Speed And Overspeed Patents (Class 340/936)
  • Patent number: 11928800
    Abstract: An image coordinate system transformation method includes obtaining video images acquired by adjacent cameras, the adjacent cameras including a first camera and a second camera that have an overlapping photography region on a ground plane, recognizing N groups of key points of a target object on the ground plane from the video images acquired by the adjacent cameras, each group of key points including first key point extracted from a video image of the first camera and a second key point extracted from a video image of the second camera, the first key point and the second key point being the same feature point of the same target object appearing in the adjacent cameras at the same moment, and N being an integer greater than or equal to 3, and calculating a transformation relationship between image coordinate systems of the adjacent cameras according to the N groups of key points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventor: Xiangqi Huang
  • Patent number: 11914027
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for identifying hazard objects around a vehicle includes several steps carried out by computer hardware components. The method includes detecting an object in an environment of the vehicle; determining an orientation parameter of the object, which represents a difference between an orientation of the object and an orientation of the vehicle; determining, on the basis of the orientation parameter, whether the object satisfies at least one hazard condition; and identifying the object as a hazard object if the at least one hazard condition is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Aptiv Technologies Limited
    Inventor: Adam Sven Rune Pettersson
  • Patent number: 11897456
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a controller (200), comprising input means (230) for receiving an environment signal indicative of a feature in a vicinity of a vehicle, output means (240) for outputting a manoeuvre signal to cause a vehicle to perform a defined manoeuvre, and control means (210) arranged to provide at least one mode for performing at least a portion of the defined manoeuvre, the mode being selectable from a plurality of modes including at least one mode corresponding to an occupant-in-vehicle mode and at least one mode corresponding to an occupant-out-of-vehicle mode, the mode being selectable in dependence upon the environment signal being indicative of a vehicle envelope suitable for the mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Jaguar Land Rover Limited
    Inventors: Daniel Woolliscroft, Edward Pither, Helio Cardoso, David Pettinger
  • Patent number: 11851078
    Abstract: A driving assistance device includes a determining part configured to determine a target relative position with respect to other vehicle, which is traveling in a movement destination lane that is a merging destination or a lane change destination of a host vehicle, for entering the movement destination lane based on a detection result of the other vehicle, and a notification controller configured to output a notification sound, which differs between a case in which acceleration is required for the host vehicle and a case in which deceleration is required for the host vehicle, from a speaker in order to perform an alignment with respect to the target relative position determined by the determining part in an advancing direction of the host vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yuji Yasui
  • Patent number: 11842644
    Abstract: A commercial vehicle operation system is provided with a server that can respectively communicate with a vehicle terminal of a commercial vehicle and with a user terminal owned by a user via a communication network. The server includes a communication unit, a vehicle operation information management unit that acquires and manages vehicle operation information including at least current location information of the commercial vehicle, and a roaming travel execution determination unit that determines whether to carry out roaming travel based on current location information of the commercial vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignees: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Renault S.A.S.
