Patents Issued in November 24, 2020
  • Patent number: 10845790
    Abstract: A method for operating and observing a technical plant to be controlled, wherein block symbols for plant schematics can be generated which are structured, personalized, and assembled dynamically at runtime which, for example, enable an efficiently guided and assisted handling of alarm messages by an operator, where the dynamically updated display of alarm-producing process objects based on an equipment hierarchy enables an evaluation of items causing floods of alarms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Benjamin Lutz
  • Patent number: 10845791
    Abstract: A computer-facilitated method and a computerized system for providing optimization or improvement measures for one or more buildings are disclosed. Based on asset data regarding the building and on corresponding performance data, improvement measures related to a consumable resource in the one or more buildings are determined using a computer system configured for analyzing the asset data and the respective corresponding performance data based on internal and/or external key performance indicators and rules provided by a database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: SIEMENS SCHWEIZ AG
    Inventors: Henrik Cohen, Robert Gaertner
  • Patent number: 10845792
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a failure diagnosis apparatus includes a simulation module configured to simulate a target device to output virtual measured data obtained when the target device is in at least any one of one or more failure modes. The apparatus further includes a measured data obtaining module configured to obtain measured data that is measured from the target device. The apparatus further includes a failure mode identifying module configured to identify a failure mode of the target device based on the virtual measured data and the measured data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Toshio Hirano, Yoshihiro Taniyama, Masayuki Ichimonji
  • Patent number: 10845793
    Abstract: A system for condition monitoring and fault diagnosis includes a data collection function that acquires time histories of selected variables for one or more of the components, a pre-processing function that calculates specified characteristics of the time histories, an analysis function for evaluating the characteristics to produce one or more hypotheses of a condition of the one or more components, and a reasoning function for determining the condition of the one or more components from the one or more hypotheses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Brooks Automation, Inc.
    Inventors: Martin Hosek, Jay Krishnasamy, Jan Prochazka
  • Patent number: 10845794
    Abstract: A state identification device includes: a feature amount extraction unit that extracts a feature amount from physical data of a machine tool unit which shifts to a plurality of operation states; a feature amount storage unit in which a region is provided as a storage destination of the extracted feature amount for each of the plurality of operation states to which the machine tool unit shifts; a similarity calculation unit that calculates a similarity between the extracted feature amount and a feature amount stored in the feature amount storage unit; a state determination unit that determines an operation state of the machine tool unit based on the calculated similarity; and a storage destination determination unit that determines the region serving as the storage destination of the extracted feature amount based on a determination result of the state determination unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Hideo Sakai, Masaaki Maeda, Yuichi Sakurai, Masayoshi Takahashi
  • Patent number: 10845795
    Abstract: A self-propelled device determines an orientation for its movement based on a pre-determined reference frame. A controller device is operable by a user to control the self-propelled device. The controller device includes a user interface for controlling at least a direction of movement of the self-propelled device. The self-propelled device is configured to signal the controller device information that indicates the orientation of the self-propelled device. The controller device is configured to orient the user interface, based on the information signaled from the self-propelled device, to reflect the orientation of the self-propelled device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Sphero, Inc.
    Inventors: Ian H. Bernstein, Adam Wilson, Brian Keith Smith
  • Patent number: 10845796
    Abstract: An electronic control unit for a vehicle for switching vehicle control from an autonomous driving mode includes one or more processors, network interface hardware configured to communicate with a remote server over a network, and one or more memory modules that store logic. The electronic control unit executes logic to determine that the autonomous driving mode of the vehicle will terminate, determine that a driver is unavailable to take immediate control of the vehicle upon termination of the autonomous driving, transfer control of the vehicle to a remote operator over the network interface hardware for a first time period, generate an alert to the driver to take manual control of the vehicle, and transfer control of the vehicle to one of the driver and the autonomous driving mode after the first time period has elapsed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.
