Vehicle Control, Guidance, Operation, Or Indication Patents (Class 701/1)
  • Patent number: 12195012
    Abstract: A system for identifying a change in a load of a commercial vehicle, the commercial vehicle including an electronic stability program with at least one inertial sensor and a control unit for estimating a mass of the commercial vehicle and/or the load, including: a device for querying sensor data of the at least one inertial sensor; and an evaluation unit which is configured to identify the load change if the queried sensor data exceed a variation range, and inform the control unit of the identified load change to allow the load change to be taken into account in the estimation of the mass. Also described are a related commercial vehicle, method, and computer readable medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: KNORR-BREMSE SYSTEME FUER NUTZFAHRZEUGE GMBH
    Inventors: Oliver Jundt, Gyoergy Juhasz, Ruediger Weis, Attila Skrabak
  • Patent number: 12199593
    Abstract: A circuit arrangement for a control unit of a vehicle. The circuit arrangement includes at least one ASIC component, which comprises at least one analog input and at least one analog output, and at least one multiplexer which comprises at least one output that is electrically connected to the at least one analog input and at least two inputs and is embodied to electrically connect one of the at least two inputs to the at least one output as a function of at least one control signal. The at least one ASIC component has a multiplexer function which is embodied to generate the at least one control signal and to output the signal via the at least one analog output to at least one control input of the at least one multiplexer. A control unit comprising at least one such circuit arrangement is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventor: Stefan Balz
  • Patent number: 12195073
    Abstract: A pressure sensing device, comprising: a frame work; a capacitive pressure sensor layer, surrounding the frame work; a capacitive touch sensor layer; and a flexible material layer, located between the pressure sensor layer and the touch sensor layer and surrounding the capacitive pressure sensor layer. The capacitive touch sensor layer is above the flexible material layer when the capacitive pressure sensor layer is below the flexible material layer. The capacitive touch sensor layer has a first driving electrode and a first sensing electrode. The capacitive pressure sensor layer has a second driving electrode and a second sensing electrode. A 3D gesture control system and a vehicle control system applying the pressure sensing device are also disclosed. Via the pressure sensing device, the 3D gesture control system and the vehicle control system can generate control commands according to a touch or a pressure provided by a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: PixArt Imaging Inc.
    Inventors: Chin-Hua Hu, Yu-Han Chen, Yu-Sheng Lin
  • Patent number: 12194866
    Abstract: A power cutoff device includes a relay unit including a switch having a connecting state and a cutoff state, a cutoff unit connected in series to the switch, a current detector to detect an object current flowing through the cutoff unit, and a controller to control the relay unit and the cutoff unit. The cutoff unit has a connecting state and an irreversible cutoff state. The controller obtains a changing rate of the object current with respect to time. The controller causes the switch to be in the connecting state and causes the cutoff unit to be in the connecting state if determining that the changing rate is not greater than a changing-rate threshold. The controller causes the relay unit to be in the cutoff state and cause the cutoff unit to be in the irreversible cutoff state if determining that the changing rate is greater than the changing-rate threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Hirobe, Tatsuya Okamoto, Shun Kazama
  • Patent number: 12195122
    Abstract: An emergency steering control apparatus of a four-wheel independent steering system includes a sensor module to detect a malfunction in a steering system of a vehicle provided with a wheel independent steering system and a processor to, when at least one leading wheel in a direction of movement of the vehicle malfunctions during forward movement or reverse movement of the vehicle, control normal wheels located opposite the at least one malfunctioning wheel in the direction of the movement so that the vehicle turns in an intended direction for emergency parking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tae Hong Kim
  • Patent number: 12196575
    Abstract: Devices and methods for automatic calibration of rate gyroscope bias are described. One example method includes receiving, while the device is in motion, a plurality of measurements from one or more sensors, including a gyroscope, in the device. In this example, the plurality of measurements is acquired over a time period. The method also includes identifying one or more time segments, within the time period, having a low motion activity of the device by comparing a computed value associated with a motion of the device to a predetermined threshold. The method further includes determining, based on one or more measurements acquired over the one or more time segments, a degree of motion metric for at least one of the one or more sensors, and determining, based on the degree of motion metric for the at least one of one or more sensors, an estimate of a bias of the gyroscope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: CloudNav Inc.
