Patents by Inventor Viju James

Viju James 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).

  • Publication number: 20250104558
    Abstract: A control signal generated based on real-time vehicle sensor data from multiple vehicles on a road segment is received by a processor of a vehicle. The processor uses at least a portion of the control signal to generate an adaptive cruise control parameter that includes a speed parameter and a headway parameter. The processor configures a cruise control module of the vehicle to use the adaptive cruise control parameter. The control signal may be generated using a machine-learning model trained to receive traffic data that includes at least one of traffic density, a distance between the vehicle and the road segment, a distance between the vehicle and a congested location, data indicative of traffic speed, and respective speeds of other vehicles proximate to the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Inventors: Liam Pedersen, Fang-Chieh Chou, Viju James, Najamuddin Mirza Baig, Katsuhiko Hirayama, Abdul Rahman Kreidieh
  • Publication number: 20250076874
    Abstract: A system may receive a video stream from a camera of a vehicle in a transportation network. The system may also receive an input indicating an acceleration and a steering angle of a simulated lead vehicle. The system may determine a pose of the simulated vehicle relative to a home pose based on the acceleration input and the steering input, and display an overlay of a representation of the simulated vehicle in the video stream at pixel coordinates based on the pose. The system may determine, from the pixel coordinates, spatial coordinates of the simulated vehicle in the transportation network, wherein the spatial coordinates are relative to at least one of the transportation network or the camera. The system may transmit the spatial coordinates to the vehicle to cause the vehicle to follow a path based on the spatial coordinates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2023
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Inventors: Mark Fischer, Viju James, Christopher Ostafew, Julie D. Wright, Liam Pedersen
  • Patent number: 12205464
    Abstract: A control signal related to a road segment is received by a processor of a vehicle from a remote server. Using at least a portion of the control signal, a cruise control parameter for controlling the vehicle is obtained. Responsive to determining that a cruise control module of the vehicle is enabled, the cruise control module is configured to use the cruise control parameter. The cruise control module operates to maintain the cruise control parameter for the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Nissan North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Liam Pedersen, Fang-Chieh Chou, Viju James, Najamuddin Mirza Baig, Katsuhiko Hirayama, Abdul Rahman Kreidieh
  • Patent number: 12195035
    Abstract: A server accesses vehicle data from each connected vehicle (CV) of a subset of a plurality of CVs on a roadway portion, the vehicle data comprising at least one of: a position, a velocity, or a headway. The server generates, based on the accessed vehicle data, a long-term shared world model. The server generates, using the long-term shared world model, a data structure representing predicted future velocities on the roadway portion by position and time by applying a traffic flow model to the long-term shared world model. The server transmits, to a connected autonomous vehicle (CAV), a control signal for controlling operation of the CAV based on the generated data structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Nissan North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Abdul Rahman Kreidieh, Fang-Chieh Chou, Viju James, Najamuddin Mirza Baig, Liam Pedersen
  • Publication number: 20240326849
    Abstract: A system may receive a video stream from a camera of a vehicle in a transportation network. The system may also receive an input indicating pixel coordinates in the video stream. The system may display an overlay in the video stream based on the pixel coordinates. The overlay may include a visualization of a projected path of the vehicle. The system may determine, from the pixel coordinates, spatial coordinates of the projected path of the vehicle in the transportation network. The spatial coordinates may be relative the transportation network or the camera. The system may transmit information to the vehicle based on a selection of the overlay. The information may be configured to cause the vehicle to follow the projected path according to the spatial coordinates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2023
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventors: D M Raisul Ahsan, Viju James
  • Publication number: 20240329633
    Abstract: A system may receive a video stream from a camera of a vehicle in a transportation network. The system may also receive an input indicating a steering angle and/or a distance to travel. The system may determine a projected path of the vehicle in the transportation network based on the input. The projected path may be determined using spatial coordinates relative to the transportation network or the camera. The system may then determine, from the spatial coordinates, pixel coordinates in the video stream corresponding to the projected path. The system may display an overlay in the video stream based on the pixel coordinates. The overlay may include a visualization of the projected path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2023
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventors: Liam Pedersen, Viju James, Mark Fischer, D M Raisul Ahsan
  • Patent number: 12100300