    Inventors: Satoru Hirose, Hiroya Fujimoto
  • Patent number: 11798321
    Abstract: A method for determining a driver score for a first driver of a first vehicle. The method comprises receiving, from a database server, first maintenance data, first booking data, and first vehicle data associated with a plurality of vehicles, and first driver behavioral data for a plurality of drivers. The method includes obtaining a plurality of features and a plurality of feature values based on the first maintenance data, the first booking data, the first vehicle data, and the first driver behavioral data. The method further includes segregating the plurality of feature values into a plurality of clusters. The method includes training a classifier to determine the driver score. The method further includes receiving from the database server, a first dataset associated with the first vehicle and the first driver. The method includes determining the driver score for the first driver based on an output of the trained classifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: ANI TECHNOLOGIES PRIVATE LIMITED
    Inventors: Hitesh Hinduja, Gaurav Agarwal
  • Patent number: 11790780
    Abstract: A system and method of acquiring and maintaining location information associated with traffic apparatus deployed in connection with a traffic flow monitoring or regulation system are disclosed. In some implementations, an apparatus identifier may distinguish a particular traffic apparatus from others that are deployed in proximity, and a functional identifier may define a functionality of the particular traffic apparatus; positioning, orientation, and movement or acceleration data may also be provided for real-time or near real-time system applications. These apparatus data may be used to derive and to maintain a record of location data associated with each traffic apparatus deployed in a particular application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: VER-MAC
    Inventors: Serge Beaudry, Alexandre Langlois
  • Patent number: 11776054
    Abstract: Systems 100, 1000, methods, and machine-interpretable programming or other instruction products for the management of data processing by multiple networked computing resources 106, 1106. In particular, the disclosure relates to the synchronization of related requests for processing of data using distributed network resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: ROYAL BANK OF CANADA
    Inventors: Daniel Aisen, Bradley Katsuyama, Robert Park, John Schwall, Richard Steiner, Allen Zhang, Thomas L. Popejoy
  • Patent number: 11756421
    Abstract: Systems and methods for system for controlling a traffic grid, the system comprising a traffic grid including a first roadway and a second roadway, the second roadway crossing the first roadway at an intersection; a special transit lane included within at least one of the first roadway and the second roadway, the special transit lane being configured to share both personal vehicular traffic and special vehicular traffic; a detector configured to detect the presence of a special vehicle within a detection zone, which detection zone is formed within the special transit lane in a predetermined area proximate to the intersection; and a signal light proximate to the intersection configured to control traffic traveling through the intersection, the signal light having a controller; wherein the controller controls the signal light to operate in a first mode of operation based, at least in part, on a detection of a special vehicle by the detector within the detection zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: STC, Inc.
    Inventor: Brad Cross
  • Patent number: 11749108
    Abstract: A method for traffic state estimation of a road network based on a plurality of vehicles including probe vehicles and non-probe vehicles travelling includes receiving probe vehicle data from the probe vehicles within a communication range of a host vehicle. The method also includes spatially and temporally associating the probe vehicle data to lane level cells of the road network, and identifying empty lane level cells of the road network where the probe vehicle data is unavailable. The method includes calculating estimated non-probe vehicle data for the empty lane level cells based on the probe vehicle data. The method further includes calculating a traffic density value for the road network based on the probe vehicle data and the estimated non-probe vehicle data and providing the traffic density value to the host vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasir Khudhair Al-Nadawi, Hossein Nourkhiz Mahjoub, Laith Daman
  • Patent number: 11741833
    Abstract: When vehicle forward information includes information on a construction site road sign which indicates the limit speed at a construction site, a vehicle driving assist apparatus acquires the limit speed indicated on the construction site road sign as a construction site sign limit speed, based on the vehicle forward information and displays the acquired construction site sign limit speed on the displaying device. When acquiring the database limit speed while displaying the construction site sign limit speed on the displaying device, and a distance that an own vehicle has moved since acquiring the construction site sign speed limit currently displayed on the displaying device is shorter than a predetermined distance, the vehicle driving assist apparatus continues displaying the construction site sign limit speed on the displaying device without displaying the database limit speed acquired this time on the displaying device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahiro Yamashita, Yosuke Wada
  • Patent number: 11735042
    Abstract: An apparatus including a warning device fixed to a sign, which is configured to be fixed at a location adjacent a road; and wherein the warning device includes: a computer processor; a computer memory; and an audio speaker; and wherein the computer processor is configured to cause a first audio warning to be played on the audio speaker in response to computer programming stored in the computer memory when there is a dangerous road condition. The dangerous road condition may include that a drawbridge has been raised, that there is an icy condition on a bridge, that a vehicle is about to go the wrong way down a one-way street, a sharp curved road, an area is prone to falling rocks, a dangerous intersection, and/or a speed hump. The apparatus may further include a dashboard apparatus, fixed to a vehicle; configured to communicate with the warning device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Inventor: Pathfins C. Okezie
