Patents by Inventor Linchao Li

Linchao Li 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: 20250159443
    Abstract: This invention presents a vehicle safety system (VSS) for autonomous vehicles (AVs) utilizing an onboard unit (OBU) capable of communicating with various entities, comprising roadside units (RSUs), other OBUs, and cloud platforms. The OBU incorporates a safety subsystem designed to implement proactive, active, and passive safety measures. The proactive safety measures comprise incident prediction and warnings. The active safety measures comprise emergency braking, and the passive safety measures comprise incident response and dynamic routing. This VSS can be further enhanced by incorporating sensing and processing capabilities of the RSU network or the cloud platform, enabling distributed and integrated safety functions and improved environmental awareness. The system aims to enhance AV safety by addressing incidents before, during, and after their occurrence through comprehensive safety measures at a system level, comprising a vehicle centric system, a vehicle-road system, or a vehicle cloud system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2025
    Publication date: May 15, 2025
    Inventors: Bin Ran, Weizhe Tang, Sicheng Fu, Yang Cheng, Shen Li, Zhen Zhang, Huachun Tan, Tianyi Chen, Shuoxuan Dong, Kunsong Shi, Linhui Ye, Qin Li, Zhijun Chen, Linchao Li, Linghui Xu, Xia Wan, Xiaoxuan Chen
  • Publication number: 20250150791
    Abstract: This technology provides systems and methods for a vehicle computing system (VCS) for autonomous driving. This VCS furnishes End-to-End models that provide sensing, prediction, planning, decision-making, and control functions. The VCS executes vehicle control algorithms, trains general AI models, and makes inferences from those AI models. Specifically, a computing subsystem of the VCS performs computation methods that train a tensor-centered model and/or make inferences from a tensor-centered model. Additionally, the VCS gathers data from a roadside unit network, an onboard unit, a cloud platform, a traffic control center/traffic control unit, and a traffic operations center (TOC), thereby enhancing the safety and efficiency of autonomous driving.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2025
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Inventors: Bin Ran, Bingjie Liang, Yan Zhao, Zhiyu Wang, Yang Cheng, Shen Li, Zhen Zhang, Huachun Tan, Tianyi Chen, Shuoxuan Dong, Kunsong Shi, Linhui Ye, Qin Li, Zhijun Chen, Linchao Li, Linghui Xu, Xia Wan, Xiaoxuan Chen
  • Publication number: 20250150792
    Abstract: The invention provides systems and methods for a vehicle-based cloud computing system (VCCS) for autonomous driving. This VCCS builds world models based on a series of complex scenario data to optimize sensing, prediction, planning, decision making, and control for autonomous driving. The VCCS can execute vehicle control algorithms, train general AI models, and make inferences to optimize autonomous driving. Specifically, it dynamically adjusts driving strategies based on long tail scenarios including but not limited to weather, work zone information, and traffic status, ensuring safe and efficient vehicle operation. Additionally, the VCCS can gather supplementary data from (a) a roadside unit (RSU) network, (b) another OBU, (c) a cloud platform, (d) a traffic control center/traffic control unit (TCC/TCU), and (e) a traffic operations center (TOC), thereby further improving control and efficiency in complex driving environments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2025
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Inventors: Bin Ran, Bingjie Liang, Renfei Wu, Yan Zhao, Yang Cheng, Shen Li, Zhen Zhang, Huachun Tan, Tianyi Chen, Shuoxuan Dong, Kunsong Shi, Linhui Ye, Qin Li, Zhijun Chen, Linchao Li, Linghui Xu, Xia Wan, Xiaoxuan Chen
  • Patent number: 12219445
    Abstract: This technology provides designs and methods for the vehicle on-board unit (OBU), which facilitates vehicle operations and control for connected automated vehicle highway (CAVH) systems. OBU systems provide vehicles with individually customized information and real-time control instructions for vehicle to fulfill the driving tasks such as car following, lane changing, route guidance. OBU systems also realize transportation operations and management services for both freeways and urban arterials. The OBU composed of the following devices: 1) a vehicle motion state parameter and environment parameter collection unit; 2) a multi-mode communication unit; 3) a location unit; 4) an intelligent gateway unit, and 5) a vehicle motion control unit. The OBU systems realize one or more of the following function categories: sensing, transportation behavior prediction and management, planning and decision making, and vehicle control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: CAVH LLC
    Inventors: Shen Li, Bin Ran, Zhen Zhang, Yang Cheng, Huachun Tan, Tianyi Chen, Shuoxuan Dong, Kunsong Shi, Linhui Ye, Qin Li, Zhijun Chen, Linchao Li, Linghui Xu, Xia Wan, Xiaoxuan Chen
  • Patent number: 11842642
