Patents by Inventor Stefan Heck
Stefan Heck 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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Patent number: 11945435Abstract: An apparatus includes: a first camera configured to view an environment outside a vehicle; a second camera configured to view a driver of the vehicle; and a processing unit configured to receive a first image from the first camera, and a second image from the second camera; wherein the processing unit is configured to determine first information indicating a risk of collision with the vehicle based at least partly on the first image; wherein the processing unit is configured to determine second information indicating a state of the driver based at least partly on the second image; and wherein the processing unit is configured to determine whether to provide a control signal for operating a device or not based on (1) the first information indicating the risk of collision with the vehicle, and (2) the second information indicating the state of the driver.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2021Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Nauto, Inc.Inventors: Benjamin Oren Alpert, Tahmida Binte Mahmud, Alexander Dion Wu, Piyush Chandra, Jeremy Marschke, Gary Kwan, Stefan Heck, Ruslan Belkin, Ilan Hornstein
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Patent number: 11580756Abstract: A method for driver identification including recording a first image of a vehicle driver; extracting a set of values for a set of facial features of the vehicle driver from the first image; determining a filtering parameter; selecting a cluster of driver identifiers from a set of clusters, based on the filtering parameter; computing a probability that the set of values is associated with each driver identifier of the cluster; determining, at the vehicle sensor system, driving characterization data for the driving session; and in response to the computed probability exceeding a first threshold probability: determining that the new set of values corresponds to one driver identifier within the selected cluster, and associating the driving characterization data with the one driver identifier.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2019Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: Nauto, Inc.Inventors: Michael Gleeson-May, Frederick Soo, Stefan Heck
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Patent number: 11485284Abstract: A method for determining distraction of a driver of a vehicle, including sampling sensor measurements at an onboard system of the vehicle; generating an output indicative of a distracted state; determining that the driver of the vehicle is characterized by the distracted state, based on the output; generating, at a second distraction detection module of a remote computing system, a second output indicative that the driver is characterized by the distracted state, based on the sensor measurements; computing a distraction score, at a scoring module of the remote computing system, in response to generating the second output and based on the sensor measurements and the distracted state.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2020Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: Nauto, Inc.Inventors: Ludmila Levkova, Stefan Heck, Benjamin O. Alpert, Ravi Kumar Satzoda, Suchitra Sathyanarayana, Vivek Sekar
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Patent number: 11392131Abstract: Systems and methods for driving. A driving data set for each of plurality of human-driven vehicles is determined. For each driving data set, exterior scene features of an exterior scene of the respective vehicle are extracted from the exterior image data. A driving response model is trained based on the exterior scene features and the vehicle control inputs from the selected driving data sets.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2019Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: Nauto, Inc.Inventors: Ravi Kumar Satzoda, Suchitra Sathyanarayana, Ludmila Levkova, Stefan Heck
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Publication number: 20220036473Abstract: A method for determining an adverse vehicle event, including: sampling sensor data an onboard vehicle system coupled to an ego-vehicle; at the onboard vehicle system, extracting a set of event parameters from the sensor data, wherein the vehicle event data is associated with a vehicle event occurring within the time interval; computing a loss probability based on the set of event parameters in response to the loss probability exceeding a threshold probability, transforming the set of event parameters into insurance claim data; and automatically transmitting the insurance claim data to an endpoint, wherein the endpoint is determined based on the participant identifier.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2021Publication date: February 3, 2022Applicant: Nauto, IncInventors: Alex Thompson, Shobana Sankaran, Charles Hornbaker, Stefan Heck
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Publication number: 20210380115Abstract: An apparatus includes: a first camera configured to view an environment outside a vehicle; a second camera configured to view a driver of the vehicle; and a processing unit configured to receive a first image from the first camera, and a second image from the second camera; wherein the processing unit is configured to determine first information indicating a risk of collision with the vehicle based at least partly on the first image; wherein the processing unit is configured to determine second information indicating a state of the driver based at least partly on the second image; and wherein the processing unit is configured to determine whether to provide a control signal for operating a device or not based on (1) the first information indicating the risk of collision with the vehicle, and (2) the second information indicating the state of the driver.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2021Publication date: December 9, 2021Applicant: Nauto, Inc.Inventors: Benjamin Oren Alpert, Tahmida Binte Mahmud, Alexander Dion Wu, Piyush Chandra, Jeremy Marschke, Gary Kwan, Stefan Heck, Ruslan Belkin, Ilan Hornstein
