Patents Issued in May 9, 2023
  • Patent number: 11644290
    Abstract: A powder dispensing device is provided including a housing; a hopper sized and shaped to engage the housing to form a reservoir; a first barrel in fluid communication with the reservoir via one or more first apertures and having a first internal diameter; a second barrel in fluid communication with the reservoir via one or more second apertures and having a second internal diameter, wherein the first internal diameter is greater than the second internal diameter; at least one motor coupled to the first barrel and the second barrel, the at least one motor configured to rotate the first barrel and the second barrel; a scale electrically coupled to a scale plate, the scale plate disposed on the housing and below the first barrel and the second barrel; and a user interface in electrical communication with the at least one motor and the scale, the user interface configured to receive a user-input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Bushnell Inc.
    Inventors: William Clark Hemeyer, Joe Dunning
  • Patent number: 11644291
    Abstract: Multistage thermal trigger devices disclosed herein may include a first stage and a second stage, wherein the first stage activates at a first temperature, and wherein the second stage activates at a second temperature. The first stage activates an arming assembly so that the second stage is armed. The second stage may then activate the output of the multistage thermal trigger device, via the arming assembly, when the second temperature is reached. An autoignition material (AIM) capsule is also disclosed herein. The AIM capsule may be deployed in connection with the disclosed multistage thermal trigger devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Karman Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Stephanie J. Hansen, Keith Krasnowski, Peter J. Golden, Michael Knollmeyer, Minh Button, Morgan Condit, Joel Hoksbergen, Andrew Lindo
  • Patent number: 11644292
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for designing a blasting sequence for a drilling pattern of a round. The apparatus (11) is configured to assist selecting one or more drill holes (3) for each time delay of the blast. The apparatus calculates burst volume (VB) for the selected drill hole set (34) and ensures that previously blasted free volume (VF) can receive it when being fired. The apparatus may also take into account burst angles burst distances and ground vibrations when suggesting the drill hole sets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Sandvik Mining and Construction Oy
    Inventors: Juoko Muona, Juha-Matti Myllyla
  • Patent number: 11644293
    Abstract: A tool for identifying a correct belt for a system of pulleys from a plurality of prefabricated belts having different lengths is disclosed. The tool may include a belt track attached to a first end portion of a measurement belt. The measurement belt may be wrapped around the system of pulleys. An opposed second end portion of the measurement belt may be disposed adjacent to the belt track which may include a reference indicator. The reference indicator will be aligned to one of a plurality of measurement markings on the second end portion which indicates the correct belt to order from among the plurality of prefabricated belts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: ZPE LICENSING INC.
    Inventor: Andrew Jason Zimmer
  • Patent number: 11644294
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including medium-encoded computer program products, for automatic generation of probe path for surface inspection and part alignment. A mesh model is obtained of at least a portion of a three dimensional model of a part to be manufactured using a computer-controlled manufacturing system. Vertex points from the mesh model are collected to be an initial set of probing points in a three dimensional space of a working coordinate system of the computer-controlled manufacturing system, and filtering out points are filtered out from the initial set of probing points based on coverage of the least a portion of the three dimensional model to produce a final set of probing points. The final set of probing points is provided for use in alignment or surface inspection of the part by the computer-controlled manufacturing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Autodesk, Inc.
