Remote Control System Patents (Class 701/2)
  • Patent number: 11702000
    Abstract: A display device includes a light source irradiating excitation light and a window glass for a vehicle, such as a windshield, capable of emitting visible light through incident radiation of the excitation light, and allows the window glass for a vehicle to emit the light so as to display a message toward an outside of the vehicle by irradiation with the excitation light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke Nakajima, Yuusuke Oota, Atsushi Nohara, Masashi Yanai
  • Patent number: 11698611
    Abstract: A power management system includes a plurality of power storages and a server. The server includes a selector that selects at least one of the plurality of power storages, a scheduler that makes a schedule for the selected power storage, and a request processor that requests a user of the selected power storage to promote external charging, suppress external charging, or carry out external power feed in accordance with the made schedule. The server obtains power run-out information that indicates power run-out risk for each power storage and carries out at least one of selection of the power storage and making of the schedule in accordance with a type of a request based on the obtained power run-out information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yoshiyuki Tsuchiya
  • Patent number: 11693428
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for controlling an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) includes identifying a set of target markers based on a plurality of images captured by an imaging device carried by the UAV. The set of target markers includes at least two or more types of target markers that are in close proximity to be detected within a same field of view of the imaging device. The method further includes determining a spatial relationship between the UAV and the set of target markers based at least in part on the plurality of images, and controlling the UAV to approach the set of target markers based at least in part on the spatial relationship while controlling the imaging device to track the set of target markers such that the set of target markers remains within the same field of view of the imaging device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Peiliang Li, Xuyang Feng, Cong Zhao, Jie Qian, You Zhou
  • Patent number: 11695851
    Abstract: A system that has a plurality of controllers of a vehicle configured to execute functions of the vehicle as well as a gateway of the vehicle configured to secure communications between the plurality of controllers and resources of the controllers. To secure the communication, the gateway can be configured to generate links between the controllers and host devices having the resources according to a stored group of approved devices as well as establish, via the links, secured channels for communication between the controllers and the host devices. The system can also include a caching buffer, configured to hold data to be stored to and retrieved from data storage nodes of a distributed data storage system of the vehicle. The distributed data storage system can be configured to store data used by operations performed by the controllers and the gateway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert Richard Noel Bielby
  • Patent number: 11691729
    Abstract: Methods and associated systems and apparatus for controlling a moveable device are disclosed herein. The moveable device includes an image-collection component and a distance-measurement component. A representative method includes generating an image corresponding to the operator and generating a first set of distance information corresponding to the operator. The method identifies a portion of the image in the generated image and then retrieves a second set of distance information from the first set of distance information based on the identified image portion corresponding to the operator. The method then identifies a gesture associated with the operator based on the second set of distance information. The method then further generates an instruction for controlling the moveable device based on the gesture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ketan Tang, Guyue Zhou, Zhuo Guo
  • Patent number: 11693432
    Abstract: A system and method for autonomously controlling a set of unmanned aerial vehicles is provided. The autonomous ground control system may include a communications module and a fleet configuration module in communication with one or more user interface applications. The autonomous ground control system may receive one or more flight commands and generate fleet configuration instructions and safety information. The autonomous ground control system may provide the fleet configuration instructions to each unmanned aerial vehicle in the set in order to carry out the fleet configuration instructions in real time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: BlueHalo, LLC
    Inventors: Alexis Henry Clark, David Beck
  • Patent number: 11685379
