Storing Operational History (e.g., Data Logging, Etc.) Patents (Class 701/33.4)
  • Patent number: 11961602
    Abstract: A system configured to be coupled with a participant of an activity. The system comprises: a participant activity monitoring unit configured for monitoring a performance of the activity by the participant; an activity information module configured for storing performance information corresponding to the activity; and a participant performance correlator configured for delivering comparative performance data based on the monitored performance of the activity by the participant and the stored performance information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Fox Factory, Inc.
    Inventors: Mario Galasso, Wesley E. Allinger, David M. Haugen, Robert David Kaswen, Mark Stephen Fitzsimmons
  • Patent number: 11948202
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to systems and methods for generating data representative of an individual's insurance risk based on actual driving behaviors and driving environment. The systems and methods may include collecting data from personal electronic device sensors, vehicle sensors, driver inputs, environment sensors and interactions of the vehicle, the driver and the environment. The systems and methods may further include analyzing the data to generate data representative of an individual insurance risk. The systems and methods may further include presenting the data representative of the individual insurance risk to an individual.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY
    Inventors: Todd Binion, Andrea Lee Rhoades
  • Patent number: 11949360
    Abstract: A control device is configured to control an operation of a control target. The control device is configured to monitor an abnormality. The control device is configured to store abnormality information according to an abnormality monitor result. When the abnormality of a monitor target is detected, an abnormality treatment confirmation determination related to a transition determination to an abnormality treatment due to an occurrence of the abnormality is different from an abnormality storage confirmation determination that causes the control device to store, as the abnormality information, the abnormality of the monitor target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kouichi Nakamura, Nobuyori Nakazima
  • Patent number: 11941996
    Abstract: A computing device is provided comprising a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor. The instructions are executable to query a database of aviation information extracted from one or more aviation information notices for information regarding a status of an airport. One or more query results are received indicating a status of a taxiway of the airport. The one or more query results are used to generate a map of the airport depicting the taxiway with a graphical representation that indicates the status of the taxiway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Daniel Artic
  • Patent number: 11922742
    Abstract: The system has a processing unit that collects input data and a peripheral storage device, connected to the processing unit via an interface system, for recording event data in a non-volatile memory, wherein the event data are input data stored for a recording time period relative to a time zero representing a time when a trigger event occurs. The peripheral storage device has also a volatile memory, and the data logging system stores the input data in the volatile memory of the peripheral storage device, when input data are being collected, and, when a trigger event occurs, makes a copy of stored input data as a backup from the volatile memory of the peripheral storage device into the non-volatile memory of the peripheral storage device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Aptiv Technologies Limited
    Inventors: Ralf Dittrich, Pekka Herzogenrath, Moritz Schrey
  • Patent number: 11904876
    Abstract: In a vehicle control system, a sampling period change unit changes a sampling period such that the sampling period is made shorter, when a driving state of the vehicle becomes to have a higher possibility of accident as a result of driving control of the vehicle than when the driving state of the vehicle becomes to have a lower possibility of accident. A data storage control unit stores in an eMMC control instruction data stored in a temporary storage buffer in a non-volatile memory by sampling at the sampling period set by the sampling period change unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yuuto Hirashima
  • Patent number: 11908019
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed with respect to using a blockchain for managing the subrogation claim process related to a vehicle collision, in particular, utilizing evidence oracles as part of the subrogation process. An exemplary embodiment includes receiving recorded data from one or more connected devices at a geographic location; analyzing the recorded data, wherein analyzing the recorded data includes determining that an collision has occurred involving one or more vehicles; generating a transaction including the data indicative of the collision based upon the analysis; and transmitting the transaction to at least one other participant in the distributed ledger network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY
    Inventors: William J. Leise, Douglas A. Graff, Anthony McCoy, Jaime Skaggs, Shawn M. Call, Stacie A. McCullough, Wendy H. Clayton, Melinda Teresa Magerkurth, Kim E. Flesher, Travis Charles Runge
  • Patent number: 11902700
    Abstract: A recording device includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire predetermined information including at least an image of an area around a vehicle, a recording unit configured to record the predetermined information acquired by the acquisition unit as a file, a playback unit configured to play back a designated file among a plurality of files recorded in the recording unit, and a file management unit configured to extract a file recorded in a period substantially continuous in time series with a file being played back from the plurality of files and protect writing of the extracted file. Thus, it is possible to provide a recording device capable of preventing writing of a file related to a file being played back.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: JVCKENWOOD CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takayuki Sato, Fumio Tsukamoto, Hirohiko Yasue, Yusuke Yamaguchi, Masahiro Yamane, Sho Watanabe, Junichi Kasuya
