Patents by Inventor DIMITRA PANAGOU

DIMITRA PANAGOU 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).

  • Intention-aware supervisory control with driving safety applications
    Patent number: 11242059
    Abstract: In one aspect, the present disclosure provides a method in a data processing system comprising at least one processor and at least one memory, the at least one memory comprising instructions executed by the at least one processor to implement a vehicle overtaking monitoring system. The method comprises receiving, from a first plurality of sensors coupled to an ego vehicle, lead vehicle data about a lead vehicle, inferring an estimated intention of the lead vehicle based on the lead vehicle data, selecting an intention model from a plurality of intention models based on the estimated intention, calculating a set of permissible driving inputs of the ego vehicle based on the intention model, calculating at least one driver input range based on the set of permissible driving inputs, and causing the at least one driver input range to be displayed to a driver of the ego vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignees: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIV. OF MICHIGAN, AZ BRD REGENTS ON BEHALF OF AZ STATE UNIV.
    Inventors: Necmiye Ozay, Yunus E. Sahin, Zexiang Liu, Kwesi Rutledge, Sze Zheng Yong, Dimitra Panagou
  • INTENTION-AWARE SUPERVISORY CONTROL WITH DRIVING SAFETY APPLICATIONS
    Publication number: 20200339123
    Abstract: In one aspect, the present disclosure provides a method in a data processing system comprising at least one processor and at least one memory, the at least one memory comprising instructions executed by the at least one processor to implement a vehicle overtaking monitoring system. The method comprises receiving, from a first plurality of sensors coupled to an ego vehicle, lead vehicle data about a lead vehicle, inferring an estimated intention of the lead vehicle based on the lead vehicle data, selecting an intention model from a plurality of intention models based on the estimated intention, calculating a set of permissible driving inputs of the ego vehicle based on the intention model, calculating at least one driver input range based on the set of permissible driving inputs, and causing the at least one driver input range to be displayed to a driver of the ego vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Applicant: AZ BRD REGENTS ON BEHALF OF AZ STATE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: NECMIYE OZAY, YUNUS E. SAHIN, ZEXIANG LIU, KWESI RUTLEDGE, SZE ZHENG YONG, DIMITRA PANAGOU
  • Safe Autonomous Overtaking with Intention Estimation
    Publication number: 20200298859
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method in a data processing system that includes at least one processor and at least one memory. The at least one memory includes instructions executed by the at least one processor to implement a vehicle overtaking system. The method includes causing a vehicle control system in an ego vehicle to execute at least a portion of an input control sequence, receiving, from a first plurality of sensors coupled to the ego vehicle, lead vehicle data about a lead vehicle, estimating an intention of the lead vehicle based on the lead vehicle data, and causing the vehicle control system to perform a vehicle maneuver based on the intention of the lead vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2019
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: NECMIYE OZAY, VISHNU S. CHIPADE, QIANG SHEN, LIXING HUANG, SZE ZHENG YONG, DIMITRA PANAGOU