    Inventors: Nathan Charles Royer, Erik E. Anderson
  • Patent number: 12187299
    Abstract: The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to, when an abnormality is detected in an electronic control apparatus that controls a plurality of functions, continue an operation without affecting the other function and secure safety of a control target device corresponding to the function in which the abnormality is detected. In the vehicle mounted electronic control apparatus according to the present invention, each of a first computing portion and a second computing portion outputs an operation check signal, and a driver control unit sets a driver corresponding to the computing portion in which an abnormality is indicated by the operation check signal among the first computing portion and the second computing portion, to a degenerated state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Toru Fukuda, Yoshitaka Tokunaga
  • Patent number: 12191032
    Abstract: Semi-autonomous vehicle apparatus which is controlled by a plurality of control sources includes a vehicle which may function autonomously and apparatus for control of the vehicle by either an onboard driver or a driver not situated onboard. The vehicle may also be controlled by an off-vehicle computational device. Hierarchy setting apparatus determines which one or combination of the possible control entities take priority. Persons using the apparatus are identified by either a password or, preferably by providing identification based on a biologic feature. Management of impaired vehicle operators is provided for.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Inventor: Jeffrey A Matos
  • Patent number: 12187287
    Abstract: Techniques for determining behavior profiles and unique identities for objects observed in an environment of an autonomous vehicle are described. The behavior profiles may be used to control operation of the vehicle and increase safety of the vehicle by identifying potentially risky or erratic behaviors and navigating through the environment accordingly. The behavior profiles may be stored locally for a short-term period of time to ensure rapid access to profiles when the object is observed and readily identified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Zoox, Inc.
    Inventor: Taylor Andrew Arnicar
  • Patent number: 12187272
    Abstract: A vehicle comprises an autonomous driving system and a vehicle platform that controls the vehicle in response to a command received from the autonomous driving system. In the present vehicle, when the autonomous driving system issues a first command to request the vehicle platform to provide deceleration to stop the vehicle and a first signal indicates 0 km/h or a prescribed velocity or less, the autonomous driving system issues a second command to request the vehicle platform to maintain stationary. And after brake hold control is finished, a second signal indicates standstill. Until the second signal indicates standstill, the first command continues to request the vehicle platform to provide deceleration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ikuma Suzuki, Yuta Ohashi
  • Patent number: 12188280
    Abstract: A passenger safe exit assist device and a method thereof obtain information of an obstacle around a vehicle and a speed at which the door of the vehicle is opened, set a virtual first line along the obstacle, and control the speed at which the door is opened, based on at least one of the first line or the speed. The device and method provide a customer with various safe exit modes such that the customer freely selects a mode and experiences alighting safely from the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Deok Ho Park
  • Patent number: 12179608
    Abstract: Systems and methods for monitoring and managing temperature of power packs of supercapacitors are disclosed. The system comprises a plurality of supercapacitor power packs associated with an electric motor. Further, an energy database is provided and configured to store data related to the charge of the supercapacitor power packs and thermal energy requirements related to the supercapacitor power packs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: SUSTAINABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: John Cronin
  • Patent number: 12179768
    Abstract: A road surface condition estimation apparatus which accurately estimates a road surface condition even under changes of external environment such as weather, etc., and a road surface condition estimation method using the same is described. The road surface condition estimation apparatus includes: a sensor module which is mounted on a tire; a receiver module which receives sensing information measured by the sensor module; a processing module which extracts a parameter for estimating a road surface condition by analyzing the sensing information received by the receiver module; and an estimation module which estimates the road surface condition by using the parameter extracted by the processing module. The sensing information includes an acceleration of the tire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: HANKOOK TIRE & TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Ho Jong Lee, Min Tae Kim, Saied Taheri
  • Patent number: 12184628
