Patents by Inventor Maurice Rogier Jozef Arthur Emanuel Kwakkernaat

Maurice Rogier Jozef Arthur Emanuel Kwakkernaat 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: 10088551
    Abstract: It is proposed to provide a system for localizing a vehicle in a marked environment, provided with a set of markers, e.g. on a road side, the markers emitting a position signal indicative of a respective marker's known geographical position. The system comprises a distance detection unit and a processing unit provided in the vehicle, the processing unit adapted to receive said position signal of a respective marker. The processing unit is adapted to receive said known geographical position from the position signal of said respective marker; and to estimate a first distance measure of the vehicle relative to the respective marker based on a position signal measurement. The processing unit feeds said estimated first distance measure to the distance detection unit; the distance detection unit being adapted to detect said marker within the first distance measure by a second distance measure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk onderzoek TNO
    Inventors: Maurice Rogier Jozef Arthur Emanuel Kwakkernaat, Tjerk Bijlsma
  • Publication number: 20160069985
    Abstract: It is proposed to provide a system for localizing a vehicle in a marked environment, provided with a set of markers, e.g. on a road side, the markers emitting a position signal indicative of a respective marker's known geographical position. The system comprises a distance detection unit and a processing unit provided in the vehicle, the processing unit adapted to receive said position signal of a respective marker. The processing unit is adapted to receive said known geographical position from the position signal of said respective marker; and to estimate a first distance measure of the vehicle relative to the respective marker based on a position signal measurement. The processing unit feeds said estimated first distance measure to the distance detection unit; the distance detection unit being adapted to detect said marker within the first distance measure by a second distance measure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2014
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Inventors: Maurice Rogier Jozef Arthur Emanuel Kwakkernaat, Tjerk Bijlsma