Patents by Inventor Christopher Michael Churay
Christopher Michael Churay 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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Publication number: 20240409125Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for detecting unclassified hazards for a driver assistance system of a vehicle. The systems include a data storage device comprising map data, one or more sensors configured to generate sensor data indicative of one or more sensed objects in proximity to the vehicle, and a controller configured to, by one or more processors thereof, receive the map data and the sensor data, filter the sensor data to omit at least one of the sensed objects located outside of a bounding area that includes a portion of an adjacent lane next to a current lane in which the vehicle is operating, determine whether an unclassified hazard is present in the adjacent lane, and maintain operation of the vehicle in the current lane in response to a determination that the unclassified hazard is present in the adjacent lane.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2023Publication date: December 12, 2024Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Travis Taylor, Christopher Michael Wallace, Paul A Adam, Christopher Michael Churay
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Patent number: 12122425Abstract: Vehicles and related systems and methods are provided for controlling a vehicle in an autonomous operating mode. One method involves identifying one or more avoidance zones in a vicinity of the vehicle, determining a deadline for completing a lateral maneuver to avoid a priority avoidance zone of the one or more avoidance zones, obtaining an initial reference lateral trajectory for the lateral maneuver based at least in part on the deadline, autonomously operating one or more actuators onboard the vehicle in accordance with the initial reference lateral trajectory, and thereafter obtaining one or more updated reference lateral trajectories for the vehicle, wherein the one or more actuators onboard the vehicle are autonomously operated in accordance with the one or more updated reference lateral trajectories in lieu of the initial reference lateral trajectory.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2022Date of Patent: October 22, 2024Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Tetyana V Mamchuk, Paul A Adam, Christopher Michael Churay
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Patent number: 12005903Abstract: In an exemplary embodiment, a vehicle system is provided that includes a sensor array and a processor. The sensor array is configured to generate vehicle sensor data pertaining to a target vehicle in proximity to the vehicle. The processor is coupled to the sensor array, and is configured to at least facilitate: beginning an overtake maneuver for the vehicle, via instructions provided to the drive system, when conditions for an overtake of the target vehicle by the vehicle are initially determined by the processor to be valid; subsequent to the beginning of the overtake maneuver, determining via the processor whether the conditions for the overtake of the target vehicle are still valid, based on updated sensor data reflecting variant traffic conditions; and further controlling the overtake maneuver based on the determining as to whether the conditions for the overtake of the target vehicle are still valid.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2021Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Paul A Adam, Jeffrey S Parks, Christopher J Trush, Christopher Michael Churay, Namal P Kumara
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Patent number: 11912311Abstract: A system and method of detecting and mitigating an erratic vehicle by a host vehicle. The method includes gathering sensor information on a calibratable external region surrounding the host vehicle; analyzing the sensor information to detect a target vehicle traveling in a lane and a movement of the target vehicle in the lane; determining whether the movement of the target vehicle in the lane is erratic; if erratic then designating target vehicle as erratic vehicle; assigning a risk score to the erratic vehicle; and implementing a predetermined mitigating action correlating to the assigned risk score to the erratic vehicle. The mitigating action includes one or more of: warning an operator of the host vehicle, warning a vehicle proximal to the host vehicle, and taking at least partial control of the host vehicle to further distance the host vehicle apart from the erratic vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2021Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Gabriel Tayoung Choi, Paul A. Adam, Namal P. Kumara, Christopher Michael Churay
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Publication number: 20240025450Abstract: Vehicles and related systems and methods are provided for controlling a vehicle in an autonomous operating mode. One method involves a controller associated with a vehicle identifying a visual attention state associated with a driver of the vehicle based at least in part on output of an imaging device onboard the vehicle, determining, based at least in part on the visual attention state, a driver lane preference corresponding to an adjacent lane in a visual attention direction relative to a current lane of travel for the vehicle, adjusting a priority associated with the adjacent lane corresponding to the driver lane preference and autonomously operating one or more actuators onboard the vehicle to initiate maneuvering the vehicle from the current lane in a manner that is influenced by the adjusted priority associated with the adjacent lane.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2022Publication date: January 25, 2024Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Christopher Michael Churay, Paul A. Adam, Reza Zarringhalam, Milad Jalaliyazdi
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Publication number: 20230339506Abstract: Vehicles and related systems and methods are provided for controlling a vehicle in an autonomous operating mode. One method involves identifying one or more avoidance zones in a vicinity of the vehicle, determining a deadline for completing a lateral maneuver to avoid a priority avoidance zone of the one or more avoidance zones, obtaining an initial reference lateral trajectory for the lateral maneuver based at least in part on the deadline, autonomously operating one or more actuators onboard the vehicle in accordance with the initial reference lateral trajectory, and thereafter obtaining one or more updated reference lateral trajectories for the vehicle, wherein the one or more actuators onboard the vehicle are autonomously operated in accordance with the one or more updated reference lateral trajectories in lieu of the initial reference lateral trajectory.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2022Publication date: October 26, 2023Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Tetyana V Mamchuk, Paul A. Adam, Christopher Michael Churay
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Publication number: 20230182740Abstract: In an exemplary embodiment, a vehicle system is provided that includes a sensor array and a processor. The sensor array is configured to generate vehicle sensor data pertaining to a target vehicle in proximity to the vehicle. The processor is coupled to the sensor array, and is configured to at least facilitate: beginning an overtake maneuver for the vehicle, via instructions provided to the drive system, when conditions for an overtake of the target vehicle by the vehicle are initially determined by the processor to be valid; subsequent to the beginning of the overtake maneuver, determining via the processor whether the conditions for the overtake of the target vehicle are still valid, based on updated sensor data reflecting variant traffic conditions; and further controlling the overtake maneuver based on the determining as to whether the conditions for the overtake of the target vehicle are still valid.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2021Publication date: June 15, 2023Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Paul A. Adam, Jeffrey S. Parks, Christopher J. Trush, Christopher Michael Churay, Namal P. Kumara
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Publication number: 20230052137Abstract: A system and method of detecting and mitigating an erratic vehicle by a host vehicle. The method includes gathering sensor information on a calibratable external region surrounding the host vehicle; analyzing the sensor information to detect a target vehicle traveling in a lane and a movement of the target vehicle in the lane; determining whether the movement of the target vehicle in the lane is erratic; if erratic then designating target vehicle as erratic vehicle; assigning a risk score to the erratic vehicle; and implementing a predetermined mitigating action correlating to the assigned risk score to the erratic vehicle. The mitigating action includes one or more of: warning an operator of the host vehicle, warning a vehicle proximal to the host vehicle, and taking at least partial control of the host vehicle to further distance the host vehicle apart from the erratic vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2021Publication date: February 16, 2023Inventors: Gabriel Tayoung Choi, Paul A. Adam, Namal P. Kumara, Christopher Michael Churay