Relative Distence Between Vehicles (e.g., Collision Alert) Patents (Class 340/903)
  • Patent number: 12128892
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided that include: obtaining sensor data pertaining to a roadway in which a host vehicle and an emergency vehicle are both travelling; generating, using map data pertaining to the roadway, a grid of a plurality of potential cells along the roadway for the host vehicle to pull over to yield right of way to the emergency vehicle; prioritizing, via a processor of the host vehicle, the plurality of potential cells based on a plurality of different criteria as to conditions of the host vehicle and the roadway; selecting, via the processor, one of the plurality of potential cells as an optimal pull over location for the host vehicle along the roadway, based on the prioritizing of the plurality of cells; and taking a vehicle action for the host vehicle, in accordance with instructions provided by the processor, with respect to the optimal pull over location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Negin Lashkari, Tooba Ahmad Sheikh, Thiago Campos Gondim Martins Coelho
  • Patent number: 12105535
    Abstract: Provided is a channel monitoring method, an electronic device, and a storage medium. The method includes: obtaining scan data collected by a vehicle body collection component of an automated guided vehicle (AGV) in an area around a vehicle body; obtaining video data collected by a camera in a video collection area, where the camera is one of a plurality of cameras and is used to collect video of at least a partial area of the channel to be monitored of the plurality of channels to be monitored; in a case of determining an existence of a target object based on the scan data collected by the vehicle body collection component and/or the video data collected by the camera, obtaining a target channel where the target object is located; and generating target warning information for the target channel where the target object is located.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Zhejiang Hengyi Petrochemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Peng Wang, Xiantao Peng, Dake Li, Mingyi Liu, Feng Xu, Jun Shen
  • Patent number: 12100298
    Abstract: A cooperative intelligent traffic system is provided for use between bicycles, motorcycles, and other vehicles. Sensor data from mobile devices and other sensor devices associated with the vehicle can be sent to an edge network computing device (e.g., a multi-access edge computing device) and be processed at the edge network to identify threats and hazards, and then transmit the threat assessment data to other bicycles, motorcycles, and vehicles nearby. The threat assessment data can be used by the operators of the other vehicles to warn them of upcoming threats, hazards, road conditions, and other pertinent conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignees: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., AT&T Mobility II LLC
    Inventors: Erie Lai Har Lau, Julius Mueller, Charles Carey
  • Patent number: 12100300
    Abstract: Intersection collision avoidance may use a cellular transceiver for a cellular network and a processor located at a cellular access point for multi-access edge computing. The processor includes a shared world model and a conflict detection module. The shared world model is configured to receive, by the cellular transceiver, signals relating to at least two road users in proximity to an intersection within a vehicle transportation network, wherein the at least two road users include an ego vehicle, and the signals conform to a standards-based communication protocol. The conflict detection module is configured to receive object information from the shared world model, determine a potential future collision between the ego vehicle and an other road user of the at least two road users, and transmit a notification of the potential future collision to the ego vehicle over the cellular network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Nissan North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Viju James, Liam Pedersen, Najamuddin Mirza Baig, Fang-Chieh Chou, Simon Tien
  • Patent number: 12091008
    Abstract: A platooning control method includes: determining whether a preceding vehicle, which is located in front of a host vehicle, has entered a slope section when a plurality of vehicles are moving on a road, acquiring longitudinal distance information between the host vehicle and the preceding vehicle using a Dead-Reckoning (DR) sensor of the host vehicle upon determining that the preceding vehicle has entered the slope section, and performing platooning control by the host vehicle with the plurality of vehicles in the slope section using the longitudinal distance information acquired by the DR sensor and speed information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Seung Jin Park
  • Patent number: 11964675
    Abstract: A system for safely operating an automated vehicle includes a first network including a sensor set comprising a plurality of sensors configured to detect the surroundings of the vehicle. The sensor set is coupled to a high-performance electronic control unit (ECU) configured to process the signals of the sensors for orientation, control, and collision avoidance. The system further includes a secure motion-control ECU redundantly coupled to at least one drive element via at least two control signals for controlling the vehicle. The high-performance ECU is configured to output an object recognition indicator signal for orientation, control, and collision avoidance to the motion-control ECU. The system also includes a second, hierarchical, redundant network for safely operating the vehicle. The motion-control ECU is designed to securely evaluate the signals of a human/remote-machine interface (HMI/RMI), a ground truth sensing device, and a perception-safety ECU for the recognition of an emergency state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventors: Marcus Hiemer, Sascha Heinrichs-Bartscher, Mark Mohr
  • Patent number: 11967155
    Abstract: A system and method for identifying observations using images of a construction site. A method includes identifying observations in visual media content by identifying items shown in the visual media content, wherein each identified observation corresponds to at least one item of the identified items, wherein each observation corresponds to a type; determining a likelihood impact parameter for each of the observations by applying likelihood rules based on a classification of each of the corresponding at least one item and a ratio of historical incidents of the same type as the observation to a total number of projects in a time period; determining a severity impact parameter for each of the observations by applying severity rules based on an average cost of the historical incidents of the same type as the observation; and determining at least one risk factor for each observation based on its likelihood and severity impact parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: ONSITEIQ INC.
