Patents by Inventor Donald Benton MacMillen

Donald Benton MacMillen 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: 20230177819
    Abstract: An autonomous control system generates synthetic data that reflect simulated environments. Specifically, the synthetic data is a representation of sensor data of the simulated environment from the perspective of one or more sensors. The system generates synthetic data by introducing one or more simulated modifications to sensor data captured by the sensors or by simulating the sensor data for a virtual environment. The autonomous control system uses the synthetic data to train computer models for various detection and control algorithms. In general, this allows autonomous control systems to augment training data to improve performance of computer models, simulate scenarios that are not included in existing training data, and/or train computer models that remove unwanted effects or occlusions from sensor data of the environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Forrest Nelson Iandola, Donald Benton MacMillen, Anting Shen, Harsimran Singh Sidhu, Paras Jagdish Jain
  • Patent number: 11487288
    Abstract: An autonomous control system generates synthetic data that reflect simulated environments. Specifically, the synthetic data is a representation of sensor data of the simulated environment from the perspective of one or more sensors. The system generates synthetic data by introducing one or more simulated modifications to sensor data captured by the sensors or by simulating the sensor data for a virtual environment. The autonomous control system uses the synthetic data to train computer models for various detection and control algorithms. In general, this allows autonomous control systems to augment training data to improve performance of computer models, simulate scenarios that are not included in existing training data, and/or train computer models that remove unwanted effects or occlusions from sensor data of the environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Tesla, Inc.
    Inventors: Forrest Nelson Iandola, Donald Benton MacMillen, Anting Shen, Harsimran Singh Sidhu, Paras Jagdish Jain
  • Publication number: 20220043449
    Abstract: An autonomous control system combines sensor data from multiple sensors to simulate sensor data from high-capacity sensors. The sensor data contains information related to physical environments surrounding vehicles for autonomous guidance. For example, the sensor data may be in the form of images that visually capture scenes of the surrounding environment, geo-location of the vehicles, and the like. The autonomous control system simulates high-capacity sensor data of the physical environment from replacement sensors that may each have lower capacity than high-capacity sensors. The high-capacity sensor data may be simulated via one or more neural network models. The autonomous control system performs various detection and control algorithms on the simulated sensor data to guide the vehicle autonomously.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Forrest Nelson Iandola, Donald Benton MacMillen, Anting Shen, Harsimran Singh Sidhu, Daniel Paden Tomasello, Rohan Nandkumar Phadte, Paras Jagdish Jian
  • Patent number: 11157014
    Abstract: An autonomous control system combines sensor data from multiple sensors to simulate sensor data from high-capacity sensors. The sensor data contains information related to physical environments surrounding vehicles for autonomous guidance. For example, the sensor data may be in the form of images that visually capture scenes of the surrounding environment, geo-location of the vehicles, and the like. The autonomous control system simulates high-capacity sensor data of the physical environment from replacement sensors that may each have lower capacity than high-capacity sensors. The high-capacity sensor data may be simulated via one or more neural network models. The autonomous control system performs various detection and control algorithms on the simulated sensor data to guide the vehicle autonomously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Tesla, Inc.
    Inventors: Forrest Nelson Iandola, Donald Benton MacMillen, Anting Shen, Harsimran Singh Sidhu, Daniel Paden Tomasello, Rohan Nandkumar Phadte, Paras Jagdish Jain
  • Publication number: 20200401136
    Abstract: An autonomous control system generates synthetic data that reflect simulated environments. Specifically, the synthetic data is a representation of sensor data of the simulated environment from the perspective of one or more sensors. The system generates synthetic data by introducing one or more simulated modifications to sensor data captured by the sensors or by simulating the sensor data for a virtual environment. The autonomous control system uses the synthetic data to train computer models for various detection and control algorithms. In general, this allows autonomous control systems to augment training data to improve performance of computer models, simulate scenarios that are not included in existing training data, and/or train computer models that remove unwanted effects or occlusions from sensor data of the environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Forrest Nelson Iandola, Donald Benton MacMillen, Anting Shen, Harsimran Singh Sidhu, Paras Jagdish Jain
  • Patent number: 10678244
    Abstract: An autonomous control system generates synthetic data that reflect simulated environments. Specifically, the synthetic data is a representation of sensor data of the simulated environment from the perspective of one or more sensors. The system generates synthetic data by introducing one or more simulated modifications to sensor data captured by the sensors or by simulating the sensor data for a virtual environment. The autonomous control system uses the synthetic data to train computer models for various detection and control algorithms. In general, this allows autonomous control systems to augment training data to improve performance of computer models, simulate scenarios that are not included in existing training data, and/or train computer models that remove unwanted effects or occlusions from sensor data of the environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Tesla, Inc.
    Inventors: Forrest Nelson Iandola, Donald Benton MacMillen, Anting Shen, Harsimran Singh Sidhu, Paras Jagdish Jain
  • Publication number: 20180275658
    Abstract: An autonomous control system generates synthetic data that reflect simulated environments. Specifically, the synthetic data is a representation of sensor data of the simulated environment from the perspective of one or more sensors. The system generates synthetic data by introducing one or more simulated modifications to sensor data captured by the sensors or by simulating the sensor data for a virtual environment. The autonomous control system uses the synthetic data to train computer models for various detection and control algorithms. In general, this allows autonomous control systems to augment training data to improve performance of computer models, simulate scenarios that are not included in existing training data, and/or train computer models that remove unwanted effects or occlusions from sensor data of the environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Forrest Nelson Iandola, Donald Benton MacMillen, Anting Shen, Harsimran Singh Sidhu, Paras Jagdish Jain
  • Publication number: 20180188733
    Abstract: An autonomous control system combines sensor data from multiple sensors to simulate sensor data from high-capacity sensors. The sensor data contains information related to physical environments surrounding vehicles for autonomous guidance. For example, the sensor data may be in the form of images that visually capture scenes of the surrounding environment, geo-location of the vehicles, and the like. The autonomous control system simulates high-capacity sensor data of the physical environment from replacement sensors that may each have lower capacity than high-capacity sensors. The high-capacity sensor data may be simulated via one or more neural network models. The autonomous control system performs various detection and control algorithms on the simulated sensor data to guide the vehicle autonomously.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventors: Forrest Nelson Iandola, Donald Benton MacMillen, Anting Shen, Harsimran Singh Sidhu, Daniel Paden Tomasello, Rohan Nandkumar Phadte, Paras Jagdish Jain