    Inventors: Nikolaos Michalakis, Stephanie Paepcke
  • Patent number: 10845797
    Abstract: [Object] To propose a novel and improved information processing device, a novel and improved information processing method, and a novel and improved transportation system capable of realizing more stable article transportation in article transportation by unmanned flyers. [Solution] Provided is an information processing device including: a display information control unit configured to control display of a screen used for a user to select a container to be conveyed by an unmanned flyer from candidates for the container on a basis of the candidates for the container accommodating an article and conveyed by the unmanned flyer in article transportation by the unmanned flyer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Masatoshi Takashima
  • Patent number: 10845798
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to a mobile robot control apparatus for compensating an input delay time, which includes: a user input receiving unit configured to receive a user input for moving a mobile robot from an input device; a waypoint map estimating unit configured to generate an estimated waypoint map in which a waypoint vector is defined for each grid, based on the received user input; an area target determining unit configured to calculate a movable path along which the mobile robot is movable from a current position, and to determine a moving path of the mobile robot based on the calculated movable path and the waypoint vector of the estimated waypoint map; and a driving unit configured to move the mobile robot along the determined moving path, and its control method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Jongsuk Choi, Jinhong Noh, Yoonseob Lim
  • Patent number: 10845799
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a control method for an UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) and a remote controller. The method includes transmitting a signal to the remote controller through a first communication network; receiving a first signal switching command; and switching from the first communication network to a second communication network to transmit the signal to the remote controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Liang Song, Deen Zheng, Yazhen Wei
  • Patent number: 10845800
    Abstract: A computer includes a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to, upon determining that a local set of identifiers is inconsistent with a remotely served set of identifiers, prevent a vehicle from entering an autonomous mode or instruct the vehicle to perform a minimal risk condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Vivekananda Krishnamurthy, Amy Beth Cronin, Scott J. Lauffer, Barnabas J. Nemec
  • Patent number: 10845801
    Abstract: A vehicle travel control apparatus including a drive mode instruction switch instructing a manual drive mode or a self-drive mode and a processor configured to perform determining whether a deviation between a vehicle speed detected by a vehicle speed detector and a target vehicle speed included in an action plan is equal to or less than a predetermined value, and controlling an actuator in the self-drive mode in accordance with the action plan. The microprocessor is further configured to perform switching to the self-drive mode when switching to the self-drive mode is instructed during an acceleration running in the manual drive mode, and controlling the actuator so as to maintain an acceleration in the manual drive mode at least until it is determined that the deviation is equal to or less than the predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Konishi, Takayuki Kishi, Akira Kito, Toshiyuki Mizuno
  • Patent number: 10845802
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for operating a motor vehicle. At least one breathing movement parameter describing an upper body movement of a user of the motor vehicle and a driving movement parameter are detected, using a sensor device of the motor vehicle, and a breathing signal and a driving movement signal that describe how the parameters are generated. A vitality parameter that describes breathing of the user is determined on the basis of the signals. An evaluation and control device of the motor vehicle ascertains a reference value range of stored, user-specific reference values of the vitality parameter, a determined value of the vitality parameter lying in said range, and, on the basis of the ascertained reference value range, a driver state index is determined. A control signal for operating a driver assistance device of the motor vehicle is generated as a function of the determined driver state index.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Audi AG
    Inventors: Christiane Stark, Isabelle Borgert
  • Patent number: 10845803
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an autonomous vehicle safety system can be implemented with a plurality of sensors, each of the plurality of sensors being configured to produce an electrical signal that is indicative of an environmental condition about a vehicle; a sensor distribution hub that receives the electrical signals from the plurality of sensors and generates two streams of data based on the electrical signals received from the plurality of sensors; a first micro-processing unit configured to receive a first of the two streams of data generated by the sensor distribution hub, where the first micro-processing unit is further configured to autonomously control the vehicle; and a second micro-processing unit configured to receive a second of the two streams of data generated by the sensor distribution hub, where the second micro-processing unit is also configured to autonomously control the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: NIO USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Eric Sidle, Veera Ganesh Yalla, Samir Agrawal, Jerry L. Petree, Dennis Polischuk
  • Patent number: 10845804
    Abstract: A method for determining and mapping a parcel of land may include receiving positioning-information indicative of position data of a robotic vehicle transiting a parcel at one or more locations on the parcel and receiving workload-information indicative of workload data of a robotic vehicle transiting the parcel at one or more locations on the parcel. The method may further include generating a virtual map of the parcel based on the positioning-information and the workload-information received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: HUSQVARNA AB
