Patents by Inventor Steven Schuchard

Steven Schuchard 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: 12007757
    Abstract: A survey system includes a controller storing a map comprising a plurality of nodes representing data capture points of the environment. The controller is configured to segment the plurality of nodes into a plurality of communities, where each community from among the plurality of communities includes a set of nodes from among the plurality of nodes. The controller is configured to generate, for each community from among the plurality of communities, one or more traversability scores. The controller is configured to assign, for each community from among the plurality of communities, at least one robot from among a plurality of robots to survey the community based on the one or more traversability scores. The controller is configured to deploy, for each community from among the plurality of communities, at least one of the plurality of robots based on the plurality of robots assigned to the community.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Shankar Narayan Mohan, Ansar Zunnoon Khan, Mark Goderis, Steven Schuchard
  • Publication number: 20240078350
    Abstract: A distributed CAD system includes a server computing device comprising a reference CAD object database and a workstation database. The reference CAD object database comprises a plurality of reference CAD objects, and the workstation database includes a plurality of workstation entries. The distributed CAD system includes a plurality of client computing devices. Each client computing device from among the plurality of client computing devices comprises a client database, and the client database comprises one or more local CAD files and one or more local properties associated with each of the one or more local CAD files. Each client computing device is configured to: select a given local CAD file, identify a given workstation entry associated with the given local CAD file, selectively modify a set of one or more master properties defined by the given workstation entry and a set of the location-based information defined by the given workstation entry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Steven Schuchard
  • Publication number: 20240078349
    Abstract: A distributed CAD system includes a server computing device comprising a reference CAD object database and a CAD file database. The reference CAD object database comprises a plurality of reference CAD objects, the CAD file database comprises one or more master CAD files, and each of the one or more master CAD files comprises master object information and master identification information. The distributed CAD system includes a plurality of client computing devices. Each of the plurality of client computing devices comprises a client database, and each client database comprises one or more local CAD files and local object information associated with each of the one or more local CAD files. The server computing device is configured to determine whether an input received by a given client computing device from among the plurality of client computing devices satisfies one of a file creation condition and a file modification condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Steven Schuchard
  • Publication number: 20220026890
    Abstract: A survey system includes a controller storing a map comprising a plurality of nodes representing data capture points of the environment. The controller is configured to segment the plurality of nodes into a plurality of communities, where each community from among the plurality of communities includes a set of nodes from among the plurality of nodes. The controller is configured to generate, for each community from among the plurality of communities, one or more traversability scores. The controller is configured to assign, for each community from among the plurality of communities, at least one robot from among a plurality of robots to survey the community based on the one or more traversability scores. The controller is configured to deploy, for each community from among the plurality of communities, at least one of the plurality of robots based on the plurality of robots assigned to the community.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Shankar Narayan Mohan, Ansar Zunnoon Khan, Mark Goderis, Steven Schuchard
  • Patent number: 11220006
    Abstract: A system including a computer that includes a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to determine a location in a defined area according to coordinates on a map. The instructions include instructions to actuate a robot to move to the location. The instructions include instructions to identify an object specified in a digital model of the area, stored at a remote server, to be at the coordinates for the location. The instructions include instructions to actuate a sensor on the robot to collect data at the location. The instructions include instructions to update the object in the digital model based on the collected data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Shankar Narayan Mohan, Steven Schuchard, Anthony Mario D'Amato
  • Publication number: 20200398430
    Abstract: A system including a computer that includes a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to determine a location in a defined area according to coordinates on a map. The instructions include instructions to actuate a robot to move to the location. The instructions include instructions to identify an object specified in a digital model of the area, stored at a remote server, to be at the coordinates for the location. The instructions include instructions to actuate a sensor on the robot to collect data at the location. The instructions include instructions to update the object in the digital model based on the collected data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Shankar Narayan Mohan, Steven Schuchard, Anthony Mario D'Amato