Patents Issued in January 2, 2024
  • Patent number: 11858499
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes: a shift-position-switching acceptance unit that accepts switching operation of the shift position of the transmission but does not accept switching operation from a shift position other than the first forward position and the second forward position to the second forward position without via the first forward position; and an automatic-parking control unit that, in a case of moving the vehicle forward during execution of automatic parking control in a state in which the shift position of the transmission is set at a shift position other than the first forward position and the second forward position, sets the shift position of the transmission to the first forward position to move the vehicle forward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yurina Morimoto, Yuki Nakada, Taichi Kitamura, Toshimi Kaneko
  • Patent number: 11858500
    Abstract: Disclosed is a vehicle traveling controller that performs emergency evacuation traveling in the case of an emergency for proper traveling control. The vehicle traveling controller determines whether the vehicle traveling in accordance with a normal traveling rule is not dangerous and becomes proper traveling or not on the basis of environmental information around a vehicle (S18), when it is determined that the vehicle traveling in accordance with the normal traveling rule becomes proper traveling, executes normal traveling control for instructing the vehicle to travel in accordance with the normal traveling rule (S20), and when vehicle traveling in accordance with the normal traveling rule does not become proper traveling, executes emergency evacuation traveling control for instructing the vehicle to perform emergency evacuation traveling which is not in accordance with the normal traveling rule (S22).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshiki Kindo, Kazuaki Aso, Masahiro Harada
  • Patent number: 11858501
    Abstract: An emergency braking function control method of a vehicle includes detecting an obstacle ahead of the vehicle, the vehicle being in a state of being travelable in a forward direction using power of a power source, in response to the detecting, determining a first steering angle and a second steering angle, the first steering angle being a maximum steering angle at which the vehicle collides with the obstacle and the second steering angle being a steering angle at which the vehicle turns while maintaining a minimum safe distance from the obstacle, the first and second steering angles being determined based on a distance to the obstacle, a heading of the obstacle, and an input steering angle, and determining whether to change an emergency braking function based on the input steering angle, the first steering angle, or the second steering angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Jin Kyeom Cho, Yeon Bok Kim, Hui Un Son, Tae Wook Park, Seong Wook Moon
  • Patent number: 11858502
    Abstract: The present invention provides a vehicle control device capable of enhancing the ability of reducing or avoiding collision damage in a vehicle where a behavior of the vehicle when a braking operation is performed is largely influenced corresponding to a state of load (a loaded state), for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventor: Ryosuke Shimizu
  • Patent number: 11858503
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can determine a road segment. A set of features associated with the road segment can be determined based at least in part on data captured by one or more sensors of a vehicle. A level of similarity between the road segment and each of a set of road segment types can be determined by comparing the set of features to features associated with each of the set of road segment types. The road segment can be classified as a road segment type based on the level of similarity. Scenario information associated with the road segment can be determined based on the classified road segment type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Lyft, Inc.
    Inventors: Asif Haque, Mark Douglas Huyler, Gerard Joyce, Ying Liu, David Tse-Zhou Lu, Sameer Qureshi, Vinay Shet
  • Patent number: 11858504
    Abstract: Systems and methods for navigating a host vehicle are disclosed. In one implementation, a system includes a processor configured to receive a first image acquired by a first camera and a second image acquired by a second camera onboard the host vehicle; identify a first representation of an object in the first image and a second representation of the object in the second image; input to a first trained model at least a portion of the first image; input to a second trained model at least a portion of the second image; receive the first signature encoding determined by the first trained model and the second signature encoding determined by the second trained model; input to a third trained model the first signature encoding and the second signature encoding; and receive an indicator of a location of the object determined by the third trained model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Mobileye Vision Technologies Ltd.
