Patents Issued in January 9, 2024
  • Patent number: 11866022
    Abstract: An electronic hydraulic brake device includes a main braking part and an assist braking part. The main braking part is configured to drive a motor to provide hydraulic pressure to a plurality of wheel cylinders. The assist braking part is connected to the main braking part. The assist braking part is configured to provide auxiliary hydraulic pressure to the plurality of wheel cylinders in response to an operation error of the main braking part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Se Young Cheon, Jae Woong Hur
  • Patent number: 11866023
    Abstract: A blow-off metering valve for a hydraulic control unit assembly of a brake system including a valve seat. The valve seat includes a wall that extends about an axis between a first end and a second end. The wall defines a passage that extends axially between the first and second ends for transmitting a fluid through the valve seat. An annular flange extends axially from the second end of the wall toward the first end of the wall and tapers radially inwardly. A blocking member is axially movable toward and away from the annular flange for selectively creating a seal at the passage. A biasing element biases the blocking member toward the annular flange. The annular flange terminates at a distal end that is radially spaced from the wall. The annular flange defines at least one flow channel that extends axially for allowing fluid to bypass the blocking member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: BWI (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Trevor Matthew Schlangen, Adam Michael Osswald
  • Patent number: 11866024
    Abstract: A vehicle brake system includes a first main cylinder with a first main cylinder connection and a first actuating device with a first actuating connection. The first main cylinder connection is in flow-connection to the first actuating connection, and the first actuating device is operable with the first main cylinder. A first brake circuit is provided between a pump and a first wheel cylinder, where the pump in the first brake circuit is operable to generate pressure and move a fluid within the first brake circuit. A first valve device is provided in the first brake circuit where the first valve device is movable between a first configuration in which a flow connection is produced between the pump and the first wheel cylinder, and a second configuration in which a flow connection between the pump and the first wheel cylinder is prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Sebastian Britsch, Michaela Schnell
  • Patent number: 11866025
    Abstract: One embodiment of a braking system for vehicles may have a first brake group and a second brake group. The first and second brake groups may have respective braking devices and electro-hydraulic actuator devices operatively connected to the first braking device. The system may also have an interconnection branch between first and the second hydraulic actuation ducts, provided with a control valve. The system may also have at least one control unit that may be programmed to actuate the control valve to control the ducts and fluidly connect the ducts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Brembo S.p.A.
    Inventors: Massimo Di Stefano, Samuele Mazzoleni, Beniamin Szewczyk
  • Patent number: 11866026
    Abstract: An apparatus configured to perform electrical braking with a fail-safe function includes a main brake pedal sensor configured to generate a first output signal, a main brake controller configured to brake a vehicle by controlling a brake according to a first braking signal based on the first output signal, a redundancy brake pedal sensor configured to generate a second output signal proportional to the stroke of the brake pedal, the second output signal having a magnitude within a preset error range from the first output signal, and a redundancy brake controller configured to brake the vehicle by controlling the brake according to the second braking signal based on the second output signal, in which the redundancy brake controller may be configured to brake the vehicle when the main brake controller fails, and the main brake controller may be configured to brake the vehicle when the redundancy brake controller fails.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Kwonkee Moon, Eun Sik Kim
  • Patent number: 11866027
    Abstract: A method for regulating a kinematic variable of a motor vehicle. The method includes: receiving actual value signals, which represent an actual value of a kinematic variable of a motor vehicle; receiving setpoint signals, which represent a setpoint value of the kinematic variable; ascertaining an actuating variable to be implemented by one or multiple actuating element(s) of the motor vehicle, based on the actual value, the setpoint value and a variation of the setpoint value over time in such a way that a deviation between the actual value and the setpoint value becomes smaller when the actuating variable is implemented with the aid of the one or multiple actuating element(s); and outputting actuating variable signals, which represent the ascertained actuating variable. A device, a computer program, and a machine-readable memory medium are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventor: Michael Bachmann
  • Patent number: 11866028
    Abstract: An electrical passenger car, the electrical passenger car including: at least two electrically driven motors; motor control electronics, where the motor control electronics are connected to the at least two electrically driven motors; wheels, where the wheels are connected to the at least two electrically driven motors; and sensors, where the sensors are connected to at least the motor control electronics, where the wheels include a first wheel and a second wheel, where the second wheel has a radius at least 7% greater than a radius of the first wheel, where the motor control electronics control the at least two electrically driven motors to provide a greater torque to the first wheel than to the second wheel, and where the electrical passenger car is designed to operate efficiently on a paved road.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Monolithic 3D Inc.
    Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Brian Cronquist
  • Patent number: 11866029
    Abstract: A wagon includes a communication part configured to communicate with other device, an electric motor configured to generate a traveling driving force, a battery configured to supply electric power to the electric motor, a position sensor configured to acquire position information indicating a position of a host wagon, an attitude detection unit configured to acquire inclination information indicating a tilt of the host wagon, and a controller configured to transmit the position information and the inclination information, which were acquired in a same region, to other device via the communication part while associating the position information and the inclination information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toru Kawai, Masaya Honji
  • Patent number: 11866030
    Abstract: A control device of a hybrid vehicle includes: a determiner that determines whether or not a predetermined first condition that efficiency is prioritized is satisfied and whether or not a predetermined second condition that output performance is prioritized; and a control unit that controls an engine and an electric motor in accordance with an accelerator manipulation amount and a determination result of the determiner. When the first condition is satisfied, the control unit controls the driving power source such that the driving power source outputs first driving force in a first driving state where the efficiency is prioritized, and when the second condition is satisfied, the control unit controls the driving power source such that the driving power source outputs second driving force larger than the first driving force in a second driving state where the output performance is prioritized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoki Tada, Shohei Terai
  • Patent number: 11866031
    Abstract: An improved discretionary current input circuit includes a switch sensing an operating condition of a tractor and having a first state if the operating condition is not satisfied and a second state if the operating condition is satisfied, and a microcontroller that deactivates at least one function of the tractor if the switch is in the first state. The switch draws a nominal current except during specified time intervals that are shorter than the time for drawing the nominal current. A power transistor is connected through a diode and resistor to the switch. The power transistor normally is in an off condition, and is powered during the specified time intervals to an on condition to increase current above the nominal current to a threshold through the switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Mohit Dhawan, Namritha H Shenoy, Kirk N. Eisenbeis, Sean M. Kennelly
  • Patent number: 11866032
    Abstract: A system includes a primary control module, a stability status module, and a supervisory control module. The primary control module is configured to determine at least one control action for at least one of an electronic limited slip differential and an aerodynamic actuator of a vehicle based on a driver command. The stability status module is configured to determine whether at least one component of the vehicle is stable or unstable based on an input from a sensor on the vehicle. The at least one component includes at least one of a vehicle body, a front axle, a rear axle, front wheels, and rear wheels. The supervisory control module is configured to adjust the at least one control action when the at least one component is unstable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Shamim Mashrouteh, SeyedAlireza Kasaiezadeh Mahabadi, Reza Hajiloo, Seyedeh Asal Nahidi, Yubiao Zhang, Bakhtiar B. Litkouhi
  • Patent number: 11866033
    Abstract: A method for estimating an effective length of a first vehicle segment of a vehicle combination, the vehicle combination comprising a towing vehicle which is connected to the first vehicle segment via a first articulation joint and a perception sensor mounted on one of the towing vehicle and the first vehicle segment and arranged to obtain an image of the other one of the towing vehicle and the first vehicle segment; the method comprising identifying that the vehicle combination is provided in a first steady vehicle state, identifying that a turning and driving manoeuvre is initiated, identifying when the vehicle combination reaches a second steady vehicle state, determining a time period required for driving the vehicle combination from the first steady vehicle state to the second steady vehicle state, and estimating the effective length by use of the time period, the specific angular change, and the specific speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Volvo Truck Corporation
    Inventor: Daniel Persson
  • Patent number: 11866034
    Abstract: A parking assist system includes an automated driving vehicle and a management device configured to transmit, to the automated driving vehicle, a guide path to a parking position and a parking start instruction. The automated driving vehicle includes an information transmission unit that transmits, to the management device, travelable information in response to receiving predetermined data from the management device. The management device includes a data transmission unit that transmits the predetermined data and a driving setting unit that determines, based on the travelable information transmitted from the at least one automated driving vehicle, whether parking of the automated driving vehicle is possible and instruct the automated driving vehicle to start parking in response to determining that parking of the automated driving vehicle is possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takamasa Hidaka, Koudai Yamaura