    Abstract: The invention provides designs and methods for a heavy vehicle operations and control system for heavy automated vehicles, which facilitates heavy vehicle operation and control for connected automated vehicle highway (CAVH) systems. The heavy vehicle management system provides heavy vehicles with individually customized information and real-time vehicle control instructions to fulfill the driving tasks such as car following, lane changing, route guidance. The heavy vehicle management system also realizes heavy vehicle related lane design, transportation operations, and management services for both dedicated and non-dedicated lanes. The heavy vehicle management system consists of one or more of the following physical subsystems: (1) Roadside unit (RSU) network, (2) Traffic Control Unit (TCU) and Traffic Control Center (TCC) network, (3) vehicles and onboard units (OBU), (4) traffic operations centers (TOCs), and (5) cloud platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: CAVH LLC
    Inventors: Bin Ran, Yang Cheng, Kun Luan, Haiyan Yu, Yi Shen, Shiyan Xu, Xiaoli Zhang, Hongli Gao, Shaohua Wang, Hongliang Wan, Linchao Li, Linghui Xu, Liling Zhu, Linfeng Zhang, Yifei Wang, Qin Li, Yanyan Qin, Hainan Huang, Dongye Sun, Liping Zhao
  • Patent number: 11735041
    Abstract: The technology provides systems and methods for a system providing customized and route-specific operations, control, and services for connected and automated vehicles (CAVs) according to user origin and destination requests, based on connected automated vehicle highway (CAVH) systems which includes an intelligent road infrastructure system providing transportation management and operations and individual vehicle control for CAV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: CAVH LLC
    Inventors: Yang Cheng, Bin Ran, Zhen Zhang, Tianyi Chen, Shen Li, Shuoxuan Dong, Kunsong Shi, Jian Zhang, Xia Wan, Xiaoxuan Chen, Linchao Li, Qin Li, Linghui Xu
  • Publication number: 20200020228
    Abstract: The technology provides systems and methods for a system providing customized and route-specific operations, control, and services for connected and automated vehicles (CAVs) according to user origin and destination requests, based on connected automated vehicle highway (CAVH) systems which includes an intelligent road infrastructure system providing transportation management and operations and individual vehicle control for CAV.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Inventors: Yang Cheng, Bin Ran, Zhen Zhang, Tianyi Chen, Shen Li, Shuoxuan Dong, Kunsong Shi, Jian Zhang, Xia Wan, Xiaoxuan Chen, Linchao Li, Qin Li, Linghui Xu
  • Publication number: 20200021961
    Abstract: This technology provides designs and methods for the vehicle on-board unit (OBU), which facilitates vehicle operations and control for connected automated vehicle highway (CAVH) systems. OBU systems provide vehicles with individually customized information and real-time control instructions for vehicle to fulfill the driving tasks such as car following, lane changing, route guidance. OBU systems also realize transportation operations and management services for both freeways and urban arterials. The OBU composed of the following devices: 1) a vehicle motion state parameter and environment parameter collection unit; 2) a multi-mode communication unit; 3) a location unit; 4) an intelligent gateway unit, and 5) a vehicle motion control unit. The OBU systems realize one or more of the following function categories: sensing, transportation behavior prediction and management, planning and decision making, and vehicle control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2019
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Inventors: Shen Li, Bin Ran, Zhen Zhang, Yang Cheng, Huachun Tan, Tianyi Chen, Shuoxuan Dong, Kunsong Shi, Linhui Ye, Qin Li, Zhijun Chen, Linchao Li, Linghui Xu, Xia Wan, Xiaoxuan Chen
  • Publication number: 20190392712
    Abstract: The invention provides designs and methods for a heavy vehicle operations and control system for heavy automated vehicles, which facilitates heavy vehicle operation and control for connected automated vehicle highway (CAVH) systems. The heavy vehicle management system provides heavy vehicles with individually customized information and real-time vehicle control instructions to fulfill the driving tasks such as car following, lane changing, route guidance. The heavy vehicle management system also realizes heavy vehicle related lane design, transportation operations, and management services for both dedicated and non-dedicated lanes. The heavy vehicle management system consists of one or more of the following physical subsystems: (1) Roadside unit (RSU) network, (2) Traffic Control Unit (TCU) and Traffic Control Center (TCC) network, (3) vehicles and onboard units (OBU), (4) traffic operations centers (TOCs), and (5) cloud platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: Bin Ran, Yang Cheng, Kun Luan, Haiyan Yu, Yi Shen, Shiyan Xu, Xiaoli Zhang, Hongli Gao, Shaohua Wang, Hongliang Wan, Linchao Li, Linghui Xu, Liling Zhu, Linfeng Zhang, Yifei Wang, Qin Li, Yanyan Qin, Hainan Huang, Dongye Sun, Liping Zhao