Patents by Inventor Kirti Hiranand Balani

Kirti Hiranand Balani 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).

  • Publication number: 20240059282
    Abstract: A vehicular driving assist system includes a camera and a radar sensor disposed at a vehicle. The system, via processing at the ECU of captured image data and captured sensor data, detects an object and determines that the detected object is traveling along a lane that intersects with a lane the vehicle is traveling along. The system, responsive to processing of captured image data and captured sensor data and responsive to determining that the detected object is traveling along the lane that intersects with the lane the vehicle is traveling along, determines a time to collision (TTC) between the vehicle and the detected object at the intersection. The system, responsive to determining that the TTC is below a threshold amount of time, generates a braking command to slow the vehicle prior to reaching the intersection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Venkata Satya Siva Prasad Challa, Kirti Hiranand Balani
  • Publication number: 20230032998
    Abstract: A vehicular alert system includes a sensor disposed at a vehicle. The system, using the sensor, determines that a moving object is moving toward the vehicle. Responsive to determining a likelihood the occupant of the vehicle is going to exit the vehicle via the door of the vehicle, and responsive to determining that the detected moving object is moving toward the vehicle, the vehicular alert system (i) determines distance between the detected moving object and the door of the vehicle, and (ii) determines a heading angle of the detected moving object relative to the vehicle. The vehicular alert system determines whether the detected moving object is a threat based at least in part on (i) the determined distance and (ii) the determined heading angle. The vehicular alert system, responsive to determining that the detected moving object is a threat, alerts the occupant of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Pushpendra Kushwaha, Tejas Murlidhar Varunjikar, Kirti Hiranand Balani
  • Publication number: 20230001923
    Abstract: A vehicular control system includes a sensor disposed at a vehicle and capturing sensor data. The system, as the vehicle is approaching an intersection and responsive to processing by a processor of sensor data captured by the sensor, detects a cross-traffic threat approaching the intersection and maintains a buffer to store a trajectory of the cross-traffic threat. The system, using the trajectory, determines an intersection point between the vehicle and the cross-traffic threat, determines an arrival time at the intersection point for both the vehicle and the cross-traffic threat, and determines a difference between the arrival time of the vehicle at the intersection and the cross-traffic threat. The system, responsive to determining that the difference between the arrival time of the equipped vehicle at the intersection and the arrival time of the cross-traffic threat is less than a threshold amount, controls a safety system of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Venkata Satya Siva Prasad Challa, Kirti Hiranand Balani
  • Publication number: 20210053572
    Abstract: A vehicular driving assist system includes at least one sensor disposed at a vehicle and having a field of sensing exterior of the vehicle. An ECU includes circuitry and associated software, with the circuitry including a data processor for processing sensor data captured by the sensor to detect presence of objects in the field of sensing of the sensor. The ECU, responsive to processing by the data processor at the ECU of sensor data captured by the sensor, determines traffic attributes for a plurality of traffic lanes of a road the vehicle is travelling along. The ECU, responsive to determining the traffic attributes determines a predicted traffic value based on the traffic attributes and an output from a trained prediction model. The ECU, responsive to determining the predicted value, determines a traffic jam probability for at least one traffic lane based on the predicted value and the respective traffic attributes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Jigneshkumar Natvarlal Vasoya, Kirti Hiranand Balani, Vishalkumar Madhusudan Mehta, Pushpendra Kushwaha