Patents by Inventor Jur Pieter Van Den Berg

Jur Pieter Van Den Berg 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).

  • Detecting street parked vehicles
    Patent number: 11550331
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to an autonomous vehicle that may detected other nearby vehicles and identify them as parked or unparked. This identification may be based on visual indicia displayed by the detected vehicles as well as traffic control factors relating to the detected vehicles. Detected vehicles that are in a known parking spot may automatically be identified as parked. In addition, detected vehicles that satisfy conditions that are indications of being parked may also be identified as parked. The autonomous vehicle may then base its control strategy on whether or not a vehicle has been identified as parked or not.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Waymo LLC
    Inventors: David Harrison Silver, Jur Pieter Van Den Berg, Nathaniel Fairfield
  • Detecting street parked vehicles
    Patent number: 10739780
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to an autonomous vehicle that may detected other nearby vehicles and identify them as parked or unparked. This identification may be based on visual indicia displayed by the detected vehicles as well as traffic control factors relating to the detected vehicles. Detected vehicles that are in a known parking spot may automatically be identified as parked. In addition, detected vehicles that satisfy conditions that are indications of being parked may also be identified as parked. The autonomous vehicle may then base its control strategy on whether or not a vehicle has been identified as parked or not.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: WAYMO LLC
    Inventors: David Harrison Silver, Jur Pieter Van Den Berg, Nathaniel Fairfield
  • Detecting street parked vehicles
    Patent number: 9964954
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to an autonomous vehicle that may detected other nearby vehicles and identify them as parked or unparked. This identification may be based on visual indicia displayed by the detected vehicles as well as traffic control factors relating to the detected vehicles. Detected vehicles that are in a known parking spot may automatically be identified as parked. In addition, detected vehicles that satisfy conditions that are indications of being parked may also be identified as parked. The autonomous vehicle may then base its control strategy on whether or not a vehicle has been identified as parked or not.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: Waymo LLC
    Inventors: David Harrison Silver, Jur Pieter Van Den Berg, Nathaniel Fairfield
  • Detecting street parked vehicles
    Patent number: 9557736
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to an autonomous vehicle that may detected other nearby vehicles and identify them as parked or unparked. This identification may be based on visual indicia displayed by the detected vehicles as well as traffic control factors relating to the detected vehicles. Detected vehicles that are in a known parking spot may automatically be identified as parked. In addition, detected vehicles that satisfy conditions that are indications of being parked may also be identified as parked. The autonomous vehicle may then base its control strategy on whether or not a vehicle has been identified as parked or not.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: David Harrison Silver, Jur Pieter Van Den Berg, Nathaniel Fairfield