    Inventors: Marco Adriano, Lee Sanders, Richard Matthew Stubley
  • Patent number: 11644295
    Abstract: A metrology device with automated compensation and/or alert for orientation errors. The device may include a processor, a probe portion and at least one orientation sensor. The probe provides an output representative of a raw measurement of a characteristic of a device under test and the orientation sensor provides a sensor output representative of an orientation of the metrology device to the device under test. The processor applies a correction factor to the raw measurement in response to the sensor output to establish a compensated measurement to compensate for misalignment of the metrology device to the device under test. In addition, or alternatively, the processor provides an alert indicating the existence and/or extent of the misalignment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: The L.S. Starrett Company
    Inventor: Jeffrey M. Wilkinson
  • Patent number: 11644296
    Abstract: A 3D measuring equipment and a 3D measuring method are provided. The 3D measuring equipment includes a base, a fixture, a measuring device, and a controller. The fixture is disposed on the base for an object to be measured to be disposed thereon. The fixture has a plurality of rods. The heights of the rods are adjustable. The measuring device is installed on the base and is movable relative to the fixture. The controller is connected to the measuring device and the fixture and configured to perform the following. The heights of the rods are adjusted according to 3D model data of the object to be measured to support the object to be measured. The measuring device is driven to move relative to the fixture to measure the object to be measured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Chin-Chia Chang, Chia-Ching Lin, Yi-Tong Liu, Chia-Ming Tsai
  • Patent number: 11644297
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for a three-dimensional (3D) non-contact position sensor. A system includes a magnetic target coupled to and/or integrated with a target object and a position sensor comprising a plurality of magnetometers configured to provide a set of magnetic flux values corresponding to a magnetic field generated by the magnetic target. A logic device receives the set of magnetic flux values provided by the plurality of magnetometers of the position sensor and determines a position and/or orientation of the target object based, at least in part, on the received set of magnetic flux values. The position and/or orientation of the target object may be used as feedback to help position and/or orient the target object according to a desired position and/or orientation or to track its position accurately in real-time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Teledyne FLIR Surveillance, Inc.
    Inventor: Andrew Howard
  • Patent number: 11644298
    Abstract: An inductive position detector for stylus position measurement in a scanning probe comprises a coil board configuration located along a central axis in the probe. The coil board configuration includes a field generating coil configuration that surrounds a hole in the coil board configuration, a top axial sensing coil configuration and a bottom axial sensing coil configuration, and N top rotary sensing coils and N bottom rotary sensing coils. A stylus-coupled disruptor configuration includes a cylindrical disruptor element that is configured to move and fit within the hole of the coil board configuration, and moves along Z (axial) and X-Y (rotary) directions in a motion volume. The field generating coil configuration generates a changing magnetic flux (e.g., encompassing all or at least part of the cylindrical disruptor element), and coil signals indicate the cylindrical disruptor element and/or stylus positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Mitutoyo Corporation
    Inventor: Christopher Richard Hamner
  • Patent number: 11644299
    Abstract: A scanning probe for a coordinate measuring machine with inductive position sensor signal gain control is provided. The scanning probe includes a stylus position detection portion with field generating and sensing coils, and for which corresponding output signals are indicative of a position of the probe tip of the stylus. Signal processing and control circuitry is configured to implement different operating regions, such as a central high gain operating region which corresponds to a central probe tip position range, as well as other lower gain operating regions, and for which transition operations may be performed for adjusting the gain. In various implementations, transition operations for adjusting a gain may include operations such as: adjusting power to a field generating coil configuration; adjusting a gain of a front end amplifier; altering characteristics of sensing coils; adjusting an input range of an analog to digital converter, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Mitutoyo Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher Richard Hamner, Scott Allen Harsila, Scott Ellis Hemmings, Andrew Michael Patzwald
  • Patent number: 11644300
    Abstract: A measurement device is disclosed for measuring a change in one or more of a circumference or a perimeter of at least a portion of an object having a surface. The measurement device includes a first part for attachment to the object, a second part having a first portion moveable relative to a first portion of the first part, a determining device for determining a displacement of the first portion of the second part relative to the first portion of the first part caused by the object changing, and a biasing device for biasing the first part and the second part towards engagement. The measured displacement is for use in determining the change in one or more of a circumference or a perimeter of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: ERGO FIGURE LIMITED
