Patents by Inventor Lakshmi V
Lakshmi V 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).
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Publication number: 20250145111Abstract: A system integrating vehicle sensors with remote system sensors includes a vehicle having a controller communicating with a vehicle sensor generating data associated with a vehicle threat alert. A vehicle communication device communicating with the vehicle controller and transmitting vehicle sensor data. A remote system including a controller communicating with a remote sensor generating data associated with a remote threat alert. A communication hub communicating with the remote controller and the vehicle communication device. The vehicle communicating with the remote system through the communication hub, sharing vehicle threat alerts with the remote system, receiving and reviewing remote threat alerts from the remote system and modifying an operational mode of the vehicle sensor based on remote threat alerts. The remote network controller reviewing received vehicle threat alerts and modifying a detection mode of the remote system based on the received vehicle threat alerts.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2023Publication date: May 8, 2025Inventors: Chuan Li, Esther Anderson, Jinzhu Chen, Jace C. Stokes, Fan Bai, Lakshmi V. Thanayankizil, Paul E. Krajewski
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Publication number: 20250142307Abstract: A vehicle comprises a Wi-Fi network including at least one Wi-Fi antenna module including a Wi-Fi antenna in communication with a Wi-Fi Integrated Circuit (IC) and a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) network including at least one BLE antenna module including a BLE antenna and a BLE IC, the BLE IC configured to detect in-band noise, characterize the in-band noise, and transmit the characterization of the in-band noise to the Wi-Fi IC.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2023Publication date: May 1, 2025Applicant: GM Global Technology Operations LLCInventors: Lakshmi V. Thanayankizil, Aaron Adler, Nahel Eshaq
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Publication number: 20250141637Abstract: A method for cross-technology radiofrequency interference mitigation includes detecting an RF device that is within a predetermined distance from a vehicle. The vehicle includes a plurality of wireless communication chipsets, each of the plurality of wireless communication chipsets is configured to wirelessly transmit and receive data. The method further includes determining that signals transmitted by the RF device is causing radiofrequency interference to signals transmitted by the plurality of wireless communication chipsets of the vehicle. Further, method includes commanding at least one of the plurality of wireless communication chipsets or the RF device to perform a control action to minimize the radiofrequency interference in response to determining that the that the signals transmitted by the RF device is causing radiofrequency interference to signals transmitted by the plurality of wireless communication chipsets of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2023Publication date: May 1, 2025Inventors: Kamran Ali, Lakshmi V. Thanayankizil
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Publication number: 20250126640Abstract: A computer-implemented method that when executed on data processing hardware causes the data processing hardware to perform operations including setting an initial transmission channel for a transmission radio between a station and an access point, setting an initial listen channel for a listen radio between the station and the access point, obtaining cleanliness data and free channel data, performing one of maintaining the initial transmission channel and the initial listen channel or switching transmission from the transmission radio to the listen radio based on the cleanliness data, and performing one of maintaining the initial transmission channel and the initial listen channel or changing the initial transmission channel to a different channel based on the free channel data.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2023Publication date: April 17, 2025Applicant: GM Global Technology Operations LLCInventors: Lakshmi V. Thanayankizil, Scott Thomas Droste, Baljeet Singh Gill
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Publication number: 20250106649Abstract: A system for a vehicle comprises a WiFi station, data processing hardware including, and memory hardware in communication with the data processing hardware, the memory hardware storing instructions that when executed on the data processing hardware cause the data processing hardware to perform operations comprising detecting an access point, establishing a link between the access point and the WiFi station, obtaining recent yaw rate data of the vehicle, obtaining recent speed data of the vehicle, obtaining recent acceleration data of the vehicle, obtaining recent mobility pattern data of the vehicle based on geolocation data and map data, and determining optimal physical (PHY) parameters corresponding to highest data rate based on at least one of the recent yaw rate data, the recent speed data, the recent acceleration data, or the recent mobility pattern data.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2023Publication date: March 27, 2025Applicant: GM Global Technology Operations LLCInventors: Azin Neishaboori, Lakshmi V. Thanayankizil
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Patent number: 12256432Abstract: A wireless communication system for a vehicle includes a wireless access point (AP), an ultra-wide band (UWB) system, a communication link, a controller, and a vehicle system. The UWB system is in communication with the wireless AP via a communication link. The wireless communication system is operable to detect, via the wireless AP, a request for localized wireless communication. The UWB system requests the wireless AP to generate a clear to send (CTS) transmission, which includes selecting an ultra-wide band (UWB) channel, mapping the UWB channel to a plurality of WiFi channels, and transmitting, by the wireless AP, the CTS transmission to each of the plurality of WiFi channels. The UWB system then transmits a UWB message.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2022Date of Patent: March 18, 2025Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLCInventors: Aaron Adler, Lakshmi V. Thanayankizil, Djordje Preradovic
