Patents by Inventor T. Wolfram Burgard

T. Wolfram Burgard 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).

  • System and method for determining if a vehicle is parked
    Patent number: 11810367
    Abstract: Described herein are systems and methods for determining if a vehicle is parked. In one example, a system includes a processor, a sensor system, and a memory. Both the sensor system and the memory are in communication with the processor. The memory includes a parking determination module having instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to determine, using a random forest model, when the vehicle is parked based on vehicle estimated features, vehicle learned features, and vehicle taillight features of the vehicle that are based on sensor data from the sensor system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Toyota Research Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Chao Fang, Kuan-Hui Lee, Logan Michael Ellis, Jia-En Pan, Kun-Hsin Chen, Sudeep Pillai, Daniele Molinari, Constantin Franziskus Dominik Hubmann, T. Wolfram Burgard
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING IF A VEHICLE IS PARKED
    Publication number: 20220414388
    Abstract: Described herein are systems and methods for determining if a vehicle is parked. In one example, a system includes a processor, a sensor system, and a memory. Both the sensor system and the memory are in communication with the processor. The memory includes a parking determination module having instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to determine, using a random forest model, when the vehicle is parked based on vehicle estimated features, vehicle learned features, and vehicle taillight features of the vehicle that are based on sensor data from the sensor system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Chao Fang, Kuan-Hui Lee, Logan Michael Ellis, Jia-En Pan, Kun-Hsin Chen, Sudeep Pillai, Daniele Molinari, Constantin Franziskus Dominik Hubmann, T. Wolfram Burgard