Patents by Inventor Sean M. MESSENGER
Sean M. MESSENGER 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).
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Publication number: 20240071221Abstract: A system and method includes an autonomous agent having a communication interface that enables the autonomous agent to communicate with a plurality of infrastructure sensing devices; a plurality of distinct health monitors that monitor distinct operational aspects of the autonomous agent; an autonomous state machine that computes a plurality of allowed operating states of the autonomous agent based on inputs from the plurality of distinct health monitors; a plurality of distinct autonomous controllers that generate a plurality of distinct autonomous control instructions; and an arbiter of autonomous control instructions that: collects, as a first input, the plurality of autonomous control instructions generated by each of the plurality of distinct autonomous controllers; collects, as a second input, data relating to the plurality of allowed operating state of the autonomous agent; and selectively enables only a subset of the autonomous control instructions to pass to driving components of the autonomous agentType: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: Steve Vozar, Edwin Olson, Sean M. Messenger, Collin Johnson
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Patent number: 11847913Abstract: A system and method includes an autonomous agent having a communication interface that enables the autonomous agent to communicate with a plurality of infrastructure sensing devices; a plurality of distinct health monitors that monitor distinct operational aspects of the autonomous agent; an autonomous state machine that computes a plurality of allowed operating states of the autonomous agent based on inputs from the plurality of distinct health monitors; a plurality of distinct autonomous controllers that generate a plurality of distinct autonomous control instructions; and an arbiter of autonomous control instructions that: collects, as a first input, the plurality of autonomous control instructions generated by each of the plurality of distinct autonomous controllers; collects, as a second input, data relating to the plurality of allowed operating state of the autonomous agent; and selectively enables only a subset of the autonomous control instructions to pass to driving components of the autonomous agentType: GrantFiled: September 8, 2020Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: May Mobility, Inc.Inventors: Steve Vozar, Edwin Olson, Sean M. Messenger, Collin Johnson
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Patent number: 10948584Abstract: Time of Flight ranging using double-sided two-way ranging (DS-TWR) is a conventional method of ranging with ultra-wideband (UWB) radios and has been shown to have ranging accuracies on the order of tens of centimeters. This approach requires several transmissions for each range measurement, which does not scale well for multi-agent robotics because of the bandwidth needed for ranging measurements. This disclosure proposes a latent model for clock frequencies using a factor graph that enables greater consistency of clock synchronization and increases the rate of useful range measurements. This model is an effective and robust improvement to conventional DS-TWR that can leverage shared information from a network of robots. An increase in the rate of range measurements of 232% was obtained as compared to DS-TWR with the same hardware and transmission rate, and with a mean square error of range measurements of 20 cm.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2018Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANInventors: Edwin Olson, Sean M. Messenger, John Mamish
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Publication number: 20200402398Abstract: A system and method includes an autonomous agent having a communication interface that enables the autonomous agent to communicate with a plurality of infrastructure sensing devices; a plurality of distinct health monitors that monitor distinct operational aspects of the autonomous agent; an autonomous state machine that computes a plurality of allowed operating states of the autonomous agent based on inputs from the plurality of distinct health monitors; a plurality of distinct autonomous controllers that generate a plurality of distinct autonomous control instructions; and an arbiter of autonomous control instructions that: collects, as a first input, the plurality of autonomous control instructions generated by each of the plurality of distinct autonomous controllers; collects, as a second input, data relating to the plurality of allowed operating state of the autonomous agent; and selectively enables only a subset of the autonomous control instructions to pass to driving components of the autonomous agentType: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2020Publication date: December 24, 2020Inventors: Steve Vozar, Edwin Olson, Sean M. Messenger, Collin Johnson