  • Patent number: 11866035
    Abstract: A personalized safe driving assistance method and system includes personalized safe driving information by determining a dangerous situation differently according to personal preference. A method includes the operations of collecting, for each of a plurality of collection target vehicles, information on a first risk determination factor to an N-th risk determination factor corresponding to the collection target vehicle during a predetermined measurement period, by a personalized safe driving assistance system (here, N is an integer greater than or equal to 3), modeling a standard safety area in an N-dimensional space expressed in an N-axis coordinate system orthogonal to each other on the basis of the information collected from the plurality of collection target vehicles during the measurement period, wherein each coordinate axis of the N-dimensional space corresponds to any one among the first risk determination factor to the N-th risk determination factor, by the personalized safe driving assistance system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: INFOCAR CO., LTD
    Inventors: Geo Seok Choi, Moon Kyu Choi, Geon Ho Pyo, Guk Bin Lim
  • Patent number: 11866036
    Abstract: The invention relates to a driver assistance system for a motor vehicle, the motor vehicle and a method for operating same. In some embodiments, an obstacle is detected based on environmental data and a risk of collision is determined in consideration of driving state data. Further, an evasion trajectory for preventing a collision of the motor vehicle with the obstacle is determined. The driver assistance system is configured to detect another oncoming vehicle for which the risk of collision is greater than a predefined first threshold value as the obstacle. Further, the driver assistance system is configured to check whether a control action of a driver of the motor vehicle is guiding same along the determined evasion trajectory and, if this is not the case, to modify the control action of the driver automatically such that the motor vehicle is guided along the determined evasion trajectory by the modified control action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Timo Klingemann, Bastian Schmidt, Maike Wall, Michael Wonke, Jörn Fauck
  • Patent number: 11866037
    Abstract: Vehicle alerts can be presented to the driver of a vehicle based on behaviors. It can be determined whether the driver will avoid an identified risk at a current location of the vehicle. Such a determination can be based on the past driving behavior of the driver and/or a general driving behavior of one or more other drivers. It can be determined whether to present an alert about the identified risk based on whether the driver will avoid the identified risk. In response to determining to that an alert about the identified risk should be presented, an intensity level for the alert can be determined. The alert can be caused to be presented to the driver at the determined intensity level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan M. Wiesenberg, Emily S. Lerner
  • Patent number: 11866038
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of detecting, by a transport, an environment via a first sensor, determining, by the transport, an event related to the environment is imminent, powering, by the transport, a second sensor associated with the imminent event, and detecting, by the transport, the event as it is occurring via the second sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Norman Lu, Maximilian Parness
  • Patent number: 11866039
    Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus determines that a control start condition is satisfied when there is an object in an area of a moving route of the own vehicle and determine that a control forbidding condition is satisfied when there is an oncoming vehicle which satisfies a predetermined moving condition that the oncoming vehicle moves in an oncoming lane next to a moving lane of the own vehicle and approaches the own vehicle. The vehicle control apparatus determines that the control forbidding condition is not satisfied when a forbidding cancelling condition is satisfied, the forbidding cancelling condition being satisfied when a first me elapses since determining that the oncoming vehicle satisfying the predetermined moving condition disappears after determining that the control forbidding condition is satisfied and executes the steering control when the control start condition is satisfied, and the control forbidding condition is not satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, CONTINENTAL AUTONOMOUS MOBILITY GERMANY GMBH
    Inventors: Yusuke Fukui, Yumi Shimanaka, Akshay Rajendra, Michael Patzelt
  • Patent number: 11866040
