Employing Position Determining Equipment Patents (Class 701/408)
  • Patent number: 12217606
    Abstract: A system for timing or zone alert determination from vehicle events and/or an accident database includes an interface and a processor. The interface is configured to receive a location of a translating object. The processor is configured to trigger a warning to the translating object based at least in part on its location and the existence of an associated hazard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Lytx, Inc.
    Inventors: Dennis Cheng, Daniel Witriol
  • Patent number: 12209873
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and apparatus for unmanned vehicle dispatching management, a device, a storage medium and a program, which relates to autonomous driving and intelligent transportation technology in artificial intelligence. The specific implementation solution includes: receiving an unmanned vehicle dispatching request; determining, according to the unmanned vehicle dispatching request, a first task type corresponding to a first unmanned vehicle to be dispatched; generating a first order corresponding to the first unmanned vehicle, where the first order is used to indicate a driving task to be performed by the first unmanned vehicle, and a type of the driving task is the first task type; and sending the first order to the first unmanned vehicle. Through the above process, a dispatching management of unmanned vehicles is realized from the task dimension, so that there is no need to distinguish the types of unmanned vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Apollo Intelligent Driving Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiaoliang Cong, Yaling Zhang, Xiangyang Liu, Ming Li, Hao Zhou, Weinan Ma, Zhenxi Weng, Lili Liu
  • Patent number: 12189505
    Abstract: A system includes a memory device with microbumps and a processing device. The processing device is operatively coupled with the memory device to perform operations. The operations include receiving information indicating a current condition of the machine learning operation while data for the machine learning operation is being transmitted using a first set of microbumps of the plurality of microbumps. Furthermore, the operations include, in response to a change in the condition of the machine learning operation, transmitting subsequent data using a second set of microbumps of the plurality of microbumps, wherein a number of microbumps included in the second set of microbumps is based on the received information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Poorna Kale
  • Patent number: 12174038
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for checking detected changes to an environmental model of a digital area map. According to the method, a first vehicle with one or more sensors detects an environmental change from an environmental model of a digital area map. Data are transferred from the first vehicle to a central server, wherein the data include information on the detected environmental change, position data of the detected environmental change, as well as information using which the sensor quality of the one or more sensors can be detected. Depending on the sensor quality of the one or more sensors, the central server performs a plausibility check of the detected environmental change using data that are detected by one or more sensors of an additional vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Romy Pohl, Kai Bröhmer
  • Patent number: 12168591
    Abstract: There is provided an elevator guidance device 40 including an identification information acquisition unit 41 configured to acquire identification information for a user heading for an elevator hall, a selected elevator information acquisition unit 42 configured to acquire information on a selected elevator selected from a plurality of elevators as an elevator for the user identified to take, and a guidance indication unit 43 configured to indicate, in an indication mode associated with the user, a leading guidance sign on a route starting from a leading start position, at which leading of the user identified is started, to a landing entrance of the selected elevator, the leading guidance sign leading the user to the landing entrance of the selected elevator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Hori, Kenta Kuze, Mitsutoshi Iio, Wei Wu
  • Patent number: 12162403
    Abstract: A drive assist apparatus for a vehicle includes a turn signal drive unit, an environment information obtainer, and a controller. The controller includes a blinking cycle adjuster configured to cause the turn signal drive unit to drive with drive signals indicating blinking cycles different from each other. The blinking cycles include a first blinking cycle and a second blinking cycle shorter than the first blinking cycle. The blinking cycle adjuster is configured to set the first blinking cycle for the vehicle that travels at a first position, and set the second blinking cycle for the vehicle that travels at a second position closer to the intersection than the first position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventor: Harunobu Horiguchi
  • Patent number: 12140663
    Abstract: This disclosure describes systems and methods for a ground-penetrating tailgate sensor system. An example method may include transmitting, using an ultra-wideband transceiver disposed of in a tailgate of a vehicle, a signal towards an underground location below the tailgate. The example method may also include receiving, based on the tailgate being in a closed position and using the ultra-wideband transceiver, a return signal from an object located above the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, Terry Lobsinger, Paul Kenneth Dellock, Ryan Edwin Hanson, John Van Wiemeersch, Vivekanandh Elangovan
  • Patent number: 12137144
    Abstract: A system and method in a building or vehicle for an actuator operation in response to a sensor according to a control logic, the system comprising a router or a gateway communicating with a device associated with the sensor and a device associated with the actuator over in-building or in-vehicle networks, and an external Internet-connected control server associated with the control logic implementing a PID closed linear control loop and communicating with the router over external network for controlling the in-building or in-vehicle phenomenon. The sensor may be a microphone or a camera, and the system may include voice or image processing as part of the control logic. A redundancy is used by using multiple sensors or actuators, or by using multiple data paths over the building or vehicle internal or external communication. The networks may be wired or wireless, and may be BAN, PAN, LAN, WAN, or home networks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2024
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: May Patents Ltd.
