robert Michael Zlot, Adam Cole Panzica, Brett Bavar, David Peter Prasser, Peter Ian Hansen, Ethan Duff Eade, Xxx Xinjilefu, Brett Browning
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Publication number: 20200401145Abstract: A method for receiving autonomous vehicle (AV) driving path data associated with a driving path in a roadway of a geographic location. The driving path data associated with a trajectory for an AV in a roadway and trajectory points in a trajectory of the driving path in the roadway for determining at least one feature of the roadway positioned a lateral distance from a first trajectory of the one or more trajectories of the driving path of an AV based on the map data. The method includes receiving map data associated with a map of a geographic location, determining a driving path for an AV in a roadway, generating driving path information based on a trajectory point in a trajectory of the driving path, and providing driving path data associated with the driving path to an AV for controlling the AV on the roadway.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2020Publication date: December 24, 2020Inventors: Adam Henry Polk Milstein, Donald Jason Burnette, Lisa Christine Weitekamp, Bryan John Nagy, Eric Michael Perko
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Publication number: 20200319651Abstract: Examples described herein are directed to systems and methods for autonomous vehicle control system testing. A testing utility may receive log data describing a driven route executed by a capturing vehicle. The log data may comprise sensor data received by at least one sensor of the capturing vehicle on the driven route and location data describing locations of the capturing vehicle on the driven route. The locations may comprise a first location of the capturing vehicle at a first driven route time and a second location of the capturing vehicle at a second drive route time. The testing utility may, using at least the location data, determine a first routing graph modification to constrain a navigator component of an autonomous vehicle control system under test. The testing utility may provide the first routing graph modification to the navigator component to cause the navigator component to generate a testing route.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2020Publication date: October 8, 2020Inventors: Bryan John Nagy, Robert Michael S Dean, Jian Wen
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Patent number: 10795367Abstract: A method for receiving autonomous vehicle (AV) driving path data associated with a driving path in a roadway of a geographic location. The driving path data associated with a trajectory for an AV in a roadway and trajectory points in a trajectory of the driving path in the roadway for determining at least one feature of the roadway positioned a lateral distance from a first trajectory of the one or more trajectories of the driving path of an AV based on the map data. The method includes receiving map data associated with a map of a geographic location, determining a driving path for an AV in a roadway, generating driving path information based on a trajectory point in a trajectory of the driving path, and providing driving path data associated with the driving path to an AV for controlling the AV on the roadway.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2018Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: UATC, LLCInventors: Adam Henry Polk Milstein, Donald Jason Burnette, Lisa Christine Weitekamp, Bryan John Nagy, Eric Michael Perko