Vehicle Control, Guidance, Operation, Or Indication Patents (Class 701/1)
  • Patent number: 11688215
    Abstract: A vehicle performance evaluation method, device and terminal are provided. The method includes: acquiring a labeled ADE score of an ADE item within a time period in which the ADE item occurs, and recording labeled data of an ADE index for indicating a vehicle state; acquiring a correlation between the ADE item and the vehicle state, according to the labeled ADE score and the labeled data of the ADE index; acquiring data of a target ADE index within a preset time period, and acquiring a target ADE score according to the data of the target ADE index and a correlation between the ADE item and the vehicle state; and acquiring a vehicle performance evaluation result according to the target ADE score. The passenger participation is not necessary, costs can be reduced and a vehicle evaluation efficiency can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: APOLLO INTELLIGENT DRIVING TECHNOLOGY (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lizhi Zhang, Yunyan Hu, Yifeng Pan, Rui Liu, Ya Wang, Qihao Huang
  • Patent number: 11688289
    Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems for ground traffic aircraft management are described herein. One device includes a user interface, a memory, and a processor configured to execute executable instructions stored in the memory to receive airport information associated with an airport, generate, using the airport information, a map of the airport, display an intersection on the map of the airport, receive a selection of the intersection, and display flight information of each of a plurality of aircraft passing through the intersection within a particular period of time and the map of the airport in a single integrated display responsive to receiving the selection of the intersection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Ankita Sinha, Andrea Antonini, Dinesh Ramalingam, John Joyson, Maksood Kadike
  • Patent number: 11687852
    Abstract: A management device includes a ticket issuance unit that issues a ticket indicating work related to a construction site, a position information acquisition unit that acquires position information of a communication terminal acquiring the ticket, and an output unit that outputs the position information of the communication terminal selecting the ticket regarding the same construction site among the position information acquired by the position information acquisition unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Chikashi Shike, Yuuichi Nemoto
  • Patent number: 11687308
    Abstract: There is provided, in a vehicle capable of accommodating a plurality of passengers, a display system capable of providing a motivation to start a conversation among the passengers in view of conversation intentions of each passenger. The display system includes a control device, and at least one display device. The control device is configured to perform a conversation desire display process to display a conversation desire level of each of the passengers. Alternatively, the control device is configured to perform a conversation intention display process to display a conversation intention of each of the passengers for the other passengers. The conversation desire level and the conversation intention among passengers are input to the input device provided in the display system, by an operation of the passenger. Alternatively, they are estimated by the control device based on the passenger state information detected by the sensor provided in the display system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Saki Narita, Tetsuya Kanata, Yozo Iwami, Daisaku Honda, Yuhei Katsumata, Hideki Fukudome, Takuya Watabe, Naoko Ichikawa, Yuta Maniwa, Yuki Nishikawa
  • Patent number: 11685439
    Abstract: A driving assistance apparatus includes: an assist device configured to perform a steering assist in which a steering torque for steering a vehicle in a direction away from a pedestrian is applied to the vehicle; and a canceller configured to cancel the steering assist if a cancellation condition is satisfied. The cancellation condition includes: a first condition caused by that at least a part of a traffic lane is not recognized; and a second condition caused by that a vehicle operation by a driver is performed. The canceller applies a steering torque in an opposite direction, which is opposite to a direction of the steering torque applied by the steering assist, to the vehicle if the first condition is satisfied, and is configured to increase a torque change amount per unit time of the steering torque in the opposite direction in comparison with when the second condition is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Miyuki Kamatani, Minami Sato, Kazuyuki Fujita
  • Patent number: 11687077
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for identifying high-priority agents in the vicinity of a vehicle. The high-priority agents can be identified based on a set of mutual importance scores in which each mutual importance score indicates an estimated mutual relevance between the vehicle and a different agent from a set of agents on planning decisions of the other. The mutual importance scores can be calculated based on importance scores assessed from the perspectives of both the vehicle and the agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Waymo LLC
    Inventors: Kai Ding, Minfa Wang, Haoyu Chen, Khaled Refaat, Stephane Ross, Wei Chai
  • Patent number: 11685262