  • Patent number: 11884272
    Abstract: There is provided a motorcycle-drive assistance apparatus that makes rapid deceleration by an engine brake possible so that braking control unintended by a rider can be avoided. The motorcycle-drive assistance apparatus is configured in such a way that a deceleration-start inter-vehicle distance calculation unit calculates a deceleration-start inter-vehicle distance, by use of an acceleration value read from an engine-brake acceleration value storage unit, based on an own-vehicle speed calculated by an own-vehicle speed calculation unit and a road-surface gradient angle calculated by a road-surface gradient angle calculation unit and in such a way that when the inter-vehicle distance between an own vehicle and another vehicle, detected by an object detection unit, becomes smaller than the calculated deceleration-start inter-vehicle distance, deceleration of the own vehicle through the engine brake is started.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Aizawa, Koki Arauchi
  • Patent number: 11868909
    Abstract: A computer includes a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to predict a time to failure of a vehicle component according to a damage model generated from vehicle operating data, based on the predicted time to failure, retrieve a schematic of the vehicle component and input the schematic to an additive printer to manufacture a replacement vehicle component, and replace the vehicle component with the replacement vehicle component according to maintenance instructions that, based at least in part on the predicted time to failure, specify a time and location to replace the vehicle component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Oleg Yurievitch Gusikhin, Yu-Ning Liu, Eduardo Andres Garcia Magraner, Jing Chen, William Finkenstaedt
  • Patent number: 11861754
    Abstract: There is provided a method for providing a driving related guidance service by a service server. The method includes receiving advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) data of a vehicle related to a specific driving situation of the vehicle, location data of the vehicle, driving data of the vehicle, and a driving image captured during driving of the vehicle from a vehicle terminal device, generating guidance information related to the specific driving situation of the vehicle by analyzing the received data and the driving image, and providing a driving related guidance service for the vehicle using the generated guidance information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: THINKWARE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Young Su Kang
  • Patent number: 11855799
    Abstract: In embodiments of an autonomous vehicle platform and safety architecture, safety managers of a safety-critical system monitor outputs of linked components of the safety-critical system. The linked components comprise at least three components, each of which is configured to produce output indicative of a same event independent from the other linked components by using different input information than the other linked components. The safety managers also compare the outputs of the linked components to determine whether each output indicates the occurrence of a same event. When the output of one linked component does not indicate the occurrence of an event that is indicated by the outputs of the other linked components, the safety managers identify the one linked component as having failed. Based on this, the outputs of the other linked components are used to carry out operations of the safety-critical system without using the output of the failed component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: VAY TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventors: Joshua John Hartung, Peter Brink, Jonathan Lamb, David Paul Miller
  • Patent number: 11854319
    Abstract: The technology involves operation of a self-driving truck or other cargo vehicle when it is being inspected at a weigh station. This may include determining whether a weigh station is open for inspection. Once at the weigh station, the vehicle may follow instructions of an inspection officer or autonomous inspection system. The vehicle may perform predefined actions or operations so that various vehicle systems and safety issues can be evaluated, such as the brakes, lights, tires, connections between the tractor and trailer, exposed fuel tanks, leaks, etc. A visual inspection may be performed to ensure the load is secured, vehicle and cargo documents meet certain criteria, and the carrier's safety record meets any requirements. In addition, the weigh station itself may be operated in a partly or fully autonomous mode when dealing with autonomous and manually driven vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Waymo LLC
    Inventor: Vijaysai Patnaik
  • Patent number: 11829747
    Abstract: The present specification relates to wireless power transmission and particularly to a wireless power reception device, wireless power transmission device, method, and system, which can receive and update firmware of a wireless power reception device and/or wireless charging transmission device by using wireless communication. According to the present specification, the firmware of the wireless power reception device and firmware of the wireless power transmission device can be maintained in an up-to-date state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Joonho Park, Jinkwon Lim, Jingu Choi
  • Patent number: 11796654