    Abstract: A movement control system is a movement control system of a moving body configured to be moved by a driving system. The movement control system includes a planner, a corrector, and a controller. The planner is configured to execute an update process of updating a control plan of the driving system in accordance with reference information including first external environment information regarding an external environment of the moving body. The corrector is configured to execute, at a second timing between a plurality of first timings at each of which the update process is executed, a correction process of correcting the control plan in accordance with second external environment information regarding the external environment of the moving body. The second external environment information is different from the first external environment information. The controller is configured to control the driving system in accordance with the control plan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takeshi Uemura
  • Patent number: 11866041
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and non-transitory computer-readable media are configured to perform operations comprising determining a rescue lane scenario for an environment, determining an amount of lateral bias for a vehicle, and generating planning and control data for the vehicle to laterally bias based on the amount of lateral bias.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: PlusAI, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Joseph Dingli, Joseph Michael Martin
  • Patent number: 11866042
    Abstract: Disclosed is a vehicle that may include a frame to support a power system, such as an engine, and one or more surface supports, such as one or more wheels, to support the frame. The engine may include an internal combustion engine and a fuel supply system therefore. The engine may provide power to drive the wheels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Indian Motorcycle International, LLC
    Inventor: Jacob R. Horn
  • Patent number: 11866043
    Abstract: A power control device is provided for controlling an electric machine in a vehicle trailer. The electric machine is coupled to at least one wheel of the vehicle trailer to be able to convert mechanical rotation power at the wheel and electric power at the electric machine into one another. The power control device is configured to control a mechanical power output and/or a mechanical power input of the electric machine and is configured to control the mechanical power output and/or the mechanical power input of the electric machine as a function of a present driving condition of a towing vehicle pulling the vehicle trailer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventor: Slawa Knorr
  • Patent number: 11866044
    Abstract: System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to improving the synchronizing of systems in a vehicle without relying on external controls or hardware. In one embodiment, a method includes detecting a stop of a vehicle according to data acquired from two or more sensors. The method also includes identifying motion from the stop according to the data and corresponding timestamps from the two or more sensors, wherein the data and the corresponding timestamps are internal to the two or more sensors. The method also includes synchronizing the two or more sensors according to the corresponding timestamps. The method also includes controlling the motion of the vehicle using the two or more sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignees: Denso International America, Inc., Denso Corporation
    Inventor: Shawn Hunt
  • Patent number: 11866045
    Abstract: The present invention is intended to make it possible to automatically drive a test object without performing pre-learning for a running performance map for each vehicle. There is provided an automatic test object driving device that automatically drives a test vehicle based on a command vehicle speed, and that includes a driving actuator for performing driving operation of the test vehicle, and a driving control unit for controlling the driving actuator. The driving control unit includes a first accelerator map and a second accelerator map each of which indicates a relationship among a vehicle-speed-related value, an acceleration-related value, and an accelerator-depression-amount-related value. The driving control unit uses the first accelerator map to determine an accelerator depression amount corresponding to the command vehicle speed, and uses the second accelerator map to correct the accelerator depression amount by feeding back a vehicle speed and an acceleration of the test vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Inventors: Yoshitake Ando, Takashi Saito
  • Patent number: 11866046
    Abstract: Traffic control systems implement methods for detecting various malfunctions including faulty sensors and sensor connections that may result in false green requests, undetected green requests, and faults with the visual displays of a traffic control device (TCD). The sensors may include inductive loops and pedestrian pushbuttons. A TCD may communicate with remote resources to help identify faults. The remote resources may include computer systems, which may be configured to interact with human resources such as crowdsourced resources. A TCD's communications with the remote resources may go through vehicle computers and smart phones of vehicles' occupants and pedestrians. A TCD may emit signals to enable vehicle computers to improve accuracy of position location. A TCD may emit its state and time-to-state-change information, in real or substantially real time. A vehicle computer may receive the state and/or time to state changes and in response vary operation of the vehicle's power train.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Inventor: Anatoly S. Weiser