    Inventors: Nadav Shaag, Ofer Springer
  • Patent number: 11858505
    Abstract: A control apparatus of a vehicle included a parking determination unit configured to determine whether the vehicle is about to be parked in a parking space, and a collision avoidance unit configured to be able to execute an avoidance function for avoiding collision with an object that is moving in a direction intersecting a longer direction of the vehicle. While the vehicle is about to be parked in the parking space, in a case where an angle between the longer direction of the vehicle and a longer direction of the parking space is larger than a threshold value, the collision avoidance unit inactivates the avoidance function, and in a case where the angle between the longer direction of the vehicle and the longer direction of the parking space is smaller than the threshold value, the collision avoidance unit activates the avoidance function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinya Sato, Hiroyuki Koibuchi
  • Patent number: 11858506
    Abstract: A method for predicting the trajectories of extraneous objects in the surroundings of an ego vehicle, and for determining a separate future trajectory adapted thereto for the ego vehicle. The method includes identifying the extraneous objects are identified. It is ascertained toward which proximate destination the movement of each of the extraneous objects is headed and according to which basic rules this movement occurs. It is ascertained toward which proximate destination the movement of the ego vehicle is headed and according to which basic rules this movement occurs. One quality function each is established for the ego vehicle and the extraneous objects. One quality measure each is established for the ego vehicle as well as for the extraneous objects. Those optimal movement strategies of the ego vehicle and of the extraneous objects that maximize the quality measure are ascertained. The sought trajectories are ascertained from the optimal movement strategies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventor: Seyed Jalal Etesami
  • Patent number: 11858507
    Abstract: A method of using perception-inspired event generation for situation awareness for a vehicle, including receiving perception input data from a sensor of the vehicle and processing the perception input data to classify and generate parameters related to an external entity in a vicinity of the vehicle. The method includes generating a hierarchical event structure that classifies and prioritizes the perception input data by classifying the external entity into an attention zone and prioritizing the external entity within the attention zone according to a risk level value for the external entity. A higher risk level value indicates a higher priority within the attention zone. The method further includes developing a behavior plan for the vehicle based on the hierarchical event structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Hyukseong Kwon, Rajan Bhattacharyya, Michael J. Daily
  • Patent number: 11858508
    Abstract: Among other things, techniques are described for predicting how an agent (e.g., a vehicle, bicycle, pedestrian, etc.) will move in an environment based on prior movement, the road network, the surrounding objects and/or other relevant environmental factors. One trajectory prediction technique involves generating a probability map for an agent's movement. Another trajectory prediction technique involves generating a trajectory lattice, for an agent's movement. In addition, a different trajectory prediction technique involves multi-modal regression where a classifier (e.g., a neural network) is trained to classify the probability of a number of (learned) modes such that each model produces a trajectory based on the current input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Motional AD LLC
    Inventors: Tung Minh Phan, Eric Wolff, Emilio Frazzoli, Elena Corina Grigore, Freddy Boulton
  • Patent number: 11858509
    Abstract: An operator offset request for automatic lane following system of an automobile vehicle includes an operator offset request defining a lateral offset distance away from a first travel-line of an automobile vehicle in a displacement path moved until a second travel-line of the automobile is achieved. An operator input setting system when actuated generates an initiation signal forwarded to a controller to input the operator offset request. An achievement signal is generated to signify a selected offset position selected by a vehicle operator for the offset distance is achieved. A vehicle return travel path is elected by the vehicle operator to return the automobile vehicle to the first travel-line from the second travel-line by a return displacement path which is opposite to the displacement path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Reza Zarringhalam, Mohammadali Shahriari, Wenhao Wu, Paul A. Adam
  • Patent number: 11858510
    Abstract: A vehicle drive assist apparatus includes an external environment recognizer, a traveling environment recognizer, and a processor. The traveling environment recognizer recognizes travel lane sides of dividing lines defining a travel lane as two approximate lines each in a linear form based on the image data on a traveling environment acquired by the external environment recognizer. When a static three-dimensional object has been continuously detected on or near one of dividing lines based on the image data, the processor sets a virtual approximate line by correcting the lateral position of the approximate line of the one of the dividing lines in a direction apart from the static three-dimensional object toward the middle of the travel lane by a predetermined correction amount, and sets a target travel course in the middle between the virtual approximate line and the approximate line of the other of the dividing lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keisuke Motegi, Masatoshi Minakawa
