Patents by Inventor Daniel Fredinburg

Daniel Fredinburg 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: 11554714
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to protecting the privacy of a user of a dispatching service for driverless vehicles. For example, a request for a vehicle identifying user information is received. A client computing device may be identified based on the user information. In response to the request, a driverless vehicle may be dispatched to the location of the client device. Signaling information may be generated based on a set of rules including a first rule that the signaling information does not identify, indirectly or directly, the user as well as a second rule that the signaling information does not identify, indirectly or directly, the user information. The location of the client computing device and the signaling information may be sent to the driverless vehicle for display. In addition, the signaling information may also be sent to the client computing device for display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Waymo LLC
    Inventors: Brian Kemler, Daniel Fredinburg
  • Patent number: 10821887
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to protecting the privacy of a user of a dispatching service for driverless vehicles. For example, a request for a vehicle identifying user information is received. A client computing device may be identified based on the user information. In response to the request, a driverless vehicle may be dispatched to the location of the client device. Signaling information may be generated based on a set of rules including a first rule that the signaling information does not identify, indirectly or directly, the user as well as a second rule that the signaling information does not identify, indirectly or directly, the user information. The location of the client computing device and the signaling information may be sent to the driverless vehicle for display. In addition, the signaling information may also be sent to the client computing device for display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Waymo LLC
    Inventors: Brian Kemler, Daniel Fredinburg
  • Patent number: 10384597
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to protecting the privacy of a user of a dispatching service for driverless vehicles. For example, a request for a vehicle identifying user information is received. A client computing device may be identified based on the user information. In response to the request, a driverless vehicle may be dispatched to the location of the client device. Signaling information may be generated based on a set of rules including a first rule that the signaling information does not identify, indirectly or directly, the user as well as a second rule that the signaling information does not identify, indirectly or directly, the user information. The location of the client computing device and the signaling information may be sent to the driverless vehicle for display. In addition, the signaling information may also be sent to the client computing device for display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Waymo LLC
    Inventors: Brian Kemler, Daniel Fredinburg
  • Patent number: 10272827
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to protecting the privacy of a user of a dispatching service for driverless vehicles. For example, a request for a vehicle identifying user information is received. A client computing device may be identified based on the user information. In response to the request, a driverless vehicle may be dispatched to the location of the client device. Signaling information may be generated based on a set of rules including a first rule that the signaling information does not identify, indirectly or directly, the user as well as a second rule that the signaling information does not identify, indirectly or directly, the user information. The location of the client computing device and the signaling information may be sent to the driverless vehicle for display. In addition, the signaling information may also be sent to the client computing device for display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Waymo LLC
    Inventors: Brian Kemler, Daniel Fredinburg
  • Patent number: 9436180
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to anonymizing user identity from nearby vehicles, such as autonomous vehicles, that may be gathering sensor data. In one aspect, one or more computing devices of an autonomous vehicle may receive location information identifying a geographic location. Further, the one or more computing devices may receive sensor data captured by one or more sensors of the vehicle and determine whether any of the sensor data is within a threshold distance from the geographic location. Based on the determination, the one or more computing devices may filter the sensor data that is within the threshold distance and send the filtered sensor data to one or more server computing devices for further processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Fredinburg, Brian Kemler