  • Patent number: 11727796
    Abstract: A system and method are for determining a vehicle speed. In an embodiment, the system includes a first collecting module, adapted to collect traffic information; and a deep learning module, including a control model and a neural network. The control model is generated after the neural network autonomously deeply learns based on inputted traffic information. The control model is adapted to receive current traffic information including a speed and a location of a vehicle, traffic light status at a junction ahead, and traffic condition information in a road segment ahead currently collected by the first collecting module; to compute a recommended vehicle speed for the vehicle based on the current traffic information; and to output the recommended vehicle speed. Such a system may reduce the stopping times at the intersection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Yunex GMBH
    Inventors: Yu Kai Ji, Wan Li Ma
  • Patent number: 11724697
    Abstract: A system and method of geofenced control of a vehicle, includes determining a geographic region within which a vehicle is operating; retrieving a geo-profile corresponding to the determined geographic region within which the vehicle is operating; and applying the retrieved geo-profile to the vehicle to alter the driving dynamics of the vehicle to conform to driving characteristics of the determined geographic region within which the vehicle is operating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Katsumi Nagata, Ryan Wiesenberg, Christopher Risberg, Prathap Alvakonda
  • Patent number: 11694552
    Abstract: Aspects of traffic warning and data capture are discussed. An indication of an approaching vehicle and an ambient light level are received by a device associated with a signboard. Based on the indication and the ambient light level, an alert is provided to a driver of the approaching vehicle. For providing the alert, a first illumination panel positioned to direct light onto a face of signboard is lighted. In various embodiments, lights in different colors are flashed for alerting a driver of the approaching vehicle of different hazardous driving conditions, wherein the lights of different colors are flashed at different instances and in one more directions. Further, the device can record and store or share traffic and pedestrian movement information for further analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Inventor: Arudi Srinivas Rajagopal
  • Patent number: 11650095
    Abstract: A system for identifying plugging within an agricultural implement is provided. The system includes a ground engaging tool configured to be supported by the agricultural implement. A weight sensor is operable to measure a weight of one or both of the ground engaging tool and the agricultural implement. A controller is communicatively coupled to the weight sensor. The controller is configured to receive, from the weight sensor, a signal that corresponds to the weight of one or both of the ground engaging tool and the agricultural implement. The controller is further configured to determine when the ground engaging tool is plugged based at least in part on the signal from the weight sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: CNH Industrial Canada, Ltd.
    Inventor: James W. Henry
  • Patent number: 11640762
    Abstract: An apparatus for indicating an expected speed of a vehicle includes an information provider configured to provide vehicle driving information and deceleration event information required to determine the expected speed of the vehicle at a deceleration event point while the vehicle travels, a controller configured to detect a deceleration event on a travel path based on the vehicle driving information and the deceleration event information provided by the information provider and to determine the expected speed of the vehicle at the detected deceleration event point, and a display unit configured to receive a signal indicating the expected speed of the vehicle at the deceleration event point and the deceleration event information from the controller and to display the received expected speed of the vehicle in a predetermined form of an augmented reality (AR) image and a position of the deceleration event on an information display screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seok Hwan Choi, Ho Kyun Chun
  • Patent number: 11640507
    Abstract: A vehicle terminal system for processing a message includes: a portable device for receiving the message; and a vehicle terminal for analyzing a text of the message received from the portable device to yield an analysis result, and for determining a recommended operation corresponding to the analysis result. Thus, the vehicle terminal does not output pop-up images for all messages received from the portable device and recommends a message suitable for the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sung Soo Park, Soon Kwon Paik, Seung Shin Lee, Chang Woo Chun
  • Patent number: 11610332
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program product for detecting a start location and an end location of a bridge are described herein. In the context of a method, one or more sequences of images, at least one sequence of images corresponding with a side barrier portion of the bridge, may be identified from image data corresponding with a probable location of the bridge. Each side barrier portion may comprise a plurality of side barrier segments. The method may identify one or more characteristics of the plurality of side barrier segments. The method may determine the start location and the end location of the bridge based at least in part by identifying characteristic differences of the plurality of side barrier segments. The method may cause transmission of information corresponding with the start location and the end location of the bridge for updating a mapping or navigation system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: HERE GLOBAL B.V.