  • Patent number: 11858511
    Abstract: A control system for a motor vehicle, for outputting a controlled variable, with the aid of which a directly controlled variable of a motor vehicle is adjustable via suitable control operations, in order to adapt the directly controlled variable to a reference variable of the control system. The control system includes a controller, which is configured to output a first output variable on the basis of the directly controlled variable of the motor vehicle, and on the basis of the reference variable of the control system. The control system further includes a predictive model, which may be trained to output a second output variable that reflects a deviation of a driving behavior of a driver of the motor vehicle from the first output variable of the controller. The controlled variable of the control system encompasses an addition of the first output variable and the second output variable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Adrian Trachte, Benedikt Alt, Carolina Passenberg, Michael Herman, Michael Hilsch
  • Patent number: 11858512
    Abstract: The present invention obtains a controller and a control method capable of securing a driver's comfort during adaptive cruise control for a straddle-type vehicle. In the controller and the control method according to the present invention, during the adaptive cruise control in which the straddle-type vehicle is made to travel according to a distance from the straddle-type vehicle to a preceding vehicle, motion of the straddle-type vehicle, and a driver's instruction, when a state where a braking force is generated on at least one of wheels of the straddle-type vehicle is switched to a state where a drive wheel is driven using drive power output from a drive source of the straddle-type vehicle, the braking force generated on the at least one of the wheels is controlled such that a reference braking force is generated on the drive wheel at a time point at which the drive wheel starts being driven due to transmission of the drive power output from the drive source to the drive wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Yuki Oshida
  • Patent number: 11858513
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of generating a target operational speed band (53; 63; 67) for a host vehicle (1) travelling along a route. A first time-dependent obstacle (15-n, 18-n) is identified at a first location on the route. The first time-dependent obstacle (15-n, 18-n) is identified as hindering progress of the host vehicle (1) during a first time period (11). The first time-lin dependent obstacle (15-n, 18-n) is defined in a two-dimensional speed against distance map (50, 60). A first speed trajectory (51, 52; 61; 65, 66) is determined from a first point to a second point within the two-dimensional speed against distance map (50, 60). The second point represents the first location on the route and the determined first speed trajectory (51, 52; 61; 65, 66) represents the host vehicle (1) arriving at the first location at a first arrival time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: JAGUAR LAND ROVER LIMITED
    Inventors: Tommi Jokela, Alex Plianos
  • Patent number: 11858514
    Abstract: Techniques for top-down scene discrimination are discussed. A system receives scene data associated with an environment proximate a vehicle. The scene data is input to a convolutional neural network (CNN) discriminator trained using a generator and a classification of the output of the CNN discriminator. The CNN discriminator generates an indication of whether the scene data is a generated scene or a captured scene. If the scene data is data generated scene, the system generates a caution notification indicating that a current environmental situation is different from any previous situations. Additionally, the caution notification is communicated to at least one of a vehicle system or a remote vehicle monitoring system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: ZOOX, INC.
    Inventors: Gerrit Bagschik, Andrew Scott Crego, Gowtham Garimella, Michael Haggblade, Andraz Kavalar, Kai Zhenyu Wang
  • Patent number: 11858515
    Abstract: An embodiment driving control method includes determining whether a turning section is present ahead along a driving route of a host vehicle, determining a first turning radius with respect to a center of the host vehicle in response to determining that the turning section is present, determining, based on the first turning radius, a second turning radius required to prevent the host vehicle from deviating from a lane to an inside in a turning direction, determining a third turning radius with respect to an inner rear wheel in consideration of an overall width of the host vehicle, and controlling the host vehicle to travel along the driving route or to travel along a corrected route generated by correcting the driving route based on relative sizes of the second turning radius and the third turning radius.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Chang Young Jung, Su Jin Han, Keon Chang Lee, Dong Hwi Lee, Chan Il Park
  • Patent number: 11858516
    Abstract: A profiler arranged to be used on a host vehicle. The profiler is capable of (a) receiving data collected by the profiler while traveling over a surface and (b) generating a surface profile using the data collected with no minimum speed requirement. Since there is no minimum speed requirement, the profiler is capable of generating valid, repeatable and reliable road surface profiles in situations not previously possible, such as during a stop, during acceleration of the host vehicle, during deceleration of the host vehicle, or while the host vehicle is traveling at very low speeds below thresholds typically required for prior profilers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Surface Systems and Instruments, Inc.