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Patent number: 11164259Abstract: A method for determining an adverse vehicle event, including: sampling sensor data an onboard vehicle system coupled to an ego-vehicle; at the onboard vehicle system, extracting a set of event parameters from the sensor data, wherein the vehicle event data is associated with a vehicle event occurring within the time interval; computing a loss probability based on the set of event parameters in response to the loss probability exceeding a threshold probability, transforming the set of event parameters into insurance claim data; and automatically transmitting the insurance claim data to an endpoint, wherein the endpoint is determined based on the participant identifier.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2019Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: Nauto, Inc.Inventors: Alex Thompson, Shobana Sankaran, Charles Hornbaker, Stefan Heck
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Publication number: 20210312193Abstract: An apparatus includes: a first camera configured to view an environment outside a vehicle; a second camera configured to view a driver of the vehicle; and a processing unit configured to receive a first image from the first camera, and a second image from the second camera; wherein the processing unit is configured to determine first information indicating a risk of intersection violation based at least partly on the first image; wherein the processing unit is configured to determine second information indicating a state of the driver based at least partly on the second image; and wherein the processing unit is configured to determine whether to provide a control signal for operating a device or not based on (1) the first information indicating the intersection violation, and (2) the second information indicating the state of the driver.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2021Publication date: October 7, 2021Applicant: Nauto, Inc.Inventors: Benjamin Oren Alpert, Tahmida Binte Mahmud, Alexander Dion Wu, Piyush Chandra, Jeremy Marschke, Gary Kwan, Stefan Heck, Ruslan Belkin, Ilan Hornstein
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Publication number: 20210309221Abstract: An apparatus includes: a first camera configured to view an environment outside a vehicle; and a processing unit configured to receive a first image from the first camera; wherein the processing unit is configured to determine a centerline of a road or a lane in which the vehicle is traveling; and wherein the processing unit is configured to determine a region of interest based on the centerline, the region of interest having a geometry that is based on a feature of the centerline.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2021Publication date: October 7, 2021Applicant: Nauto, Inc.Inventors: Benjamin Oren Alpert, Tahmida Binte Mahmud, Alexander Dion Wu, Piyush Chandra, Jeremy Marschke, Gary Kwan, Stefan Heck, Ruslan Belkin, Ilan Hornstein
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Patent number: 11023751Abstract: A method for safe route determination, including determining a geographic risk map for a geographic region, wherein the geographic risk map is determined based on a vehicle event dataset aggregated from a plurality of vehicles enabled with an onboard vehicle system, and automatically determining a route between two locations in the geographic region based on the geographic risk map.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2020Date of Patent: June 1, 2021Assignee: Nauto, Inc.Inventors: Stefan Heck, Suchitra Sathyanarayana, Charles Hornbaker
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Patent number: 11017479Abstract: A method for determining an adverse vehicle event, including: sampling sensor data an onboard vehicle system coupled to an ego-vehicle; at the onboard vehicle system, extracting a set of event parameters from the sensor data, wherein the vehicle event data is associated with a vehicle event occurring within the time interval; computing a loss probability based on the set of event parameters in response to the loss probability exceeding a threshold probability, transforming the set of event parameters into insurance claim data; and automatically transmitting the insurance claim data to an endpoint, wherein the endpoint is determined based on the participant identifier.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2018Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: Nauto, Inc.Inventors: Alex Thompson, Shobana Sankaran, Charles Hornbaker, Stefan Heck
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Publication number: 20200334473Abstract: A method for safe route determination, including determining a geographic risk map for a geographic region, wherein the geographic risk map is determined based on a vehicle event dataset aggregated from a plurality of vehicles enabled with an onboard vehicle system, and automatically determining a route between two locations in the geographic region based on the geographic risk map.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2020Publication date: October 22, 2020Applicant: Nauto, Inc.Inventors: Stefan Heck, Suchitra Sathyanarayana, Charles Hornbaker
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Publication number: 20200331387Abstract: A method for determining distraction of a driver of a vehicle, including sampling sensor measurements at an onboard system of the vehicle; generating an output indicative of a distracted state; determining that the driver of the vehicle is characterized by the distracted state, based on the output; generating, at a second distraction detection module of a remote computing system, a second output indicative that the driver is characterized by the distracted state, based on the sensor measurements; computing a distraction score, at a scoring module of the remote computing system, in response to generating the second output and based on the sensor measurements and the distracted state.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2020Publication date: October 22, 2020Applicant: Nauto, Inc.Inventors: Ludmila Levkova, Stefan Heck, Benjamin O. Alpert, Ravi Kumar Satzoda, Suchitra Sathyanarayana, Vivek Sekar
