External Condition Vehicle-mounted Indicator Or Alarm Patents (Class 340/901)
  • Patent number: 12248060
    Abstract: An object identification apparatus includes: an identifier that identifies whether an object is a control target based on a result of comparison between reflection intensity of a detection wave and an identification threshold when the detection wave is received by the moving body; and a changer that changes identification sensitivity of the identifier according to positions of at least two points of the object when the detection wave is reflected at the at least two points and received by the moving body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Panasonic Automotive Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yiming Yang, Hiroki Yamashita
  • Patent number: 12246645
    Abstract: There is provided a parking aid control system (110) and method (600) for a vehicle (200). The control system (110) is configured to receive proximity data (125) indicative of a location of one or more objects (400) in an environment of the vehicle. The control system (110) is configured to output, to a parking aid interface (500) of the vehicle, parking aid data (135) indicative of the location of at least some of the one or more objects (400). A cancellation signal (155) is received indicative of a user input for inhibiting the parking aid interface (500). A gear change signal (145) is received, the gear change signal (145) being indicative of a change in a gear selection of the vehicle. The control system (110) is configured to suppress the inhibition of the parking aid interface in dependence on the gear change signal (145).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: JAGUAR LAND ROVER LIMITED
    Inventors: Stuart Whitehouse, Ruben Gomez Padin
  • Patent number: 12249193
    Abstract: A method of partial sensor data sharing is described. The method includes detecting an occluded area relative to a receiver vehicle. The method also includes defining an area of interest (AoI) based on a traffic topology and state information of a selected sender vehicle. The method further includes transmitting the area of interest to the selected sender vehicle. The method also includes receiving a sensor data corresponding to the area of interest when the detected occluded area is within a sensor coverage area of the selected sender vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventor: Ahmed Hamdi Sakr
  • Patent number: 12244746
    Abstract: A wireless communication apparatus comprises a communication module configured to perform wireless communication with a network outside a vehicle; and a first antenna connected to the communication module, wherein the wireless communication apparatus is mounted inside an instrument panel of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DENSO TEN Limited
    Inventors: Takuma Sawaya, Hironobu Yamamoto, Noriaki Ito, Hiroki Kawasaki, Hiroto Nakagawa, Satoru Ikeda
  • Patent number: 12240464
    Abstract: To provide a travel route generation apparatus and a travel route generation method which can generate a travel route for changing lanes with good accuracy using the newest lane marking information obtained during lane change. A travel route generation apparatus and a travel route generation method, during lane change of the own vehicle, determines whether or not the lane marking information of each lane marking is effective lane marking information which can be used for generation of a lane change travel route which is a travel route for changing lanes; selects a reference lane marking from the lane marking on the left side and the lane marking on the right side of an own lane, based on an effectiveness determination result; and generates a lane change travel route, based on the lane marking information of the reference lane marking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yuko Omagari, Masaya Endo, Tomoki Uno
  • Patent number: 12236690
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a vehicle control method, an apparatus, an electronic device and a vehicle, which relates to a technical field of artificial intelligence, such as automatic driving, intelligent transportation and computer vision, etc. The specific implementation solution is that: when passing a traffic light intersection, a vehicle can acquire a traffic light image of the intersection at a driving direction of the vehicle, identify the traffic light image, determine a first light color of a target traffic light corresponding to a lane on which the vehicle is located; and acquire light color change information of the target traffic light latest recorded; determine remained duration of the first light color according to the light color change information, then determine a driving strategy at the intersection of the vehicle according to the first light color and the remained duration of the first light color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Apollo Intelligent Connectivity (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xingyu Wang, Dengxiang Zhuang, Ning Yu
  • Patent number: 12236562
    Abstract: A method for error handling in a geometric correction engine (GCE) is provided that includes receiving configuration parameters by the GCE, generating, by the GCE in accordance with the configuration parameters, output blocks of an output frame based on corresponding blocks of an input frame, detecting, by the GCE, a run-time error during the generating, and reporting, by the GCE, an event corresponding to the run-time error.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Gang Hua, Rajasekhar Reddy Allu, Niraj Nandan, Mihir Narendra Mody
  • Patent number: 12204349
    Abstract: In a vehicle remote instruction system, a remote commander issues a remote instruction relating to travel of an autonomous driving vehicle based on sensor information from an external sensor that detects an external environment of the autonomous driving vehicle. The vehicle remote instruction system sets a range of information to be transmitted to the remote commander among the sensor information detected by the external sensor, as a limited information range, based on the external situation or an external situation obtained based on map information and a trajectory of the autonomous driving vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Sho Otaki, Takayuki Iwamoto
  • Patent number: 12198446
    Abstract: A road surface state detection apparatus includes a light emitter, an optical sensor, and an electronic control unit. The light emitter is configured to project an image with visible light on a road surface below a side of a vehicle. The optical sensor is provided on the side of the vehicle and configured to receive reflected light from the projected image. The electronic control unit is configured to determine a state of the road surface based on the reflected light received by the optical sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yuta Kinoshita
  • Patent number: 12190729