    Inventors: Ethan M. Grother, Brent L. Bergman, Dennis P. Scott
  • Patent number: 11858517
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present systems and methods may provide techniques that provide dynamic groups and attribute-based access control (ABAC) model (referred as CV-ABACG) to secure communication, data exchange and resource access in smart vehicles ecosystems. In embodiments, the model not only considers system wide attributes-based security policies, but also takes into account individual user privacy preferences for allowing or denying service notifications, alerts, and operations to on-board resources. Embodiments of the present systems and methods may provide groups in vehicular IoT, which may be dynamically assigned to moving entities like connected cars, based on their current GPS coordinates, speed or other attributes, to ensure relevance of location and time sensitive notification services, to provide administrative benefits to manage large numbers of entities, and to enable attributes inheritance for fine-grained authorization policies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System
    Inventors: Maanak Gupta, James Benson, Farhan Patwa, Ravinderpal Sandhu
  • Patent number: 11858518
    Abstract: A radar device for a vehicle includes: a radar sensor disposed on either one or both of a front surface of a vehicle and a rear surface of the vehicle, and configured to emit an electromagnetic wave signal toward a road having a lane at least partially containing an electromagnetic wave absorbing paint; and a radar control unit configured to determine whether a target is an object, the road, or the lane, based on an intensity of an electromagnetic wave reflected by the object, the road, or the lane, by using a radar signal received from the radar sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hee Chang Roh
  • Patent number: 11858519
    Abstract: Systems and methods for reducing vehicle collisions based on driver risk groups are provided. A plurality of vehicle operators may be classified into a driver risk group based on one or more attributes (e.g., location, workplace, school, demographic, hobby, interest, etc.) shared by the plurality of vehicle operators. Vehicle sensor data (e.g., speed data, acceleration data, braking data, cornering data, following distance data, turn signal data, seatbelt use data, etc.) associated with each of the plurality of vehicle operators of the driver risk group may be analyzed. Based on the analysis of the vehicle sensor data, one or more indicia of safe driving behavior associated with the driver risk group may be identified. In response to a third-party query regarding a vehicle operator in the driver risk group, an indication of the safe driving behavior associated with the driver risk group may be provided to the third party.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: BlueOwl, LLC
    Inventors: Micah Wind Russo, Eric Dahl, Theobolt N. Leung
  • Patent number: 11858520
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for estimating a wheel base length (D) of at least one trailer (10) of a vehicle combination (100) comprising a towing vehicle (1), the at least one trailer and more than one articulation joint (A1, A2), wherein the towing vehicle comprises at least one wheel identification sensor (2) for identifying wheels (11, 12, 13) of the at least one trailer, the method comprising the following steps: —(S1) performing a plurality of wheel identification measurements on at least one side of the at least one trailer, by means of the at least one sensor during use of the vehicle combination, —(S2) determining a number of identifiable active wheels on the at least one side of the at least one trailer in each one of the plurality of wheel identification measurements, —(S3) determining a total number of active wheels on the at least one side of the at least one trailer, wherein the total number of active wheels is determined based on at least one of the plurality of wheel identificat
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Peter Kollberg, Daniel Persson
  • Patent number: 11858521
    Abstract: A vehicle motion control system includes one or more input devices for generating one or more input signals associated with data indicative of a motion of the vehicle. The system further includes a computer, which has one or more processors. The computer further includes a non-transitory computer readable storage medium for storing instructions, such that the processor is programmed to compare a current tire state and a current tire prediction model to the data indicative of the motion of the vehicle. The processor is further programmed to calculate in real-time an adjusted tire state and an adjusted tire prediction model. The processor is further programmed to generate in real-time one or more actuation signals based on the adjusted tire state and the adjusted tire prediction model. The actuators in real-time adjust the motion of the vehicle in response to the actuator receiving the actuation signal from the processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Reza Hajiloo, Shamim Mashrouteh, Arash Hashemi, Ehsan Asadi, Seyedeh Asal Nahidi, Seyedalireza Kasaiezadeh Mahabadi
  • Patent number: 11858522
    Abstract: A device for detecting a failure of an actuator of a vehicle includes: a training device that trains a model using training data comprising behavior data of the vehicle and a steering compensation angle, and a controller that detects the failure of the actuator in the vehicle based on the model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sang Hyu Lee, Ki Beom Lee, Joo Han Nam, Jong Su Lim, Hyun Jae Bang
  • Patent number: 11858523