    Abstract: A vehicle control device has a processor configured to assess whether or not a lane change is necessary based on a scheduled route and surrounding environment information for a vehicle and select a traffic lane of the road, to produce a driving lane plan showing the scheduled driving lane, determine the notification priority representing the priority for notifying the driver of the planned lane change, based on at least one item from among the scheduled route, and the result of assessing whether or not the planned lane change is included in a plurality of continuous planned lane changes to be executed for a common purpose, when it has been planned to execute a lane change and suppress notification to the driver of planned lane changes with low notification priority compared to notification to the driver of planned lane changes with high notification priority, using a notification unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takeshi Matsumura, Ryosuke Machida, Ryuta Hashimoto, Yuki Mori, Takamitsu Toyoura
  • Patent number: 11687072
    Abstract: An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) navigation system includes a portable, ground-based landing pad comprising having a first antenna configured to transmit a data packet; a UAV comprising a second antenna configured to receive the data packet; and second processing circuitry configured to determine a signal strength between the first antenna and the second antenna; determine, based on the signal strength, an orientation of the vehicle relative to the landing pad; and determine, based on a time of flight of the data packet, a distance between the vehicle and the landing pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Hai Pham, Saul Cooper, Mark Finney, Arjun BJ
  • Patent number: 11687073
    Abstract: The invention relates to a special controller for an electric wheelchair (D), comprising an element for inputting commands (input element) and an adapter box (B) for transmitting data of the input element to an input/output module (C) of the electric wheelchair (D), wherein the data of the input element are transmittable wirelessly to the adapter box (B) and the input element comprising a wearable computer system (wearable) (A).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: MUNEVO GMBH
    Inventors: Claudiu Hidas, Julius Baron, Aashish Trivedi, Deepesh Pandey, Konstantin Madaus
  • Patent number: 11681287
    Abstract: A system includes a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium has instructions stored thereon that, upon execution by a processor of a portable user device, cause the processor to wirelessly connect to a machine via a wireless transceiver of the portable user device, display a control interface for the machine on a user interface of the portable user device, receive a user input through the control interface regarding operation of a controllable component of the machine, and provide a command to the machine via the wireless transceiver based on the user input to facilitate remote operation of the controllable component of the machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Oshkosh Corporation
    Inventors: Bryan Datema, Cody Clifton, Xiang Gong, Zhenyi Wei, Shashank Bhatia
  • Patent number: 11682302
    Abstract: A server, a personal mobility communicating with the server and a vehicle are provided. The server includes a transceiver that communicates with vehicles and a plurality of personal mobility. A controller sets a geo-fence area based on a size information of the vehicles and a size information of the plurality of personal mobility during cluster driving. The controller determines driving positions of the vehicles as primary in the set geo-fence area based on the size information of the vehicles, determines driving positions of the plurality of personal mobility as secondary in the set geo-fence area based on the size information of the plurality of personal mobility and adjusts layout information for the driving positions determined as the primary and the secondary to be transmitted to the vehicles and the plurality of personal mobility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Minjae Park, Seunghyun Woo
  • Patent number: 11681420
    Abstract: Methods and systems for presenting transportation options that utilize different modalities are provided. In one embodiment, a method is provided that includes receiving a location of a mobile device. A map may then be generated on the mobile device that depicts an area surrounding the location of the mobile device. An information value of the map may be determined and a first position of a panel may be determined based on the information value. The map and the panel may be displayed, with the panel overlaying at least a portion of the map in the first position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Lyft, Inc.
    Inventors: Anna Pan, Bradley Ellis, Jaden Junghyuan Choi, Kevin Michael Tezlaf, Mario Gomez-Hall, Robert Joseph Marsan, Sravanthi Kadali, Christine Mara Todorovich, Marc Haumann
  • Patent number: 11678184