    Inventors: Ardalan Khosrowpour, Kishan Sudusinghe
  • Patent number: 11960024
    Abstract: A system for measuring the orientation angle of automotive collision avoidance sensors. An adaptive spacer is supported to conformably interengage the collision avoidance sensor module of a vehicle being repaired. The adaptive spacer extends outwardly from the sensor module and the orientation angle of the sensor module is transposed by the adaptive spacer to form an angular guideline on an underlying calibration board, mat or other surface. The angle between the angular guideline and a base guideline parallel to the center line of the vehicle and the angular guideline is measured to provide the orientation angle of the vehicle's sensor module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Inventor: Jacob Kohn
  • Patent number: 11945560
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a navigation monitoring program that causes at least one computer to execute a process, the process includes acquiring direction information that indicates a direction of a vessel and position information that indicates a position of the vessel; and predicting whether or not the vessel navigates along a course by inputting the acquired direction information and the acquired position information to a prediction model generated by machine learning by using direction information and position information for each of a plurality of vessels that has navigated in the past and a correct answer label that indicates whether or not each of the plurality of vessels navigates along a course.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Isamu Watanabe, Shinji Ito, Hiraku Fujimoto, Ryusei Ikeda, Kenta Usui
  • Patent number: 11926343
    Abstract: An autonomous vehicle can classify and prioritize agent of interest (AOI) objects located around the autonomous vehicle to manage computational resources. An example method performed by an autonomous vehicle includes determining, based on a location of the autonomous vehicle and based on a map, an area in which the autonomous vehicle is operated, determining, based on sensor data received from sensors located on or in the autonomous vehicle, attributes of objects located around the autonomous vehicle, where the attributes include information that describes a status of the objects located around the autonomous vehicle, selecting, based at least on the area, a classification policy that includes a plurality of rules that are associated with a plurality of classifications to classify the objects, and for each of the objects located around the autonomous vehicle: monitoring an object according to a classification of the object based on the classification policy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: TUSIMPLE, INC.
    Inventors: Charles Seunghwan Han, Riad I. Hammoud
  • Patent number: 11912297
    Abstract: A driving assistance device includes processing circuitry configured to acquire environmental information on an environment around a mobile object, acquire action information on an action of a driver of the mobile object, obtain control information for performing automated driving control of the mobile object on a basis of the acquired environmental information and a machine learning model, determine contribution information having a high degree of contribution to the control information, calculate cognitive information indicating a cognitive region of the driver in the environment around the mobile object, specify unrecognized contribution information estimated not to be recognized by the driver, and output driving assistance information necessary for driving assistance on a basis of the unrecognized contribution information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Mori, Takuji Morimoto
  • Patent number: 11884298
    Abstract: An autonomous vehicle includes a detection system for identifying the presence of authorities or emergency vehicles on a road, such as law enforcement vehicles, fire engines, fire trucks, police officers, first responders, traffic cones, flares, etc. The detection system may include audio and visual detection system dedicated to the detection of authorities. Additionally, systems that correlate the detected authorities and/or any audible or visual instructions given by the authorities to changes in the behavior of the autonomous vehicle. The autonomous vehicle may react to the detected authorities or emergency vehicles by determining a driving related operation to safely operate around the detected authorities or emergency vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: TUSIMPLE, INC.