    Abstract: A control apparatus includes a reception control unit configured to perform control to receive, when a movable object is located at a first point, presence information of a risk area including a plurality of position coordinates specified through image recognition by another movable object, a determination unit configured to determine whether the movable object is in a vicinity of the risk area based on the plurality of position coordinates included in the presence information of the risk area for which the reception control unit has performed the control to receive, a transmission control unit configured to perform control to transmit, when the determination unit determines that the movable object is in the vicinity of the risk area, information related to presence of the movable object, and a control unit configured to execute control of the movable object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Kurehashi, Shigeru Inoue, Moriya Horiuchi, Yuta Sakagawa
  • Patent number: 12192873
    Abstract: Proposed is a method for communicating, by a vehicle, with a user terminal in a wireless communication system. The method may comprise: detecting an event which has occurred to a user of the user terminal; and transmitting a message for requesting assistance associated with the safety of the user. In addition, the message for requesting the assistance may include information regarding the event which has occurred to the user and information regarding a duration time of the assistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jaeho Hwang, Myoungseob Kim, Hakseong Kim, Jongseob Baek
  • Patent number: 12183024
    Abstract: An data processor is configured to identify the component pixels of a harvestable plant component within an obtained image data of plant pixels of the one or more target plants. An edge, boundary or outline of the component pixels is determined. The data processor is configured to detect a size of the harvestable plant component based on the determined edge, boundary or outline of the identified component pixels, along with an adjustment based on analysis of any exposed portions of the harvestable plant component. A user interface is configured to provide a yield indicator based on the detected size of the harvestable plant component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Noel W. Anderson, Gurmukh H. Advani, Benjamin M. Smith
  • Patent number: 12181293
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system, method, and software for operating a taxi and delivery service using a fleet of autonomously driven vehicles amassed from a plurality of unassociated individuals and providing a graphical user interface for interested parties to register their vehicles for use and for customers to schedule services.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Patrick Brian Kelly, Olvin Brett Lewis
  • Patent number: 12171155
    Abstract: An autonomous travel system equipped with a first travel route creation unit, a second travel route creation unit, a linked route creation unit, and a storage unit. The first travel route creation unit is capable of creating a first travel route. The second travel route creation unit is capable of creating a second travel route. The linked route creation unit has a function for creating the second travel route in conjunction with the creation of the first travel route by the first travel route creation unit and/or a function for creating the first travel route in conjunction with the creation of the second travel route by the second travel route creation unit. The storage unit stores, in association with each other, the travel route created by the first travel route creation unit or the second travel route creation unit, and the travel route created by the linked route creation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: YANMAR POWER TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yasuto Nishii
  • Patent number: 12168904
    Abstract: A gate safety system for preventing collisions between a vehicle and a gate is provided, the system having a gate module with a vehicle module, a gate antenna unit and a gate processing unit. The gate processing unit is adapted for defining a first gate warning zone and for determining whether a vehicle module is present within the first gate warning zone. The vehicle module includes a vehicle antenna unit and a vehicle processing unit adapted for defining at least one first vehicle warning zone for determining whether the gate module is present within the vehicle warning zone. A lock safety system, two methods for operating the gate safety system and the lock safety system, and two computer programs are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Comnovo GmbH
    Inventors: David Lammering, Andreas Lewandowski, Ron Winkler
  • Patent number: 12163790
    Abstract: The subject technology provides for visualizing a route traversed by a user during a movement event by periodically obtaining position information data from a receiver of a navigation system during a movement event. A path traversed by a user of a device that includes the receiver during the movement event is estimated based on the position information data. One or more previously mapped features within a proximity of the estimated path on a map are determined. The estimated path is matched to the map based on the previously mapped features to obtain a map-matched path. A display device is caused to render the map-matched path on an image of the map.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth M. Pesyna, Jr., Christina Selle, Saurabh Godha, Isaac Thomas Miller
  • Patent number: 12164039
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to wind detection and vehicle control. In an example, sensor data can be generated by one or more wind sensing devices for a vehicle that includes at least one light detection and ranging (LIDAR) device. The sensor data can characterize a movement of airborne particles. Wind characteristics can be determined based on the sensor data. A vehicle operating parameter can be updated based on the determined wind characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Jonas Hoehenberger
  • Patent number: 12163801
    Abstract: A system may include at least one processor including circuitry and a memory. The memory may include instructions executable by the circuitry to cause the at least one processor programmed to receive at least one identifier associated with a condition having at least one dynamic characteristic. The at least one identifier may be determined based on acquisition, from a camera associated with a host vehicle, of at least one image representative of an environment of the host vehicle, and analysis of the at least one image to identify the condition in the environment, and analysis of the at least one image to determine the at least one identifier associated with the condition. The at least one processor may also be programmed to update a database record to include the at least one identifier associated with the condition, and distribute the database record to at least one entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Mobileye Vision Technologies Ltd.
