Of Collision Or Contact With External Object Patents (Class 340/436)
  • Patent number: 12046136
    Abstract: Provided herein is technology related to a distributed driving system (DDS) by using flexible, on-demand, and customized resources and functions from an intelligent roadside toolbox (IRT). These resources comprise computational resources, cloud resources, system security resources, backup and redundancy resources. The functions comprise sensing, transportation behavior prediction and management, planning and decision-making, and vehicle control functions. The DDS and IRT technologies described herein are vehicle oriented, modular, and customizable for each vehicle to meet the specific needs of each individual vehicle as an on-demand and dynamic service. The DDS is configured to provide customized, on-demand, and dynamic IRT resources and functions to individual CAVs to supplement the CAV's sensing, transportation behavior prediction and management, planning and decision-making, and/or vehicle control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: CAVH LLC
    Inventors: Bin Ran, Yang Cheng, Shen Li, Kexin Tian, Tianyi Chen, Shuoxuan Dong, Kunsong Shi, Haotian Shi, Xiaotian Li
  • Patent number: 12038753
    Abstract: Provided are a speed planning method and apparatus, an electronic device, and a storage medium. The method includes determining a planned path on which a target object reaches a target position from a current position; in the planned path, performing cubic B-spline curve fitting on a path between the current position and a position with a set distance from the current position to obtain a fitted curve; calculating a radius of curvature of the fitted curve, and calculating a corresponding angular speed based on the radius of curvature and a preset forward speed; based on current obstacle information in a map where the target object is located, judging whether a risk of collision with an obstacle during a process of the target object traveling along the fitted curve at the angular speed exists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: SHANGHAI TAIMI ROBOTICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhituo Xia, Zhifan Su, Jing Pan
  • Patent number: 12037032
    Abstract: A method detects systematic deviations during a determination of a movement variable of a ground-based, more particularly rail-based, vehicle. To optimize the operation of the vehicle, more particularly to minimize operational restrictions during operation of the vehicle, the method proposes that—based on a measurement value, assigned to a time, of at least one sensor, a value, assigned to the time, of the movement variable is determined and—subject to the value, assigned to the time, of the movement variable and a statistical sensor accuracy value, determined for this value, of the at least one sensor, a test variable value, assigned to the time, is formed and is compared in a comparison with a predefined test bound in order to make an assumption regarding an existence of a systematic deviation. The assumption is subject to a comparison result obtained from the comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Siemens Mobility GmbH
    Inventor: Lars Johannes
  • Patent number: 12039869
    Abstract: A driver assistance system for motor vehicles. The system includes a sensor device for detecting the traffic surroundings, a detection module for detecting potential pedestrians based on the data of the sensor device, a plausibility check module for assessing, based on predefined criteria, the probability that a detected potential pedestrian is a real pedestrian, and a warning module for triggering counter-measures in the case of an impending collision with the real pedestrian. The plausibility check module is configured to recognize, based on the data of the sensor device, pedestrian-related traffic infrastructure devices, and to carry out the plausibility check, taking a spatial relationship between the potential pedestrian and the traffic infrastructure device into consideration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Golya, Jose Domingo Esparza Garcia, Max Neuner
  • Patent number: 12038527
    Abstract: A vehicular system includes a body panel having an aperture and a radar unit at least partially aligned with the aperture. The radar unit includes a housing encapsulating a printed circuit board operable to generate radar waves. The housing includes a first wall through which the radar waves are directed. The first wall of the housing is visible within the aperture and the body panel does not extend across the first wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Raphael Hellinger
  • Patent number: 12033438
    Abstract: Systems and methods for assessing accident events are disclosed According to certain aspects, an electronic device may access sensor data associated with operation of a vehicle, and analyze the sensor data to determine that an accident event has occurred. In response, the electronic device may dynamically and automatically retrieve additional sensor data from at least one additional electronic device via a short range communication. The electronic device may compile or aggregate the additional sensor data with the original sensor data to provide a thorough representation of the accident event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: QUANATA, LLC
