Patents by Inventor Eric Alexander Westman

Eric Alexander Westman 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: 11834065
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and autonomous vehicles for detecting road marking points from LiDAR data may obtain a LiDAR dataset generated by a LiDAR system; process, for each laser emitter of the LiDAR system, a point cloud associated with that laser emitter by: determining, for each point in the point cloud, based on a gradient of intensity at that point, whether that point corresponds to a gradient edge point; and determining, based on intensities of points in an interior segment of points between at least one candidate pair of gradient edge points and intensities of points in exterior segments of points outside the at least one candidate pair of gradient edge points, whether that candidate pair of gradient edge points corresponds to a road marking edge; and aggregate, from the processing of the plurality of point clouds, candidate pairs of gradient edge points determined to correspond to road marking edges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Argo AI
    Inventors: Eric Alexander Westman, Xxx Xinjilefu
  • Publication number: 20220194413
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and autonomous vehicles for detecting road marking points from LiDAR data may obtain a LiDAR dataset generated by a LiDAR system; process, for each laser emitter of the LiDAR system, a point cloud associated with that laser emitter by: determining, for each point in the point cloud, based on a gradient of intensity at that point, whether that point corresponds to a gradient edge point; and determining, based on intensities of points in an interior segment of points between at least one candidate pair of gradient edge points and intensities of points in exterior segments of points outside the at least one candidate pair of gradient edge points, whether that candidate pair of gradient edge points corresponds to a road marking edge; and aggregate, from the processing of the plurality of point clouds, candidate pairs of gradient edge points determined to correspond to road marking edges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Eric Alexander Westman, Xxx Xinjilefu