Diagnosis Or Maintenance Need Determined Externally To Vehicle Patents (Class 701/31.4)
  • Patent number: 12292807
    Abstract: A method for performing dataload protocol operation testing in an avionics Line Replaceable UNIT (LRU) is disclosed. In some embodiments, the method includes sending a request to initiate transfer of a dataload sequence from an external data loader to a target hardware. The method further includes receiving an acceptance status from the target hardware to initiate transfer of the dataload sequence based on at least one of the valid or invalid dataload sequence request or response. The method further includes determining, based on the invalid dataload sequence request or response, occurrence of one or more failure scenarios associated with at least one of: the transmission of the dataload sequence; and the receiving of the acceptance status from the target hardware on different stages of dataload operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: HCL Technologies Limited
    Inventors: Jignesh Jagdishbhai Trivedi, Sourav Dey
  • Patent number: 12294917
    Abstract: A local fleet connectivity system includes a plurality of machines disposed at a location. Each of the plurality of machines include an implement and a prime mover configured to drive the implement. The system includes a connectivity hub configured to establish, via a connectivity module, a connection with the plurality of machines. The connectivity hub is configured to establish a connection with at least one remote server. The connectivity hub is configured to exchange data between the plurality of machines and the at least one remote server. The data flows through the connectivity hub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Oshkosh Corporation
    Inventors: Korry D. Kobel, Fredric L. Yutzy, Dan Adamson, Stefan Eshleman
  • Patent number: 12291216
    Abstract: A vehicle control device is configured to issue a command to change at least a behavior of a vehicle in accordance with a change in a driving situation of the vehicle, and includes a vehicle condition detection device, an image capture device, a display device, and an arithmetic control device. The vehicle condition detection device is a slope angle detection sensor to measure a slope angle of a road surface on which the vehicle is driving. The image capture device is configured to capture an image of an area ahead of the vehicle. The display device is configured to display an image in a vehicle compartment of the vehicle. The arithmetic control device is configured to display the image of the area ahead of the vehicle on the display device when an amount of change in the slope angle measured by the vehicle condition detection device exceeds a predetermined threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Osamu Okada, Tatsuya Suto, Koki Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 12291211
    Abstract: A method for detecting a standstill of a vehicle includes detecting the standstill of the vehicle using at least one sensor, and, when the standstill is detected using the at least one sensor, carrying out a test routine for checking the standstill of the vehicle. The test routine uses at least one signal from at least one rate-of-rotation sensor as an input value. The method further includes rejecting the detected standstill of the vehicle when the at least one signal from the at least one rate-of-rotation sensor indicates that there is no standstill of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Sebastian Roith, Jens Strobel, Manuel Popp
  • Patent number: 12291214
    Abstract: A method for determining the payload mass resting on a wheel of a vehicle is disclosed. The method involves using a level sensor system, in a time period in which the vehicle is moved, a time series of measured values is detected, which each indicate the vertical position of the vehicle body in relation to the wheel. In the method, a model is provided for the temporal development of the vertical position under the influence of the gravitational force of vehicle body and payload, an elastic suspension between the vehicle body and the wheel of the vehicle, and a damping of the vertical relative movement between the vehicle body and the wheel of the vehicle. The model is parameterized at least using the sought payload mass. The wheel of the vehicle and the connection of the wheel to the roadway are assumed to be rigid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Lingga Aksara Putra, Philipp Birkholz
  • Patent number: 12288426
    Abstract: This inspection assistance program for assisting inspection of a vehicle causes a computer to function as: a display control unit 272 that causes a display unit 25 to display a selection screen for selecting one inspection execution item from a plurality of inspection items; and a device control unit 273 that causes a device provided to the computer and associated with the inspection execution item selected on the selection screen to operate. When a liquid amount of a battery of the vehicle is selected as an inspection execution item on the selection screen, the device control unit 273 may turn on a light 22 as a device associated with the inspection execution item. The device control unit 273 may activate an imaging device 23 that generates an image as the device associated with the inspection execution item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: ISUZU MOTORS LIMITED
    Inventors: Akira Imai, Masakazu Ishimaru, Hideto Hirahara
  • Patent number: 12277779
