Patents by Inventor Gautham Sholingar

Gautham Sholingar 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: 11745766
    Abstract: A system comprising a computer including a processor and a memory, the memory including instructions such that the processor is programmed to: process vehicle sensor data with a deep neural network to generate a prediction indicative of one or more objects based on the data and determine an object uncertainty corresponding to the prediction and when the object uncertainty is greater than an uncertainty threshold, segment the vehicle sensor data into a foreground portion and a background portion. Classify the foreground portion as including an unseen object class when a foreground uncertainty is greater than a foreground uncertainty threshold; classify the background portion as including unseen background when a background uncertainty is greater than a background uncertainty threshold; and transmit the data and a data classification to a server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Gautham Sholingar, Sowndarya Sundar, Jinesh Jain, Shreyasha Paudel
  • Publication number: 20220234617
    Abstract: A system comprising a computer including a processor and a memory, the memory including instructions such that the processor is programmed to: process vehicle sensor data with a deep neural network to generate a prediction indicative of one or more objects based on the data and determine an object uncertainty corresponding to the prediction and when the object uncertainty is greater than an uncertainty threshold, segment the vehicle sensor data into a foreground portion and a background portion. Classify the foreground portion as including an unseen object class when a foreground uncertainty is greater than a foreground uncertainty threshold; classify the background portion as including unseen background when a background uncertainty is greater than a background uncertainty threshold; and transmit the data and a data classification to a server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Gautham Sholingar, Sowndarya Sundar, Jinesh Jain, Shreyasha Paudel
  • Patent number: 11347968
    Abstract: A computer includes a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor to apply a transform function to a plurality of images from a real-world dataset to generate a plurality of feature vectors, to apply a subspace generation algorithm to generate basis vectors of a subspace, and to project a simulated image onto the subspace to generate a realistic synthetic image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Gaurav Pandey, Gautham Sholingar
  • Publication number: 20220092356
    Abstract: A system, including a processor and a memory, the memory including instructions to be executed by the processor train a deep neural network based on plurality of real-world images, determine the accuracy of the deep neural network is below a threshold based on identifying one or more physical features by the deep neural network, including one or more object types, in the plurality of real-world images and generate a plurality of synthetic images based on the accuracy of the deep neural network is below a threshold based on identifying the one or more physical features using a photo-realistic image rendering software program and a generative adversarial network. The instructions can include further instructions to retrain the deep neural network based on the plurality of real-world images and the plurality of synthetic images and output the retrained deep neural network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Vijay Nagasamy, Deepti Mahajan, Rohan Bhasin, Nikita Jaipuria, Gautham Sholingar, Vidya Nariyambut murali
  • Patent number: 11270164
    Abstract: A system, including a processor and a memory, the memory including instructions to be executed by the processor to train a deep neural network based on a plurality of real-world images, determine the accuracy of the deep neural network is below a threshold based on identifying one or more physical features by the deep neural network, including one or more object types, in the plurality of real-world images and generate a plurality of synthetic images based on the accuracy of the deep neural network is below a threshold based on identifying the one or more physical features using a photo-realistic image rendering software program and a generative adversarial network. The instructions can include further instructions to retrain the deep neural network based on the plurality of real-world images and the plurality of synthetic images and output the retrained deep neural network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Vijay Nagasamy, Deepti Mahajan, Rohan Bhasin, Nikita Jaipuria, Gautham Sholingar, Vidya Nariyambut murali
  • Publication number: 20210323555
    Abstract: A system, including a processor and a memory, the memory including instructions to be executed by the processor to receive one or more images from a vehicle, wherein a first deep neural network included in a computer in the vehicle has failed to determine an orientation of a first object in the one or more images. The instructions can include further instructions to generate a plurality of modified images with a few-shot image translator, wherein the modified images each include a modified object based on the first object. The instructions can include further instructions to re-train the deep neural network to determine the orientation of the first object based on the plurality of modified images and download the re-trained deep neural network to the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Gautham Sholingar, Sowndarya Sundar