    Abstract: Intersection collision avoidance may use a cellular transceiver for a cellular network and a processor located at a cellular access point for multi-access edge computing. The processor includes a shared world model and a conflict detection module. The shared world model is configured to receive, by the cellular transceiver, signals relating to at least two road users in proximity to an intersection within a vehicle transportation network, wherein the at least two road users include an ego vehicle, and the signals conform to a standards-based communication protocol. The conflict detection module is configured to receive object information from the shared world model, determine a potential future collision between the ego vehicle and an other road user of the at least two road users, and transmit a notification of the potential future collision to the ego vehicle over the cellular network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Nissan North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Viju James, Liam Pedersen, Najamuddin Mirza Baig, Fang-Chieh Chou, Simon Tien
  • Patent number: 12084077
    Abstract: A curb management system for a host vehicle includes a sensor, an electronic controller, and a wireless communication system. The sensor is configured to detect information relating to a presence of a parked vehicle along a curb of a road. The electronic controller is configured to determine curb management information based on the information detected by the sensor. The wireless communication system is configured to transmit the curb management information to a remote server and to receive a predicted curb availability from the remote server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Nissan North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Siddharth Thakur, Viju James, Mark Fischer, Simon Tien, Armelle Guerin
  • Patent number: 12080168
    Abstract: An intersection collision avoidance system determines, for an ego vehicle, a direction indicated by its turn signal, its destination setting, or both, generates, where the direction is determined, a possible intended path relative to an intersection using a high-definition (HD) map and the direction, and generates, where the destination setting is determined, a possible intended path for using the HD map and the destination setting. Where the direction and the destination setting are both determined, the direction indicated by the turn signal is compared to the possible intended path generated using the destination setting, and one of the possible intended paths is selected based on the comparison. The system transmits, to a conflict detection module, a set of drive goals for the ego vehicle relative to the intersection that conforms to the intended path. The module can determine a possible collision with another road user using the drive goals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Nissan North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Viju James, Liam Pedersen, Fang-Chieh Chou, Najamuddin Mirza Baig, Simon Tien
  • Publication number: 20240005790
    Abstract: A control signal related to a road segment is received by a processor of a vehicle from a remote server. Using at least a portion of the control signal, a cruise control parameter for controlling the vehicle is obtained. Responsive to determining that a cruise control module of the vehicle is enabled, the cruise control module is configured to use the cruise control parameter. The cruise control module operates to maintain the cruise control parameter for the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Liam Pedersen, Fang-Chieh Chou, Viju James, Najamuddin Mirza Baig, Katsuhiko Hirayama, Abdul Rahman Kreidieh
  • Publication number: 20230316909
    Abstract: A server accesses vehicle data from each connected vehicle (CV) of a subset of a plurality of CVs on a roadway portion, the vehicle data comprising at least one of: a position, a velocity, or a headway. The server generates, based on the accessed vehicle data, a long-term shared world model. The server generates, using the long-term shared world model, a data structure representing predicted future velocities on the roadway portion by position and time by applying a traffic flow model to the long-term shared world model. The server transmits, to a connected autonomous vehicle (CAV), a control signal for controlling operation of the CAV based on the generated data structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Fang-Chieh Chou, Viju James, Najamuddin Mirza Baig, Liam Pedersen, Abdul Rahman Kreidieh
  • Publication number: 20230311928
    Abstract: A server accesses vehicle data from each connected vehicle (CV) of a subset of a plurality of CVs on a roadway portion, the vehicle data comprising at least one of: a position, a velocity, or a headway. The server generates, based on the accessed vehicle data, a long-term shared world model. The server generates, using the long-term shared world model, a data structure representing predicted future velocities on the roadway portion by position and time by applying a traffic flow model to the long-term shared world model. The server transmits, to a connected autonomous vehicle (CAV), a control signal for controlling operation of the CAV based on the generated data structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Abdul Rahman Kreidieh, Fang-Chieh Chou, Viju James, Najamuddin Mirza Baig, Liam Pedersen
  • Publication number: 20230316908
    Abstract: A server accesses vehicle data from each connected vehicle (CV) of a subset of a plurality of CVs on a roadway portion, the vehicle data comprising at least one of: a position, a velocity, or a headway. The server generates, based on the accessed vehicle data, a long-term shared world model. The server generates, using the long-term shared world model, a data structure representing predicted future velocities on the roadway portion by position and time by applying a traffic flow model to the long-term shared world model. The server transmits, to a connected autonomous vehicle (CAV), a control signal for controlling operation of the CAV based on the generated data structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Abdul Rahman Kreidieh, Fang-Chieh Chou, Viju James, Najamuddin Mirza Baig, Liam Pedersen