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory media are provided for a vehicle and mobile device interface for vehicle occupant assistance. An example method can include determining, based on one or more images of an interior portion of a vehicle, a pose of a mobile device relative to a coordinate system of the vehicle; determine a state of an occupant of the vehicle; and send, to the vehicle, data indicating the state of the occupant and the pose of the mobile device relative to the coordinate system of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Ziad Asghar, Wesley James Holland, Seyfullah Halit Oguz, Bala Ramasamy, Leonid Sheynblat
  • Patent number: 12275438
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling driving of a vehicle including a sensor that detects an input amount of an accelerator pedal applied a user and includes a controller. The controller determines an erroneous actuation of the accelerator pedal based on the input amount of the accelerator pedal and determines whether to release autonomous driving according to whether the accelerator pedal is erroneously pressed or actuated. In technology that controls autonomous driving by remotely generating autonomous driving control values, it is possible to improve the functional safety of a vehicle by determining whether to release the autonomous driving by determining a user's erroneous input or actuation of the accelerator pedal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Dong Hoon Kang
  • Patent number: 12277878
    Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer-readable media, for displaying directional visual indicators external to a wearable device for navigation. In some aspects, a wearable device may receive navigation signals while the wearable device is in a navigation mode. The navigation signals may indicate a direction of travel. The wearable device may display a first directional visual indicator corresponding to the direction of travel. The first directional visual indicator may be displayed external to the wearable device indicating the direction of travel is a first direction. The first directional visual indicator may be a directional light or a directional projection displayed external to the wearable device in the direction of travel. If the direction of travel changes from the first direction to a second direction, the wearable device may display a second directional visual indicator indicating the direction of travel is the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Sai Krishna Vadali, Sudha Rani Vatte, Hemang Jayant Shah
  • Patent number: 12269499
    Abstract: A vehicle notification device includes: a mode setting unit that sets a mode of a vehicle to either a first mode and a second mode based on mode setting information; an acquisition unit that acquires a driving diagnosis result; a classification unit that classifies the driving diagnosis result into a first diagnosis result or a second diagnosis result based on content of the driving diagnosis result; and a notification device that notifies a target occupant of the vehicle of information representing the driving diagnosis result when the vehicle is in the first mode, notifying the target occupant of information representing the first diagnosis result when the vehicle is in the second mode and the first diagnosis result is acquired, and notifying the target occupant of specific information instead of information representing the second diagnosis result when the vehicle is in the second mode and the second diagnosis result is acquired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yasuyuki Kamezaki
  • Patent number: 12270711
    Abstract: A temperature probe holder is provided. The device includes a magnetic fastener and a probe clip, whereby a connector secures the probe clip to the magnetic fastener. The magnetic fastener includes a notch and a slot. The probe clip includes a pair of resilient arms that extend upwardly and outwardly at opposite angles from a central base. Each resilient arm includes coaxially aligned apertures, such that a temperature probe can be inserted through a pair of coaxially aligned apertures. The temperature probe is secured to the probe clip due to an outward angle of the pair of resilient arms at rest. In operation, the magnetic fastener engages any ferromagnetic section of a cooking device. The device allows users to easily secure a temperature probe to various surfaces inside a cooking device. In some embodiments, the magnetic fastener is secured to an elongated ceramic bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Inventor: Brian Krueger
  • Patent number: 12257890
    Abstract: A method and a system for controlling cooling of a vehicle, and a vehicle are provided in the present disclosure. In the present disclosure, a maximum value among cooling demand values of cooling objects is used to control a servo component in a cooling system to operate according to an execution opening determined by a preset corresponding relation, so that operating states of the servo components may be correlated and may be comprehensively controlled, so as to prevent the control system from oscillating and improve control stability, thus solving a problem that periodic oscillation of the operating states of the servo components is easily caused and service life of the servo components is affected in existing control modes of the cooling system of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: GREAT WALL MOTOR COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Xuemeng Li, Chao Li, Haolong Fan, Zhenhui Liu, Ming Sun
  • Patent number: 12260683
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for a method, including: receiving multi-dimensional event data associated with a vehicle event; determining, based on the multi-dimensional event data, an inspection classification for the vehicle event; receiving multi-dimensional analysis data associated with the inspection classification for the vehicle event; determining, based on the multi-dimensional analysis data, a repair classification for the vehicle event; receiving multi-dimensional action data associated with the repair classification for the vehicle event; and determining, based on the multi-dimensional action data, a monitoring classification for the vehicle event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Gary E. Georgeson, Gregory J. Sweers
