Patents by Inventor Manus MCELHONE

Manus MCELHONE 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).

  • Computer-implemented method for estimating a vehicle position
    Patent number: 12351187
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method estimates a vehicle position. The method provides a first position estimate based on position information from at least one first source, wherein the first position estimate is assigned a first bias value and a first statistical variance; provides a second position estimate based on position information from at least one second source; determines a third bias value and a third statistical variance, wherein the third bias value and the third statistical variance are assigned to a third position estimate which results from a combination of the first position estimate and the second position estimate; and evaluates the first position estimate and the third position estimate on the basis of a quality criterion which takes into account the bias value assigned to each position estimate and the statistical variance assigned to each position estimate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Sebastian Gruenwedel, Manus McElhone, Marc Scott Meissner, Pascal Minnerup, Peter Pedron, Sebastian Rauch, Barbara Roessle, Maxi Winter, Martin Zeman
  • Computer-Implemented Method for Estimating a Vehicle Position
    Publication number: 20240043016
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method estimates a vehicle position. The method provides a first position estimate based on position information from at least one first source, wherein the first position estimate is assigned a first bias value and a first statistical variance; provides a second position estimate based on position information from at least one second source; determines a third bias value and a third statistical variance, wherein the third bias value and the third statistical variance are assigned to a third position estimate which results from a combination of the first position estimate and the second position estimate; and evaluates the first position estimate and the third position estimate on the basis of a quality criterion which takes into account the bias value assigned to each position estimate and the statistical variance assigned to each position estimate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Sebastian GRUENWEDEL, Manus MCELHONE, Marc Scott MEISSNER, Pascal MINNERUP, Peter PEDRON, Sebastian RAUCH, Barbara ROESSLE, Maxi WINTER, Martin ZEMAN