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Publication number: 20250037517Abstract: Presented are vehicle systems and control logic for provisioning self-detection and violation-notification capabilities for connected vehicles, methods for making/using such systems, and vehicles equipped with such systems. A method of controlling operation of a host vehicle includes a resident or remote vehicle controller or network of controllers determining if a wireless communications device of the host vehicle has an active wireless connection with a remote computing node. If so, the vehicle controller(s) receive, from the remote computing node via the wireless communications device, a wireless message containing an emergency alert and culprit data indicative of a target vehicle. The vehicle controller(s) then parse the culprit data from the wireless message and analyze the parsed culprit data to determine if the host vehicle is the target vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2023Publication date: January 30, 2025Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Baljeet S. Gill, Lakshmi V. Thanayankizil, Xu Fang Zhao, Frank C. Fisk
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Publication number: 20250039778Abstract: Herein, a technology that facilitates the selection of offload-opportunity wireless networks that respects personal data is discussed. The technology includes tracking a wireless network environment of a parked vehicle and selecting qualifying candidate wireless networks to be an offload-opportunity wireless network. The technology further includes joining the selected wireless network in response to a user's affirmative confirmation.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2023Publication date: January 30, 2025Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Lakshmi V. Thanayankizil, James J. Kelly, III, Christopher J. Wieland
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Patent number: 12160774Abstract: Wireless transmission of data packets between controllers is executed over a plurality of integrated hybrid wireless communication channels, with proportional allocation of communication links for guaranteed and best-effort communication links. Data packets may be communicated across a plurality of wireless communication channels to ensure delivery of on-demand performance.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2022Date of Patent: December 3, 2024Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLCInventors: Andrew J. MacDonald, Venkata Naga Siva Vikas Vemuri, Ashhad Mohammed, Lakshmi V. Thanayankizil, Eilon Riess, Dipankar Pal
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Publication number: 20240381079Abstract: Presented are vehicle charging systems and control logic provisioning smart vehicle charging using encrypted wireless connectivity, methods for making/using such systems, and vehicles interoperable with such systems. A method of controlling a charging operation of a vehicle includes a vehicle controller retrieving a unique ID assigned to the vehicle from a memory device. When approaching an electric vehicle charging station (EVCS), the controller responsively embeds the unique ID in a wireless message, including encrypting and inserting the unique ID into a dedicated extension frame within the wireless message. The vehicle then broadcasts the wireless message with the embedded and encrypted unique ID. An EVCS controller parses the encrypted unique ID from the wireless message and transmits the encrypted unique ID to a back-office (BO) vehicle services provider.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2023Publication date: November 14, 2024Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Lakshmi V. Thanayankizil, Sandeep U. Menon, Nnamdi U. Uwakwe, Thomas Doran, Ravid Erez
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Publication number: 20240314853Abstract: A system for configuring and providing cellular connectivity for a vehicle includes a vehicle communication system and a vehicle controller in electrical communication with the vehicle communication system. The vehicle controller is programmed to establish a connection between the vehicle communication system and a mobile device. The vehicle controller is further programmed to retrieve a cellular connectivity configuration profile from at least one remote server using an internet connection of the mobile device. The vehicle controller is further programmed to configure the vehicle communication system to connect to a cellular network using the cellular connectivity configuration profile.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2023Publication date: September 19, 2024Inventors: Hariharan Krishnan, Lakshmi V. Thanayankizil, Mohammad Ishfaq, David M. George, Fan Bai
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Occupant detection system for determining position in a vehicle based on coarse-grained localization
Patent number: 12091019Abstract: An occupant detection system for determining a unique position of a detected presence within an interior cabin area of a vehicle includes a plurality of signal conversion devices each including conversion circuitry. Each of the plurality of signal conversion devices are assigned to a specific position within the interior cabin area of the vehicle. The conversion circuitry for the plurality of signal conversion devices include unique sub-carrier frequency that corresponds to the unique position within the interior cabin area of the vehicle. The occupant detection system includes a wireless control module including a multi-band transceiver having a first transceiver configured to transmit and receive signals on a first frequency band and a second transceiver configured to transmit and receive signals on a second frequency band.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2022Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Kamran Ali, Mohammad Naserian, Lakshmi V. Thanayankizil, Bhargavi Chandrakumar, Fan Bai -
Publication number: 20240195858Abstract: A system for providing quality of experience (QoE) metrics to incoming application data transferred to a vehicle includes a cloud-based dynamically updatable application QoE policy engine adapted to establish QoE metrics and prioritization criteria for incoming application data and to assign QoE policies to the vehicle, and a data controller within the vehicle adapted to receive QoE policies from the application QoE policy engine and enforce the QoE policies assigned, wherein the data controller is adapted to enforce the QoE policies assigned with an enhanced distributed control access (EDCA) algorithm adapted to prioritize incoming application data traffic received via IEEE 802.11 standard supported wireless LAN technology channels and with a resource block allocation and network slicing (RAN) algorithm adapted to prioritize incoming application data traffic received via cellular channels.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2022Publication date: June 13, 2024Inventors: Fan Bai, Lakshmi V. Thanayankizil, John Sergakis
