Patents by Inventor Nicolas F. Meuleau

Nicolas F. Meuleau 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).

  • Publication number: 20220374712
    Abstract: A behavior planner for a vehicle generates a plurality of conditional action sequences of the vehicle using a tree search algorithm and heuristics obtained from one or more machine learning models. Each sequence corresponds to a sequence of anticipated states of the vehicle. At least some of the action sequences are provided to a motion selector of the vehicle. The motion selector generates motion-control directives based on the received conditional action sequences and on data received from one or more sensors of the vehicle, and transmits the directives to control subsystems of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua D. Redding, Luke B. Johnson, Martin Levihn, Nicolas F. Meuleau, Sebastian Brechtel
  • Patent number: 11403526
    Abstract: A behavior planner for a vehicle generates a plurality of conditional action sequences of the vehicle using a tree search algorithm and heuristics obtained from one or more machine learning models. Each sequence corresponds to a sequence of anticipated states of the vehicle. At least some of the action sequences are provided to a motion selector of the vehicle. The motion selector generates motion-control directives based on the received conditional action sequences and on data received from one or more sensors of the vehicle, and transmits the directives to control subsystems of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua D. Redding, Luke B. Johnson, Martin Levihn, Nicolas F. Meuleau, Sebastian Brechtel
  • Publication number: 20200401892
    Abstract: A behavior planner for a vehicle generates a plurality of conditional action sequences of the vehicle using a tree search algorithm and heuristics obtained from one or more machine learning models. Each sequence corresponds to a sequence of anticipated states of the vehicle. At least some of the action sequences are provided to a motion selector of the vehicle. The motion selector generates motion-control directives based on the received conditional action sequences and on data received from one or more sensors of the vehicle, and transmits the directives to control subsystems of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua D. Redding, Luke B. Johnson, Martin Levihn, Nicolas F. Meuleau, Sebastian Brechtel
  • Patent number: 10769525
    Abstract: A behavior planner for a vehicle generates a plurality of conditional action sequences of the vehicle using a tree search algorithm and heuristics obtained from one or more machine learning models. Each sequence corresponds to a sequence of anticipated states of the vehicle. At least some of the action sequences are provided to a motion selector of the vehicle. The motion selector generates motion-control directives based on the received conditional action sequences and on data received from one or more sensors of the vehicle, and transmits the directives to control subsystems of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua D. Redding, Luke B. Johnson, Martin Levihn, Nicolas F. Meuleau, Sebastian Brechtel
  • Publication number: 20180089563
    Abstract: A behavior planner for a vehicle generates a plurality of conditional action sequences of the vehicle using a tree search algorithm and heuristics obtained from one or more machine learning models. Each sequence corresponds to a sequence of anticipated states of the vehicle. At least some of the action sequences are provided to a motion selector of the vehicle. The motion selector generates motion-control directives based on the received conditional action sequences and on data received from one or more sensors of the vehicle, and transmits the directives to control subsystems of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua D. Redding, Luke B. Johnson, Martin Levihn, Nicolas F. Meuleau, Sebastian Brechtel