    Inventors: Abhilshit Soni, Akshay Pachaar
  • Patent number: 11577651
    Abstract: A method for providing one or more of a rear or a side view of a vehicle includes generating a video stream of images subsequently captured by at least one camera of the vehicle or of a virtual mirror device of the vehicle, processing the generated video stream, and displaying the generated video stream on at least one screen of a display unit of the vehicle or of the virtual mirror device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Motherson Innovations Company Limited
    Inventor: Maximilian Kauffmann
  • Patent number: 11529967
    Abstract: Provided is An apparatus for assisting driving of a host vehicle, the apparatus comprising: a camera mounted to the host vehicle and having a field of view in front of the host vehicle, the camera configured to acquire image data; and a controller including a processor configured to process the image data, and configured to receive a map on which the host vehicle travels from a server, compare a speed limit included in the map with a speed limit included in the image data, and control a display of the host vehicle so as to display the speed limit based on the image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: HL Klemove Corp.
    Inventor: Sungyong Lim
  • Patent number: 11529955
    Abstract: Among other things, we describe techniques for traffic light estimation using range sensors. A planning circuit of a vehicle traveling on a first drivable region that forms an intersection with a second drivable region receives information sensed by a range sensor of the vehicle. The information represents a movement state of an object through the intersection. A traffic signal at the intersection controls movement of objects through the intersection. The planning circuit determines a state of the traffic signal at the intersection based, in part, on the received information. A control circuit controls an operation of the vehicle based, in part, on the state of the traffic signal at the intersection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Motional AD LLC
    Inventors: Scott D. Pendleton, Aravindkumar Vijayalingam
  • Patent number: 11514733
    Abstract: A system for extended time scale event detection includes a data storage device and a processor. The data storage device is configured to store sensor data associated with a vehicle. The processor is configured to analyze an extended time period of the sensor data to identify minor events. The minor events are detected using a minor event threshold. The processor is further configured to determine whether there are more than a threshold number of the minor events and, in the event there are more than a threshold number of the minor events, flag the minor events.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Lytx, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Krotosky, Quoc Chan Quach, Daniel Lambert
  • Patent number: 11505212
    Abstract: Provided is a vehicle management system including a plurality of vehicles that execute different functions, and an event information server that transmits event occurrence information. The vehicles execute the same function corresponding to the event occurrence information, when a priority of a function corresponding to the event occurrence information received from the event information server is higher than a priority of a function currently being executed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Keima Fukunaga, Tomohito Matsuoka, Seiichi Tsunoda, Jiro Goto, Yasutaka Etou, Terumi Ukai
  • Patent number: 11491914
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for providing an image representation (15) of an environment (7) of a vehicle (1), wherein the environment (7) of the vehicle (1) is captured at least partly, an image representation (15) of at least one first part (10a) of the captured environment (7) is provided within a defined viewport (10) from a defined perspective (11), wherein the image representation (15) includes a vehicle representation (14) representing the vehicle (1), and wherein the image representation (15) is displayed on a display device (12). Further, when providing the image representation (15) at least one second part (16a) of the captured environment (7) is represented in form of a mirrored image (18) of the at least one second part (16a) of the environment (7) on a defined region (17, 19, 20) of the vehicle representation (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Connaught Electronics Ltd.