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Patent number: 12003565Abstract: A system for providing quality of experience (QoE) metrics to incoming application data transferred to a vehicle includes a cloud-based dynamically updatable application QoE policy engine adapted to establish QoE metrics and prioritization criteria for incoming application data and to assign QoE policies to the vehicle, and a data controller within the vehicle adapted to receive QoE policies from the application QoE policy engine and enforce the QoE policies assigned, wherein the data controller is adapted to enforce the QoE policies assigned with an enhanced distributed control access (EDCA) algorithm adapted to prioritize incoming application data traffic received via IEEE 802.11 standard supported wireless LAN technology channels and with a resource block allocation and network slicing (RAN) algorithm adapted to prioritize incoming application data traffic received via cellular channels.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2022Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Fan Bai, Lakshmi V. Thanayankizil, John Sergakis
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Patent number: 11956046Abstract: An occupant detection system for an interior cabin area of a vehicle includes one or more signal conversion devices including conversion circuitry and a wireless control module including a multi-band transceiver having two or more transceivers. The wireless control module executes instructions to continuously send, by a first transceiver, signals on a first frequency band. The wireless control module executes instructions to receive, by a second transceiver, signals on a second frequency band from a signal conversion device. The wireless control module compares original training symbols from the signals on the first frequency band with training symbols from the signals on the second frequency band to determine a change in value of in one or more channel state information (CSI) parameters, and determines one or more occupants are present within the interior cabin area of the vehicle based on the change in one or more CSI parameters.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2022Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Kamran Ali, Mohammad Naserian, Lakshmi V. Thanayankizil, Bhargavi Chandrakumar, Fan Bai
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Publication number: 20240038271Abstract: One or more computing devices, systems, and/or methods for generating a video in a target language are provided. In an example, a first video, in which a first speaker speaks in a first language, is identified. A translated transcript in a second language is determined. The translated transcript is indicative of a translation of speech spoken by the first speaker in the first video. Based upon the translated transcript and a speaker profile associated with a second speaker, first audio, including an auditory representation of the translated transcript being spoken in a voice of the second speaker, is generated. Based upon the first video and the first audio, a second video, in which mouth movements of the first speaker are aligned with speech of the auditory representation of the first audio, is generated.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2022Publication date: February 1, 2024Inventors: Paloma de Juan, Alex J. Shaw, Eric M. Dodds, Benjamin J. Culpepper, Kapil Raj Thadani, Lakshmi V. Kesiraju, Praveen Mareedu, Sanika Shirwadkar, Xingyue Zhou, Yueh-Ning Ku
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Patent number: 11870476Abstract: A system for multiple wireless systems of vehicle to share cabling. The system may include a plurality of first antennas to interface signals with a first transceiver as part of a first wireless system and a plurality of second antennas to interface signals with a second transceiver as part of a second wireless system. The system may include a first switch configured to selectively connect the first and second antennas to first and second cables and a second switch configured to selectively connect the first and second transceivers to the first and second cables such that the first and second antennas and transceivers share the first and second cables.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2022Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLCInventors: George Knish, Jang Hwan Oh, Lakshmi V. Thanayankizil
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Publication number: 20230422100Abstract: Wireless transmission of data packets between controllers is executed over a plurality of integrated hybrid wireless communication channels, with proportional allocation of communication links for guaranteed and best-effort communication links Data packets may be communicated across a plurality of wireless communication channels to ensure delivery of on-demand performance.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2022Publication date: December 28, 2023Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Andrew J. MacDonald, Venkata Naga Siva Vikas Vemuri, Ashhad Mohammed, Lakshmi V. Thanayankizil, Eilon Riess, Dipankar Pal
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Publication number: 20230371072Abstract: A wireless communication system for a vehicle includes a wireless access point (AP), an ultra-wide band (UWB) system, a communication link, a controller, and a vehicle system. The UWB system is in communication with the wireless AP via a communication link. The wireless communication system is operable to detect, via the wireless AP, a request for localized wireless communication. The UWB system requests the wireless AP to generate a clear to send (CTS) transmission, which includes selecting an ultra-wide band (UWB) channel, mapping the UWB channel to a plurality of WiFi channels, and transmitting, by the wireless AP, the CTS transmission to each of the plurality of WiFi channels. The UWB system then transmits a UWB message.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2022Publication date: November 16, 2023Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Aaron Adler, Lakshmi V. Thanayankizil, Djordje Preradovic
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Publication number: 20230344457Abstract: A system for multiple wireless systems of vehicle to share cabling. The system may include a plurality of first antennas to interface signals with a first transceiver as part of a first wireless system and a plurality of second antennas to interface signals with a second transceiver as part of a second wireless system. The system may include a first switch configured to selectively connect the first and second antennas to first and second cables and a second switch configured to selectively connect the first and second transceivers to the first and second cables such that the first and second antennas and transceivers share the first and second cables.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2022Publication date: October 26, 2023Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: George Knish, Jang Hwan Oh, Lakshmi V. Thanayankizil