    Inventors: Robert Patrick Brown, Todd B. Skinner
  • Patent number: 11862018
    Abstract: A driving assistance apparatus including a display part, a distance measurement part measuring inter-vehicle distance from a subject vehicle to a preceding vehicle and a microprocessor. The microprocessor is configured to perform acquiring traffic light information including switching information on a traffic light and position information on the subject vehicle with respect to the traffic light, deriving a recommended driving for the driver based on the traffic light information and the position information, and controlling the display part so as to notify the driver of information on the recommended driving, the controlling including controls the display part so as to display a first image corresponding to the recommended driving when the inter-vehicle distance is larger than a predetermined value and to display a second image as warning information together with the first image when the inter-vehicle distance is equal to or smaller than the predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kamakura, Hiroki Nakajima, Masataka Izawa, Kazuki Yamoto, Yasuhiko Awamura
  • Patent number: 11837088
    Abstract: A driving assistance apparatus including a notification part including a display portion and a microprocessor. The microprocessor is configured to perform deriving a recommended driving recommended to a driver based on traffic light information and position information, controlling the notification part so as to notify the driver of information on the recommended driving, and determining whether the driver performs a driving operation according to the information on the recommended driving after the information on the recommended driving is notified. The microprocessor is configured to perform the controlling including controlling the notification part so that the information on a remaining time for switching of the traffic light included in the traffic light information is displayed on the display portion, when it is determined that the driver performs the driving operation according to the information on the recommended driving.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Kamakura
  • Patent number: 11834122
    Abstract: A straddle type vehicle comprises: a detection unit configured to detect a situation of a detection area on one of a rear side and a lateral side of a self-vehicle; a distance determination unit configured to determine a change in a relative distance between the self-vehicle and another vehicle detected in the detection area and a notification control unit configured to make a notification to a driver based on one of a detection result of the detection unit and a determination result of the distance determination unit. The notification control unit makes the notification by first notification output if the other vehicle is detected in the detection area by the detection unit, and makes the notification by second notification output if it is determined by the distance determination unit that the relative distance to the other vehicle has become short.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Tetsuka, Tsubasa Fukuoka, Hiroaki Uchisasai
  • Patent number: 11767055
    Abstract: Provided are a lane separation line detection correcting device/method and an automatic driving system for stabilizing the behavior of a vehicle by correcting overestimated curvature information resulting from an erroneous detection of a curvature of a lane separation line. A travel speed detecting circuit detects, for example, a target travel speed as vehicle sensor information. A maximum curvature estimating circuit estimates, based on the target travel speed, a maximum curvature of a road along which an own vehicle is traveling. A curvature correcting circuit corrects a curvature of a lane separation line input thereto based on the maximum curvature. A control unit controls steering of the own vehicle based on the lane separation line having a corrected curvature. As a result, vehicle steering can be automatically controlled so as to prevent the own vehicle while traveling from departing from a driving lane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Takuya Taniguchi, Noritaka Kokido, Koji Iida
  • Patent number: 11767020
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method and system for detecting, monitoring and/or controlling one or more of mobile services for a mobile communication device (also referred to herein as a Controllable Mobile Device or CMD), and in particular, when the device is being used and the vehicle, operated by the user of the device, is moving. In addition, one aspect of the invention generally relates to a method and system for modifying a user's driving behaviors, in particular to a system and method for modifying a user's unsafe driving behaviors, e.g., using one or more services of a controllable mobile device while driving, by providing a score to the user rating indicating that they are using a mobile device in a distracting way, or driving in a manner that indicates that they are distracted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Katasi LLC
    Inventors: Scott Ferrill Tibbitts, Franklin Tai, Ryan Tibbitts, Adam Stevenson, Malcolm Bruce Young
  • Patent number: 11643088
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method and system for detecting, monitoring and/or controlling one or more of mobile services for a mobile communication device (also referred to herein as a Controllable Mobile Device or CMD), and in particular, when the device is being used and the vehicle, operated by the user of the device, is moving. In addition, one aspect of the invention generally relates to a method and system for modifying a user's driving behaviors, in particular to a system and method for modifying a user's unsafe driving behaviors, e.g., using one or more services of a controllable mobile device while driving, by providing a score to the user rating indicating that they are using a mobile device in a distracting way, or driving in a manner that indicates that they are distracted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Inventors: Scott Ferrill Tibbitts, Franklin Tai, Ryan Tibbitts, Adam Stevenson, Malcolm Bruce Young