    Inventor: Huanqing Guo
  • Patent number: 11482573
    Abstract: A photovoltaic device including a photovoltaic cell and method of use is disclosed. The photovoltaic cell includes at least a first photovoltaic layer and a second photovoltaic layer arranged in a stack. The first photovoltaic layer has a first thickness and receives light at its top surface. A second photovoltaic layer has a second thickness and is disposed beneath the first photovoltaic layer and receives light passing through the first photovoltaic layer. The first thickness and the second thickness are selected so that a first light absorption at the first photovoltaic layer is equal to a second light absorption at the second photovoltaic layer. The photovoltaic cell is irradiated at its top surface with monochromatic light to generate a current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen W. Bedell, Ning Li, Qinglong Li, Kunal Mukherjee, Devendra Sadana, Ghavam G. Shahidi
  • Patent number: 11472441
    Abstract: Provided is a vehicle management system including a plurality of vehicles that execute different functions, and an event information server that transmits event occurrence information. The vehicles execute the same function corresponding to the event occurrence information, when a priority of a function corresponding to the event occurrence information received from the event information server is higher than a priority of a function currently being executed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Keima Fukunaga, Tomohito Matsuoka, Seiichi Tsunoda, Jiro Goto, Yasutaka Etou, Terumi Ukai
  • Patent number: 11468774
    Abstract: Systems and methods for cooperative ramp merger are described. In one embodiment, a system includes a swarm module, position module, identification module, constraint module, and cooperative module. The swarm module causes a host vehicle to join cooperating vehicles of proximate vehicles to assist the merging vehicle. A position module identifies relative positions of the host vehicle and the proximate vehicles. An identification module selects a role for the host vehicle based on the relative positions of the host vehicle and the cooperating vehicles and identifies a duplicate role. A constraint module calculates a merge location area based on the relative positions of the host vehicle and the proximate vehicles and the ramp location and a duplicate sequence based on the duplicate role. A cooperative module determines a cooperative action for the host vehicle based on the role of the host vehicle, the merge location area, and the duplicate role.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Soroush Jalali, Hossein Nourkhiz Mahjoub, Yasir Khudhair Al-Nadawi
  • Patent number: 11461595
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: an object detection section that performs convolution computation on an input image based on a captured image obtained by capturing the image with a camera, and that detects an object; a feature map validation section that performs feature map validation validating a likelihood that the input image contains the object on the basis of a feature map obtained by the convolution computation; a time series validation section that performs time series validation validating a result of the feature map validation performed by the feature map validation section in time series; and a detection result correction section that corrects a detection result about the object output by the object detection section on the basis of a result of the time series validation performed by the time series validation section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: CLARION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Akiyama, Koichi Hamada
  • Patent number: 11455888
    Abstract: Systems and methods for connected vehicle and mobile device communications are provided herein. An example method includes determining a distracted condition for at least one of a driver or a pedestrian by evaluating actions occurring within in a vehicle of the driver or on a mobile device of the pedestrian; determining a distraction level for either the driver or the pedestrian based on the actions occurring within in the vehicle or on the mobile device; and providing an alert message to the mobile device or a human machine interface of the vehicle based on the distraction level, the alert message warning of a distracted condition of the pedestrian or the driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Syed Amaar Ahmad, Ivan Vukovic, John Walpuck, Jayanthi Rao, Gopichandra Surnilla, Jovan Zagajac
  • Patent number: 11443633
    Abstract: A method and a system for vehicle-to-pedestrian collision avoidance system, the system comprising participants consisting of Long-Term Evolution (LTE)-capable user equipment (UE) terminals physically linked to at least one vehicle and at least one pedestrian; wherein a spatiotemporal positioning of the terminals is determined from Long Term Evolution (LTE) cellular radio signals mediated by Long-Term Evolution (LTE) cellular base stations (BS) and a Location Service Client (LCS) server including an embedded Artificial Intelligence algorithm comprising a Recurrent Neural Network (RNN) algorithm and analyzes the spatiotemporal positioning of the terminals and determines the likely future trajectory and communicates the likely future trajectory of the participants to the terminals physically linked to the pedestrian; the terminals physically linked to the pedestrian include an embedded Artificial Intelligence algorithm comprising a Conditional Random Fields (CRFs) algorithm to determine if the likely future traj