    Abstract: A communication apparatus executes authentication via wireless communication with a mobile device and, based on an authentication process, controls execution of a vehicle operation requested by a user. The communication apparatus includes a detection unit configured to detect closure of a door of a vehicle, an authentication processing unit configured to determine, in response to detection of the closure of the door by the detection unit, whether a specific mobile device is inside the vehicle by executing a first authentication process corresponding to a vehicle operation for which a highest security is set, among a plurality of vehicle operations that can be requested by the user, and an execution unit configured to execute, when the authentication processing unit has determined that the specific mobile device is inside the vehicle, a requested vehicle operation requestable from an inside of the vehicle and included in the plurality of vehicle operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shigeki Nishiyama
  • Patent number: 11675368
    Abstract: A system includes one or more processors configured to be disposed onboard a vehicle. When in an active state of the vehicle in which the system receives instructions from an off-board system, the one or more processors receive enforcement targets from an off-board source. The enforcement targets are associated with corresponding portions of a route, and have corresponding associated enforcement activities to be performed based on location of the vehicle relative to the corresponding portions of the route. The one or more processors are also configured to store at least some of the received enforcement targets onboard the vehicle as preserved targets having corresponding preserved enforcement activities, responsive to a transition from the active state to a degraded state of the vehicle in which the enforcement targets are no longer received. Also, the one or more processors are configured to perform the preserved enforcement activities associated with the preserved targets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventor: Janmejay Tripathy
  • Patent number: 11674814
    Abstract: A device can obtain historical accident data identifying accidents within a geographic region. The device can classify geographic areas within the geographic region as being sparse accident-prone zones (APZs) or dense APZs by processing the historical accident data using a clustering technique and clustering parameters. The device can generate data identifying geographic boundaries of the sparse APZs and the dense APZs. The device can provide the data identifying the geographic boundaries to be stored using a data structure. The device can receive telematics data associated with a vehicle within the geographic region. The device can determine whether the vehicle is in or approaching a particular APZ based on whether a location of the vehicle is within the particular APZ or based on whether the vehicle is likely to enter the particular APZ. The device can provide an alert to the vehicle or a user device associated with the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Anil Nakirikanti, Thomas George Ancheriyil, Anjjan Sathia Narayan, Lakshmi N. Chakarapani, Kapilan Baskar, Chaewon L. Min
  • Patent number: 11678230
    Abstract: A wireless communication network serves a User Equipment (UE) that executes a low-latency application. A source Application Server (AS) exchanges low-latency data with the UE over a source wireless access node based on application context for the UE. The application context for the UE comprises a user identifier, a session identifier, and a session pointer. A target AS receives a handover notice and responsively retrieves the application context for the UE from the source AS. The target AS exchanges additional low-latency data with the UE over a target wireless access node based on the application context for the UE that comprises the user identifier, the session identifier, and the session pointer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: T-MOBILE INNOVATIONS LLC
    Inventor: Zheng Cai
  • Patent number: 11673474
    Abstract: A technique controls regenerative braking to reduce skidding of a vehicle. Such a technique involves imparting rotation to an alternating current (AC) electric motor to move the vehicle to a first commanded vehicle speed; applying a regenerative braking power to the AC electric motor to bring the vehicle to a second commanded vehicle speed; while applying the regenerative braking power, adjusting the level of regenerative braking power applied to follow a predetermined speed reduction rate; while adjusting the level of regenerative braking power applied, provide a limit to the maximum level of regenerative braking power available; and while providing the limit to the maximum level of regenerative braking power available, adjusting the limit to the maximum level of regenerative braking power available based on a current speed of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Textron Innovations Inc.
    Inventors: Russell William King, Kevin Douglas Grove
  • Patent number: 11675371
    Abstract: Provided herein is a system and method for fleet coordination in a vehicle. The system comprises one or more sensors, one or more processors, and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to perform, capturing current data associated with the vehicle, planning a route of the vehicle based on the captured current data, navigating the vehicle in accordance with the planned route, detecting an instant position of the vehicle while navigating the vehicle, and coordinating a movement of another vehicle with the vehicle based on the detected instant position of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Pony AI Inc.
