Patents by Inventor Michael CUI

Michael CUI 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: 12644758
    Abstract: A method for cable wire insertion verification includes, at an insertion verification system, receiving a vibration signal from a vibration sensor. The vibration signal represents vibration caused by insertion of a cable wire into a cable cavity of a cable connector housing. The vibration signal is input to an insertion verification model trained to evaluate whether input vibration signals are consistent with correct cable wire insertion. The insertion verification model outputs an indication that the vibration signal is consistent with correct insertion of the cable wire into the cable cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2026
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Lars Eric Blacken, Darren Michael Chan, Michael Cui, Jeffrey Alan McCaskey
  • Patent number: 12583456
    Abstract: A hybrid probabilistic driving behavior modeling system conditioned on weather for a vehicle includes one or more controllers executing instructions to determine, by a longitudinal driving model stored by the one or more controllers, a probabilistic longitudinal velocity of the vehicle with respect to a current weather condition based on a car-following model, a semantic rule system, and a speed and visibility model. The current weather condition indicates an adverse weather condition impacting driving conditions for the vehicle. The one or more controllers determine, by a probabilistic lateral driving model by the one or more controllers, one or more lane choices for the vehicle with respect to the current weather condition based on a route plan of the vehicle and perception data indicative of an environment surrounding the vehicle and selects a final lane choice from the one or more lane choices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2026
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Rodolfo Valiente Romero, Hyukseong Kwon, Marcus James Huber, Alireza Esna Ashari Esfahani, Michael Cui
  • Publication number: 20250329004
    Abstract: A method for cable wire insertion monitoring includes receiving, from a camera system, an inspection image of a connector housing held in a housing retainer of a housing inspection system. Insertion of a cable wire into a corresponding cable cavity of the connector housing is detected via an insertion monitoring machine vision system. Based at least in part on the inspection image, an insertion depth of the cable wire into the corresponding cable cavity is estimated. An indication of the insertion depth of the cable wire is output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2024
    Publication date: October 23, 2025
    Inventors: Darren Chan, Michael Cui, Sachiko Matsumoto, Bradley J. Mitchell
  • Patent number: 12441337
    Abstract: An end-to-end perception perturbation modeling system for a vehicle includes one or more controllers storing a detection model in memory. The detection model includes a plurality of detection model plots that each indicate a probability value that an object in an environment surrounding the vehicle is detected based on a current weather condition and a distance measured between the vehicle and the object detected in the environment surrounding the vehicle. The one or more controllers execute instructions to receive an input state of the vehicle that is observed during non-inclement weather conditions and indicates one or more vehicle states, the current weather condition, and the distance. The controllers determine a perturbed state of the vehicle observed during the current weather condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2025
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Rodolfo Valiente Romero, Hyukseong Kwon, Marcus James Huber, Alireza Esna Ashari Esfahani, Michael Cui
  • Publication number: 20250297887
    Abstract: A method for cable wire insertion verification includes, at an insertion verification system, receiving a vibration signal from a vibration sensor. The vibration signal represents vibration caused by insertion of a cable wire into a cable cavity of a cable connector housing. The vibration signal is input to an insertion verification model trained to evaluate whether input vibration signals are consistent with correct cable wire insertion. The insertion verification model outputs an indication that the vibration signal is consistent with correct insertion of the cable wire into the cable cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2024
    Publication date: September 25, 2025
    Inventors: Lars Eric Blacken, Darren Michael Chan, Michael Cui, Jeffrey Alan McCaskey
  • Patent number: 12397828
    Abstract: According to several aspects, a method for path planning for a vehicle includes determining a predicted trajectory of a remote vehicle. The predicted trajectory of the remote vehicle includes a plurality of predicted trajectory nodes. The method further includes determining a plurality of possible trajectories for the vehicle. The plurality of possible trajectories includes a plurality of possible trajectory nodes. The method further includes determining one or more evaluation metrics of each of the plurality of possible trajectory nodes based at least in part on a weather condition in an environment surrounding the vehicle. The method further includes selecting an optimal trajectory for the vehicle from the plurality of possible trajectories based at least in part on the one or more evaluation metrics of each of the plurality of possible trajectory nodes. The method further includes performing a first action based at least in part on the optimal trajectory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2025
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Michael Cui, Hyukseong Kwon, Rodolfo Valiente Romero, Andrew Howe, Alexander Waagen, Alexei Kopylov, Marcus James Huber, Alireza Esna Ashari Esfahani
  • Publication number: 20250259286
    Abstract: A method for cable wire insertion verification includes receiving, from a camera system, an inspection image of a connector housing held in a housing retainer of a housing inspection system. Via a connector recognition machine vision system, the connector housing is classified as a recognized connector housing type based, at least in part, on a comparison between the inspection image of the connector housing and a template image corresponding to the recognized connector housing type. For one or more cable cavities of the connector housing, the method includes automatically verifying whether a correct cable wire is inserted into the cable cavity according to the recognized connector housing type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2024
    Publication date: August 14, 2025
