Patents by Inventor Feng Ping Angela LEONG

Feng Ping Angela LEONG 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).

  • Certified control for self-driving cars
    Patent number: 11745732
    Abstract: A method for certified control of a self-driving ego vehicle is described. The method includes analyzing a safety situation of the self-driving ego vehicle to determine a proposed vehicle control action using a main controller of the self-driving ego vehicle. The method also includes presenting, by the main controller, the proposed vehicle control action to an interlock controller, including a certificate of the proposed vehicle control action. The method further includes checking a safety certification evidence from the certificate by the interlock controller using a predefined safety argument to verify the safety certification evidence of the certificate. The method also includes directing, by a low-level controller, the self-driving ego vehicle to perform a certified vehicle control action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignees: TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC., MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Daniel Jackson, Jonathan Decastro, Soon Ho Kong, Nikos Arechiga Gonzalez, Dimitrios Koutentakis, Feng Ping Angela Leong, Mike Meichang Wang, Xin Zhang
  • CERTIFIED CONTROL FOR SELF-DRIVING CARS
    Publication number: 20210009114
    Abstract: A method for certified control of a self-driving ego vehicle is described. The method includes analyzing a safety situation of the self-driving ego vehicle to determine a proposed vehicle control action using a main controller of the self-driving ego vehicle. The method also includes presenting, by the main controller, the proposed vehicle control action to an interlock controller, including a certificate of the proposed vehicle control action. The method further includes checking a safety certification evidence from the certificate by the interlock controller using a predefined safety argument to verify the safety certification evidence of the certificate. The method also includes directing, by a low-level controller, the self-driving ego vehicle to perform a certified vehicle control action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicants: TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC., MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Daniel JACKSON, Jonathan DECASTRO, Soon Ho KONG, Nikos ARECHIGA GONZALEZ, Dimitrios KOUTENTAKIS, Feng Ping Angela LEONG, Mike Meichang WANG, Xin ZHANG