    Abstract: A system for managing an access to an asset is provided. A digital key to the asset is generated and synchronized between a first user device of a first user and an access control device that controls the access to the asset. A key-sharing request is initiated by the first user device to grant a second user the access to the asset. Based on the key-sharing request, an application server communicates the digital key to a second user device of the second user. When the second user device is within a detection range of the access control device, the access control device receives the digital key from the second user device, validates the digital key, and grants the second user the access to the asset for an access duration defined in the key-sharing request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: EVQ TECHNOLOGIES PRIVATE LIMITED
    Inventors: Arjun Singh, Martin Griffith, Mario Landau Holdsworth, Gangadhara Gopi
  • Patent number: 12184345
    Abstract: A positioning system includes a vehicular exterior communication device and a positioning device. The vehicular exterior communication device has an antenna and a strength detector. The antenna is disposed at a side surface portion of the vehicle that receives a wireless signal transmitted from the portable terminal. The strength detector detects reception strength of the wireless signal received by the antenna. The positioning device determines whether the portable terminal is present at an operating area based on vehicular exterior device strength as the reception strength of the wireless signal from the portable terminal detected by the vehicular exterior communication device. The vehicular exterior communication device is disposed under a door of the vehicle in a posture in which a center of directivity of the antenna faces upward or downward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichiro Sanji, Nobuyasu Okabe, Nobuyoshi Nagai
  • Patent number: 12183211
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for performing determinations and actions as to a required time of arrival (RTA) for an aircraft during flight. In exemplary embodiments, data is received as to the RTA for the aircraft during flight. Also in exemplary embodiments, determinations are made, via a processor, as to one or more RTA limits for the aircraft based on the RTA. Also in exemplary embodiments, the RTA limits comprise one or both of the following: one or more limits for aircraft speed based on the RTA; and one or more limits for aircraft arrival time based on the RTA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Steven Curtis Crouch, Santosh Mathan, Matthew Joseph, Bradley Bootz, Richard Snyder
  • Patent number: 12183132
    Abstract: Systems and methods for multi-signal fault analysis are described. The system receives signal message information, over a network, from a collection device comprised of a plurality of mobile devices including a first mobile device and a second mobile device that are associated with a first user. The first signal message information includes a first maintenance message including characterization information that was received by the first mobile device from a component that includes a sensor that operates to sense a first part that is assembled into a vehicle. The second signal message information includes signal information that was received by the second mobile device including an audio signal that a microphone in the second mobile device sensed. The system analyzes the multi-signal information to diagnose a problem and communicate a message to the first user with a diagnosis of the problem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventor: Jeremy Leigh Cattone
  • Patent number: 12185204
    Abstract: A system broadcasts a vehicle state query to a plurality of vehicles within an ATSC broadcast radius at a plurality of different time windows. The system receives responses to the state query indicating at least vehicle motion data. The system aggregates the data to determine time windows when vehicles are present within the broadcast radius and are not stationary when vehicles are present within the broadcast radius and are stationary. Further, the system determines time windows projected to result in completed delivery above a predefined threshold percentage of a vehicle software update designated for broadcast, chosen for delivering the update to the threshold percentage as quickly as possible with higher data rate transmission relative to other time windows. The system automatically instructs an ATSC transmission point to broadcast the vehicle software update during the determined time windows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Oliver Lei, Jayanthi Rao
  • Patent number: 12179760
    Abstract: A vehicle control device has a processor configured to determine a set speed for a vehicle representing a target speed based on a speed limit of a road, and a current correction value corresponding to the speed limit of the road, count a number of changes the set speed for the vehicle has been changed by a driver, and calculate a new correction value for the set speed for the vehicle based on a correction coefficient determined based on the number of changes, and speed difference between the set speed for the vehicle after change and the speed limit of the road, each time the number of changes has been counted, wherein the next set speed for the vehicle is determined based on the speed limit of the road on which the vehicle is traveling and the new correction value corresponding to the speed limit of the road.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kenta Kumazaki
  • Patent number: 12181306