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Inventor: Bastien Beauchamp
  • Patent number: 11433768
    Abstract: A vehicle-mounted display apparatus includes a display panel, a geographic position acquisition circuit, a processor, and a display panel driving circuit. The geographic position acquisition circuit acquires a current geographic position of a vehicle. The processor determines whether the current geographic position of the vehicle is within a stored geographic range, and if so, generates a first control signal. The display panel driving circuit controls the display panel to display the vehicle information upon receiving the first control signal from the processor. The vehicle information includes at least one of vehicle license information and a pseudo mobile phone number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: BEIJING BOE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shuo Chen
  • Patent number: 11393227
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus and method for license plate recognition-based vehicle control is provided. The electronic apparatus controls at least one of a plurality of image capture devices to capture one or more images of one or more second vehicles different from a first vehicle. The electronic apparatus detects a license plate of a second vehicle of the one or more second vehicles in the captured one or more images. The electronic apparatus further determines a depth map of the detected license plate of the second vehicle of the one or more second vehicles with respect to the first vehicle. The electronic apparatus further detects one or more events related to the second vehicle based on the determined depth map and controls one or more operations of the first vehicle based on the detected one or more events related to the second vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroaki Nishimura, Nikolaos Georgis
  • Patent number: 11380099
    Abstract: A device, system and method for controlling a communication device to provide notifications of successful documentation of events is provided. The device receives a type of a recognized event occurring at a location of an edge device. The device determines, based on the type of the recognized event, one or more multimedia data types for collection to document the recognized event. The device causes the edge device to collect multimedia data of the one or more multimedia data types. The device receives an indication that the multimedia data has been stored successfully. The device determines whether the multimedia data has successfully documented the recognized event. When the multimedia data has successfully documented the recognized event, the device controls the edge device to provide a notification of successful documentation of the recognized event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Pawel Wilkosz, Pawel Jedrzejewski, Mateusz Gazdziak
  • Patent number: 11250700
    Abstract: Systems and methods for system for controlling a traffic grid, the system comprising a traffic grid including a first roadway and a second roadway, the second roadway crossing the first roadway at an intersection; a special transit lane included within at least one of the first roadway and the second roadway, the special transit lane being configured to share both personal vehicular traffic and special vehicular traffic; a detector configured to detect the presence of a special vehicle within a detection zone, which detection zone is formed within the special transit lane in a predetermined area proximate to the intersection; and a signal light proximate to the intersection configured to control traffic traveling through the intersection, the signal light having a controller; wherein the controller controls the signal light to operate in a first mode of operation based, at least in part, on a detection of a special vehicle by the detector within the detection zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: STC, Inc.
    Inventor: Brad Cross
  • Patent number: 11238571
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for enhancing image contrast, including: dividing an input image into a plurality of input sub-images, each of the plurality of input sub-images corresponding to a gray value distribution range, the gray value distribution ranges of the respective input sub-images being different from each other, and each input sub-image comprising all pixels, among pixels of the input image, whose gray values are within the gray value distribution range of the input sub-image; performing an equalization processing on each of the plurality of input sub-images, and obtaining a plurality of output sub-images corresponding to the plurality of input sub-images, respectively, based on a result of the equalization processing; and merging the plurality of output sub-images to obtain an output image corresponding to the input image. The present disclosure further provides a device for enhancing image contrast, a display apparatus, and a computer-readable storage medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jinglin Yang
  • Patent number: 11188776