    Inventors: Eric Dahl, Steven J. Harris, Kenneth J. Sanchez
  • Patent number: 12033219
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed with respect to using a blockchain for managing the subrogation claim process related to a vehicle collision, in particular, utilizing evidence oracles as part of the subrogation process. An exemplary embodiment includes receiving recorded data from one or more connected devices at a geographic location; analyzing the recorded data, wherein analyzing the recorded data includes determining that an collision has occurred involving one or more vehicles; generating a transaction including the data indicative of the collision based upon the analysis; and transmitting the transaction to at least one other participant in the distributed ledger network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY
    Inventors: William J. Leise, Douglas A. Graff, Anthony McCoy, Jaime Skaggs, Shawn M. Call, Stacie A. McCullough, Wendy H. Clayton, Melinda Teresa Magerkurth, Kim E. Flesher, Travis Charles Runge
  • Patent number: 12024194
    Abstract: A vehicle control method includes recognizing an object, generating plurality of target trajectories which the vehicle travels using a plurality of models, and automatically controlling driving of the vehicle based on the target trajectory, the plurality of models include a first model which is a rule based model or a model based model, and a second model which is a machine learning based model, and the second target trajectory is selected, when the vehicle accelerates after a speed of the vehicle has been equal to or smaller than a predetermined value, under a condition in which driving of the vehicle is controlled based on a first target trajectory output by the first model and under a condition in which driving of the vehicle is controlled based on a second target trajectory output by the second model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yuji Yasui
  • Patent number: 12027047
    Abstract: A device is provided for use with a vehicle and with a communication device. The communication device can transmit a first vehicle mode signal and a subsequent signal. The device includes a processing component, an indicator component, a transmitting component and a receiving component. The processing component can operate in a vehicle mode and can operate in a second mode. The indicator component can provide a vehicle mode indication signal when the processing component is operating in the vehicle mode. The transmitting component can transmit a second vehicle mode signal based on the vehicle mode indication signal. The receiving component can receive the first vehicle mode signal and can receive the subsequent signal. The processing component can further perform a function while in the vehicle mode and based on the first vehicle mode signal and the subsequent signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: Sfara, Inc.
    Inventor: Sascha Simon
  • Patent number: 12012096
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus mounted on a first vehicle determines that an alert to decelerate is being issued to a driver of a preceding vehicle that precedes the first vehicle; and performs a predetermined process related to risk avoidance when the alert is being issued is the preceding vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Katsuhiro Matsuoka
  • Patent number: 12008482
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for predicting drawbridge operation based on incoming vessel information and historical drawbridge operation data, and transmitting the drawbridge operation prediction to a GPS system such as an autonomous vehicle or a mobile device application for rerouting a planned navigation route. A transceiver may receive vessel information, e.g., incoming vessel size, type, speed, position, or quantity, or estimated incoming vessel arrival time, from one or more cameras and/or a marine radio, and may receive historical drawbridge operation data based on the incoming vessel information from an online database such that the drawbridge operation prediction is based on the historical data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Anjali Krishnamachar, Matthew A. Warner, Umair Ibrahim
  • Patent number: 12005894
    Abstract: In a driving assistance device for performing a driving assistance process to avoid or mitigate a collision between an own vehicle, which is a vehicle carrying the driving assistance device, and an oncoming vehicle detected within a predefined region ahead of the own vehicle, an entry determiner is configured to determine whether one of the own vehicle and the oncoming vehicle is likely to enter a lane in which the other one is present. An actuation controller is configured to, in response to the entry determiner determining that each one of the own vehicle and the oncoming vehicle is unlikely to enter the lane of the other, restrict actuation of the driving assistance process, and in response to the entry determiner determining that any one of the own vehicle and the oncoming vehicle is likely to enter the lane of the other, not restrict actuation of the driving assistance process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toru Takahashi, Kei Kamiya, Shogo Matsunaga
  • Patent number: 11999350
