Having Internal Vehicle Network To Distribute Diagnosis Or Maintenance Data Therein Patents (Class 701/32.7)
  • Patent number: 12159242
    Abstract: Method and system for transforming telematics data for agnostic use. For example, a computer-implemented method includes: receiving, from a first telematics system of a first type, telematics data in a first form, the telematics data being associated with a vehicle; and transforming, via a prediction model, the telematics data into a first prediction in a second form, the second form being: different from the first form, and the form which data collected, processed, stored, or transmitted by a second telematics system of a second type would be, the second type being different from the first type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: QUANATA, LLC
    Inventors: Kenneth Jason Sanchez, Tina Fang
  • Patent number: 12139037
    Abstract: A charge control system includes: a charging apparatus including a first processor to cause the charging apparatus to store electric power to be supplied to at least one preset facility; a facility server provided in the facility; and a charge control device including a second processor to acquire facility schedule information regarding a future schedule of the facility from the facility server, calculate an amount of electric power to be supplied to the facility based on a schedule of opening and closure of the facility included in the facility schedule information, and perform charging control for the charging apparatus based on the calculated amount of electric power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Daiki Yokoyama, Daiki Kawachino, Shota Tsukamoto, Rie Yayabe, Masaaki Sato
  • Patent number: 12128791
    Abstract: A method for managing state of charge of a battery of an electric work vehicle to be ready to return to work at a return to work time. Data comprising an expected date and time of return to work is obtained from the output of a user interface and used to calculate an expected duration of immobilization of the electric work vehicle. A charge rate is determined based on the expected duration of immobilization of the work vehicle and a targeted charge increase. A charging start time is calculated such that at the return to work time an actual state of charge of the battery is a target operational state of charge value. The temperature of the battery is adjusted such that the battery is at a target temperature at the charging start time. The charge cycle is started at the charging start time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Perkins Engines Company Limited
    Inventor: Thomas Twigger
  • Patent number: 12122401
    Abstract: An apparatus and method are disclosed for a self programmable microcontroller for a vehicle. The self programmable microcontroller comprises an expansion data bus. A switch module is electrically coupled to the expansion data bus. A second input device is electrically coupled to the switch module. An expansion module is electrically coupled between the original equipment manufacturer control module and the expansion data bus. A source code stored in the switch module for operating the switch module and the expansion module based on an electrical signal from the second input device. A calibration source code stored in the expansion module for calibrating the expansion module relative to the original equipment manufacturer control module. The switch module receives an electrical signal from the second input device and communicates through the expansion module and through the original equipment manufacturer control module for activating the original equipment manufacturer output device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: HOWELL VENTURES LTD.
    Inventors: Dane N. Millar, Yves Losier, Adam Wilson, Sara Megan Connor
  • Patent number: 12115821
    Abstract: A tire pressure monitoring system includes a first tire mounted on a first end of an axle and a second tire mounted on a second end of the axle. A first sensor is mounted on the first tire for measuring a pressure, and a second sensor is mounted on the second tire for measuring a pressure. The system includes means for transmitting measured pressure data from the first sensor and the second sensor to a processor. A tire pressure model is executed on the processor, and includes an aggregator that accumulates the measured pressure data from the first sensor and the second sensor. A noise filter filters sensor noise and generates filtered pressure data from the measured tire pressure data. A detection module receives the filtered pressure data and determines when a leak occurs in one of the tires. A leak notification is generated when the leak occurs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Lautaro Dolberg, Kanwar Bharat Singh
  • Patent number: 12097867
    Abstract: A method includes an initial trailer health assessment and real-time trailer health monitoring. The initial trailer health assessment includes autonomous pre-trip maneuvers of the autonomous vehicle during a first time period, and detecting a pre-trip vehicle health condition. A vehicle health score is calculated based on the pre-trip vehicle health condition. If the vehicle health score is at least a threshold value, real-time trailer health monitoring is performed during a trip of the autonomous vehicle during a second time period, by actively monitoring vehicle dynamics data and/or image data associated with the autonomous vehicle, to determine a fault condition of the autonomous vehicle. If the fault condition meets a first criteria, a control parameter and/or a travel plan of the autonomous vehicle is adjusted. If the fault condition meets a second criteria different from the first criteria, a signal is sent to cause the autonomous vehicle to cease movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: PlusAI, Inc.
