Patents by Inventor Daniel Adam Kanitz
Daniel Adam Kanitz 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: 11981233Abstract: An autonomous can include one or more configurable passenger seats to accommodate a plurality of different seating configurations. For instance, the one or more passenger seats can include a passenger seat defining a seating orientation. The passenger seat can be configurable in a first configuration in which the seating orientation is directed towards a forward end of the autonomous vehicle and a second configuration in which the seating orientation is directed towards a rear end of the autonomous vehicle. The passenger seat can include a seatback rotatable about a pivot point on a base of the passenger seat to switch between the first configuration and the second configuration. Alternatively, or additionally, the autonomous vehicle can include a door assembly pivotably fixed to a vehicle body of the autonomous vehicle such that a swept path of the door assembly when moving between an open position and a closed position is reduced.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2023Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: UATC, LLCInventor: Daniel Adam Kanitz
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Publication number: 20240150140Abstract: In one example embodiment, a computer-implemented method for transporting cargo using smart palettes includes determining receipt of a first cargo onto a platform of a first smart palette at a first distribution hub. The method includes generating one or more signals that control a loading of the first smart palette and the first cargo onto a trailer located at the first distribution hub. The method includes determining a coordination with one or more second smart palettes associated with the trailer to determine a first position inside the trailer for the first smart palette and the first cargo. The method includes generating one or more signals that position the first smart palette and the first cargo at the first position inside the trailer.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2024Publication date: May 9, 2024Inventors: Philipp Haban, Daniel Adam Kanitz
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Patent number: 11964403Abstract: Systems and methods are directed to automated cleaning systems for vehicles. In one example, a vehicle is provided that includes a drive system, a passenger cabin, and a vehicle cleaning system. The vehicle cleaning system includes a vacuum unit and a robotic manipulator. The robotic manipulator includes an arm including a plurality of arm sections and a gripper unit positioned at a distal end of the arm. The robotic manipulator is connected to the vacuum unit such that the arm provides a vacuum path between the vacuum unit and the gripper unit.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2022Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: UATC, LLCInventor: Daniel Adam Kanitz
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Patent number: 11912517Abstract: In one example embodiment, a computer-implemented method for transporting cargo using smart palettes includes determining receipt of a first cargo onto a platform of a first smart palette at a first distribution hub. The method includes generating one or more signals that control a loading of the first smart palette and the first cargo onto a trailer located at the first distribution hub. The method includes determining a coordination with one or more second smart palettes associated with the trailer to determine a first position inside the trailer for the first smart palette and the first cargo. The method includes generating one or more signals that position the first smart palette and the first cargo at the first position inside the trailer.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2022Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: UATC, LLCInventors: Philipp Haban, Daniel Adam Kanitz
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Patent number: 11743564Abstract: A near-range camera assembly for a vehicle is provided. The near-range camera assembly includes a LIDAR mount couplable to a vehicle. The LIDAR mount includes a first surface and a second surface that opposes the first surface. The near-range camera assembly includes a LIDAR unit removably coupled to the first surface LIDAR mount. The near-range camera assembly further includes a camera and a camera housing for the camera. The camera housing is removably coupled to the second surface LIDAR mount.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2020Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: UATC, LLCInventors: Daniel Adam Kanitz, Wesly Mason Rice, Chad Jonathan Staller, Robert Kip Terhune, Andrew Joseph Chellman
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Patent number: 11740540Abstract: A mounting assembly for a cabin camera is provided. The mounting assembly includes a camera housing for the camera. The mounting assembly further includes a headliner mount removably coupled to the camera housing. The headliner mount includes a base and one or more retention members hingably coupled to the base. The one or more retention members are movable relative to the base to selectively secure the headliner mount to a headliner of a vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2020Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: UATC, LLCInventor: Daniel Adam Kanitz