    Abstract: There is disclosed a control system and a method for a host vehicle operable in an autonomous mode. The control system comprises one or more controllers. The speed and/or path of the vehicle in the autonomous mode is appropriate to a driving context.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: Jaguar Land Rover Limited
    Inventor: Adam Adwan
  • Patent number: 11993256
    Abstract: A vehicle control system for an off-road vehicle including a processing circuit including a processor and memory, the memory having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the processor, cause the processing circuit to receive a first parameter associated with a characteristic of the off-road vehicle, receive a second parameter associated with a characteristic of an environment of the off-road vehicle, generate, based on the first and second parameters, a perception zone for the off-road vehicle, control the off-road vehicle to avoid an obstacle using the perception zone, receive an indication of a change in at least one of the first parameter or the second parameter, and update the perception zone based on the change in the at least one of the first parameter or the second parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Aditya Singh, Brett McClelland
  • Patent number: 11993341
    Abstract: A method for carrying out autonomous braking in a two-wheeled motor vehicle, where the necessity of vehicle deceleration is detected with the aid of a surround sensor system. When vehicle deceleration is necessary, prior to its execution, a test braking action independent of a rider and of a predefined temporal length is carried out. During or after the execution of the test braking action, a rider readiness variable characterizing the readiness of the rider to master the vehicle deceleration detected as necessary is ascertained. After completion of the test braking action, the vehicle deceleration is initiated, the time characteristic of the vehicle deceleration being a function of the rider readiness variable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Anja Wahl, Markus Henzler
  • Patent number: 11985577
    Abstract: The disclosure includes embodiments for provision of an uninterrupted vehicular cloud service. A method according to some embodiments includes determining that an ego vehicle is approaching an overlapping vehicular micro cloud area where a plurality of vehicular micro clouds are active. The method includes retrieving intrinsic data describing driving behavior of members of the plurality of vehicular micro clouds. The method includes retrieving extrinsic data describing a roadway geometry of the overlapping vehicular micro cloud area. The method includes determining, based on one or more of the intrinsic data and the extrinsic data, a strategy for ensuring that the plurality of vehicular micro clouds provide an uninterrupted vehicular cloud service. The method includes taking steps to execute the strategy so that the uninterrupted vehicular cloud service is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Inventors: Seyhan Ucar, Takamasa Higuchi, Onur Altintas
  • Patent number: 11981344
    Abstract: A driving assistance device includes a determining part configured to determine a target relative position with respect to other vehicle, which is traveling in a movement destination lane that is a merging destination or a lane change destination of a host vehicle, for entering the movement destination lane based on a detection result of the other vehicle, and a notification controller configured to output a notification sound, which differs between a case in which acceleration is required for the host vehicle and a case in which deceleration is required for the host vehicle, from a speaker in order to perform an alignment with respect to the target relative position determined by the determining part in an advancing direction of the host vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yuji Yasui
  • Patent number: 11971476
    Abstract: Ultrasonic audio processing circuitry and a method useful in ultrasonic presence detection. An ultrasonic burst generator produces an ultrasonic burst signal at one or more ultrasonic frequencies, and an equalizer equalizes that ultrasonic burst signal according to frequency response characteristics of the speaker and microphone at those ultrasonic frequencies. Driver circuitry drives a speaker with the ultrasonic burst signal, which may be combined with an audible audio signal. An ultrasonic separation filter separates an ultrasonic portion from a signal received at a microphone, and processing circuitry is provided to determine a delay time of an echo corresponding to the ultrasonic burst signal in that separated ultrasonic portion of the received signal. In another aspect, the equalizer equalizes an ultrasonic portion of the signal received at a microphone, according to frequency response characteristics of the speaker and microphone at the ultrasonic frequencies of the burst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Lei Ding, Srinath Mathur Ramaswamy, Brian Burk, Baher Haroun
  • Patent number: 11973810