    Abstract: A method of operating a vehicle includes a vehicle controller receiving a driver acceleration/deceleration command for the vehicle's powertrain and determining a torque request corresponding to the driver's acceleration command. The controller shapes the torque request and determines compensated and uncompensated accelerations from the shaped torque request. The compensated acceleration is based on an estimated road grade and an estimated vehicle mass, whereas the uncompensated acceleration is based on a zero road grade and a nominal vehicle mass. A final speed horizon profile is calculated as: a speed-control speed profile based on the uncompensated acceleration if the vehicle's speed is below a preset low vehicle speed; or a torque-control speed profile based on a blend of the compensated and uncompensated accelerations if the vehicle speed exceeds the preset low vehicle speed. The controller commands the powertrain to output a requested axle torque based on the final speed horizon profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Paul G. Otanez, Adam J. Heisel, Nathaniel S. Michaluk, Yiran Hu, Jacob M. Knueven, Todd P. Lindemann
  • Patent number: 11685405
    Abstract: A vehicle controller includes a processor configured to detect an object region including another vehicle near a vehicle from each of time series images obtained by a camera mounted on the vehicle; detect a predetermined action taken by the other vehicle, based on a trajectory of the other vehicle estimated from the object region of each image; identify the state of a signal light of the other vehicle, based on characteristics obtained from pixel values of the object region of each image; extract information indicating characteristics of an action of the other vehicle or the state of a signal light at the predetermined action taken by the other vehicle, based on the predetermined action detected in a tracking period and the state of the signal light related to the predetermined action; and predict behavior of the other vehicle, using the extracted information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke Hashimoto, Ryusuke Kuroda, Tetsuro Sugiura, Hitoshi Kamada
  • Patent number: 11685384
    Abstract: The invention is related to a method for driver alertness detection, The method comprises the steps of determining a vanishing point of a vehicle in motion; determining over time, by an eye tracking device, a set of gaze points of the driver of the vehicle; determining a gaze movement from the set of gaze points; and identifying an alertness of the driver, based on a direction of the gaze movement relative to the vanishing point being outward. Further, the invention is related to an eye tracking device for driver alertness detection, an alertness detection system, a computer program, and a computer-readable medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Tobii AB
    Inventor: Andrew Ratcliff
  • Patent number: 11685438
    Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus is provided. The apparatus comprises a sensor to detect a steering torque applied to a steering shaft that rotates in accordance with a steering wheel operation; a steering assistance unit configured to assist steering by a lane keeping assistance function; a correcting unit configured to obtain a corrected torque by removing a torque caused due to the steering assistance unit from the steering torque detected by the sensor; and a determining unit configured to determine whether or not a driver is in a hands-off state based on the corrected torque.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsuhiro Eguchi, Shuichi Kosaka, Ryo Kawaguchi
  • Patent number: 11683197
    Abstract: A vehicle master device is configured to acquire update data from outside and distribute the acquired update data to a rewrite target electronic control unit (ECU). The vehicle master device includes a distribution frequency specifying unit that is configured to specify a distribution frequency of the update data to the rewrite target ECU based on a correspondence relationship between a predetermined vehicle power supply state and transmission restriction information related to distribution of the update data and a vehicle power supply state during updating, and a distribution control unit that is configured to control distribution of the update data according to the distribution frequency specified by the distribution frequency specifying unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuzo Harata, Kazuhiro Uehara, Mitsuyoshi Natsume, Takuya Kawasaki
  • Patent number: 11680383
    Abstract: On detection of a difference between the operation amount detected by a first sensor and the operation amount received by a first communication unit from a slave, a master side controller executes at least one of stop control to automatically stop a construction machine and alarm control to cause a warning device to issue an alarm. On detection of a difference between the operation amount detected by a second sensor and the operation amount received by a communication unit from the master, a slave side controller executes at least one of the stop control to automatically stop the construction machine and the alarm control to cause the warning device to issue the alarm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Ueda, Yoichiro Yamazaki, Seiji Saiki, Ryota Hama
  • Patent number: 11683322