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to vehicle sensors. In some aspects, a device associated with a vehicle may obtain, from an external source, calibration data including a first set of measurements related to a position of one or more objects in a reference frame associated with the external source. The device may identify a second set of measurements related to the position of the one or more objects within a field of view of one or more onboard sensors, and update a calibration table based at least in part on a comparison of one or more of the first set of measurements and one or more of the second set of measurements that are most time-aligned. Accordingly, the device may convert sensor-derived location information from a source reference frame to a reference frame associated with the vehicle using the updated calibration table. Numerous other aspects are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Volodimir Slobodyanyuk, Mohammed Ataur Rahman Shuman, Arnold Jason Gum
  • Patent number: 11770677
    Abstract: A method for enhancing situational awareness in a transportation vehicle includes strategically locating sensory communication devices on the vehicle. The sensory communication devices are operatively connecting to a user network. At least one of the sensory communication devices is activated upon a triggering event. A vehicle data signal including vehicle information is transmitted from the activated sensory communication device to the user network. Using a computing device, the user network is accessed to receive the vehicle information transmitted by the activated sensory communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Spirited Eagle Enterprises, LLC
    Inventors: Alan C. Lesesky, Jerry K. Hubbell, Ryan David Parks, Samuel Duke Drinkard, Keith Donadio
  • Patent number: 11763388
    Abstract: A system, a method, and a computer program product for providing a recreation of an event are disclosed. A plurality of data is received from a plurality of sources of information. The plurality of data describes an event. Each data in the plurality of data has a different format. Each data in the plurality of data is converted into a predetermined format. The converted received plurality of data is combined. Based on the combined converted received data, a report describing a recreation of the event is generated. The generated report is transmitted for display on at least one user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Esurance Insurance Services, Inc.
    Inventor: Melissa Ann O'Kane
  • Patent number: 11756350
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments include systems, vehicles, and computer-implemented methods for developing a model from parallel sets of driving data to identify the risk level of an event in one of the sets of driving data. In an illustrative embodiment, a system includes a vehicle data system operably coupled with at least one sensor aboard a vehicle to collect vehicle driving data representing driving conduct. A portable data collection module is configured to cause a portable computing system transportable aboard a vehicle to collect portable driving data representing the driving conduct. An evaluation system is configured to receive the portable driving data and the vehicle driving data, assign a risk level to at least one event included in the vehicle driving data, and correlate the vehicle driving data with the portable driving data to identify a pattern in the portable driving data that is associable with the risk level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Rivian IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Joseph Frank Griffin, Timothy Haugaard, Thomas Rideout, Michael P. Slattery
  • Patent number: 11734965
    Abstract: A system and method of calculating a vehicle DTE are provided to calculate a fuel efficiency of each vehicle drive mode, and display a more accurate DTE of each drive mode. The method includes when a driver selects a drive mode and a drive distance of the selected drive mode is accumulated while a vehicle is being driven in the selected mode, collecting drive data including an accumulated drive distance of each drive mode, and fuel efficiency information of each drive mode. A final fuel efficiency of each drive mode is calculated using a drive distance of each drive mode, a consumption energy of each drive mode or a fuel efficiency of each drive mode, and a learning fuel efficiency. A DTE of each drive mode is then calculated based on the calculated final fuel efficiency of each drive mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Seung Jae Yoo, Hyun Woo Shin, Chang Yu Kim
  • Patent number: 11727050
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for providing an interface and implementing rules and metrics received from the interface regarding the selection of sponsored content networks that provide sponsored content items. This may include providing mediation code to a publisher for inclusion in publisher content provided to a user device, the mediation code associated with a table of sponsored content networks, receiving an image of a sponsored content item and a sponsored content network identifier from the user device, analyzing the image of the sponsored content item, the analysis generating extracted image data from the sponsored content item, categorizing the sponsored content item based on the extracted image data and the sponsored content network identifier, receiving an instruction to filter the sponsored content networks exceeding a metric based on a category, and updating the table of sponsored content networks to remove a particular sponsored content network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Price, Tuna Toksoz
  • Patent number: 11719752
    Abstract: A telematics device having a voltage drop detector and a switchable voltage monitor is provided. The voltage drop detector detects a drop in the battery voltage characteristic of cranking and notifies a controller. In response, the controller switches on the switchable voltage monitor for obtaining the battery voltage. The telematics device may be used in vehicles or other equipment powered by engines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Geotab Inc.