    Inventors: Jonas Holgersson, Fredrik Kallström, Jon Funk, Nick Schomer, Mario D'Ovidio
  • Patent number: 10845805
    Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling an unmanned aerial vehicle within an environment are provided. In one aspect, a system comprises one or more sensors carried on the unmanned aerial vehicle and configured to receive sensor data of the environment and one or more processors. The one or more processors may be individually or collectively configured to: determine, based on the sensor data, an environmental complexity factor representative of an obstacle density for the environment; determine, based on the environmental complexity factor, one or more operating rules for the unmanned aerial vehicle; receive a signal indicating a desired movement of the unmanned aerial vehicle; and cause the unmanned aerial vehicle to move in accordance with the signal while complying with the one or more operating rules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiao Hu, Ang Liu, Guyue Zhou, Xuyang Pan
  • Patent number: 10845806
    Abstract: Various technologies described herein pertain to controlling an autonomous vehicle to suppress data corresponding to predefined static objects in a radar output generated by a radar sensor system. A computing system of the autonomous vehicle retrieves prior data for a geographic location from a prior radar space map. The prior radar space map includes prior data for geographic locations in an environment corresponding to whether predefined static objects to be suppressed in radar outputs are located at the geographic locations. The computing system generates a score representative of a likelihood of a tracked object being at the geographic location based on data from the radar output for the geographic location, data from an output of a second sensor system for the geographic location, and the prior data for the geographic location from the prior radar space map. An engine, braking system, and/or steering system are controlled based on the score.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventor: Kevin Chu
  • Patent number: 10845807
    Abstract: A managing apparatus provides self-driving of a vehicle, which allows the vehicle to enter a parking space out of a plurality of parking spaces from an outside of a parking lot including the plurality of parking spaces, and which allows the vehicle to leave the parking lot for a predetermined place in the outside. The managing apparatus is provided with: a wait time setting device configured to set a maximum wait time of the vehicle in the predetermined place; and a controller configured to set a driving route for returning the vehicle to the parking lot from the predetermined place on condition that the maximum wait time elapses from an arrival of the vehicle in the predetermined place, and configured to provide the self-driving of the vehicle along the driving route.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yoshio Mukaiyama
  • Patent number: 10845808
    Abstract: A transport system, an information processing device, and an information processing method are disclosed. A transport system includes: a plurality of mobile units; and a server configured to manage information about a user who uses at least any one of the plurality of mobile units, the server including a characteristic database configured to store characteristic information in association with user identification information of the user, the characteristic information including a characteristic that is used when a mobile unit used by the user responds to the user, and a processing unit configured to, execute, based on the characteristic information identified by the user identification information, a first process in response to a first request from the mobile unit used by the user, and transmit a result of the first process to the mobile unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yusuke Kaneko, Masato Endo, Shinji Sassa, Takahiro Shiga, Yohei Tanigawa
  • Patent number: 10845809
    Abstract: Achieving safety and natural automatic driving needs a control platform using intelligence (such as learning function and artificial intelligence), but it is difficult to ensure operations suited for the behavior of a vehicle by the output of intelligence. An automatic driving device according to the present invention includes a control program for inputting outside information and vehicle information, and outputting a target control value for a vehicle. The control program has a first program for generating a first target control amount on the basis of a dynamically changing algorithm (which outputs operations based on learning function or artificial intelligence), and a second program for generating a second target control amount on the basis of a prescribed algorithm (which outputs operations according to traffic rules or driving morals).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masato Imai, Takao Kojima, Kentaro Yoshimura, Kiyoshi Yorozuya
  • Patent number: 10845810
    Abstract: A method for detecting real lateral locations of target plants includes: recording an image of a ground area at a camera; detecting a target plant in the image; accessing a lateral pixel location of the target plant in the image; for each tool module in a set of tool modules arranged behind the camera and in contact with a plant bed: recording an extension distance of the tool module; and recording a lateral position of the tool module relative to the camera; estimating a depth profile of the plant bed proximal the target plant based on the extension distance and the lateral position of each tool module; estimating a lateral location of the target plant based on the lateral pixel location of the target plant and the depth profile of the plant bed surface proximal the target plant; and driving a tool module to a lateral position aligned with the lateral location of the target plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: FarmWise Labs, Inc.