    Inventors: Siva Bhargav Ravella, Xiaoyu Huang
  • Patent number: 12092052
    Abstract: A method for early detection of a stochastic preignition (SPI) in an internal combustion engine includes monitoring sensor data from a sensor that is coupled to the internal combustion engine of a vehicle, determining whether a SPI event will occur using the sensor data and a Hankel Alternative View of Koopman (HAVOK) model, and commanding the vehicle to take a corrective action before the SPI event occurs to prevent the SPI event from happening in response to determining that the SPI event will occur.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Alok Warey, Ronald O. Grover, Jr., Balakrishna Chinta, Elana M. Chapman, John O. Waldman, Hugh W. Miller
  • Patent number: 12094266
    Abstract: A method of performing diagnostics in a hierarchical diagnostics electrical architecture of a vehicle, the vehicle comprising a plurality of on-board computing devices for hosting the hierarchical diagnostics electrical architecture. The hierarchical diagnostics electrical architecture comprising: a component diagnostic layer having a plurality of electronic control units each comprising a diagnostics server module; and at least one supervisory diagnostic layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: JAGUAR LAND ROVER LIMITED
    Inventors: Dibyendu Palai, Sachin Shinde
  • Patent number: 12094257
    Abstract: A processor-implemented method for automatically creating aircraft maintenance records and work logs during aircraft maintenance operations is disclosed. The method comprises retrieving, using a processor, fault data, testing data, maintenance data, and status data regarding line replaceable units (LRUs) on an aircraft via a central maintenance computer (CMC) on the aircraft; automatically collecting from a remote terminal on the aircraft data regarding maintenance operations performed using the remote terminal; automatically recording, by the processor, in a maintenance database the fault data, testing data, maintenance data, status data, and data regarding maintenance operations performed using the remote terminal; and automatically populating, by the processor using data in the maintenance database, information in a plurality of fields in a maintenance work log.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Kashyap Amit, Rohini Sabnis, Sadguni Venkataswamy
  • Patent number: 12033439
    Abstract: A fault database includes a fault identifier, a signature or pattern that indicates the presence of the fault, and a set of mitigation control steps. The fault database is intermittently updated and downloaded to an agricultural machine. A fault identification system on the agricultural machine scans data logs that are generated by a log generation system on the agricultural machine and compares information in the data logs to the signature or pattern in the fault database to determine whether any of the faults in the fault database are present on the agricultural machine. If a fault in the fault database is present, a mitigation control step is identified to mitigate the fault, and a control signal is generated on the agricultural machine to implement the mitigation control step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Devin L. Mangus, Benjamin T. Miller, Bernhard Winkler
  • Patent number: 12034565
    Abstract: A vehicle control system is communicably connected with an electronic controller and a control circuit. The control circuit is controlled by the electronic controller as a control target. The vehicle control system communicates with the electronic controller using a control communication frame and communicates with the control circuit using a circuit communication frame. The control communication frame and the circuit communication frame have different formats from one another. The vehicle control system includes at least one of a first sequence circuit converting the control communication frame into the circuit communication frame or a second sequence circuit converting the circuit communication frame into the control communication frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yudai Hosoi, Yusuke Takahashi
  • Patent number: 12027870
    Abstract: Systems and methods for power and data distribution on an aircraft. One embodiment provides an aircraft comprising a plurality of nodes, a power system controller, and an aircraft controller. Each node is connected to a plurality of LRUs, and each node includes a node controller. The power system controller is configured to control power distribution to each node. The aircraft controller is configured to transmit data to each node and to receive data from each node. The node controller includes an electronic processor and a memory. The node controller is configured to control power to the plurality of LRUs, receive first data from at least one LRU of the plurality of LRUs, and provide the first data to the aircraft controller. The node controller is further configured to receive second data from the aircraft controller and provide the second data to at least one LRU of the plurality of LRUs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Robert F. Longley, John Chellgren, Christopher Patrick Sullivan
  • Patent number: 12010183
