Patents by Inventor Kalyani Purushottam Sonawane

Kalyani Purushottam Sonawane 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).

  • Patent number: 11734909
    Abstract: A system comprises an image sensor with a field of view of an exterior of a vehicle; a human machine interface (HMI) in the vehicle arranged to display images based on data from the image sensor; and a first computer that includes a processor and a memory. The first computer is programmed to provide data from the image sensor to a machine learning program that outputs a bounding box around an object; cause the bounding box around the object to be displayed via the HMI; and transmit object data including an inputted label identifying the object to a second computer that is remote from the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Shiqi Qiu, Kalyani Purushottam Sonawane, Fling Finn Tseng, Johannes Geir Kristinsson
  • Publication number: 20230113821
    Abstract: A profile for an occupant is stored. The profile includes a plurality of clusters of sitting positions for the occupant in a seat and classifications of respective clusters as preferred or nonpreferred. Respective clusters are classified as preferred or nonpreferred based on sitting scores for the respective sitting positions in that cluster. A higher sitting score increases a likelihood of the classification being preferred. A series of pressure maps indicating a respective series of sitting positions of the occupant in the seat are received. The pressure maps include a current pressure map. One of the sitting positions is assigned to one of the clusters that is classified as preferred in response to the sitting score of that sitting position being greater than a threshold score. A physical configuration of the seat is adjusted in response to the current sitting position being in one of the clusters that is classified as nonpreferred.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Fling Finn Tseng, Himanshu Verma, Swati Johar Rawat, Kalyani Purushottam Sonawane, Johannes Geir Kristinsson, Alex Perkins, Patrick Maloney
  • Patent number: 11613218
    Abstract: A computer includes a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to receive a series of pressure maps indicating a respective series of sitting positions of an occupant in a seat, wherein the pressure maps include a current pressure map; update a profile of the occupant based on the pressure maps, wherein the profile includes a plurality of clusters of sitting positions and classifications of the clusters as preferred or nonpreferred, and updating the profile includes sorting one of the sitting positions into one of the clusters that is classified as preferred in response to the occupant remaining in that sitting position for greater than a threshold time; and adjust a physical configuration of the seat in response to the current sitting position being in one of the clusters that is classified as nonpreferred.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Fling Finn Tseng, Shiqi Qiu, Johannes Geir Kristinsson, Patrick Maloney, Alex Perkins, Himanshu Verma, Nikhil Kailas Jamdade, Vishal Vinayak Nageshkar, Victoria Leigh Schein, Samuel Laidlaw, Bhagyashri Satyabodha Katti, Kalyani Purushottam Sonawane
  • Publication number: 20220358315
    Abstract: A system comprises an image sensor with a field of view of an exterior of a vehicle; a human machine interface (HMI) in the vehicle arranged to display images based on data from the image sensor; and a first computer that includes a processor and a memory. The first computer is programmed to provide data from the image sensor to a machine learning program that outputs a bounding box around an object; cause the bounding box around the object to be displayed via the HMI; and transmit object data including an inputted label identifying the object to a second computer that is remote from the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Shiqi Qiu, Kalyani Purushottam Sonawane, Fling Finn Tseng, Johannes Geir Kristinsson
  • Publication number: 20220185210
    Abstract: A computer includes a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to receive a series of pressure maps indicating a respective series of sitting positions of an occupant in a seat, wherein the pressure maps include a current pressure map; update a profile of the occupant based on the pressure maps, wherein the profile includes a plurality of clusters of sitting positions and classifications of the clusters as preferred or nonpreferred, and updating the profile includes sorting one of the sitting positions into one of the clusters that is classified as preferred in response to the occupant remaining in that sitting position for greater than a threshold time; and adjust a physical configuration of the seat in response to the current sitting position being in one of the clusters that is classified as nonpreferred.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Fling Finn Tseng, Shiqi Qiu, Johannes Geir Kristinsson, Patrick Maloney, Alex Perkins, Himanshu Verma, Nikhil Kailas Jamdade, Vishal Vinayak Nageshkar, Victoria Leigh Schein, Samuel Laidlaw, Bhagyashri Satyabodha Katti, Kalyani Purushottam Sonawane