Patents by Inventor Kevin Klous

Kevin Klous 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).

  • Environment mapping for autonomous vehicles using video stream sharing
    Patent number: 11287829
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a supervisory service of a parking area may send a light fidelity (Li-Fi) based advertisement indicative of an offer to send video streams of the parking area to an autonomous vehicle. The supervisory service may receive an acceptance of the offer by the autonomous vehicle that includes an identifier for the autonomous vehicle. The supervisory service may identify one or more video streams of the parking area as associated with the autonomous vehicle based in part on a location of the autonomous vehicle in the parking area. The supervisory service may annotate the one or more identified video streams with metadata regarding a feature of the parking area. The supervisory service may send the annotated one or more video streams to the autonomous vehicle, wherein the autonomous vehicle uses the metadata of the annotated one or more video streams to avoid the feature of the parking area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Jay Kemper Johnston, Magnus Mortensen, Kevin Klous, David C. White, Jr.
  • ENVIRONMENT MAPPING FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES USING VIDEO STREAM SHARING
    Publication number: 20200401157
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a supervisory service of a parking area may send a light fidelity (Li-Fi) based advertisement indicative of an offer to send video streams of the parking area to an autonomous vehicle. The supervisory service may receive an acceptance of the offer by the autonomous vehicle that includes an identifier for the autonomous vehicle. The supervisory service may identify one or more video streams of the parking area as associated with the autonomous vehicle based in part on a location of the autonomous vehicle in the parking area. The supervisory service may annotate the one or more identified video streams with metadata regarding a feature of the parking area. The supervisory service may send the annotated one or more video streams to the autonomous vehicle, wherein the autonomous vehicle uses the metadata of the annotated one or more video streams to avoid the feature of the parking area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Jay Kemper Johnston, Magnus Mortensen, Kevin Klous, David C. White, JR.