  • Patent number: 11866047
    Abstract: A driver assistance system for a motor vehicle for automated driving includes automated longitudinal guidance, wherein, when automated longitudinal guidance is active in an automatic mode, automated longitudinal guidance is initiated in consideration of a predefinable setpoint speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Walter Kagerer, Dominik Schmoelz
  • Patent number: 11866048
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a safety system for a battery electric vehicle (BEV) that comprises one or more electromotors powered by a battery system, wherein the safety system allows a “limp home mode” to be activated. The disclosure further relates to a battery electric vehicle provided with such a safety system. The battery system of the electric vehicle preferably is the sole power supply of the vehicle for powering the one or more electromotors for a prolonged period of time, e.g. a period of time greater than 10 minutes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: VOLVO CAR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sören Hansen, Nicklas Leuchovius, Sebastian Skoog, Alma Ciric, Adrian Thuresson
  • Patent number: 11866049
    Abstract: A vehicle includes an engine, a transmission, and a controller. The transmission is configured to transfer power from the engine to at least one drive wheel to propel the vehicle. The controller programmed to, in response to a command to shift the transmission, reduce a torque of the engine from a desired engine torque to a reduced value based on a flare at an input to the transmission during the shift. The controller is further programmed to, in response to the reduced value exceeding a threshold, retard an engine spark and maintain operation of all cylinders of the engine to reduce the torque of the engine during the shift. The controller is further programmed to, in response to the reduced value being less than the threshold, retard the engine spark and shutdown at least one cylinder of the engine to reduce the torque of the engine during the shift.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Cory Benson LaRoche, Bradley Dean Riedle, Stephen Michael Cicala, Jianping Zhang, Eric Frank Banners, Mehran Namazkar
  • Patent number: 11866050
    Abstract: A method and a device for operating a vehicle assistance system in that the environment of the vehicle and objects located in the vehicle are determined using detected signals from an environment sensor system. Using the method and device it may be determined whether the roadway lying ahead of the vehicle driving in an automated driving mode is snow-covered and has tire tracks. In the event the tire tracks are there, and depending on the determined course of the tire tracks for the vehicle, a decision is made as to whether a journey along these tire tracks is critical.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignees: Daimler AG, Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Christoph Gustav Keller, Holger Mielenz
  • Patent number: 11866051
    Abstract: A vehicle control method and system, including: receiving road friction information indicating road friction estimates for a plurality of regions surrounding the vehicle; detecting and determining a predicted trajectory for an object within the plurality of regions surrounding the vehicle; wherein the predicted trajectory for the object is determined based in part on the road friction estimates for the plurality of regions surrounding the vehicle; and modifying operation of the vehicle based on the predicted trajectory for the object. The predicted trajectory for the object is determined based in part on a risk map for the plurality of regions surrounding the vehicle that is generated from a road friction map for the plurality of regions surrounding the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: VOLVO CAR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Minming Zhao, Sohini Roy Chowdhury
  • Patent number: 11866052
    Abstract: A distributed computing system for determining road surface traction capacity for roadways located in a common spatio-temporal zone includes a plurality of vehicles that each include a plurality of sensors and systems that collect and analyze a plurality of parameters related to road surface conditions in the common spatio-temporal zone. The distributed computing system also includes one or more central computers in wireless communication with each of the plurality of vehicles. The one or more central computers execute instructions to determine a road surface traction capacity value for the common spatio-temporal zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Halit Zengin, Joseph K. Moore, Carlos Eduardo Arreaza, Amin Abdossalami, Swee Meng Yong, Yassir E. Elrayah, Donald K. Grimm, Fan Bai, Jinzhu Chen
  • Patent number: 11866053
