Patents by Inventor Lucas Rodriguez Diaz

Lucas Rodriguez Diaz 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: 11262764
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method and a system for generating a path for a vehicle from a source to a target within a two-dimensional (2D) environment with one or more obstacles is disclosed. The obstacles may be dynamic, static or both. The method comprises generating, in a two dimensions-plus-time space, a velocity cone that represents a set of potential waypoints reachable from a first source for the vehicle moving at a speed, providing a polytope, obtaining at least one interception polygon by intersecting and projecting the velocity cone with the polytope on the 2D region; generating a 2D scene comprising interception polygons to avoid, computing a visibility graph algorithm for the 2D scene and obtaining a plurality of conflict-free sub-paths, and composing a valid path connecting the source to the target based on the plurality of conflict-free sub-paths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Francisco A. Navarro, Lucas Rodriguez Diaz, Ernesto Valls Hernandez
  • Publication number: 20200089239
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method and a system for generating a path for a vehicle from a source to a target within a two-dimensional (2D) environment with one or more obstacles is disclosed. The obstacles may be dynamic, static or both. The method comprises generating, in a two dimensions-plus-time space, a velocity cone that represents a set of potential waypoints reachable from a first source for the vehicle moving at a speed, providing a polytope, obtaining at least one interception polygon by intersecting and projecting the velocity cone with the polytope on the 2D region; generating a 2D scene comprising interception polygons to avoid, computing a visibility graph algorithm for the 2D scene and obtaining a plurality of conflict-free sub-paths, and composing a valid path connecting the source to the target based on the plurality of conflict-free sub-paths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Francisco A. Navarro, Lucas Rodriguez Diaz, Ernesto Valls Hernandez
  • Patent number: 10352711
    Abstract: A method and a system for guiding a vehicle from a source to a target within a scenario with obstacles are disclosed. The source is established as a starting point and a subpath to the target is computed. When an obstacle is detected that crosses the computed subpath, a plurality of obstacle-free subpaths are computed to connect the starting point to a waypoint of an outer boundary of a detected obstacle. Priorities for each waypoint are computed and ordered accordingly in a list of potential waypoints to select the highest priority waypoint in the list as a new starting point. Previous operations are repeated until the target is reached, thus the path is obtained by backtracking waypoints to the source. The vehicle can be then guided and the target reached via the obtained path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Lucas Rodriguez Diaz, Carlos Querejeta, Ernesto Valls Hernández
  • Publication number: 20180100743
    Abstract: A method and a system for guiding a vehicle from a source to a target within a scenario with obstacles are disclosed. The source is established as a starting point and a subpath to the target is computed. When an obstacle is detected that crosses the computed subpath, a plurality of obstacle-free subpaths are computed to connect the starting point to a waypoint of an outer boundary of a detected obstacle. Priorities for each waypoint are computed and ordered accordingly in a list of potential waypoints to select the highest priority waypoint in the list as a new starting point. Previous operations are repeated until the target is reached, thus the path is obtained by backtracking waypoints to the source. The vehicle can be then guided and the target reached via the obtained path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2017
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Inventors: Lucas Rodriguez Diaz, Carlos Querejeta, Ernesto Valls Hernández