    Inventor: Paul Hodge
  • Patent number: 11644301
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for optical homodyne detection in an optical fiber interferometer. A detection signal is obtained by interfering an optical data signal with a phase-modulated optical reference signal. The modulator for the optical reference signal is phase-locked to an oscillatory modulation waveform. In embodiments, the modulator includes a piezoelectric element. In more specific embodiments, the modulator is a piezoelectric optical fiber-stretcher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC
    Inventors: Aaron Michael Katzenmeyer, Christopher Todd DeRose
  • Patent number: 11644302
    Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus for determining pose information of a robot, a device and a medium. The method includes: fitting a target curve according to a motion trajectory of an image module relative to a target label when the robot rotates; determining a coordinate offset of the image module relative to a body of the robot according to the target curve, and determining a relative distance between the image module and the target label according to the image module; and determining the pose information of the robot according to the coordinate offset and the relative distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Keenon Robotics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuai Ma, Yuanxun Ma, Yayun Yang, Lin He
  • Patent number: 11644303
    Abstract: A method including determining with a three-dimensional (3D) measuring instrument 3D coordinates of an object for each of a plurality of poses of the 3D measuring instrument; capturing with a camera first- and higher-order diffraction components of markers near or on the object, the camera having a diffractive optical element (DOE), a lens, and a photosensitive array; and registering with a processor the determined 3D coordinates based at least in part on the determined 3D coordinates and on the imaged zero- and higher-order diffraction components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: FARO Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Rolf Heidemann
  • Patent number: 11644304
    Abstract: A height measurement device includes: a lens system; a lens controller to output a drive signal to the lens system; a continuous illuminator to continuously illuminate a workpiece; an image detector to detect an image of the workpiece; an image calculation unit to calculate an EDOF image on a basis of a detected image; a focal depth adjustment unit to cause an extended focal depth of the EDOF image to be increased or decreased by increasing or decreasing an amplitude of the drive signal; a focus determination unit to determine a focus state of a portion of interest of the workpiece included in the EDOF image; and a height measurement unit to measure an upper limit or a lower limit of the extended focal depth, the upper limit or the lower limit being based on a timing at which the focus state of the portion of interest has changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: MITUTOYO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masafumi Yamanaka
  • Patent number: 11644305
    Abstract: An apparatus for monitoring strain in an optical chip in silicon photonics platform. The apparatus includes a silicon photonics substrate shared with the optical chip. Additionally, the apparatus includes an optical input configured in the silicon photonics substrate to supply an input signal of a single wavelength. The apparatus further includes a first waveguide arm and a second waveguide arm embedded in the silicon photonics substrate to form an on-chip interferometer. The second waveguide arm forms a delay line being disposed at a region in or adjacent to the optical chip. The on-chip interferometer is configured to generate an interference pattern serving as an indicator of strain distributed at the region in or adjacent to the optical chip. The interference pattern is caused by a temperature-independent phase shift at the single wavelength of the interferometer between the first waveguide arm and the second waveguide arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: MARVELL ASIA PTE LTD
    Inventors: Chunshu Zhang, Jie Lin, Masaki Kato
  • Patent number: 11644306
    Abstract: A road surface state determination apparatus includes a plurality of tire-side devices each of which detects vibration applied to corresponding tire and produces road surface data indicative of a road surface state based on data of the vibration, and a vehicle-body-side system that determines the road surface state based on the road surface data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryosuke Kanbayashi, Yoichiro Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11644307
    Abstract: Method for generating a compatibility index between two ends of two tubes, in particular before welding operations, the method comprising the steps of: (a) marking an angular reference (M0) on each of the two ends, (b) orbital measurement of an inside radius of each of the ends; (c) determining an index of angular compatibility (INDth?tak) between the two ends for an angular deviation (?, theta) between the angular references of the ends, said angular compatibility index deriving from a maximum difference between the inside radii of each opposite end, (d) iterating the step of determining the angular compatibility index for several values for angular deviation between the angular references of the ends; (e) generating an overall score for compatibility (Hk) between said two ends, the overall compatibility score being a function of the angular compatibility indices determined for several angular deviation values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: VALLOUREC TUBES FRANCE
