Patents by Inventor Byron N. Heersink

Byron N. Heersink 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: 11663370
    Abstract: Described is a system and method for generating safety conditions for a cyber-physical system with state space S, action space A and trajectory data labelled as either safe or unsafe. In operation, the system receives inputs and ten minimizes loss functions to cause a neural network to become a barrier function. Based on the barrier function, the system can then determine if the cyber-physical system is entering an usafe state, such that if the cyber-physical system is entering the usafe state, then the cyber-physical system is caused to initiate a maneuver to position the cyber-physical system into a safe state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: HRL LABORATORIES, LLC
    Inventors: Byron N. Heersink, Michael A. Warren, Christopher Serrano
  • Publication number: 20210365596
    Abstract: Described is a system and method for generating safety conditions for a cyber-physical system with state space S, action space A and trajectory data labelled as either safe or unsafe. In operation, the system receives inputs and ten minimizes loss functions to cause a neural network to become a barrier function. Based on the barrier function, the system can then determine if the cyber-physical system is entering an usafe state, such that if the cyber-physical system is entering the usafe state, then the cyber-physical system is caused to initiate a maneuver to position the cyber-physical system into a safe state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Byron N. Heersink, Michael A. Warren, Christopher Serrano
  • Patent number: 10926776
    Abstract: Described is a control command system for generating control commands for a vehicle. The system receives a networked control system corresponding to a network of subsystems of sensors and actuators of the vehicle and data collected from sensors on the vehicle. Multiple subsystems are formed from the networked control system. A dynamic mode decomposition with control (DMDc) process is applied to each subsystem, yielding a linear approximation for each subsystem. The linear approximations are combined into a single linear approximation for the networked control system, and a linear control system approximating the networked control system is output. Control commands are generated for the vehicle based on the linear control system, which cause the vehicle to perform a vehicle operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: HRL Laboratories, LLC
    Inventors: Byron N. Heersink, Heiko Hoffmann, Michael A. Warren