  • Patent number: 11638129
    Abstract: Provided are a method for operating a terminal for vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication in a wireless communication system, and a terminal using the method. The method includes receiving data from another terminal, and transmitting an acknowledgment/negative-acknowledgment (ACK/NACK) for the data only when the distance to the another terminal is equal to or less than a predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jongyoul Lee, Youngtae Kim, Hanbyul Seo
  • Patent number: 11618441
    Abstract: A vehicular control system includes a camera, a non-vision sensor and a control having at least one data processor. The camera is disposed at a vehicle and views at least forward of the vehicle. The non-vision sensor is disposed at the vehicle and senses at least forward of the vehicle. The control, responsive at least in part to processing at the control of captured image data and captured sensor data, determines a fault of the camera or of the non-vision sensor. Responsive to determination of the fault of the camera or of the non-vision sensor, the control wirelessly communicates an alert to a remote processor that is located remote from the vehicle and that is not part of the vehicle. Responsive to receipt of the communicated alert, the remote processor at least in part assumes control of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: MAGNA ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Krishna Koravadi
  • Patent number: 11614513
    Abstract: A computer includes a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to receive radar data from a radar sensor of a vehicle; demarcate a zone of coverage of the radar sensor, the zone of coverage having an area based on a number of objects indicated by the radar data; and after demarcating the zone of coverage, in response to detecting a newly present object in the zone of coverage, adjust a scanning rate of the radar sensor based on a distance of the newly present object from the radar sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, John Robert Van Wiemeersch, Donald Paul Bilger, Tarik Safir, Sam Harris
  • Patent number: 11608806
    Abstract: A control system is intended for a vehicle having an automatic stop-restart function that automatically stops an engine when a predetermined automatic stop condition is satisfied and restarts the engine when a predetermined restart condition is satisfied during an automatic engine stop. The control system has an automatic stop restricting function that, when the host vehicle is located in a first predetermined area before a temporary stop sign, prohibits an automatic stop of the engine. When a preceding vehicle is located in the first predetermined area, the automatic stop restricting function is deactivated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Ken Kuretake
  • Patent number: 11518305
    Abstract: One or more embodiments include techniques for providing an alert, based on monitoring of a driver, via a pedestrian-based vehicle-to-pedestrian (V2P) system associated with a pedestrian. A pedestrian-based V2P system receives, from a vehicle-based V2P system, data related to an awareness level of the driver of the vehicle. The data may include data specifying the awareness level of a driver with respect to a pedestrian, metrics that are determinative of the awareness level of the driver, raw measurement data from the internally facing sensors and/or externally facing sensors, alerts in digitized audio or other suitable format to transmit to the pedestrian, and/or the like. The pedestrian-based V2P system generates an alert based on at least one of a location of the vehicle and the awareness level of the driver of the vehicle. The pedestrian-based V2P system transmits the alert to an output device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Harman International Industries, Incorporated
    Inventors: Evgeny Burmistrov, Joseph Verbeke, Priya Seshadri, Stefan Marti
  • Patent number: 11513518
    Abstract: The systems and methods described herein disclose detecting obstacles in a vehicular environment using host vehicle input and associated trust levels. As described here, measured vehicles, either manual or autonomous, that detect an obstacle in the environment will operate to respond to the obstacle. As such, those movements can be used to determine if an obstacle exists in the environment, even if the obstacle cannot be detected directly. The systems and methods can include a host vehicle receiving prediction data about an evasive behavior from one or more measured vehicles in a vehicular environment. A trust level can then be established for the measured vehicles. An obscured obstacle can be determined using the evasive behavior and the trust level which can then be mapped in the vehicular environment. A guidance input can then be created for the host vehicle using the obscured obstacle and the trust level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventor: Derek S. Caveney
  • Patent number: 11491976
    Abstract: Embodiments disclose a system and method to send an alert/warning for a potential collision to a safety operator of an autonomous driving vehicle (ADV). According to one embodiment, a system perceives an environment of an autonomous driving vehicle (ADV), including one or more obstacles. The system determines whether the ADV will potentially collide with the one or more obstacles based on a planned trajectory. If the ADV is determined to potentially collide, the system determines a time to collision based on the planned trajectory and the one or more obstacles. If the determined time to collision is less than a threshold or the time to collision decreases for a predetermined number of consecutive planning cycles, the system generates a warning signal to alert an operator of the ADV. The system sends the warning signal to an operator interface of the ADV to alert the operator of the potential collision.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: BAIDU USA LLC