    Abstract: Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing a telemetry hub, and, more particularly, to methods, systems, and apparatuses for implementing a telemetry hub that obtains sensor data from a plurality of sources and that determines one or more first actions to take in response to receiving the first sensor data. In operation, a telemetry hub might receive first sensor data from one or more sensors. The telemetry hub may determine whether the first sensor data can be trusted and whether the first sensor data is valid. Based on a determination that the first sensor data can be trusted and is valid, the telemetry hub might analyze the first sensor data to determine one or more first actions to take. The telemetry hub might then implement the one or more first actions based at least in part on the analysis of the first sensor data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC
    Inventors: Kevin M. McBride, Steven M. Casey, Stephen Opferman, Hunter Rudd, James E. Sutherland
  • Patent number: 11679045
    Abstract: A patient transport apparatus operable by a user for transporting a patient along stairs. A seat section is coupled to a support structure supporting a track assembly having a belt. A motor selectively generates torque to drive the belt. A user interface is arranged for engagement by the user, and has a direction input control for selecting a drive direction of the motor, and an activation input control for operating the motor to drive the belt. A controller in communication with the motor and the user interface is configured to limit operation of the motor in response to user engagement of the activation input control preceding engagement of the direction input control to prevent driving the belt, and to permit operation of the motor in response to user engagement of the activation input control following engagement of the direction input control to drive the belt in a selected drive direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Stryker Corporation
    Inventors: Isaac A. Schaberg, Daniel V. Brosnan, Cory P. Herbst, Nathan W. Matheny, Brandon David Naber, Kevin M. Patmore, Trey Thomas Pfeiffer, Kelly Sandmeyer, Melvin Gottschalk, Jr., Jason Anthony Vanderplas, Scott Zufall, Erik P. Eagleman, Jeffrey R. Staszak, John Wallace
  • Patent number: 11679773
    Abstract: A method for augmenting transport services using event detection is provided. The method includes collection of first sensor data generated by various sensors associated with a plurality of vehicles. The first sensor data includes sensor outputs that indicate a plurality of rash driving events. The sensor outputs are augmented based on angular rotation to obtain augmented sensor outputs. A prediction model is trained based on the augmented sensor outputs. Target sensor data associated with a target vehicle is provided as input to the trained prediction model, and based on an output of the trained prediction model an occurrence of a rash driving event is detected in real-time or near real-time. Based on a count of rash driving events associated with the target driver within a cumulative driving distance, a driver score of the target driver is determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: ANI TECHNOLOGIES PRIVATE LIMITED
    Inventors: Ayush Batra, Dewwrat, Sourit Manna, Ritwik Saikia
  • Patent number: 11679730
    Abstract: A method for identifying occupant-specific settings for a vehicle comprises detecting a vehicle occupant; collecting biometric occupant data of the detected vehicle occupant; assembling a descriptor based on at least part of the collected occupant data; storing the descriptor in a database; and updating a cluster of descriptors in the database based on the assembled descriptor, wherein descriptors grouped in the cluster are close to each other, and wherein the cluster corresponds to the detected vehicle occupant. Based on the cluster and assembled descriptor can be assigned to the cluster, and vehicle setting data can be calculated that has been stored in association with the cluster. The vehicle setting data corresponds to occupant-specific settings for the vehicle. A vehicle comprises a system capable of performing such method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: E.SOLUTIONS GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Köhler, Matthias Stock
  • Patent number: 11683670
    Abstract: In response to a vehicle being switched from an IGN OFF state (non-operating state) to an IGN ON state (operating state) in a state in which a mobile terminal has been activated, the use of wireless communication (Wi-Fi communication) by the mobile terminal via a network using an in-vehicle device as a base station can be started. In response to the vehicle being switched from the IGN ON state (operating state) to the IGN OFF state (non-operating state) in the state in which the mobile terminal has been activated, the use of wireless communication (Wi-Fi communication) by the mobile terminal via the network using the in-vehicle device as the base station is stopped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yuji Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 11675373
    Abstract: Provided is a method of modeling behavior for a self-driving vehicle, e.g., as a follower vehicle. Also provided is a vehicle configured to execute the behavior model to cooperatively navigate at least one structural element in an environment. The structural element can be or include a door, a vestibule, and/or an elevator, as examples. The behavior model can be formed by a method that includes tracking and measuring leader-follower interactions and actions with at least one structural element of an environment, representing the leader behaviors and the follower behavior in a behavior model, and electronically storing the behavioral model. The leader-follower interactions and actions can include leader behaviors and follower behaviors, including starts, stops, pauses, and movements of the leader, follower vehicle, and/or objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Piaggio Fast Forward Inc.
