Patents by Inventor Peter William Rander

Peter William Rander 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: 10852721
    Abstract: Systems and methods for autonomous vehicle testing are provided. In one example embodiment, a computer implemented method includes obtaining, by a computing system including one or more computing devices, simulated perception data indicative of one or more simulated states of at least one simulated object within a surrounding environment of an autonomous vehicle. The computer-implemented method includes determining, by the computing system, a motion of the autonomous vehicle based at least in part on the simulated perception data. The computer-implemented method includes causing, by the computing system, the autonomous vehicle to travel in accordance with the determined motion of the autonomous vehicle through the surrounding environment of the autonomous vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: UATC, LLC
    Inventors: Jessica Elizabeth Smith, Eric Michael Perko, Michael Lee Phillips, Colin Jeffrey Green, Randy Warner, Peter William Rander
  • Patent number: 8774950
    Abstract: A method and system for controlling an apparatus including receiving data indicative of an actual state of the apparatus, defining a first viewpoint relative to at least one of the environment and the apparatus, determining a first predicted state of the apparatus at time T, determining a first predicted state of the environment at time T, producing a first virtualized view from the first viewpoint, sending a first control signal to the apparatus after producing the first virtualized view, defining a second viewpoint relative to at least one of the apparatus and the environment, determining a second predicted state of the apparatus at time T+delta T, determining a second predicted state of the environment at time T+delta T, producing the second virtualized view from the second viewpoint, sending a second control signal to the apparatus after producing the second virtualized view, and changing the actual state of the apparatus based on the first control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Carnegie Mellon University
    Inventors: Alonzo James Kelly, Herman Herman, Peter William Rander, Randon Warner
  • Publication number: 20110066262
    Abstract: A method and system for controlling an apparatus including receiving data indicative of an actual state of the apparatus, defining a first viewpoint relative to at least one of the environment and the apparatus, determining a first predicted state of the apparatus at time T, determining a first predicted state of the environment at time T, producing a first virtualized view from the first viewpoint, sending a first control signal to the apparatus after producing the first virtualized view, defining a second viewpoint relative to at least one of the apparatus and the environment, determining a second predicted state of the apparatus at time T+delta T, determining a second predicted state of the environment at time T+delta T, producing the second virtualized view from the second viewpoint, sending a second control signal to the apparatus after producing the second virtualized view, and changing the actual state of the apparatus based on the first control signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2009
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Applicant: CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Alonzo James Kelly, Herman Herman, Peter William Rander, Randon Warner