    Abstract: A method for managing vehicle occupant profiles includes detecting an unidentified radio device associated with a vehicle occupant, and localizing the radio device to a seat position. The method further includes updating an available vehicle occupant profile of the vehicle occupant with the detected and localized at least one unidentified radio device when other identified radio devices associated to the vehicle occupant are detected and localized to the seat position occupied by the vehicle occupant, establishing a new vehicle occupant profile of the vehicle occupant with the detected and localized at least one unidentified radio device when no other identified radio devices associated to the vehicle occupant are detected and localized to the seat position occupied by the vehicle occupant, and assigning a probability value to the updated or established vehicle occupant profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Ningbo Geely Automobile Research & Dev. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Magnus Nilsson, Jonathan Johansson
  • Patent number: 11993114
    Abstract: A cable system for a truck trailer for reducing the number and/or size of wiring in a commercial trailer cable system from seven to four, three, or two, while also facilitating bidirectional communication with all connected electronic devices in the trailer. The cable system has a ground cable, a power cable, and zero, one or two additional communication cables that may carry analog and/or digital communications between the control circuit and components of the trailer such as turn signal lamps, brake lamps, backup cameras, environmental sensors, and the like. A transformer for increasing the voltage on the power cable is disclosed, allowing the power and ground cables to be smaller without reducing power delivered to the trailer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Grote Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Adam Slade, Sankalp Pampattiwar, Cesar Perez-Bolivar
  • Patent number: 11984020
    Abstract: A vehicle control system (VCS) includes external communication interfaces, such as a Bluetooth® interface, for communicating with a user communication and control device, such as a smart phone or a tablet. The user is enabled to operate certain features of the vehicle, such as the remote start, power locks/trunk, climate control, and security features, through the smart phone. The VCS may also communicate with a remote server via the user's smartphone, for example, providing telematics data and receiving service reminders for display to the user on the smartphone, the VCS, or a display built into the vehicle. The VCS may be custom installed in the vehicle using the user's or the installer's smartphone, without a physical connection from the VCS to the smartphone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: VOXX INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: James S. Turner, Luc Samson
  • Patent number: 11954480
    Abstract: A center comprising one or more processors configured to: communicate with an OTA master configured to control, based on update data, a software update for a plurality of electronic control units mounted on a vehicle; transmit, to the OTA master, first-type update data that is the update data for a first electronic control unit on which a first-type non-volatile memory having one storage area is mounted and second-type update data that is the update data for a second electronic control unit on which a second-type non-volatile memory having two storage areas is mounted, the first electronic control unit and the second electronic control unit being included in the electronic control units; and control transmittance of the first-type update data and the second-type update data to the OTA master based on a communication state between the center and the OTA master.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomoyasu Ishikawa, Shunsuke Tanimori
  • Patent number: 11932124
    Abstract: An electrically driven vehicle includes at least one wheel driven by a motor, a vehicle body including a floor panel, a battery pack arranged on the lower side of the floor panel and configured to supply power to the motor, at least one wire harness extending in a front-rear direction of the electrically driven vehicle between the floor panel and the battery pack, and a harness cover extending in the front-rear direction of the electrically driven vehicle along the at least one wire harness and interposed between the at least one wire harness and the battery pack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kyosuke Kawase, Ryo Kimura, Kazuya Kushibiki
  • Patent number: 11928898
    Abstract: A vehicle diagnostic system and related method comprises an interface component connected to a vehicle's On-Board Diagnostics (OBD) port, interface elements comprising: a short range communication module; and a vehicle network protocol interface; short range communication module designed to automatically constitute a data link with a mobile communication device running a gateway module; vehicle network protocol interface configured to intercommunicate bi-directionally with short range communication module to obtain requests from gateway module and to send vehicle data to gateway module: said vehicle network protocol interface further configured to communicate bi-directionally with OBD port to send requests to the vehicle's networks and to derive vehicle data therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Autolab Inc.
