Patents by Inventor Niranjan Shenoy Bellare

Niranjan Shenoy Bellare 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: 20230406195
    Abstract: Systems and methods for automated headlamp adjustments for autonomous vehicles are disclosed. In one aspect, an autonomous vehicle includes at least one headlamp configured to generate and emit light to illuminate an environment of the autonomous vehicle, at least one actuator configured to adjust a direction in which the light is emitted from the at least one headlamp, and at least one perception sensor configured to generate perception data based at least in part on the light emitted from the at least one headlamp. The autonomous vehicle further includes a processor configured to receive one or more inputs including a navigational map, determine a headlamp angle based at least in part on the navigational map, and provide a command to the at least one actuator to adjust an orientation of the at least one headlamp based on the headlamp angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Niranjan Shenoy Bellare, Xiaoling Han
  • Publication number: 20230276133
    Abstract: Disclosed are devices, systems and methods for controlling exposure time of an image sensor mounted on a vehicle. One exemplary method includes configuring map data to include location information associated with exposure time information for the image sensor; obtaining an initial exposure time for the image sensor based on the map data; and adjusting the initial exposure time to obtain a target exposure time for the image sensor based on real time parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Niranjan Shenoy BELLARE, Xiaoling HAN
  • Publication number: 20230061054
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods, apparatuses, and computer implemented methods to improve the reliability and safety of the autonomous vehicles. In one aspect, a method for determining an environmental exposure of an autonomous vehicle is disclosed. The method includes obtaining sensor data from one or more shock or vibration sensors mounted to the autonomous vehicle and determining a level of vibrations or a level of shock at the autonomous vehicle based on the obtained sensor data. The method further includes adding the level of vibrations of the autonomous vehicle to an accumulated level of vibrations of the autonomous vehicle and determining whether the accumulated level of vibrations of the autonomous vehicle exceeds a predetermined threshold value for the accumulated level of vibrations of the autonomous vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Ali Reza ABBASPOUR, Niranjan Shenoy BELLARE, Ali Mohamad HOURY, Ravindranath Kallalli HANUMANTHAPPA
  • Publication number: 20230051632
    Abstract: A method of operating an autonomous vehicle includes determining, by the autonomous vehicle, whether a target is in an intended maneuver zone around the autonomous vehicle; generating, by the autonomous vehicle, a signal in response to determining that the target is within the intended maneuver zone around the autonomous vehicle; determining, by the autonomous vehicle and based on perception information acquired by the autonomous vehicle, whether the target has left the intended maneuver zone around the autonomous vehicle; and determining, by the autonomous vehicle, that it is safe to perform the intended maneuver in response to determining, by the autonomous vehicle, that the target is not in the intended maneuver zone or in response to determining, by the autonomous vehicle, that the target has left the intended maneuver zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Niranjan Shenoy Bellare, Ali Reza Abbaspour, Ali Mohamad Houry, Ravindranath Kallalli Hanumanthappa