    Inventors: Maxim Schwartz, Kfir Viente
  • Patent number: 12157500
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a first prediction unit that predicts a reaching time for a vehicle to reach a cross point in front of the vehicle in a case where a pedestrian who crosses the cross point is detected based on information transmitted from a wearable device attached to the pedestrian, a second prediction unit that predicts a crossing time for the pedestrian to complete crossing the cross point based on information for specifying a walking speed acquired from the wearable device, an estimation unit that estimates whether or not the pedestrian is able to safely cross the cross point based on the predicted reaching time and the predicted crossing time, and an execution controller that executes a safe driving assistance control with respect to the vehicle in a case where the estimation unit estimates that the pedestrian is not able to safely cross the cross point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kiyoto Sasaki, Makoto Kawaharada, Satoshi Nakamura, Kenichi Okumura, Naotoshi Kadotani
  • Patent number: 12151649
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus is mounted in a delivery automatic driving vehicle with a monitoring device for remote monitoring. The information processing apparatus includes a controller that suppresses a monitoring function of the monitoring device when determining that a delivery person does not exist inside the automatic driving vehicle in a stopped state of the automatic driving vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yu Nagata, Ibuki Shimada
  • Patent number: 12140972
    Abstract: In a vehicle remote instruction system, a remote commander issues a remote instruction relating to travel of an autonomous driving vehicle based on sensor information from an external sensor that detects an external environment of the autonomous driving vehicle. The vehicle remote instruction system sets a range of information to be transmitted to the remote commander among the sensor information detected by the external sensor, as a limited information range, based on the external situation or an external situation obtained based on map information and a trajectory of the autonomous driving vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Sho Otaki, Takayuki Iwamoto
  • Patent number: 12128909
    Abstract: According to one aspect, methods to select and implement a failover behavior based on situational awareness, when an autonomous vehicle enters a failover condition, are provided. Operation design domains, other users who share a road with the autonomous vehicle, and tailgaters may be considered when determining a deceleration profile, a trajectory length, and a trajectory type for the autonomous vehicle to follow when executing failover behavior. An autonomous driving system of an autonomous vehicle detects a failover event while the autonomous vehicle is traveling along a path and analyzes an environment surrounding the autonomous vehicle to determine whether a tailgater is present behind the autonomous vehicle. The autonomous driving system generates a failover plan for performing a failover behavior based on the failover event and the environment surrounding the autonomous vehicle and engages the autonomous vehicle to implement the failover plan for performing the failover behavior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: NURO, INC.
