Patents by Inventor Evangeline Pollard

Evangeline Pollard 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).

  • Location and mapping device and method
    Patent number: 10379542
    Abstract: The invention relates to a location and mapping device intended for being installed in a mobile vehicle in an environment comprising a plurality of zones, with: a receiving module (11) designed to receive data of the position (d(a)) of obstacles relative to the vehicle; a processing module (12, 14) designed to determine, in accordance with the data received (d(a)) and for a plurality of zones positioned relative to the vehicle, measurement values (M_SCANt,i) that respectively represent a likelihood of occupation of the zone in question, a likelihood of non-occupation of the zone in question and a likelihood of not knowing the zone in question; a mapping module (18, 20) designed to build, for each zone of said plurality of zones of the environment, values (M_GRIt,k) which respectively represent a likelihood of occupation of the zone in question, a likelihood of non-occupation of the zone in question and a likelihood of not knowing the zone in question; and a location module (16) designed to determine the posit
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
    Inventors: Guillaume Trehard, Evangeline Pollard, Fawzi Nashashibi, Benazouz Bradai
  • LOCATION AND MAPPING DEVICE AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20170261996
    Abstract: The invention relates to a location and mapping device intended for being installed in a mobile vehicle in an environment comprising a plurality of zones, with: a receiving module (11) designed to receive data of the position (d(a)) of obstacles relative to the vehicle; a processing module (12, 14) designed to determine, in accordance with the data received (d(a)) and for a plurality of zones positioned relative to the vehicle, measurement values (M_SCANt,i) that respectively represent a likelihood of occupation of the zone in question, a likelihood of non-occupation of the zone in question and a likelihood of not knowing the zone in question; a mapping module (18, 20) designed to build, for each zone of said plurality of zones of the environment, values (M_GRIt,k) which respectively represent a likelihood of occupation of the zone in question, a likelihood of non-occupation of the zone in question and a likelihood of not knowing the zone in question; and a location module (16) designed to determine the posit
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Applicant: VALEO Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
    Inventors: Guillaume Trehard, Evangeline Pollard, Fawzi Nashashibi, Benazouz Bradai