Of Relative Distance From An Obstacle Patents (Class 340/435)
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Patent number: 12386056Abstract: A safety sensing system implements a method for a person in an industrial environment comprises providing a personnel locator device (10) for location on a person and a reference system comprising a plurality of nodes (20) located at predetermined locations in the industrial environment (100). Radio ranging signals are transmitted between the nodes (20) and the personnel locator device (10) and measurements of times of flight of the radio ranging signals are derived. The location of the personnel locator device (10) is calculated based on the measurements of the times of flight of the radio ranging signals and reference information representing the predetermined locations of the nodes (10). It is determined if the calculated location of the personnel locator device (10) is within one or more danger zones in the industrial environment (100) and a warning signal is output in response thereto.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2022Date of Patent: August 12, 2025Assignee: SALUNDA LIMITEDInventors: John Wilson, Grant Nicholls
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Patent number: 12384401Abstract: A vehicular driving assist system includes (i) a forward-viewing camera disposed at a windshield of a vehicle viewing forward of the vehicle through the windshield and (ii) an in-cabin camera disposed at an interior rearview mirror assembly in an interior cabin of the vehicle and viewing at least a steering wheel of the vehicle. The forward-viewing camera and the in-cabin camera are operable to capture image data. Image data captured by the forward-viewing camera is transferred from the forward-viewing camera to an electronic control unit (ECU) and is processed at the ECU for at least one advanced driver assistance system or to determine a hazardous condition ahead of the vehicle. Processing by the vehicular driving assist system of image data captured by the in-cabin camera determines that at least one hand of a driver of the vehicle is not on the steering wheel of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2023Date of Patent: August 12, 2025Assignee: Magna Electronics Inc.Inventor: Gaurav S. Kulkarni
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Patent number: 12369531Abstract: An agricultural baler system includes: an agricultural baler including a bale chamber configured to form a bale from crop material, a crop conveyor configured to feed crop material into the bale chamber, a location sensor configured to output a location signal corresponding to a location of the agricultural baler, and a parameter sensor configured to output a parameter signal corresponding to a measured parameter; and a controller operably coupled to the travel sensor and the parameter sensor. The controller is configured to: determine an area based at least partially on a rake width of a rake and a defined length; determine a parameter distribution in a region of a field having the area based at least partially on the measured parameter and the location of the agricultural baler; and output a field map update signal to update a field map to indicate the determined parameter distribution.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2021Date of Patent: July 29, 2025Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLCInventor: Bryce Campbell
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Patent number: 12371879Abstract: A shovel includes a lower traveling body, an upper turning body turnably mounted on the lower traveling body, an engine mounted on the upper turning body, a hydraulic pump mounted on the upper turning body and configured to be driven by the engine, and processing circuitry configured to collect diagnostic data of the shovel, in response to detecting that the engine is driven under a constant driving condition.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2022Date of Patent: July 29, 2025Assignee: SUMITOMO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.Inventors: Taiga Nanbu, Soutarou Otoh, Hiroyuki Tsukamoto
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Patent number: 12365388Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to a control system and a method for controlling generation of a steering wheel overlay signal to control positioning of a host vehicle. The control system is configured to receive a curvature of a lane of travel. The control system is configured to determine a position of the host vehicle in relation to at least one boundary of the lane of travel; and determine a minimum clearance between the host vehicle and the at least one boundary in dependence based at least in part on the curvature of the lane of travel. If the host vehicle is determined to be closer to the at least one boundary than the minimum clearance, a steering intervention is implemented and the control system generates a steering wheel overlay signal for maintaining the host vehicle within the lane of travel.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2021Date of Patent: July 22, 2025Assignee: JAGUAR LAND ROVER LIMITEDInventors: Denis Fusconi, Robyn Caldwell
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Patent number: 12359405Abstract: An obstacle determination unit determines whether an obstacle is present in a periphery of the work machine. An action detection unit detects an action of an operator of the work machine. An action determination unit determines whether the detected action is a confirmation action executed at the time of safety confirmation. A notification unit changes a mode of notification when the action is determined to be the confirmation action.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2021Date of Patent: July 15, 2025Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.Inventors: Taro Eguchi, Koichi Nakazawa, Takeshi Kurihara, Yoshiyuki Shitaya
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Patent number: 12359406Abstract: An aspect of the present disclosure provides a display system for construction machine including a lower traveling body, an upper rotating body rotatably mounted with respect to the lower traveling body, and a work machine mounted on the upper rotating body, wherein the display system includes an obstacle detecting system for detecting an obstacle near the construction machine and generating information on the obstacle; and a display unit for displaying information generated by the obstacle detecting system.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2023Date of Patent: July 15, 2025Assignee: VOLVO CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT ABInventors: Yu Jun Choi, Myung Hoon Lee, Ji Hyuck Lee