    Inventor: Piaoyang Cui
  • Patent number: 11678294
    Abstract: An operation management device is configured to acquire a subscriber ID to identify a subscriber joining a service using a mobile telephone line from a mobile terminal over the mobile telephone line, to acquire the position information representing the position of a flight device, which the mobile terminal acquires from the flight device before or during its flight over a wireless communication line different from the mobile telephone line, from the mobile terminal over the mobile telephone line, and to acquire a device ID to identify the flight device from the mobile terminal over the mobile telephone line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: KDDI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tomoaki Matsuki
  • Patent number: 11676307
    Abstract: According to an aspect of an embodiment, operations may comprise capturing, at a vehicle as the vehicle travels, LIDAR scans and camera images. The operations may further comprise selecting, at the vehicle as the vehicle travels, a subset of the LIDAR scans and the camera images that are determined to be useful for calibration. The operations may further comprise computing, at the vehicle as the vehicle travels, LIDAR-to-camera transformations for the subset of the LIDAR scans and the camera images using an optimization algorithm. The operations may further comprise calibrating, at the vehicle as the vehicle travels, one or more sensors of the vehicle based on the LIDAR-to-camera transformations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: NVIDIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Qian Gong, Lin Yang, Mark Damon Wheeler
  • Patent number: 11673543
    Abstract: Provided are a vehicle control system and a vehicle control method, the vehicle control system including one or more image sensors disposed on a vehicle to have a field of view of an outside of the vehicle and configured to capture image data, a processor configured to process the image data captured by the image sensor, and a controller configured to set a travelling route from an alighting infrastructure to a parking infrastructure based at least in part on processing of the image data, and control the vehicle stopped in the alighting infrastructure to travel along the travelling route and to be parked in the parking infrastructure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: HL KLEMOVE CORP.
    Inventors: Hyeong Min Woo, Jae Suk Kim
  • Patent number: 11673577
    Abstract: A method may include obtaining one or more inputs in which each of the inputs describes at least one of: a state of an autonomous vehicle (AV) or a state of an object; and identifying a prediction context of the AV based on the inputs. The method may also include determining a relevancy of each object of a plurality of objects to the AV in relation to the prediction context; and outputting a set of relevant objects based on the relevancy determination for each of the plurality of objects. Another method may include obtaining a set of objects designated as relevant to operation of an AV; selecting a trajectory prediction approach for a given object based on context of the AV and characteristics of the given object; predicting a trajectory of the given object using the selected trajectory prediction approach; and outputting the given object and the predicted trajectory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: CYNGN, INC.
    Inventors: Biao Ma, Lior Tal
  • Patent number: 11678148
    Abstract: A lift device having an implement, a prime mover configured to drive the implement, and a connectivity module communicably coupled with the lift device. The connectivity module is configured to receive an input relating to a status of the lift device, and provide an indication representing the status of the lift device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Oshkosh Corporation
    Inventors: Korry D. Kobel, Fredric L. Yutzy, Dan Adamson, Stefan Eshleman, Greg Pray
  • Patent number: 11670177
    Abstract: A method may include receiving an identifier (ID) from a first unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) prior to a flight, storing the ID and receiving telemetry information from the first UAV during the flight. The method may also include storing the telemetry information, receiving a request from a user device for information associated with a first location and authenticating the user device. The method may further include determining whether at least one UAV is flying in an area associated with the first location and transmitting telemetry information associated with the at least one UAV, in response to determining that at least one UAV is flying in the area associated with the first location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Jared Nelson Muirhead, Matthew Fanelli, Dana Maher, Eric T. Ringer, Michael David Bergeron
  • Patent number: 11669801
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a warehouse system (100) comprising a three-dimensional arrangement of storage spaces including a plurality of lanes extending in a longitudinal direction (X), a plurality of rows extending in a transverse direction (Z), and one or more levels in a vertical direction (Y). One or more cars (104) for carrying goods (106) are arranged in at least one of the plurality of rows, wherein the one or more cars (104) in a respective row are drivable along the respective row in the transverse direction (Z), and wherein the number of the one or more cars (104) in the respective row is less than the number of the plurality of lanes. The warehouse system (108) comprises at least one shuttle (108) drivable to shift goods (106) along at least one of the plurality of lanes in the longitudinal direction (X).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Inventor: Mikhail Voloskov
  • Patent number: 11661189