    Inventor: Ayobami Abayomi Olalere
  • Patent number: 11907095
    Abstract: Methods and systems include receiving a product attribute that identifies a product. A first component attribute and a second component attribute are received. The first component attribute identifies a first component included in the product and the second component attribute identifies a second component included in the product. The methods and systems further includes receiving first manufacturing data associated with the first component and second manufacturing data associated with the second component, applying a set of compatibility rules to the first manufacturing data and the second manufacturing data, determining pairing data from the application of the set of compatibility rules to the first manufacturing data and the second manufacturing data, applying a set of pairing rules to the pairing data, determining one or more actions from the application of the set of pairing rules to the pairing data, and performing the one or more actions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: OPTIMAL PLUS LTD.
    Inventors: Shaul Teplinsky, Bruce Alan Phillips, Michael Schuldenfrei, Dan Sebban
  • Patent number: 11885102
    Abstract: A controller may receive, from a sensor device, machine velocity data indicating a velocity of a machine controlled by a remote control device. The controller may determine, based on the machine velocity data, a distance to be traveled by the machine until the machine stops traveling after a communication, between the machine and the remote control device, is interrupted. The controller may generate, based on the distance, an overlay to indicate the distance. The controller may provide the overlay, for display, with a video feed of an environment surrounding the machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventor: Michael A. Spielman, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11870659
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses for industrial equipment diagnostics are disclosed. Specifically, a bus controller operatively connected to a processor is physically connected to two or more controller area network (CAN) buses, wherein each CAN bus operates according to a different protocol. The bus controller is configured to control the rate at which messages are received on certain buses by adjusting parameters such as a baud rate and sample rate. The bus controller is further configured to filter or mask certain CAN bus messages based on identifiers within the messages. The bus controller is operatively connected to a remote processing system for processing the CAN bus messages from their raw data format into a useable format. The remote processing system performs diagnostic analysis on the processed CAN bus messages, and furthermore performs predictive analytics on the processed CAN bus messages to identify patterns or discrete events indicative of future system failures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Norfolk Southern Corporation
    Inventors: Ingrid Crafford, Nhut Doan, Dennis Quinn, Jeremy Laskos
  • Patent number: 11850901
    Abstract: There is disclosed a communication system for delivering power and control signals to control the activation of electrical components in a vehicle comprising: a power source for generating a power signal to supply power to the electrical components; a computer controller for generating control signals to control operation of the electrical components; a slave unit operatively connected to both the power source and the computer controller to receive the control signals and to convert the control signals into data signals for transmission to the electrical components; a power supply line for carrying the power signal, or the power signal and the data signals, from the slave unit to each electrical component; and a master unit located remote from said slave unit and configured to receive the data signals from the slave unit and to verify the data signals for further delivery to the required electrical component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: DA ROUGE PTY LTD ATF DA ROUGE UNIT TRUST
    Inventor: Andrew Huett
  • Patent number: 11842582
    Abstract: A method of performing diagnostics in a hierarchical diagnostics electrical architecture of a vehicle, the vehicle comprising a plurality of on-board computing devices for hosting the hierarchical diagnostics electrical architecture. The hierarchical diagnostics electrical architecture comprising: a component diagnostic layer having a plurality of electronic control units each comprising a diagnostics server module; and at least one supervisory diagnostic layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: JAGUAR LAND ROVER LIMITED
    Inventors: Dibyendu Palai, Sachin Shinde
  • Patent number: 11829125
    Abstract: A method of augmenting a reliability model of products including a particular product in use by an end user. The particular product includes a first component and a second component each having component attributes. The method also includes receiving first data of the first component and second data of the second component generated during use of the particular product by the end user and comparing the first data to the second data. The method also includes identifying a measure of compatibility between the components, determining pairing data based on the measure of compatibility, and applying a set of pairing rules to the pairing data. The method further includes modifying the reliability model based at least in part on the application of the pairing rules to the pairing data to generate an augmented reliability model and initiating one or more actions in association with the augmented reliability model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Inventors: Shaul Teplinsky, Bruce Alan Phillips, Michael Schuldenfrei, Dan Sebban
  • Patent number: 11787366
    Abstract: The present systems, devices, and methods relate to managing shared vehicle access. Authorization policies are stored at a network device, and are provided to vehicle devices. Authorization policies each include an authentication scheme, a list of permitted vehicle operations, and a list of requirements to perform vehicle operations. In this way, whether even if a user is authenticated to access a vehicle, vehicle access is controlled based one whether the user is permitted to perform vehicle operations, and whether requirements are met to perform vehicle operations. This provides a flexible and robust vehicle access system. Authorization Policies are distributed to vehicle device in an Access Configuration, which can be updated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Geotab Inc.
