Patents by Inventor Jean Lesaing

Jean Lesaing 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).

  • Control of the autonomous mode of bimodal vehicles
    Patent number: 9317033
    Abstract: A control of autonomous vehicles, and a method for controlling at least one autonomous ground vehicle configured to adopt two operating modes, including a manual mode in which the driving depends on driving instructions from the driver of the vehicle, and an autonomous mode, in which the driving depends on data received from sensors configured to provide information on surroundings of the vehicle, and on data received by a navigation system, the method including: authorizing the autonomous mode only when the vehicle is within an area determined by defined boundaries; receiving reservation data from a user interface; generating a set message to be transmitted to the vehicle in accordance with the received reservation data; and transmitting the set message to the vehicle such that the vehicle autonomously performs a movement corresponding to the transmitted set message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: RENAULT s.a.s.
    Inventors: Javier Ibanez-Guzman, Nicoleta Minoiu-Enache, Hugo Guillermo Chale Gongora, Jean Lesaing, Francois Chauveau
  • CONTROL OF THE AUTONOMOUS MODE OF BIMODAL VEHICLES
    Publication number: 20140358353
    Abstract: A control of autonomous vehicles, and a method for controlling at least one autonomous ground vehicle configured to adopt two operating modes, including a manual mode in which the driving depends on driving instructions from the driver of the vehicle, and an autonomous mode, in which the driving depends on data received from sensors configured to provide information on surroundings of the vehicle, and on data received by a navigation system, the method including: authorizing the autonomous mode only when the vehicle is within an area determined by defined boundaries; receiving reservation data from a user interface; generating a set message to be transmitted to the vehicle in accordance with the received reservation data; and transmitting the set message to the vehicle such that the vehicle autonomously performs a movement corresponding to the transmitted set message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2012
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: RENAULT s.a.s.
    Inventors: Javier Ibanez-Guzman, Nicoleta Minoiu-Enache, Hugo Guillermo Chale Gongora, Jean Lesaing, Francois Chauveau