    Abstract: An object is to reduce the data size of surrounding environment information to be stored. A vehicle control device that includes a processor, a first storage unit, and a second storage unit, and stores route information to a target point, the vehicle control device including: an input device that acquires route information of a vehicle and surrounding environment information around the vehicle; and a short-term storage information processing unit that stores the route information and the surrounding environment information acquired while the vehicle is traveling into the first storage unit as short-term storage information, in which the short-term storage information processing unit calculates a feature degree of the surrounding environment information when storing the route information, and temporarily stores the surrounding environment information in which the feature degree is equal to or greater than a predetermined value into the first storage unit as the short-term storage information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Motomune Suzuki, Masashi Seimiya
  • Patent number: 12183180
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a processor configured to: acquire connection information representing a state of a connection region including a connection portion that connects a vehicle and a power supply target such that power is able to be supplied; determine whether the connection information includes information indicating an abnormality in the connection portion; and output information that issues a notification that the connection portion is abnormal when the processor determines that the connection information includes the information indicating an abnormality in the connection portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Tabata, Motoki Takahashi, Naofumi Magarida, Yuko Azuma, Takaharu Tateishi
  • Patent number: 12172627
    Abstract: A park electronic securement (e-securement) system for a battery electric vehicle (BEV) includes an electric vehicle control unit (EVCU) connected to a park pawl system of the BEV and configured to, when there is at least one of a plurality of malfunctions of an electrical system including a high voltage battery, a DC-DC converter, and a low voltage battery, receive power from a redundant power source voltage provided by the high voltage battery via the DC-DC converter and command either the park pawl system or an electric park brake to transition the BEV to a park state and, when there are none of the plurality of malfunctions of the electrical system, receive power from the low voltage battery for control of the park pawl system to transition the BEV to the park state when requested.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: FCA US LLC
    Inventors: Abhilash Gudapati, Abhilash Valson
  • Patent number: 12177992
    Abstract: To provide an electronic control device capable of securing electromagnetic compatibility and mechanical strength. An electronic control device includes a base portion formed in a bottomed cylindrical shape; an electronic control board provided in the base portion; and connectors provided on an opening side of the base portion and electrically connected to the electronic control board, in which the base portion includes a first layer formed of a conductive member and a second layer formed of a member different from that of the first layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Fujimasa, Eiji Ichikawa, Masao Horie, Masashi Saito, Hiroi Nambu, Tomokazu Tanase
  • Patent number: 12172657
    Abstract: A method includes receiving sensed vehicle-state data, actuation-command data, and surface-coefficient data from a plurality of remote vehicles, inputting the sensed vehicle-state data, the actuation-command data, and the surface-coefficient data into a self-supervised recurrent neural network (RNN) to predict vehicle states of a host vehicle in a plurality of driving scenarios, and commanding the host vehicle to move autonomously according to a trajectory determined using the vehicle states predicted using the self-supervised RNN.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Shuqing Zeng, Yubiao Zhang, Bakhtiar B. Litkouhi
  • Patent number: 12174726
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a verification apparatus for a vehicle-mounted control apparatus having a first program processing unit that executes a current program, based on an output of a sensor and outputs a processing result to an actuator unit. Because the verification apparatus has a second program processing unit that executes the current program and outputs a processing result, a third program processing unit that shares the output of the sensor unit with the second program processing unit and that executes a new program and outputs a processing result, and a comparison determination unit that compares the respective outputs, it is made possible to perform a regression test effective for the new program at low cost, without affecting operation of the vehicle-mounted control apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Koji Shimamura
  • Patent number: 12172649
    Abstract: Inaccurate sensor data, such as by caused by reflections, may skew ground profile estimations that identify a profile or plane associated with a surface, such as a roadway. Correcting a ground profile that was based on inaccurate sensor data may include determining a location at which a slope of the ground profile meets or exceeds a maximum slope, determining a line associated with the location and having a slope of a magnitude equal to the maximum slope, and using the line to determine a subset of sensor data points that lies outside a region defined by the line. The subset of sensor data points that lies outside the region may be excluded from the set of sensor data points used to generate ground profile(s) and a new ground profile may be determined using the set of sensor data points, less the subset of sensor data points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Zoox, Inc.