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Patent number: 12360444Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods are disclosed in which one or more light sources, a detector, a processor and a controller are configured such that light from the one or more light sources can provide illumination or projections that can reduce accidents while the vehicle is in motion and when parked and may also provide information and illumination to the driver and vehicle occupants when entering or exiting the vehicle. These systems may, for example, provide spot illumination to moving objects or pedestrians on the road surface, with the spot illumination following the moving object. Alternatively or in addition these systems may project images on the ground, for example to communicate information to occupants of the vehicle, to occupants of another vehicle, or to pedestrians.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2022Date of Patent: July 15, 2025Assignee: Lumileds LLCInventors: Michael Camras, Jyoti Kiron Bhardwaj
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Patent number: 12340591Abstract: An autonomous driving system includes a recognition unit configured to recognize an obstacle based on image data obtained by imaging a predetermined region including a road on which an autonomous vehicle travels, the imaging being performed by an imaging device installed at a specific location in the external environment of the autonomous vehicle, a feature quantity distribution creation unit configured to create a feature quantity distribution expressing a distribution of features related to obstacles recognized in the past, and an erroneous recognition judgement unit configured to compare the created feature quantity distribution with a feature quantity of an obstacle recognized as an evaluation subject, to thereby judge whether the obstacle recognized as the evaluation subject is erroneously recognized.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2023Date of Patent: June 24, 2025Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventor: Hideaki Misawa
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Patent number: 12320894Abstract: A vehicle sets a first determination region of a first obstacle and a second determination region, on the basis of a position of the first obstacle. The second determination region is located at a position farther than the first determination region. A reliability of the second obstacle is set to a first reliability in a case where a position of a second obstacle falls outside the first determination region and falls outside the second determination region. The reliability of the second obstacle is set to a second reliability higher than the first reliability in a case where the position of the second obstacle falls within the first determination region or falls within the second determination region. Braking is applied to the vehicle body and/or acceleration of the vehicle body is suppressed, on the basis of the reliability of the second obstacle and the position of the second obstacle.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2022Date of Patent: June 3, 2025Assignee: Panasonic Automotive Systems Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shingo Kawahara, Teppei Shibata
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Patent number: 12311972Abstract: Techniques for predicting an object trajectory or scene information are described herein. For example, the techniques may include inputting tokens representing discrete behavior into a machine learned model. The machine learned model may output a sequence of tokens that is usable by another machine learned model to generate an object trajectory (e.g., position data, velocity data, acceleration data, etc.) for one or more objects in the environment. The object trajectory can be sent to a vehicle computing device for consideration during vehicle planning, which may include simulation.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2022Date of Patent: May 27, 2025Assignee: Zoox, Inc.Inventor: Ethan Miller Pronovost
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Patent number: 12311982Abstract: A vehicle includes a computing device configured to detect an object in an external environment via an external sensor. The computing device determines a trajectory for navigation relative the object based on a trust zone. The trust zone is selected based on a trust parameter. The computing device instructs a display device to render a representation of the object and the trajectory relative the object, and determines whether to modify the trust parameter based on feedback data received in response to navigation.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2021Date of Patent: May 27, 2025Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.Inventors: Mikio David, John C. Rafferty
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Patent number: 12299571Abstract: A system includes a processor for performing one or more autonomous driving or assisted driving tasks based on a neural network. The neural network includes a base portion for performing feature extraction simultaneously for a plurality of tasks on a single set of input data. The neural network includes a plurality of subtask portions for performing the plurality of tasks based on feature extraction output from the base portion. Each of the plurality of subtask portions comprise nodes or layers of a neutral network trained on different sets of training data, and the base portion comprises nodes or layers of a neural network trained using each of the different sets of training data constrained by elastic weight consolidation to limit the base portion from forgetting a previously learned task.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2023Date of Patent: May 13, 2025Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Guy Hotson, Vidya Nariyambut Murali, Gintaras Vincent Puskorius
