Patents by Inventor Wesley Heung

Wesley Heung 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).

  • EXTRACTING AGENT INTENT FROM LOG DATA FOR RUNNING LOG-BASED SIMULATIONS FOR EVALUATING AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE SOFTWARE
    Publication number: 20230382400
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to running simulations in order to test software used to control a vehicle in an autonomous driving mode. For instance, logged data may be identified for a simulation. The logged data may have been collected by a first vehicle and may identifying an agent that is a road user. The logged data may be analyzed to identify one or more signals of intent of the agent including a logged path of the agent. One or more characteristics may be identified based on the one or more signals. The simulation may be run using the logged data by replacing the agent with an interactive agent having the one or more characteristics. The interactive agent may be capable of responding to actions performed by a simulated vehicle in the simulation using software for controlling a vehicle in an autonomous driving mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Menghui Wang, Aleksandar Gabrovski, Xiaoyi Liu, Wesley Heung, Yang-Hua Chu
  • Extracting agent intent from log data for running log-based simulations for evaluating autonomous vehicle software
    Patent number: 11760361
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to running simulations in order to test software used to control a vehicle in an autonomous driving mode. For instance, logged data may be identified for a simulation. The logged data may have been collected by a first vehicle and may identifying an agent that is a road user. The logged data may be analyzed to identify one or more signals of intent of the agent including a logged path of the agent. One or more characteristics may be identified based on the one or more signals. The simulation may be run using the logged data by replacing the agent with an interactive agent having the one or more characteristics. The interactive agent may be capable of responding to actions performed by a simulated vehicle in the simulation using software for controlling a vehicle in an autonomous driving mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Waymo LLC
    Inventors: Menghui Wang, Aleksandar Gabrovski, Xiaoyi Liu, Wesley Heung, Yang-Hua Chu
  • EXTRACTING AGENT INTENT FROM LOG DATA FOR RUNNING LOG-BASED SIMULATIONS FOR EVALUATING AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE SOFTWARE
    Publication number: 20210387628
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to running simulations in order to test software used to control a vehicle in an autonomous driving mode. For instance, logged data may be identified for a simulation. The logged data may have been collected by a first vehicle and may identifying an agent that is a road user. The logged data may be analyzed to identify one or more signals of intent of the agent including a logged path of the agent. One or more characteristics may be identified based on the one or more signals. The simulation may be run using the logged data by replacing the agent with an interactive agent having the one or more characteristics. The interactive agent may be capable of responding to actions performed by a simulated vehicle in the simulation using software for controlling a vehicle in an autonomous driving mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2020
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventors: Menghui Wang, Aleksandar Gabrovski, Xiaoyi Liu, Wesley Heung, Yang-Hua Chu