    Inventor: Frank Herschell
  • Patent number: 11716339
    Abstract: An integrated vehicle health management (IVHM) system to resolve equipment-fault related anomalies detected by cyber intrusion detection system (IDS). A benefit of the present system is that it can result in fewer alerts that need manual analysis. A combination of cyber and monitoring with integrated vehicle health management (IVHM) may be a high value differentiator. As a solution gets more mature through a learning loop, it may be customized for different customers in a cost-effective manner, something that might be expensive to develop on their own for most original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). An IVHM symptom pattern recognition matrix may link a pattern of reported symptoms to known equipment failures. This matrix may be initialized from the vehicle design data but its entries may get updated by a learning loop that improves a correlation by incorporating results of investigations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Garrett Transportation I Inc.
    Inventors: Tim Felke, Rajneesh Kumar, Balaji Arumugam, Gwenaelle Cheramy
  • Patent number: 11703353
    Abstract: A method for compensating for the absence of GPS data during a period of GPS signal loss in determining travel mileage of a vehicle includes: detecting vehicle motion using an accelerometer during a period of time in which a GPS tracking device is unable to determine a location of the vehicle due to loss of GPS signal; determining a first location of the vehicle corresponding to the last known GPS location data point stored in memory; determining a second location of the vehicle corresponding to a point at which the GPS signal is reacquired; and calculating the distance between the first and second locations based on a straight-line distance calculation between the first and second locations, or based on the use of geospatial mapping data to plot a roadway route between the first and second locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Spireon, Inc.
    Inventors: Sunil B. Marolia, Shawn R. Hardesty, Wallace F. Tennelle
  • Patent number: 11693752
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method is provided for redundancy reduction for driving test scenarios. The method includes receiving an original test set of driving scenarios and a driving model which simulates a vehicle behavior under a driving scenario inputted to the driving model. The method includes, for each driving scenario of the original test set, obtaining vehicle dynamics timeseries data as an output of the driving model. The method includes determining similar driving scenarios by comparing driving model outputs. The method additionally includes creating a new test set of driving scenarios by discarding duplicated ones of the similar driving scenarios from the original test set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Zhanhong Yan, Satoshi Masuda, Michiaki Tatsubori
  • Patent number: 11687663
    Abstract: A method and a system for aggregating users' consents for use of automotive data by data services are provided herein. The method may include the following steps: obtaining, from a plurality of data sources, a plurality of automotive data records associated with connected vehicles having respective users; determining for each request for automotive data made by said data services, which of the data records require consent; aggregating consent data for each data records, responsive to an indication that the respective user have been authenticated by the data sources; and providing the data services with access to automotive data based on the aggregated consent data. The system may implement the aforementioned steps in a form of a server on a computer network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: OTONOMO TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
    Inventor: Itai Hoffen
  • Patent number: 11688209
    Abstract: An video analysis computing system driving analysis may include a camera associated with a first vehicle and having a viewing angle capable of capturing a video of one or more other vehicles in proximity to the first vehicle, a first memory location communicatively coupled to the camera, wherein the first memory location stores video data captured by the camera, and an evaluation module including a processor executing instructions that cause the processor to: evaluate the captured video stored in the first memory location to determine whether a driving event performed by a second vehicle has occurred, assign, in response to an identified driving event performed by the second vehicle, a driving event rating to a video showing the identified driving event, wherein the driving event rating may be calculated, at least in part, using a crowd-sourced driving event rating obtained after posting the video to a social network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Allstate Insurance Company
    Inventor: Dana Ferguson
  • Patent number: 11682082
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed with respect to using a blockchain for managing the subrogation claim process related to a vehicle collision, in particular, utilizing evidence oracles as part of the subrogation process. An exemplary embodiment includes receiving recorded data from one or more connected devices at a geographic location; analyzing the recorded data, wherein analyzing the recorded data includes determining that an collision has occurred involving one or more vehicles; generating a transaction including the data indicative of the collision based upon the analysis; and transmitting the transaction to at least one other participant in the distributed ledger network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY
    Inventors: William J. Leise, Douglas A. Graff, Anthony McCoy, Jaime Skaggs, Shawn M. Call, Stacie A. McCullough, Wendy H. Clayton, Melinda Teresa Magerkurth, Kim E. Flesher, Travis Charles Runge