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Patent number: 12286055Abstract: A potential collision risk between a vehicle and a potential traffic participant predicted to be present ahead in a direction of travel of the vehicle is foreseen. A first annunciation is performed notifying those in a vicinity that the vehicle is traveling, using an externally-directed annunciator installed in the vehicle, in response to the potential collision risk being foreseen. Note that when a manifested collision risk between the vehicle and a manifested traffic participant confirmed ahead in the direction of travel of the vehicle is sensed, a second annunciation notifying those in the vicinity regarding collision avoidance actions of the vehicle may be performed using the externally-directed annunciator. However, the first annunciation is prioritized over the second annunciation as long as the potential collision risk continues.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2023Date of Patent: April 29, 2025Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Junichi Morimura, Satoshi Omi
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Patent number: 12283184Abstract: Traffic alert devices and methods of using the same are disclosed. A traffic alert device includes a housing having a first surface to face in a first direction toward a first area, and a directional motion sensor carried by the housing. The sensor monitors motion in a second area different than the first area, the second area being in a second direction angled relative to the first direction. The traffic alert device further includes a light emitter carried by the housing, the light emitter positioned to emit light that emanates from the first surface. The light emitter generates a visual signal in response to the sensor detecting an object in the second area approaching the sensor.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2021Date of Patent: April 22, 2025Assignee: Rite-Hite Holding CorporationInventors: Aaron J. Wiegel, David Swift, Garret Wernecke, Jason Dondlinger, Joe Korman, Lucas I. Paruch, Matthew R. Dwyer, Tony Duesing, John Lightbody, Emily C. Runbeck
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Patent number: 12272246Abstract: Presented are intelligent electronic footwear with controller automated features, methods for making/using such footwear, and control systems for executing automated features of intelligent electronic footwear. An intelligent electronic shoe (IES) includes an upper that attaches to a user's foot, and a sole structure that is attached to the upper and supports thereon the user's foot. An alert system, which is mounted to the sole structure and/or upper, generates predetermined outputs in response to electronic command signals. The IES system also includes a wireless communications device that wirelessly communicates with a remote computing node, and a footwear controller that communicates with the wireless communications device and alert system.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2023Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Assignee: NIKE, Inc.Inventors: Christopher Andon, Jamian R. Cobbett, Vikram Malhotra, Hien Tommy Pham
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Patent number: 12269496Abstract: A method of transferring vehicle communication content. The apparatus includes a surrounding-environment detection unit configured to detect a surrounding-environment information of a vehicle, a communication content transfer unit provided on at least one of a front side, a rear side, and a lateral side of the vehicle and configured to output sound or light; and a controller configured to recognize an object on the basis of the surrounding-environment information of the vehicle, to rotate the communication content transfer unit in a direction toward the object, depending on whether or not communication content needs to be transferred to the recognized object, and to output the communication content containing warning information or guide information through the communication content transfer unit.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2022Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.Inventors: Jun Hyuk Cha, Seung Woo Baek, Ban Suk Choi, Hyoung Jin Choi
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Patent number: 12260744Abstract: Disclosed are a motion-sensing in-vehicle alerting method, a system, and a related device, which are applied to vehicles. The method includes steps of: obtaining, by a controller, an audio signal from an in-vehicle audio bus; performing an acoustic characteristics analysis on the audio signal, and extracting an acoustic waveform of the audio signal in a time domain waveform; performing an amplitude modulation on a sinusoidal signal of the acoustic waveform to obtain a modulated sinusoidal signal after amplitude modulation; obtaining, by the controller, a control signal indicating operational behavior information from an in-vehicle control bus, matching the control signal with the modulated sinusoidal signal according to a predetermined rule to generate a vibration signal, and transmitting the vibration signal to the excitation oscillator to achieve a vibration alert. The method of the present application not only enhances safety, but also provides the vibration alert, resulting in an improved user experience.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2023Date of Patent: March 25, 2025Assignee: AAC ACOUSTIC TECHNOLOGIES (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD.Inventors: Shuyuan Sun, Yiming Meng, Hao Yin, Xin Zhang, Henglizi Zhang, Huan Ge, Xiang Huang
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Patent number: 12258033Abstract: Object detection systems and methods are disclosed. In one example, an object detection system holds blind spot information about a blind spot area of a driving target. An information acquisition unit acquires surroundings situation information about a surrounding situation of the driving target, a detection processing unit detects an object based on the surroundings situation information, a state determination unit determines that the object is in a dangerous state where the object is in the blind spot area, based on position information of the object detected and the blind spot information, and a notification unit notifies a driver of the driving target and/or surroundings around the driving target that the object is in the dangerous state.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2021Date of Patent: March 25, 2025Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions CorporationInventor: Akitoshi Isshiki
