Patents by Inventor Karson Stone

Karson Stone 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).

  • Method for autonomous vehicle resource allocation and scheduling
    Patent number: 12361350
    Abstract: This document discloses system, method, and computer program product embodiments for preparing a fleet of vehicles for service. For example, the method includes receiving: a set of mission types, a set of mission requests, vehicle information related to vehicles of a fleet, and personnel information. The method further includes applying the set of mission types and the set of mission requests to one or more priority engines to produce a prioritized list of mission requests. The method further includes applying the received vehicle information, the received personnel information, and the prioritized list of mission requests to one or more rules engines to produce a proposed schedule of missions for a period of time, generating software and/or map data for one or more of the vehicles, and providing the generated software and/or map data to the vehicles prior to the period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: Volkswagen Group of America Investments, LLC
    Inventors: Parul Kothari, Noe Brito, Juanqui Yu, Peter Hoang, Han Nguyen, Vicente Quinones, Karson Stone
  • Method for Autonomous Vehicle Resource Allocation and Scheduling
    Publication number: 20240249218
    Abstract: This document discloses system, method, and computer program product embodiments for preparing a fleet of vehicles for service. For example, the method includes receiving: a set of mission types, a set of mission requests, vehicle information related to vehicles of a fleet, and personnel information. The method further includes applying the set of mission types and the set of mission requests to one or more priority engines to produce a prioritized list of mission requests. The method further includes applying the received vehicle information, the received personnel information, and the prioritized list of mission requests to one or more rules engines to produce a proposed schedule of missions for a period of time, generating software and/or map data for one or more of the vehicles, and providing the generated software and/or map data to the vehicles prior to the period of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2023
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Inventors: Parul Kothari, Noe Brito, Juanqui Yu, Peter Hoang, Han Nguyen, Vicente Quinones, Karson Stone