    Inventors: Mobaderin Akinsanya, Bruno Gomez de Oliveira, Paul Ayooluwa Soladoye, Matthew Frederick Snow, Gabriel Francklin Yano de Souza
  • Patent number: 11769426
    Abstract: Provided herein is a computer system for creating driving challenges for drivers. The computer system may include a processor in communication with a memory device, and the processor may be programmed to: (i) receive driving data associated with a driver, (ii) generate a first model that models the driving data associated with the driver, (iii) calculate a predicted driving score for the driver based at least in part upon the first model, (iv) generate a second model that predicts a confidence of the predicted driving score, (v) calculate a confidence value of the predicted driving score, wherein the confidence value is a squared error of the predicted driving score, and (vi) generate at least one driving challenge for the driver based at least in part upon the predicted driving score and the confidence value for that predicted driving score.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: BlueOwl, LLC
    Inventor: Kenneth J. Sanchez
  • Patent number: 11762392
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to controlling a first vehicle in an autonomous driving mode. While doing so, a second vehicle may be identified. Geometry for a future trajectory of the first vehicle may be identified, and an initial allowable discomfort value may be identified. Determining a speed profile for the geometry that meets the value may be attempted by determining a discomfort value for the speed profile based on a set of factors relating to at least discomfort of a passenger of the first vehicle and discomfort of a passenger of the second vehicle. When a speed profile that meets the value cannot be determined, the value may be adjusted until a speed profile that meets the value is determined. The speed profile that meets an adjusted value is used to control the first vehicle in the autonomous driving mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Waymo LLC
    Inventors: Jens-Steffen Ralf Gutmann, Tobias Kunz, Vadim Furman
  • Patent number: 11741423
    Abstract: A method and system for automated vehicle transportation is disclosed that allows a car shipper, such as a car dealer, to ship a car automatically from a computer or smart phone, and have the car accepted directly electronically by an auto transport trucker on a smartphone to pick up and deliver. The user by enters the vehicle on a website or mobile application, and the auto transporter selects the car for pick up by tapping on a mobile application on a smartphone. The transaction is handled automatically by the system, and manual communication such as phone calls and faxes and paperwork are not required. The system also tracks the location of the vehicle via the transporter's smartphone and displays the real-time location to the customer. The payment may be collected electronically from the customer, and automatically paid to the transporter electronically. A video bill of lading is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Autosled, Inc.
    Inventors: Dan Sperau, David Sperau, Kimani Clark
  • Patent number: 11722338
    Abstract: A terminal apparatus includes by way of a gateway apparatus that performs communication with an in-vehicle apparatus capable of playing back a content through a CAN bus, a first communication section that transmits command information for changing a mode of the in-vehicle apparatus to the in-vehicle apparatus, and a second communication section that transmits content data to the in-vehicle apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kunihiro Orito
  • Patent number: 11721141
    Abstract: A device for AI-based vehicle diagnosis using CAN data may include an engine; a vibration sensor mounted in an engine compartment in which the engine is mounted and configured for detecting a vibration signal; and a controller area network (CAN) communicating with one or more of an environmental condition, a vehicle status, an engine status, and an engine control parameter, wherein data preprocessing from the vibration sensor and the CAN is performed to determine features in which correlation between vibration data (dB) exceeding a threshold value of irregular vibrations being generated by the engine and the CAN data is equal to or greater than 90%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, IUCF-HYU (Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Hanyang University)
    Inventors: Dong-Chul Lee, In-Soo Jung, Dong-Yeoup Jeon, Joon-Hyuk Chang
  • Patent number: 11704111
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments relate to perform operations for receiving and integrating a delta file in a vehicle. Operations may include receiving, at an Electronic Control Unit (ECU) in the vehicle, a delta file, the delta file comprising a plurality of deltas corresponding to a software update for software on the ECU and startup code for executing the delta file in the ECU; executing the delta file, based on the startup code, in the ECU; and updating memory addresses in the ECU to correspond to the plurality of deltas from the delta file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Aurora Labs Ltd.