  • Patent number: 12253045
    Abstract: A multiple throttle device 100 includes: a throttle body 12 having a plurality of intake passages 10; a plurality of throttle valves 20; a plurality of secondary passages 102 respectively bypassing the plurality of throttle valves 20; and an air amount adjustment valve 30 for adjusting an amount of air flowing through the plurality of secondary passages 102. The air amount adjustment valve 30 includes a valve plug 40, and a guide part 50 for guiding the valve plug 40 in the axial direction. Opening into the inner peripheral surface 51 of the guide part 50 are: a plurality of first communication holes 52 respectively communicating with downstream sides of the throttle valves 20 in the plurality of intake passages 10; and a second communication hole 54 communicating with a canister 9 for collecting fuel vapor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: MIKUNI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jun Kiyono
  • Patent number: 12246699
    Abstract: A controller is provided for operating a system under admissible states. The controller includes an interface configured to connect the system storing a set of measured system states, a set of reference inputs and a set of system parameters in a storage arranged inside or outside the system, a memory storing measured system states, admissible reference inputs and admissible parameter sets and computer-executable programs including a parameter estimator and an adaptive reference governor (ARG), a processor, in connection with the memory. The processor is configured to perform the ARG and the parameter estimator. The parameter estimator extracts a pair of a reference input and the system state and compute a system parameter estimate based on the reference input and system state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Ankush Chakrabarty, Karl Berntorp, Stefano Di Cairano, Yebin Wang
  • Patent number: 12241222
    Abstract: A stage specifying unit specifies a work stage of a work machine. A target decision unit decides target postures of a boom and an arm based on the specified work stage. A control amount calculation unit calculates a control amount of the boom and the arm based on the target postures. A limiting unit limits the control amount of the arm such that a change amount of the control amount of the arm is within a predetermined change amount when the specified work stage is a work stage related to a hoist swing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Hatake, Ryuta Okuwaki
  • Patent number: 12240478
    Abstract: A system is for remote calibration and testing of a vehicle including a plurality of sensors and a data collection and transmission unit (“DCTU”). The system includes a receiving station and at least one virtual reality station. The receiving station is configured to establish a communication gateway between the DCTU and the at least one virtual reality station. The virtual reality station is configured to give a virtual vehicular experience by rendering data received from the DCTU on a plurality of actuators and a digital twin of the vehicle. Based on a physical experience and a recorded output in the at least one virtual reality station, an expert provides feedback to the DCTU via the receiving station for calibration and testing of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignees: Robert Bosch GmbH, Robert Bosch Engineering and Business Solutions Prix
    Inventors: Krishna Gopal Majumder, Preeti Phatnani
  • Patent number: 12236722
    Abstract: Approaches, techniques, and mechanisms are disclosed for large scale vehicle data collaborative analysis. According to one embodiment, a large amount of data streams is received from a multitude of vehicles. A distributed event streaming system is applied to parse the data streams based on an attribute, such as time sensitive data, location-specific data, or vehicle maintenance, operational, or fault-prevention data. A data container platform instance hosts applications that receive the parsed data streams. Output of an application is transformed into data streams having a common topic. Other applications may access the data streams by topic. Upon receiving an indication that an application has processed a data stream by topic, a decision point may be reached and executed by an external application, triggering an action on a vehicle from the multitude of vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignees: CARIAD SE, AUDI AG
    Inventors: David Mai, Edson Fangwa Nzeya, Sandeep Kumar Patil
  • Patent number: 12238616
    Abstract: An asset tracking system includes a tracking device associated with a mobile asset and a centralized device management platform. The tracking device is configured via a set of device configurations. The centralized device management platform includes one or more processors in communication with the tracking device and computer-readable memory encoded with instructions that, when executed, cause the system to receive location data corresponding to a location of the tracking device; evaluate the location data to identify a zone corresponding to a physical region that includes the location of the tracking device; compare an identified zone with a set of location-based rules to identify a rule associated with the identified zone; update the set of device configurations with a device configuration that is associated with an identified rule; and sync an updated set of device configurations to the tracking device to reconfigure the tracking device based on the identified rule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Insight Direct USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Ilya Alexander Eliashevsky, Landon Benjamin Register, Jonathan Lee Jackson, Thomas Richard Pankake
