Patents by Inventor Joshua M. Levin

Joshua M. Levin 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).

  • System and method for blending driver and automated steering commands for lateral control
    Patent number: 11858549
    Abstract: A method for generating a steering command for controlling a vehicle is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Amir Takhmar, Joshua M. Levin, Jimmy Zhong Yan Lu, Jayant Sachdev, Reza Zarringhalam
  • Method and apparatus for automated lateral controls adaptation in response to rapid trajectory changes
    Patent number: 11608089
    Abstract: The present application generally relates to a method and apparatus for controlling an autonomous vehicle. In particular, the method and apparatus are operative for detecting, by a sensor, an object within a first vehicle path, generating, by a processor, a second vehicle path in response to either the detection of the object such that the second vehicle path avoids the object, or a user initiated trajectory shift, generating, by the processor, an initial steering torque in response to the second vehicle path, performing, by the processor, an adaptation on the initial steering torque to generate an adapted steering torque in response to the initial steering torque exceeding a torque rate limit, and controlling, by a vehicle controller a host vehicle steering system to follow the second vehicle signal path in response to the adapted steering torque.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Amir Takhmar, Jayant Sachdev, Mohammed Raju Hossain, Nathan Fujimoto, Joshua M. Levin
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATED LATERAL CONTROLS ADAPTATION IN RESPONSE TO RAPID TRAJECTORY CHANGES
    Publication number: 20220144308
    Abstract: The present application generally relates to a method and apparatus for controlling an autonomous vehicle. In particular, the method and apparatus are operative for detecting, by a sensor, an object within a first vehicle path, generating, by a processor, a second vehicle path in response to either the detection of the object such that the second vehicle path avoids the object, or a user initiated trajectory shift, generating, by the processor, an initial steering torque in response to the second vehicle path, performing, by the processor, an adaptation on the initial steering torque to generate an adapted steering torque in response to the initial steering torque exceeding a torque rate limit, and controlling, by a vehicle controller a host vehicle steering system to follow the second vehicle signal path in response to the adapted steering torque.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Amir Takhmar, Jayant Sachdev, Mohammed Raju Hossain, Nathan Fujimoto, Joshua M. Levin
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BLENDING DRIVER AND AUTOMATED STEERING COMMANDS FOR LATERAL CONTROL
    Publication number: 20220144341
    Abstract: A method for generating a steering command for controlling a vehicle is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Amir Takhmar, Joshua M. Levin, Jimmy Zhong Yan Lu, Jayant Sachdev, Reza Zarringhalam