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).

  • Patent number: 10453150
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Nauto, Inc.
    Inventors: Alex Thompson, Shobana Sankaran, Charles Hornbaker, Stefan Heck
  • Publication number: 20190266029
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventors: Suchitra Sathyanarayana, Stefan Heck, Rohit Saboo
  • Publication number: 20190265712
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventors: Ravi Kumar Satzoda, Suchitra Sathyanarayana, Ludmila Levkova, Stefan Heck
  • Publication number: 20190152390
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2019
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Ludmila Levkova, Stefan Heck, Benjamin O. Alpert, Ravi Kumar Satzoda, Suchitra Sathyanarayana, Vivek Sekar
  • Patent number: 10268909
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: Nauto, Inc.
    Inventors: Suchitra Sathyanarayana, Ravi Kumar Satzoda, Stefan Heck
  • Patent number: 10246014
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: Nauto, Inc.
    Inventors: Ludmila Levkova, Stefan Heck, Benjamin O. Alpert, Ravi Kumar Satzoda, Suchitra Sathyanarayana, Vivek Sekar
  • Publication number: 20190066225
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: Alex Thompson, Shobana Sankaran, Charles Hornbaker, Stefan Heck
  • Publication number: 20190050657
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Inventors: Michael Gleeson-May, Frederick Soo, Stefan Heck
  • Publication number: 20180365772
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventors: Alex Thompson, Shobana Sankaran, Charles Hornbaker, Stefan Heck
  • Patent number: 10133942
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Nauto Global Limited
    Inventors: Michael Gleeson-May, Frederick Soo, Stefan Heck
  • Publication number: 20180293449
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2018
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Inventors: Suchitra Sathyanarayana, Ravi Kumar Satzoda, Stefan Heck
  • Publication number: 20180276485
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Stefan Heck, Suchitra Sathyanarayana, Charles Hornbaker
  • Publication number: 20180165531
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Inventors: Suchitra Sathyanarayana, Ravi Kumar Satzoda, Stefan Heck
  • Publication number: 20180126901
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Inventors: Ludmila Levkova, Stefan Heck, Benjamin O. Alpert, Ravi Kumar Satzoda, Suchitra Sathyanarayana, Vivek Sekar
  • Patent number: 9928432
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Nauto Global Limited
    Inventors: Suchitra Sathyanarayana, Ravi Kumar Satzoda, Stefan Heck
  • Publication number: 20180075309
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Inventors: Suchitra Sathyanarayana, Ravi Kumar Satzoda, Stefan Heck
  • Publication number: 20180012092
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2017
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Inventors: Michael Gleeson-May, Frederick Soo, Stefan Heck