  • Patent number: 12233790
    Abstract: A method for checking a vehicle includes receiving measured data by an electronic computing device which is external to the vehicle and which is different from the vehicle. The measured data are received from a measurement device which is different from the vehicle and different from the electronic computing device and the measured data characterize an acceleration of the vehicle recorded by the measurement device and/or a noise of the vehicle recorded by the measurement device and/or an image of a subregion of the vehicle recorded by the measurement device. The received measured data are evaluated by the electronic computing device and the vehicle is checked for a malfunction based on the evaluating of the received measured data by the electronic computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Mercedes-Benz Group AG
    Inventors: Frank Schweickhardt, Jessica Gasper, Johannes Weiss
  • Patent number: 12233733
    Abstract: An electrified vehicle charging station according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a charger assembly including a plug connected to a terminal via a charger cable, and a transceiver configured to communicate information to an electrified vehicle which is useable to guide the electrified vehicle to an acceptable parking position. The acceptable parking position is a position in which the plug will reach a charging port of the electrified vehicle. A method is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Colin Turner Lieberman
  • Patent number: 12229149
    Abstract: An example method includes receiving a first service procedure including a plurality of procedural steps for servicing a vehicle, identifying at least one procedural step of the plurality of procedural steps to supplement with supplemental service information, receiving information about vehicles sharing one or more attributes with the vehicle, determining at least one piece of supplemental service information to supplement the at least one identified procedural step, and providing a supplemented service procedure comprising the first service procedure with the at least one piece of supplemental service information included with the at least one identified procedural step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: SNAP-ON INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Patrick S. Merg, Jacob G. Foreman, Todd Mercer
  • Patent number: 12221224
    Abstract: A fuel-based flight indicator apparatus for an electric aircraft is illustrated. The apparatus comprises a flight indicator and a computing device communicatively connected to the flight indicator, wherein the computing device is configured to receive a battery datum from a battery sensor located in the electric aircraft, receive an environmental datum from an environmental sensor located in the electric aircraft, determine an indicator datum as a function of the battery datum, the environmental datum, and a flight plan, and display the indicator datum on the flight indicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: BETA AIR LLC
    Inventors: Alexander Hoekje List, Vincent Moeykens, Thomas Henck
  • Patent number: 12222211
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a communication interface; and one or more processors configured to when determining that a degree of dirt of a vehicle exceeds a predetermined first threshold value, select at least one vehicle washing facility from among a plurality of vehicle washing facilities, based on an attribute of a user of the vehicle, and notify the user of guidance information for guiding the user to the selected vehicle washing facility via the communication interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Atsushi Okubo, Kento Nitta, Takaaki Kato, Daiki Kaneichi, Minoru Nakadori
  • Patent number: 12221099
    Abstract: An autonomous driving system mounted on a vehicle determines a target path based on necessary information and performs vehicle travel control such that the vehicle follows the target path. A first coordinate system is a vehicle coordinate system at a first timing when the necessary information is acquired. A second coordinate system is a vehicle coordinate system at a second timing later than the first timing. The autonomous driving system calculates, based on the necessary information acquired at the first timing, a first target path defined in the first coordinate system. Then, the autonomous driving system corrects the first target path to a second target path defined in the second coordinate system by performing coordinate transformation from the first coordinate system to the second coordinate system. The autonomous driving system uses the second target path as the target path to perform the vehicle travel control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Atsushi Sone, Yoji Kunihiro, Takahiro Yokota, Ryo Irie, Yoshinori Watanabe, Masateru Amano
  • Patent number: 12215531
    Abstract: Techniques for controlling a vehicle based on a collision avoidance algorithm are discussed herein. The vehicle receives sensor data and can determine that the sensor data represents an object in an environment through which the vehicle is travelling. A computing device associated with the vehicle determines a collision probability between the vehicle and the object at predicted locations of the vehicle and object at a first time. Updated locations of the vehicle and object can be determined, and a second collision probability can be determined. The vehicle is controlled based at least in part on the collision probabilities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Zoox, Inc.