    Abstract: Illustrative embodiments disclose systems for sharing, among a group of consumers, data provided by a contributor. Some embodiments are well-suited for real-time distribution of data developing from ongoing incidents, and may be useful, for example, for emergency management. Illustrative embodiments provide a cloud-based system having tenants that are data contributors and data consumers. The system receives, from each contributor, both data and sharing rules that dictate whether and how that data may be shared, and with whom (which consumer or consumers), and then provide data to such consumer or consumers according to the sharing rules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Intergraph Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Bailey, Phillip Barrett, Joshua Beard, Jeremy Leshko, Jared Phillips, Lawrence C. Levert, IV
  • Patent number: 11961339
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to computing platforms that utilize machine learning to reduce false positive/negative collision output generation. A computing platform may apply machine learning algorithms on received data to generate a collision output. In response to generating the collision output indicating a collision, the computing platform may identify a data collection location. If the data collection location is within a predetermined radius of a false positive collection location, the computing platform may modify the collision output to indicate a non-collision. If the data collection location is not within the predetermined radius, the computing platform may compute a score using telematics data and compare the score to a predetermined threshold. If the score does not exceed the predetermined threshold, the computing platform may modify the collision output to indicate a non-collision.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY
    Inventors: Venu Madhav Tammali, Kyle Patrick Schmitt, Jeremy Deram
  • Patent number: 11960293
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for navigating an autonomous vehicle. In one implementation, a system includes a processing device programmed to receive a plurality of images representative of an environment of the host vehicle. The environment includes a road on which the host vehicle is traveling. The at least one processing device is further programmed to analyze the images to identify a target vehicle traveling in a lane of the road different from a lane in which the host vehicle is traveling; analyze the images to identify a lane mark associated with the lane in which the target vehicle is traveling; detect lane mark characteristics of the identified lane mark; use the detected lane mark characteristics to determine a type of the identified lane mark; determine a characteristic of the target vehicle; and determine a navigational action for the host vehicle based on the determined lane mark type and the determined characteristic of the target vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Mobileye Vision Technologies Ltd.
    Inventors: Dor Eagelberg, Gideon Stein, Yoav Taieb, Yoram Gdalyahu, Ofer Fridman
  • Patent number: 11948407
    Abstract: A method for adapting driving behavior includes inspecting driving behavior of a motor vehicle (1) travelling consecutively with a road user (2). Consecutive travel is detected by at least one sensor of the motor vehicle (1). If the other road user (2) is not detected, the method uses traffic data to predict a position of the other road user (2). If the predicted position of the road user (2) reveals consecutive travel, the method inspects the driving behavior of the motor vehicle (1) as in the case of consecutive travel detected by the at least one sensor. The method adapts a driving behavior while using few sensors to provide a high level of road safety and/or a high level of driving comfort. Optionally, a human-machine interface may display or report back a virtual representation of the road user in the predicted position to the driver of the motor vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h. c. F. Porsche AG
    Inventors: Görkem Büyükyildiz, Eric Wahl, Daniel Slieter
  • Patent number: 11945524
    Abstract: An undercarriage clearance system includes a datastore containing undercarriage geometry data including ground clearance data of the undercarriage assembly across a lateral dimension of a wheelbase of the work vehicle; a first sensor configured to collect ground environment data within the vehicle trajectory; and a controller. The controller is configured to: receive the undercarriage geometry data from the datastore; receive the ground environment data from the first sensor; identify an obstacle within the vehicle trajectory; evaluate a height of the identified obstacle and a projected path of the obstacle within the wheelbase of the work vehicle along the vehicle trajectory relative to the undercarriage geometry data to determine an obstacle clearance expectation; and generate an alert command signal based on the determination of the obstacle clearance expectation. A display device is configured to render a display based on the alert command signal representing the obstacle clearance expectation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Nikunj Patel, Aditya Shenoy, Dnyaneshwar J. Jagtap, Sanket Pawar
  • Patent number: 11945435
