Patents by Inventor Nikos Arechiga

Nikos Arechiga 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: 11934476
    Abstract: A method for search construct validation is described. The method includes determining a construct of a search query recognized on a search engine of a third party webpage and related constructs represented in a plurality of search results generated based on the search query. The method includes mapping the determined construct to the related constructs represented in the plurality of search results generated based on the search query. The method includes generating a knowledge graph illustrating the mapping between the determined construct and the related constructs and a hierarchy and a strength of a conceptual relationship between the determined construct and the related constructs. The method includes displaying, via an interactive user interface, an interactive graph illustrating the mapping between the determined construct and the plurality of related constructs and the hierarchy and the strength of the conceptual relationship between the determined construct and the plurality of related constructs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.
    Inventors: Shabnam Hakimi, Charlene C. Wu, Matthew Len Lee, Nikos Arechiga
  • Patent number: 11918535
    Abstract: Systems and methods for a powered, robotic exoskeleton, or exosuit, for a user's limbs and body are provided. The exosuit may be equipped with airbag devices mounted at various locations on the suit. The exosuit may include on-board computing equipment that can sense, compute control commands in real-time, and actuate limbs and airbags to restore stability (fall prevention) and minimize injuries due to falls, should they happen (fall protection).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.
    Inventors: Jonathan Decastro, Soon Ho Kong, Nikos Arechiga Gonzalez, Frank Permenter, Dennis Park
  • Publication number: 20240027203
    Abstract: A method for an electric vehicle trip simulator is described. The method includes determining parameters for an upcoming trip of an electric vehicle, including at least a start location and a destination location. The method also includes analyzing data associated with a plurality of points of interest between the start location and the destination location. The method further includes selecting a set of locations from the plurality of points of interest for the upcoming trip of the electric vehicle, according to the analyzing of the data. The method also includes displaying a travel order recommendation associated with the set of locations selected for the upcoming trip of the electric vehicle, including at least one charging station location according to a current charge capacity of the electric vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicants: TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Francine CHEN, Emily Sarah SUMNER, Scott CARTER, Rumen ILIEV, Nikos ARECHIGA GONZALEZ, Alexandre Leo Stephen FILIPOWICZ
  • Publication number: 20230409880
    Abstract: Systems and methods for generating predicted preferences are disclosed. The method includes implementing, with a computing device having a processor and a non-transitory computer-readable memory, a conjoint architecture comprising: an autoencoder trained to transform input data including one or more choices and one or more features into a latent representation, and a choice classification network trained to predict one or more predicted preferences from the latent representation extracted by the autoencoder. The method further includes outputting, from the choice classification network, the one or more predicted preferences.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicants: Toyota Research Institute, Inc., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yanxia Zhang, Francine R. Chen, Rumen Iliev, Totte Harinen, Alexandre L.S. Filipowicz, Yin-Ying Chen, Nikos Arechiga Gonzalez, Shabnam Hakimi, Kenton Michael Lyons, Charlene C. Wu, Matthew E. Klenk
  • Patent number: 11829275
    Abstract: Systems and methods for generating and evaluating driving scenarios with varying difficulty levels is provided. The disclosed systems and methods may be used to develop a suite of regression tests that track the progress of an autonomous driving stack. A robustness trace of a temporal logic formula may be computed from an always-eventually fragment using a computation graph. The robustness trace may be approximated by a smoothly differentiable computation graph, which can be implemented in existing machine learning programming frameworks. The systems and methods provided herein may be useful in automatic test case generation for autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignees: TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC., THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Nikos Arechiga Gonzalez, Karen Y. Leung, Marco Pavone
  • Patent number: 11801852
    Abstract: A method performed by an autonomous vehicle includes identifying a condition preventing the autonomous vehicle from proceeding along an intended route. The method also includes prompting a passenger of the autonomous vehicle to interact with a driver of a first vehicle in response to identifying the condition. The method further includes receiving, from the passenger, an input at an interface of the autonomous vehicle indicating a successful interaction or an unsuccessful interaction with the driver. The method also includes controlling the autonomous vehicle to proceed along the intended route based on the input indicating the successful interaction with the driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.