    Inventors: William Cheringal, Evan David Cook, Nigil Lee
  • Patent number: 12219432
    Abstract: An asset tracking system includes a tracking device associated with a mobile asset and a centralized device management platform. The tracking device is configured via a set of device configurations. The centralized device management platform includes one or more processors in communication with the tracking device and computer-readable memory encoded with instructions that, when executed, cause the system to receive location data corresponding to a location of the tracking device; evaluate the location data to identify a zone corresponding to a physical region that includes the location of the tracking device; compare an identified zone with a set of location-based rules to identify a rule associated with the identified zone; update the set of device configurations with a device configuration that is associated with an identified rule; and sync an updated set of device configurations to the tracking device to reconfigure the tracking device based on the identified rule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Insight Direct USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Ilya Alexander Eliashevsky, Landon Benjamin Register, Jonathan Lee Jackson, Thomas Richard Pankake
  • Patent number: 12208808
    Abstract: One or more devices in a data analysis computing system may be configured to receive and analyze acceleration data corresponding to driving data, analyze the acceleration data, and determine driving patterns and associated drivers based on the data. Acceleration data may be collected by one or more mobile devices, such as smartphones, tablet computers, and/or on-board vehicle systems. Drivers associated with driving trips may be identified based on the acceleration data collected by the mobile devices. In some cases, driving patterns may be determined based on the acceleration data before and after stopping points during driving trips, and the driving patterns may be compared to a set of previously stored driving patterns associated with various different drivers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Allstate Insurance Company
    Inventor: Valery Alexander Kanevsky
  • Patent number: 12205658
    Abstract: Memory devices, or memory systems, described herein may include a controller (e.g., SSD controller) and a NAND memory device for storing inflight data. When the power loss event occurs, a memory system maintains (i.e., not un-select) the existing memory block being programmed at the time of power loss. The existing program operation at the event of power loss can be suspended by controller. The inflight data can be re-sent by controller directly to NAND latches, when power loss event was detected. The memory system can select a next, immediate available erased page and begin one-pulse programming to store the inflight data, without ramping down the program pump and program pulse, which was in use before the power loss event. The existing programming voltage is used to store/program the inflight data via single pulse programming. When power is restored, the inflight data is moved/programmed to another block for good data reliability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: SanDisk Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Shantanu Gupta, Amiya Banerjee, Harish Singidi
  • Patent number: 12202302
    Abstract: A tire pressure detection system with separated antennas includes a detection end and a receiving end. The detection end includes tire pressure detectors to detect the tire to obtain the information of tire status. The tire pressure detectors output the information of the tire status in the form of radio frequency signal and Bluetooth signal. In addition to the transmission to the built-in tire-pressure receiving device, the information of the tire status also can be displayed on the in-vehicle audio-video device and the user's mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Inventor: Shih-Chin Cho
  • Patent number: 12195018
    Abstract: A wire based control system for controlling a motor vehicle has an input having a transmitting unit for emitting signals for executing input commands, a first transmission channel for transmitting a first signal, a second transmission channel for transmitting a second signal, a receiving unit for receiving the signals, and an execution for executing the input commands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Philipp Schröter
  • Patent number: 12197182
    Abstract: A system for utilizing an identification marker on a tool part for determining a dimension thereof. The system includes a reader device for reading a machine readable code, and an electronic device connected to the reader device. The electronic device has a processing circuitry that causes the system to detect with the reader device, an identification marker at a tool part, wherein the identification marker is a unique machine readable code read by the reader device, and the unique machine readable code of the identification marker, and obtain from the unique machine readable code, individual dimension information data including at least one individually measured dimension of the tool part measured when manufacturing the tool part. A method and a computer program product for utilizing an identification marker on a tool part to be used for determining a dimension of the tool part and to a tool part is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Seco Tools AB
    Inventors: Micael Baudin, Jan Gravningsbraten
  • Patent number: 12190610