    Inventor: Fan Zhu
  • Patent number: 11475263
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide for automatically generating labels for sensor data. For instance, first sensor data for a vehicle may be identified. This first sensor data may have been captured by a first sensor of the vehicle at a first location during a first point in time and may be associated with a first label for an object. Second sensor data for the vehicle may be identified. The second sensor data may have been captured by a second sensor of the vehicle at a second location at a second point in time outside of the first point in time. The second location is different from the first location. A determination may be made as to whether the object is a static object. Based on the determination that the object is a static object, the first label may be used to automatically generate a second label for the second sensor data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Waymo LLC
    Inventors: Justin Thorsen, Changchang Wu, Alper Ayvaci, Tiffany Chen, Lo Po Tsui, Zhinan Xu, Chen Wu, Sean Rafferty
  • Patent number: 11475773
    Abstract: The driver of a vehicle is alerted to occurrence of various pre-dangerous states. There is provided an information processing apparatus including a storage unit that stores information obtained by a traveling simulation of a vehicle in a virtual environment and indicating a pre-dangerous state before the vehicle is set in a dangerous state, a first acquirer that acquires actual information during traveling of the vehicle, and an alert controller that provides an alert of occurrence of the pre-dangerous state based on the actual information acquired by the first acquirer and the information indicating the pre-dangerous state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jun Nakayamada
  • Patent number: 11468772
    Abstract: A vehicle drive-assist apparatus includes: a first front-environment recognizer recognizing, with a vehicle-mounted autonomous sensor, a front environment; a second front-environment recognizer recognizing the front environment on the basis of information received from an external device via external communication; a first brake controller determining, when a preceding vehicle is recognized by the first front-environment recognizer, a target position on the basis of the preceding vehicle, and executing a first brake control based on the target position; and a second brake controller determining, when the preceding vehicle is recognized only by the second front-environment recognizer, the target position on the basis of the preceding vehicle, and determining a corrected target position by correcting the target position, and executing a second brake control based on the corrected target position in advance of the first brake control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masato Mizoguchi, Hajime Oyama
  • Patent number: 11383704
    Abstract: A computer includes a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor to generate an ellipse around a target vehicle, identify an intersection point between the ellipse and a line extending from a host vehicle to the target vehicle, identify a line tangent to the ellipse at the intersection point, and actuate one or more components of the host vehicle to avoid locations represented by the line tangent to the ellipse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Phillip Bonkoski, Mrdjan J. Jankovic
  • Patent number: 11375376
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, device, and medium for verifying vehicle information are provided. A specific implementation scheme is: determining a target coding precision and a target coding mode of a target data packet to be transmitted; coding the target data packet based on the target coding precision and the target coding mode, to determine target verification information of the target data packet; and transmitting the target data packet and the target verification information, to instruct a receiving-end vehicle to verify the target data packet based on the target verification information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Apollo Intelligent Driving Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Guohao Gong, Junping Wang, Tiankun Zhao, Dongchao Gao, Zelin Wu, Chengfa Wang, Yongyi Sun
  • Patent number: 11364900
    Abstract: The invention relates to a lane change assistance system in a vehicle (21), wherein the lane change assistance system has a sensor arrangement for detecting the current surrounding area of the vehicle in each case and is designed to generate a warning signal and/or steering intervention when an imminent lane change by the vehicle is identified, depending on a second vehicle (25) being detected by the sensor arrangement in the vehicle's surrounding area. In this case the lane change assistance system is designed to suppress generation of the warning signal and/or the steering intervention based on map data (15), particularly when the change of lane by the vehicle is to a newly opening lane (23) of a multiple lane road (22) which is branching off (e.g. of a corresponding motorway exit) and the second vehicle is located in another lane (24) of the road (22) which is branching off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Franziskus Bauer, Andreas Stahl, Christian Marquardt
  • Patent number: 11361199