    Inventor: Jacob Daniel Boydston
  • Patent number: 12170027
    Abstract: An aircraft mission calculation system is configured to calculate an environmental benefit index. The system includes an aircraft trajectory calculation engine, able to calculate at least one potential mission trajectory between a geographic point of origin and a geographic point of destination. The aircraft trajectory calculation engine comprises an environmental benefit index calculation module, able to activate the calculation engine. The environmental benefit index calculation module is able to determine an environmental benefit index (GI) of the potential trajectory from the first amount of carbon dioxide (Q1(TR1)) produced on a first reference trajectory defining a fastest mission, the second amount of carbon dioxide produced on a second reference trajectory (Q2(TR2)), defining a mission minimizing the amount of carbon dioxide produced, and the potential amount of carbon dioxide produced on the potential trajectory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: DASSAULT AVIATION
    Inventors: Cyrille Grimald, Benoît Urien
  • Patent number: 12169407
    Abstract: A device for steering an agricultural machine having independently steerable axles includes first and second steerable axle interface to couple with a first steering mechanism of a first steerable axle and a second a second steering mechanism of a second steerable axle. The device includes a planning module having a guidance path for the agricultural machine, and a steering control module to coordinate steering of the steering mechanisms. The steering control module includes a translational comparator to determine a translational difference between a location of the agricultural machine relative to the guidance path, an angular comparator to determine an angular difference between an angular orientation of the agricultural machine relative to the guidance path, and a translation steering controller to actuate the first and second steering mechanisms according to the translational difference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Raven Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Yuri Sneyders, Jeffrey Allen Van Roekel
  • Patent number: 12168458
    Abstract: System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to vehicle maneuvering using predictive control with automated driving and contingency planning to preserve safety and increase comfort. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, by a controller, an operator command associated with a vehicle maneuver while automated driving is engaged. The method also includes adjusting a motion command associated with the vehicle maneuver by applying a predictive control according to motion estimates outputted from the automated driving and the operator command, the predictive control using motion constraints that are constant between time intervals for the vehicle maneuver. The method also includes controlling, by the controller, a vehicle using the motion command for a time step during the time intervals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Toyota Research Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Katherine Steele Schweidel, Miroslav Baric, Sarah Koehler, Vishnu R. Desaraju, Matthew Brown, Timothee Jean William Cazenave
  • Patent number: 12163799
    Abstract: An interactive system for use in connection with recreational vehicle usage includes a server system, including an off-road trail database containing trail data, trail condition information, and points-of-interest information, as well as a trip mapping system accessible by any of a plurality of riders, allowing a rider to create a route based on the data in the off-road trip database. The server system further includes a trail maintenance interface accessible by users affiliated with an authorized group to edit the trail data, trail condition information, and points-of-interest information associated with the authorized group. The server system includes a location data management system configured to receive location data, allowing a rider to publish location information to one or more other riders, and a user feedback interface configured to receive trip data from riders for publication, including information describing an actual route and user data associated with that route.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Polaris Industries Inc.