    Inventors: Arthur Flajolet, Eric Stahl-David, Sébastien Boyer, Thomas Palomares
  • Patent number: 10845811
    Abstract: A method for maintaining a marine vessel propelled by a marine propulsion device in a selected position includes determining a current global position of the marine vessel and receiving a signal command to maintain the current global position. The current global position is stored as a target global position in response to receiving the signal command. A subsequent global position of the marine vessel is determined and a position error difference between the subsequent global position and the target global position is determined. The method includes determining marine vessel movements required to minimize the position error difference, and causing the marine propulsion device to produce a thrust having a magnitude, a direction, and an angle calculated to result in achievement of the required marine vessel movements. At least one of timing and frequency of discontinuity of thrust production is controlled while the position error difference is minimized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Brunswick Corporation
    Inventors: Jason S. Arbuckle, Thomas S. Kirchhoff, Steven J. Andrasko
  • Patent number: 10845812
    Abstract: A system controls movement of a marine vessel near an object. The system includes a control module in signal communication with a marine propulsion system, a manually operable input device providing a signal representing a requested translation of the marine vessel, and a sensor providing a first distance between the vessel and a first point on the object and a second distance between the vessel and a second point on the object. The control module determines an actual angle between the vessel and the object based on the first distance and the second distance. In response to the signal representing the requested translation, the control module stores the actual angle between the vessel and the object as an initial angle and controls the marine propulsion system to produce thrust that will carry out the requested translation and that will maintain the initial angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Brunswick Corporation
    Inventors: Aaron J. Ward, Travis C. Malouf, Jason S. Arbuckle, Matthew E. Derginer
  • Patent number: 10845813
    Abstract: A route setting method capable of causing a host vehicle to continuously follow traveling tracks of other vehicles including a preceding vehicle so as to travel stably uses a peripheral vehicle sensor installed in the host vehicle to detect positions of other vehicles traveling around the host vehicle, and a controller for setting a route of the host vehicle according to traveling tracks of the other vehicles based on histories of positions of the other vehicles, the method including calculating a displaced amount of traveling tracks of the preceding vehicle specified from the other vehicles, and setting the route of the host vehicle according to traveling tracks of another vehicle different from the preceding vehicle when the displaced amount of the traveling tracks of the preceding vehicle is a threshold or greater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hirotoshi Ueda
  • Patent number: 10845814
    Abstract: A device includes: a reference confidence degree calculation unit configured to calculate a reference confidence degree in estimating the position of the host vehicle at a candidate passing position of the host vehicle set in advance based on the position information on the object on the map; a shield information acquisition unit configured to acquire shield information based on a result of detection; a shielding influence degree calculation unit configured to calculate a shielding influence degree in estimating the position of the host vehicle at the candidate passing position based on the shield information; and a confidence degree calculation unit configured to calculate a confidence degree in estimating the position of the host vehicle at the candidate passing position based on the reference confidence degree and the shielding influence degree.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryuji Funayama, Toshiki Kindo, Ayako Shimizu, Sho Otaki, Hojung Jung, Takayuki Iwamoto, Yasuo Sakaguchi
  • Patent number: 10845815
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided autonomous driving policy generation. The system can include a set of autonomous driver agents, and a driving policy generation module that includes a set of driving policy learner modules for generating and improving policies based on the collective experiences collected by the driver agents. The driver agents can collect driving experiences to create a knowledge base. The driving policy learner modules can process the collective driving experiences to extract driving policies. The driver agents can be trained via the driving policy learner modules in a parallel and distributed manner to find novel and efficient driving policies and behaviors faster and more efficiently. Parallel and distributed learning can enable accelerated training of multiple autonomous intelligent driver agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Praveen Palanisamy, Upali P. Mudalige
  • Patent number: 10845816
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for navigating an autonomous vehicle using reinforcement learning techniques.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: MOBILEYE VISION TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
    Inventors: Shai Shalev-Shwartz, Amnon Shashua, Shaked Shammah
  • Patent number: 10845817
    Abstract: A method for confining and/or modifying the movement of robotic devices by means of a boundary component. The boundary component is placed within an area co-located with the robotic device. The boundary component has a predetermined surface indentation pattern that may be discerned by a sensor component installed onto the robotic device. A robotic device configured with a line laser emitting diode, an image sensor, and an image processor detects predetermined indentation patterns of surfaces within a specific environment. The line laser diode emits the line laser upon surfaces within the filed of view of the image sensor. The image sensor captures images of the projected line laser and sends them to the image processor. The image processor iteratively compares received images against a predetermined surface indentation pattern of the boundary component. Once the predetermined indentation pattern is detected the robotic device may mark the location within the working map of the environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Inventor: Ali Ebrahimi Afrouzi
  • Patent number: 10845818
    Abstract: A method for a 3D scene reconstruction of autonomous agent operation sequences includes iteratively parsing sequence segmentation parts of agent operation sequence images into dynamic sequence segmentation parts and static sequence segmentation parts. The method also includes fitting 3D points over the static sequence segmentation parts to construct a 3D model of the static sequence segmentation parts over multiple frames of the agent operation sequence images. The method further includes removing the 3D model of the static sequence segmentation parts from the agent operation sequence images. The method also includes processing the dynamic sequence segmentation parts from each of the agent operation sequence images over the multiple frames of the agent operation sequence images to determine trajectories of the dynamic sequence segmentation parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.
