Patents by Inventor Tristan Zier

Tristan Zier 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).

  • Traffic light state assessment
    Patent number: 10458810
    Abstract: Systems and method are provided for controlling a vehicle. In one embodiment, a method includes: receiving semantic map data, via a processor, wherein the semantic map data includes traffic light location data, calculating route data using the semantic map data, via a processor; viewing, via a sensing device, a traffic light and assessing a state of the viewed traffic light, via a processor, based on the traffic light location data, and controlling driving of an autonomous vehicle based at least on the route data and the state of the traffic light, via a processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Juan Fasola, Tristan Zier, Thomas Gellatly, Varadharajan Ponnappan, Matthias Wisniowski
  • TRAFFIC LIGHT STATE ASSESSMENT
    Publication number: 20180112997
    Abstract: Systems and method are provided for controlling a vehicle. In one embodiment, a method includes: receiving semantic map data, via a processor, wherein the semantic map data includes traffic light location data, calculating route data using the semantic map data, via a processor; viewing, via a sensing device, a traffic light and assessing a state of the viewed traffic light, via a processor, based on the traffic light location data, and controlling driving of an autonomous vehicle based at least on the route data and the state of the traffic light, via a processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: JUAN FASOLA, Tristan Zier, Thomas Gellatly, Varadharajan Ponnappan, Matthias Wisniowski