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Patent number: 12260727Abstract: A pedestrian attention trigger device includes a notification device capable of executing a first notification action when determined that a first condition satisfied, and capable of executing a second notification action when determined that a second condition different to the first condition is satisfied, and includes a processor. The processor controls the notification device to execute one action of the first notification action or the second notification action in priority over the other action thereof when the first condition and the second condition have both been satisfied at the same time, and to execute the other action when a condition that is one of the first condition or the second condition and that corresponds to the one action is no longer satisfied and also a condition that is the other of the first condition or the second condition and that corresponds to the other action is satisfied.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2023Date of Patent: March 25, 2025Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takahiro Kato, Takashi Kashimura
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Patent number: 12241978Abstract: An autonomous vehicle control system may include one or more processors configured to receive an electrical signal generated based on a returned optical signal that is reflected from an object. The one or more processors may determine a Doppler frequency shift of the returned optical signal over a first duration of the electrical signal. The one or more processors may generate a corrected electrical signal based on the Doppler frequency shift. The one or more processors may determine a range to the object based on the corrected electrical signal over a second duration that is shorter than the first duration. The one or more processors may control at least one of a steering system or a braking system based on the range.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2023Date of Patent: March 4, 2025Assignee: AURORA OPERATIONS, INC.Inventors: Stephen C. Crouch, Zeb William Barber, Emil Kadlec, Krishna Rupavatharam
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Patent number: 12244970Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of providing at least one image of at least one real object captured by at least one scene camera of a plurality of scene cameras mounted on a vehicle. The method includes: providing camera poses of respective scene cameras of the plurality of scene cameras relative to a reference coordinate system associated with the vehicle, providing user attention data related to a user captured by an information capturing device, providing at least one attention direction relative to the reference coordinate system from the user attention data, determining at least one of the scene cameras among the plurality of scene cameras according to the at least one attention direction and the respective camera pose of the at least one of the scene cameras, and providing at least one image of at least one real object captured by the at least one of the scene cameras.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2023Date of Patent: March 4, 2025Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Lejing Wang, Thomas Alt
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Patent number: 12240386Abstract: A vehicular vision system includes a camera disposed at a vehicle and viewing exterior of the vehicle. The vehicular vision system, responsive to detecting an object present exterior of the vehicle via processing of image data captured by the camera, determines location of the detected object relative to the vehicle. The vehicular vision system displays video images derived from the captured image data on a video display. The vehicular vision system generates a three-dimensional (3D) icon that includes a front face and a rear face opposing the front face with a length dimension between the faces. The 3D icon overlays the detected object and the front face faces toward a representation of the vehicle. Responsive to a chance in location of the object relative to the vehicle, the system adjusts the length dimension.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2023Date of Patent: March 4, 2025Assignee: Magna Electronics Inc.Inventors: Akshay Varekar, Kushal Sachdev
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Patent number: 12233861Abstract: An object recognition apparatus includes at least one processor and at least one memory communicably coupled to the processor. The processor sets one or more object presence regions in each of which an object is likely to be present, on the basis of observation data of a distance sensor. The processor estimates an attribute of the object that is likely to be present in each of the one or more object presence regions. The processor sets, on the basis of the attribute of the object, a level of processing load to be spent on object recognition processing to be executed for each of the one or more object presence regions by using at least image data generated by an imaging device. The processor performs, for each of the one or more object presence regions, the object recognition processing corresponding to the set level of the processing load.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2022Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATIONInventors: Tsubasa Ono, Keiichi Watanabe, Yu Yoshida
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Patent number: 12233856Abstract: Disclosed is a vehicle control method, including: obtaining a first velocity planned for an intelligent vehicle to travel in a first area; and obtaining a second velocity planned for the vehicle to travel in the first area, where the second velocity is obtained based on a collision potential energy, the first velocity and the second velocity each include a direction and a magnitude, and the first velocity, the second velocity, and a risk of a collision between the vehicle and a surrounding obstacle are used to determine an optimal velocity of the vehicle, so that the vehicle can effectively avoid the obstacle, thereby improving traveling safety of the vehicle. Also disclosed are a vehicle control apparatus, a vehicle controller, and a vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2022Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignee: Shenzhen Yinwang Intelligent Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Li Qin, Wen Hu