    Inventor: Wadim Kehl
  • Patent number: 10845819
    Abstract: A cleaner performing autonomous traveling includes a main body, a driving unit moving the main body, a camera capturing an image around the main body at every preset period, and a controller selecting at least one of a plurality of traveling modes and controlling the driving unit and the camera to perform the selected traveling mode, wherein the controller changes a set value related to illumination of the camera while the camera is continuously capturing images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Sangyeol Park, Sunghun Lee
  • Patent number: 10845820
    Abstract: A system generates a high definition map for an autonomous vehicle to travel from a source location to a destination location. The system determines a low resolution route and receives high definition map data for a set of geographical regions overlaying the low resolution route. The system uses lane elements within the geographical regions to form a set of potential partial routes. The system calculates the error between the potential partial route and the low resolution route and removes potential partial routes with errors above the threshold. Once completed, the system selects a final route and sends signals to the controls of the autonomous vehicle to follow the final route. The system determines whether surface areas adjacent to a lane that are not part of the road are safe for the vehicle to drive in case of emergency. The system stores information describing navigable surface areas with representations of lanes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: DEEPMAP INC.
    Inventor: Mark Damon Wheeler
  • Patent number: 10845821
    Abstract: Disclosed are robot configuration-based mapping and planning technologies for a mobile robot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: SAVIOKE, INC.
    Inventors: Adrian Canoso, William H. Vaughan, Michael Jae-Yoon Chung
  • Patent number: 10845822
    Abstract: Systems and methods for utilizing fleets of robots are disclosed. The method comprises receiving a task with a computing device, and retrieving, from a memory, battery-charge attributes associated, respectively, with at least three robots. A determination is made that the first battery-charge attribute is greater than the second battery-charge attribute, which is greater than the third battery-charge attribute. The battery-charge attributes are evaluated against a criterion. After determining that the first and second battery-charge attributes satisfy the criterion, the first and second robots are added to a selection set. After determining that the third battery-charge attribute does not satisfy the criterion, the third robot is omitted from the selection set. The selection is then optimized based on the first and second battery-charge attributes, and then one of the first and second robots is selected from the selection set to perform an action associated with the task request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Clearpath Robotics Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan Christopher Gariepy, Alex Bencz
  • Patent number: 10845823
    Abstract: A system and method that function to generate an updated vehicle state based on a previous vehicle state and a set of sensor measurements. The previous vehicle state can be selected from a set of redundant prior vehicle state candidates. The system and method can optionally detect and correct for sensor measurement faults or failures, prior to updating the vehicle state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Joby Aero, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Burghardt, JoeBen Bevirt, Daniel Burghardt, Kevin O'Connor, Tianyu Gu, Kyle Cordes, Steve Waller
  • Patent number: 10845824
    Abstract: An input attitude associated with an input device of an aircraft is received. A supplemental attitude is generated, including by selecting a position-based supplemental attitude to be the supplemental attitude in the event the input device is in a disengaged state and selecting a velocity-based supplemental attitude to be the supplemental attitude in the event the input device is in an engaged state. The input attitude and the supplemental attitude are combined in order to obtain a combined attitude. The aircraft is controlled using the combined attitude.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Kitty Hawk Corporation
    Inventors: Alexander David Selwa, Mark Johnson Cutler
  • Patent number: 10845825
    Abstract: A method for controlling an aircraft includes determining a target angular velocity of the aircraft based at least in part on a target attitude of the aircraft, determining a target angular acceleration of the aircraft based at least in part on the target angular velocity, and generating a command signal for at least one propulsion unit of the aircraft based at least in part on the target angular acceleration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yun Yu
  • Patent number: 10845826
    Abstract: A diaphragmatic elbow damper joining two angularly oriented channels and configured to seal the channels in the absence of fluid flow overcoming gravity and atmospheric pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: VE Innovation I, LLC
    Inventors: David Ho, Eugene Siterman, Arkady Siterman
  • Patent number: 10845827
    Abstract: A flow computing apparatus includes: a first computation controller; a second computation controller; and an access controller, wherein the first computation controller: computes a flow rate of a fluid from sensor data indicating a state of the fluid; and generates transaction information indicating the flow rate of the fluid, the second computation controller computes a management index related to supply of the fluid based on at least a part of the sensor data or index values computed during the computation of the flow rate of the fluid by the first computation controller, and the access controller restricts at least a change in a function of the first computation controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshiko Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 10845828
