Patents by Inventor Satyajit P. Patne

Satyajit P. Patne 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: 12227176
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining, by a transport, a potential impact with an object at a location in a lane on a road and, when a distance away from the location exists within the lane, maneuvering, by the transport, the distance within the lane to avoid the potential impact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Stephen Paul McFarland, Jr., Satyajit P. Patne, Albert Scott Ludwin
  • Publication number: 20250050909
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining a sensor on a transport is not functioning properly, determining a severity of the malfunction, responsive to the severity exceeding a threshold, lowering an autonomous level of the transport, and responsive to the severity continuing to exceed the threshold, limiting an operation of the transport based on an intended output of the malfunctioning sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Applicant: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Satyajit P. Patne, Ryan N. Wilson, Stephen Paul McFarland, JR.
  • Patent number: 12190099
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of downloading an update of a non-volatile electrically erasable memory storage of a vehicle, determining whether the memory storage is arranged in one of a block of bytes of memory and an individual byte of memory, selecting a programming protocol based on the memory storage arrangement and writing the memory storage based on the selected programming protocol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Edward Allen Cain, Jr., Satyajit P. Patne, Russell K. Barker, Ryan N. Wilson, Ismail Thanickel
  • Publication number: 20240413979
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of creating, by a transport, a digital key when the transport is powered on, wherein the digital key relates to an identity of an occupant of the transport, creating, by the transport, a digital sub-key that is related to the digital key, using, by the transport, the digital key during processing of a first set of functions, and using, by the transport, the digital sub-key during processing of a second set of functions that are more critical than the first set of functions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2024
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Satyajit P. Patne, Ismail Thanickel, Edward Allen Cain, JR.
  • Publication number: 20240400059
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining, by a transport, data to be forwarded to one or more devices associated with each of one or more occupants based on a type of the data and characteristics of the one or more occupants, and forwarding, by the transport, one or more portions of the data based on the determining.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Edward Allen Cain, JR., Satyajit P. Patne
  • Patent number: 12151702
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining a sensor on a transport is not functioning properly, determining a severity of the malfunction, responsive to the severity exceeding a threshold, lowering an autonomous level of the transport, and responsive to the severity continuing to exceed the threshold, limiting an operation of the transport based on an intended output of the malfunctioning sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Satyajit P. Patne, Ryan N. Wilson, Stephen Paul McFarland, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20240351589
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining a portion of memory in a transport to store data, establishing a timeframe when the data may be accessed based on a type of the data, and clearing the data from the portion of memory after the timeframe. The type of the data may be related to one or more of the transport and an occupant of the transport. A length of the timeframe is inversely proportional to a criticality of the type of the data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2024
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Roger J. Baker, Satyajit P. Patne
  • Patent number: 12118829
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of receiving, by a transport, first data from a first device, wherein the first device is affixed to the transport, receiving, by the transport, second data from a second device, wherein the second device is detachably attached to the transport and wherein the first data and the second data constitute a same unit of measure, and displaying, by the transport, a value based on the first data and the second data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Stephen Paul McFarland, Jr., Satyajit P. Patne, Edward Allen Cain, Jr., Brian D. McFarland
  • Publication number: 20240330885
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of receiving, by a server, a request for particular data, determining, by the server, a transport that can provide the particular data based on one or more current settings of the transport and a current route of the transport, requesting, by the server, the transport to provide the particular data for a value, and receiving, by the server, the particular data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Edward Allen Cain, JR., Satyajit P. Patne
  • Publication number: 20240303211
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of sending data from a component on a transport to at least one other component on the transport in at least one location on a bus, comparing the data at the at least one other component to a threshold, and sending a notification, by the at least one other component, to a processor when the data is outside the threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2024
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Satyajit P. Patne, Edward Allen Cain, Jr., Stephen Paul McFarland, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20240296248
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of utilizing data, by a transport, for a period of time according to a license file, removing a first type of the data, by the transport, while the transport is operating, removing a second type of the data, by the transport when the transport ceases operating, and retaining a third type of data in memory after the transport ceases operating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2024
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Edward Allen Cain, JR., Satyajit P. Patne
  • Publication number: 20240296466
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of performing, by a transport, validation of a service that is utilized at a first time, in response to the validation at the first time, transferring, by the transport, a portion of a value related to the service, performing, by the transport, at least one other validation of the service that is utilized at a second time, wherein the second time is later than the first time, and in response to the at least one other validation at the second time, transferring, by the transport, a second portion of the value related to the service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2024
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventor: Satyajit P. Patne
  • Patent number: 12079616
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of receiving a request for an application from a vehicle; responsive to the request, pushing a version of the application to the vehicle; installing the application when a mode of the vehicle is set to at least one of a testing mode, a development mode, and a service mode; and performing at least one of testing a functionality of the vehicle by the application, validating the application, and modifying the application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignees: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Edward Allen Cain, Jr., Satyajit P. Patne, Ryan N. Wilson
  • Patent number: 12062027
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of receiving, by a server, a request for particular data, determining, by the server, a transport that can provide the particular data based on one or more current settings of the transport and a current route of the transport, requesting, by the server, the transport to provide the particular data for a value, and receiving, by the server, the particular data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Edward Allen Cain, Jr., Satyajit P. Patne
  • Patent number: 12054157
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining a portion of memory in a transport to store data, establishing a timeframe when the data may be accessed based on a type of the data, and clearing the data from the portion of memory after the timeframe. The type of the data may be related to one or more of the transport and an occupant of the transport. A length of the timeframe is inversely proportional to a criticality of the type of the data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Roger J. Baker, Satyajit P. Patne
  • Patent number: 12021970
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of creating, by a transport, a digital key when the transport is powered on, wherein the digital key relates to an identity of an occupant of the transport, creating, by the transport, a digital sub-key that is related to the digital key, using, by the transport, the digital key during processing of a first set of functions, and using, by the transport, the digital sub-key during processing of a second set of functions that are more critical than the first set of functions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Satyajit P. Patne, Ismail Thanickel, Edward Allen Cain, Jr.
  • Patent number: 12019574
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of sending data from a component on a transport to at least one other component on the transport in at least one location on a bus, comparing the data at the at least one other component to a threshold, and sending a notification, by the at least one other component, to a processor when the data is outside the threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Satyajit P. Patne, Edward Allen Cain, Jr., Stephen Paul McFarland, Jr.
  • Patent number: 12008100
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining a first output impedance of a first electronic control unit, determining a second output impedance of a second electronic control unit in response to the first output impedance is outside of a range of a first threshold of the first electronic control unit, and notifying in response to a difference between the second output impedance and a second threshold of the second electronic control unit is less than a further difference between the first output impedance and the first threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Satyajit P. Patne, Ryan N. Wilson
  • Patent number: 12004118
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining, by a first node, a location of an aberration on a second node, determining, by the first node, a third node able to document the aberration for a minimum period of time, notifying, by the first node, the third node to document the aberration for the minimum period of time in a first mode, and receiving, by the first node, the documentation in the first mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Stephen Paul McFarland, Jr., Satyajit P. Patne, Albert Scott Ludwin
  • Patent number: 11995663
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of performing, by a transport, validation of a service that is utilized at a first time, in response to the validation at the first time, transferring, by the transport, a portion of a value related to the service, performing, by the transport, at least one other validation of the service that is utilized at a second time, wherein the second time is later than the first time, and in response to the at least one other validation at the second time, transferring, by the transport, a second portion of the value related to the service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventor: Satyajit P. Patne