Patents by Inventor Gur Kimchi

Gur Kimchi 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: 11338932
    Abstract: This disclosure describes an unmanned aerial vehicle that may be configured during flight to optimize for agility or efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Gur Kimchi, Daniel Buchmueller, Brian C. Beckman, Amir Navot
  • Patent number: 11317077
    Abstract: Methods and systems for collecting camera calibration data using wearable devices are described. An augmented reality interface may be provided at a wearable device. Three-dimensional virtual information may be presented at the augmented reality interface. The three-dimensional information may identify a field of view of a remote camera and may be associated with collection of calibration data for the remote camera. Calibration data collected by the remote camera viewing a calibration target in the field of view may be received. The camera may be calibrated based at least in part on the calibration data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: James Christopher Curlander, Gur Kimchi, Barry James O'Brien, Jason Leonard Peacock
  • Patent number: 11305874
    Abstract: Sounds are generated by an aerial vehicle during operation. For example, the motors and propellers of an aerial vehicle generate sounds during operation. Disclosed are systems, methods, and apparatus for actively adjusting the position and/or configuration of one or more propeller blades of a propulsion mechanism to generate different sounds and/or lifting forces from the propulsion mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian C. Beckman, John Raymond Brodie, Vedran Coralic, Taylor David Grenier, Gur Kimchi, Dominic Timothy Shiosaki, Ricky Dean Welsh, Richard Philip Whitlock
  • Publication number: 20220097844
    Abstract: Described is an apparatus and method of an aerial vehicle, such as an unmanned aerial vehicle (“UAV”) that can operate in either a vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) orientation or a horizontal flight orientation. The aerial vehicle includes a plurality of propulsion mechanisms that enable the aerial vehicle to move in any of the six degrees of freedom (surge, sway, heave, pitch, yaw, and roll) when in the VTOL orientation. The aerial vehicle also includes a ring wing that surrounds the propulsion mechanisms and provides lift to the aerial vehicle when the aerial vehicle is operating in the horizontal flight orientation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Gur Kimchi, Louis Leroi LeGrand, III, Dominic Timothy Shiosaki, Ricky Dean Welsh
  • Publication number: 20220058965
    Abstract: This disclosure describes an unmanned aerial vehicle (“UAV”) configured to autonomously deliver items of inventory to various destinations. The UAV may receive inventory information and a destination location and autonomously retrieve the inventory from a location within a materials handling facility, compute a route from the materials handling facility to a destination and travel to the destination to deliver the inventory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: Gur Kimchi, Daniel Buchmueller, Scott A. Green, Brian C. Beckman, Scott Isaacs, Amir Navot, Fabian Hensel, Avi Bar-Zeev, Severan Sylvain Jean-Michel Rault
  • Patent number: 11249477
    Abstract: Various reconfigurations of propellers, propeller blades, and/or blade sections of propulsion mechanisms of an aerial vehicle are described. For example, responsive to a fault or failure of a propulsion mechanism, propellers, propeller blades, and/or blade sections of the remaining propulsion mechanisms may be modified to maintain control and safety of the aerial vehicle. In example embodiments, angular orientations, positions, and/or lengths of one or more propellers, propeller blades, and/or blade sections of propulsion mechanisms may be modified to maintain control and safety in either a horizontal, wingborn flight orientation, or a vertical, VTOL flight orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Louis LeGrand, Omri Rand, Gur Kimchi, Sebastian Fischer, Ricky Welsh
  • Patent number: 11230371
    Abstract: Aerial vehicles may be configured to control their attitudes by changing one or more physical attributes. For example, an aerial vehicle may be outfitted with propulsion motors having repositionable mounts by which the motors may be rotated about one or more axes, in order to redirect forces generated by the motors during operation. An aerial vehicle may also be outfitted with one or more other movable objects such as landing gear, antenna and/or engaged payloads, and one or more of such objects may be translated in one or more directions in order to adjust a center of gravity of the aerial vehicle. By varying angles by which forces are supplied to the aerial vehicle, or locations of the center of gravity of the aerial vehicle, a desired attitude of the aerial vehicle may be maintained irrespective of velocity, altitude and/or forces of thrust, lift, weight or drag acting upon the aerial vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Gur Kimchi, Dominic Timothy Shiosaki, Ricky Dean Welsh
  • Patent number: 11223704