    Inventors: Nicolas Gotusso, Mélanie Armand
  • Patent number: 11644308
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a method for determining a slope slip plane with a gently-inclined soft interlayer, including: S1, determining a curve formed with a slip arc of a trailing edge tearing plane, a soft interlayer plane and a slip arc of a leading edge shear opening as a slope slip plane; S2, calculating a slip plane stability coefficient; S3, determination of a position of the gently-inclined soft interlayer plane: if the slip plane stability coefficient is less than 1 but close to 1, determining that the position of the slope slip plane is accurate; otherwise, moving the position of the soft interlayer plane and repeating steps S1 and S2, until the slip plane stability coefficient is less than 1 and close to 1. The method is simple, and has a high accuracy for determining a non-circular slip plane with a soft interlayer as a bottom slip plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Bin Hu, Jing Li, Aneng Cui, Kai Cui, Qinghong Fang, Wei Yang, Yalan Jia, Yang Liu, Xin Zhu
  • Patent number: 11644309
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for determining a direction to a geodetic target from a geodetic instrument. The method includes emitting an optical pulse from the geodetic target, capturing a first image and a second image of the geodetic target using a camera arranged at the geodetic instrument, obtaining a difference image between the first image and the second image, and determining a direction to the geodetic target from the geodetic instrument based on the position of the optical pulse in the difference image. The method further includes synchronizing the geodetic instrument and the geodetic target for emitting the optical pulse concurrently with the capturing of the first image and nonconcurrently with the capturing of the second image. The present disclosure also provides a geodetic instrument, a geodetic target and a geodetic surveying system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Trimble AB
    Inventors: Johan Carlén, Mikael Nordenfelt, Christian Grässer
  • Patent number: 11644310
    Abstract: Determining when a barometric-based approach for estimating an unknown altitude of a mobile device should not be used. Different approaches determine if estimating an unknown altitude of a mobile device using a measured atmospheric condition will result in an estimated altitude having acceptable or unacceptable error. If use of the measured atmospheric condition would result in acceptable error, the measured atmospheric condition is used to estimate the unknown altitude. If use of the measured atmospheric condition would result in unacceptable error, the measured atmospheric condition is not used to estimate the unknown altitude. The resultant altitude estimate is then used to locate the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: NextNav, LLC
    Inventors: Jerome Vogedes, William Alberth, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11644311
    Abstract: A method to correct a digital image to reverse the effect of signal diffusion among pixels of the digital image. For a target pixel j of the digital image, a set of signal values and a set of signal amplitudes are received, each corresponding to a set of kernel pixels i surrounding and including the target pixel j. For each kernel pixel i, a weighting coefficient is computed based on the signal amplitude of that kernel pixel i and on the signal amplitude of the target pixel j. A linear combination of signal values corresponding to the set of kernel pixels i is computed, wherein the signal value for each pixel i is weighted by the weighting coefficient corresponding to that pixel i. The linear combination is stored in volatile memory of an electronic device as a corrected signal value for the target pixel j.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventor: Sergio Ortiz Egea
  • Patent number: 11644312
    Abstract: Disclosed is a single-axis rotational inertial navigation system based on bidirectional optical communication and wireless power supply. The system comprises a bidirectional optical communication unit, a wireless power supply unit, a motor driving unit, an inertial measurement unit, a rotating-end information acquisition and processing unit, and a fixed-end information receiving and processing unit. According to the system, in the same transmission channel, information interaction between a rotating end and a fixed end is achieved by adopting infrared light communication and visible light communication; and medium-power high-efficiency wireless energy transmission under a specific distance is achieved by adopting a magnetically coupled resonant wireless power supply method. The design of a high-accuracy motor driving unit is achieved by adopting the design of combining a frameless torque motor with an incremental circular grating and double reading heads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Tiantian Huang, Meng Niu, Lingyun Ye, Kaichen Song
  • Patent number: 11644313
    Abstract: A microelectromechanical resonator includes a resonator member suspended over a surface of a substrate by at least one anchor that is connected to the substrate. The resonator member includes outer and inner frames that are concentrically arranged and mechanically coupled by support structures extending therebetween. Related apparatus and gyroscopes are also discussed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Georgia Tech Research Corporation
    Inventors: Haoran Wen, Farrokh Ayazi
  • Patent number: 11644314
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein for blind frequency synchronization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: PhasorLab, Inc.