    Abstract: A traveling environment recognition apparatus includes a first detector that detects an object in a first region outside a vehicle, a second detector that detects an object in a second search region that at least partly overlaps with the first region, a determiner that determines whether two objects respectively detected by the two detectors are a same object, in an overlapping region of the search regions; and a recognizer that integrates the detected objects, and to recognize the detected objects as one fusion object. The recognizer compares a threshold with a parameter based on distances from the vehicle to the detected objects, to recognize the fusion object using a worst value of detection results of the detected objects when the detected objects are near the vehicle, and recognize the fusion object using a mean value of the detection results when the detected objects are far from the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masato Mizoguchi
  • Patent number: 11352091
    Abstract: Presented here is a system and method for creating easy-to-understand notifications of the vehicle state. The notification can be visual or can be auditory and can indicate to the user the vehicle state even when the user's attention is directed elsewhere. The indication can serve to attract the user's attention before more involved information is presented to the user, such as text, or the indication can serve to communicate to the user the vehicle state in an easy-to-understand way such as using color-coded displays or audio indications. The intensity of the indication can be adjusted based on the likelihood that indication will be perceived by the user by, for example, measuring ambient light and/or ambient noise. Reducing the intensity of the indication conserves energy of an energy source associated with the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Neutron Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Henry W. Bradlow, Hung Yui Lo, Houchang Lu, Yang Song, Meng Xie, Peter Chang, Xiaoxiao Hou, Punit Nitin Shah, Siwei Wang
  • Patent number: 11338727
    Abstract: The invention relates to a dynamic signaling system of the evolution of the braking maneuver that has visual proportionality with respect to the loss of speed of the vehicle, with fixed or programmed response sensitivity of the system in each braking maneuver, which enables visual proportionality and dynamic unambiguous representation of the variation of speed of the vehicle during braking. It can be applied with advantages to any type of vehicle, with an electric or hybrid combustion engine, with manual or automatic transmission. The system can be applied to both brake lights and the third brake light (high-mount brake light) indistinctly or jointly, further reinforcing the dynamic effect of attention and the transmission of information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Inventors: María José Herrero Alvarez, Manuel De La Morena De Castro, Alberto De La Morena De Castro
  • Patent number: 11340624
    Abstract: A computer, including a processor and a memory, the memory including instructions to be executed by the processor to generate a first color image of a road environment, determine one or more value decompositions of one or more of the red, green, and blue channels of the first color image, obtain one or more modified singular value decompositions by modifying respective ones of the singular value decompositions by a non-linear equation and reconstruct a second color image based on the modified one or more singular value decompositions. The instructions can include further instructions to train a deep neural network based on the second color image and operate a vehicle based on the deep neural network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Francois Charette, Jose Enrique Solomon
  • Patent number: 11333767
    Abstract: An avoidance modifier system may be configured to modify operation of a collision avoidance system associated with a machine. The avoidance modifier system may include at least one inclination sensor and a modifier system controller configured to be in communication with the collision avoidance system. The modifier system controller may be configured to receive an inclination signal from the inclination sensor and determine an inclination angle at which the machine is operating relative to level operation. The modifier system controller may be configured to determine an adjusted ground plane angle indicative of a virtual ground plane on which the machine is operating, and communicate with the collision avoidance system, such that the collision avoidance system does not activate a braking device of the machine in response to an object sensor generating an object signal indicative of detection of an object between an actual ground plane and the virtual ground plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventor: Barry Mei
  • Patent number: 11325613
    Abstract: An automatic driving system allows a vehicle to travel by automatic driving. The system includes first and second detectors and first and second determiners. The first detector is disposed on a movable part of the vehicle and detects an object located around the vehicle. The second detector is disposed on the vehicle and has an object detection region that partially overlaps a detection region of the first detector. The first determiner determines whether a detection state of the first detector based on a position of the object detected by the second detector and behavior of the object estimated from a detection position of the first detector and a traveling state of the vehicle. The automatic driving availability determiner determines availability of the automatic driving according to the detection state of the first detector and disables the automatic driving when the first detector is not in a regular detection state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hajime Oyama
  • Patent number: 11304032
    Abstract: Provided herein are system, methods and computer readable storage media in facilitating the determination of a location of at least one mobile device. In providing such functionality, the system may be configured to, for example, receive contextual data corresponding to a contextual state of a mobile device, determine the location of a mobile device, and transmit the location of the mobile device to at least one other mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Groupon, Inc.