    Abstract: An apparatus includes: a first camera configured to view an environment outside a vehicle; a second camera configured to view a driver of the vehicle; and a processing unit configured to receive a first image from the first camera, and a second image from the second camera; wherein the processing unit is configured to determine first information indicating a risk of collision with the vehicle based at least partly on the first image; wherein the processing unit is configured to determine second information indicating a state of the driver based at least partly on the second image; and wherein the processing unit is configured to determine whether to provide a control signal for operating a device or not based on (1) the first information indicating the risk of collision with the vehicle, and (2) the second information indicating the state of the driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Nauto, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin Oren Alpert, Tahmida Binte Mahmud, Alexander Dion Wu, Piyush Chandra, Jeremy Marschke, Gary Kwan, Stefan Heck, Ruslan Belkin, Ilan Hornstein
  • Patent number: 11941988
    Abstract: A parking lot management device configured to manage traveling of vehicles by setting a scheduled passage time for each node indicating a travel route in a parking lot includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire an actual passage time at which a first vehicle has actually passed a first node; a determination unit configured to determine a collision risk between a second vehicle and the first vehicle based on the actual passage time, the second vehicle being scheduled to pass, following the first vehicle, a second node that is located forward of the first node in a traveling direction of the first vehicle; and a setting unit configured to delay a first scheduled passage time at which the second vehicle passes the second node to cause the second vehicle to pass the second node following the first vehicle when it is determined that there is the collision risk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Takanori Imazu
  • Patent number: 11941984
    Abstract: A traffic safety system is provided at intersections that store road user trajectories in relation to external influences and road user classes so that it can establish a baseline with which future trajectories can be compared in order to predict a deviation from the baseline which is used to calculate probable and possible collision severity in order to provide a means by which a range of mitigating responses can be activated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Inventor: Gerhard Lamprecht
  • Patent number: 11935412
    Abstract: An information supply method causes a computer of a terminal device equipped with a camera and mounted in a mobile object to execute: a process of acquiring an image; a process of determining an alert level for an operator of the mobile object is a first alert level or a second alert level that is a level lower than the first alert level based on a surrounding situation of the mobile object obtained from the image; and a process of displaying information appropriate to the alert level on a display provided on a casing in which the camera of the terminal device is provided in accordance with a result of the determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yuji Yasui
  • Patent number: 11924723
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein provide for a method including configuring a self-learning safety sign to: establish vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communications with a two-wheeler equipped with a V2X transceiver and positioned at a ride point and/or ridden along a common and divergent route according to a setup stage for the safety sign; receive ride parameters in the V2X communications from the two-wheeler associated with the positioning and/or riding of the two-wheeler; and analyze the received ride parameters to create a ride model for determining a future route to be taken by any two-wheeler in V2X communication with the safety sign.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: AUTOTALKS LTD.
    Inventor: Onn Haran
  • Patent number: 11924533
    Abstract: A vehicle-mounted recording component which is convenient to assemble and disassemble, including an image terminal for recording image and sounds, an operation terminal for outputting control instruction signals and a processing terminal for processing the recorded images and sounds according to the received control instruction signals, the processing terminal includes a circuit board and a guide structure capable of quickly installing the circuit board. The guide structure has a tapered guide hole and a tapered guide column that cooperate with each other; in case of installing a single-layer circuit board, the tapered guide hole and the tapered guide column are respectively arranged on the circuit board and the circuit board bracket; in case of installing a double-layer circuit board, the tapered guide hole and tapered guide column are respectively arranged on the two circuit boards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Shenzhen Luzhuo Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Huaixiu Xu, Huailiang Xu
  • Patent number: 11920942
