Patents by Inventor Jose Capriles Grane

Jose Capriles Grane 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).

  • Observability grid-based autonomous environment search
    Patent number: 10754351
    Abstract: The novel technology described in this disclosure includes an example method comprising initializing an observability grid with an observation likelihood distribution for an environment being navigated by a mobile detection system, such as but not limited to a robot; searching the environment using the observability grid for an observation point; navigating, using a propulsion system, the robot to the observation point; and observing a target object from the observation point. The observability grid may include two or more spatial dimensions and an angular dimension. In some cases, the method may include sampling the environment with the robot based on the observation likelihood distribution of the observability grid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Eric Martinson, Jose Capriles Grane, Yusuke Nakano
  • Observability Grid-Based Autonomous Environment Search
    Publication number: 20180246520
    Abstract: The novel technology described in this disclosure includes an example method comprising initializing an observability grid with an observation likelihood distribution for an environment being navigated by a mobile detection system, such as but not limited to a robot; searching the environment using the observability grid for an observation point; navigating, using a propulsion system, the robot to the observation point; and observing a target object from the observation point. The observability grid may include two or more spatial dimensions and an angular dimension. In some cases, the method may include sampling the environment with the robot based on the observation likelihood distribution of the observability grid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: Eric Martinson, Jose Capriles Grane, Yusuke Nakano