    Inventors: David J. Koenig, Joseph D. Tharaldson, Adam C. Koosmann, Christopher G. Wolf, William C. Fisher, Kim A. Weckert, John W. Callahan, Daren W. Herman, Todd L. Frostad, Gary L. Gustafson
  • Patent number: 12164629
    Abstract: A vehicle-mounted communication system in which a plurality of communication devices and a determination device for determining an abnormality regarding the communication devices are connected to each other via a bus, wherein the determination device includes: a transmitting unit that transmits a determination signal at a predetermined voltage to each of the communication devices; and a determination unit that determines the abnormality based on a response signal transmitted from each of the communication devices in response to the determination signal, each of the communication devices includes: a signal output unit that outputs a first logical value signal based on a unique voltage threshold, in response to a determination signal that is received; and a generating unit that generates a second logical value signal based on the first logical value signal, and the signal output unit outputs the response signal to the bus based on the second logical value signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Masayuki Inoue
  • Patent number: 12164910
    Abstract: Tracking controller configuration is provided. Each ECU of a plurality of ECUs is queried for feature codes indicative of elements of functionality implemented by the respective ECU. Each of the feature codes corresponds to a target quantity of ECUs involved in implementing the functionality. An alert is indicated responsive to the querying returning a different quantity of ECUs implementing the functionality than the target quantity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Karl Nathan Clark, Jason Michael Miller, John Caradillo, Vijayababu Jayaraman
  • Patent number: 12162482
    Abstract: A method includes, in response to an ignition on signal: determining, using one or more sensors, whether a host vehicle is moving from a first lane to a second lane; determining, using one or more sensors, whether an object is in at least one of a blind zone of the host vehicle and in the second lane within a threshold distance of the host vehicle; in response to a determination that an object is in at least one of the blind zone of the host vehicle and in the second lane within the threshold distance of the host vehicle, performing at least one operator assistance maneuver; and, in response to a determination that an object is not in at least one of the blind zone of the host vehicle and in the second lane within the threshold distance of the vehicle, not performing the at least one operator assistance maneuver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Steering Solutions IP Holding Corporation
    Inventors: Farhad Bolourchi, Jeffery A. Zuraski
  • Patent number: 12162516
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of detecting a gesture in a transport, responsive to the gesture being detected, identifying an action to be performed by the transport, identifying currently engaged transport operations, determining whether performing the action will exceed a threshold transport operation level based on the currently engaged transport operations, and determining whether to perform or cancel the action corresponding to the detected gesture based on whether the threshold transport operation level will be exceeded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Sachin J. Ahire, Manoj Kalamkar, Christopher J. Risberg
  • Patent number: 12165442
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for filtering operating scenarios during the operation of a vehicle. The method includes receiving at least one time series of data, storing time-ordered data points of the at least one time series of data in a first memory, generating a trace diagram for the time-ordered data points stored in the first memory, checking whether the trace diagram generated is new in comparison to one or more existing trace diagrams, and storing the time-ordered data points stored in the first memory, in a second memory if the trace diagram generated is new.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Antonia Reiter, Indrasen Raghupatruni, Maria Belen Bescos Del Castillo, Christian Bartelt, Guido Drechsel, Lars Hoffmann, Noah Metzger
  • Patent number: 12163793
    Abstract: A method for predicting travel of a vehicle includes determining a prediction starting location and a plurality of prediction destinations including a plurality of possible intersections within a boundary at a predefined distance from the starting location. The method also includes determining, for each destination, at least one route to the destination, resulting in a plurality of routes at least one of which corresponds to each destination, including determining a statistical likelihood of the vehicle remaining on an intersection-exit that is along a potential route and selecting at least one route to each destination with the highest statistical likelihood. Responsive to the vehicle no longer being on a selected route, selecting at least one new route to the at least one destination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Christian Winge Vigild, Eduardo Perez Guzman, Frederik De Smet, Daniel Roettger
  • Patent number: 12162507
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for an advanced driver-assistance system (ADAS) that obtains data from a plurality of sensors. In some embodiments, the system can retrieve data regarding a user's past interactions and analyze the data with the sensor data to determine the user's behavior. In some embodiments, the ADAS can determine whether a user is unaware of an ADAS feature based on this behavior and a prompt that recommends the ADAS feature. The user's response to this prompt may be incorporated into the user's behavior for future recommendations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.
    Inventors: Simon A. I. Stent, Guy Rosman
  • Patent number: 12165642
    Abstract: A vehicle-mounted device operation system, includes: an operating part that is located in a vehicle cabin, and configured to be subjected to operation for manually operating a vehicle-mounted device; a sound collector that is located in the vehicle cabin, and configured to collect speech of an occupant; and a processor configured to determine whether a command to the vehicle-mounted device is included in a content of the speech of the occupant collected by the sound collector, activate the vehicle-mounted device according to the command, when the processor determines that the command to the vehicle-mounted device is included in the content of the speech of the occupant, and highlight the operating part for the vehicle-mounted device activated by the processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuki Kozono, Shu Nakajima, Takeshi Nawata
  • Patent number: 12157537
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of operating an electronic device associated with a related bicycle component and comprising a processor and a wake unit, the method comprising the following steps executable by the processor of the electronic device: operating alternately in standby mode and in running mode, switching from the standby mode to the running mode upon receiving a wake signal from the wake unit at predetermined wake conditions, and before switching from the running mode to the standby mode, modifying the configuration of the wake unit by updating the predetermined wake conditions, such that the subsequent wake signal is sent to the processor at updated wake conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: CAMPAGNOLO S.R.L.