    Abstract: A compensated pressure regulator for fluid under pressure including a hollow body, at least one intake for a fluid at high pressure, at least one outlet for this fluid at low pressure, a mobile regulation piece which slides in a cylindrical bore, able to stop the intake of the fluid at high pressure, and such that it includes a piece of generally cylindrical form with two heads of which the two partial inner and opposing faces are of quasi-equal surface; these two partial inner faces, a part of a bore surrounding the piece in a seal-tight manner and a seal integral with this bore delimits a high-pressure chamber, and the piece with two heads and this bore being mobile in relation to one another, and the intake for the high-pressure fluid emerges laterally in this high-pressure chamber, which fluid transmits to the mobile regulation piece loads which are cancelled out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: AD VENTA
    Inventor: Jean-Luc Mussot
  • Patent number: 10845829
    Abstract: Environmental characteristics of habitable environments (e.g., hotel or motel rooms, spas, resorts, cruise boat cabins, offices, hospitals and/or homes, apartments or residences) are controlled to eliminate, reduce or ameliorate adverse or harmful aspects and introduce, increase or enhance beneficial aspects in order to improve a “wellness” or sense of “wellbeing” provided via the environments. Control of intensity and wavelength distribution of passive and active Illumination addresses various issues, symptoms or syndromes, for instance to maintain a circadian rhythm or cycle, adjust for “jet lag” or season affective disorder, etc. Air quality and attributes are controlled. Scent(s) may be dispersed. Hypoallergenic items (e.g., bedding, linens) may be used. Water quality is controlled. Noise is reduced and sounds (e.g., masking, music, natural) may be provided. Passive and active pathogen controls are employed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Delos Living LLC
    Inventors: Dana S. Pillai, Nathan B. Stodola, Renato P. Termale, Richard A. Macary
  • Patent number: 10845830
    Abstract: An intelligent control system for a detector comprises an external control module (110) and at least one group of data transmission and control modules (120), wherein the external control module (110) is used for controlling packet issuing and feedback message processing; a fifth interface (125) connected to the external control module (110) and used for packet transmission; a processing unit (128); at least one group of first type of interfaces (121) respectively connected to a detector (150) and used for transmitting a control packet of the detector (150); at least one group of second type of interfaces (122) respectively connected to the detector (150) and used for transmitting original data of the detector (150); a data pre-processing unit (129) for acquiring and forwarding the original data or pre-processing data of the detector (150); and a sixth interface (126) connected to the external control module (110) and used for transmitting the original data/pre-processing data of the detector (150).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: THE WUHAN DIGITAL PET CO., LTD
    Inventor: Bo Zhang
  • Patent number: 10845831
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure describe methods, apparatuses, and systems for hybrid low dropout regulator (LDO) architecture and realization to provide high power supply rejection ratio (PSRR) and high conversion efficiency (CE), and other benefits. The hybrid LDO may be coupled with dual rails for its analog LDO branch and digital LDO respectively to achieve high PSRR and high CE by utilizing the hybrid architecture with several feedback loops. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Xiaosen Liu, Harish Krishnamurthy, Krishnan Ravichandran, Vivek De, Scott Chiu, Claudia Patricia Barrera Gonzalez, Jing Han, Rajasekhara Madhusudan Narayana Bhatla
  • Patent number: 10845832
    Abstract: A voltage-to-current converter can be configured to generate a current based on an input voltage and for part of the time use the generated current as the output current of the voltage-to-current converter, and for part of the time use the generated current as a current source for the operation of the voltage-to-current converter. This arrangement can reduce the need for high performance current mirror circuits within the voltage-to-current converter, thereby reducing the cost and complexity of the voltage-to-current converter and improving precision and accuracy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Analog Devices International Unlimited Company
    Inventor: Jonathan Ephraim David Hurwitz
  • Patent number: 10845833
    Abstract: A buck voltage converter comprising a high side switch, a low side switch, a capacitor, an inductor, a gate driver circuit having outputs coupled to the gate terminal of the high side switch and the gate terminal of the low side switch, and a separate voltage regulator circuit that powers circuitry internal to the buck voltage converter. The voltage regulator circuit includes a multiplexer having a first multiplexer input coupled to the input voltage source, a second multiplexer input coupled to the buck output of the buck voltage converter, and one or more multiplexer control inputs to select which of the two multiplexer inputs is coupled to a multiplexer output and pass transistor having a first terminal coupled to the multiplexer output of the multiplexer and having a second terminal coupled to the regulator output of the voltage regulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Stefan Dietrich, Christian Harder, Emil Cioran
  • Patent number: 10845834
    Abstract: A linear regulator for applications with low area constraint resulting in limited load decoupling capacitance that introduces a compensating zero in the regulator loop to counteract the loss of phase margin and further introduces a feed-forward noise cancellation path operating over a wide frequency range covering a first package resonance frequency. The feed-forward path has low power consumption and improves the power-supply rejection ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: NVIDIA Corp.
