Patents by Inventor Thirumalai Kumarasamy Ayyappan

Thirumalai Kumarasamy Ayyappan 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: 11110914
    Abstract: The aim of the invention is to be able to easily complete a parking operation following an aborted manual parking procedure. To this end, the invention proposes a method in which a parking assistant of the vehicle (1) is activated in the parking space (2) and data relating to the area surrounding the vehicle (1) is recorded. A starting region (7) outside the parking space (2) for automatically parking the vehicle (1) in the parking space is determined from the said data. The vehicle (1) is then automatically guided or driven out of the parking space (2) into the starting region (7). From there, the vehicle (1) is automatically parked or guided in/into the parking space (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
    Inventor: Thirumalai Kumarasamy Ayyappan
  • Patent number: 10676131
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for at least semi-autonomously manoeuvring a motor vehicle (1), in which a sensor (4) is used to determine a position value describing a current relative position between an object (8) in an area (7) surrounding the motor vehicle (1) and the motor vehicle (1), a driving trajectory (13) is determined, the motor vehicle (1) is manoeuvred along the determined driving trajectory (13), the position value is continuously updated during manoeuvring of the motor vehicle (1) on the basis of odometry, and contact between at least one wheel of the motor vehicle (1) and the object (8) is detected, wherein the position value is corrected if the contact between the at least one wheel and the object (8) is detected and the position value describes a relative position which differs from the contact between the at least one wheel and the object (8).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
    Inventor: Thirumalai Kumarasamy Ayyappan
  • Publication number: 20180370525
    Abstract: The aim of the invention is to be able to easily complete a parking operation following an aborted manual parking procedure. To this end, the invention proposes a method in which a parking assistant of the vehicle (1) is activated in the parking space (2) and data relating to the area surrounding the vehicle (1) is recorded. A starting region (7) outside the parking space (2) for automatically parking the vehicle (1) in the parking space is determined from the said data. The vehicle (1) is then automatically guided or driven out of the parking space (2) into the starting region (7). From there, the vehicle (1) is automatically parked or guided in/into the parking space (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Applicant: VALEO Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
    Inventor: Thirumalai Kumarasamy Ayyappan
  • Patent number: 10124727
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for warning a driver of a motor vehicle (1) about the presence of an object (12) in the surroundings (7) of the motor vehicle (1) by means of a driver assistance system (2), in which a position of the object (12) is determined by means of a sensor device (9), an anticipated driving tube (14) of the motor vehicle (1) is determined, a collision distance (DTC), which describes a distance between the motor vehicle (1) and the object (12) when the motor vehicle (1) moves within the determined driving tube (14), is determined on the basis of the determined position of the object (12) and the determined driving tube (14), a minimum distance (SD) between the motor vehicle (1) and the object (12) is determined, and a warning signal is output if the value of the minimum distance (SD) undershoots a predetermined limiting value, wherein the determined value of the minimum distance is adapted as a function of the determined collision distance (DTC).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: VALEO Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
    Inventors: Thirumalai Kumarasamy Ayyappan, Markus Heimberger
  • Publication number: 20180265129
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for at least semi-autonomously manoeuvring a motor vehicle (1), in which a sensor (4) is used to determine a position value describing a current relative position between an object (8) in an area (7) surrounding the motor vehicle (1) and the motor vehicle (1), a driving trajectory (13) is determined, the motor vehicle (1) is manoeuvred along the determined driving trajectory (13), the position value is continuously updated during manoeuvring of the motor vehicle (1) on the basis of odometry, and contact between at least one wheel of the motor vehicle (1) and the object (8) is detected, wherein the position value is corrected if the contact between the at least one wheel and the object (8) is detected and the position value describes a relative position which differs from the contact between the at least one wheel and the object (8).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2016
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: VALEO Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
    Inventor: Thirumalai Kumarasamy AYYAPPAN
  • Publication number: 20170305341
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for warning a driver of a motor vehicle (1) about the presence of an object (12) in the surroundings (7) of the motor vehicle (1) by means of a driver assistance system (2), in which a position of the object (12) is determined by means of a sensor device (9), an anticipated driving tube (14) of the motor vehicle (1) is determined, a collision distance (DTC), which describes a distance between the motor vehicle (1) and the object (12) when the motor vehicle (1) moves within the determined driving tube (14), is determined on the basis of the determined position of the object (12) and the determined driving tube (14), a minimum distance (SD) between the motor vehicle (1) and the object (12) is determined, and a warning signal is output if the value of the minimum distance (SD) undershoots a predetermined limiting value, wherein the determined value of the minimum distance is adapted as a function of the determined collision distance (DTC).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Applicant: VALEO Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
    Inventors: Thirumalai Kumarasamy Ayyappan, Markus Heimberger