    Inventors: Mitchell Weiss, Jeffrey Schnapp, Gregory Stewart Lynn, Rossitza Kotelova
  • Patent number: 11678157
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for smart-landmark-based positioning. Such methods may include detecting, using a sensor mounted on a vehicle, a landmark object, obtaining landmark information of the detected landmark object, the landmark information including identification of the landmark object and an encrypted location of the landmark object, transmitting, from the vehicle over a wireless network, a query including at least part of the obtained landmark information, receiving, by the vehicle over the wireless network, a query response including additional information of the landmark.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Beijing Voyager Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Qi Chen
  • Patent number: 11675337
    Abstract: A system for acceleration adjustment of machine tool at rapid traverse includes a signal measurement module, a signal judgment module and an acceleration optimization module. The machine tool has a servo motor and a working platform. The signal measurement module measures signals while the servo motor drives the working platform from a first specific position to a second specific position, or from the second specific position back to the first specific position. The signal judgment module judges whether the actual maximum current value of the motor is equal to the manufacturer's specification according to the signals; and if negative, the acceleration optimization module calculates and optimizes an axial acceleration till an optimal value is achieved. Then, a curve smoothing time of the optimal acceleration is calculated and optimized by the acceleration optimization module. In addition, a method for acceleration adjustment of machine tool at rapid traverse is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Jheng-Jie Lin, Kuo-Hua Chou, Chien-Chih Liao, Jen-Ji Wang
  • Patent number: 11675154
    Abstract: A camera module is attached to an inside of a windshield of a vehicle to capture an image of an outside view. The camera module includes an imager, a lens set equipped with a first lens and a second lens, a lens barrel in which the lens set is disposed, and a main spacer fit in the lens barrel. The lens barrel retains the first lens using an axial force oriented along an optical axis of the lens set. The main spacer is disposed between the first and second lenses and transmits the axial force from one of the first and second lenses to the other. This structure enables the camera module to be reduced in size without sacrificing the optical performance thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yasuki Furutake
  • Patent number: 11677251
    Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed for a portable battery pack with a secure anchor base. In an embodiment, an apparatus comprises: a housing having a top surface and at least one side surface, the housing having two or more ports, the two or more output ports including at least one charging port configured to charge an accessory device attached to the at least one charging port and a cable input port for receiving a cable pin; one or more batteries; one or more printed circuit boards containing electronic components, wherein the electronic components include charging circuitry coupled to the charging port and the one or more batteries; an anchor base assembly, including: an actuator; mechanical linkage coupled to the actuator; and a lock configured to lock or unlock the actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Inventor: Jared Brier
  • Patent number: 11673571
    Abstract: A vehicle surrounding monitoring apparatus executes an underfloor object informing process for informing occupants of a vehicle of a probability that there is an object under the vehicle. When an object around the vehicle is detected, the vehicle surrounding monitoring apparatus memorizes information on the object as real-time object information. When the object which had been detected, is not detected, the vehicle surrounding monitoring apparatus acquires information on a moving of the object which had been detected for a predetermined time period as past object information, based on the memorized real-time object information. When determining that there is the object which had been detected under the vehicle, based on the past object information, the vehicle surrounding monitoring apparatus executes the underfloor object informing process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Tomoki Miyata
  • Patent number: 11674861
    Abstract: A device for determining hands off of a driver includes a torque sensor for sensing a torque caused by turning of a steering wheel and generating a torque signal, a first frequency filter and a second frequency filter for filtering the torque signal, a representative value generating device for generating a first representative value based on a frequency component of a first filtered signal output by the first frequency filter, and generating a second representative value based on a frequency component of a second filtered signal output by the second frequency filter, and a control module that determines the hands off of the driver based on a ratio of the first representative value and the second representative value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Seok Young Shin, Seung Ho Lee
  • Patent number: 11677576