    Inventors: Sreeja Nag, Sarah Thornton
  • Patent number: 12132506
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a transmitting/receiving device with mobile radio functionality for a motor vehicle, wherein the transmitting/receiving device includes components of: an antenna structure, a high frequency front-end unit coupled to the antenna structure and a computation unit coupled to the high frequency front-end unit. According to the present disclosure, the transmitting/receiving device is configured to additionally process a radar signal using one or more components, wherein the radar signal has a frequency (f2) that differs by less than a factor of five from a mid-frequency (f1) of the electromagnetic waves forming the corresponding mobile radio signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventor: Herbert Ehrentraut
  • Patent number: 12128764
    Abstract: In a case where a determination is made, after an engine is started based on a remote operation, that an ambient environment of a vehicle is not a predetermined appropriate environment based on a detection value from an ambient environment detection sensor configured to detect the ambient environment of the vehicle, the engine is stopped. As a result, it is possible to suppress a deterioration of an environmental state around the vehicle or an occupant cabin. As a result, it is possible to take more appropriate measures when the engine is started based on the remote operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takaaki Inokuchi, Tsutomu Miyazaki
  • Patent number: 12125382
    Abstract: A method for identifying potential hazard zones in road traffic by vehicles connected to a central computer unit involves recording an incident indicative of a potential hazard zone and transmitting it to the central computer unit with its geolocation. The transmitted incident is listed as a hotspot in a digital map if there are a large number of similar incidents with the same geolocation. Contextual information is added to the transmitted incident. The hotspot is analyzed for the identification of a potential hazard zone, a current hotspot is compared with confirmed hotspots, the hotspots are visualized on a platform, with a geolocation of a hotspot-confirmed traffic critical incident being transmitted to an authority to be checked and/or as a warning message to a vehicle currently near such an analyzed hotspot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AG
    Inventors: Patrick Blume, Joachim Herbst, Matthias Mallik, Hermann Trick, Jochen Hipp, Pilar Hernandez Mesa
  • Patent number: 12122259
    Abstract: A warning system for warning pedestrians and other road users prior to a collision with a charging cable for an electric automobile. Charging cables run from a power source to a vehicle. The vehicle is charged using a charging cable. The vehicle being charged has the information that it is currently charging. It also has sensors that can identify the course of the cable, depending on the resolution and orientation of the sensors. This can be implemented using image processing algorithms or machine learning. The parked vehicle can also detect other road users by means of the onboard sensor system. If an impending collision between the road user and the charging cable is determined from these data, the road user is warned, using any of acoustic warning, or visual warning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Robin Richter, Sebastian Ehmann
  • Patent number: 12112629
    Abstract: A location system of a shared vehicle includes: a location module configured to, when a signal strength of a global position system (GPS) module is less than a predetermined signal strength, determine a present location of the shared vehicle within a parking structure based on measurements from one or more sensors of the shared vehicle; a floor module configured to, when the signal strength of the GPS module is less than the predetermined signal strength, determine a present floor of the parking structure on which the shared vehicle is located; and a wireless transceiver module configured to, when the shared vehicle is off and parked within the parking structure, transmit the present location and the present floor to a rental server that is remote from the shared vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignees: DENSO International America, Inc., DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Matthew Johnson, Martin Nespolo, Thomas Krzyzak, Sibu Varughese, Ginelle Margaret Reed, Wilson Yim
  • Patent number: 12094335
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a method, computer system, and computer program product for converting traffic noises is provided. The embodiment may include capturing audio input relating to traffic conditions or environmental conditions surrounding a user or a vehicle containing a user. The embodiment may also identifying undesirable noises from within the captured audio. The embodiment may further include generating mood-improving sounds for a user based on the identified noises. The embodiment may also playing the generated sounds for the user. The embodiment may further include alerting the user or a second user of relevant traffic conditions or relevant environmental conditions including conditions that correspond to the identified noises.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Rajesh Prabhakar Dhagare, Venkata Vara Prasad Karri, Akash U. Dhoot, Shailendra Moyal
  • Patent number: 12094329
    Abstract: In a system for adaptively providing auxiliary driving information, a processing unit, which is installed in a vehicle, acquires traffic sign(s) from vehicle driving images, and determines whether a driver of the vehicle is familiar with a current road section, and whether the driver has good driving habits. Based on the determinations and reference information that is related to a traffic violation history and/or a dangerous situation of the current road section, the processing unit selects prompt object(s) from the traffic sign(s), and determines a prompt order of the prompt object(s). Then, the processing unit causes an output module to perceivably output the prompt objects in the prompt order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: MiTAC Digital Technology Corporation
    Inventor: Hsin-Liang Kuo
  • Patent number: 12075528