    Abstract: A vehicle travel control device includes computation circuitry, and a device controller that controls actuation of a traveling device mounted on a vehicle, based on a result from the computation circuitry. The computation circuitry identifies a vehicle outdoor environment based on an output from image circuitry that acquires image information of vehicle outdoor environment, sets a route on which the vehicle is to travel, in accordance with the vehicle outdoor environment previously identified, determines a target motion of the vehicle to follow the route previously set, calculates a target physical quantity to be executed by the traveling device to achieve the target motion previously determined, and calculates a controlled variable of the traveling device such that the target physical quantity calculated is achieved, and the device controller outputs a control signal to the traveling device so as to control the traveling device to control a motion of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinsuke Sakashita, Daisuke Horigome, Masato Ishibashi, Eiichi Hojin
  • Patent number: 11858524
    Abstract: A wind tunnel test may be performed on a vehicle to determine accumulation of substances (e.g., water) on sensors of the vehicle. Control surfaces may be created for the sensors based images representing the accumulations, where the control surfaces represent the include obstructions located where accumulations were detected during the test. The vehicle may then navigate around an environment using the control surfaces in order to determine a drivability of the vehicle. Also, a simulation may be performed, where the simulation outputs images representing simulated accumulations on the sensors. The outputs from the simulation may be compared to the results from the test in order to determine how accurately the simulation represents the test, determine domains in which the vehicle may safely operate, and/or improve the simulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Zoox, Inc.
    Inventors: Holly Ho, Christopher William Labadie, Ryan McMichael, Joseph Patrick Warga
  • Patent number: 11858525
    Abstract: Disclosed are a drive-by-wire chassis cyber-physical system under an intelligent traffic environment and a control method. The system includes: an SoS-level CPS, a system-level CPS, and a unit-level CPS, data transmission is realized between a plurality of unit-level CPSs and one system-level CPS, and data transmission is realized between a plurality of system-level CPSs and one SoS-level CPS. The system integrates a hub motor with a suspension, cancels traditional structures such as an engine and a clutch, and simplifies the structure of a chassis. A motor directly drives a vehicle to run, and different driving, braking or torque is applied to different wheels through four hub motors, so as to meet independent control of the wheels and improve active safety and operational stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS
    Inventors: Wanzhong Zhao, Xiaochuan Zhou, Chunyan Wang, Zhongkai Luan, Ziyu Zhang, Yixin Zhong, Bo Zhang
  • Patent number: 11858526
    Abstract: An apparatus for use with vehicle includes one or more cameras located in the vehicle, used to detect a figure and/or a behavior of a user sat in the vehicle. The apparatus also includes a controller communicated with the cameras, which obtains the detected figure and/or behavior of the user, and optimizes one or more components of the vehicle for the user, based on the detected figure and/or behavior of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Robert Bruckmeier, Icy Zhu
  • Patent number: 11858527
    Abstract: A control system for a vehicle capable of traveling in first and second traveling states is provided. The second traveling state requires an operation related to traveling by a passenger more than the first traveling state. The system changes, based on a traveling situation of the vehicle, an upper limit speed at which the vehicle can travel in the first traveling state. The system performs notification to the passenger of a request for a predetermined operation at a timing when a traveling speed of the vehicle reaches a predetermined speed when switching from the first traveling state to the second traveling state. A difference between the upper limit speed and the predetermined speed is increased in a case where the upper limit speed is high compared to a case where the upper limit speed is low.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tadahiko Kanoh, Ayumu Horiba, Katsuya Yashiro, Chihiro Oguro
  • Patent number: 11858528
    Abstract: Provided are a driving assistance system and method. The driving assistance system is for interfacing with an individual vehicle and includes: a camera system that generates image information about the surroundings of the vehicle; a vehicle controller that generates driving information about the vehicle; and a communication port. The driving assistance system includes a driving assistance terminal and/or mobile device that are/is connected to the communication port, acquire(s) image information and/or driving information by using the communication port, and execute(s) at least a portion of a travel program for the driving assistance terminal and/or mobile device on the basis of an image and/or driving information for controlling the vehicle with respect to one or more of auxiliary travels and/or autonomous operations of the vehicle through a control signal generated by the driving assistance terminal or the mobile device and provided to the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yun-Tae Lee, Joon-Seok Chae, Young-Ki Lee
  • Patent number: 11858529
    Abstract: A vehicle computing system may implement techniques to determine whether two objects in an environment are related as an articulated object. The techniques may include applying heuristics and algorithms to object representations (e.g., bounding boxes) to determine whether two objects are related as a single object with two portions that articulate relative to each other. The techniques may include predicting future states of the articulated object in the environment. One or more model(s) may be used to determine presence of the articulated object and/or predict motion of the articulated object in the future. Based on the presence and/or motion of the articulated object, the vehicle computing system may control operation of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: ZOOX, INC.
