Patents by Inventor Vinod Kumar SAINI

Vinod Kumar SAINI 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: 20240096049
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems, apparatuses, processes, and computer-readable media to capture images with subjects at different depths. A method of processing image data includes obtaining, at an imaging device, a first image of an environment from an image sensor of the imaging device; determining a region of interest of the first image based on features depicted in the first image, wherein the features are associated with the environment; determining a representative luma value associated with the first image based on image data in the region of interest of the first image; determining one or more exposure control parameters based on the representative luma value; and obtaining, at the imaging device, a second image captured based on the one or more exposure control parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Vinod Kumar SAINI, Pushkar GORUR SHESHAGIRI, Srujan Babu NANDIPATI, Chiranjib CHOUDHURI, Ajit Deepak GUPTE
  • Publication number: 20230314629
    Abstract: A mobile device in a moving vehicle initializes a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS)-Inertial Navigation System (INS) system while the vehicle is in-motion with the orientation of the mobile device with respect to a global reference frame. The mobile device uses gyroscope measurements made while the vehicle is turning to determine a gravity vector. The gravity vector and accelerometer measurements may be used to determine a forward vector for the mobile device. A north vector is determined using the GNSS measurements. After the GNSS-INS system is calibrated, the mobile device may be positioned with respect to the vehicle. The orientation of the mobile device, prior to repositioning, may be compared to a current orientation, determined while the vehicle is in motion, in order to determine whether the GNSS-INS system should be re-initialized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Vinod Kumar SAINI, Abdelmonaem LAKHZOURI, Bo ZHENG, William MORRISON
  • Patent number: 11754726
    Abstract: A mobile device in a moving vehicle initializes a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS)-Inertial Navigation System (INS) system while the vehicle is in-motion with the orientation of the mobile device with respect to a global reference frame. The mobile device uses gyroscope measurements made while the vehicle is turning to determine a gravity vector. The gravity vector and accelerometer measurements may be used to determine a forward vector for the mobile device. A north vector is determined using the GNSS measurements. After the GNSS-INS system is calibrated, the mobile device may be positioned with respect to the vehicle. The orientation of the mobile device, prior to repositioning, may be compared to a current orientation, determined while the vehicle is in motion, in order to determine whether the GNSS-INS system should be re-initialized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Vinod Kumar Saini, Abdelmonaem Lakhzouri, Bo Zheng, William Morrison
  • Publication number: 20220326015
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to initializing an inertial navigation system (INS) of a mobile device. Accelerometer bias of a plurality of accelerometers of the mobile device, and gyroscope bias of a plurality of gyroscopes of the mobile device, are determined. A first spatial relationship between a first frame of reference of the mobile device and a second frame of reference of a vehicle transporting the mobile device is determined. A second spatial relationship between the first frame of reference and a third frame of reference of a surface beneath the vehicle is determined. Each of the frames of reference are determined based on output of at least two of the GNSS receiver, the plurality of accelerometers, or the plurality of gyroscopes. The INS is provided with the accelerometer bias, the gyroscope bias, the first spatial relationship, and the second spatial relationship to initialize the INS.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: Vinod Kumar SAINI, Abdelmonaem LAKHZOURI, Bo ZHENG, William MORRISON, Vivek SANKARAVADIVEL
  • Patent number: 11397086
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to initializing an inertial navigation system (INS) of a mobile device. Accelerometer bias of a plurality of accelerometers of the mobile device, and gyroscope bias of a plurality of gyroscopes of the mobile device, are determined. A first spatial relationship between a first frame of reference of the mobile device and a second frame of reference of a vehicle transporting the mobile device is determined. A second spatial relationship between the first frame of reference and a third frame of reference of a surface beneath the vehicle is determined. Each of the frames of reference are determined based on output of at least two of the GNSS receiver, the plurality of accelerometers, or the plurality of gyroscopes. The INS is provided with the accelerometer bias, the gyroscope bias, the first spatial relationship, and the second spatial relationship to initialize the INS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Vinod Kumar Saini, Abdelmonaem Lakhzouri, Bo Zheng, William Morrison, Vivek Sankaravadivel
  • Publication number: 20220042802
    Abstract: Methods, systems, computer-readable media, and apparatuses for vehicular navigation are presented. Some configurations include computing a first attitude of a vehicle with respect to a reference frame at a first epoch; based on measurement data from an inertial navigation system (INS) of the vehicle, computing an attitude of the INS at a second epoch that is subsequent to the first epoch; based on the computed attitude of the INS and the computed first attitude of the vehicle, computing a second attitude of the vehicle at the second epoch; applying a constraint to the computed second attitude of the vehicle to produce an updated second attitude of the vehicle; and based on the updated second attitude of the vehicle, computing an updated attitude of the INS. Applications relating to road vehicular (e.g., automobile) use are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Vinod Kumar SAINI, Abdelmonaem LAKHZOURI, Bo ZHENG, William MORRISON
  • Publication number: 20220011447
    Abstract: A mobile device in a moving vehicle initializes a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS)-Inertial Navigation System (INS) system while the vehicle is in-motion with the orientation of the mobile device with respect to a global reference frame. The mobile device uses gyroscope measurements made while the vehicle is turning to determine a gravity vector. The gravity vector and accelerometer measurements may be used to determine a forward vector for the mobile device. A north vector is determined using the GNSS measurements. After the GNSS-INS system is calibrated, the mobile device may be positioned with respect to the vehicle. The orientation of the mobile device, prior to repositioning, may be compared to a current orientation, determined while the vehicle is in motion, in order to determine whether the GNSS-INS system should be re-initialized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: Vinod Kumar SAINI, Abdelmonaem LAKHZOURI, Bo ZHENG, William MORRISON
  • Publication number: 20210207961
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to initializing an inertial navigation system (INS) of a mobile device. Accelerometer bias of a plurality of accelerometers of the mobile device, and gyroscope bias of a plurality of gyroscopes of the mobile device, are determined. A first spatial relationship between a first frame of reference of the mobile device and a second frame of reference of a vehicle transporting the mobile device is determined. A second spatial relationship between the first frame of reference and a third frame of reference of a surface beneath the vehicle is determined. Each of the frames of reference are determined based on output of at least two of the GNSS receiver, the plurality of accelerometers, or the plurality of gyroscopes. The INS is provided with the accelerometer bias, the gyroscope bias, the first spatial relationship, and the second spatial relationship to initialize the INS.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Vinod Kumar SAINI, Abdelmonaem LAKHZOURI, Bo ZHENG, William MORRISON, Vivek SANKARAVADIVEL