    Abstract: A method for controlling autonomous lane change of a moving body is disclosed. The method includes calculating a driving route from a current location of the moving body to a destination; determining whether an intersection or a forked road exists at a predetermined distance from the current location of the moving body on the calculated driving route; checking, when the intersection or the forked road exists, link information corresponding to a lane in which the moving body is located, and determining a moving direction toward the intersection or the forked road; determining an entry route for entering the intersection or the forked road according to the determined moving direction; and generating a control signal for controlling a moving direction of the moving body according to the determined entry route.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: THINKWARE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ki Wook Lee, Hye Kyung Byun, Tae Kyu Han
  • Patent number: 11922805
    Abstract: An intelligent traffic control system may be configured to manage autonomous vehicle traffic, such as by communicating with autonomous vehicles. The intelligent traffic control system may be configured to output an indication of a traffic control command to autonomous vehicles and non-autonomous vehicles. The intelligent traffic control system may be configured to determine traffic control commands for autonomous vehicles and non-autonomous vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Gregory D. Hansen, Will Kerns Maney, William P. Culbertson, II
  • Patent number: 11915591
    Abstract: A vehicle collision avoidance method includes receiving host vehicle driving information, receiving remote vehicle driving information, generating a host vehicle position function and a remote vehicle position function, setting a transformation coordinate system, calculating a rotation angle, transforming the host vehicle position function and the remote vehicle position function to a transformed host vehicle position function and a transformed remote vehicle position function, respectively, using the rotation angle, determining a collision possibility between the host vehicle and the remote vehicle using the transformed host vehicle position function and the transformed remote vehicle position function, and controlling the host vehicle depending on the collision possibility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: CHEMTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin Cha, Seung Hyun Jang, Tae Jeong Jeong
  • Patent number: 11912196
    Abstract: An apparatus for outputting a virtual engine sound includes: an output device that outputs the virtual engine sound; a bumper beam connected to a rear surface of the output device; and a bumper foam connected to the output device and the bumper beam while opening left and right side surfaces of the output device. The apparatus for outputting a virtual engine sound may improve a virtual engine sound output efficiency by utilizing a sound pressure radiated from a side surface of the virtual engine sound output device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keun Jin Kim, Young Beom Kim
  • Patent number: 11912198
    Abstract: A display device includes a light collector including a camera unit having a camera and a window unit having a window, an optical unit that controls a path of light received from the window unit, and a transparent display panel including at least one pixel area that displays an image based on an image captured by the camera unit and at least one transmissive area that displays an image received from the optical unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hae Kwan Seo
  • Patent number: 11906969
    Abstract: An embodiment mobility guidance system includes a sensor provided in a mobility and configured to capture a driving video or an image to transmit the driving video or the image, a memory configured to store a danger zone image, a detector configured to compare the driving video or the image captured by the sensor with the danger zone image stored in the memory to detect an existence of a danger zone on a driving path of the mobility, and a guide configured to set a guide zone in response to the detector detecting the existence of the danger zone and a change in a speed or an acceleration of the mobility, and to provide the guide zone to a second mobility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventor: Byoung Il Choi
  • Patent number: 11897498
    Abstract: A control method for a host vehicle (100), comprising a) acquiring a speed (Vx) of the host vehicle, a relative speed (Vr) and distance (Dr) between a preceding vehicle (200) and the host vehicle (100); b) calculating a perceived risk level (PRL) as a function of said speed Vx of the host vehicle, said relative speed Vr, said relative distance Dr, and at least one of variables Vx*Vr and Vx2; and c) controlling at least one vehicle device (32, 34, 36, 38) of the host vehicle as a function of the perceived risk level (PRL). A computer program, a non-transitory computer-readable medium, and an automated driving system for implementing the above method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR EUROPE
    Inventor: Niels Ferson
  • Patent number: 11897499
    Abstract: An autonomous driving vehicle information presentation device includes a traffic congestion information acquisition unit that acquires information on traffic congestion ahead in a traveling direction of an own vehicle, a traveling lane identification unit that identifies a lane where the own vehicle is currently located, a stop position prediction unit that acquires a traveling state of a preceding vehicle based on an external environment information and the traffic congestion information, and to predict a stop position related to the preceding vehicle based on the acquired traveling state, an action plan generation unit that generates an action plan of the own vehicle based on the stop position and the currently located lane, and an information presentation unit that presents information including the generated action plan through using an external display device provided at a rear portion of a vehicle interior of the own vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Mimura, Yuki Kizumi, Takashi Oshima, Yuji Tsuchiya
