Patents by Inventor Rahul Narula

Rahul Narula 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: 12123728
    Abstract: Service disruption prevention through monitoring dynamic geofencing is disclosed. The present disclosure seeks to prevent (or drastically reduce the probability) mass vehicle recovery events due to fragile portions of the map. Tooling is used to actively monitor chokepoints and new avoidance areas. Comprised by the operational design domain (ODD), geofences are actively changed in response to the state of the chokepoints and avoidance areas. Varying states can be assigned to a plurality of geofences within the ODD, for example, if a geofence reaches a critical state, one or more areas can be cut off from the ODD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: GM Cruise Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Jaimin Liang-Yan Hsu, Charles Bruce Matlack, Sarah M. Rizk, Rahul Narula, Chung Ngan Ho
  • Publication number: 20240001954
    Abstract: Service disruption prevention through chokepoint identification and monitoring is disclosed. The present disclosure seeks to prevent (or drastically reduce the probability) mass vehicle recovery events due to fragile portions of the map. Choke points are identified by iterating through the lane segments of a map and analyzing the effect of their removal on the service area. Once identified, tooling is used to actively monitor chokepoints using a hybrid polygon with high granularity. Down and upstream effects also can be determined. Based on the monitoring of lane segments and/or areas, location connectivity can be estimated and a map fragility calculated therefrom. If map fragility reaches a critical state, one or more areas can be cut off from the service area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: GM Cruise Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Jaimin Liang-Yan Hsu, Charles Bruce Matlack, Sarah M. Rizk, Rahul Narula, Chung Ngan Ho
  • Publication number: 20240003695
    Abstract: Service disruption prevention through monitoring dynamic geofencing is disclosed. The present disclosure seeks to prevent (or drastically reduce the probability) mass vehicle recovery events due to fragile portions of the map. Tooling is used to actively monitor chokepoints and new avoidance areas. Comprised by the operational design domain (ODD), geofences are actively changed in response to the state of the chokepoints and avoidance areas. Varying states can be assigned to a plurality of geofences within the ODD, for example, if a geofence reaches a critical state, one or more areas can be cut off from the ODD.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: GM Cruise Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Jaimin Liang-Yan Hsu, Charles Bruce Matlack, Sarah M. Rizk, Rahul Narula, Chung Ngan Ho