    Inventors: Jian Cui, Joshua C. Park
  • Patent number: 11644315
    Abstract: A wayfinding system, device, and method for providing a route between waypoints within a facility. The method includes generating a navigation graph of traversable areas connecting a set of waypoints; determining a shortest traversable path between each waypoint and every other waypoint based on the navigation graph; setting one or more requirements for plotting a route traversing the set of waypoints; and plotting the route traversing the set of waypoints, wherein the route is plotted according to the one or more requirements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: MAPPEDIN INC.
    Inventors: Christine Maiolo, Paul Bernhardt, Coraline Sherratt
  • Patent number: 11644316
    Abstract: A computer program product for navigation in an establishment site for a first user using a first mobile electronic device are provided. The embodiment may include scanning an area around a current location of the first user to identify a set of second mobile electronic devices. The embodiment may also include referencing one or more resources for: identifying a set of second users for each of the set of second mobile electronic devices; analyzing schedules of the set of second users to identify expected current locations of each of the set of second users in an establishment site; and identifying the current location of the first user relative to the expected current locations of at least some of the set of second users by referencing a map of the establishment site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: John J. Wood, Giacomo G. Chiarella, Eunjin Lee, Daniel T. Cunnington
  • Patent number: 11644317
    Abstract: The technology provides for a pair of earbuds. For instance, a first earbud may include a first antenna, and a second earbud may include a second antenna. The pair of earbuds may further include one or more processors configured to receive, from the first antenna, a first signal from a beacon, and receive, from the second antenna, a second signal from the beacon. Based on the first signal and the second signal, the one or more processors may determine at least one signal strength. The one or more processors may determine a position of the user relative to the beacon based on the at least one signal strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Jiang Zhu, Chi Kin Benjamin Leung
  • Patent number: 11644318
    Abstract: A navigation system and a computer program are capable of changing the role of an apparatus that implements navigation in accordance with its performance and circumstances, and achieving single navigation, in a coordinated fashion, with multiple apparatuses to which their roles are appropriately distributed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: MICWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Makino, Takuma Segawa, Yasuhito Kawase, Kenta Imaida
  • Patent number: 11644319
    Abstract: A system can receive a destination change request inputted by a passenger of an autonomous vehicle, where the destination change request comprises a request to change a first destination of the passenger to a second destination. In response to receiving the destination change request, the system determines a feasibility indicator for the autonomous vehicle to travel to the second destination, and based on the feasibility indicator, determines a suggested destination being different from the second destination. The system transmits an instruction to a computing system of the autonomous vehicle, causing the computing system of the autonomous vehicle to reroute the autonomous vehicle to the suggested destination. The system then transmits an instruction to a computing device associated with a non-autonomous vehicle, where the instruction comprises a request or invitation for a driver of the non-autonomous vehicle to transport the passenger from the suggested destination to the second destination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Uber Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Sweeney, Molly Nix, Emily Bartel, Logan Rockmore, Anthony Levandowski
  • Patent number: 11644320
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for receiving a start location and a destination location, determining a road segment corresponding to the destination location, and identifying a node nearest the road segment corresponding to the destination location, whereby the node corresponds to a nearest left-hand node for a right-hand driving country or a nearest right-hand node for a left-hand driving country. The systems and methods further provide for generating a first route from the start location to the node nearest the road segment corresponding to the destination location, generating a second route from the node nearest the road segment corresponding to the destination location, to the destination location, and combining the first route and the second route to generate a final route. Thus, the final route comprises a route from the start location, through the node nearest the road segment corresponding to the destination location, to the destination location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Uber Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Kanchanapalli Muralidhar Raju, Karapet Shaginyan, Jane Alam Jan
  • Patent number: 11644321