    Inventors: Soonho Kong, Jonathan Decastro, Nikos Arechiga, Frank Permenter
  • Patent number: 11745732
    Abstract: A method for certified control of a self-driving ego vehicle is described. The method includes analyzing a safety situation of the self-driving ego vehicle to determine a proposed vehicle control action using a main controller of the self-driving ego vehicle. The method also includes presenting, by the main controller, the proposed vehicle control action to an interlock controller, including a certificate of the proposed vehicle control action. The method further includes checking a safety certification evidence from the certificate by the interlock controller using a predefined safety argument to verify the safety certification evidence of the certificate. The method also includes directing, by a low-level controller, the self-driving ego vehicle to perform a certified vehicle control action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignees: TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC., MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Daniel Jackson, Jonathan Decastro, Soon Ho Kong, Nikos Arechiga Gonzalez, Dimitrios Koutentakis, Feng Ping Angela Leong, Mike Meichang Wang, Xin Zhang
  • Patent number: 11721139
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to informing a user how a hypothetical electric vehicle would perform based on the driving habits of the user in a non-electric vehicle. In one embodiment, a method includes identifying an origin and a destination of a non-electric vehicle after the non-electric vehicle has arrived at the destination. The method includes determining energy information for a hypothetical electric vehicle traveling from the origin to the destination and outputting the energy information to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Toyota Research Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexandre Filipowicz, David Ayman Shamma, Nikos Arechiga Gonzalez, Matthew L. Lee, Scott Carter
  • Publication number: 20230237553
    Abstract: A method for use of elicited factors to inform intervention suggestions is described. The method includes identifying a demographic of a user according to a background of the user. The method also includes predicting factors including an associated set of barriers and/or motivators regarding a preference according to the demographic of the user. The method further includes predicting a plurality of interventions to shift the preference of the user according to the associated set of barriers and/or motivators. The method also includes presenting a selected one of the plurality of determined interventions to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.
    Inventors: Francine R. CHEN, Nikos ARECHIGA GONZALEZ, Emily Sarah SUMNER, Rumen ILIEV, Scott CARTER
  • Publication number: 20230215225
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to informing a user how a hypothetical electric vehicle would perform based on the driving habits of the user in a non-electric vehicle. In one embodiment, a method includes identifying an origin and a destination of a non-electric vehicle after the non-electric vehicle has arrived at the destination. The method includes determining energy information for a hypothetical electric vehicle traveling from the origin to the destination and outputting the energy information to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2022
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Alexandre Filipowicz, David Ayman Shamma, Nikos Arechiga Gonzalez, Matthew L. Lee, Scott Carter
  • Publication number: 20230185997
    Abstract: A method for machine-assisted collaborative product design is described. The method includes training a neural network to simulate a plurality of stakeholder personas in a product review process to provide a plurality of stakeholder models. The method also includes simulating, using the plurality of stakeholder models, the plurality of stakeholder personas in the product review process of a potential product. The method further includes aggregating individual scores output from the plurality of stakeholder models corresponding to each of the plurality of stakeholder personas regarding the potential product; wherein each of the individual scores corresponds to a stakeholder persona and that stakeholder persona's reaction to the potential product. The method also includes displaying a summary providing an overview of the aggregated individual scores regarding the potential product to a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.
    Inventors: Shabnam HAKIMI, Scott CARTER, Jonathan A. DECASTRO, Emily S. SUMNER, Yue WENG, Nikos ARECHIGA
  • Publication number: 20230177114
    Abstract: System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to a manner of determining an interpretable model from experimental data using tokenization in a prediction model. In one embodiment, a method includes outputting a bit pattern of probable tokens generated from raw data using a model. The method also includes converting, using the model, the bit pattern into output tokens and parsing the output tokens into a symbolic expression. The method also includes fitting symbolic parameters from the symbolic expression into an interpretable model for accuracy. The method also includes estimating an operational behavior and signal output of a vehicle system according to the interpretable model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicants: Toyota Research Institute, Inc., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Nikos Arechiga Gonzalez, Rumen Iliev, Francine Chen, Yin-ying Chen, Kent Lyons, Yanxia Zhang, Heishiro Toyoda
  • Publication number: 20230136179
    Abstract: A method for search construct validation is described. The method includes determining a construct of a search query recognized on a search engine of a third party webpage and related constructs represented in a plurality of search results generated based on the search query. The method includes mapping the determined construct to the related constructs represented in the plurality of search results generated based on the search query. The method includes generating a knowledge graph illustrating the mapping between the determined construct and the related constructs and a hierarchy and a strength of a conceptual relationship between the determined construct and the related constructs. The method includes displaying, via an interactive user interface, an interactive graph illustrating the mapping between the determined construct and the plurality of related constructs and the hierarchy and the strength of the conceptual relationship between the determined construct and the plurality of related constructs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.