  • Publication number: 20210264201
    Abstract: A computer includes a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor to apply a transform function to a plurality of images from a real-world dataset to generate a plurality of feature vectors, to apply a subspace generation algorithm to generate basis vectors of a subspace, and to project a simulated image onto the subspace to generate a realistic synthetic image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Gaurav Pandey, Gautham Sholingar
  • Patent number: 11100372
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a system and a method. The system and the method generate, via a deep neural network, a first synthetic image based on a simulated image, generate a segmentation mask based on the synthetic image, compare the segmentation mask with a ground truth mask of the synthetic image, update the deep neural network based on the comparison, and generate, via the updated deep neural network, a second synthetic image based on the simulated image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Nikita Jaipuria, Rohan Bhasin, Shubh Gupta, Gautham Sholingar
  • Patent number: 11042758
    Abstract: A computer, including a processor and a memory, the memory including instructions to be executed by the processor to generate a synthetic image and corresponding ground truth and generate a plurality of domain adapted synthetic images by processing the synthetic image with a variational auto encoder-generative adversarial network (VAE-GAN), wherein the VAE-GAN is trained to adapt the synthetic image from a first domain to a second domain. The instructions can include further instructions to train a deep neural network (DNN) based on the domain adapted synthetic images and the corresponding ground truth and process images with the trained deep neural network to determine objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Nikita Jaipuria, Gautham Sholingar, Vidya Nariyambut Murali, Rohan Bhasin, Akhil Perincherry
  • Patent number: 11030364
    Abstract: The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for evaluating autonomous vehicle algorithms. Aspects use (e.g., supervised) machine learning techniques to analyze performance of autonomous vehicle algorithms on real world and simulated data. Machine learning techniques can be used to identify scenario features that are more likely to influence algorithm performance. Machine learning techniques can also be used to consolidate insights and automate the generation of relevant test cases over multiple iterations to identify error-prone scenarios.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Gautham Sholingar, Sravani Yajamanam Kidambi, Vidya Nariyambut Murali, Jinesh Jain
  • Publication number: 20210142116
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a system and a method. The system and the method generate, via a deep neural network, a first synthetic image based on a simulated image, generate a segmentation mask based on the synthetic image, compare the segmentation mask with a ground truth mask of the synthetic image, update the deep neural network based on the comparison, and generate, via the updated deep neural network, a second synthetic image based on the simulated image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Nikita Jaipuria, Rohan Bhasin, Shubh Gupta, Gautham Sholingar
  • Publication number: 20210110526
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a system and a method. In an example implantation, the system and the method can receive a synthetic image at a first deep neural network; and determine, via the first deep neural network, a prediction indicative of whether the synthetic image is machine-generated or is sourced from the real data distribution. The prediction can comprise a quantitative measure of photorealism of synthetic image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Nikita Jaipuria, Gautham Sholingar, Vidya Nariyambut Murali
  • Patent number: 10977783
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a system and a method. In an example implementation, the system and the method can receive a synthetic image at a first deep neural network, and determine, via the first deep neural network, a prediction indicative of whether the synthetic image is machine-generated or is sourced from the real data distribution. The prediction can comprise a quantitative measure of photorealism of synthetic image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Nikita Jaipuria, Gautham Sholingar, Vidya Nariyambut Murali
  • Patent number: 10949684
    Abstract: A computer, including a processor and a memory, the memory including instructions to be executed by the processor to generate a pair of synthetic stereo images and a corresponding synthetic depth map with an image synthesis engine wherein the synthetic stereo images correspond to real stereo images acquired by a stereo camera and the synthetic depth map is a three-dimensional (3D) map corresponding to a 3D scene viewed by the stereo camera and process each image of the pair of synthetic stereo images pair independently using a generative adversarial network (GAN) to generate a fake image, wherein the fake image corresponds to one of the synthetic stereo images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Nikita Jaipuria, Gautham Sholingar, Vidya Nariyambut Murali