    Inventors: Adrian Michael Costantino, Subhasis Das, Francesco Papi
  • Patent number: 11858530
    Abstract: A management device includes a circuit. The circuit generates driving data of each of a plurality of areas, the driving data indicating a driving path in the area and causing a vehicle to autonomously drive along the driving path, while the vehicle is driving in each area, transmits driving data of an area next to the area to the vehicle via a base station of the area, and when driving data of a second area that is next to a first area is not transmitted to the vehicle via a base station of the first area while the vehicle is autonomously driving in the first area, after the vehicle has driven back to a previous area, transmits driving data of a different area that is located at a position from the previous area to a target spot to the vehicle via a base station of the previous area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki Monta, Rumi Ohnishi
  • Patent number: 11858531
    Abstract: Provided are a method, a device, and a computer program for controlling stop of an autonomous vehicle using a speed profile. The method of controlling, by a computing device, stop of an autonomous vehicle using a speed profile includes obtaining surrounding information of an autonomous vehicle, determining candidate routes for controlling stop of the autonomous vehicle on the basis of the surrounding information, calculating scores for candidate driving plans for the autonomous vehicle to travel the determined candidate routes according to a preset speed profile, and finalizing a driving plan for the autonomous vehicle on the basis of the calculated scores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: RideFlux Inc.
    Inventors: Junghee Park, Sungpil Yang, Hyunjung Cho, Deokhwa Han, Ho Yun, Hawook Jeong
  • Patent number: 11858532
    Abstract: Various embodiments include methods and vehicles, such as a semi-autonomous vehicle, for safely operating a vehicle based on vehicle-control gestures made by an occupant. Exemplary implementations may include determining a first vehicle action by applying a first passenger profile to a detected first vehicle-control gesture performed by a first passenger, determining whether the first vehicle action is safe to perform, and operating the vehicle to implement the first vehicle action in response to determining that the first vehicle action is safe for the vehicle and occupants. The first passenger profile may be selected from a plurality of passenger profiles to normalize vehicle-control gestures received from the first passenger. The vehicle control gesture may be ignored or a vehicle action differing from but similar to the first vehicle action may be implemented in response to determining that the first vehicle action is unsafe for the vehicle or occupants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Michael Franco Taveira, John Anthony Dougherty
  • Patent number: 11858533
    Abstract: An autonomous vehicle control system includes one or more processors. The one or more processors are configured to cause a transmitter to transmit a transmit signal from a laser source. The one or more processors are configured to cause a receiver to receive a return signal reflected by an object. The one or more processors are configured to cause one or more optics to generate a first polarized signal of the return signal with a first polarization, and generate a second polarized signal of the return signal with a second polarization. The one or more processors are configured to calculate a value of reflectivity based on a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) value of the first polarized signal and an SNR value of the second polarized signal. The one or more processors are configured to operate a vehicle based on the value of reflectivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: AURORA OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Stephen Crouch, Zeb Barber, Emil Kadlec, Ryan Galloway, Sean Spillane
  • Patent number: 11858534
    Abstract: A pick-up and drop-off area, which is a predetermined area in which an automated driving vehicle stops to pick up or drop off a user, includes a downstream area existing downstream of a standard stop space and an upstream area existing upstream of the standard stop space. An automated driving system controls the automated driving vehicle so as to stop in a target stop space in the pick-up and drop-off area. When the standard stop space is available, the standard stop space is set as the target stop space. When the standard stop space is not available for the automated driving vehicle to stop to drop off the user, the automated driving system searches for an upstream available space in the upstream area and preferentially sets the upstream available space as the target stop space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroshi Nakamura, Akihide Tachibana, Katsuhiro Sakai, Kentaro Ichikawa, Taisuke Sugaiwa
  • Patent number: 11858535