  • Patent number: 11597536
    Abstract: A system for monitoring components of an aircraft ground refueling system includes a first computing device and a second computing device hosting a data base. The first computing device is caused to read a component identification tag secured to a component of an aircraft ground refueling system; the tag contains a unique component identifier. The first computing device transmits the component identifier to the second computing device which verifies that the component identifier is active in the data. The first computer, responsive to the verification, displays a user interface to receive data representative of an operational status of the component and transmits the operational status. The second computing device stores the data in the database to create an operational history of the component. The second computing device analyzes the history of the data to determine a characteristic operational parameter of the component of the aircraft ground refueling system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
    Inventors: Parag More, Jaspal Rawat, Chandrashekhar Nehete
  • Patent number: 11593888
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed with respect to using a blockchain for managing the subrogation claim process related to a vehicle collision, in particular, utilizing evidence oracles as part of the subrogation process. An exemplary embodiment includes receiving recorded data from one or more connected devices at a geographic location; analyzing the recorded data, wherein analyzing the recorded data includes determining that an collision has occurred involving one or more vehicles; generating a transaction including the data indicative of the collision based upon the analysis; and transmitting the transaction to at least one other participant in the distributed ledger network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY
    Inventors: William J. Leise, Douglas A. Graff, Anthony McCoy, Jaime Skaggs, Shawn M. Call, Stacie A. McCullough, Wendy H. Clayton, Melinda Teresa Magerkurth, Kim E. Flesher, Travis Charles Runge
  • Patent number: 11574510
    Abstract: A multi-functional automotive diagnostic device includes a base unit having a display screen and a base electrical connector. The device additionally includes a first cartridge including a first body, a first electrical connector, and a first automotive tool. The device further includes a second cartridge including a second body, a second electrical connector, and a second automotive tool. The first and second cartridges are interchangeably engageable with the base unit, such that engagement of the first cartridge to the base unit occurs when the first electrical connector is electrically connected to the base electrical connector which configures the base unit to operate in accordance with the first automotive tool and engagement of the second cartridge to the base unit occurs when the second electrical connector is electrically connected to the base electrical connector which configures the base unit to operate in accordance with the second automotive tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Innova Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Ieon Chen, John Protti, Doug Constable
  • Patent number: 11568492
    Abstract: [Object] To provide an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, a program, and a system capable of providing a more appropriate vehicle insurance by selecting a vehicle insurance in accordance with a current situation. [Solution] An information processing apparatus including: a selection section configured to select an insurance to be applied to a vehicle from one or more insurances calculated on a basis of a set vehicle insurance condition, attribute information of the vehicle and a user, and real-time characteristic information of the vehicle which includes movement route information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenta Kawamoto, Yoshiyuki Kobayashi, Shingo Takamatsu, Naoki Ide
  • Patent number: 11560151
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes a recording device configured to record vehicle information in files. The recording device includes: an event information receiving unit configured to receive information about prescribed events; a tag providing unit configured to provide protection tags to the files, the protection tags being of different types according to magnitude of the events; and an overwriting setting unit configured to prohibit overwriting of the files provided with the protection tags of a same type in a case where the number of the files provided with the protection tags of the same type is within a prescribed upper limit number, and to permit the overwriting of the files provided with the protection tags of the same type in a case where the number of the files provided with the protection tags of the same type exceeds the upper limit number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Kishimoto, Yoshifumi Nakamura, Noriyuki Imaeda, Daiki Higuchi, Jun Ishii
  • Patent number: 11556902
    Abstract: Automated vehicle repair estimation by aggregate ensembling of multiple artificial intelligence functions is provided. A method comprises receiving a plurality of vehicle repair recommendation sets for a damaged vehicle, wherein each of the vehicle repair recommendation sets identifies at least one recommended vehicle repair operation of a plurality of the vehicle repair operations for the damaged vehicle; aggregating a plurality of the recommended vehicle repair operations; generating a composite vehicle repair recommendation set that identifies the aggregated recommended vehicle repair operations; and providing the composite vehicle repair recommendation set to one or more vehicle repair insurance claims management systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Mitchell International, Inc.