    Abstract: Systems and methods for establishing relationships between building automation system components and controlling building automation system components. Data for a building automation system components may be received from the building automation system components and one or more models may be applied to the received data to determine types of the building automation system components and relationships between building automation system components. Once the types of building automation system components have been determined or identified, uniform names may be applied to the building automation system components. The received data may include, among other data, naming data and telemetry data from the building automation system components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Kushagra Thakur, Harshad Damji, Mehul Patel, Hetal Shah, Wendy Wise, Benjamin Coleman, Parker Watson
  • Patent number: 11668077
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system for determining the mass of a payload moved by a working device of a machine, comprising: a lifting-gear element that is movable along a path and is designed to move the working device; a sensor system that is designed to provide a plurality of machine-status signals which indicate a status of the machine; a force sensor system that is designed to provide a lifting-force signal that indicates a force on the lifting-gear element; and a control device that is designed: to use system parameters for load determination that originate from pre-configured CAD data, preferably CAD data that has been pre-configured at the factory, and/or from continuous calibration of system parameters; to carry out calibration using the pre-configured parameters as initialisation if unsatisfactory results are achieved; to carry out the calibration in an unloaded state, i.e.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Liebherr-France SAS
    Inventors: Oliver Sawodny, Anton Renner, Hannes Wind
  • Patent number: 11670117
    Abstract: An OTA manager, when an activation switch of a vehicle is OFF, transmits a unique identifier of each electronic control unit acquired before the activation switch was switched from ON to OFF to an OTA server via a communication line and receives update data from the OTA server via the communication line, and after the activation switch was switched from OFF to ON, the OTA manager makes a comparison between the identifiers transmitted to the OTA server before the activation switch was switched from OFF to ON and the identifiers acquired after the activation switch was switched from OFF to ON.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yosuke Shionoya, Tomoaki Taki
  • Patent number: 11670116
    Abstract: Computer program products, methods, systems, apparatus, and computing entities are provided for segmenting operational data and identifying events of interested in the segmented operational data. With the events of interest identified from the segmented operational data, a total time between the events of interest can be determined, evaluated, and provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: UNITED PARCEL SERVICE OF AMERICA, INC.
    Inventor: Mark J. Davidson
  • Patent number: 11667299
    Abstract: System for monitoring and classifying driving behavior of an operator of a motor vehicle includes at least one personal monitoring device having mechanism(s) for wearing the device by and/or attaching the device to the operator, and hardware including local memory, battery, and sensors. The device provides at least GPS and communication functions, and monitors and communicates information about driving behavior, including driving data collected by the device without receiving it from vehicle sensors and/or calculated or derived from data collected by the device without receiving it from vehicle sensors. Application software on the device interfaces with device hardware for monitoring and communicating, being activated and deactivated based on trigger events. At least one control system includes an information processor receiving and communicating information about driving behavior, aggregating information, and communicating at least some of the aggregated information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: DEPURA PARTNERS LLC
    Inventors: Shalini Memani, Bhavna S. Depura, Jamna Lal Depura
  • Patent number: 11668578
    Abstract: An interaction device include a processor. The processor being configured to acquire an alertness level of an occupant of a vehicle, request an utterance from the occupant in a case in which the acquired alertness level is below a threshold value, identify a rest point at which the vehicle can stop, measure a cycle spanning from initiation of an interaction until the alertness level falls below the threshold value again, and repeatedly request an utterance from the occupant at a regular interval that is shorter than the measured cycle during a time period from notifying the occupant that the rest point has been set as a destination of the vehicle to the vehicle arriving at the destination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Daisuke Furukawa
  • Patent number: 11667222
    Abstract: The disclosure provides for a system that includes one or more cabin components in a vehicle and one or more computing devices of the vehicle. The one or more computing devices are configured to determine that a vehicle will have an acceleration in a first direction at a future time and an acceleration time associated with the acceleration of the vehicle, alter the one or more cabin components of the vehicle before the acceleration time, and adjust the one or more cabin components of the vehicle based on the acceleration of the vehicle over time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Waymo LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Lynn Larner, Keith Hutchings
  • Patent number: 11669934