    Inventors: Yehuda Binder, Benjamin Maytal
  • Patent number: 12112387
    Abstract: A personalized insurance (“PI”) computing device for determining an optimal insurance product for a driver operating a vehicle for a transportation network company (“TNC”) during a period of increased demand includes at least one processor in communication with at least one memory. The processor is configured to: (i) receive, from a TNC, data indicating increased demand for transportation services, (ii) retrieve driver data that includes the driver history, (iii) generate an optimal pricing model for the driver based upon the increased demand and the driver data, (iv) execute the model to determine an optimal insurance product having characteristics reflecting at least one risk factor associated with the increased demand for transportation services and a risk profile determined from analyzing the driver data, and (v) transmit an offer to the driver to provide transportation services at an increased earnings rate and with the determined optimal insurance product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
    Inventors: Ryan Michael Gross, Joseph Robert Brannan, Brian N. Harvey
  • Patent number: 12110199
    Abstract: A method, computer system, and a computer program product for track creation are provided. A computer receives a notification of at least one object to be moved. The at least one object is disposed at a first position. The computer receives a determination of a second position for the at least one object. The computer generates a track plan for a first track for transporting the at least one object from the first position to the second position. The computer transmits a first instruction message to a first robot. The instruction message instructs the first robot to build a track according to the track plan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Sarbajit K. Rakshit, Partho Ghosh, Venkata Vara Prasad Karri, Ramalingeswara Naidu Saragadam
  • Patent number: 12094155
    Abstract: A shooting score identifying method and device, and an electronic device are provided. The method includes the steps of capturing a picture of a shooting operation on target paper to acquire a shooting image formed on the target paper; forming a thermal imaging image of the target paper after the shooting image is acquired; performing target identification on the shooting image to obtain a target image related to a shooting point, and performing direction correction on the shooting point present in the target image to obtain a correction image; and performing interference removal processing on the correction image through the thermal imaging image to obtain an identification image, thereby identifying a shooting score based on the identification image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Huntercraft Limited
    Inventors: Danyang Li, Xu Wang
  • Patent number: 12066841
    Abstract: According to the embodiments described herein, system and methods for determining relative pose of materials handling vehicles in an industrial environment may include utilizing ultra-wideband (UWB) antenna array systems respectively mounted on the materials handling vehicles to send mutually received information to determine the relative pose between the vehicles, determining one or more fields of each materials handling vehicle, and determining one or more overlapping fields between the materials handling vehicles based on the determined one or more fields and the relative pose. A vehicle control may be implemented based on the determined relative pose and the overlapping fields as a field enforcement, such as a control action to avoid collision between the vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Crown Equipment Corporation
    Inventors: Ryan Estep, Justin Bennett, Mike Etienne Ciholas, Ben Morelli, Chad Lefeld, Trisha Marie Luthman
  • Patent number: 12059626
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for generating virtual elements in a fitness-based game. The method comprises hosting, by a game server, a fitness-based gaming module and receiving, by the game server, fitness data from one or more devices of a user. The method also comprises generating, by one or more processors, a plurality of battle options, within the fitness-based gaming module, based at least in part upon the fitness data. The method further comprises generating, by the one or more processors, a battle queue of one or more of the plurality of battle options and transmitting, by the game server, the battle queue to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Inventor: Meric Odabas
  • Patent number: 12050472
    Abstract: A method for controlling an autonomous vehicle includes: controlling, by a stationary control unit connected to a radio access network, an autonomous vehicle via a wireless connection of the autonomous vehicle to the radio access network, wherein the autonomous vehicle moves in a predefined path network; allocating, by the radio access network, spectral resources to the wireless connection while the autonomous vehicle is moving; and determining, by the stationary control unit, a path of the autonomous vehicle in the predefined path network depending on the spectral resources used by the wireless connection of the autonomous vehicle while moving along the determined path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: DEUTSCHE TELEKOM AG
    Inventors: Marc Geitz, Dominik Schnieders
  • Patent number: 12041512
    Abstract: A positioning method using images and radio waves may include: estimating a distance and an angle from the positioning reference node to a positioning target terminal; identifying an obstacle or reflective object in a vicinity of the positioning target terminal or on a path between the positioning target terminal and the positioning reference node by using image information on the positioning target terminal at a position estimated by the distance and the angle; estimating an incident angle or a reflection angle of a radio wave signal reflected by the reflective object identified based on the image information; and estimating a position of the positioning target terminal based on the reflection angle and the distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Keun Young Kim, Seung Chan Bang, Young-Jo Ko, Kapseok Chang, Il Gyu Kim