    Abstract: In server/client architectures, the server application and client applications are often developed in different languages and execute in different environments specialized for the different contexts of each application (e.g., low-level, performant, platform-specialized, and stateless instructions on the server, and high-level, flexible, platform-agnostic, and stateful languages on the client) and are often executed on different devices. Convergence of these environments (e.g., server-side JavaScript using Node.js) enables the provision of a server that services client applications executing on the same device. The local server may monitor local events occurring on the device, and may execute one or more server scripts associated with particular local events on behalf of local clients subscribing to the local event (e.g., via a subscription model).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Avi Bar-Zeev, Gur Kimchi, Brian C. Beckman, Scott Isaacs, Meir Ben-Itay, Eran Yariv, Blaise Aguera y Arcas
  • Patent number: 11195422
    Abstract: This disclosure describes an unmanned aerial vehicle (“UAV”) configured to autonomously deliver items of inventory to various destinations. The UAV may receive inventory information and a destination location and autonomously retrieve the inventory from a location within a materials handling facility, compute a route from the materials handling facility to a destination and travel to the destination to deliver the inventory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Gur Kimchi, Daniel Buchmueller, Scott A. Green, Brian C. Beckman, Scott Isaacs, Amir Navot, Fabian Hensel, Avi Bar-Zeev, Severan Sylvain Jean-Michel Rault
  • Patent number: 11170524
    Abstract: Affected areas of images captured by cameras that are experiencing one or more anomalies may be modified by inpainting portions of counterpart images onto the affected areas. Where a camera provided aboard an operating vehicle (e.g., an aerial vehicle) is experiencing an anomaly that adversely affects the quality of images captured thereby, counterpart images that are captured by other cameras (e.g., cameras provided aboard the vehicle or elsewhere) at the same time, or by the affected camera at an earlier time, may be used for inpainting. Portions of counterpart images may be selected for inpainting according to a transform function that takes into account a pose of an affected camera, dynamics of an operating vehicle or any other factors. Images that have been modified by inpainting may be utilized by an operating vehicle for any purpose, such as computer vision applications, navigation, guidance, or collision avoidance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Pragyana K. Mishra, Gur Kimchi
  • Patent number: 11161604
    Abstract: Sounds are generated by an aerial vehicle during operation. For example, the motors and propellers of an aerial vehicle generate sounds during operation. Disclosed are systems, methods, and apparatus for actively adjusting the shape of a propeller blade of an aerial vehicle during operation of the aerial vehicle. For example, the propeller blade may have one or more joints that adjust to alter the shape of the propeller blade. The altered shape of the propeller blade causes the propeller to generate different frequencies of sound as it rotates. By altering multiple propeller blades of the aerial vehicle, the different sounds generated by the different propeller blades may effectively cancel or reduce the total sound generated by the aerial vehicle, and/or alter the total frequency generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian C. Beckman, Gur Kimchi
  • Patent number: 11136119
    Abstract: Various reconfigurations of propulsion mechanisms of an aerial vehicle are described. For example, responsive to a fault or failure of a propulsion mechanism, the remaining propulsion mechanisms may be modified to maintain control and safety of the aerial vehicle. In example embodiments, cant angles, toe angles, positions, and/or orientations of one or more propulsion mechanisms may be modified to maintain control and safety in either a horizontal, wingborn flight orientation, or a vertical, VTOL flight orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Louis LeGrand, Omri Rand, Gur Kimchi, Sebastian Fischer, Ricky Welsh
  • Patent number: 11127265
    Abstract: Directed audio emissions systems and methods may include one or more sensors, one or more audio transmitters, and a controller configured to cause emission of directed audio output toward various objects, such as people, animals, vehicles, devices, or others. For example, responsive to detecting a potential safety situation and/or a potential intended communication situation associated with one or more detected objects, selected audio output having selected audio characteristics may be emitted toward the detected objects using selected audio transmitters. The audio characteristics may be selected to direct and/or accentuate the audio output at a particular location of a detected object, and the audio characteristics of the audio output may be customized based on a type and other characteristics of the detected object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Gur Kimchi, Brian Beckman, Pragyana K. Mishra
  • Patent number: 11107360