    Abstract: A dynamic positioning control system having a transparent or semi-transparent substrate, an image processor, and one or more image-generating elements operatively connected to the image processor configured to simultaneously generate a plurality of images within an overall image-generating-capable field area of the substrate is provided. A dynamic positioning control system having a transparent or semi-transparent substrate, a dimming controller, and a plurality of electrodes operatively connected to the dimming controller configured to dim one or more areas on or within the substrate within an overall electrochromic dimming-capable field area is also provided. The image processor and the dimming controller may be separate elements or may be a single controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Inventor: Arnold Chase
  • Patent number: 11669641
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the computer-aided parameterisation of a technical system (1) in which the technical system (1) is used to store a software package (SP) that is signed with a first digital signature (SIG1) and comprises a test program (PM). The technical system (1) checks the validity of the first digital signature (SIG1). If the first digital signature (SIG1) is valid, the software package (SP) is installed on the technical system (1), wherein during the installation the test program (PM) checks whether a number of rules (RU), at least some of which are stored in the test program (PM), are observed by external digital information (DA) coming from outside the software package (SP). If there is a number of conditions (CO) comprising observance of the number of rules (RU) by the external digital information (DA), parameter setting is performed in the technical system (1) by means of the external digital information (DA) and otherwise the method is terminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Sebastian Bode
  • Patent number: 11659971
    Abstract: Disclosed are a robot cleaner. The robot cleaner includes: a cleaner body configured to move in an area and clean the area; and a sensor assembly provided in the cleaner body. The sensor assembly includes: a main sensor configured to be moveable between a sensing position where the main sensor protrudes out of the cleaner body and a settled position where the main sensor is inside the cleaner body; a sensor position changer configured to allow the main sensor to move between the sensing position and the settled position; and a stopper configured to restrict the sensor position changer from allowing the main sensor at the sensing position to move towards the settled position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sinae Kim, Yongseok Kim, Minro Yun, Yeonkyu Jeong, Shin Kim, Jaeyoul Jeong
  • Patent number: 11663069
    Abstract: A processing system sets up two or more circuits of a plurality of circuits as two or more processing circuits. The two or more processing circuits subject respective input signals from a sensor to signal processing. The processing system sets up at least one circuit of the plurality of circuits to serve as a reference circuit. The at least one circuit being smaller in number than the two or more processing circuits and being other than the processing circuits. The determination circuit is configured to perform abnormality determination for a determination target circuit which is any one of the two or more processing circuits based on a comparison result between an output signal of the determination target circuit and an output signal of the reference circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Haruko Terai, Gentaro Takeda
  • Patent number: 11661106
    Abstract: A steering system includes a rotary shaft to which an operation member is coupled; a first actuator; a second actuator; a control unit; and a moving unit configured to move the operation member between a normal position and a storage area. The control unit is configured to switch between a manual drive mode and an autonomous drive mode. The control unit is configured to, when moving the operation member from the storage area to the normal position, start synchronous control when the operation member satisfies a predetermined condition before the operation member reaches the normal position, the synchronous control being control in which the control unit controls the first actuator to change a rotation angle of the rotary shaft to an angle corresponding to a steered angle of steered wheels driven by the second actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Watanabe, Yasuyuki Nozawa
  • Patent number: 11663686
    Abstract: A system and method for verifying a driver seated in a driver's seat of a vehicle is disclosed. The method includes scanning a license of the driver seated in the driver's seat of the vehicle to obtain a driver profile and detecting biometric information of the driver using one or more sensors in the vehicle. The driver profile includes biometric information. The method compares the detected biometric information with the biometric information of the driver profile to verify that the license of the driver seated in the vehicle matches the driver seated in the vehicle. The method may notify a provider computer system as to whether the license of the driver matches the driver seated in the vehicle. The method may adjust vehicle components based on preferences of the driver profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Ravi Durairaj, Gregory Brian Meyer, Oscar Roberto Tijerina, Sean Carl Mitchem, Stacy Callaway Huggar, Ruthie D. Lyle, Nathan Lee Post, Mark Anthony Lopez, Nolan Serrao
  • Patent number: 11662203