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described herein for managing communications for a connected vehicle, such as between the connected vehicle and other connected vehicle and/or between the connected vehicle and infrastructure entities, such as providers of services to the connected vehicle. For example, a communication network, such as a network provided by a network carrier, may include various cloud engines or other network-based servers that manage, coordinate, and/or provision communications between the connected vehicle and other parties, such as vehicles, road devices, buildings, and other infrastructure entities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventor: Ahmad Arash Obaidi
  • Patent number: 12066533
    Abstract: An object detection system includes distance measurement sensors and a hardware processor functioning as a wave transmission control circuit and a determination circuit. The distance measurement sensors provided at different positions in a vehicle. The wave transmission control circuit sets one of the distance measurement sensors as a top of a wave transmission order. A detection range of the one of the distance measurement sensors covers a region where an object is located. The object has been detected through preliminary detection when power supply to the vehicle is started. The wave transmission control circuit then repeats a cyclic wave transmission control on the distance measurement sensors to emit ultrasonic waves sequentially in the wave transmission order. The determination circuit determines an object as a detection target object when any one of the distance measurement sensors has detected the object a predetermined number of times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki Yamashita, Atsushi Seki
  • Patent number: 12058621
    Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatuses, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for wireless communication. In one aspect of the disclosure, a method for wireless communication by a user equipment (UE) includes monitoring for one or more vehicle-to-everything (V2X) messages based on a first monitoring interval, and determining a second monitoring interval based on a UE characteristic, an environment characteristic, or a combination thereof. The method may also include monitoring for the one or more V2X messages based on the second monitoring interval. Other aspects and features are also claimed and described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Gene Wesley Marsh, Dan Vassilovski
  • Patent number: 12049232
    Abstract: A method for determining a sampling rate of occupancy data for a vehicle includes determining a vehicle speed and detecting whether an interrupt condition is present. If the speed is within a first speed range and no interrupt condition is detected, then a first sampling rate is selected for sampling the occupancy data. If the speed is within a second speed range that is higher than the first speed range, and/or if the interrupt condition is detected, then a second sampling rate which is faster than the first sampling rate is selected for sampling the occupancy data. A primary electronic control unit (ECU) may be configured for sampling the occupancy data. If the second sampling rate is selected and a computational demand of the primary ECU exceeds a predetermined threshold, then a portion of the computational demand may be transferred to one or more secondary ECUs for sampling the data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Matthew E. Gilbert-Eyres, Eric T. Hosey, Russell A. Patenaude, Gaurav Talwar, Matthew Neely
  • Patent number: 12052458
    Abstract: Techniques for controlling an interface of a multi-input modality device are described. In an example, a device presents a menu on a display in a first input modality mode of the device. The menu includes graphical user interface (GUI) elements. The first input modality mode corresponds to a first type of input modality. The device receives first input corresponding to a second type of input modality. The device presents the menu on the display in a second input modality mode of the device that corresponds to the second type of input modality. The first input modality mode and the second input modality mode are exclusive to each other and each provide a different menu navigation control. The device changes a presentation of a visual indicator at a first location associated with a first GUI element of the GUI elements in the menu based on the second input modality mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Xin Tu, Monica Leigh Farrar Miller, Jimin Kim, Srikanth Ramakrishna, Robert Neil Gaa Torres, Yonius Saritoh, Matthew T. Svihovec, Shikhar Singh, Lakshminarayanan Angamuthu, Vinay Nadagoud, Yan Wang, Pradeep Rajvin Dinakar
  • Patent number: 12043290
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for state identification for road actors with uncertain measurements based on compliant priors. The perception system of an autonomous vehicle (AV) may detect an object with an uncertain kinematic state based on sensor information received from a sensing device associated with the AV. A first, second, and third distribution of velocity values may be generated based on the sensor information, map information, and a kinematic state for each additional object of a plurality of additional objects in proximity to the detected object with the uncertain kinematic state, respectively. A velocity value for the detected object with the uncertain kinematic state may be generated based on a comparison of the first, second, and third distributions of velocity values. The AV may perform a driving maneuver based on the velocity value for the detected object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Randall Schur, Alexander Metz, Kevin Wyffels
  • Patent number: 12039854
    Abstract: Embodiments herein relate to multi-zone filtration monitoring systems and methods. In an embodiment, a filtration monitoring system is included having a plurality of filtration housings, a plurality of filter elements associated with the filter housings, a plurality of wireless communication tags associated with the filter elements, a plurality of zone antennas, and a wireless communication reader in wired communication with the plurality of zone antennas. The reader can be configured to wirelessly send data to and receive data from the wireless communication tags via the zone antennas. Other embodiments are also included herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Donaldson Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Danny W. Miller
