Patents by Inventor Hillary Abraham

Hillary Abraham 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).

  • Using plays for human-AI decision-making in remote autonomous vehicle support
    Patent number: 11755008
    Abstract: An apparatus for traversing a vehicle transportation network by an autonomous vehicle (AV) includes a human-autonomy teaming manager. The manager includes a first processor configured to initiate a dialogue associated with a predefined dynamic task sequence that is responsive to a condition experienced by the AV while traversing from a starting location to an ending location within the vehicle transportation network. The sequence is one of a plurality of predefined dynamic task sequences that uses multiple agents to resolve the condition. The manager receives, from an interface accessible to a human agent, an input responsive to the dialogue. The input confirms the sequence as a selected predefined dynamic task sequence or selects an other of the plurality of predefined dynamic task sequences as the selected predefined dynamic task sequence. The manager delegates tasks of the selected predefined dynamic task sequence to resolve the condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignees: Nissan North America, Inc., Renault S.A.S.
    Inventors: Laura Cesafsky, Astha Vagadia, Hillary Abraham, Sparsh Sharma, Stefan Witwicki, Najamuddin Mirza Baig, Omar Bentahar
  • Using Plays for Human-AI Decision-Making in Remote Autonomous Vehicle Support
    Publication number: 20210240191
    Abstract: An apparatus for traversing a vehicle transportation network by an autonomous vehicle (AV) includes a human-autonomy teaming manager. The manager includes a first processor configured to initiate a dialogue associated with a predefined dynamic task sequence that is responsive to a condition experienced by the AV while traversing from a starting location to an ending location within the vehicle transportation network. The sequence is one of a plurality of predefined dynamic task sequences that uses multiple agents to resolve the condition. The manager receives, from an interface accessible to a human agent, an input responsive to the dialogue. The input confirms the sequence as a selected predefined dynamic task sequence or selects an other of the plurality of predefined dynamic task sequences as the selected predefined dynamic task sequence. The manager delegates tasks of the selected predefined dynamic task sequence to resolve the condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Laura Cesafsky, Astha Vagadia, Hillary Abraham, Sparsh Sharma, Stefan Witwicki, Najamuddin Mirza Baig, Omar Bentahar