  • Publication number: 20230282112
    Abstract: An intersection collision avoidance system determines, for an ego vehicle, a direction indicated by its turn signal, its destination setting, or both, generates, where the direction is determined, a possible intended path relative to an intersection using a high-definition (HD) map and the direction, and generates, where the destination setting is determined, a possible intended path for using the HD map and the destination setting. Where the direction and the destination setting are both determined, the direction indicated by the turn signal is compared to the possible intended path generated using the destination setting, and one of the possible intended paths is selected based on the comparison. The system transmits, to a conflict detection module, a set of drive goals for the ego vehicle relative to the intersection that conforms to the intended path. The module can determine a possible collision with another road user using the drive goals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Viju James, Liam Pedersen, Fang-Chieh Chou, Najamuddin Mirza Baig, Simon Tien
  • Publication number: 20230245564
    Abstract: Intersection collision avoidance may use a cellular transceiver for a cellular network and a processor located at a cellular access point for multi-access edge computing. The processor includes a shared world model and a conflict detection module. The shared world model is configured to receive, by the cellular transceiver, signals relating to at least two road users in proximity to an intersection within a vehicle transportation network, wherein the at least two road users include an ego vehicle, and the signals conform to a standards-based communication protocol. The conflict detection module is configured to receive object information from the shared world model, determine a potential future collision between the ego vehicle and an other road user of the at least two road users, and transmit a notification of the potential future collision to the ego vehicle over the cellular network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Viju James, Liam Pedersen, Najamuddin Mirza Baig, Fang-Chieh Chou, Simon Tien
  • Patent number: 11215987
    Abstract: Resolving an exception situation in autonomous driving includes receiving an assistance request to resolve the exception situation from an autonomous vehicle (AV); identifying a solution to the exception situation; forwarding the solution to a tele-operator; receiving a request for playback data from the tele-operator; receiving, from the AV, the playback data; and obtaining, from the tele-operator, a validated solution based on the tele-operator using the playback data. The playback data includes snapshots ni of data related to autonomous driving stored at the AV at respective consecutive times ti, for i=1, . . . , N.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignees: Nissan North America, Inc., The University of Massachusetts, Renault S.A.S.
    Inventors: Christopher Ostafew, Astha Vagadia, Najamuddin Baig, Viju James, Stefan Witwicki, Shlomo Zilberstein
  • Publication number: 20210035442
    Abstract: A method for responding to a public safety alert includes receiving an indication of the public safety alert, wherein the public safety alert comprising a description of a wanted road user; identifying, using sensors of an autonomous vehicle (AV) and in response to the public safety alert, road users; and, in response to determining that an identified road user matches the wanted road user, notifying an authority of the match. A method for road incident reporting by an AV includes identifying road users based on sensor data of the AV; associating respective hypotheses with each of the road users; and, in response to determining that a threshold number of the road users are not proceeding according to at least one of the respective hypotheses, sending a notification indicating a potential traffic issue at a zone of the road users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventors: Najamuddin Baig, Christopher Ostafew, Astha Vagadia, Viju James, Armelle Guerin
  • Publication number: 20200379457
    Abstract: Resolving an exception situation in autonomous driving includes receiving an assistance request to resolve the exception situation from an autonomous vehicle (AV); identifying a solution to the exception situation; forwarding the solution to a tele-operator; receiving a request for playback data from the tele-operator; receiving, from the AV, the playback data; and obtaining, from the tele-operator, a validated solution based on the tele-operator using the playback data. The playback data includes snapshots ni of data related to autonomous driving stored at the AV at respective consecutive times ti, for i=1, . . . , N.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Christopher Ostafew, Astha Vagadia, Najamuddin Baig, Viju James, Stefan Witwicki, Shlomo Zilberstein
  • Publication number: 20200372417
    Abstract: On-demand travel through a transportation network is achieved by receiving, via a communication device, a request for a trip through the network using a vehicle. The request includes criteria for the trip and a goal for the trip, the criteria identifying a target duration of the trip, a starting location of the trip, and an ending location of the trip, and the goal is other than reaching the ending location from the starting location using a shortest time or a shortest distance. Based on the request; a route for the trip between the starting and ending locations is determined that has a predicted duration no greater than the target duration. The route includes a waypoint between the starting and ending locations determined based on the goal of the trip, and the route is transmitted, via the communication device, to a source of the request for traveling the route.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventors: Simon Tien, Najamuddin Baig, Viju James, Astha Vagadia, Armelle Guerin, Erik Vinkhuyzen, Aude Laurent