Patents by Inventor Katarina R.C. Miller

Katarina R.C. Miller 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).

  • Vehicle control systems and methods of controlling vehicles using behavior profiles
    Patent number: 10452073
    Abstract: Vehicle control systems and methods for controlling a vehicle using behavior profiles of neighboring vehicles are disclosed. In one embodiment, a vehicle control system of a vehicle includes one or more processors and one or more non-transitory memory modules communicatively coupled to the one or more processors and storing machine-readable instructions that, when executed, cause the one or more processors to perform at least at the following: detect a neighboring vehicle within an environment, determine an autonomous software version executed by the neighboring vehicle, determine a behavior profile associated with the autonomous software version, and control one or more vehicle systems of the vehicle based at least in part on the behavior profile associated with the autonomous software version.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.
    Inventors: Katarina R. C. Miller, Julian M. Mason, James J. Kuffner
  • VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF CONTROLLING VEHICLES USING BEHAVIOR PROFILES
    Publication number: 20180335785
    Abstract: Vehicle control systems and methods for controlling a vehicle using behavior profiles of neighboring vehicles are disclosed. In one embodiment, a vehicle control system of a vehicle includes one or more processors and one or more non-transitory memory modules communicatively coupled to the one or more processors and storing machine-readable instructions that, when executed, cause the one or more processors to perform at least at the following: detect a neighboring vehicle within an environment, determine an autonomous software version executed by the neighboring vehicle, determine a behavior profile associated with the autonomous software version, and control one or more vehicle systems of the vehicle based at least in part on the behavior profile associated with the autonomous software version.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2017
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Applicant: Toyota Research Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Katarina R.C. Miller, Julian M. Mason, James J. Kuffner