    Inventors: Abhijeet Gulati, Olivier Baudoux, Sathish Venkatesan, Geengyee Chong, Dune Pagaduan
  • Patent number: 11551493
    Abstract: A sensor system for acquiring a perturbation, induced by a contact patch of a tire, in data generated by a sensor system mounted in the tire, comprises at least one sensor adapted for generating the data related to a physical property of the tire, and an acquisition system comprising memory. The sensor system is adapted for triggering the acquisition system to acquire the data and for storing it in a buffer in the memory, until a predefined delay after the perturbation is recognized. The perturbation is recognized by comparing the stored data with at least one characterizing feature of the perturbation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: MELEXIS TECHNOLOGIES SA
    Inventors: Julien Canioncq, Ivan Zagan, Yevgeniy Sosuliaka
  • Patent number: 11526947
    Abstract: In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides a network of multi-functional sensors; where, based on a quality insurance, each multi-functional sensor is positioned in, on, or in a vicinity of: a transported cargo and/or a cargo container, containing the transported cargo; where each multi-functional sensor is configured to measure particular transport-related condition, particular cargo-related condition, or both, to form cargo transport sensor data and wirelessly transmit it to a server that is configured to dynamically predict, based on the cargo transport sensor data, a predicted quality loss of the transported cargo, determine a current loss value of the transported cargo and cause one or more remedial actions that include instantaneously instructing to pay a payout amount to an owner of the transported cargo to compensate for the current loss value and/or transmitting a remedial instruction with an adjustment to the operation of one or more of a cargo transport, the cargo container, and a cargo s
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: MUNICH RE
    Inventors: Richard B. Jones, Stefan C. Froehlich, Ronald Kargl, Richard Walter Bridges, Christoph Kalinski, Veenet Muthraja
  • Patent number: 11511797
    Abstract: A configurable diagnostic data monitor that captures diagnostic data of a motor control system is provided. Triggers, and records generated using the triggers, are configurable using, for example, different parameters or logical operators. Triggers buffer data that can be made part of a record when a trigger condition is met. Memory used by a trigger and memory usage for records is monitored and notifications generated indicating memory required for a trigger. Configuration of a trigger can involve customized priority relative to other triggers, adjustable data parameters, a persistence parameter, and configurable saved data capture for rate and duration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Steering Solutions IP Holding Corporation
    Inventors: Owen Tosh, David Sabol
  • Patent number: 11507175
    Abstract: A computing system has a first processing device (e.g., CPU, FPGA, or GPU) and memory regions (e.g., in a DRAM device) used by the processing device during normal operation. In one approach, the computing system is configured to: collect data associated with operation of an autonomous vehicle; monitor, by a first processing device, the collected data; and based on the monitoring, determine that an event on the autonomous vehicle has occurred. The computing system is further configured to, in response to determining that the event has occurred, initiate a transfer of data controlled by a second processing device, the transfer including copying data stored in volatile memory of the autonomous vehicle to non-volatile memory of the autonomous vehicle, wherein the second processing device controls copying of the data independently of the first processing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Gil Golov
  • Patent number: 11501094
    Abstract: Vehicle mounted Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) systems and associated methods are provided. An example vehicle mounted RFID system is configured to operate an RFID system in a high-power mode. The example vehicle mounted RFID system is further configured to determine that an operating state of a vehicle switched from an active charging state to an inactive state. The example vehicle mounted RFID system is further configured to, in response to determine that the operating state of the vehicle switched from the active charging state to the inactive state, initialize a timer for a period of time. The example vehicle mounted RFID system is further configured to, in response to an elapse of the period of time, switch the RFID system to a low-power mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: INTERMEC IP CORP.