    Abstract: An electronic device and an operating method thereof may be configured to detect input data having a first time interval, detect first prediction data having a second time interval based on the input data using a preset recursive network, and detect second prediction data having a third time interval based on the input data and the first prediction data using the recursive network. The recursive network may include an encoder configured to detect each of a plurality of feature vectors based on at least one of the input data or the first prediction data, an attention module configured to calculate each of pieces of importance of the feature vectors by calculating the importance of each feature vector, and a decoder configured to output at least one of the first prediction data or the second prediction data using the feature vectors based on the pieces of importance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Dongsuk Kum, Sanmin Kim
  • Patent number: 11858536
    Abstract: Example aspects of the present disclosure describe determining, using a machine-learned model framework, a motion trajectory for an autonomous platform. The motion trajectory can be determined based at least in part on a plurality of costs based at least in part on a distribution of probabilities determined conditioned on the motion trajectory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: UATC, LLC
    Inventors: Jerry Junkai Liu, Wenyuan Zeng, Raquel Urtasun, Mehmet Ersin Yumer
  • Patent number: 11858537
    Abstract: A method of controlling the operation of a foldable accelerator pedal device in manual driving mode of an autonomous driving vehicle includes: when an autonomous driving vehicle provided with a foldable accelerator pedal device is driven in manual driving mode and the speed of the autonomous driving vehicle exceeds the driving speed limit of a road, a safety mode, which includes a haptic mode and a pedal pad protrusion reducing mode, and a pedal pad hiding mode, is activated using an actuator provided for a folding function of a pedal pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Eun Sik Kim
  • Patent number: 11858538
    Abstract: In order to be able to more reliably assess and react to the potential hazard when a vehicle of a cable car enters a station of the cable car, it is provided that the deflection of the vehicle before the station entrance is measured by the sensor and transmitted to the cable car control unit, that at the same time the occurrence of a wind gust before the station entrance is detected by the cable car control unit and that the cable car control unit controls a cable car drive as a function of the transmitted deflection and of the detected wind gust.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: INNOVA PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Christoph Hofmayr, Daniel Pfeifer
  • Patent number: 11858539
    Abstract: A moving mechanism moves a swing suppression unit in a traveling direction between an advanced position contacting a FOUP and a retracted position away from the FOUP by a drive of a drive unit. A buffer mechanism that allows the swing suppression unit that has been moved to the advanced position by the drive of the drive unit to move to the traveling direction after stopping the drive of the drive unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: MURATA MACHINERY, LTD.
    Inventor: Makoto Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11858540
    Abstract: An arrangement for driving a locomotive has various energy-provision systems. The locomotive contains a main energy-provision system as the main system and a drive system. Energy provided by the main system is supplied to the drive system as drive power and is used by the drive system for moving the locomotive. A carriage contains at least one additional energy-provision system as an auxiliary system. The auxiliary system is used in a manner which is temporally offset from the main system in order to supply drive power to the drive system. Components which can be used by both the main system and the at least one auxiliary system are implemented only once and are used jointly by both the main system and the at least one auxiliary system. Components which are used exclusively by the at least one auxiliary system are arranged on the carriage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Siemens Mobility GmbH
    Inventors: Bernhard Hoescheler, Stefan Lauer
  • Patent number: 11858541
    Abstract: An articulated rail-transport car for transporting long sections of ribbon rail is described. The car includes a plurality of segments arranged end-to-end and coupled and supported at their adjacent ends by shared trucks. Dedicated trucks are provided near each terminal end of the car and couplers configured to couple to an adjacent rail car are provided at the respective terminal ends. Rail stands are disposed along the length of the car with a spacing that is independent of the locations of the shared and dedicated trucks and that provides a greater number of rail stands than trucks. The segments may be configured to enable interchangeability and to allow any number of the segments to be included in the car. A plurality of the cars can be coupled to enable transport of ribbon rails of any length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Herzog Railroad Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Jacob D. Herzog, Matt Combs, Tony Shirk
  • Patent number: 11858542
    Abstract: An end-of-train (EOT) unit that comprises an enclosure housing its monitoring, control, and communication equipment and systems, an arm that positions and supports at least one auxiliary wheel on a rail of a track to rotate electrical generator coupled to the auxiliary wheel while the train is moving.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Meteorcomm, LLC
    Inventor: Lawrence J. Corvari
  • Patent number: 11858543