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for determining features in a vehicle. The interior of the vehicle can be scanned with a camera of a mobile device to locate one or more symbols or shapes within the interior. The one or more symbols or shapes can be processed using one or more machine learning models to obtain data associated with the one or more symbols or shapes. The data associated with the one or more symbols or shapes can be displayed to a driver of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignees: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Timothy Wang, Roger Akira Kyle, Bryan Else Yamasaki, Justin K Shen, Prince R Remegio, Jackson Zhu
  • Patent number: 12187271
    Abstract: A control device to be applied to a vehicle equipped with an imaging device and a safety device is configured to, based on moving-object detection information detected from images captured by the imaging device, actuate the safety device for a moving object. In the control device, a control unit is configured to, in response to any of certain information that it is certain that the object is a moving object and uncertain information indicating that it is not certain whether the object is a moving object being acquired as moving-object detection information, actuate the safety device based on a position of the object subjected to detection with the certain information or the uncertain information. An actuation region setting unit is configured to, when the moving-object detection information is the uncertain information, narrow an actuation region as compared to when the moving-object detection information is the certain information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignees: DENSO CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Atsushi Kobayashi, Masumi Fukuman, Akihiro Kida, Kunihiro Sugihara
  • Patent number: 12183135
    Abstract: An electronic control unit for a motor vehicle diagnostic system includes a diagnostic module for identifying and storing faults; a decision module, by way of which specific fault reactions are assigned to each identifiable fault and specific customer complaint states are assigned to the fault reactions; and a generation module for generating a defined fault status. For each fault which is set in the fault memory and can be transmitted to a diagnostic tester external to the vehicle by way of a fault log, the fault status can be generated such that all customer complaint states assigned to the fault can be identified from the fault log in the diagnostic tester. The decision module is also provided to a suitable diagnostic tester having a transmission interface to the at least one electronic control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Johannes Schwarz
  • Patent number: 12173784
    Abstract: In a vehicle including a first MG serving as a driving source, a power transmission mechanism configured to transmit power of the first MG to a drive wheel, and an oil circulation mechanism for cooling the power transmission mechanism and the first MG, it is determined that oil is short when a temperature of the first MG is higher than a temperature of the oil and a difference between the temperature of the first MG and the temperature of the oil is greater than a prescribed value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yosuke Kato
  • Patent number: 12165440
    Abstract: A method of providing vehicle diagnostics may include receiving a first communication from a user, processing the first communication using a natural language processing (NLP) model to produce NLP model output including a sequence of words, extracting one or more keywords from the sequence of words, and instructing a data acquisition and transfer device (DAT) connected to an OBD port of a vehicle to perform a selected function based on the one or more keywords. The method may further include receiving diagnostic data from the DAT, the diagnostic data having been retrieved from the vehicle by the DAT in accordance with the selected function, and determining a diagnostic condition of the vehicle based on the diagnostic data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Innova Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Phuong Pham, Ly Bach, Van Nguyen, Bruce Brunda
  • Patent number: 12162492
    Abstract: Example embodiments relate to lane adjustment techniques for slow lead agents. A vehicle computing system may use sensor data depicting the surrounding environment to detect when another vehicle is traveling in front of the vehicle at a speed that is less than a threshold minimum speed. If the other vehicle fails to increase speed above the minimum speed, the computing system may determine whether to change lanes to avoid the other vehicle based on speed data for other lanes. In some implementations, the computing system assigns penalties to lane segments surrounding the vehicle based on speed data for the different lane segments. For instance, the path finding system for the vehicle can use penalties and speed data to determine efficient routes that safely circumvent slow agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Waymo LLC
    Inventors: Pablo Abad, Karen Rajen Parikh, Kang Li, David Garber, Tony Grue, Khawaja Waqee Khalid
  • Patent number: 12157462
    Abstract: A system for controlling a subject vehicle includes a front detection unit to detect a driving situation of a target vehicle located in front of the subject vehicle; a determination unit to detect reversing of the target vehicle or predict a collision between the target vehicle and the subject vehicle through the front detection unit; and a control unit to, when the reversing of the target vehicle is detected or the collision between target vehicle and the subject vehicle is predicted through the determination unit, generate a warning signal of the subject vehicle or control driving of the subject vehicle so that the subject vehicle avoids the collision with the target vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ge O Park