    Abstract: A method for predicting, for a motor vehicle traveling on a first road segment, a future coefficient of friction of the vehicle on a second road segment. The method includes steps of obtaining operating parameters of the vehicle and at least one characteristic of the first road segment, of computing an indicator on the basis of the obtained operating parameters of the vehicle, of determining a frictional category of the vehicle according to the value of the computed indicator and of the at least one obtained characteristic of the road segment, of selecting a friction profile of the vehicle on the basis of the determined frictional category, and of determining a coefficient of friction of the vehicle by applying the selected profile to at least one characteristic of the second road segment. A device for implementing the prediction method is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Inventors: Andrea Laruelo, Holger Karn, Anaïs Goursolle
  • Patent number: 11866054
    Abstract: A management assistance system includes a first monitoring device for monitoring a travel state of a target vehicle, a second monitoring device for monitoring a physical state during driving of a driver, a server, and a manager terminal. The first monitoring device transmits first monitoring information to the server when the travel state satisfies a prescribed first warning condition, and the second monitoring device transmits second monitoring information to the server when the physical state during driving satisfies a prescribed second warning condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: LOGISTEED, LTD.
    Inventors: Kiminori Sato, Hideaki Nagumo
  • Patent number: 11866055
    Abstract: A vehicle device may execute one or more neural networks (and/or other artificial intelligence), based on input from one or more of the cameras and/or other sensors, to intelligently detect safety events in real-time. The one or more neural networks may be an ensemble neural network that includes neural networks for detecting a head and hand of a user, neural networks for detecting hand actions of the user, neural networks for detecting the head pose of the user, neural networks for predicting an occurrence of an event, and neural networks for predicting a start time and end time of the event. Further, the neural networks can be segmented into a modular neural network based on metadata. The segmentation of the neural network can define a thin layer of the modular neural network to enable independent tuning of the thin layer of the modular neural network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Samsara Inc.
    Inventors: Sharan Srinivasan, Brian Tuan, John Bicket, Jing Wang, Muhammad Ali Akhtar, Abner Ayala Acevedo, Bruce Kellerman, Vincent Shieh
  • Patent number: 11866056
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide systems and methods for ballistically estimating vehicle data. The system may include a communication interface configured to receive a first vehicle measurement taken at a first time point and a second vehicle measurement taken at a second time point. The system may further include at least one processor. The at least one processor may be configured to estimate a first version of vehicle data at a first speed for each of the second time point and a plurality of intermediate time points between the first time point and the second time point based on the first vehicle measurement using a prediction model. The at least one processor may be further configured to compute a second version of vehicle data at a second speed for the second time point based on the second vehicle measurement. The first speed is faster than the second speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: BEIJING VOYAGER TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zafar Takhirov, Qi Chen
  • Patent number: 11866057
    Abstract: The disclosure discloses a garage mode control unit, system and method capable of preventing vehicle miss-acceleration in narrow site. The control method comprises the steps that vehicle environment information is received; whether a vehicle is in the narrow site or not is judged according to the vehicle environment information; and the vehicle is controlled according to a garage mode when the condition that the vehicle is in the narrow site is judged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Wang Zhang
  • Patent number: 11866058
    Abstract: The assumption that every participating vehicle control unit (VCU) or engine control unit (ECU) in a V2X network is synchronized to GNSS time or GPS time (or some other time base) is discarded. An error is assumed for every time entry. For all messages received from a dedicated communication node, a time compensation offset is determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Continental Automotive Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Ulrich Stählin
  • Patent number: 11866059
    Abstract: A route information storage function having decreased data storage requirements is provided in a vehicle controller that includes a processor, a first storage unit, and a second storage unit and that stores route information indicating a route to a target point. The vehicle controller includes a traveling state acquiring unit that acquires route information on a vehicle, a short-term storage information processing unit that stores the route information in the first storage unit, as short-term storage information, the route information being acquired by the traveling state acquiring unit while the vehicle is traveling, and a long-term storage information processing unit that after the vehicle has reached the target point, determines long-term storage information from short-term storage information stored in the first storage unit, the long-term storage information processing unit storing the determined long-term storage information in the second storage unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Takaya Ishii, Masashi Seimiya