  • Patent number: 12041375
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an image synthesis device for an electronic mirror includes a rear camera which obtains a first image from a first position, and a side camera which obtains a second image of the same direction with a view of the rear camera from a second position. The second image includes a view obstruction. When a part of the first image is connected as a complementary image to the view obstruction of the second image, an image processing device converts an image of the view obstruction into a translucent image, superimposes the complementary image on the translucent image, and obtains a third image which remains an outline of the complementary image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Hideyuki Tsutsumitake
  • Patent number: 12032391
    Abstract: An aerial vehicle and system for automatically detecting an object (e.g., human, pet, or other animal) approaching the aerial vehicle is described. When an approaching object is detected by an object detection component, a safety profile may be executed to reduce or avoid any potential harm to the object and/or the aerial vehicle. For example, if the object is detected entering a safety perimeter of the aerial vehicle, the rotation of a propeller closest to the object may be stopped to avoid harming the object and rotations of remaining propellers may be modified to maintain control and flight of the aerial vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Gur Kimchi, Louis Leroi LeGrand, III, Joshua White Traube
  • Patent number: 12019443
    Abstract: Methods and systems for the use of detected objects for image processing are described. A computing device autonomously controlling a vehicle may receive images of the environment surrounding the vehicle from an image-capture device coupled to the vehicle. In order to process the images, the computing device may receive information indicating characteristics of objects in the images from one or more sources coupled to the vehicle. Examples of sources may include RADAR, LIDAR, a map, sensors, a global positioning system (GPS), or other cameras. The computing device may use the information indicating characteristics of the objects to process received images, including determining the approximate locations of objects within the images. Further, while processing the image, the computing device may use information from sources to determine portions of the image to focus upon that may allow the computing device to determine a control strategy based on portions of the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Waymo LLC
    Inventors: David Ian Ferguson, Abhijit Ogale
  • Patent number: 11999333
    Abstract: A driving support device includes a braking controller configured to execute braking control, a first calculator configured to calculate a first braking control amount of the braking controller, a second calculator configured to calculate, on the basis of a setting standard, a second braking control amount of the braking control executed at an execution frequency lower than an execution frequency of the braking control based on the first braking control amount, and an updater configured to update the setting standard on the basis of a relative relationship between an estimated braking behavior based on the first braking control amount and an actual braking behavior based on the first braking control amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Kurata
  • Patent number: 11999293
    Abstract: In a vehicle control system, when a vehicle peripheral condition recognizing unit recognizes a person outside a vehicle and the vehicle peripheral condition recognizing unit recognizes an in-vehicle user, a notification control unit performs notification processing on outside of the vehicle, based on personal information which is predetermined information relating to the in-vehicle user or an action taken by at least one of the person outside the vehicle and the in-vehicle user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryo Morosawa, Haisong Liu, Akira Nakajima, Kenji Okuma, Hiroaki Maruyama, Yoshikazu Matsuo, Shuto Higashi, Fumiaki Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 12002350
    Abstract: A system for detecting a pedestrian at a crosswalk and preventing an accident on the basis of artificial intelligence, the system comprising: a camera device installed on a mast arm installed at the top of a traffic light pole installed at a crosswalk to capture pedestrians and the vicinity of the crosswalk; a pedestrian detection module for detecting a pedestrian in an image captured by the camera device through a pre-installed image analysis solution; a color detection module for detecting a current blinking color of a traffic light consisting of a pedestrian traffic light and a driving traffic light; and a warning signal output module for outputting an unauthorized crossing warning message to the pedestrian waiting at the crosswalk according to a detection result of the color detection module and a detection result of the pedestrian detection module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: MJVISIONTECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young Seok Park, Jae Il Lee, Young Jin Kim
  • Patent number: 12002362
    Abstract: A speed maintenance instruction is output when a vehicle enters a next intersection and a predetermined condition is satisfied. It is determined whether a forward obstacle is disposed between the vehicle and the next intersection. A possibility of collision with the forward obstacle is determined if the forward obstacle is disposed between the vehicle and the next intersection and the vehicle maintains a current vehicle speed. When the possibility of collision is determined, the speed maintenance instruction is not output even if the predetermined condition is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Ogawa, Hideyuki Honya, Toshiyuki Gotou
  • Patent number: 11987239