    Inventor: Antonio Rizzo
  • Patent number: 12159317
    Abstract: Methods and systems are described for generating a vehicle-to-vehicle traffic alert and updating a vehicle-usage profile. Various aspects include detecting, via one or more processors associated with a first vehicle, that an abnormal traffic condition exists in an operating environment of the first vehicle. An electronic message is generated and transmitted wirelessly, via a vehicle-mounted transceiver associated with the first vehicle, to alert a nearby vehicle of the abnormal traffic condition and to allow the nearby vehicle to avoid the abnormal traffic condition. The first vehicle receives telematics data regarding operation of the nearby vehicle after the nearby vehicle received the electronic message, and transmits the telematics data to a remote server for updating a vehicle-usage profile associated with the nearby vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY
    Inventors: Brian Mark Fields, Steven C. Cielocha, Jacob J. Alt, Laura A. Uphoff, Leo Nelson Chan, Mohamed A. Wazeer, Kristopher Keith Gaudin, Justin Davis, Nathan W. Baumann, Giles Roll
  • Patent number: 12158791
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a portable device for unlocking a vehicle, a method, and a storage medium. The portable device includes a communication unit and a processing unit. The communication unit is configured to scan a pairing request signal from the vehicle, and transmit a locking/unlocking signal to the vehicle. The processing unit is configured to: receive a motion status signal indicating a motion status of the portable device and a temperature signal indicating an ambient temperature of the portable device; and switch an operating mode of the portable device based on at least one of the motion status signal and the temperature signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: NIO TECHNOLOGY (ANHUI) CO., LTD
    Inventors: Yiqi Han, Bohong Xiao, Zheng Liu, Yunwei He, Qizhuang Shen, Tongzhou Zhou, Zihan Wang, Cheng Wang
  • Patent number: 12159536
    Abstract: Systems and apparatuses include one or more processing circuits including one or more memory devices coupled to one or more processors. The one or more memory devices are configured to store instructions thereon that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to: receive a parameter regarding operation of a first vehicle of a first platoon; compare the parameter to a first predetermined threshold; responsive to determining that the parameter satisfies the first predetermined threshold, determine an exit parameter for the first vehicle; and cause the first vehicle to exit the first platoon based on the exit parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: Cummins Inc.
    Inventors: Vivek Anand Sujan, Phani Kiran Vajapeyazula, Govindarajan Kothandaraman, Jingxuan Liu, Kenneth M. Follen
  • Patent number: 12154393
    Abstract: Systems, methods and computer program products that facilitate closed loop parallel batch data logging in a vehicle. A system can include a memory and a processor that executes computer executable components. The computer executable components can include: a data collection component that receives data from a plurality of devices related to a vehicle, and the data collection component stores batches of the data as data chunks, an event component that determines an event associated with the vehicle and a transmission component that transmits a chunk of the data chunks temporally associated with the event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: Volvo Car Corporation
    Inventor: Robin Westlund
  • Patent number: 12152899
    Abstract: A guidance text generation device that generates a guidance text for a user includes a route generation unit that generates a route including nodes from a point of departure to a destination, the nodes being represented by the point of departure, corners or/and ends at which a traveling direction changes and the destination and geographical information including types for classifying things located on a route connecting nodes, the types being classified into at least one of global brands, universal signs/facilities, objects peculiar to Japan, shops/facilities with alphanumeric notation, and shops, facilities and objects that do not fall under any of such categories and a guidance text generation unit that generates a guidance text for the generated route based on the generated route, the geographical information on the generated route, presentation priority of the geographical information associated with the type of the geographical information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Asuka Miyake, Misa Hirao, Hiroya Minami
  • Patent number: 12154443