    Abstract: The method comprises, for a given route between a starting point and a destination, and for an arrival at the destination at a given desired time: a preliminary step of determining and recording a plurality of vehicle mission profiles, at least a first instant during the journey, a step of determining an instantaneous position of the vehicle at this first instant and a desired time remaining to reach the destination, a step of identifying, among the mission profiles, the mission profile(s) whose curves are closest to the desired time remaining at the instantaneous position of the vehicle, and a step of determining new driving parameters to follow a new mission profile, the new mission profile being determined on the basis of the determined mission profiles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: ALSTOM Transport Technologies
    Inventors: Jean Bavard, Sylvain Bony, Samuel Hibon, Olivier Verstraet
  • Patent number: 11644322
    Abstract: An autonomous vehicle (AV) described herein is configured to receive a pull over location specified by a passenger, and is further configured to refine the pull over location based upon one or more factors, where the factors include computer-readable content from a profile of the passenger, sensor data output by sensor systems of the AV, observed or predicted weather conditions, observed or predicted traffic, and/or observations recently generated by other AVs that belong to the same fleet as the AV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: GM CRUISE HOLDINGS LLC
    Inventors: Curt Harrington, Wei Lu, Devina Jain, Kunal Mehta, Nikola John Linn Noxon
  • Patent number: 11644323
    Abstract: A method for recommending a route includes obtaining a first start point and a first end point relating to a road network. The method also includes obtaining a route recommendation model. The method further includes determining a recommendation route from the first start point to the first end point based on the route recommendation model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: BEIJING DIDI INFINITY TECHNOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Rui Pan, Zheng Wang
  • Patent number: 11644324
    Abstract: The present invention identifies a danger spot effectively. In a navigation device 10, a danger spot identification unit 34 identifies a jump-out danger spot on the basis of past information which is acquired by a past information acquisition unit 24 and indicates a situation of a jump-out accident in the past, and surrounding information which is acquired by a surrounding information acquisition unit 32 and indicates a surrounding situation of a vehicle. Here, the past information includes surrounding facility identification information (information related to an identification planimetric feature) used for identifying a jump-out danger spot and information related to a jump-out object. As a result, the danger spot identification unit 34 can identify a danger spot of a jump-out which can occur due to a planimetric feature (a facility) in a jump-out accident. Therefore, the navigation device 10 can identify a jump-out danger spot effectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: PIONEER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira Shimizu, Makoto Matsumaru, Ryoji Noguchi, Itaru Takemura
  • Patent number: 11644325
    Abstract: Based on schedule information indicating one or more events to be occurred and information relating to a location associated with each of the one or more events, a navigation method estimates an area and time at which congestion may be likely to occur in the vicinity of the location. Furthermore, the navigation method presents to a moving body information which is based on the estimated result of the area and the time, and which is related to a movement plan when moving using the moving body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Uematsu, Hiroyuki Sasai, Takeshi Ando, Noriaki Imaoka, Duyhinh Nguyen
  • Patent number: 11644326
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to computing platforms that utilize improved machine learning techniques for dynamic device quality evaluation. A computing platform may receive driving data from a mobile device. Using the driving data, the computing platform may compute a plurality of driving metrics, which may include: a geopoint expectation rate score, a trips per day rank score, a consecutive geopoint time difference score, a global positioning system (GPS) accuracy rating score, and a distance between consecutive trips score. By applying a machine learning model to the plurality of driving metrics, the computing platform may compute a device evaluation score, indicating a quality of the driving data received from the mobile device. Based on the device evaluation score, the computing platform may set flags, which may be accessible by a driver score generation platform, causing the driver score generation platform to perform an action with regard to the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Allstate Insurance Company
    Inventor: Nicholas Solano
  • Patent number: 11644327
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to enhanced telematics processing systems with improved third party source data integration features and enhanced customized driving output determinations. A computing platform may receive telematics data and third party source data. The computing platform may enrich the telematics data using the third party source data. After generating the enriched telematics data, the computing platform may use machine learning algorithms and datasets to validate the enriched telematics data. The computing platform may ingest, via a batch ingestion process, the enriched telematics data. For example, the computing platform may store the enriched telematics data and generate additional enriched telematics data until expiration of a predetermined period of time. The computing platform may ingest the enriched telematics data associated with each trip. Once the enriched telematics data has been ingested, the computing platform may generate a standardized common trip format output for each trip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Allstate Insurance Company