    Inventors: Michael Cui, Darren Chan, Sachiko Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20250065917
    Abstract: According to several aspects, a method for path planning for a vehicle includes determining a predicted trajectory of a remote vehicle. The predicted trajectory of the remote vehicle includes a plurality of predicted trajectory nodes. The method further includes determining a plurality of possible trajectories for the vehicle. The plurality of possible trajectories includes a plurality of possible trajectory nodes. The method further includes determining one or more evaluation metrics of each of the plurality of possible trajectory nodes based at least in part on a weather condition in an environment surrounding the vehicle. The method further includes selecting an optimal trajectory for the vehicle from the plurality of possible trajectories based at least in part on the one or more evaluation metrics of each of the plurality of possible trajectory nodes. The method further includes performing a first action based at least in part on the optimal trajectory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2023
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventors: Michael Cui, Hyukseong Kwon, Rodolfo Valiente Romero, Andrew Howe, Alexander Waagen, Alexei Kopylov, Marcus James Huber, Alireza Esna Ashari Esfahani
  • Patent number: 12237636
    Abstract: A method, system and computer program product are provided for determining wire contact insertion based on image analysis. Methods include: acquiring at least one image of a connector having a plurality of wire contact insertion holes; identifying a wire contact within a wire contact insertion hole of the plurality of wire contact insertion holes; determining that the wire contact insertion hole is a correct wire contact insertion hole; determining that the wire contact has been fully inserted into the correct wire contact insertion hole; and providing feedback indicating that the wire contact is fully inserted into the correct wire contact insertion hole. The feedback includes in some cases a first indicator indicating that the wire contact is in the correct wire contact insertion hole and a second indicator indicating that the wire contact is fully inserted into the correct wire contact insertion hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Michael Cui, Heiko Hoffmann, Bradley J. Mitchell
  • Publication number: 20250044118
    Abstract: A system for updating a road map for a vehicle includes a plurality of vehicle sensors and a vehicle controller in electrical communication with the plurality of vehicle sensors. The vehicle controller is programmed to gather input data about an environment surrounding the vehicle using the plurality of vehicle sensors. The input data includes at least one abnormal traffic pattern indication. The vehicle controller is further programmed to generate an input label map based at least in part on the input data. The vehicle controller is further programmed to generate a vehicle output label map based at least in part on the input label map. The vehicle output label map is generated using a machine learning algorithm. The vehicle controller is further programmed to perform a first action based at least in part on the vehicle output label map.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2023
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Inventors: Michael Cui, Hyukseong Kwon, Rodolfo Valiente Romero, Marcus James Huber, Alireza Esna Ashari Esfahani, Andrew Howe
  • Publication number: 20240425050
    Abstract: A hybrid probabilistic driving behavior modeling system conditioned on weather for a vehicle includes one or more controllers executing instructions to determine, by a longitudinal driving model stored by the one or more controllers, a probabilistic longitudinal velocity of the vehicle with respect to a current weather condition based on a car-following model, a semantic rule system, and a speed and visibility model. The current weather condition indicates an adverse weather condition impacting driving conditions for the vehicle. The one or more controllers determine, by a probabilistic lateral driving model by the one or more controllers, one or more lane choices for the vehicle with respect to the current weather condition based on a route plan of the vehicle and perception data indicative of an environment surrounding the vehicle and selects a final lane choice from the one or more lane choices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2023
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Inventors: Rodolfo Valiente Romero, Hyukseong Kwon, Marcus James Huber, Alireza Esna Ashari Esfahani, Michael Cui
  • Publication number: 20240416929
    Abstract: An end-to-end perception perturbation modeling system for a vehicle includes one or more controllers storing a detection model in memory. The detection model includes a plurality of detection model plots that each indicate a probability value that an object in an environment surrounding the vehicle is detected based on a current weather condition and a distance measured between the vehicle and the object detected in the environment surrounding the vehicle. The one or more controllers execute instructions to receive an input state of the vehicle that is observed during non-inclement weather conditions and indicates one or more vehicle states, the current weather condition, and the distance. The controllers determine a perturbed state of the vehicle observed during the current weather condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2023
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Inventors: Rodolfo Valiente Romero, Hyukseong Kwon, Marcus James Huber, Alireza Esna Ashari Esfahani, Michael Cui
  • Publication number: 20230344186
    Abstract: A method, system and computer program product are provided for determining wire contact insertion based on image analysis. Methods include: acquiring at least one image of a connector having a plurality of wire contact insertion holes; identifying a wire contact within a wire contact insertion hole of the plurality of wire contact insertion holes; determining that the wire contact insertion hole is a correct wire contact insertion hole; determining that the wire contact has been fully inserted into the correct wire contact insertion hole; and providing feedback indicating that the wire contact is fully inserted into the correct wire contact insertion hole. The feedback includes in some cases a first indicator indicating that the wire contact is in the correct wire contact insertion hole and a second indicator indicating that the wire contact is fully inserted into the correct wire contact insertion hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Michael CUI, Heiko HOFFMANN, Bradley J. MITCHELL