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Patent number: 12216470Abstract: Disclosed are a vehicle control system and a driving method of a vehicle using the vehicle control system. The vehicle control system includes a processor that processes data related to driving of a vehicle, and a vehicle controller that controls the driving of the vehicle. The processor performs an operation of excluding a travel trajectory from data to be clustered and excluding a travel trajectory in updating a sparse map or an operation of adjusting a range of a driving control right of the vehicle, based on the travel trajectory.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2022Date of Patent: February 4, 2025Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.Inventor: Kyung Jung Song
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Patent number: 12180048Abstract: A system for modifying a load map of a worksite includes one or more processing circuits. The one or more processing circuits include one or more memory devices coupled to one or more processors. The one or more memory devices are configured to store instructions thereon that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to receive a load indication regarding a load of a work machine, generate a modified load map based on the load map and the load where the modified load map includes an acceptable zone defining an acceptable load threshold and a warning zone defining a warning load threshold, receive a location indication regarding a location of the work machine on the worksite, and provide a warning when the work machine is within or approaching the warning zone.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2023Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: Oshkosh CorporationInventors: Robert S. Messina, Catherine Lee, Louis A. Bafile
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Patent number: 12177734Abstract: A system, method and storage medium for providing an emergency vehicle alert includes a first device collecting EV-related data, a management server receiving the EV-related data from the first device, the management server determining a geofence for the EV by dynamically adjusting a size or shape of the geofence at least based on a velocity of the EV-related data, the management server generating a safety warning signal including geofence information associated with the determined geofence, the management server transmitting the safety warning signal to a second device, a second device receiving the safety warning signal, the second device determining whether the another vehicle is located within the geofence based on the safety warning signal, the second device performing one or more alert actions when the another vehicle is located within the geofence, and the second device performing no alert action when the another vehicle is out of the geofence.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2019Date of Patent: December 24, 2024Assignee: WHELEN ENGINEERING COMPANY, INC.Inventors: George W. Whelen, Kenneth Lemieux
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Patent number: 12162457Abstract: A system for vehicle forward collision avoidance through a low speed limit area includes a position providing device, a sensor, and a vehicle controller. The position providing device is configured to provide information on a position of a host vehicle. The sensor is configured to detect whether an object is present in vicinity of the host vehicle. The vehicle controller is configured to: set a dangerous area based on a dangerous rank by detecting through the sensor, in a driving caution area, a motionless vehicle or a pedestrian; correct sensitivity of the sensor to be higher than an original sensitivity, after setting the dangerous area; and correct forward collision avoidance performance of the host vehicle to be increased from an original performance, when the position of the host vehicle is detected in the driving caution area through the position providing device.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2021Date of Patent: December 10, 2024Assignee: Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.Inventor: Jun Hyeong Oh
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Patent number: 12151646Abstract: A communication system that performs first communication and second communication, which differs from the first communication, through wireless connection between a terminal and a communication peer, is provided. The communication system includes communication devices arranged in the communication peer. At least one of the communication devices performs the second communication. The communication devices include a first communication device and a second communication device, which differs from the first communication device. The first communication device is connected to a controller that controls the communication devices, and the second communication device is connected to the first communication device.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2020Date of Patent: November 26, 2024Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHOInventors: Masateru Furuta, Yosuke Ohashi, Tetsuya Kobayashi, Yuya Goto, Satoshi Ozawa
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Patent number: 12149867Abstract: A vehicular vision system includes an electronic control unit disposed at a vehicle, and a camera disposed at the vehicle. The electronic control unit includes an image processor. The camera has an imager that captures image data. A cable is electrically connected (i) at an electrical connector of the electronic control unit and (ii) at an electrical connector the rear backup camera. The cable carries DC power from the electronic control unit to the camera. The cable carries, from the electronic control unit to the camera, data used for control of the imager of the respective camera. The cable carries image data captured by the imager of the camera to the electronic control unit. Image data carried by the cable to the electronic control unit is processed at the electronic control unit.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2022Date of Patent: November 19, 2024Assignee: MAGNA ELECTRONICS INC.Inventor: Joern Ihlenburg