    Abstract: A train control system uses artificial intelligence for maintaining synchronization between centralized and distributed train control models. A machine learning engine receives training data from a data acquisition hub, a first set of output control commands from a centralized virtual system modeling engine, and a second set of output control commands from a distributed virtual system modeling engine. The machine learning engine compares the first set of output control commands and the second set of output control commands, and trains a learning system using the training data to enable the machine learning engine to safely mitigate any difference between the first and second sets of output control commands using a learning function including at least one learning parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Progress Rail Services Corporation
    Inventors: Sammy Akif, John William Brand, Evan Paul Sevel, Frederick Gary Silcox, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11858544
    Abstract: A backrest angle adjusting mechanism and an infant carrier having the same. The backrest angle adjusting mechanism is assembled between a seat body and a backrest of the infant carrier, the seat body being installed on a frame, the backrest being rotatably connected to the seat body, wherein the backrest angle adjusting mechanism comprises a fixing member, an adjustment member, and a connecting member, one end of the connecting member is connected to the backrest, the other end of the connecting member is connected to the fixing member, one end of the adjustment member is connected to the seat body or the frame to form a connecting part, and the other end of the adjustment member is bypassed around the fixing member to form an operating part, operating of the operating part causes the adjustment member to slide on the fixing member to rotate in respect to the seat body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: China Wonderland Nurserygoods Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Haitao Wu
  • Patent number: 11858545
    Abstract: A vehicle having a support structure includes a front structural section for receiving a front axle assembly and a rear structural section opposite the front structural section in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle. A support part is arranged between the front structural section and the rear structural section as part of the support structure. The support part has a support wall which runs in a self-contained manner in the circumferential direction transversely with respect to the longitudinal direction of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Mario Patino, Mattias Lang, Curtis P. Thoreson, Norbert Groessbrink
  • Patent number: 11858546
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an apparatus for adjusting a steering wheel, which include: a camera unit installed inside a vehicle to photograph a driver's face; and a control unit which processes an image photographed by the camera unit to detect a face shape, checks whether higher and lower portions of detected face are photographed in an optimal face shape without being cut off, and outputs designated steering wheel adjustment information when the face shape is not the optimal face shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Seo Young Kim
  • Patent number: 11858547
    Abstract: An intermediate shaft assembly for a steering column is disclosed herein. The assembly includes a first shaft defining a cavity and a first bearing raceway, a second shaft arranged at least partially within the cavity of the first shaft, a sleeve arranged on an axial end of the second shaft and defining a second bearing raceway, and a bearing assembly including at least two rows of rolling elements and a cage. The rolling elements are supported between the first bearing raceway of the first shaft and the second bearing raceway of the sleeve. The sleeve can be heat treated, and formed from sheet metal. The sleeve can be secured to the axial end of the second shaft by a direct rotational connection such that the sleeve is rotationally fixed to the second shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Elias Ferreira Machado, Kleberson Sierra
  • Patent number: 11858548
    Abstract: A steering system for a skid steered vehicle has a variable-speed steering motor, and an asymmetrical steering differential operatively connected to the steering motor and rotatably mounted on a first side of the chassis separately from the propulsion system. The steering differential has a first differential shaft and a second differential shaft, where the asymmetrical differential imparts a greater speed change on the second differential shaft than the first differential shaft. The first differential shaft is connected to a first steering output shaft operatively connected to at least one ground-engaging element on the first side of the vehicle. A speed reducer mounted fixedly on the chassis connects the second differential shaft to a second steering output shaft operatively connected to at least one ground-engaging element on the second side of the vehicle so that the second steering output shaft experiences the same speed change but in an opposite rotational direction as the first steering output shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: CANADENSYS AEROSPACE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Peter Derek Visscher, Peter John Woolfrey