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Publication number: 20230249589Abstract: Systems and methods for reconfiguring seats of an autonomous vehicle is provided. The method includes obtaining service request data that includes a service selection and request characteristics. The method includes obtaining data describing an initial seat configuration for each of a plurality of seats of an autonomous vehicle assigned to the service request. The initial seat configuration can include a seat position and a seat orientation for each of the plurality of seats. The method includes generating, based on the initial cabin configuration and the service request data, seat adjustment instructions configured to adjust the initial seat configuration of at least one of the seats. The method includes providing the seat adjustment instructions to the autonomous vehicle assigned to the service request.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2023Publication date: August 10, 2023Inventor: Daniel Adam Kanitz
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Publication number: 20230211707Abstract: An autonomous can include one or more configurable passenger seats to accommodate a plurality of different seating configurations. For instance, the one or more passenger seats can include a passenger seat defining a seating orientation. The passenger seat can be configurable in a first configuration in which the seating orientation is directed towards a forward end of the autonomous vehicle and a second configuration in which the seating orientation is directed towards a rear end of the autonomous vehicle. The passenger seat can include a seatback rotatable about a pivot point on a base of the passenger seat to switch between the first configuration and the second configuration. Alternatively, or additionally, the autonomous vehicle can include a door assembly pivotably fixed to a vehicle body of the autonomous vehicle such that a swept path of the door assembly when moving between an open position and a closed position is reduced.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2023Publication date: July 6, 2023Inventor: Daniel Adam Kanitz
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Patent number: 11660985Abstract: An autonomous can include one or more configurable passenger seats to accommodate a plurality of different seating configurations. For instance, the one or more passenger seats can include a passenger seat defining a seating orientation. The passenger seat can be configurable in a first configuration in which the seating orientation is directed towards a forward end of the autonomous vehicle and a second configuration in which the seating orientation is directed towards a rear end of the autonomous vehicle. The passenger seat can include a seatback rotatable about a pivot point on a base of the passenger seat to switch between the first configuration and the second configuration. Alternatively, or additionally, the autonomous vehicle can include a door assembly pivotably fixed to a vehicle body of the autonomous vehicle such that a swept path of the door assembly when moving between an open position and a closed position is reduced.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2020Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: UATC, LLCInventor: Daniel Adam Kanitz
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Patent number: 11648855Abstract: Systems and methods for reconfiguring seats of an autonomous vehicle is provided. The method includes obtaining service request data that includes a service selection and request characteristics. The method includes obtaining data describing an initial seat configuration for each of a plurality of seats of an autonomous vehicle assigned to the service request. The initial seat configuration can include a seat position and a seat orientation for each of the plurality of seats. The method includes generating, based on the initial cabin configuration and the service request data, seat adjustment instructions configured to adjust the initial seat configuration of at least one of the seats. The method includes providing the seat adjustment instructions to the autonomous vehicle assigned to the service request.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2020Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: UATC, LLCInventor: Daniel Adam Kanitz
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Patent number: 11607973Abstract: An autonomous can include one or more configurable passenger seats to accommodate a plurality of different seating configurations. For instance, the one or more passenger seats can include a passenger seat defining a seating orientation. The passenger seat can be configurable in a first configuration in which the seating orientation is directed towards a forward end of the autonomous vehicle and a second configuration in which the seating orientation is directed towards a rear end of the autonomous vehicle. The passenger seat can include a seatback rotatable about a pivot point on a base of the passenger seat to switch between the first configuration and the second configuration. Alternatively, or additionally, the autonomous vehicle can include a door assembly pivotably fixed to a vehicle body of the autonomous vehicle such that a swept path of the door assembly when moving between an open position and a closed position is reduced.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2020Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: UATC, LLCInventor: Daniel Adam Kanitz
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Publication number: 20230001837Abstract: Systems and methods are directed to automated delivery systems. In one example, a vehicle is provided including a drive system, a passenger cabin; and a delivery service pod provided relative to the passenger cabin. The delivery service pod includes an access unit configured to allow for loading and unloading of a plurality of delivery crates into the delivery service pod. The delivery service pod further includes a conveyor unit comprising multiple delivery crate holding positions, the delivery crate holding positions being defined by neighboring sidewalls spaced apart within the delivery service pod such that a respective delivery crate of the plurality of delivery crates can be positioned between neighboring sidewalls, wherein the conveyor unit is configured to be rotated to align each of the delivery crate holding positions with the access unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2022Publication date: January 5, 2023Inventor: Daniel Adam Kanitz