    Inventors: Nikola Nedovic, Sanquan Song
  • Patent number: 10845835
    Abstract: A voltage regulator device and a control method thereof are provided. The voltage regulator device includes a voltage regulator and a path switch. The voltage regulator includes an output node and a voltage divider circuit. The output node is used to generate a control voltage. The voltage divider circuit generates an overshoot reference voltage according to an input voltage. A first node of the path switch is coupled to the output node, a second node of the path switch is coupled to a reference voltage node, and a control node of the path switch receives the overshoot reference voltage. When the control voltage is greater than the sum of the overshoot reference voltage and a threshold voltage of the path switch, the path switch is turned on to direct a charge at the output node to the reference voltage node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Winbond Electronics Corp.
    Inventors: Jyun-Yu Lai, Hsing-Yu Liu
  • Patent number: 10845836
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method and device for tracking control of a maximum power point of a solar cell, wherein an output voltage of the solar cell is converted to a voltage required by a load via a conversion module comprising a switching unit. The control method comprises: acquiring an open-circuit voltage of the solar cell; adjusting a duty cycle of the switching unit such that an output voltage of the solar cell decreases from the open-circuit voltage gradually in a first change direction; if the output voltage of the solar cell is less than or equal to a predetermined voltage value, reversely adjusting the duty cycle of the switching unit, wherein the predetermined voltage value is less than the output voltage of the solar cell corresponding to the maximum power of the solar cell; calculating a current output power of the solar cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Inventor: Hongtao Li
  • Patent number: 10845837
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a voltage generator generating a reference voltage, a first reference current generator receiving the reference voltage and generating a reference current, a non-volatile memory storing a calibration code, a first bias current generator mirroring the reference current to generate a first bias current, and a second bias current generator adjusting the reference current according to the calibration code of the non-volatile memory to generate a second bias current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Inventors: Junhan Bae, Chang-Kyung Seong, Jongshin Shin
  • Patent number: 10845838
    Abstract: A reference voltage generation circuit including: a first diode including a first conductive area; a second diode including a second conductive area that is larger than the first conductive area; a generation section configured to generate a reference voltage using a voltage based on the first diode and a voltage based on the second diode; and a first capacitor connected between a node of dividing resistors and an output of the generation section, the dividing resistors being connected between the output of the generation section and the second diode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: LAPIS SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Tanikawa
  • Patent number: 10845839
    Abstract: A current mirror arrangement with a current mirror and a double-base current circulator is disclosed. The current mirror is configured to receive an input current (IIN) and generate a mirrored current (IM), where IM=K*IIN. The current circulator, coupled to the current mirror, is configured to convey the mirrored current to an output node of the arrangement. The current circulator is a double-base current circulator and includes a first branch configured to receive a first branch current (I1b), where I1b=m*IM, where m is a positive number less than 1, and further includes a second branch configured to receive a second branch current (I2b), where I2b=(1?m)*IM. The first branch includes a cascode of transistors Q3 and Q5, configured to provide I1b to an output node. The second branch includes a transistor Q4 configured to provide I2b to the output node, where it is combined with I1b.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: ANALOG DEVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Devrim Aksin, Omid Foroudi