    Inventors: Geoffrey H. Woo, Jonathan R. Zhang, Jonathan D. Chang
  • Patent number: 11292559
    Abstract: A method and system for positioning a vehicle in relation to each moving target of an ordered set of moving targets. Each of the moving targets moves from an initial position at a constant velocity. Embodiments can compute an estimated time for the vehicle to be positioned within a predetermined proximity of one of the moving targets; compute an estimated location of the moving target at the estimated time, based on a current position of the moving target and the constant velocity of the moving target, and compute a required velocity for the vehicle to move from its current position to reach the estimated location by the estimated time. If the required velocity is less than or equal to a maximum velocity of the vehicle, outputting the estimated time and the estimated location for use in positioning the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: BAE SYSTEMS PLC
    Inventors: John Paterson Bookless, Markus Deittert
  • Patent number: 11287525
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for identifying a short cut-in vehicle, and a vehicle using the same are disclosed. The apparatus includes a signal conversion unit configured to receive and signal-process a plurality of sensing signals, a computation unit configured to compute state information of a surrounding vehicle detected from the signal-processed signal, a sensor fusion track output unit configured to output a sensor fusion track based on the computed state information of the surrounding vehicle, an occupancy distance map (ODM) output unit configured to output ODM information including a grid map corresponding to a vehicle detection region and an ODM object including a plurality of detection points based on the computed state information of the surrounding vehicle, and a cut-in vehicle identification unit configured to identify a cut-in vehicle based on the output sensor fusion track and ODM information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, APTIV KOREA LLC
    Inventors: Hoon Lee, Ji Eun Won, Dong Gu Lee, Sang Bok Won, Min Kyun Yoo, Jae Pil Hwang, Hyung Sun Jang, Uk Il Yang, Hyok Jin Chong, Kyoung Jun Lee, Woo Young Lee, Seul Ki Han, Bo Young Yun, Su Min Jo, Seung Joon Lee, Byung Gi Hong, Soo Bin Jeon, Min Ho Park, Gi Hyun Seo, Kyu Ho Park, Jun Kwon Jee
  • Patent number: 11281210
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments include power machines such as loaders, and systems used on power machines, configured to detect the presence of an object in a zone adjacent the rear or sides of the power machine and to responsively control the power machine to stop or slow work functions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: CLARK EQUIPMENT COMPANY
    Inventor: John Pfaff
  • Patent number: 11269420
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments include techniques for detecting an acknowledgement from a driver of a vehicle. A driver state and reaction tracking system determines that a detected condition exceeds a threshold hazard potential with the vehicle. The driver state and reaction tracking system detects a gesture, by a driver, associated with the detected condition. The driver state and reaction tracking system, in response to detecting the gesture, reduces an urgency level for alerting the driver of the detected condition to generate a reduced urgency level. The driver state and reaction tracking system determines whether to issue an alert to the driver based on the reduced urgency level. The driver state and reaction tracking system may transmit an acknowledgement to other systems associated with pedestrians, bicyclists, motorcyclists, semiautonomous vehicles, manually driven vehicles and/or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Harman International Industries, Incorporated
    Inventors: Stefan Marti, Priya Seshadri, Joseph Verbeke, Evgeny Burmistrov
  • Patent number: 11255961
    Abstract: A school bus radar system includes a main unit mounted in the school bus, and two radars protrudingly arranged on the bus body of the school bus in a tilted manner and respectively electrically connected to the main unit. When the main unit is switched to a monitoring mode, the main unit generates a radar activation signal to activate the radars in generating a signal, making the signals generated by the monitoring sources of the radars form an intersection network. The monitoring source of each radar defines a normal line. Accordingly, the intersection type three-dimensional spatial monitoring network of the radar system of the present invention is proposed for individual warnings to facilitate the driver making good judgments or stopping the running school bus in an emergency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: CUB ELECPARTS INC.
    Inventors: San-Chuan Yu, Shyh-Jong Chung, Hong-Lun Chen, Yu-Wang Hu
  • Patent number: 11247695
    Abstract: A method and system for enabling an autonomous vehicle detection process is provided. The method includes detecting a sensor reading, of a sensor integrated with an autonomous vehicle, exceeding a specified threshold value. Additional sensor reading from additional vehicles located within a specified distance of the autonomous vehicle are received and compared to the original sensor reading. In response, a fault condition associated with the sensor is determined and an associated notification is presented to an occupant of the autonomous vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Kyndryl, Inc.