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Patent number: 12140694Abstract: A method of identifying target-type vehicle through radar based blind spot warning (BSW) system of a host vehicle, comprising: detecting a first radar reflection point reflected by an object, said first radar reflection point being outside the BSW zone of the BSW system; setting an object area based on the distribution of groups of the first radar reflection point; assuming the object to be other vehicle based on the positional relationship between the object area and the BSW zone; detecting a second radar reflection point inside the BSW zone; and determining the other vehicle to be the target-type vehicle based on the detected second radar reflection point. The target-type vehicle is trailer or coach.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2022Date of Patent: November 12, 2024Assignee: Aptiv Technologies AGInventors: Sho Sasaki, Othmane Tamri, Louis Okuma Hallerdt
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Patent number: 12142056Abstract: An object recognition unit (200) recognizes an object existing around a moving body (100). A surrounding situation estimation unit (204) analyzes at least any of a position and behavior of the object recognized by the object recognition unit (200), and derives as a latent event, an event which is likely to surface later and is attributed to an object that the object recognition unit (200) has not been able to recognize to exist around the moving body (100).Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2018Date of Patent: November 12, 2024Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Tatsuya Urabe, Naoyuki Tsushima, Yi Jing
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Patent number: 12122427Abstract: A pedestrian protection system includes a plurality of autonomous driving vehicles and a server configured to be able to communicate with each of the autonomous driving vehicles. The server is configured to select at least one vehicle to be moved to the location of a pedestrian from among the autonomous driving vehicles as a pedestrian protection vehicle when a particular situation occurrence notification is received and is configured to send an instruction notification to the pedestrian protection vehicle. The particular situation occurrence notification indicates that the pedestrian is placed in a particular situation. The instruction notification instructs the pedestrian protection vehicle to move to the location of the pedestrian for protecting the pedestrian. Each of the autonomous driving vehicles is configured to move to the location of the pedestrian for protecting the pedestrian when the instruction notification is received.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2022Date of Patent: October 22, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Marie Ishikawa, Aya Hamajima, Daichi Hotta, Hayato Ito, Hidekazu Sasaki, Yasuhiro Kobatake, Akihiro Kusumoto
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Patent number: 12103522Abstract: Vehicles can be operated according to an artificial intelligence model contained in an on-board processor. The AI model can analyze sensor data, such as visible or infrared images of traffic, and determine when a collision is possible, whether it has become imminent, and whether the collision is avoidable or unavoidable using sequences of accelerations, braking, and steering. The AI model can also select the most appropriate sequence of actions from a large plurality of calculated sequences to avoid the collision if avoidable, and to minimize the harm if unavoidable. The AI model can also cause a processor to actuate linkages connected to the throttle (or electric power control), brakes (or regenerative braking), and steering to implement the selected sequence of actions. Thus the collision can be avoided or mitigated by an ADAS system or a fully autonomous vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: January 2, 2024Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Inventors: David E. Newman, R. Kemp Massengill
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Patent number: 12090926Abstract: A method for detecting whether a motor vehicle is located within a section of a roadway, comprising the following steps: detecting roadway markings of a roadway on which the motor vehicle is located, detecting whether the motor vehicle is located within a section of the roadway, wherein the section is defined by section boundaries, and then outputting a warning if the motor vehicle is not located within the section, wherein the section boundaries are defined depending on a marking distance of the roadway markings from one another.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2022Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: Hella GmbH & Co. KGaAInventors: Christian Huester, Boris Kubitza
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Patent number: 12091084Abstract: A method of providing evasive steering assist (ESA) includes storing yaw rate data related to a host vehicle, wherein yaw rate data includes a yaw rate stored at each time step from an initial time step [0] to a current time step [n]. The method further includes determining whether to initiate ESA, wherein in response to a determination to initiate ESA, the method includes calculating a current position, a current heading angle, a destination position, and a destination heading angle, wherein the stored yaw rate data is utilized to determine the current heading angle and the destination heading angle. The method further includes generating an evasive steering assist (ESA) output based on the current position, the current heading angle, the destination position, and the destination heading angle.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2022Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: APTIV TECHNOLOGIES AGInventors: Guoguang Zhang, Tanto Sugiarto, Walter K. Kosiak
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Patent number: 12085633Abstract: A measurement apparatus repeatedly executes measurement determination of whether measurement of a wall object has succeeded. If the wall-object measurement has succeeded, the measurement apparatus calculates an instantaneous wall-distance value indicative of a distance of the wall object from the own object. Otherwise, if the wall-object measurement has not succeeded, the measurement apparatus executes first extrapolation of an additional instantaneous wall-distance value. The measurement apparatus prevents an additional execution of the first extrapolation upon determination that the frequency of continuously repeated executions of the first extrapolation is not less than a prevention threshold frequency.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2022Date of Patent: September 10, 2024Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventor: Naotsugu Shimizu