    Inventors: Shabnam HAKIMI, Charlene C. WU, Matthew Len LEE, Nikos ARECHIGA
  • Publication number: 20230127614
    Abstract: Systems and methods for generating prototypes are disclosed. In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method of creating a prototype includes receiving one or more input design parameters, generating, using a first neural network, a plurality of prototypes based on the one or more input design parameters, generating, using a second neural network, one or more decoy prototypes, and presenting, by an electronic display, a report including at least a portion of the plurality of prototypes and at least one of the one or more decoy prototypes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: Toyota Research Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Yue Weng, Emily Sumner, Shabnam Hakimi, Nikos Arechiga, Jonathan A. DeCastro
  • Publication number: 20230131741
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing a design with consumer feedback are provided. The method may include receiving a design within a design environment, wherein the design comprises a plurality of attributes. The method may further include automatically generating, using a computer model, consumer-based feedback regarding at least one attribute of the plurality of attributes. The method may additionally include presenting the consumer-based feedback within the design environment in real-time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: Toyota Research Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan A. DeCastro, Shabnam Hakimi, Emily Sumner, Yue Weng, Nikos Arechiga
  • Publication number: 20230116792
    Abstract: A method for statistical data clarification is described. The method includes determining a relevance of statistical data according to a textual context of a statistical data detected within a document viewed by a user. The method also includes establishing a frame of reference for the statistical data according to the textual context and a determined relevance of the statistical data detected within the document viewed by the user. The method further includes generating, according to the frame of reference, at least one analogy that corresponds to the statistical data. The method also includes displaying the at least one analogy to the user to assist the user in understanding and using the statistical data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.
    Inventors: Shabnam HAKIMI, Charlene C. WU, Matthew Len LEE, Nikos ARECHIGA
  • Publication number: 20230114736
    Abstract: A method for goal progression and visualization is described. The method includes generating a graph-like structure according to user specified goals along with their associated timeframes and desired outcomes. The method also includes converting the graph-like structure into a topological landscape of hills and valleys representing the user specified goals along with the associated timeframes and desired outcomes. The method further includes displaying the topological landscape of hills and valleys representing the user specified goals along with the associated timeframes and desired outcomes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.
    Inventors: Shabnam Hakimi, Matthew Len Lee, Charlene C. Wu, Nikos Arechiga
  • Publication number: 20230109377
    Abstract: A method to generate a digital avatar simulating a human for behavioral empathy and understanding is described. The method includes training a neural network to generate the digital avatar to simulate the human according to a vector of human attributes and generate responses in response to interactions with a user based on the vector of human attributes. The method also includes interacting, by the user, with the digital avatar, in which the digital avatar initially having a similar background and attributes as the user. The method further includes modifying, over time, the attributes of the digital avatar to represent a target background and a target set of attributes different from the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2021
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.
    Inventors: Nikos ARECHIGA, Matthew Len LEE, Charlene C. WU, Shabnam HAKIMI
  • Publication number: 20230083838
    Abstract: In accordance with one embodiment, a system includes a processor, a memory module communicatively coupled to the processor, an NLP module communicatively coupled to the processor, and a set of machine-readable instructions stored in the memory module. The machine-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, direct the processor to perform operations including receiving a text data, and receiving a training text data for training one or more models of the NLP module. The operations also include generating, with a novice model of the NLP module, a novice suggestion based on the text data and the training text data to present an idea related to the text data, generating, with an expert model of the NLP module, an expert suggestion based on the text data and the training text data to present an idea elaborating on the text data, and outputting the novice suggestion and/or the expert suggestion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: Toyota Research Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Emily Sumner, Nikos Arechiga, Yue Weng, Shabnam Hakimi, Jonathan A. DeCastro
  • Publication number: 20230071550
    Abstract: A system includes a processor configured to build a model of human behavior that can be assigned to a simulated human, where the model is trained on a dataset of interactions between humans, and parameters of the model can be adjusted. The processor is further configured to build a model of a task to be engaged in by a plurality of simulated humans, simulate interactions between the plurality of simulated humans, and display behavior of the simulated humans and information about the interactions between the simulated humans during simulated interactions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Applicant: Toyota Research Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Lee, Shabnam Hakimi, Nikos Arechiga, Charlene C. Wu