  • Patent number: 11866060
    Abstract: A system that detects and reduces impaired driving includes a first sensor that detects information indicative of a sleep pattern of a user, and a second sensor that detect vehicle operation information. The system also include a mobile electronic device communicatively coupled to the first sensor and the second sensor. The mobile electronic device includes a processor and a memory. The memory stores instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to determine that the user is impaired based on the information indicative of the sleep pattern of the user, and determine that a vehicle is in operation based on the vehicle operation information. The instructions also cause the processor to perform an action to reduce impaired driving in response to determining that the user is impaired and that the vehicle is in operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventor: Ruthie D. Lyle
  • Patent number: 11866061
    Abstract: A method for providing a visual driving speed recommendation to an operator of a vehicle includes determining a current speed; determining a corresponding energy efficient speed; determining a higher corresponding less energy efficient speed; determining a first transition range between the corresponding energy efficient speed and the higher corresponding less energy efficient speed; and displaying, on a display, a display zone, the display zone comprising: a first indicator corresponding to the current speed; a first pattern corresponding to the corresponding energy efficient speed; a second pattern different from the first pattern and corresponding to the higher corresponding less energy efficient speed; and a first pattern range therebetween corresponding to the first transition range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES IP LIMITED
    Inventors: Claude P. Poull, Karim Aggoune
  • Patent number: 11866062
    Abstract: A vehicle display device includes: an acquisition unit that acquires a travel environment; a prediction unit that predicts a behavior of another vehicle traveling ahead of a vehicle of a driver, based on the travel environment; and a display unit that, when the behavior of the other vehicle is predicted to become unstable, displays the predicted behavior of the other vehicle to the driver of the vehicle. The vehicle display device may include: a prediction unit that predicts a behavior of a vehicle, based on the travel environment; and a display unit that, when the behavior of the vehicle is predicted to become unstable, displays the predicted behavior of the vehicle to a driver of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro Yoshida, Shinichi Okamoto, Yoshiharu Matsuo, Sosuke Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 11866063
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computing system for monitoring the interior of an autonomous vehicle for information being provided by a rider of the autonomous vehicle to the autonomous vehicle; and processing the information provided by the rider of the autonomous vehicle to the autonomous vehicle to generate a response based, at least in part, upon the information provided by the rider of the autonomous vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: MAGNA ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Ramiro Almeida, Pierre Beaudreau, Alexandra Klotz, Dana Kirsanov, Disha Sule, Louise Katzovitz
  • Patent number: 11866064
    Abstract: The present application discloses a method and an apparatus for processing map data, which relate to autonomous driving technologies in the field of data processing. The specific implementation is that: a controlling unit inputs initial positioning data collected by a data collecting unit to a data fusing unit to obtain fused positioning data, where the initial positioning data and the fused positioning data are data in a first coordinate system; the controlling unit obtains target positioning data according to the fused positioning data, where the target positioning data is data in a second coordinate system, and the second coordinate system is a coordinate system obtained by offsetting the first coordinate system; and the controlling unit performs a positioning operation on the target positioning data through at least one positioning unit, to determine a position of a vehicle corresponding to an autonomous driving system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Beijing Baidu Netcom Science Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yang Yang, Jianxu Zhang, Wenlong Chen, Pengbin Yang, Fengze Han
  • Patent number: 11866065