  • Patent number: 12152641
    Abstract: An electric machine control system for a vehicle having an electric machine arranged to be selectively couplable to provide torque to a wheel of an axle. An input receives a fault-derived coupling state request signal and a further coupling state request signal. Each coupling state request signal is indicative of a request for a coupling state of the electric machine to the wheel of the axle. A processor determines the coupling state of the electric machine to the wheel of the axle in dependence on the fault-derived coupling state request signal and the further coupling state request signal. The processor determines the coupling state of the electric machine in precedence on the fault-derived coupling state request signal over the further coupling state request signal. A coupling signal indicative of the determined coupling state is output to control coupling of the electric machine to the wheel of the axle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: Jaguar Land Rover Limited
    Inventors: Gareth Jones, Blake Hemingway, Christopher Blakesley, Daniele Giovanelli, Matthew Hancock
  • Patent number: 12151694
    Abstract: Disclosed are an automobile diagnosis device, system and method. The automobile diagnosis device includes: a diagnosis protocol transceiver configured to fault code data of an automobile to be diagnosed; a communication module; a master controller electrically connected to the diagnosis protocol transceiver and the communication module; a multimeter circuit electrically connected to the master controller and configured to send multimeter data to the master controller; an oscilloscope circuit electrically connected to the communication module and configured to send oscilloscope data to the host computer by means of the communication module; a signal generating circuit electrically connected to the master controller and configured to generate an analog waveform signal in response to a driving signal of the master controller. The adaptability of the automobile diagnosis device is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: AUTEL INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGY CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Huaming Chen, Haibo Pang, Yong Chen, Fengji Bi, Kai Liu, Yuanping Luo
  • Patent number: 12154394
    Abstract: Techniques for using dynamic comparison groups to assess driving safety are provided. Customizable comparison groups of vehicle operator's may be created based upon specific parameters. Drivers belonging to each specific comparison group may be ranked among one another based upon a comparison of telematics data that is associated with each vehicle, which may indicate various metrics associated with each driver's driving safety. By providing each driver's ranking within comparison groups, a gamified interface and user interaction is achieved, which promotes competition and acts as an incentive for the drivers to drive safer and avoid risk. Additional incentives may be provided in the form of automobile insurance premium discounts and recommendations for improving the driver's ranking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY
    Inventors: Eric Webster, Eric Dahl, Blake Konrardy
  • Patent number: 12147866
    Abstract: A system comprises a dongle and a diagnostic tool. The dongle includes a vehicle communication transceiver (VCT), a first wireless transceiver, and a vehicle connector. The diagnostic tool includes a processor, a proximity sensing component, an output device, and a second wireless transceiver. The proximity sensing component outputs an output signal. The processor receives the output signal and make a determination that indicates whether the output signal indicates an object is in spatial proximity to the proximity sensing component. The processor outputs using the output device a notification based on the determination. The VCT performs a vehicle communication directly with a vehicle while the vehicle connector is connected to an on-board diagnostic connector (OBDC) of the vehicle. The first and second wireless transceivers communicates with each other to trigger a vehicle communication from the dongle to the vehicle while the vehicle connector is connected to the OBDC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Snap-on Incorporated
    Inventors: Derrick R. Steel, Joseph R. Grammatico, Roy S. Brozovich, Joshua C. Covington, Kahlil H. Cacabelos
  • Patent number: 12148252
    Abstract: A method is provided for use in maintenance of a vehicle. The method includes an onboard computer including an onboard reasoner diagnosing a failure mode onboard the vehicle using an onboard diagnostic model. The onboard reasoner further determines a service recommendation of a service action to address the failure mode. The method also includes an off-board computer including an off-board copy of the onboard reasoner receiving a measure of fix effectivity of the service action as performed to address the failure mode. The off-board copy diagnoses the failure mode or an alternate failure mode, from the measure of fix effectivity of the service action, and using an off-board copy of the onboard diagnostic model. Responsive to diagnosis of the alternate failure mode, the off-board copy determines a maintenance recommendation of a maintenance action to address the alternate failure mode, and generating a maintenance message including the maintenance recommendation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Kevin Swearingen, Stanley C. Ofsthun, Scott Hathaway, Belma A. Johnson
