Patents by Inventor Steve Vozar

Steve Vozar 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).

  • Publication number: 20200110411
    Abstract: A system and a method for autonomous decisioning and operation by an autonomous agent includes: collecting decisioning data including: collecting a first stream of data includes observation data obtained by onboard sensors of the autonomous agent, wherein each of the onboard sensors is physically arranged on the autonomous agent; collecting a second stream of data includes observation data obtained by offboard infrastructure devices, the offboard infrastructure devices being arranged geographically remote from and in an operating environment of the autonomous agent; implementing a decisioning data buffer that includes the first stream of data from the onboard sensors and the second stream of data from the offboard sensors; generating current state data; generating/estimating intent data for each of one or more agents within the operating environment of the autonomous agent; identifying a plurality of candidate behavioral policies; and selecting and executing at least one of the plurality of candidate behavior
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Steve Vozar, Edwin Olson, Tom Voorheis
  • Patent number: 10614709
    Abstract: 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 agent
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: May Mobility, Inc.
    Inventors: Steve Vozar, Edwin Olson, Sean M. Messenger, Collin Johnson
  • Patent number: 10564641
    Abstract: A system and a method for autonomous decisioning and operation by an autonomous agent includes: collecting decisioning data including: collecting a first stream of data includes observation data obtained by onboard sensors of the autonomous agent, wherein each of the onboard sensors is physically arranged on the autonomous agent; collecting a second stream of data includes observation data obtained by offboard infrastructure devices, the offboard infrastructure devices being arranged geographically remote from and in an operating environment of the autonomous agent; implementing a decisioning data buffer that includes the first stream of data from the onboard sensors and the second stream of data from the offboard sensors; generating current state data; generating/estimating intent data for each of one or more agents within the operating environment of the autonomous agent; identifying a plurality of candidate behavioral policies; and selecting and executing at least one of the plurality of candidate behavior
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: May Mobility, Inc.
    Inventors: Steve Vozar, Edwin Olson, Tom Voorheis
  • Publication number: 20200035098
    Abstract: 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 agent
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Steve Vozar, Edwin Olson, Sean M. Messenger, Collin Johnson
  • Publication number: 20200026286
    Abstract: A system and a method for autonomous decisioning and operation by an autonomous agent includes: collecting decisioning data including: collecting a first stream of data includes observation data obtained by onboard sensors of the autonomous agent, wherein each of the onboard sensors is physically arranged on the autonomous agent; collecting a second stream of data includes observation data obtained by offboard infrastructure devices, the offboard infrastructure devices being arranged geographically remote from and in an operating environment of the autonomous agent; implementing a decisioning data buffer that includes the first stream of data from the onboard sensors and the second stream of data from the offboard sensors; generating current state data; generating/estimating intent data for each of one or more agents within the operating environment of the autonomous agent; identifying a plurality of candidate behavioral policies; and selecting and executing at least one of the plurality of candidate behavior
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Inventors: Steve Vozar, Edwin Olson, Tom Voorheis