    Inventors: Cesar Augusto Rodriguez Bravo, Gregory J. Boss, David Jaramillo, Romelia H. Flores
  • Patent number: 11231494
    Abstract: A radar system having a vehicle assist function with a field of view greater than 160 degrees is provided. The radar system includes antenna boards and a processing unit. The antenna board includes multiple antennas disposed thereon and transmitting a detection signal to detect an obstacle outside the vehicle, and then receiving a reflected signal, generated by the detection signal reflected by the obstacle. Therefore, the single radar system is enough for the vehicle assist function, and the transmitting and receiving antennas are disposed on the antenna board. The processing unit can directly analyze the reflected signal to determine a distance between the obstacle and the vehicle, and perform different vehicle assist functions having different warning distances, and when the distance between the obstacle and the vehicle is lower than one of the warning distances, the processing unit outputs a warning message to warn a driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Royaltek Company Ltd.
    Inventors: Ming-Hung Tsai, Chun-Yen Chen
  • Patent number: 11225265
    Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus for controlling a vehicle by recognizing an object near the vehicle. The method may include: obtaining first sensing data regarding the object near the vehicle, from a first sensor; obtaining second sensing data regarding the object, from a second sensor; obtaining a first object recognition possibility of a driver regarding the object and a second object recognition possibility regarding the object, based on the first sensing data, the second sensing data, and characteristics of the first sensor and the second sensor; obtaining a degree of risk of the object, based on the first object recognition possibility and the second object recognition possibility; and performing a certain function of the vehicle, based on the degree of risk of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Inventors: Myung-sik Kim, Mi-young Kim, Bo-seok Moon
  • Patent number: 11225153
    Abstract: A method for operating an advanced driver assistance (ADAS) system of a motor vehicle includes a vehicle controller receiving, from side and end cameras mounted to the vehicle, camera signals indicative of real-time images of outboard-facing side and end views of the vehicle. The controller determines a region of interest (ROI) inset within each end/side view within which is expected foreign objects and/or hazards. These ROIs are analyzed to detect if a foreign object/hazard is present in the vehicle's end and/or side views. Responsive to detecting the foreign object/hazard, movement of the foreign object/hazard is tracked to determine if the foreign object/hazard moves towards or away from the vehicle's underbody region. If the foreign object/hazard moves to the underbody region, control signals are transmitted to the vehicle's propulsion and/or steering system to automate preventative action that prevents collision of the vehicle with and/or removes the foreign object/hazard from the underbody.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Rashmi Prasad, Chandra S. Namuduri, Sai Vishnu Aluru, Christopher A. Stanek
  • Patent number: 11222534
    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: August 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: Sfara, Inc.
    Inventor: Sascha Simon
  • Patent number: 11214194
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a door, an inside door handle, and a door opening warning system having an object sensor that detects an object outside the vehicle in a door collision risk zone, a touchless sensor that detects if a part of a user is positioned in an opening zone at the inside door handle and a touch sensor that detects if the user touches the inside door handle, and a control unit. The control unit triggers a first alarm if the object sensor detects an object in the risk zone and the touchless sensor detects a part of the user in the opening zone at the inside door handle, and triggers a second alarm if the object sensor detects an object in the risk zone and the touch sensor detects that the user is touching the inside door handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: NINGBO GEELY AUTOMOBILE RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CO.
    Inventors: Mats Thorngren, Max Olle Cavallin
  • Patent number: 11210952
    Abstract: An edge device may receive, from a first device in a first vehicle moving towards an intersection, first-vehicle-provided-tracking information and, from a first sensor device at the intersection, sensor-provided-first-vehicle-tracking information. The edge device may receive, from a second device in a second vehicle moving towards the intersection, second-vehicle-provided-tracking information and, from a second sensor device at the intersection, sensor-provided-second-vehicle-tracking information. The edge device may determine whether vehicle-provided-tracking information matches the sensor-provided-tracking information for the first vehicle and/or the second vehicle. The edge device may determine whether the first vehicle and the second vehicle are predicted to collide and may provide, to one or more traffic control devices, one or more instructions to provide signals to the first vehicle and/or the second vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Diego Mondragon, Adrian Abellanoza, Seth Allyn Johnston, John Gregory Bosque