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Patent number: 10769456Abstract: A method for near-collision detection, including determining a risk map for a vehicle and automatically detecting a near-collision event with an object based on vehicle behavior relative to the risk map.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2018Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: Nauto, Inc.Inventors: Suchitra Sathyanarayana, Ravi Kumar Satzoda, Stefan Heck
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Patent number: 10733460Abstract: A method for safe route determination, including determining a geographic risk map for a geographic region, wherein the geographic risk map is determined based on a vehicle event dataset aggregated from a plurality of vehicles enabled with an onboard vehicle system, and automatically determining a route between two locations in the geographic region based on the geographic risk map.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2018Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: Nauto, Inc.Inventors: Stefan Heck, Suchitra Sathyanarayana, Charles Hornbaker
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Patent number: 10703268Abstract: A method for determining distraction of a driver of a vehicle, including sampling sensor measurements at an onboard system of the vehicle; generating an output indicative of a distracted state; determining that the driver of the vehicle is characterized by the distracted state, based on the output; generating, at a second distraction detection module of a remote computing system, a second output indicative that the driver is characterized by the distracted state, based on the sensor measurements; computing a distraction score, at a scoring module of the remote computing system, in response to generating the second output and based on the sensor measurements and the distracted state.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2019Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: Nauto, Inc.Inventors: Ludmila Levkova, Stefan Heck, Benjamin O. Alpert, Ravi Kumar Satzoda, Suchitra Sathyanarayana, Vivek Sekar
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Publication number: 20200110952Abstract: A method for driver identification including recording a first image of a vehicle driver; extracting a set of values for a set of facial features of the vehicle driver from the first image; determining a filtering parameter; selecting a cluster of driver identifiers from a set of clusters, based on the filtering parameter; computing a probability that the set of values is associated with each driver identifier of the cluster; determining, at the vehicle sensor system, driving characterization data for the driving session; and in response to the computed probability exceeding a first threshold probability: determining that the new set of values corresponds to one driver identifier within the selected cluster, and associating the driving characterization data with the one driver identifier.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2019Publication date: April 9, 2020Inventors: Michael Gleeson-May, Frederick Soo, Stefan Heck
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Publication number: 20190385239Abstract: A method for determining an adverse vehicle event, including: sampling sensor data an onboard vehicle system coupled to an ego-vehicle; at the onboard vehicle system, extracting a set of event parameters from the sensor data, wherein the vehicle event data is associated with a vehicle event occurring within the time interval; computing a loss probability based on the set of event parameters in response to the loss probability exceeding a threshold probability, transforming the set of event parameters into insurance claim data; and automatically transmitting the insurance claim data to an endpoint, wherein the endpoint is determined based on the participant identifier.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2019Publication date: December 19, 2019Inventors: Alex Thompson, Shobana Sankaran, Charles Hornbaker, Stefan Heck
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Patent number: 10503990Abstract: A method for driver identification including recording a first image of a vehicle driver; extracting a set of values for a set of facial features of the vehicle driver from the first image; determining a filtering parameter; selecting a cluster of driver identifiers from a set of clusters, based on the filtering parameter; computing a probability that the set of values is associated with each driver identifier of the cluster; determining, at the vehicle sensor system, driving characterization data for the driving session; and in response to the computed probability exceeding a first threshold probability: determining that the new set of values corresponds to one driver identifier within the selected cluster, and associating the driving characterization data with the one driver identifier.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2018Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Assignee: Nauto, Inc.Inventors: Michael Gleeson-May, Frederick Soo, Stefan Heck
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Patent number: 10489222Abstract: Systems and methods for distributed event detection. Sensor data is synchronized, and an on-board detector included in a vehicle detects an event from the synchronized sensor data. The synchronized sensor data is transmitted to a remote system. At the remote system, a remote detector detects the event and generates a remote label from at least a data subset of the synchronized sensor data.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2019Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignee: Nauto, Inc.Inventors: Suchitra Sathyanarayana, Stefan Heck, Rohit Saboo