  • Patent number: 12141815
    Abstract: A system and method for identifying an environmental impact by a vehicle and tracking of the environmental impact is disclosed. The method includes receiving, by the vehicle and from a mobile device of a passenger, a request for transportation. The method further includes acquiring, by the vehicle, environment data of a surrounding environment and vehicle attributes. The acquired data is then transmitted to a server for processing. The server, based on the transmitted data, determines journey attributes of a journey corresponding to the request for transportation. The server further determines environmental impact of the journey based on the environment data, the vehicle attributes, and the journey attributes, and assigns an asset identifier to an asset corresponding to the environmental impact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Panasonic Automotive Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jan Jasper van den Berg, Matthew John Lawrenson
  • Patent number: 12130698
    Abstract: An information processing system, an information processing method, and a program that can examine an abnormal event based on abnormal time-series data including a plurality of signal data pieces are provided. An information processing device includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire a plurality of time-series data pieces, each time-series data piece including a plurality of signal data pieces, and the plurality of time-series data pieces including a plurality of normal time-series data pieces and abnormal time-series data, and an examination unit configured to determine for each signal data piece whether the abnormal time-series data is similar to each normal time-series data piece in each time section and examine an abnormal event based on a result of the determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Ippei Nishitani
  • Patent number: 12131595
    Abstract: A computing system is structured to receive operating data provided by a telematics circuit associated with a remote engine. The operating data comprises information provided by at least one sensor and/or at least one actuation command. The computing system is structured to determine, based on the operating data, a plurality of field-replaceable units (FRUs) associated with the operating data. The computing system is structured to generate a computer-based simulation corresponding to at least one degradation level for an FRU from the plurality of FRUs, identify a most probable failure, and rank the computer-based simulations across the plurality of FRUs. The computing system is structured to generate an electronic notification comprising data associated with the most probable failure and transmit the electronic notification to a computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Cummins Inc.
    Inventors: Rohan Achyut Gumaste, Michael Haas, Tara L. Hemami, Krithika Mohan, Veronica Susan Perks, Shakti Saurabh, Jeffrey David Selwyn Diwakar Abraham
  • Patent number: 12128857
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of detecting, by a component in a transport, that another component has been removed, detecting, by the component, that a replacement component has been added in the transport, providing, by the component, data to the replacement component, wherein the data attempts to subvert an authorized functionality of the replacement component, and responsive to a non-subversion of the authorized functionality, permitting, by the component, use of the authorized functionality of the replacement component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventor: Stephen Paul McFarland, Jr.
  • Patent number: 12131650
    Abstract: Provided is a method of transportation information exchange that includes receiving first data from a first aviation data source, such that the first data is provided in a first data format type and determining, based on a set of routing rules, a first aviation consumer of at least a first portion of the first data. The method further includes processing the first portion of the first data into a second data format type associated with the first aviation consumer and providing the first portion of the first data in the second data format type to the first aviation consumer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: AIRDEX, INC.
    Inventors: John Stephen Eberhardt, III, Matthew Joseph Scott Drew, Eric Shofstall Kucks, Boris Stanimirov Boiko, Andrew Scott Beals, Mitchell Robert Horning
  • Patent number: 12123730
    Abstract: Route management methods and systems for electric vehicles are provided. First, a driving monitoring system of an electric vehicle is used to detect a driving state of the electric vehicle. Then, the driving state is transmitted to the server via a network by the driving monitoring system. The server performs an analysis according to the driving state to obtain a driving behavior index of a driver corresponding to the electric vehicle. Then, a plurality of routes are provided in the server, wherein each route includes a plurality of stations, and average distance between two stations. The server selects one of the routes according to the driving behavior index, and assigns the selected route to the driver of the electric vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: NOODOE GROUP INC.
    Inventors: Yi-An Hou, Ming-San Huang, En-Yu Shih, Yu-Ting Liou, Chun-Hung Kung