  • Publication number: 20210004608
    Abstract: A computer, including a processor and a memory, the memory including instructions to be executed by the processor to generate a synthetic image and corresponding ground truth and generate a plurality of domain adapted synthetic images by processing the synthetic image with a variational auto encoder-generative adversarial network (VAE-GAN), wherein the VAE-GAN is trained to adapt the synthetic image from a first domain to a second domain. The instructions can include further instructions to train a deep neural network (DNN) based on the domain adapted synthetic images and the corresponding ground truth and process images with the trained deep neural network to determine objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: NIKITA JAIPURIA, GAUTHAM SHOLINGAR, VIDYA NARIYAMBUT MURALI, ROHAN BHASIN, AKHIL PERINCHERRY
  • Patent number: 10853670
    Abstract: A computing system can crop an image based on a width, height and location of a first vehicle in the image. The computing system can estimate a pose of the first vehicle based on inputting the cropped image and the width, height and location of the first vehicle into a deep neural network. The computing system can then operate a second vehicle based on the estimated pose. The computing system may train a model to identify a type and a location of a hazard according to the estimated pose, the hazard being such things as ice, mud, pothole, or other hazard. The model may be used by an autonomous vehicle to identify and avoid hazards or to provide drive assistance alerts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Gautham Sholingar, Jinesh J Jain, Gintaras Vincent Puskorius, Leda Daehler
  • Publication number: 20200356790
    Abstract: A computer, including a processor and a memory, the memory including instructions to be executed by the processor to generate a pair of synthetic stereo images and a corresponding synthetic depth map with an image synthesis engine wherein the synthetic stereo images correspond to real stereo images acquired by a stereo camera and the synthetic depth map is a three-dimensional (3D) map corresponding to a 3D scene viewed by the stereo camera and process each image of the pair of synthetic stereo images pair independently using a generative adversarial network (GAN) to generate a fake image, wherein the fake image corresponds to one of the synthetic stereo images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Nikita Jaipuria, Gautham Sholingar, Vidya Nariyambut Murali
  • Patent number: 10726248
    Abstract: The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for validating gesture recognition capabilities of automated systems. Aspects include a gesture recognition training system that is scalable, efficient, repeatable, and accounts for permutations of physical characteristics, clothing, types of gestures, environment, culture, weather, road conditions, etc. The gesture recognition training system includes sensors and algorithms used to generate training data sets that facilitate more accurate recognition of and reaction to human gestures. A training data set can be scaled from both monitoring and recording gestures performed by a humanoid robot and performed by animated humans in a simulation environment. From a scaled training data set, autonomous devices can be trained to recognize and react to a diverse set of human gestures in varying conditions with substantially improved capabilities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Venkatapathi Raju Nallapa, Anjali Krishnamachar, Gautham Sholingar
  • Publication number: 20200160070
    Abstract: A computing system can crop an image based on a width, height and location of a first vehicle in the image. The computing system can estimate a pose of the first vehicle based on inputting the cropped image and the width, height and location of the first vehicle into a deep neural network. The computing system can then operate a second vehicle based on the estimated pose. The computing system may train a model to identify a type and a location of a hazard according to the estimated pose, the hazard being such things as ice, mud, pothole, or other hazard. The model may be used by an autonomous vehicle to identify and avoid hazards or to provide drive assistance alerts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Gautham Sholingar, Jinesh J. Jain, Gintaras Vincent Puskorius, Leda Daehler
  • Publication number: 20200082034
    Abstract: The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for evaluating autonomous vehicle algorithms. Aspects use (e.g., supervised) machine learning techniques to analyze performance of autonomous vehicle algorithms on real world and simulated data. Machine learning techniques can be used to identify scenario features that are more likely to influence algorithm performance. Machine learning techniques can also be used to consolidate insights and automate the generation of relevant test cases over multiple iterations to identify error-prone scenarios.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Gautham Sholingar, Sravani Yajamanam Kidambi, Vidya Nariyambut Murali, Jinesh Jain