Patents by Inventor Thijs Hendrikus Adrianus Van Den Broek

Thijs Hendrikus Adrianus Van Den Broek 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).

  • Collision avoidance system and method for a road vehicle and respective computer program product
    Patent number: 8626398
    Abstract: Collision avoidance actions in a road vehicle are controlled based on a computed probability density of future positions of the vehicle. A preliminary probability density (32) is computed by means of a mechanical model by extrapolation from the detected state of the vehicle, including at least its detected position (31). Map data is used to define different regions in an area that contains the road, such as a first region that comprises a road part for traffic that moves in the direction of travel of the vehicle, a second region that comprises a road part for traffic in the opposite direction and a third region bordering on the road. The regions are used to obtain a correction factor of the computed probability density function in the first region (33). The correction factor is computed dependent on the aggregates of the probability density function in respective ones of the regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek TNO
    Inventors: Thijs Hendrikus Adrianus Van Den Broek, Jeroen Ploeg
  • COLLISION AVOIDANCE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A ROAD VEHICLE AND RESPECTIVE COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT
    Publication number: 20120271518
    Abstract: Collision avoidance actions in a road vehicle are controlled based on a computed probability density of future positions of the vehicle. A preliminary probability density (32) is computed by means of a mechanical model by extrapolation from the detected state of the vehicle, including at least its detected position(31). Map data is used to define different regions in an area that contains the road, such as a first region that comprises a road part for traffic that moves in the direction of travel of the vehicle, a second region that comprises a road part for traffic in the opposite direction and a third region bordering on the road. The regions are used to obtain a correction factor of the computed probability density function in the first region (33). The correction factor is computed dependent on the aggregates of the probability density function in respective ones of the regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2010
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast- natuurwetenschappelijk onderzoek TNO
    Inventors: Thijs Hendrikus Adrianus Van Den Broek, Jeroen Ploeg