    Abstract: A driving assistance device includes a visibility determination unit that determines whether visual recognition within a predetermined distance from a vehicle can be achieved in a traveling direction of the vehicle, an operation detection unit that detects an operation of causing the vehicle to enter a space in which an oncoming vehicle travels, based on information representing an operation of the vehicle by a driver, and a control warning unit that warns the driver or controls the vehicle in such a way that the vehicle does not enter the space when the visibility determination unit determines that visual recognition within the predetermined distance cannot be achieved, and the operation detection unit detects the operation of causing the vehicle to enter the space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masaaki Yamaoka, Florin Baiduc, Yuki Yoshihama, Yuki Hayakawa, Masayasu Tanase, Gang Zhang
  • Patent number: 11991480
    Abstract: A recording device includes an imaging data acquisition unit configured to acquire imaging data including video data and audio data imaging an inside of a vehicle or an outside of the vehicle to which the recording device is mounted, an event detection unit configured to detect occurrence of an event for the vehicle, a recording control unit configured to record first imaging data in a recording unit when recording of the imaging data in the recording unit is caused by the event detected by the event detection unit, and record second imaging data in the recording unit when recording of the imaging data in the recording unit is not caused by the event detected by the event detection unit, and a reproduction control unit configured to reproduce the video data and the audio data included in the first imaging data when reproducing the first imaging data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: JVCKENWOOD CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshitaka Murata, Yasuo Yamada, Keita Hayashi
  • Patent number: 11991589
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for determining location information of a vehicle keyfob relative to an object. The system and method may include communicating with a primary device (e.g., a smartphone) having primary device authentication information with respect to the object, and receiving parameter information, such as keyfob authentication information, from the primary device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignees: DENSO International America, Inc., DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Eric J. Smith
  • Patent number: 11983741
    Abstract: Systems and methods for advertisement-based vehicle matching and routing. For example, a computer-implemented method includes obtaining data associated with a vehicle service request. The data associated with the vehicle service request is indicative of a pick-up location and a destination location associated with the vehicle service request. The method includes determining, from among a plurality of candidate vehicles, a selected vehicle for the vehicle service request based on the data indicative of the vehicle service request, candidate advertisement content items, and candidate routes for the plurality of candidate vehicles. The method includes communicating data that initiates display of a selected advertisement content item by a display device positioned on an exterior of the selected vehicle. The method includes communicating data indicative of route information to a computing device associated with the selected vehicle. The route information includes a selected route to the pick-up location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: UBER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Peder Christopher Andersen, Kalyan Pabbisetty, Garrett Nicholas Spitzer
  • Patent number: 11981288
    Abstract: This disclosure is generally directed to systems and methods for eliminating false activation of components of a vehicle when the vehicle is parked in a garage. Example components can be a door lock, a door latch, a door activation servomotor, or a light. In an example method, a vehicle entry authorization system of a vehicle operates a sensor system to obtain dimensional information of an interior portion of the garage. The vehicle entry authorization system may then detect a presence of a mobile device (such as a smartphone, smart device, or a vehicle key fob) and determines the location of the mobile device based on the dimensional information. If the mobile device is located outside the garage, the vehicle entry authorization system refrains from activating a component of the vehicle. However, if the mobile device is located inside the garage, the vehicle entry authorization system activates the component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Stuart Salter, Kristopher Brown, John Van Wiemeersch, Hussein Berry
  • Patent number: 11980112
    Abstract: In one aspect, a system for controlling an operation of a tillage implement being towed across a field by a work vehicle may include a tillage tool configured to engage soil and crop material present within a field as the tillage implement is being towed across the field by the work vehicle. Furthermore, the system may include a controller configured to receive an input associated with crop material present within the field and determine a location of a crop row relative to the tillage tool based on the received input. Additionally, the controller may be configured to control a direction of travel of the tillage implement based on the determined location of the crop row.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: CNH Industrial Canada, Ltd.
    Inventors: James W. Henry, Nicholas Nahuel Andrejuk, Joshua David Harmon
  • Patent number: 11978341
    Abstract: A system for detecting driving violations on a roadway in real time includes spaced apart cameras and spaced apart presence sensors which generate timestamp signals when detecting passing vehicles. A GPS module and a communication module are operatively connected to a computer monitoring unit which determines the driving violations. A photographic image is taken of each vehicle which is committing a driving violation and the image and a violation report is transmitted to a transit authority. The system may be a static system mounted in the median of a roadway or may be a dynamic system mounted in a monitoring vehicle. The driving violations may be one of speeding, tailgating, street racing, improper passing, and lane blocking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University
    Inventor: Wael Mohamed ElSayed Ali Eldessouki