Patents by Inventor Dhanushka Nirmevan Kularatne

Dhanushka Nirmevan Kularatne 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).

  • Publication number: 20230051486
    Abstract: The techniques discussed herein may comprise an autonomous vehicle guidance system that generates a path for controlling an autonomous vehicle based at least in part on a static object map and/or one or more dynamic object maps. The guidance system may identify a path based at least in part on determining set of nodes and a cost map associated with the static and/or dynamic object, among other costs, pruning the set of nodes, and creating further nodes from the remaining nodes until a computational or other limit is reached. The path output by the techniques may be associated with a cheapest node of the sets of nodes that were generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Zhenqi Huang, Janek Hudecek, Marin Kobilarov, Dhanushka Nirmevan Kularatne, Mark Jonathon McClelland
  • Patent number: 11485384
    Abstract: The techniques discussed herein may comprise an autonomous vehicle guidance system that generates a path for controlling an autonomous vehicle based at least in part on a static object map and/or one or more dynamic object maps. The guidance system may identify a path based at least in part on determining set of nodes and a cost map associated with the static and/or dynamic object, among other costs, pruning the set of nodes, and creating further nodes from the remaining nodes until a computational or other limit is reached. The path output by the techniques may be associated with a cheapest node of the sets of nodes that were generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Zoox, Inc.
    Inventors: Zhenqi Huang, Janek Hudecek, Dhanushka Nirmevan Kularatne, Mark Jonathon McClelland, Marin Kobilarov
  • Publication number: 20220204029
    Abstract: Techniques for collision avoidance using an object contour are discussed. A trajectory associated with a vehicle may be received. Sensor data can be received from a sensor associated with the vehicle. A bounding contour may be determined and associated with an object represented in the sensor data. Based on the trajectory, a simulated position of the vehicle can be determined. Additionally, a predicted position of the bounding contour can be determined. Based on the simulated position of the vehicle and the predicted position of the bounding contour, a distance between the vehicle and the object may be determined. An action can be performed based on the distance between the vehicle and the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Yuanyuan Chen, Subhasis Das, Mark Jonathon McClelland, Troy Donovan O'Neal, Zeng Wang, Dhanushka Nirmevan Kularatne
  • Publication number: 20210347382
    Abstract: The techniques discussed herein may comprise an autonomous vehicle guidance system that generates a path for controlling an autonomous vehicle based at least in part on a static object map and/or one or more dynamic object maps. The guidance system may identify a path based at least in part on determining set of nodes and a cost map associated with the static and/or dynamic object, among other costs, pruning the set of nodes, and creating further nodes from the remaining nodes until a computational or other limit is reached. The path output by the techniques may be associated with a cheapest node of the sets of nodes that were generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Zhenqi Huang, Janek Hudecek, Dhanushka Nirmevan Kularatne, Mark Jonathon McClelland, Marin Kobilarov