Patents by Inventor Vivek Sankaravadivel

Vivek Sankaravadivel 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: 20250106588
    Abstract: Example embodiments are directed to systems and methods for generating and providing elevation-aware hotspots. In example embodiments, a network system detects an initiation of a request for a transportation service at a client device of a user and receives an indication of a location of the client device and corresponding signal strengths associated with the client device. The network system then determines a telematics vector based on the signal strengths associated with the client device. Based on the location of the client device and the telematics vector associated with the client device, the network system identifies one or more top ranked elevation-aware hotspots. A pickup point recommendation is then presented, by the network system on a user interface on the client device of the user, whereby the pickup point recommendation includes the one or more top ranked elevation-aware hotspots.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Inventors: Michael Charles Albada, Vivek Sankaravadivel, Saebra Lynn Waterstraut
  • Patent number: 12219427
    Abstract: Example embodiments are directed to systems and methods for generating and providing elevation-aware hotspots. In example embodiments, a network system detects an initiation of a request for a transportation service at a client device of a user and receives an indication of a location of the client device and corresponding signal strengths associated with the client device. The network system then determines a telematics vector based on the signal strengths associated with the client device. Based on the location of the client device and the telematics vector associated with the client device, the network system identifies one or more top ranked elevation-aware hotspots. A pickup point recommendation is then presented, by the network system on a user interface on the client device of the user, whereby the pickup point recommendation includes the one or more top ranked elevation-aware hotspots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Uber Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Charles Albada, Vivek Sankaravadivel, Saebra Lynn Waterstraut
  • Publication number: 20230273326
    Abstract: A network system, such as a transport management system, infers movement and a location of a vehicle associated with a transportation service using sensor data from a provider client device and a wireless device mounted in a fixed position in the vehicle. Before or during a transportation service, the provider client device transmits sensor data to the network system for use in detecting the occurrence of one or more specified events, such as a sudden deceleration or a harsh turn. The network system fuses the received sensor data to infer the movement of the vehicle along forward, lateral, and vertical axes and implements an event detector by analyzing movement of the vehicle in the forward direction. Fused sensor data received from the wireless device is used to validate the detected movement and to determine a position of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Andrew Irish, Dinesh Ramasamy, Andrew Joseph Beinstein, Theodore Russell Sumers, Hemabh Shekar, Vivek Sankaravadivel
  • Patent number: 11686862
    Abstract: A network system, such as a transport management system, infers movement and a location of a vehicle associated with a transportation service using sensor data from a provider client device and a wireless device mounted in a fixed position in the vehicle. Before or during a transportation service, the provider client device transmits sensor data to the network system for use in detecting the occurrence of one or more specified events, such as a sudden deceleration or a harsh turn. The network system fuses the received sensor data to infer the movement of the vehicle along forward, lateral, and vertical axes and implements an event detector by analyzing movement of the vehicle in the forward direction. Fused sensor data received from the wireless device is used to validate the detected movement and to determine a position of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Uber Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Irish, Dinesh Ramasamy, Andrew Joseph Beinstein, Theodore Russell Sumers, Hemabh Shekar, Vivek Sankaravadivel
  • 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: 20220078579
    Abstract: Example embodiments are directed to systems and methods for generating and providing elevation-aware hotspots. In example embodiments, a network system detects an initiation of a request for a transportation service at a client device of a user and receives an indication of a location of the client device and corresponding signal strengths associated with the client device. The network system then determines a telematics vector based on the signal strengths associated with the client device. Based on the location of the client device and the telematics vector associated with the client device, the network system identifies one or more top ranked elevation-aware hotspots. A pickup point recommendation is then presented, by the network system on a user interface on the client device of the user, whereby the pickup point recommendation includes the one or more top ranked elevation-aware hotspots.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Michael Charles Albada, Vivek Sankaravadivel, Saebra Lynn Waterstraut
  • Publication number: 20210398041
    Abstract: A coordination server receives a request from a client device of a rider for transportation from a first location. The coordination server identifies a frequent spot based on the first location. The frequent spot is associated with a particular location and represents a plurality of historic first locations within a threshold distance from the frequent spot. The coordination server identifies a closest road segment with respect to the frequent spot. The closest road segment is a road segment of a plurality of road segments of an electronic map representing a geographic area around the first location. The coordination server determines a pickup side of the closest road segment based on the first location and the closest road segment. The coordination server sends, to a client device of a driver, a route to the first location such that the driver arrives on the pickup side of the closest road segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: Shivendra Pratap Singh, Krishna Aditya Gabbita, Yuxing Zhang, Konstantin Stulov, Pranav Deepak Agrawal, Vivek Sankaravadivel, Saandeep Depatla, Zehao Hu, Wenqi Hu, Andrew Irish, Anand Karthik Tumuluru, Henri Lapierre, Pranit Arora
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20200200920
    Abstract: A network system, such as a transport management system, infers movement and a location of a vehicle associated with a transportation service using sensor data from a provider client device and a wireless device mounted in a fixed position in the vehicle. Before or during a transportation service, the provider client device transmits sensor data to the network system for use in detecting the occurrence of one or more specified events, such as a sudden deceleration or a harsh turn. The network system fuses the received sensor data to infer the movement of the vehicle along forward, lateral, and vertical axes and implements an event detector by analyzing movement of the vehicle in the forward direction. Fused sensor data received from the wireless device is used to validate the detected movement and to determine a position of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Andrew Irish, Dinesh Ramasamy, Andrew Joseph Beinstein, Theodore Russell Sumers, Hemabh Shekar, Vivek Sankaravadivel
  • Publication number: 20200132783
    Abstract: A mobile device includes: a magnetometer configured to sense a magnetic field and to provide indications of the magnetic field; and a processor communicatively coupled to the magnetometer and configured to: determine an occurrence of a trigger condition associated with imminent motion of the mobile device, present motion of the mobile device, or decalibration of the magnetometer; respond to determining the occurrence of the trigger condition by causing the magnetometer to sense the magnetic field and to provide the indications of the magnetic field; and determine at least one bias of the magnetometer using the indications of the magnetic field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Vivek SANKARAVADIVEL, William MORRISON, Himanshu SHAH, Songwon JEE, Manish KUSHWAHA
  • Patent number: 10082579
    Abstract: In some embodiments, Satellite Positioning System (SPS) time information associated with at least one SPS may be maintained at a UE, which may also receive time information from a Wireless Wide Area Network (WWAN). In some embodiments, the UE may determine a corrected SPS time information for a first time based, in part, on the received WWAN time information, where the corrected SPS time information corrects the SPS time information associated with the at least one SPS maintained at the UE. The UE may initiate transmission of SPS timing assistance information to an associated device over a Wireless Personal Area Network (WPAN), wherein the SPS timing assistance information comprises the corrected SPS time information for the first time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Suresh Kumar Bitra, Mahadevan Srinivasan, Vivek Sankaravadivel
  • Publication number: 20170299725
    Abstract: In some embodiments, Satellite Positioning System (SPS) time information associated with at least one SPS may be maintained at a UE, which may also receive time information from a Wireless Wide Area Network (WWAN). In some embodiments, the UE may determine a corrected SPS time information for a first time based, in part, on the received WWAN time information, where the corrected SPS time information corrects the SPS time information associated with the at least one SPS maintained at the UE. The UE may initiate transmission of SPS timing assistance information to an associated device over a Wireless Personal Area Network (WPAN), wherein the SPS timing assistance information comprises the corrected SPS time information for the first time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Suresh Kumar Bitra, Mahadevan Srinivasan, Vivek Sankaravadivel