    Abstract: A slope detection device includes a structure provided with a spherical surface, multiple optical sensors provided on a spherical surface of the structure in a manner that face different directions, the optical sensors measuring a quantity of sunlight, an optical sensor receiving unit receiving output information of each of the optical sensors, a time providing unit providing calendar information on a date and a time when the output information is received, and an operation unit configured to analysis an incidence angle of the sunlight from the collected pieces of the output information, calculate a horizontal coordinate system from the analyzed incidence angle of the sunlight, the calendar information, and a sun path equation, and calculate a three-dimensional slope information for a current location in comparison with the horizontal coordinate system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Inventors: Tae-Hee Kim, Ji-Chul Ha
  • Patent number: 11665018
    Abstract: The present invention provides an OBD interface bus type detection method and apparatus. The method includes: determining a first bus feature of a connection cable associated with a selected pin in an on-board diagnostics OBD interface; matching the first bus feature with an OBD interface bus library and determining a bus type of the connection cable associated with the selected pin; determining, according to the bus type of the connection cable associated with the selected pin, a second bus feature of the connection cable associated with the selected pin; and sending the second bus feature to a vehicle diagnostic instrument, to enable the vehicle diagnostic instrument to perform communications protocol scanning on the selected pin in the OBD interface according to the second bus feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: AUTEL INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGY CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhibin Peng, Songsong Qu
  • Patent number: 11665760
    Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus for wireless communications. In one aspect, an apparatus may obtain, for a first access point (AP), a first service set identifier (SSID) associated with single-link communications and obtain, for a second AP, a second SSID associated with multi-link communications. The apparatus may obtain, from a wireless communication device, a management frame include a multi-link operation information field that carries a first SSID and obtain a multi-link indication for the wireless communication device based, at least in part, on the first SSID, the multi-link indication indicating whether the wireless communication device includes AP capable of link aggregation, and selectively associate with the wireless communication device based on the multi-link indication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Sai Yiu Duncan Ho, Abhishek Pramod Patil, George Cherian, Alfred Asterjadhi, Yanjun Sun
  • Patent number: 11664668
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a charging assembly for charging an electronic device and an electronic device system including the charging assembly. The charging assembly includes a charging transmission line, a fixing member and a telescopic member. A first end of the telescopic member is fixedly arranged on the fixing member, an input part of the charging transmission line is fixed at a second end of the telescopic member, and the telescopic member is retractable and extendable so that the input part is moved toward or away from the fixing member to be disconnected or connected to a power source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xinyi Cheng
  • Patent number: 11657660
    Abstract: A system for diagnosing errors and defects of components of a machine and detecting and diagnosing environmental conditions in a hazardous workspace surrounding the machine is provided. The system includes a transmitter system located on the machine and a machine mounted locator located on the machine. Locating means for determining the coordinates of the machine mounted locator relative to the transmitter system are also provided, The system also includes error detection means for determining whether the coordinates of the machine mounted locator relative to the transmitter system are within programmed parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Matrix Design Group, LLC
    Inventors: Aaron Megal, Ben Lemond, Jason Kremer
  • Patent number: 11659368
    Abstract: Embodiments of a method for improving movement characteristic determination using a plurality of mobile devices associated with a vehicle can include: collecting a first movement dataset corresponding to at least one of a first location sensor and a first motion sensor of a first mobile device of the plurality of mobile devices; collecting a second movement dataset corresponding to at least one of a second location sensor and a second motion sensor of a second mobile device of the plurality of mobile devices; determining satisfaction of a device association condition indicative of the first and the second mobile devices as associated with the vehicle, based on the first and the second movement datasets; and after determining the satisfaction of the device association condition, determining a vehicle movement characteristic based on the first and the second movement datasets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Zendrive, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Matus, Pankaj Risbood, Aditya Karnik, Manish Sachdev
  • Patent number: 11659372