  • Patent number: 11900798
    Abstract: The invention relates to mobile surveillance and, more particularly, to systems and methods for policing traffic violations, such as illegal cell phone use while driving. The surveillance system may include a mobile unit and an imaging device configured to monitor, detect, and record vehicles moving in the same direction or in an opposite direction of the mobile unit. The imaging device may capture license plate information and other data, such as characteristics corresponding to the driver of the vehicle. Advantageously, the surveillance system can record, analyze, detect, and communicate distracted driver violations effectively and efficiently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: VIG Vehicle Intelligence Group LLC
    Inventor: Greg Horn
  • Patent number: 11897463
    Abstract: Implementations a method using a collision detection device associated with a user to detect a moving object in an environment and provide an alert to the user are provided. In some implementations the environment comprises at least one transmitter of opportunity. In some implementations, the collision detection device comprises a receiver and a processor. In some implementations, the method comprises receiving at the collision detection device Wi-Fi signals reflected from the moving object where the Wi-Fi signals originate from a Wi-Fi source not associated with the moving object. The method further comprises detecting, measuring, and tracking the Doppler effect of the Wi-Fi signals at the collision detection device to track velocity vector relative to the collision detection device. The method further comprises calculating the time of arrival of the moving object based on the velocity vector relative to the location of the collision detection device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Inventors: Miles Shugerman Denson, Jared Adam Denson, Michael Craig Schexnayder, Richard T. Garcia
  • Patent number: 11890939
    Abstract: A driver assistance system includes a first sensor installed in a vehicle to have a front view of a vehicle, and configured to obtain front image data; a second sensor installed in the vehicle to have a front detection field of view of the vehicle and selected from a group consisting of a radar sensor and a LiDAR sensor, configured to obtain front detection data; a third sensor installed in the vehicle to have a side detection field of view of the vehicle and selected from a group consisting of the radar sensor and the LiDAR sensor, and configured to obtain side detection data; and a controller including a processor configured to process at least one of the front image data, the front detection data, and the side detection data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: HL KLEMOVE CORP.
    Inventor: Jiyeol Park
  • Patent number: 11891082
    Abstract: A blind spot warning system is provided for a motor vehicle having a longitudinal axis and a steering shaft. The system includes a steering angle sensor (SAS), which is coupled to the steering shaft and generates a steering signal associated with a wheel angle in response to the steering shaft rotating. The system further includes a computer having one or more processors and a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions. The processor is programmed to determine a blind spot region extending from a sideview mirror of the motor vehicle and based on the wheel angle. The processor is further programmed to generate an actuation signal associated with the blind spot region. The system further includes one or more light projectors that project a light onto a roadway adjacent to the motor vehicle to indicate a current size and a current location of the blind spot region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventor: Zhiqiang Deng
  • Patent number: 11884266
    Abstract: An obstacle-avoidance method includes detecting an obstacle in a vicinity of a motor vehicle and planning an obstacle-avoidance path for avoiding the obstacle; and commanding steering and differential braking systems to handle the avoidance path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignees: RENAULT s. a. s., NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Anh Lam Do
  • Patent number: 11878705
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for generating a test case (TC) for dynamic verification of an autonomous driving system are provided. The method includes receiving an input signal and generating a temporary TC based on the input signal. A confirmed TC is determined based on a first output signal corresponding to the input signal and a second output signal corresponding to the temporary TC. A final TC is determined by re-arranging the confirmed TC and the final TC is transmitted to an external device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, Hyundai Autoever Corp.