    Abstract: An information processing method is to be executed by a computer. The information processing method includes: receiving, from an autonomous moving body, a first processing result that is a result of first preprocessing of travel control processing in autonomous movement processing of the autonomous moving body, and sensing data received by the autonomous moving body; executing second preprocessing based on the sensing data to receive a second processing result, the second preprocessing being more advanced than the first preprocessing; determining a difference between the first processing result and the second processing result; and outputting, to the autonomous moving body based on the difference determined, a change request to change the first processing result to the third processing result, the third processing result being received based on at least one of the first processing result or the second processing result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Motoshi Anabuki, Yoshimasa Honda
  • Patent number: 11866066
    Abstract: Systems and methods to perform behavioral planning in an autonomous vehicle from a reference state involve generating a set of actions of a fixed size and fixed order according to a predefined methodology. Each action is a semantic instruction for a next motion of the vehicle. A set of trajectories is generated from the set of actions as an instruction indicating a path and a velocity profile to generate steering angles and accelerations for implementation by the vehicle. A trajectory filter is applied to filter the set of trajectories such that unfiltered trajectories are candidate trajectories. Applying the trajectory filter includes assessing the path and velocity profile indicated by each of the set of trajectories. A selected trajectory is used to control the vehicle or the action that corresponds to the selected trajectory is used in trajectory planning to generate a final trajectory that is used to control the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventor: Roi Reshef
  • Patent number: 11866067
    Abstract: Provided is a method of generating and controlling a driving path for an autonomous vehicle, the method including generating a driving path that matches a driving intention on the basis of sensing data acquired from a sensing module of the autonomous vehicle, determining steering angle information corresponding to the generated driving path, and controlling a steering angle of the autonomous vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Doo Seop Choi, Joo Young Kim, Kyoung Wook Min, Seung Jun Han, Jeong Dan Choi
  • Patent number: 11866068
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to detecting and responding to malfunctioning traffic signals for a vehicle having an autonomous driving mode. For instance, information identifying a detected state of a traffic signal for an intersection. An anomaly for the traffic signal may be detected based on the detected state and prestored information about expected states of the traffic signal. The vehicle may be controlled in the autonomous driving mode based on the detected anomaly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Waymo LLC
    Inventors: David Silver, Carl Kershaw, Jonathan Hsiao, Edward Hsiao
  • Patent number: 11866069
    Abstract: A method for selecting parking location for an autonomous driving vehicle is provided. The method comprises steps of: obtaining a request of a user; constructing a first map according to a current location of the user, a first parking location, and a high-precision map; obtaining a second parking location selected by the user on the first map; controlling the autonomous driving vehicle to drive to the second parking location, and calculating distance between a current location of the autonomous driving vehicle and the second parking location; when the distance is less than a preset distance, constructing a second map according to the current location of the autonomous driving vehicle, the second parking location, and the high-precision map; controlling the autonomous driving vehicle to drive to the second parking location selected by the user on the second map. Furthermore, an intelligent control device and an autonomous driving vehicle are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Shenzhen Guo Dong Intelligent Drive Technologies Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Jianxiong Xiao
  • Patent number: 11866070
    Abstract: Disclosed are a vehicle control method, a vehicle control apparatus, and a storage medium. The method includes acquiring real-time road condition information about an ego vehicle. The real-time road condition information can be used to indicate whether the ego vehicle arrives at an intersection. Vehicle state information can be acquired when the ego vehicle arrives at the intersection. Once a prediction result is obtained based on the vehicle state information, the ego vehicle can be controlled according to the prediction result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: GUANGZHOU AUTOMOBILE GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiao Lin, Jiucai Zhang, Jin Shang, Yi Wang
  • Patent number: 11866071
    Abstract: A predicting device includes: a recognizer configured to recognize a state of a moving body; a predictor configured to predict a position of the moving body in the future on the basis of the recognition result of the recognizer; and a processor configured to determine whether to set a first risk region or a second risk region larger than the first risk region for the moving body on the deviation between a position of the moving body which has been recognized by the recognizer and a position of the moving body in the future which has been predicted previously by the predictor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Misa Komuro