    Inventors: Zoran Navratil, Kevin Patrick Rice, Daniel Brian Mohnen, Kevin Glickley, Nilesh Ponnala, Rahul Chandrawanshi
  • Patent number: 11644328
    Abstract: A safety drive assist apparatus includes an imaging unit, an information acquisition unit, first and second determination processors, and a search control processor. The imaging unit captures an image of an occupant inside a vehicle. The information acquisition unit is provided inside and outside the vehicle and acquires information including biometric information of the occupant. The first and the second determination processors determine physical and mental fatigue levels of the occupant inside the vehicle, respectively, on the basis of the image captured by the imaging unit or the information acquired by the information acquisition unit. The search control processor searches for a recommended traveling route and a recommended stop-by point on the basis of a search condition, and propose a result of the search to the occupant. The search condition is based on one or both of determination information obtained by the first determination processor, the second determination processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya Homma, Tsukasa Mikuni, Toru Kato, Ryota Nakamura, Masatoshi Tsuge
  • Patent number: 11644329
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a controller configured to acquire schedule information, upon acquiring information regarding a need to transport a product of a first shop to a second shop, for at least one user who is staying near the first shop or is scheduled to pass near the first shop, select, based on the schedule information, a user for requesting transportation of the product from among the at least one user, and transmit, to a terminal apparatus of the selected user, information requesting transportation of the product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoshi Komamine, Toyokazu Nakashima, Koichi Suzuki, Lei Wang, Jun Karashima, Kenichi Yamada, Hiromitsu Fujii, Shota Minami
  • Patent number: 11644330
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments include methods, systems, and non-transitory computer readable media for setting a destination at a vehicle navigation system and methods, systems, and non-transitory computer readable media for setting a destination in a vehicle navigation system. In an illustrative embodiment, a method of setting a destination at a vehicle navigation system includes: connecting, by the vehicle, to a wireless device of a vehicle occupant; receiving, by the vehicle, a location signal from the wireless device indicating a geographical location corresponding to a selected media file on the wireless device; generating, by the vehicle, a destination location responsive to the location signal; determining a destination location responsive to the location signal; and plotting a navigation course to the determined destination location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Rivian IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Christian Hubbell, Philipp Beisel, Suraj-Hebbar Shankar
  • Patent number: 11644331
    Abstract: A computer implemented method for generating traffic pathways that includes recording images from a transportation site with a fixed position camera. The method further includes extracting vehicle point data from the images, and calculating projected vehicle characteristics from the extracted point data to provide an extracted vehicle continuous data set. The method may further include generating a simulated traffic flow and simulated vehicle motion from the extracted vehicle continuous data set. A traffic pathway can be calculated using simulated vehicle motion and simulated traffic flow. The traffic pathway can be used for directing a guided vehicle on the transportation site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kentaro Aota, Yoshifumi Sakamoto, Yuki Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 11644332
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an automated driving vehicle management system, a management method, an automated driving vehicle, and a program that are capable of appropriately managing the automated driving vehicle. The automated driving vehicle management system including: a map information storage unit that stores map information; an imaginary line management unit that manages an imaginary line imaginarily generated for a road included in the map information; and a communication unit that transmits imaginary line information about the imaginary line to a plurality of automated driving vehicles traveling along the imaginary line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenichi Kitahama, Ryo Murakami, Hisashi Iizuka, Mitsunori Hosokawa
  • Patent number: 11644333
    Abstract: An apparatus, method and computer program product are provided for generating map data of categorized links. The method may include receiving a request for at least one categorized link in a map area and obtaining at least one categorized link in the map area, based on the request. The method may further include determining link identifiers corresponding to each link of the at least one categorized link, and generating at least one bloom filter, wherein the at least one bloom filter encodes link identifiers corresponding to each link of the at least one categorized link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: HERE Global B.V.
