Patents by Inventor Laith Sahawneh

Laith Sahawneh 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: 11987249
    Abstract: Among other things, techniques are described for determining precedence order at a multiway stop. In embodiments, identifications are assigned to tracks, and young tracks are compared to stale tracks. A young track matches a stale track based on one or more factors. An identification of the young track is reassigned to an identification of the stale track, wherein the young track is determined to match the stale track based on the one or more factors. An earliest time of appearance of agents is determined based on identifications and in view of perception obscured areas. A precedence order for navigating through the intersection is determined based on local rules, the identifications, and the earliest time of appearance of agents, and the vehicle proceeds through the multiway stop intersection in accordance with the precedence order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Motional AD LLC
    Inventors: Scott D. Pendleton, Xiaojun Sun, Shu-Kai Lin, Puneet Singhal, Yu Pan, Lubing Zhou, Laith Sahawneh, Guchan Ozbilgin, Giancarlo Baldan
  • Patent number: 11926342
    Abstract: Among other things, techniques are described for notifying and explaining the action performed by an autonomous vehicle, including but not limited to: receiving a planned path of a vehicle, a state of the vehicle and environment data of an environment in which the vehicle is operating, receiving a deviation signal, determining whether the deviation signal was reported by a first system or a second system of the vehicle, in response selecting a first set of simulators or a second set of simulators for simulating the vehicle in the environment, simulating the vehicle in the environment using the selected first or second set of simulators, based on results of the simulating, generating a message and presenting the message to at least one occupant of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Motional AD LLC
    Inventors: Laith Sahawneh, Bence Cserna
  • Publication number: 20230192090
    Abstract: Among other things, techniques are described for determining precedence order at a multiway stop. In embodiments, identifications are assigned to tracks, and young tracks are compared to stale tracks. A young track matches a stale track based on one or more factors. An identification of the young track is reassigned to an identification of the stale track, wherein the young track is determined to match the stale track based on the one or more factors. An earliest time of appearance of agents is determined based on identifications and in view of perception obscured areas. A precedence order for navigating through the intersection is determined based on local rules, the identifications, and the earliest time of appearance of agents, and the vehicle proceeds through the multiway stop intersection in accordance with the precedence order.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Scott D. Pendleton, Xiaojun Sun, Shu-Kai Lin, Puneet Singhal, Yu Pan, Lubing Zhou, Laith Sahawneh, Guchan Ozbilgin, Giancarlo Baldan
  • Publication number: 20230150544
    Abstract: Provided are methods for generating notifications indicative of unanticipated actions. Data associated with a current trajectory of an autonomous vehicle, at least one constraint, data associated with historical data for a user using the autonomous vehicle from an expectation database, and data associated with a context that represents a relationship between the current trajectory, at least one constraint, and historical driving data is received. A model is deployed to determine, in real-time and based on the current trajectory, the at least one constraint, and the data associated with the context that a particular action by the autonomous vehicle is classified as an unanticipated autonomous vehicle action. The current trajectory, the at least one constraint, and the data associated with the context are analyzed within a predetermined range of time including a timestamp of the unanticipated autonomous vehicle action to determine a reason for occurrence of the unanticipated autonomous vehicle action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Bence Cserna, Laith Sahawneh
  • Publication number: 20230065339
    Abstract: Among other things, techniques are described for notifying and explaining the action performed by an autonomous vehicle, including but not limited to: receiving a planned path of a vehicle, a state of the vehicle and environment data of an environment in which the vehicle is operating, receiving a deviation signal, determining whether the deviation signal was reported by a first system or a second system of the vehicle, in response selecting a first set of simulators or a second set of simulators for simulating the vehicle in the environment, simulating the vehicle in the environment using the selected first or second set of simulators, based on results of the simulating, generating a message and presenting the message to at least one occupant of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Laith Sahawneh, Bence Cserna