    Abstract: There are provided mechanisms for upgrading a piece of network equipment. A method is performed by a monitoring unit operatively connectable to the piece of network equipment. The method includes obtaining an indication of a need to upgrade the piece of network equipment. The method includes providing a request towards an unmanned aerial vehicle for the unmanned aerial vehicle to upgrade the piece of network equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventor: Badawi Yamine
  • Patent number: 11661071
    Abstract: A method and control system for updating functionality of a vehicle are presented. The vehicle includes at least one vehicle internal system, at least one add-on system arranged in the vehicle after the vehicle is produced by a manufacturer, and at least one internal communication unit arranged for communication with at least one vehicle external communication unit. The method includes: receiving, using the at least one internal communication unit, information related to at least one functionality of the vehicle from the at least one vehicle external communication unit; and updating, based on the information related to at least one functionality of the vehicle, at least one functionality defined in an add-on interface, the add-on interface being arranged in the vehicle as an interface between the at least one vehicle internal system and the at least one add-on system, whereby updating of said at least one functionality is parameter-based.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Scania CV AB
    Inventors: Alexander Saers, Johan Aneros, Henrik Felixson
  • Patent number: 11662881
    Abstract: An information processing device that is used to control a vehicle, includes: a first acquisition unit that acquires information pertaining to a switch that has been operated on a smart key corresponding to the vehicle; and a display control unit that performs control to display an operation screen for controlling the vehicle based on the information pertaining to the switch that has been acquired by the first acquisition unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Jumpei Fuke, Kuniharu Tsuzuki, Shimpei Asai, Shota Honda, Nobuyoshi Nagai
  • Patent number: 11648937
    Abstract: A driver assistance device is configured to determine whether a type of a deceleration target is included in a category of a position-fixed object or a moving object, and determine whether the deceleration target is lost, and to continue the deceleration assistance on assumption that the lost deceleration target exists when the deceleration target is determined to be lost. The driver assistance device is configured to notify a driver of a host vehicle that the deceleration target is lost when the deceleration target is determined to be lost and the type of the deceleration target is included in the category of the moving object, and not to notify the driver that the deceleration target is lost when the deceleration target is determined to be lost and the type of the deceleration target is included in the category of the position-fixed object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuta Ikezawa, Kohei Tochigi, Shogo Ito
  • Patent number: 11652390
    Abstract: A compact electric motor (1) includes a housing (2), a stator (3), a rotor (4) with a rotor winding (5) or permanent magnets located thereon. A thermal protection device protects the electric motor against overheating. A sensor unit (6) is provided as a thermal protection device. The sensor unit (6) includes a temperature sensor (7) for detecting temperature-based measurement values, a radio module (8) with an antenna (8a) for sending sensor signals of temperature-based measurement values or data or information derived therefrom by radio to an external receiving unit (9). The sensor unit (6) has a memory (13) and a microcontroller (10). The sensor unit (6) is a self-supplying assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: INTER CONTROL HERMANN KÖHLER ELEKTRIK GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Peter Pössnicker
  • Patent number: 11648969
    Abstract: A vehicle communication system includes a wireless communication device and a controller that controls operation of the wireless communication device. The controller directs the wireless communication device to switch between operating in an off-board communication mode and operating in an onboard communication mode. The wireless communication device communicates a remote data signal with an off-board location while the wireless communication device is operating in the off-board communication mode and the wireless communication device communicates a local data signal between vehicles of the vehicle system while the wireless communication device is operating in the onboard communication mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Transportation IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Jared Klineman Cooper, Robert James Foy, David Michael Peltz, Eugene Smith, Steven Andrew Kellner, Brian William Schroeck, Keith Gilbertson, Joseph Forrest Noffsinger, Wolfgang Daum
  • Patent number: 11650583
    Abstract: A system for remote viewing and control of self-driving vehicles includes: an execution subsystem for deployment at an execution location containing a self-driving vehicle. The execution subsystem includes: a capture assembly to capture multimedia data depicting the execution location, and a server to receive the multimedia data and transmit the multimedia data for presentation at an operator location remote from the execution location. The server relays operational commands and operational status data between the self-driving vehicle and the operator location. The system includes an operator subsystem for deployment at the operator location, including: a display assembly, and a computing device to: (a) establish a connection with the server; (b) receive the multimedia data from the server and control the display assembly to present the multimedia data; and (c) receive control commands and transmit the control commands to the server for execution by the self-driving vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: CLEARPATH ROBOTICS INC.