    Inventor: Zohar Fox
  • Patent number: 11667361
    Abstract: A vessel propulsion system includes an on-board network, a plurality of propulsion apparatuses provided on a hull and connected to the on-board network, and a network connector to connect a diagnosis device to the on-board network. Each of the propulsion apparatuses includes a controller configured or programmed to transmit operating state information showing an operating state of the respective propulsion apparatus to the diagnosis device via the network connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Takaaki Bamba
  • Patent number: 11653210
    Abstract: A vehicle communication processor includes a communication control unit that receives digitally signed information from an external device, and a first control processing unit and a second control processing unit that process information received by the communication control unit. The communication control unit or the first control processing unit includes a sign verification section that performs an authenticity verification of a digital sign of the digitally signed information. The second control processing unit includes an execution preparation section and an execution determination section. The execution preparation section performs an execution preparation process on data of the digitally signed information in parallel to the authenticity verification on the digital sign. The execution determination section determines whether the data of the digitally signed information is to be executed in a case where the digital sign of the digitally signed information is verified as being authentic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hisataro Iinami, Ayaka Ohki, Masaaki Harada
  • Patent number: 11641289
    Abstract: A system, apparatus, and method for retrofitting a vehicle are presented. The method relates to a vehicle with a factory-installed first apparatus which communicates with a factory-installed second apparatus through a vehicle data bus using a first message. The method includes electrically disconnecting the vehicle data bus between the first apparatus and the second apparatus and electrically connecting a retrofit apparatus to the vehicle data bus. The method further includes transmitting a second message from the retrofit apparatus to the first apparatus which is indistinguishable from the first message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Sucxess LLC
    Inventor: Axel Nix
  • Patent number: 11634147
    Abstract: A method includes an initial trailer health assessment and real-time trailer health monitoring. The initial trailer health assessment includes autonomous pre-trip maneuvers of the autonomous vehicle during a first time period, and detecting a pre-trip vehicle health condition. A vehicle health score is calculated based on the pre-trip vehicle health condition. If the vehicle health score is at least a threshold value, real-time trailer health monitoring is performed during a trip of the autonomous vehicle during a second time period, by actively monitoring vehicle dynamics data and/or image data associated with the autonomous vehicle, to determine a fault condition of the autonomous vehicle. If the fault condition meets a first criteria, a control parameter and/or a travel plan of the autonomous vehicle is adjusted. If the fault condition meets a second criteria different from the first criteria, a signal is sent to cause the autonomous vehicle to cease movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: PlusAI, Inc.
    Inventors: Siva Bhargav Ravella, Xiaoyu Huang
  • Patent number: 11628936
    Abstract: A cargo handling system is disclosed. In various embodiments, the system includes a wireless mobile maintenance display unit; a line replaceable unit; a data device configured to provide an operational status data concerning the line replaceable unit to the wireless mobile maintenance display unit; a first server configured to store a catalog of parts for repairing the line replaceable unit; and a system controller configured to communicate with a source of replacement parts for the line replaceable unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Goodrich Corporation
    Inventors: Shad Kish, Aaron J. Roberts
  • Patent number: 11627612
    Abstract: A system includes a processor configured to send data, for transmission to a remote computer, to a local wireless device in communication with a vehicle computer including the processor, the sending responsive to a determination that a remote cellular connection cannot be established via a vehicle modem, and the data including an instruction for the device to transmit the data to the remote computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Ritesh Pandya
  • Patent number: 11620899
    Abstract: A vehicle control system (VCS) includes external communication interfaces, such as a Bluetooth interface, for communicating with a user communication and control device, such as a smart phone or a tablet. The user is enabled to operate certain features of the vehicle, such as the remote start, power locks/trunk, climate control, and security features, through the smart phone. The VCS may also communicate with a remote server via the user's smartphone, for example, providing telematics data and receiving service reminders for display to the user on the smartphone, the VCS, or a display built into the vehicle. The VCS may be custom installed in the vehicle using the user's or the installer's smartphone, without a physical connection from the VCS to the smartphone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: VOXX INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: James S. Turner, Luc Samson