    Inventors: Hong Yeol Lim, Bong Ju Kim
  • Patent number: 11879968
    Abstract: A radar system comprises a set of transmitters and a processor coupled to the set of transmitters. The processor is configured to modulate a first portion of a chirp in a chirp frame according to a first phase. The processor is further configured to modulate a second portion of the chirp in the chirp frame according to a second phase and configured to combine the first and second portions of the chirp to produce a phase-modified chirp. The processor is further configured to instruct the set of transmitters to transmit the phase-modified chirp by applying time division multiple access (TDMA) and by directing radio frequency energy according to a target angle and a target gain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Dan Wang, Sandeep Rao, Adeel Ahmad
  • Patent number: 11879745
    Abstract: The disclosure is generally directed to systems and methods for facilitating travel over a last leg of a journey. In one example embodiment, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) captures an image of an area to be traversed by an individual during the final leg of the journey. The image is evaluated to identify a hindrance that may be encountered by the individual in the area. A pre-emptive action may be taken to address the hindrance before reaching the area. The pre-emptive action, may, for example, include using the UAV and/or a terrestrial robot to assist the individual traverse the area. The assistance may be provided in various ways such as by use of the terrestrial robot to transport the individual and/or a personal item of the individual through the area, and/or by use of the UAV to provide instructions to guide the individual through the area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Aed M. Dudar, Fling Finn Tseng
  • Patent number: 11873671
    Abstract: A method of controlling the movements of at least one controllable door of a motor vehicle and a motor vehicle component. A control device and a sensor arrangement are assigned to the door, and the door has a controllable motion influencing device. A motion of a door wing of the door can be controlled and influenced by way of the motion influencing device in between a closed position and an open position. The sensor arrangement includes a distance sensor in the movable door wing that captures distance data during the motion, and obtains from the distance data captured with the distance sensor in different angular positions, the position of at least one object in the surrounding area of the door wing, by way of triangulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: INVENTUS Engineering GmbH
    Inventor: Stefan Battlogg
  • Patent number: 11869282
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include a vehicle telematics system including a telematics device and a remote server system, wherein the telematics device obtains sensor data from at least one sensor installed in a vehicle, calculates peak resultant data based on the sensor data, generates crash score data based on the peak resultant data and a set of crash curve data for the vehicle, and provides the obtained sensor data when the crash score data exceeds a crash threshold to the remote server system and the remote server system obtains vehicle sensor data and vehicle identification data from the vehicle telematics device, calculates resultant change data and absolute speed change data based on the obtained sensor data and/or the vehicle identification data, and generates crash occurred data when the resultant change data exceeds a first threshold value and when the absolute speed change data is below a second threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: CalAmp Corp.
    Inventors: Jeff Jenkins, Greg Bayley, Peter Byrne, Gallin Chen
  • Patent number: 11865997
    Abstract: An actuator of an airbag device includes a main body portion, which is attached to an attachment base, and a cap including a fitting protruding portion that is inserted into a fitting recessed portion of the main body portion. The fitting protruding portion has a holding portion, which is inserted into a holding hole of a coupling member when fitted to the main body portion and holds a leading end portion of the coupling member, and a movement permitting unit that, when a ceiling portion of the cap is subjected to pressure of a combustion gas of a squib, causes the ceiling portion to move, and causes the holding portion to move from a holding position, wherein the holding portion is inserted into the holding hole of the coupling member, to a holding released position, wherein the holding portion is removed from the holding hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke Kawamura, Keigo Kimura, Koji Kawamura, Hajime Kitte, Yoshio Ono
  • Patent number: 11858501
    Abstract: An emergency braking function control method of a vehicle includes detecting an obstacle ahead of the vehicle, the vehicle being in a state of being travelable in a forward direction using power of a power source, in response to the detecting, determining a first steering angle and a second steering angle, the first steering angle being a maximum steering angle at which the vehicle collides with the obstacle and the second steering angle being a steering angle at which the vehicle turns while maintaining a minimum safe distance from the obstacle, the first and second steering angles being determined based on a distance to the obstacle, a heading of the obstacle, and an input steering angle, and determining whether to change an emergency braking function based on the input steering angle, the first steering angle, or the second steering angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Jin Kyeom Cho, Yeon Bok Kim, Hui Un Son, Tae Wook Park, Seong Wook Moon
  • Patent number: 11858528
    Abstract: Provided are a driving assistance system and method. The driving assistance system is for interfacing with an individual vehicle and includes: a camera system that generates image information about the surroundings of the vehicle; a vehicle controller that generates driving information about the vehicle; and a communication port. The driving assistance system includes a driving assistance terminal and/or mobile device that are/is connected to the communication port, acquire(s) image information and/or driving information by using the communication port, and execute(s) at least a portion of a travel program for the driving assistance terminal and/or mobile device on the basis of an image and/or driving information for controlling the vehicle with respect to one or more of auxiliary travels and/or autonomous operations of the vehicle through a control signal generated by the driving assistance terminal or the mobile device and provided to the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yun-Tae Lee, Joon-Seok Chae, Young-Ki Lee