    Inventor: Ryan Christopher Gariepy
  • Patent number: 11650602
    Abstract: A user interface for fleet management includes a first user interface zone and a second user interface zone, which are can be presented to the user simultaneously on the same first user interface. On the first user interface is presented, in response to a selection made by the user, simultaneously at least two parallel first selection elements, and from the selected at least one first selection element, at least one selectable first selection element related thereto and included in the next higher or lower hierarchical level. The second user interface zone is arranged to present information which is based on selections made by the user via the first user interface zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: PONSSE OYJ
    Inventors: Jarmo Hiljanen, Hanna Vilkman
  • Patent number: 11644830
    Abstract: A teleoperations system may be used to select from among multiple scenarios generated by an autonomous vehicle based upon context data provided to the teleoperations system by the autonomous vehicle. Furthermore, an autonomous vehicle may validate a selected scenario prior to executing that scenario to confirm that the scenario does not violate any vehicle and environmental constraints for the autonomous vehicle. Further, a user interface may be presented to a teleoperations system operator to coordinate the display representations of different scenarios with those of the user interface controls used to select such scenarios.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: AURORA OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Gwennael Herve Jonathan Gate, Dmitriy Kislovskiy, Narek Melik-Barkhudarov, Nathaniel Gist, IV
  • Patent number: 11645629
    Abstract: Technologies for providing real-time visualizations of a behavior of an autonomous vehicle (AV) associated with a ride request. In some examples, a method for providing real-time visualizations of a behavior of an AV associated with a ride request can include receiving a user request for a ride from an AV, wherein the user request specifies a pick-up location associated with a user; receiving sensor data from one or more sensors associated with the AV; determining, based on the sensor data, a state and context of the AV while the AV is en route to the pick-up location; and presenting, at a display interface, a map depicting one or more visual indicators of the state and context of the AV, the state and context of the AV including a location of the AV and one or more AV operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: GM Cruise Holdings LLC.
    Inventors: Jessica Leary, Jonathon Staff, John Logan Anderson, Max Meyers, Pratik Patel, Robin Yang, Bradley Ryan, Josh Berlin, Teresa Lin, Stanley Shiao, Michael Magnoli, Chau-Yan Wang, Christopher Fry
  • Patent number: 11645876
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of providing active services based on big data using a remote start device of a vehicle. The method includes the steps of: collecting information related to the vehicle and a driver; deriving a behavior prediction value for predicting driver's behavior based on the collected information; operating an active service determination unit when the derived behavior prediction value meets a preset condition; determining, by the active service determination unit, proposal of an active service to the driver based on the collected vehicle-related information; determining a type of the active service and a time of providing the active service; transmitting proposal of the determined active service to a driver terminal to be displayed; and starting execution of the determined active service according to a change in the state of the driver terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: GARIN SYSTEM Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yun Sub Lee
  • Patent number: 11639232
    Abstract: A motor controller of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is optimized to improve operation of the UAV. The motor control optimizations include controlling a motor of a UAV to reduce an operating temperature of the UAV, reducing an amount of latency or jitter resulting from motor operation, and applying a smoothing filter for motor operation. For example, controlling a motor of a UAV to reduce an operating temperature of the UAV can include using a temperature model for the unmanned aerial vehicle or an operating temperature measurement to determine a current operating temperature and comparing that current operating temperature to a threshold. If the threshold is exceeded, settings of the motor are adjusted to cause the motor to operate in a manner that reduces the current operating temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
    Inventor: Joseph A. Enke
  • Patent number: 11635759
    Abstract: A robot for moving in an administrator mode, can include a positioning sensor configured to sense a transmitter for calculating a position of the transmitter; an obstacle sensor configured to sense an obstacle around the robot; a driver configured to move the robot; and a controller configured to in response to receiving a signal from the transmitter, align the robot toward the position of a transmitter, move the robot toward the transmitter while avoiding one or more obstacles sensed by the obstacle sensor, and in response to no longer receiving the signal from the transmitter or a distance between the transmitter and the robot being equal to or less than a preset distance, stop the robot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Hyeri Park
  • Patent number: 11635776
    Abstract: An unmanned aerial vehicle is caused to fly by avoiding a no-fly zone, which changes as a moving object moves. Provided is an unmanned aerial vehicle control system, including: moving object position acquisition means for acquiring moving object position information on a current position of a moving object moving above a surface of an earth; zone setting means for setting a no-fly zone in which a flight of an unmanned aerial vehicle is inhibited based on the moving object position information; and flight control means for controlling the flight of the unmanned aerial vehicle so that the unmanned aerial vehicle avoids the no-fly zone set based on the moving object position information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: RAKUTEN GROUP, INC.