  • Patent number: 12038295
    Abstract: A method for providing a navigational instruction for a route from a current location of a mobile unit to a target position is disclosed. Location environmental data are detected in a first detection region by means of the mobile unit. Reference environmental data are detected in a second detection region. Based on the location environmental data and the reference environmental data, at least one common environmental feature is determined, wherein the common environmental feature is arranged both in the first detection region and in the second detection region. A relative arrangement of the mobile unit relative to the target position is determined and the navigational instruction is generated and output based on the relative arrangement. A system for providing a navigational instruction for a route from a current location of a mobile unit to a target position comprises a mobile detection unit, a reference detection unit, and a processing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Kai-Christen Rose, Florian Klanten
  • Patent number: 12027043
    Abstract: Systems, devices, products, apparatuses, and/or methods, for detecting a missing traffic face, including: obtaining sensor data that includes a plurality of images associated with a geographic location including a roadway and associated with a plurality of image capture locations in the geographic location, determining in a subset of images of the plurality of images, a plurality of image areas associated with at least one predicted traffic face, determining a plurality of rays that project through 3-D spaces of the geographic location associated with the plurality of image areas from a subset of image capture locations of the plurality of image capture locations associated with the subset of images, and identifying at least one location of a traffic face in the geographic location based on a sum of unit vectors of the plurality of rays that project through the 3-D spaces of the geographic location at the at least one location of the traffic face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: Aurora Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: Sean Vig, Shivali Chandra
  • Patent number: 12028784
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for identifying subscribers and/or content creators to each other while attending a real-world/live event. The real-world/live event may be in furtherance of content creation or in furtherance of providing preferential access to subscribers. Identification in the case of subscribers can be based upon subscribership information, commonality of one or more aspects of the subscribers and/or the content creators. For example, a subscriber may be identified with a level of prominence commensurate with the level at which he/she subscribers to a content creator to. Notifications and/or recommendations may be presented in an augmented reality experience along with augmented reality identifications of subscribers and/or content creators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: PATREON, INC.
    Inventor: Timothy Wood
  • Patent number: 12008354
    Abstract: In an update method of map data executed by a map information system provided in a vehicle, wherein the map data includes multiple pieces of block data separated corresponding to blocks on a map and stored in a storage device of the map information system, the map information system decides priority orders of pieces of block data to be updated based on at least one of a position of an own vehicle, a route to a destination, and a passage history, communicates with a map server having a latest version of the map data and downloads update data of the pieces of block data to be updated from the map server in accordance with the priority order, and updates the pieces of block data stored in the storage device based on the downloaded update data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hidetoshi Chikamori, Kazumasa Nakamura, Hitoshi Konishi, Takuji Harayama, Tomoaki Masakawa, Naofumi Aso, Ryo Matsuzawa, Zhaoqi Wang
  • Patent number: 11990110
    Abstract: Methods and systems for estimating diffraction effects during sound propagation in a scene, which include generating, for each distance value from distance values, a subpath between a first point of the scene and a second point of the scene passing through a third point of the scene which is at a distance from a path between the first point and the second point equal to the distance value. Furthermore, for each generated subpath, a transmission value related to a degree of occlusion of the subpath by objects in the scene is determined. Also, a diffraction amplitude response is determined using a first transmission value determined for a first subpath generated for a first distance value from the distance values and a second transmission value determined for a second subpath generated for a second distance value from the distance values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Shahrokh Yadegari, Louis Pisha
  • Patent number: 11967059
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to identify headlands are disclosed. A disclosed example apparatus to identify a headland of a field includes an image analyzer to generate an image from data corresponding to path information of at least one field operation performed on the field, a mask generator to generate a mask of the image based on the image, and a headland identifier to identify the headland in the field based on the mask.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Deere &Company
    Inventors: Scott W. Anderson, Mohammadkazem Fotouhi Ardakani
  • Patent number: 11959750
    Abstract: A method and mobile transceiver with adaptive monitoring are provided. In accordance with one embodiment, there is provided a method of operating a mobile transceiver, comprising: waking up the mobile transceiver from a low power mode in response to a wakeup event; determining a waypoint in a travel itinerary corresponding to the wakeup event, the travel itinerary defining a number of waypoints including an origin endpoint and destination endpoint; and setting one or more subsequent wakeup events based one or a combination of a time of the wakeup event, sensor data at the time of the wakeup event, and the determined waypoint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Malikie Innovations Limited
