Patents by Inventor Mohammad Saad

Mohammad Saad 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: 11514681
    Abstract: A sensor calibration system for a vehicle includes one or more processors. The system also includes a memory communicably coupled to the one or more processors and storing a sensor calibration module including instructions that when executed by the one or more processors cause the one or more processors to, for an environment sensor of the vehicle, determine if the sensor can detect at least a predetermined number of viable reference features in an environment of the vehicle. The module also includes processor-executable instructions to, if the sensor cannot not detect at least a predetermined number of viable reference features, determine at least one suggested positional arrangement of viable reference features with respect to a current position the sensor. The module also includes processor-executable instructions to generate instructions to arrange viable reference features in the at least one suggested positional arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Toyota Research Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Shunsho Kaku, Mohammad Saad
  • Patent number: 11393127
    Abstract: A system for determining the rigid-body transformation between 2D image data and 3D point cloud data includes a first sensor configured to capture image data of an environment, a second sensor configured to capture point cloud data of the environment; and a computing device communicatively coupled to the first sensor and the second sensor. The computing device is configured to receive image data from the first sensor and point cloud data from the second sensor, parameterize one or more 2D lines from image data, parameterize one or more 3D lines from point cloud data, align the one or more 2D lines with the one or more 3D lines by solving a registration problem formulated as a mixed integer linear program to simultaneously solve for a projection transform vector and a data association set, and generate a data mesh comprising the image data aligned with the point cloud data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.
    Inventors: Steven A. Parkison, Jeffrey M. Walls, Ryan W. Wolcott, Mohammad Saad, Ryan M. Eustice
  • Publication number: 20210374432
    Abstract: A sensor calibration system for a vehicle includes one or more processors. The system also includes a memory communicably coupled to the one or more processors and storing a sensor calibration module including instructions that when executed by the one or more processors cause the one or more processors to, for an environment sensor of the vehicle, determine if the sensor can detect at least a predetermined number of viable reference features in an environment of the vehicle. The module also includes processor-executable instructions to, if the sensor cannot not detect at least a predetermined number of viable reference features, determine at least one suggested positional arrangement of viable reference features with respect to a current position the sensor. The module also includes processor-executable instructions to generate instructions to arrange viable reference features in the at least one suggested positional arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Shunsho Kaku, Mohammad Saad
  • Publication number: 20210082148
    Abstract: A system for determining the rigid-body transformation between 2D image data and 3D point cloud data includes a first sensor configured to capture image data of an environment, a second sensor configured to capture point cloud data of the environment; and a computing device communicatively coupled to the first sensor and the second sensor. The computing device is configured to receive image data from the first sensor and point cloud data from the second sensor, parameterize one or more 2D lines from image data, parameterize one or more 3D lines from point cloud data, align the one or more 2D lines with the one or more 3D lines by solving a registration problem formulated as a mixed integer linear program to simultaneously solve for a projection transform vector and a data association set, and generate a data mesh comprising the image data aligned with the point cloud data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.
    Inventors: Steven A. Parkison, Jeffrey M. Walls, Ryan W. Wolcott, Mohammad Saad, Ryan M. Eustice
  • Patent number: 10637985
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a system for locating a mobile phone in a vehicle is provided. The system includes one or more processors and a memory communicably coupled to the one or more processors and storing a detection module and a safety module. The detection module including instructions that when executed by the one or more processors cause the one or more processors to: determine that a mobile phone is located in a vehicle. The safety module including instructions that when executed by the one or more processors cause the one or more processors to: in response to the determination, play a sound in the vehicle; record the sound played in the vehicle; based on the recorded sound and a sound model, determine if the mobile phone is in a driver seat of the vehicle; and if it is determined that the mobile phone is in the driver seat of the vehicle, disable at least some functionality of the mobile phone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Toyota Research Institute, Inc.
    Inventor: Mohammad Saad