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Patent number: 10803745Abstract: A system and method includes an autonomous agent having a communication interface that enables the autonomous agent to communicate with a plurality of infrastructure sensing devices; a plurality of distinct health monitors that monitor distinct operational aspects of the autonomous agent; an autonomous state machine that computes a plurality of allowed operating states of the autonomous agent based on inputs from the plurality of distinct health monitors; a plurality of distinct autonomous controllers that generate a plurality of distinct autonomous control instructions; and an arbiter of autonomous control instructions that: collects, as a first input, the plurality of autonomous control instructions generated by each of the plurality of distinct autonomous controllers; collects, as a second input, data relating to the plurality of allowed operating state of the autonomous agent; and selectively enables only a subset of the autonomous control instructions to pass to driving components of the autonomous agentType: GrantFiled: January 30, 2020Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: May Mobility, Inc.Inventors: Steve Vozar, Edwin Olson, Sean M. Messenger, Collin Johnson
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Publication number: 20200168085Abstract: A system and method includes an autonomous agent having a communication interface that enables the autonomous agent to communicate with a plurality of infrastructure sensing devices; a plurality of distinct health monitors that monitor distinct operational aspects of the autonomous agent; an autonomous state machine that computes a plurality of allowed operating states of the autonomous agent based on inputs from the plurality of distinct health monitors; a plurality of distinct autonomous controllers that generate a plurality of distinct autonomous control instructions; and an arbiter of autonomous control instructions that: collects, as a first input, the plurality of autonomous control instructions generated by each of the plurality of distinct autonomous controllers; collects, as a second input, data relating to the plurality of allowed operating state of the autonomous agent; and selectively enables only a subset of the autonomous control instructions to pass to driving components of the autonomous agentType: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2020Publication date: May 28, 2020Inventors: Steve Vozar, Edwin Olson, Sean M. Messenger, Collin Johnson
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Patent number: 10614709Abstract: A system and method includes an autonomous agent having a communication interface that enables the autonomous agent to communicate with a plurality of infrastructure sensing devices; a plurality of distinct health monitors that monitor distinct operational aspects of the autonomous agent; an autonomous state machine that computes a plurality of allowed operating states of the autonomous agent based on inputs from the plurality of distinct health monitors; a plurality of distinct autonomous controllers that generate a plurality of distinct autonomous control instructions; and an arbiter of autonomous control instructions that: collects, as a first input, the plurality of autonomous control instructions generated by each of the plurality of distinct autonomous controllers; collects, as a second input, data relating to the plurality of allowed operating state of the autonomous agent; and selectively enables only a subset of the autonomous control instructions to pass to driving components of the autonomous agentType: GrantFiled: July 8, 2019Date of Patent: April 7, 2020Assignee: May Mobility, Inc.Inventors: Steve Vozar, Edwin Olson, Sean M. Messenger, Collin Johnson
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Publication number: 20200035098Abstract: A system and method includes an autonomous agent having a communication interface that enables the autonomous agent to communicate with a plurality of infrastructure sensing devices; a plurality of distinct health monitors that monitor distinct operational aspects of the autonomous agent; an autonomous state machine that computes a plurality of allowed operating states of the autonomous agent based on inputs from the plurality of distinct health monitors; a plurality of distinct autonomous controllers that generate a plurality of distinct autonomous control instructions; and an arbiter of autonomous control instructions that: collects, as a first input, the plurality of autonomous control instructions generated by each of the plurality of distinct autonomous controllers; collects, as a second input, data relating to the plurality of allowed operating state of the autonomous agent; and selectively enables only a subset of the autonomous control instructions to pass to driving components of the autonomous agentType: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2019Publication date: January 30, 2020Inventors: Steve Vozar, Edwin Olson, Sean M. Messenger, Collin Johnson
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Publication number: 20180267162Abstract: Time of Flight ranging using double-sided two-way ranging (DS-TWR) is a conventional method of ranging with ultra-wideband (UWB) radios and has been shown to have ranging accuracies on the order of tens of centimeters. This approach requires several transmissions for each range measurement, which does not scale well for multi-agent robotics because of the bandwidth needed for ranging measurements. This disclosure proposes a latent model for clock frequencies using a factor graph that enables greater consistency of clock synchronization and increases the rate of useful range measurements. This model is an effective and robust improvement to conventional DS-TWR that can leverage shared information from a network of robots. An increase in the rate of range measurements of 232% was obtained as compared to DS-TWR with the same hardware and transmission rate, and with a mean square error of range measurements of 20 cm.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2018Publication date: September 20, 2018Inventors: Edwin OLSON, Sean M. MESSENGER, John MAMISH