    Abstract: Systems, methods, devices and computer readable media for determining a geographical location of a license plate are described herein. A first image of a license plate is acquired by a first image acquisition device of a camera unit and a second image of the license plate is acquired by a second image acquisition device of the camera unit. A three-dimensional position of the license plate relative to the camera unit is determined based on stereoscopic image processing of the first image and the second image. A geographical location of the camera unit is obtained. A geographical location of the license plate is determined from the three-dimensional position of the license plate relative to the camera unit and the geographical location of the camera unit. Other systems, methods, devices and computer readable media for detecting a license plate and identifying a license plate are described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Inventors: Louis-Antoine Blais-Morin, Pablo Agustin Cassani, André Bleau
  • Patent number: 11183052
    Abstract: A computer includes a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor to collect steering, speed, and position data about a plurality of vehicles from one or more infrastructure sensors, identify a vehicle that varies from a specified position in a roadway lane relative to a roadway lane marker or exceeds a threshold speed based on the collected data, instruct the identified vehicle to move to a side of a roadway, and send a message to a central server including an identification of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Adel Awad Alla, Ray Siciak, David A. Symanow, Tsung-Han Tsai, Dhanunjay Vejalla
  • Patent number: 11140301
    Abstract: A vehicular camera module configured for mounting at an exterior portion of a vehicle includes a housing, a camera disposed in the housing, and a transparent cover rotatably mounted at the housing. The camera views through the transparent cover. With the vehicular camera module mounted at the exterior portion of the vehicle, the camera views through the transparent cover in order to capture image data of a scene exterior of the vehicle. With the vehicular camera module mounted at the exterior portion of the vehicle, the transparent cover rotates relative to the camera and the housing at a rotational speed of at least 1,000 rotations per minute to at least partially remove water and/or debris from an outer surface of the transparent cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: MAGNA MIRRORS OF AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Timothy W. Condron, Anthony J. LaCross
  • Patent number: 11059493
    Abstract: Systems and methods for estimating velocity of an autonomous vehicle and state information of a surrounding vehicle are provided. In some aspects, the system includes a memory that stores instructions for executing processes for estimating velocity of an autonomous vehicle and state information of the surrounding vehicle and a processor configured to execute the instructions. In various aspects, the processes include: receiving image data from an image capturing device; performing a ground plane estimation by predicting a depth of points on a road surface based on an estimated pixel-level depth; determining a three-dimensional (3D) bounding box of the surrounding vehicle; determining the state information of the surrounding vehicle based on the ground plane estimation and the 3D bounding box; and determining the velocity of the autonomous vehicle based on an immovable object relative to the autonomous vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Hayakawa, Behzad Dariush
  • Patent number: 11048950
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present application provides an image analysis method and device, and the method includes: receiving target information sent by a target image acquisition device; wherein the target information includes at least: a first image acquired by the target image acquisition device, and the identification information of the target image acquisition device; obtaining target area information corresponding to the identification information of the target image acquisition device according to a correspondence between pre-stored identification information of each image acquisition device and respective area information; in the first image, determining a second image corresponding to the target area information, and analyzing the second image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhongxian Xie, Shiliang Pu, Mingyao Zhou
  • Patent number: 11049256
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus including: one or more hardware processors; and a memory for storing instructions to be executed by the hardware processors, wherein when the instructions stored in the memory are executed by the hardware processors, the apparatus functions as: an acquiring unit configured to acquire image data; a derivation unit configured to derive an occurrence rate of a value corresponding to pixel data on a first region in each of a plurality of images corresponding to the image data acquired by the acquiring unit; and a determining unit configured to determine a value of the first region in a background image corresponding to the image data based on a plurality of values including a value on which a highest occurrence rate is derived by the derivation unit and a value on which an occurrence rate lower than the highest occurrence rate is derived by the derivation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kina Itakura
  • Patent number: 11034020
    Abstract: The system described herein can reduce network bandwidth usage when prioritizing data from an autonomous robotic system. The autonomous robotic system can identify predetermined events in data stream and extract portions of the data streams that include the events. The system can reduce network bandwidth usage by prioritizing transmission of only the extracted portions of the data streams rather than the full, raw data streams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: RavenOPS, Inc.