    Inventor: Jun Takizawa
  • Patent number: 11632370
    Abstract: A communication device provides secure inter-device authentication that ensures certainty of processes. The communication device includes a control section configured to execute a process related to transmission or reception of a first authentication signal and a second authentication signal that are necessary for a first authentication process for authentication between the communication device and another communication device. The control section further controls a second authentication process for different authentication from the first authentication process, and starts a process related to transmission or reception of first information that is necessary for the second authentication process after transmission or reception of the second authentication signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO
    Inventors: Yosuke Ohashi, Masateru Furuta, Yuki Kono, Shigenori Nitta
  • Patent number: 11627433
    Abstract: Methods and devices are provided for allowing a mobile device (e.g., a key fob or a consumer electronic device, such as a mobile phone, watch, or other wearable device) to interact with a vehicle such that a location of the mobile device can be determined by the vehicle, thereby enabling certain functionality of the vehicle. A device may include both RF antenna(s) and magnetic antenna(s) for determining a location of a mobile device relative to the vehicle. Such a hybrid approach can provide various advantages. Existing magnetic coils on a mobile device (e.g., for charging or communication) may be re-used for distance measurements that are supplemented by the RF measurements. Any device antenna may provide measurements to a machine learning model that determines a region in which the mobile device resides, based on training measurements in the regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Brent M. Ledvina, Robert W. Brumley, Robert William Mayor, William J. Bencze, Alejandro J. Marquez, Shang-Te Yang, Xu Chen, Indranil S. Sen, Mohit Narang
  • Patent number: 11627481
    Abstract: To provide a mobile communication terminal test device and a mobile terminal test method capable of easily generating test cases for a mobile communication terminal supporting 5G NR at low cost without omissions. Provided is a mobile terminal test device 1 that tests a mobile communication terminal 2 by simulating a mobile communication base station, the mobile terminal test device including: an acquisition unit (141) that acquires terminal capability information, which is information related to a capability of the mobile communication terminal, by communicating with the mobile communication terminal; an extraction unit (142) that extracts first capability information related to a first wireless communication method from the terminal capability information; and a generation unit (144) that generates a test case as a combination (210) of parameter setting values to be set in test parameters in the first wireless communication method, based on the first capability information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: ANRITSU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shunsuke Chino, Tsuyoshi Sato, Takuma Goto, Ryoji Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 11623722
    Abstract: Aerodynamic aquatic weed removal and decontamination devices and decontamination methods are disclosed. In an embodiment, the aerodynamic aquatic weed removal and decontamination device includes a boat body and a shore-based device for remotely controlling the boat body. The boat body includes a power unit, a weed removal and decontamination unit, a positioning system, an environment perception system, and a shipborne controller. The power unit includes an engine, a propeller connected to the engine, and a rudder servo motor configured to control a heading of the boat body. The weed removal and decontamination unit includes a mesh conveyor. The positioning system includes a positioner configured to obtain real-time location information and heading information of the boat body. The environment perception system includes a wind sensor and a visual sensor. The shipborne controller is configured to control a navigation state of the boat body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Zhejiang University
    Inventors: Yufei Liu, Yong He, Fei Liu, Yidan Bao, Hui Fang, Xiaoli Li, Haiyan Cen, Yue Yu, Hangjian Chu
  • Patent number: 11625033
    Abstract: Remotely controlling use of an on demand electric vehicle is disclosed. In various embodiments, data associated with a vehicle is received via a communication interface. A determination is made based at least in part on the receive data that a condition associated with control of the vehicle is satisfied. In response to the determination, a communication to control the vehicle remotely in a manner associated with the condition is generated and sent to the vehicle. The vehicle includes a control module configured to control a controlled component comprising the vehicle in a manner indicated by the control communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Bird Rides, Inc.