    Inventors: José Eduardo Korneluk, Sandeep Chennakeshu, Siddharth Saxena, Sergio Javier Berriz
  • Patent number: 11954736
    Abstract: A personalized insurance (“PI”) computing device for determining an optimal insurance product for a driver operating a vehicle for a transportation network company (“TNC”) during a period of increased demand includes at least one processor in communication with at least one memory. The processor is configured to: (i) receive, from a TNC, data indicating increased demand for transportation services, (ii) retrieve driver data that includes the driver history, (iii) generate an optimal pricing model for the driver based upon the increased demand and the driver data, (iv) execute the model to determine an optimal insurance product having characteristics reflecting at least one risk factor associated with the increased demand for transportation services and a risk profile determined from analyzing the driver data, and (v) transmit an offer to the driver to provide transportation services at an increased earnings rate and with the determined optimal insurance product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY
    Inventors: Ryan Michael Gross, Joseph Robert Brannan, Brian N. Harvey
  • Patent number: 11946746
    Abstract: A method for satellite-based detection of vehicle location uses a motion and location sensor. GNSS data is received as an input variable, at least one further input variable is also received. Weighting factors for the input variable and the at least one further input variable are determined. The input variable and the at least one further input variable are weighted by the weighing factors. The vehicle location is detected via the weighted input variable and the weighted at least one further input variable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Marlon Ramon Ewert
  • Patent number: 11945478
    Abstract: A method and system include receiving positioning and motion information from one or more positioning and motion devices on a vehicle on a guideway, based on the positioning and motion information, receiving information from a database on the vehicle, the information comprising track geometry information and infrastructure information corresponding to the guideway, using the track geometry information and positioning and motion information to determine a path of the guideway and a trajectory of the vehicle along the path, receiving data from one or more electromagnetic sensors on the vehicle, and detecting an object by using the trajectory, the infrastructure information, and the information from the one or more electromagnetic sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: GROUND TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS CANADA INC.
    Inventors: David Beach, Alon Green, Walter Kinio
  • Patent number: 11941516
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses related to cooperative learning neural networks are described. Cooperative learning neural networks may include neural networks which utilize sensor data received wirelessly from at least one other wireless communication device to train the neural network. For example, cooperative learning neural networks described herein may be used to develop weights which are associated with objects or conditions at one device and which may be transmitted to a second device, where they may be used to train the second device to react to such objects or conditions. The disclosed features may be used in various contexts, including machine-type communication, machine-to-machine communication, device-to-device communication, and the like. The disclosed techniques may be employed in a wireless (e.g., cellular) communication system, which may operate according to various standardized protocols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Fa-Long Luo, Tamara Schmitz, Jeremy Chritz, Jaime Cummins
  • Patent number: 11941518
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses related to cooperative learning neural networks are described. Cooperative learning neural networks may include neural networks which utilize sensor data received wirelessly from at least one other wireless communication device to train the neural network. For example, cooperative learning neural networks described herein may be used to develop weights which are associated with objects or conditions at one device and which may be transmitted to a second device, where they may be used to train the second device to react to such objects or conditions. The disclosed features may be used in various contexts, including machine-type communication, machine-to-machine communication, device-to-device communication, and the like. The disclosed techniques may be employed in a wireless (e.g., cellular) communication system, which may operate according to various standardized protocols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Fa-Long Luo, Tamara Schmitz, Jeremy Chritz, Jaime Cummins
  • Patent number: 11935104
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for retail environments. In one implementation, a non transitory computer-readable medium may include instructions that when executed by a processor cause the processor to perform a method. The method may include receiving, from first sensors first sensed data indicating selection of a first product by a customer; determining, from the first sensed data, a first property associated with the first product; issuing a first query to the customer regarding the first property and, in response, receiving first information from the customer; comparing the first information with the first property; determining, based on the comparison, an integrity indicator associated with the customer; receiving, from second sensors second sensed data indicating a selection of a second product by the customer; determining, based on the integrity indicator, at least one action to determine a second property associated with the second product; and initiating the at least one action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Trax Technology Solutions Pte Ltd.
