Patents by Inventor Stephanie Paepcke

Stephanie Paepcke 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: 10648832
    Abstract: System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to improving situational awareness of occupants of a vehicle. In one embodiment, a method includes analyzing, using at least a processor of the vehicle, scan data from a sensor of the vehicle to detect at least one object within the surrounding environment. The method includes converting the scan data into converted data that represents the at least one object with a reduced quantity of data. The method includes rendering, using the converted data, at least one graphic that is a visual representation of the at least one object. The method includes displaying the at least one graphic within a display of the vehicle at a location within the display that represents a location of the at least one object relative to the vehicle in the surrounding environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Toyota Research Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Thor Lewis, Ashlimarie Dong, James Cazzoli, Stephanie Paepcke, Hiroshi Yasuda, Christoffer Rodemeyer, Jemma Robinson, David Landa, James Veluya, Helena Zhang, Carlo Vega
  • Publication number: 20190217477
    Abstract: A robot system includes a holding compartment configured to transport one or more items and an electronic control unit having a processor and a non-transitory computer readable memory including a machine-readable instruction set. The robot system further includes a camera for capturing image data of an environment of the holding compartment and a robotic arm each communicatively coupled to the electronic control unit. The machine-readable instruction set causes the processor to receive image data of the environment of the holding compartment from the camera, determine a set of handling instructions for an item collected by the robotic arm, determine a location within the holding compartment for placing the item collected by the robotic arm based on the image data of the environment of the holding compartment and the set of handling instructions, and manipulate the robotic arm to place the item within the holding compartment at the determined location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2018
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Applicant: Toyota Research Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephanie Paepcke, Tiffany L. Chen
  • Publication number: 20190168586
    Abstract: A device and method of adapting light passage for a vehicle window are disclosed. The device and method operate to include sensing a light source external to the vehicle window, the light source operable to affect viewing the external environment. A portion of an adaptive light passage region of the vehicle window is defined relative to a gaze direction of a vehicle occupant, and an opacity level of the portion of the adaptive light passage region is adapted to normalize the intensity of the light source relative to the light magnitude sample data. The light source may be tracked for sustaining the opacity level of the portion of the adaptive light passage region with the gaze direction of the vehicle occupant while the light source exceeds the intensity threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventor: Stephanie Paepcke
  • Publication number: 20190094040
    Abstract: System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to improving situational awareness of occupants of a vehicle. In one embodiment, a method includes analyzing, using at least a processor of the vehicle, scan data from a sensor of the vehicle to detect at least one object within the surrounding environment. The method includes converting the scan data into converted data that represents the at least one object with a reduced quantity of data. The method includes rendering, using the converted data, at least one graphic that is a visual representation of the at least one object. The method includes displaying the at least one graphic within a display of the vehicle at a location within the display that represents a location of the at least one object relative to the vehicle in the surrounding environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventors: Thor Lewis, Ashlimarie Dong, James Cazzoli, Stephanie Paepcke, Hiroshi Yasuda, Christoffer Rodemeyer, Jemma Robinson, David Landa, James Veluya, Helena Zhang, Carlo Vega
  • Publication number: 20190049941
    Abstract: An electronic control unit for a vehicle for switching vehicle control from an autonomous driving mode includes one or more processors, network interface hardware configured to communicate with a remote server over a network, and one or more memory modules that store logic. The electronic control unit executes logic to determine that the autonomous driving mode of the vehicle will terminate, determine that a driver is unavailable to take immediate control of the vehicle upon termination of the autonomous driving, transfer control of the vehicle to a remote operator over the network interface hardware for a first time period, generate an alert to the driver to take manual control of the vehicle, and transfer control of the vehicle to one of the driver and the autonomous driving mode after the first time period has elapsed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Applicant: Toyota Research Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Nikolaos Michalakis, Stephanie Paepcke
  • Patent number: 10205428
    Abstract: A method and device for variable audible-alerts based on a vehicle environment are disclosed, in which vehicle sensor data relating to a vehicle environment may be received and processed to produce vehicle-environment recognition data. Audible alert data is selected from a plurality of audible alert data corresponding to the vehicle-environment recognition data, from which a command message is generated based on the audible alert data. The command message is transmitted to effect an audible alert via an audible device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: Toyota Research Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephanie Paepcke, James Cazzoli, Thor Lewis, Ashlimarie Dong
  • Patent number: 10133270
    Abstract: An electronic control unit for a vehicle for switching vehicle control from an autonomous driving mode includes one or more processors, network interface hardware configured to communicate with a remote server over a network, and one or more memory modules that store logic. The electronic control unit executes logic to determine that the autonomous driving mode of the vehicle will terminate, determine that a driver is unavailable to take immediate control of the vehicle upon termination of the autonomous driving, transfer control of the vehicle to a remote operator over the network interface hardware for a first time period, generate an alert to the driver to take manual control of the vehicle, and transfer control of the vehicle to one of the driver and the autonomous driving mode after the first time period has elapsed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.
    Inventors: Nikolaos Michalakis, Stephanie Paepcke
  • Publication number: 20180284759
    Abstract: An electronic control unit for a vehicle for switching vehicle control from an autonomous driving mode includes one or more processors, network interface hardware configured to communicate with a remote server over a network, and one or more memory modules that store logic. The electronic control unit executes logic to determine that the autonomous driving mode of the vehicle will terminate, determine that a driver is unavailable to take immediate control of the vehicle upon termination of the autonomous driving, transfer control of the vehicle to a remote operator over the network interface hardware for a first time period, generate an alert to the driver to take manual control of the vehicle, and transfer control of the vehicle to one of the driver and the autonomous driving mode after the first time period has elapsed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicant: Toyota Research Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Nikolaos Michalakis, Stephanie Paepcke
  • Patent number: D855641
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Toyota Research Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Thor Lewis, Ashlimarie Dong, James Cazzoli, Stephanie Paepcke, Christoffer Rodemeyer, Jemma Robinson, Carlo Vega, David Landa, James Veluya, Helena Zhang
  • Patent number: D868103
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Toyota Research Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Thor Lewis, Ashlimarie Dong, James Cazzoli, Stephanie Paepcke, Christoffer Rodemeyer, Jemma Robinson, Carlo Vega, David Landa, James Veluya, Helena Zhang
  • Patent number: D900134
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Toyota Research Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Thor Lewis, Ashlimarie Dong, James Cazzoli, Stephanie Paepcke, Christoffer Rodemeyer, Jemma Robinson, Carlo Vega, David Landa, James Veluya, Helena Zhang
  • Patent number: D900146
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Toyota Research Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Thor Lewis, Ashlimarie Dong, James Cazzoli, Stephanie Paepcke, Christoffer Rodemeyer, Jemma Robinson, Carlo Vega, David Landa, James Veluya, Helena Zhang