    Inventors: Travis VanderZanden, William Scott Rushforth
  • Patent number: 11625036
    Abstract: Techniques are described herein for providing information regarding one or more actions an autonomous vehicle management system is planning to perform. The autonomous vehicle management system can also provide information indicative of one or more reasons for a planned action. This information can be provided through a user interface that displays an indication of the action together with an indication of the reason for the action. The information provided through the user interface can improve the user's trust in the safety of the autonomous vehicle, provide the user with context for evaluating the decisions made by the autonomous vehicle management system, and allow the user to decide for himself or herself whether the actions planned by the autonomous vehicle make sense.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: SafeAl, Inc.
    Inventor: Bibhrajit Halder
  • Patent number: 11618414
    Abstract: A method and system of theft detection for a vehicle are provided. The method comprises providing a telematics module, a body control module and an engine control module disposed in the vehicle having components and at least one theft-detected state. The body control module is in communication with the telematics module and the engine control module. The telematics module is in further communication with a backend server disposed remotely from the vehicle. The method further comprises detecting at least one event by the body control module defining a theft flag. The method further comprises detecting disablement of the telematics module from one of the body control module and the backend server. The method further comprises activating the at least one theft-detected state of the vehicle when the theft flag and disablement of the telematics module are detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventor: Ron Y. Asmar
  • Patent number: 11619940
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a method for operating an autonomous vehicle. To operate the autonomous vehicle, a plurality of lane segments that are in an environment of the autonomous vehicle is determined and a first object and a second object in the environment are detected. A first position for the first object is determined in relation to the plurality of lane segments, and particular lane segments that are occluded by the first object are determined using the first position. According to the occluded lane segments, a reaction time is determined for the second object and a driving instruction for the autonomous vehicle is determined according to the reaction time. The autonomous vehicle is then operated based on the driving instruction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Waymo LLC
    Inventors: Jared Stephen Russell, Jens-Steffen Ralf Gutmann
  • Patent number: 11619934
    Abstract: When a subject vehicle having an autonomous travel control function is remotely operated with a remote operation device, detected coordinate information indicating a temporal transition in detected coordinates of a gesture detected by a touch panel of the controller is acquired, and the change amount of a physical change occurring on the remote operation device is detected to acquire operation device transition information indicating a temporal transition in the change amount. Then, the frequency characteristics of the detected coordinate information are compared with the frequency characteristics of the operation device transition information to determine whether or not there is correlation, and when there is correlation, the subject vehicle is controlled to execute autonomous travel control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Suzuki, Junya Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11613354
    Abstract: A method for controlling flight includes displaying, in a real-time manner, a picture photographed and sent by a photographing device carried by an aerial vehicle; determining a no-clicking area in the picture based on a position of an obstacle or a no-fly zone; receiving a click operation of a user on the picture; and controlling a flight of the aerial vehicle based on the click operation. Controlling the flight of the aerial vehicle based on the click operation includes invalidating the click operation in response to determining a click location of the click operation being in the no-clicking area; and controlling the flight of the aerial vehicle based on a position of the click location in response to determining the click location being not in the no-clicking area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tao Zhao, Guyue Zhou, Ang Liu, Xiao Hu, Litian Zhang
  • Patent number: 11611881
    Abstract: A passive authentication method includes, in response to receiving a requested action from a first user, obtaining a set of sensor data and categorizing first sensor data of the set of sensor data into a first modality of a set of modalities. The method includes, for the first modality of the set of modalities, determining a distance value by applying a first modality model to the first sensor data and comparing the distance value to a first verified value of the first user for the first modality. The method includes, based on the comparison, determining a first authentication decision of the distance value. The method includes, in response to the first authentication decision indicating the first sensor data corresponds to the first user, performing the requested action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignees: Board of Trustees of Michigan State University, Ford Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Arun Ross, Anil K. Jain, Debayan Deb, Kwaku O. Prakah-Asante, Krishnaswamy Venkatesh Prasad