  • Patent number: 11608081
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for identifying an imminent low state of charge of a battery in an autonomous vehicle, and automatically powering down the vehicle before a zero state of charge event occurs. In particular, the autonomous vehicle automatically powers down while there is enough energy in the batteries to restart the vehicle and drive the vehicle a short distance to a charging station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: GM CRUISE HOLDINGS LLC
    Inventor: Marco Antonio Gaxiola Michel
  • Patent number: 11598574
    Abstract: An appliance door including an outer skin extending between first and second distal edges thereof, and an inner liner disposed adjacent the outer skin such that a space is formed therebetween. A first endcap is disposed at the first distal edge of the outer skin and the first endcap partially enclose the space formed between the outer skin and the liner. A wireless module is positioned on the first endcap and is configured to wirelessly communicate with a mobile device. The wireless module includes a printed circuit board and an antenna, wherein the antenna faces outwards and away from the first endcap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Electrolux Home Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Cleo Rudolph Fulgham, Jr., William T. Anniss, III
  • Patent number: 11518205
    Abstract: A cable system for a truck trailer with connectors having a main power connection, a ground connection, and one, two, or more communication cable connections. Connectors include at least a power and ground connection for electrically connecting an individual trailer to the cable system. A master control circuit may be included in the trailer nosebox, and the master control circuit configured to send commands to slave control circuits mounted within the connectors. The slave control circuits in the connectors are configured to receive a control command sent by the master control circuit that may include an address, mode identifiers, or other indications of which connectors in the cable system should take action, and what actions should be taken.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Grote Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Sankalp Pampattiwar, Yogesh Kubal, Cesar Perez-Bolivar, Adam Slade
  • Patent number: 11514810
    Abstract: A method of providing visual feedback to a driver based on data collected during vehicle operation. A processor at the vehicle analyzes vehicle data and determines when predetermined threshold values have been reached for particular parameters. Whenever such a threshold is reached, an audible indication is provided to the driver, indicating that the baseline has been exceeded. Certain parameters have at least two threshold values. When a first threshold value is reached, an alert is presented to the driver, but no data is recorded or reported. When a second threshold value is reached, another alert is presented to the driver, and data is recorded for reporting to a driver manager or supervisor. This approach provides a driver warning, that if they correct the triggering behavior, their supervisor is never notified of that behavior. However, if the behavior escalates, and the second threshold is breached, the behavior is recorded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Zonar Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Michael McQuade, Michael Charles King
  • Patent number: 11447145
    Abstract: The present application discloses an abnormal data collecting method for automatic parking, an apparatus, a storage medium and a product, and relates to automatic driving technology and automatic parking technology in computer technology. A specific implementation i: in response to monitoring that a target vehicle generates a fault code during an automatic parking process, matching the fault code with at least one pre-configured fault code to be collected; in response to determining that the fault code matches the fault code to be collected, determining a data collecting strategy corresponding to the fault code to be collected; and performing a data collecting operation on abnormal data corresponding to the fault code according to the data collecting strategy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Inventors: Jia Song, Houqiang Zhu, Pengfei Wei, Guiguan Bi
  • Patent number: 11443270
    Abstract: A system includes a processor configured to detect a condition corresponding to low vehicle fluid. The processor is further configured to determine whether replacement fluid is available for on-site delivery to a vehicle location within a predefined time period. The processor is additionally configured to offer the fluid for sale to a user through a vehicle HMI, responsive to on-site delivery availability and, responsive to the user agreeing to purchase the fluid, instructing dispatch of a delivery entity to deliver the fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: John Naum Vangelov
  • Patent number: 11445517
    Abstract: A system that incorporates the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device comprising a memory to store instructions and a processor coupled to the memory, wherein responsive to executing the instructions, the processor performs operations. The operations comprise receiving signals over a spectrum of frequencies, providing location data of the device to a base station, receiving a request from a base station to perform a spectral analysis of the signals, detecting an interference among the signals, and providing, in response to the request, data to the base station regarding a source of the interference, wherein the data comprises a location of the source relative to the device, spectral data for identifying the source, and a time a frequency of occurrence of the interference. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: ISCO International, LLC