    Abstract: Automated air traffic control systems and methods may include one or more sensors, such as radar sensors, that are positioned and oriented at opposite ends of a runway. The sensors may detect aerial vehicles on the runway, as well as aerial vehicles within approach corridors at opposite ends of the runway, and other aerial vehicles proximate the runway. Based on data received by the sensors, various characteristics of aerial vehicles can be determined, and instructions for the aerial vehicles can be determined based on the detected characteristics. Then, the aerial vehicles may utilize the determined instructions to coordinate their operations proximate the runway, which may include takeoff, taxiing, and/or landing operations. Further, speech-to-data processing may be used to translate between data and speech or audio input/output in order to enable coordination between unmanned aerial vehicles, manned aerial vehicles, and combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Gur Kimchi, Brian Beckman
  • Patent number: 11097856
    Abstract: A vibrometric signature for a vehicle, or a set of one or more frequencies where vibration of the vehicle is naturally observed in the presence of excitation, may be generated and used to make one or more determinations regarding the integrity or suitability of the vehicle for one or more missions. When the vehicle is subjected to excitation over a range of frequencies, images of the vehicle are captured, and power levels of vibrations of the vehicle are calculated based on the images. A vibrometric signature is generated based on the power levels of the vibrations, and compared to vibrometric signatures previously generated for the aerial vehicle, or to vibrometric signatures associated with one or more other vehicles, or anomalies experienced by such other vehicles, to determine whether the vehicle may be cleared for the performance of one or more missions, or whether maintenance or inspections are required.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Pragyana K. Mishra, Gur Kimchi
  • Patent number: 11091263
    Abstract: Described is an apparatus and method of an aerial vehicle, such as an unmanned aerial vehicle (“UAV”) that can operate in either a vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) orientation or a horizontal flight orientation. The aerial vehicle includes a plurality of propulsion mechanisms that enable the aerial vehicle to move in any of the six degrees of freedom (surge, sway, heave, pitch, yaw, and roll) when in the VTOL orientation. The aerial vehicle also includes a ring wing that surrounds the propulsion mechanisms and provides lift to the aerial vehicle when the aerial vehicle is operating in the horizontal flight orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Gur Kimchi, Louis Leroi LeGrand, III, Dominic Timothy Shiosaki, Ricky Dean Welsh
  • Patent number: 11092961
    Abstract: Systems and methods for operating autonomous vehicles are described. An autonomous vehicle may detect strategy modes and/or actions of other vehicles in a local environment. The autonomous vehicle may then select a strategy mode for its operations based on the detected strategy modes and/or actions of other vehicles, and based on an operational goal for the autonomous vehicle. The strategy modes may include an uncoupled strategy mode, a permissive strategy mode, an assistive strategy mode, and a preventative strategy mode. The autonomous vehicle may further select an action for its operations based on the selected strategy mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jon Stuart Battles, James Christopher Curlander, Larry Felser, Gur Kimchi, Pragyana K. Mishra
  • Patent number: 11087518
    Abstract: The claimed subject matter relates to an architecture that can provide for a second-person avatar. The second-person avatar can rely upon a second-person-based perspective such that the avatar is displayed to appear to encompass all or portions of a target user. Accordingly, actions or a configuration of the avatar can serve as a model or demonstration for the user in order to aid the user in accomplishing a particular task. Updates to avatar activity or configuration can be provided by a dynamic virtual handbook. The virtual handbook can be constructed based upon a set of instruction associated with accomplishing the desired task and further based upon features or aspects of the user as well as those of the local environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Eyal Ofek, Blaise H. Aguera y Arcas, Avi Bar-Zeev, Gur Kimchi, Jason Szabo
  • Patent number: 11087158
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for in-transit or in-flight error correction in state prediction of the vehicle. Natural patterns, such as fields, residential neighborhoods, business areas (e.g., downtown), etc., and/or objects, such as streets, cars, houses, trees, buildings, bridges, roads, parking lots, etc., that are naturally within the environment may be determined and used to correct any error in the aerial vehicle state prediction, while the vehicle is in transit, thereby eliminating or reducing the cumulative error involved in traditional systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Pragyana K. Mishra, Gur Kimchi
  • Patent number: D942921
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Louis LeRoi LeGrand, III, Gur Kimchi, Dominic Timothy Shiosaki, Ricky Dean Welsh