    Inventors: Daniel Rolf, Raul Cajias
  • Patent number: 11644334
    Abstract: Systems and methods for managing routing involving an indicated point of interest associated with a plurality of levels of a multilevel (overlapping or stacked) roadway are provided. In example embodiments, a networked system aggregates trip data received from user devices that includes location information and detected attributes for points of interest. The networked system analyzes the location information and the detected attributes to determine a height parameter and, in some cases, a characteristic associated with different levels of the multilevel roadway for points of interest. The height parameters and characteristics for each point of interest are stored to a database in a data storage. During runtime, the networked system receives a request that includes a point of interest. In response, the networked system detects a level of roadway at the point of interest using the database and real-time device data. Based on the detected level of the multilevel roadway, a route is generated and presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Uber Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Danish Chopra, Karapet Shaginyan, Seth Alan Woolley, Kapil Gupta
  • Patent number: 11644335
    Abstract: A map database stores data describing a set of connected roadways, each having one or more lanes. A coverage system selects lanes from the map database along which AVs can stop, such as parking lanes. The coverage system generates buffer regions for each of the stopping lanes, where each buffer region includes an area within a given distance of the respective lane. The coverage system combines the buffer regions to generate a coverage area, and provides a display of the coverage area overlayed over a map of roads corresponding to the coverage area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: GM CRUISE HOLDINGS LLC
    Inventors: Patrick Tyler Haas, Charles Bruce Matlack, Sarah M. Rizk
  • Patent number: 11644336
    Abstract: An interactive digital map of a geographic area is provided via a user interface. A request to obtain travel directions to a destination is received via the user interface. Respective indications of candidate rides for at least a portion of a route to the destination are requested from third-party providers, each of the indications including a pick-up location, a price estimate, and pick-up time. The requested indications of the candidate rides are received. A ranking of the candidate rides is determined using at least one of the corresponding pick-up locations, the price estimates, or the pick-up times, and a listing of the candidate rides is provided via the user interface in accordance with the determined ranking. In response to one of the candidate rides being selected via the user interface, a request for the selected ride is transmitted to the corresponding third-party provider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Jon Øvrebø Dubielzyk, Scott Ogden, Izaak Rubin
  • Patent number: 11644337
    Abstract: A system and method including receiving a digital representation of a road that includes one or more lane representations; defining a factor graph including variable nodes and constraint nodes that encode lane boundary constraints for the lane map; translating the factor graph into a nonlinear optimization problem for altitudes of the lane map; generating a solution to the optimization problem; and generating a corrected lane map with an optimized altitude for the road based on the generated solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Embark Trucks Inc.
    Inventors: Grady D. Williams, Phillip James Haeusler
  • Patent number: 11644338
    Abstract: A navigation method based on ground texture images, an electronic device and storage medium. The method includes: performing transform domain based image registration on an acquired image of a current frame and an image of a previous frame, and determining a first pose of the image of the current frame; determining whether the image of the current frame meets a preset condition, and if so, inserting the image of the current frame as the key-frame image into a map, and performing loop closure detection and determining a loop key-frame image; performing transform domain based image registration on the image of the current frame and the loop key-frame image, and determining a second pose of the image of the current frame; and determining an accumulated error according to the first pose and the second pose, and correcting the map according to the accumulated error.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: BEIJING GEEKPLUS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yingchun Wang, Bin Ji
  • Patent number: 11644339
    Abstract: A database construction method includes determining a target image set that meets a preset image coincidence degree requirement, obtaining a scenario key point information set based on the target image set and natural condition information corresponding to each image, determining, in the scenario key point information set, first scenario key point information corresponding to a scenario key point whose life value on a single mobile terminal is greater than a first preset life value threshold, determining, in the first scenario key point information, second scenario key point information corresponding to a scenario key point whose life value on a plurality of mobile terminals is greater than a second preset life value threshold, and when the second scenario key point information does not match preset scenario key point information in a database, constructing the database based on the second scenario key point information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xun Chai, Jun Wang, Jingwei Zhou, Jiong Deng