Patents by Inventor Flavian Pegado

Flavian Pegado 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: 12298408
    Abstract: A system and method are described for assessing accuracy of a virtual horizon generated by a vehicle-based lidar system as the vehicle traverses a route of travel. Travel route topology data is obtained by a vehicle vehicle-mounted global positioning system-assisted inertial measurement unit (GPS/IMU) data. A reference virtual horizon at points along the route of travel is obtained from the GPS/IMU data and is compared with the virtual horizon generated by the lidar system for the same points to assess the accuracy of the virtual horizon generated by the lidar system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: Luminar Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Dominik Nuss, Masood Taheri, Amey Sutavani, Scott Walter, Scott Ryvola, Mohamed Ahmad, Flavian Pegado, Shubham C. Khilari, Vahid R. Ramezani
  • Publication number: 20240192377
    Abstract: A system and method are described for assessing accuracy of a virtual horizon generated by a vehicle-based lidar system as the vehicle traverses a route of travel. Travel route topology data is obtained by a vehicle vehicle-mounted global positioning system-assisted inertial measurement unit (GPS/IMU) data. A reference virtual horizon at points along the route of travel is obtained from the GPS/IMU data and is compared with the virtual horizon generated by the lidar system for the same points to assess the accuracy of the virtual horizon generated by the lidar system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2022
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Inventors: Dominik Nuss, Masood Taheri, Amey Sutavani, Scott Walter, Scott Ryvola, Mohamed Ahmad, Flavian Pegado, Shubham C. Khilari, Vahid R. Ramezani
  • Publication number: 20230152466
    Abstract: An imaging system is described for generating an estimate for the virtual horizon for a moving vehicle. The estimate of the virtual horizon can correspond to lower and higher boundaries of a region within the field of regard, such that the virtual horizon is between the lower and the higher boundaries, in cases where determination of the virtual horizon may be unreliable due to traffic, weather or other road conditions that obscure the visibility in front of the vehicle the imaging system may switch to a static vertical scan density pattern having a broad central focus, which can mitigate the possibility that the system focuses on an incorrect virtual horizon and fails to capture significant objects or conditions in the roadway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2022
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Dominik Nuss, Pranav Maheshwari, Shubham C. Khilari, Flavian Pegado, Benjamin England, Manuel Birke