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Patent number: 12073244Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for determining a task schedule for generating prediction data for different agents. In one aspect, a method comprises receiving data that characterizes an environment in a vicinity of a vehicle at a current time step, the environment comprising a plurality of agents; receiving data that identifies high-priority agents for which respective data characterizing the agents must be generated at the current time step; identifying available computing resources at the current time step; processing the data that characterizes the environment using a complexity scoring model to determine a respective complexity score for each of the high-priority agents; and determining a schedule for the current time step that allocates the generation of the data characterizing the high-priority agents across the available computing resources based on the complexity scores.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2020Date of Patent: August 27, 2024Assignee: Waymo LLCInventors: Tacettin Dogacan Guney, Kai Ding, Olivier Gravel Aubin
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Patent number: 12065173Abstract: Systems and methods for speed and lane advisory are provided. In one embodiment, a method includes determining a host longitudinal position in a current lane. The method includes identifying at least one candidate lane adjacent the current lane. The method includes calculating a longitudinal maneuver distance for the host agent to execute a maneuver from the current lane to a candidate. The method includes calculating an augmented minimum distance by combining a predetermined minimum distance and the longitudinal maneuver distance. The method includes calculating a current lane headway distance for the current lane and a first candidate lane headway distance for the first candidate lane. The method includes selecting a target lane from a current lane or a candidate lane based on a comparison of the current lane headway distance and the first candidate lane headway distance and controlling the host agent based on the selection of the target lane.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2022Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Faizan M. Tariq, David F. Isele, Sangjae Bae
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Patent number: 12020565Abstract: A driving system for the automated driving for a motor vehicle is configured to determine a field of vision of at least one sensor of the motor vehicle, for at least one area in the surroundings of the motor vehicle which does not lie in the field of vision of the at least one sensor, to simulate, if appropriate, a virtual road user in the at least one area in the surroundings of the motor vehicle, to carry out an evaluation of action options in accordance with a possible virtual collision of the motor vehicle with the at least one virtual road user, to select one of these action options in accordance with the above, and to execute the selected action option.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2019Date of Patent: June 25, 2024Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke AktiengesellschaftInventors: Daniel Althoff, Constantin Hubmann, Nils Quetschlich, Jens Schulz
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Patent number: 12013464Abstract: The present disclosure provides an environment sensing system. The sensing system includes a laser detection module, the laser detection module including a first laser module, a second laser module, a third laser module, and a fourth laser module, a field of view (FOV) angle of each laser module being less than or equal to 120°. The first laser module and the second laser module are disposed on a front side of a movable platform to detect an area in front of the movable platform, the FOVs of the first laser module and the second laser module partially overlap. The third laser module and the fourth laser module are respectively disposed on both sides of the movable platform to detect a front left area and a front right area of the movable platform.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2021Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignee: SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Wei Li, Yongjie Huang, Shaojie Shen, Lu Ma
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Patent number: 12005933Abstract: In accordance with an exemplary embodiment, methods and systems are provided for controlling steering of an autonomous vehicle. The method includes: operating, by a processor, the autonomous vehicle in a path-based automated driving assist mode; receiving, by the processor, driver input including a driver torque; classifying, by the processor, an operation mode based on a type of the path-based automated driving assist mode; determining, by the processor, an override threshold for overriding the path-based automated driving assist mode on a first lateral side of the autonomous vehicle based on the operation mode; determining, by the processor, a driver override status based on the override torque threshold; and generating, by the processor, control signals to control the steering of the autonomous vehicle based on the driver override status and the driver torque.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2021Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Kin Man Michael Wong, Matthew P Kempeinen, Jimmy Lu, Brian Porto, Reza Zarringhalam
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Patent number: 11993912Abstract: Provided is a work machine that can suppress decrease in work efficiency while reducing the possibility of contacting a worker or a dump truck, etc. A movement range is set in advance so as to avoid entry of a worker or a dump truck, etc. into the set movement range. The work machine performs stop control with clearance for an obstacle having entered the movement range, but performs stop control with relatively small clearance (minimum clearance) for a movement range. Thus, the work machine can reduce the frequency of stopping a body or a work implement and suppress decrease in work efficiency. Since the work machine controls the body or the work implement to stop with clearance when the worker or the dump truck, etc. enters the movement range of the work machine, the work machine can reduce the possibility of contacting the worker or the dump truck, etc.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2019Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.Inventors: Shinya Imura, Masamichi Ito, Hidekazu Moriki, Yuho Saito