    Inventors: Randall Shults, Christopher Post, Joshua Ouellette, Delaney Gillilan, Thomas Balough, Sasha Pozdnyakova
  • Patent number: 10988146
    Abstract: Systems and methods for managing speed thresholds for a fleet of vehicles are disclosed. Input is used to provide associations between particular weather-relation conditions (such as rain) and arithmetic operations, that may be used to determine a current speed threshold as a function of a local posted speed limit at the current location of a vehicle. The current speed threshold is subsequently used to detect whether vehicles are exceeding the current speed threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: SmartDrive Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Samuel Thomas Kruse, David Wagstaff, Jason Palmer
  • Patent number: 10933807
    Abstract: A method for visual hazard avoidance of a road hazard is provided. The visual hazard avoidance is implemented by an on-road projection system, which is integrated into a vehicle. The on-road projection system includes a projector and a computing device. The on-road projection system implements the method while the vehicle is in motion. The computing device causes the projector to generate a projection on a road as the vehicle is approaching the road hazard. Note that the projection identifies a tire path of the vehicle. The computing device also causes the projector to terminate the projection on the road once the road hazard in passed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tynan J. Garrett, Andrew Hicks, Michael P. Lyons, Miles C. Pedrone, Yunli Tang
  • Patent number: 10836309
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for a distracted driver detection and alert system. In one aspect, a system includes a sensor that is located at the property and that is configured to generate sensor data that reflects an attribute of the property, and a monitor control unit that is configured to receive, from a traffic monitoring device, traffic monitoring data that reflects movement of a vehicle, classify, a driver of a vehicle as a distracted driver, determine that the vehicle is associated with the property and in response, determine, based on the sensor data and the traffic monitoring data, a likely identity of the driver, based on determining the likely identity of the driver, determine a classification of the driver, based on the classification of the driver, generate an alert, and provide, for output, the alert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Alarm.com Incorporated
    Inventors: Stephen Scott Trundle, Allison Beach, Donald Madden
  • Patent number: 10809354
    Abstract: The intended position and/or an intended alignment of at least one sensor for monitoring traffic at a traffic route is determined easily, quickly and reliably with the aid of computer technology. The methodology employed involves identification of a traffic route to be monitored in a data processing device, and requesting and providing data about the traffic route from a database. From this, at least one possible target position and/or target orientation is determined from the provided data. The methodology avoids the need to manually enter lanes and other local conditions of the traffic route. Instead, the data processing device recalls the required traffic data from a database, and based on manipulation of a graphical representation of the sensor by the user with the aid of the provided data and specified sensor characteristics an intended position and/or intended alignment of a sensor can be visualized and stored for later use during installation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: S.M.S. SMART MICROWAVE SENSORS GMBH
    Inventors: Alexander Scholz, Ralph Mende
  • Patent number: 10763024
    Abstract: A power transmission apparatus includes a power transmission pad, a base structure, and grout. The power transmission pad for wireless power transmission has a cast resin frame, at least part of the cast resin frame being embedded in the ground. The base structure is disposed below the power transmission pad. The grout is filled around the power transmission pad, including a gap between an upper surface of the base structure and the power transmission pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Tetsu Shijo, Makio Fukumoto, Fumi Moritsuka, Shuichi Obayashi
  • Patent number: 10759424
    Abstract: The systems and methods provided herein are directed to the uploading and transmission of vehicle data to a remote system when a physiological event for a driver has been detected using one or more sensors. Information such as the driver's heart rate, temperature, voice inflection or facial expression may be monitored to detect the physiological event. Vehicle data, such as gathering or control system data, may be sent once the event has been detected. Selected vehicle data associated with the event or all data during the time of the event may be sent. After receiving the vehicle data, the remote system may process or store it where it may be used to modify automated driving functionalities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Teruhisa Misu, Nanxiang Li, Ashish Tawari
  • Patent number: 10733451
    Abstract: An n-lane automatic license plate recognition system (where n is an integer greater than one) and a method for dropping video frames in this system is disclosed. The method includes receiving, at an input of a first stage of a two-stage restrictor, a plurality of video frames. In the first stage of the two-stage restrictor, a subset of the plurality of video frames is dropped. An output of the first stage is coupled to an input of a second stage of the two-stage restrictor such that receiving and non-receiving of individual ones the plurality of video frames by the second stage is controlled by the first stage. In the second stage after the first stage, a further subset of the plurality of video frames is dropped to effect controlled frame input into a processor that performs at least one recognition analytic on remaining video frames of the plurality of video frames. The dropping of the further subset is based on at least one drop condition including a lane-specific drop condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: AVIGILON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daniel James Booth, Thanh Tam Ho, Jinsong Zhu