    Inventors: Amr Abdelmonem, Sean S. Cordone, Bill Myers
  • Patent number: 11440545
    Abstract: A control system for a motor vehicle having a first control unit for controlling a first function of the motor vehicle and a second control unit for controlling a second function of the motor vehicle. In order to ensure, with the least possible additional complexity, that functions of a motor vehicle that are controlled by means of control units are properly executed even in the event of a faulty control unit, the control system has a third control unit for controlling the first function and the second function of the motor vehicle and, depending on the receipt of a fault signal of the first and/or second control unit by the third control unit, the third control unit can be configured such that the motor vehicle first and/or second function corresponding to the faulty control unit can be controlled by means of the third control unit alone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Nikolaus Decius, Ulrich Koehler, Carsten Kuegeler, Sergey Orlov, Juergen Gebert, Peter Grabs, Matthias Korte, Josua Blott, Michael Claus, Heiko Lerch, Sebastian Ludolph, Martin Ott, Sebastian Surmund, Pascal Vollmer, Martin Zillgen, Sven Hillenkoetter, Martin Hopf, Joachim Oechsner
  • Patent number: 11428472
    Abstract: A system for providing monitoring of commercial cooking equipment includes a database comprising a plurality of device records, and a plurality of technician records. The system further includes a computing device comprising a network interface device, a sensor coupled to the cooking unit, and a processor for reading the sensor data from the sensor and transmitting the sensor data to a server. The system further includes a server for receiving the sensor data, finding a technician within the vicinity that can service the cooking unit, and sending a message to the technician including the sensor data and the contact information for the owner of the cooking unit, so that the technician may service the cooking unit. The system is further configured for monitoring the performance and usage of the cooking unit; identifying potential problems and issues with the cooking unit; and sending a message to customers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Dexen Telemetry LLC
    Inventor: Yu-Shan Teng
  • Patent number: 11403638
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for decentralized authentication for autonomous vehicles and associated transactions. Example system includes a secure distributed network of servers including a biometrics server configured to authenticate a user using biometric data and generate a biometrics server authentication token when the user is authenticated, a transactional server configured to perform the transaction for the user upon receiving the biometrics server authentication token, the transactional server being further configured to generate a transactional server authentication token when the transaction is approved, and a mobility service server configured to receive both the biometrics server authentication token and the transactional server authentication token and provide access to the mobility service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Ali Hassani, Alexandra Taylor
  • Patent number: 11400950
    Abstract: The present application discloses an abnormal data collecting method for automatic parking, an apparatus, a storage medium and a product, and relates to automatic driving technology and automatic parking technology in computer technology. A specific implementation i: in response to monitoring that a target vehicle generates a fault code during an automatic parking process, matching the fault code with at least one pre-configured fault code to be collected; in response to determining that the fault code matches the fault code to be collected, determining a data collecting strategy corresponding to the fault code to be collected; and performing a data collecting operation on abnormal data corresponding to the fault code according to the data collecting strategy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Inventors: Jia Song, Houqiang Zhu, Pengfei Wei, Guiguan Bi
  • Patent number: 11381585
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a method performed by a first controller for providing security for multiple second controllers in an in-vehicle network, includes transmitting an inherent information request to a suspicious controller of the second controllers for inherent information of the suspicious controller, the inherent information request including a certificate assigned to the first controller, and receiving an encrypted inherent information of the suspicious controller from the suspicious controller, the encrypted inherent information having been encrypted with a public key associated with the certificate, and using a private key associated with the certificate for obtaining decrypted inherent information from the encrypted inherent information, and comparing the decrypted inherent information with pre-stored inherent information, and determining the suspicious controller to be an anomalous controller when the decrypted inherent information is different from the pre-stored inherent information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Cornoration
    Inventors: Se Il Kim, Seong Yong Kang, A Ram Cho