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Patent number: 11987238Abstract: A driving support apparatus according to the invention estimates the position of a moving body by controlling a position estimation unit when the tracking-target moving body leaves a first area or a second area to enter a blind spot area and detects the position of the moving body by controlling a position detection unit when the moving body leaves the blind spot area to enter the first area or the second area. In this manner, the trajectory of the tracking-target moving body is calculated so that the trajectory of the moving body detected in the first area or the second area and the trajectory of the moving body estimated in the blind spot area are continuous to each other and driving support is executed based on the calculated trajectory of the tracking-target moving body.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2022Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Quy Hung Nguyen Van, Shoichi Hayasaka
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Patent number: 11983667Abstract: Automated inventory management and material (or container) handling removes the requirement to operate fully automatically or all-manual using conventional task dedicated vertical storage and retrieval (S&R) machines. Inventory requests Automated vehicles plan their own movements to execute missions over a container yard, warehouse aisles or roadways, sharing this space with manually driven trucks. Automated units drive to planned speed limits, manage their loads (stability control), stop, go, and merge at intersections according human driving rules, use on-board sensors to identify static and dynamic obstacles, and human traffic, and either avoid them or stop until potential collision risk is removed. They identify, localize, and either pick-up loads (pallets, container, etc.) or drop them at the correctly demined locations. Systems without full automation can also implement partially automated operations (for instance load pick-up and drop), and can assure inherently safe manually operated vehicles (i.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2020Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: Cybernet Systems Corp.Inventors: Charles J. Jacobus, Glenn J. Beach, Steve Rowe, Charles J. Cohen
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Patent number: 11981345Abstract: An autonomous vehicle (AV) implements a notification system that provides notifications to user devices in nearby vehicles to alert drivers of the nearby vehicles of the AV's planned behavior. The notifications are delivered wirelessly and output by the user device to the drivers. The planned behaviors of the AV may not be conveyed by existing mechanisms, such as turning signals or hazard lights. The AV or the receiving user device may determine when an AV's planned behavior may impact a particular driver, and provide relevant notifications to the driver.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2023Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: GM Cruise Holdings LLCInventors: Kyle Vogt, Oliver Cameron
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Patent number: 11978294Abstract: Present disclosure relates a multi-factor authentication electronic lock, a multi-factor authentication electronic lock system, and methods of using the multi-factor authentication electronic lock system. The multi-factor authentication electronic lock includes a user presence detection system, a biometrics authentication system, and a multi-factor authentication electronic lock controller. When a user approaches the multi-factor authentication electronic lock, the user presence detection system detects the presence of user and authenticates the user detected to determine whether the user detected is an authorized user registered.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2020Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: NANJING EASTHOUSE ELECTRICAL CO., LTD.Inventor: Hao Min
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Patent number: 11967007Abstract: A vehicle surroundings information displaying system comprising: a surroundings information image generating unit for generating a surroundings information image, showing the surroundings information for the vehicle, based on point group data that indicates distances from the vehicle, acquired by a distance sensor; a map image acquiring unit for acquiring a map image of the surroundings of the vehicle; an overhead image acquiring unit for acquiring an overhead image of the surroundings of the vehicle; and a display image generating unit for generating a display image, to be displayed on the display panel, by combining the map image, a vehicle mark that indicates the location of the vehicle, the overhead image that is placed surrounding the vehicle mark, and the surroundings information image that is placed surrounding the overhead image.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2022Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Faurecia Clarion Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Takuma Shioguchi
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Patent number: 11958424Abstract: A vehicular safety feature control system includes a camera disposed at a vehicle that views exterior of the equipped vehicle. The vehicular safety feature control system includes an electronic control unit (ECU) for processing image data captured by the camera to detect presence of objects. The ECU, responsive to processing of image data captured by the camera, detects an object on a collision course with the equipped vehicle. The ECU, responsive to detecting the object on the collision course with the equipped vehicle, classifies the detected object. The ECU estimates a mass of the detected object based on the classification. The ECU estimates a kinetic energy of a potential collision and, based on the estimated kinetic energy of the potential collision, estimates a severity of the potential collision. The ECU controls a safety feature of the equipped vehicle based on the estimated severity of the potential collision.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Magna Electronics Inc.Inventor: Eser Ustunel