    Abstract: The disclosure includes embodiments for adaptive sensor data sharing by a connected vehicle. A method includes calculating, by a processor of an ego vehicle, a view angle overlap between a first sensor of the ego vehicle and a second sensor of a roadway device, wherein the view angle overlap is an amount of sensor view overlap shared by first sensor and the second sensor. The method includes determining an amount of ego sensor data to share with the roadway device based on the view angle overlap. The method includes building a sharing message that includes the amount of ego sensor data in a payload of the sharing message. The method includes transmitting, by a communication unit of the ego vehicle, the sharing message to the roadway device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Inventors: Hongsheng Lu, Rui Guo
  • Patent number: 11654791
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, devices, and methods for analyzing health of vehicle batteries. Vehicle batteries tend to degrade over time. The described systems, devices, and methods quantify this degradation (or quantify remaining health of the battery) by comparing average energy used to charge or discharge the battery by a charge level unit to a nominal quantity of energy used to charge or discharge a battery in optimal health by a charge level unit. Charge data for previous charge events of the vehicle battery can be used in the calculation, and can be filtered by identifying qualified charge events based on at least one of a number of metrics. Usage data for previous usage events of the vehicle battery can be used in the calculation, and can be filtered by identifying qualified usage events or subgroups of usage event based on at least one of a number of metrics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Geotab Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Prem Mehta
  • Patent number: 11656625
    Abstract: There is provided a system and method for evacuating one or more mobile robots from a confined area. The system and method involve one or more mobile robots equipped with sensors or receivers for receiving evacuation commands directing the one or more mobile robots to leave the evacuation area and enter a location outside the evacuation area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: MOBILE INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS A/S
    Inventor: Niels Jul Jacobsen
  • Patent number: 11658990
    Abstract: A system for detecting anomalies is provided. The system includes a computer system including at least one processor in communication with at least one memory device. The computer system receives communications from a remote computer platform. The at least one processor is programmed to execute real-time a simulation model of the remote computer platform. The simulation model simulates inputs and outputs of the remote computer platform based on real-time data. The at least one processor is also programmed to receive one or more outbound communications transmitted from the remote computer platform, generate one or more outputs of the simulation model, compare the one or more outbound communications transmitted from the remote computer platform to the one or more outputs of the simulation model, detect one or more differences based on the comparison, and generate an output based on the one or more differences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Alireza Shapoury
  • Patent number: 11659371
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a resource selection or reselection method by a user equipment (UE) and the UE in Vehicle to vehicle/pedestrian/infrastructure/network (V2X) communication. The method comprises the steps of: detecting physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH) transmitted by other UE(s); selecting (a) single-subframe resource(s) from single-subframe resources which do not overlap with single-subframe resources reserved by the detected PSCCH; and transmitting physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) on the selected single-subframe resource(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shichang Zhang, Yingyang Li, Yi Wang
  • Patent number: 11655893
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising an interface and a processor. The interface may be configured to receive pixel data of an exterior environment of a vehicle. The processor may be configured to process the pixel data arranged as video frames, perform computer vision operations to detect objects in the video frames, extract characteristics about the objects detected, determine driving conditions in response to an analysis of the characteristics and generate a control signal. The control signal may be configured to perform a gear shift. The driving conditions may be used to predict a future drivetrain configuration of the vehicle. The gear shift may be performed if a comparison of the future drivetrain configuration with a current drivetrain configuration of the vehicle meets a threshold condition. The gear shift may not be performed if the comparison does not meet the threshold condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Ambarella International LP
    Inventor: Shimon Pertsel
  • Patent number: 11654549
    Abstract: A control system, method and computer program product cooperate to assist control for an autonomous robot. An interface receives recognition information from an autonomous robot, said recognition information including candidate target objects to interact with the autonomous robot. A display control unit causes a display image to be displayed on a display of candidate target objects, wherein at least two of the candidate target objects are displayed with an associated indication of a target object score.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenta Kawamoto, Yoshiaki Iwai, Satoru Shimizu