    Inventors: Bruce Morton, Rene Martinez, Richard Blair
  • Patent number: 11501384
    Abstract: Telematics and external data relating to the real-time driving of a driver of a taxi vehicle may be collected and used to calculate a driving score. A telematics device installed in the taxi vehicle may collect vehicle data, trip data, and passenger data from one or more sensors. A computing device in communication with the telematics device may calculate a driving score for the taxi vehicle during a trip based on a type of vehicle, a type of trip, a number of miles driven during the trip, a duration of the trip, a number of passengers in the taxi vehicle during the trip, and a type of the passengers in the taxi vehicle during the trip. As one example, the driving score may be provided to an employer of a driver of the taxi vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Allstate Insurance Company
    Inventors: Daniel Kraft, Thomas Michael Warden, Eric Huls, Nathan M. Bryer, Margaret A. Brinkmann
  • Patent number: 11449334
    Abstract: A software rewriting device, configured to rewrite software of a moving body, includes: a rewriting processing unit configured to execute a rewriting process of rewriting the software; and a communication unit configured to communicate with an accommodation area management device managing an accommodation area for accommodating the moving body. When the moving body executes the rewriting process in the accommodation area, the communication unit notifies execution of the rewriting process to the accommodation area management device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junpei Noguchi, Gaku Shimamoto, Yuta Takada, Ryoma Taguchi, Hidekazu Ohnishi
  • Patent number: 11444959
    Abstract: An integrated vehicle health management (IVHM) system to resolve equipment-fault related anomalies detected by cyber intrusion detection system (IDS). A benefit of the present system is that it can result in fewer alerts that need manual analysis. A combination of cyber and monitoring with integrated vehicle health management (IVHM) may be a high value differentiator. As a solution gets more mature through a learning loop, it may be customized for different customers in a cost effective manner, something that might be expensive to develop on their own for most original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). An IVHM symptom pattern recognition matrix may link a pattern of reported symptoms to known equipment failures. This matrix may be initialized from the vehicle design data but its entries may get updated by a learning loop that improves a correlation by incorporating results of investigations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Garrett Transportation I Inc.
    Inventors: Tim Felke, Rajneesh Kumar, Balaji Arumugam, Gwenaelle Cheramy
  • Patent number: 11443351
    Abstract: A system and method for determining how much a driver should be reimbursed for mileage based on a real time analysis of information specific to information captured in real time of the driver's location and vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Motus, LLC
    Inventors: Rick Blaisdell, A. Craig Powell, Ady Anupam Das, Jeff Duke Logan, Scott David Wakefield Rankin, John J. Petrucelli
  • Patent number: 11386431
    Abstract: A method for logging and reporting driver activity and operation data of a vehicle. The method utilizes an onboard recorder operatively connected to a data bus of the vehicle and configured to continuously electronically monitor and obtain vehicle operation data including vehicle mileage data. A transmitter is adapted for transmitting the vehicle operation data from the onboard recorder to a remote terminal outside of the vehicle. Data processing software is operable for generating an hours of service log and a vehicle fuel tax log.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Innovative Global Systems, LLC
    Inventor: Alan C. Lesesky
  • Patent number: 11364861
    Abstract: Provided are a vehicle data readout device and a vehicle data readout method with which it is possible to reduce power consumption in a state in which a vehicle has not been activated, even if the vehicle data readout device, which receives power from an in-vehicle power source, remains connected to the vehicle. Taking as a trigger a port voltage (Vp) of a readout communication line exceeding a voltage threshold (THv), a vehicle data readout device switches a change-over switch from off to on, to generate a pull-up state by means of a pull-up resistor, and initiates a read-out of operation parameter data (Dp) by a computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tetsuya Ohno
  • Patent number: 11366837