    Abstract: Systems and methods for aerial unmanned vehicle (for example, drone) early warning privacy breach detection, interception, and defense are disclosed. The system detects drones within a threshold distance of an individual or configurable location, notifies the individual of the drones' existence, tracks the drones, and executes countermeasures. The system can communicate with telecommunication networks or other sources (for example, FAA) to identify and filter out drones that are authorized to be in the airspace around the individual.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Yocam, Damon Laursen
  • Patent number: 12151644
    Abstract: In system and methods for loss mitigation, accident data associated with a vehicle accident involving a driver may be collected. The accident data may be analyzed, and a likely severity of the vehicle accident may be determined based upon the analysis of the accident data. A communication related to emergency assistance or an emergency assistance recommendation may be generated based upon the determined likely severity of the vehicle accident, and transmitted, via wireless communication, from one or more remote servers to a mobile device associated with the driver. A wireless communication from the driver indicating approval or modification of the emergency assistance or emergency assistance recommendation may be received. A third party may be notified, via a communication sent from the remote server(s), of requested emergency assistance as approved or modified by the driver. An estimated insurance claim may also be generated based upon vehicle accident likely severity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
    Inventors: Thomas Michael Potter, Mark E. Clauss, Dustin Ryan Carter, Douglas Albert Graff, Megan Michal Baumann, Atlanta Bonnom, Craig Cope, Jennifer Luella Lawyer, Curtis Simpson, Nathan W. Baumann
  • Patent number: 12151625
    Abstract: Vehicle drive and control systems are disclosed. A utility vehicle includes a first electric drive motor configured to drive a first traction wheel, a second electric drive motor configured to drive the a traction wheel, a steering wheel configured to receive a first user input, one or more pedals configured to receive a second user input, a steering input sensor, and a drive input sensor. The steering input sensor is configured transmit a steering input signal that corresponds with a steering input position. The drive input sensor is configured to transmit a drive input signal that corresponds with a drive input position. A plurality of controllers are configured to collectively generate, based on the steering input signal and the drive input signal, a first drive signal to drive the first electric drive motor and a second drive signal to drive the second electric drive motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: Hydro-Gear Limited Partnership
    Inventors: Alyn G. Brown, K. Mike McCoy, Gregory Barton Moebs, Gregory E. Arends, Damon J. Hoyda, Jesse L. Probst, Joseph Hamilton, John Tyler Hibbard
  • Patent number: 12154562
    Abstract: A voice control method for controlling functions of a vehicle including: creating a voice instruction set including voice instructions for converting interface elements associated with related vehicle functions into voice-controllable elements without any wake-up word; acquiring one or more interface elements currently presented on a human-machine interface (HMI) of the vehicle; extracting a voice instruction corresponding to the acquired one or more interface elements from the voice instruction set; and outputting the voice instruction to a speech engine, so that the speech engine processes a voice signal detected in the vehicle according to the voice instruction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: Volvo Car Corporation
    Inventor: Wei Wang
  • Patent number: 12151686
    Abstract: The present invention provides an information provision system that provides a user with information for coping with a problem by using an information terminal having a camera and a display, wherein the information terminal includes at least one processor with a memory comprising instructions cause the at least one processor to at least: identify a problem area in a captured image obtained by the camera; and display, on the display, a plurality of procedure screens indicating contents of a procedure for coping with the identified problem area, in accordance with an answer from the user, the plurality of procedure screens include a first procedure screen on which a plurality of answer items selectable by the user are displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke Yamaoka, Yu Takiguchi, Kazuhiko Tanaka, Hitomi Hamamura, Taku Aoki, Takuya Ishii, Hideki Kazami, Taisuke Kotani, Makoto Terada, Kunio Nakakita, Hironao Ito
  • Patent number: 12153063
    Abstract: A micromechanical inertial sensor. The inertial sensor includes a first sensor element for measuring an inertial variable in a first frequency band, and a second sensor element for measuring a periodic acceleration in a second frequency band. The second frequency band is at least partially above the first frequency band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Klaus Petzold, Reinhold Wolpert, Sebastian Guenther, Zoltan Szkupien