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Patent number: 11447055Abstract: Systems and methods are directed to automated delivery systems. In one example, a vehicle is provided including a drive system, a passenger cabin; and a delivery service pod provided relative to the passenger cabin. The delivery service pod includes an access unit configured to allow for loading and unloading of a plurality of delivery crates into the delivery service pod. The delivery service pod further includes a conveyor unit comprising multiple delivery crate holding positions, the delivery crate holding positions being defined by neighboring sidewalls spaced apart within the delivery service pod such that a respective delivery crate of the plurality of delivery crates can be positioned between neighboring sidewalls, wherein the conveyor unit is configured to be rotated to align each of the delivery crate holding positions with the access unit.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2018Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: UATC, LLCInventor: Daniel Adam Kanitz
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Patent number: 11420650Abstract: Systems and methods for dictating motion for bi-directional vehicles is provided. The method includes obtaining passenger and map data. The passenger data identifies an orientation of a passenger and the map data identifies route attributes for one or more route segments. The method includes determining one or more motion constraints for a bi-directional vehicle and map constraints for a routing the bi-directional vehicle based on the passenger data and the map data. The motion constraints can identify a vehicle orientation with which the bi-directional vehicle can travel. The map constraints can identify one or more route segments restricted from travel by the bi-directional vehicle. The method includes generating a constrained route based on the motion and map constraint(s). The constrained route can include permitted route segments and movements for the bi-directional vehicle. The method can include initiating the motion of the bi-directional vehicle based on the constrained route.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2020Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: UATC, LLCInventor: Daniel Adam Kanitz
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Publication number: 20220242495Abstract: In one example embodiment, a computer-implemented method for autonomous vehicle control includes determining whether a cargo container is attached to the vehicle base. The method includes controlling a front shield associated with an autonomous vehicle to move from a closed position to an opened position when a cargo container is determined to be attached to a vehicle base associated with the autonomous vehicle. The method includes controlling the front shield to move from the opened position to the closed position when the cargo container is not attached to the vehicle base.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2022Publication date: August 4, 2022Inventors: Philipp Haban, Daniel Adam Kanitz
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Publication number: 20220227590Abstract: In one example embodiment, a computer-implemented method for transporting cargo using smart palettes includes determining receipt of a first cargo onto a platform of a first smart palette at a first distribution hub. The method includes generating one or more signals that control a loading of the first smart palette and the first cargo onto a trailer located at the first distribution hub. The method includes determining a coordination with one or more second smart palettes associated with the trailer to determine a first position inside the trailer for the first smart palette and the first cargo. The method includes generating one or more signals that position the first smart palette and the first cargo at the first position inside the trailer.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2022Publication date: July 21, 2022Inventors: Philipp Haban, Daniel Adam Kanitz
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Patent number: D1015896Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2022Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Aurora Operations, Inc.Inventors: Woonghee Han, Daniel Adam Kanitz, John Paxton, Chad Jonathan Staller, Jon Wagner
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Patent number: D1017430Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2022Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Aurora Operations, Inc.Inventors: Woonghee Han, Daniel Adam Kanitz, John Paxton, Chad Jonathan Staller, Jon Wagner
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Patent number: D1018329Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2022Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Aurora Operations, Inc.Inventors: Woonghee Han, Daniel Adam Kanitz, John Paxton, Chad Jonathan Staller, Jon Wagner
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Patent number: D1024805Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2022Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: AURORA OPERATIONS, INC.Inventors: Woonghee Han, Daniel Adam Kanitz, John Paxton, Chad Jonathan Staller, Jon Wagner