    Abstract: A logical segmentation data processing system includes a data retrieval interface configured to receive, from a remote geo-caching data system, geo-caching data representing geographic locations specified by the remote geo-caching data system. The data processing system includes a logical segmentation engine configured to segment a geographic map into geo-areas, each geo-area comprising a subset of the geographic locations represented by the geo-caching data. The data processing system includes an evaluation engine configured to rank, for each of a plurality of the geo-areas, geographic locations in that geo-area. The data processing system includes an aggregation engine configured to select, from each of the plurality of geo-areas, one or more geographic locations with a higher ranking, relative to the rankings of other geographic locations in that geo-area, and to aggregate the selected geographic locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Cong Hui, Markus Breitenbach, Evan Colin Purcell
  • Patent number: 11354943
    Abstract: An operator's proximity to an automotive vehicle being inspected is tracked and recorded. An audio and/or a visual representation of the automotive vehicle being inspected, inspection zones, and components within the inspection zones are rendered. A representation of the automotive vehicle being inspected is updated to reflect a condition of the vehicle being inspected, a condition of the inspection zones, and the numbers of defects for each of inspection zones. The audio and visual representations shown as part of any defects of the vehicle being inspected may be recorded. During a vehicle inspection, a visual indication of a driver's location in proximity to a visual representation of the automotive vehicle being inspected may be displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Zonar Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Kayla Heard, Jessica Randall, Alejandro Vazquez, Jerissa Lumansoc, Joseph D. M. Kane, Elias L. Cole, III, Henry Kevin Mest, Drory Ben-Menachem, Stephen Brown
  • Patent number: 11345355
    Abstract: The present invention is a method for determining an optimal speed of a first vehicle preceded by a second vehicle. Position, speed and acceleration of the second vehicle are measured in order to determine a trajectory thereof, and a dynamic model of the first vehicle is constructed. The optimal speed is then determined by minimizing the energy consumption of the vehicle by use of the dynamic model by minimization being constrained by the trajectory of the second vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES
    Inventors: Luis Leon Ojeda, Jihun Han, Antonio Sciarretta, Laurent Thibault, Giovanni De Nunzio
  • Patent number: 11341847
    Abstract: An approach is provided for determining map improvements based on detected accidents. The approach involves determining that a vehicle was involved in an accident. The approach also involves receiving a report indicating map data configured in the vehicle at a time of the accident. The approach further involves determining an association between the configured map data and the accident. The approach further involves performing one or more of the following operations: (1) transmitting the association and/or at least a portion of the configured map data to a database and/or a computing device; or (2) determining at least one map change to the configured map data based on the determined association, and transmitting the at least one map change to the vehicle, at least one other vehicle, the database, and/or the computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: HERE Global B.V.
    Inventors: Jerome Beaurepaire, Leon Stenneth, Jeremy Michael Young
  • Patent number: 11340138
    Abstract: A system is disclosed. The system may include a data-gathering apparatus disposed on a tooling. The data-gathering apparatus may include a sensor configured to detect one or more events produced by the tooling, and a data store configured to store event data. The event data may be based on the one or more detected events. The system may include a client apparatus configured to receive user input, communicate the user input to an external device, receive data from the external device, and display at least a portion of the received data on a display of the client apparatus. The system may include a server in data communication with the data-gathering apparatus and the client apparatus. The server may be configured to receive the event data, process the event data, and send at least a portion of the processed data to the client apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Inventor: Paul Mulville
  • Patent number: 11335141
    Abstract: To identify sources of data resulting from an execution flow in a robotic device such as an autonomous vehicle, an operating system receives sensor data from various sensors of the robotic device. For each sensor, the system generates a data log comprising an identifier of a first checkpoint associated with that sensor, as well as a first timestamp. The system performs an execution flow on the sensor data from that sensor. The system updates the data log to include an identifier and timestamp for one or more additional checkpoints during the execution flow. The system then fuses results, uses the fused data as an input for a decision process, and causes a component of the robotic device to take an action in response to an output of the decision process. The system may record the action, an action timestamp and the data logs for each sensor in a memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Argo AI, LLC
    Inventors: Guillaume Binet, Nicholas J. Meyer, Randall Nortman