Patents by Inventor Pieter Kapsenberg

Pieter Kapsenberg 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: 20220080990
    Abstract: The technology relates to partially redundant equipment architectures for vehicles able to operate in an autonomous driving mode. Aspects of the technology employ fallback configurations, such as two or more fallback sensor configurations that provide some minimum amount of field of view (FOV) around the vehicle. For instance, different sensor arrangements are logically associated with different operating domains of the vehicle. Fallback configurations for computing resources and/or power resources are also provided. Each fallback configuration may have different reasons for being triggered, and may result in different types of fallback modes of operation. Triggering conditions may relate, e.g., to a type of failure, fault or other reduction in component capability, the current driving mode, environmental conditions in the vicinity of vehicle or along a planned route, or other factors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Emily Chi, Ryan Joseph Andrade, Andreas Wendel, Michael James, Christian Lauterbach, Etai Bruhis, Christopher Kennedy Ludwick, Alexander Zbrozek, Pieter Kapsenberg, Zhuyuan Liu, Daniel Rosenband
  • Patent number: 11208111
    Abstract: The technology relates to partially redundant equipment architectures for vehicles able to operate in an autonomous driving mode. Aspects of the technology employ fallback configurations, such as two or more fallback sensor configurations that provide some minimum amount of field of view (FOV) around the vehicle. For instance, different sensor arrangements are logically associated with different operating domains of the vehicle. Fallback configurations for computing resources and/or power resources are also provided. Each fallback configuration may have different reasons for being triggered, and may result in different types of fallback modes of operation. Triggering conditions may relate, e.g., to a type of failure, fault or other reduction in component capability, the current driving mode, environmental conditions in the vicinity of vehicle or along a planned route, or other factors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Waymo LLC
    Inventors: Emily Chi, Ryan Joseph Andrade, Andreas Wendel, Michael James, Christian Lauterbach, Etai Bruhis, Christopher Kennedy Ludwick, Alexander Zbrozek, Pieter Kapsenberg, Zhuyuan Liu, Daniel Rosenband
  • Publication number: 20210314614
    Abstract: Systems, apparatus, articles, and methods are described including operations for size based transform unit context derivation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: Wenhao Zhang, Yi-Jen Chiu, Pieter Kapsenberg, Lidong Xu, Yu Han, Zhipin Apple Deng, Xiaoxia Cai
  • Patent number: 10904572
    Abstract: Systems, apparatus, articles, and methods are described including operations for size based transform unit context derivation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Wenhao Zhang, Yi-Jen Chiu, Pieter Kapsenberg, Lidong Xu, Yu Han, Zhipin Apple Deng, Xiaoxia Cai
  • Publication number: 20200180653
    Abstract: The technology relates to partially redundant equipment architectures for vehicles able to operate in an autonomous driving mode. Aspects of the technology employ fallback configurations, such as two or more fallback sensor configurations that provide some minimum amount of field of view (FOV) around the vehicle. For instance, different sensor arrangements are logically associated with different operating domains of the vehicle. Fallback configurations for computing resources and/or power resources are also provided. Each fallback configuration may have different reasons for being triggered, and may result in different types of fallback modes of operation. Triggering conditions may relate, e.g., to a type of failure, fault or other reduction in component capability, the current driving mode, environmental conditions in the vicinity of vehicle or along a planned route, or other factors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Emily Chi, Ryan Joseph Andrade, Andreas Wendel, Michael James, Christian Lauterbach, Etai Bruhis, Christopher Kennedy Ludwick, Alexander Zbrozek, Pieter Kapsenberg, Zhuyuan Liu, Daniel Rosenband
  • Publication number: 20180234701
    Abstract: Systems, apparatus, articles, and methods are described including operations for size based transform unit context derivation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Wenhao Zhang, Yi-Jen Chiu, Pieter Kapsenberg, Lidong Xu, Yu Han, Zhipin Apple Deng, Xiaoxia Cai
  • Patent number: 9948953
    Abstract: Systems, apparatus, articles, and methods are described including operations for size based transform unit context derivation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Wenhao Zhang, Yi-Jen Chiu, Pieter Kapsenberg, Lidong Xu, Yu Han, Zhipin Apple Deng, Xiaoxia Cai
  • Patent number: 9799130
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes receiving a spatial feature descriptor representing a binary string of comparison results between specified pairings of N patches in a region of an image, N being an integer greater than one. The method further includes compressing the spatial feature descriptor by determining a minimum number of bits needed to represent N, and generating a sorted array representing a ranking of the N patches based on the binary string of comparison results. Each element of the sorted array is associated with a corresponding patch of the N patches and stores a value representing a ranking of the patch relative to the other N?1 patches and coded using the minimum number of bits needed to represent N. The sorted array may be further compressed using a progressive bit representation decimation process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventor: Pieter Kapsenberg
  • Publication number: 20160073134
    Abstract: Systems, apparatus, articles, and methods are described including operations for size based transform unit context derivation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Wenhao Zhang, Yi-Jen Chiu, Pieter Kapsenberg, Lidong Xu, Yu Han, Zhipin Apple Deng, Xiaoxia Cai
  • Patent number: 9088770
    Abstract: Systems, apparatus, articles, and methods are described including operations for size based transform unit context derivation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Wenhao Zhang, Yi-Jen Chiu, Pieter Kapsenberg, Lidong Xu, Yu Han, Zhipin Apple Deng, Xiaoxia Cai
  • Publication number: 20140050266
    Abstract: Systems, apparatus, articles, and methods are described including operations for size based transform unit context derivation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Inventors: Wenhao Zhang, Yi-Jen Chiu, Pieter Kapsenberg, Lidong Xu, Yu Han, Zhipin Apple Deng, Xiaoxia Cai