Patents by Inventor Mark A. Paskin

Mark A. Paskin 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: 11934193
    Abstract: The technology relates to controlling a vehicle in an autonomous driving mode. In one instance, sensor data identifying an object in an environment of the vehicle may be received. A first path of a first trajectory where the vehicle will pass the object may be determined. A function is used to determining a first maximum speed of the vehicle based on a predetermined minimum lateral clearance between the object and the vehicle. The first maximum speed may be used to determine whether an actual lateral clearance between the object and the vehicle will meet the predetermined minimum lateral clearance. The determination of whether the actual lateral clearance will meet the predetermined minimum lateral clearance may be used to generate a first speed plan for the first trajectory. The vehicle may be controlled in the autonomous driving mode according to the first trajectory including the first speed plan and the first path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Waymo LLC
    Inventors: Jared Stephen Russell, Mark Paskin
  • Publication number: 20200249687
    Abstract: The technology relates to controlling a vehicle in an autonomous driving mode. In one instance, sensor data identifying an object in an environment of the vehicle may be received. A first path of a first trajectory where the vehicle will pass the object may be determined. A function is used to determining a first maximum speed of the vehicle based on a predetermined minimum lateral clearance between the object and the vehicle. The first maximum speed may be used to determine whether an actual lateral clearance between the object and the vehicle will meet the predetermined minimum lateral clearance. The determination of whether the actual lateral clearance will meet the predetermined minimum lateral clearance may be used to generate a first speed plan for the first trajectory. The vehicle may be controlled in the autonomous driving mode according to the first trajectory including the first speed plan and the first path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Jared Stephen Russell, Mark Paskin
  • Patent number: 10671079
    Abstract: The technology relates to controlling a vehicle in an autonomous driving mode. In one instance, sensor data identifying an object in an environment of the vehicle may be received. A first path of a first trajectory where the vehicle will pass the object may be determined. A function is used to determining a first maximum speed of the vehicle based on a predetermined minimum lateral clearance between the object and the vehicle. The first maximum speed may be used to determine whether an actual lateral clearance between the object and the vehicle will meet the predetermined minimum lateral clearance. The determination of whether the actual lateral clearance will meet the predetermined minimum lateral clearance may be used to generate a first speed plan for the first trajectory. The vehicle may be controlled in the autonomous driving mode according to the first trajectory including the first speed plan and the first path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Waymo LLC
    Inventors: Jared Stephen Russell, Mark Paskin
  • Publication number: 20190121362
    Abstract: The technology relates to controlling a vehicle in an autonomous driving mode. In one instance, sensor data identifying an object in an environment of the vehicle may be received. A first path of a first trajectory where the vehicle will pass the object may be determined. A function is used to determining a first maximum speed of the vehicle based on a predetermined minimum lateral clearance between the object and the vehicle. The first maximum speed may be used to determine whether an actual lateral clearance between the object and the vehicle will meet the predetermined minimum lateral clearance. The determination of whether the actual lateral clearance will meet the predetermined minimum lateral clearance may be used to generate a first speed plan for the first trajectory. The vehicle may be controlled in the autonomous driving mode according to the first trajectory including the first speed plan and the first path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Jared Stephen Russell, Mark Paskin
  • Publication number: 20150169756
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for presenting spelling suggestions. In one aspect, a method includes receiving first search results for a first search query and a plurality of spelling suggestions for a first term in the first search query, wherein the first search results are provided by a search engine as a response to the first search query; displaying the plurality of spelling suggestions and the first search results in a user interface; receiving a user input selecting one of the plurality of spelling suggestions; transmitting data identifying the selected spelling suggestion to request second search results for a second search query comprising the selected spelling suggestion from the search engine; and displaying the second search results in place of the first search results in the user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicant: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Mark A. Paskin, Kelly Poon, Yew Jin Lim, Jon M. Wiley, Jonathan J. Effrat
  • Patent number: 8583672
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for presenting spelling suggestions. In one aspect, a method includes receiving first search results for a first search query and a plurality of spelling suggestions for a first term in the first search query, wherein the first search results are provided by a search engine as a response to the first search query; displaying the plurality of spelling suggestions and the first search results in a user interface; receiving a user input selecting one of the plurality of spelling suggestions; transmitting data identifying the selected spelling suggestion to request second search results for a second search query comprising the selected spelling suggestion from the search engine; and displaying the second search results in place of the first search results in the user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Mark A. Paskin, Kelly Poon, Yew Jin Lim, Jon M. Wiley, Jonathan J. Effrat
  • Patent number: 6847962
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for optimizing database queries using a derived summary table, wherein a definition of the summary table is based on a full select statement, including, but not limited to, a derived table involving nested GROUP BY operations and complex HAVING clauses with subqueries or joins, that is materialized in the table and describes how the summary table was derived. A query is analyzed using matching/compensation tests between the query and the definition of the summary table (that is, a query by itself) to determine whether expressions occurring anywhere in the query, but not in the summary table, can be derived using either the content in the summary table alone, or after combining (through some relational operator) the content of the summary table with other base tables, and hence the query is subsumed by or overlaps with the summary table definition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2005
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Roberta Jo Cochrane, George Lapis, Ting Yu Leung, Mark A. Paskin, Mir Hamid Pirahesh, Yang Sun, Monica Sachiye Urata, Markos Zaharioudakis