    Inventor: Youval Bronicki
  • Patent number: 11912298
    Abstract: An event scheduling system for collecting image data related to one or more events by one or more autonomous vehicles includes a centralized scheduling system in wireless communication with one or more autonomous vehicles. Each autonomous vehicle collects the image data related to the one or more events while following a unique travel schedule. The centralized scheduling system executes instructions to determine the unique travel schedule for a specific autonomous vehicle, where the unique travel schedule directs the specific autonomous vehicle to the specific location of the filtered event to collect the image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Chuan Li, Donald K. Grimm, Fan Bai
  • Patent number: 11904935
    Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus for controlling a vehicle based on surrounding area information of the vehicle, comprising: a control unit capable of controlling the vehicle in a first state in which gripping of a steering apparatus by a driver of the vehicle is needed and a second state in which the gripping is not needed, based on the surrounding area information; and a warning output unit configured to output a deviation warning when the vehicle has approached a boundary of a travel path, wherein if the vehicle is in the second state, the control unit suppresses output of the deviation warning performed by the warning output unit compared to a case where the vehicle is in the first state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Toru Kokaki
  • Patent number: 11885891
    Abstract: Provided are a cold start method and apparatus of a global positioning system (GPS) module of a terminal, a terminal and a storage medium. The method includes acquiring (S110) target position information of the terminal; selecting (S120), according to the target position information, an ephemeris data record whose position information matches the target position information from a preset satellite visible window table to obtain a target record set; selecting (S130) N satellites according to the ephemeris data record in the target record set to form a visible satellite list, where N is an integer greater than or equal to 4; and positioning (S140) according to the satellites in the visible satellite list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chao Niu, Zhaoxin Wang
  • Patent number: 11864154
    Abstract: One or more computing devices, systems, and/or methods for synthetic data point generation are provided. In an example, error bounds for generating synthetic data points from a set of data points collected from mobile devices may be determined. Paths associated with groups of data points of the set of data points may be determined. Error bounds may be applied to limit the paths to generate limited path data. Synthetic data points may be generated based upon the limited path data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Jerry Gamble, Jr., Corbin Pierce Moline
  • Patent number: 11852751
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method, an apparatus, a computer device and a computer-readable storage medium for positioning, and relates to the field of autonomous driving. The method obtains point cloud data collected by a LiDAR on a device at a current time; determines, based on the point cloud data and a global map built in a global coordinate system, global positioning information of the device in the global coordinate system at the current time; and determine, based on the point cloud data and a local map built in a local coordinate system, local positioning information of the device in the local coordinate system at the current time. A positioning result of the device at the current time is determined based on at least the global positioning information and the local positioning information. Techniques of the present disclosure can provide an effective and stable positioning service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Beijing Baidu Netcom Science and Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shenhua Hou, Wendong Ding, Hang Gao, Guowei Wan, Shiyu Song
  • Patent number: 11843456
    Abstract: Among other things, embodiments of the present disclosure improve the functionality of electronic messaging and imaging software and systems by generating and displaying media overlays with avatars of different users. For example, media overlays can be generated by the system and displayed in conjunction with media content (e.g., images and/or video) generated by an image-capturing device (e.g., a digital camera).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas Richard Allen, Dorian Franklin Baldwin, Jacob Edward Blackstock, David James Kennedy, Shahan Panth, Timothy Jordan Garcia
  • Patent number: 11834060
    Abstract: A method includes determining a travel state of a subject vehicle based on vehicle data and selecting one or more desired topics from a set of subscriptions based on the travel state. The set of subscriptions include one or more topics stored in a database, and the one or more desired topics are selected from among the one or more topics. The method further includes subscribing to the one or more desired topics provided by a remote server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignees: DENSO International America, Inc., DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takahisa Yamashiro
  • Patent number: 11810157
    Abstract: Methods and systems for improved and efficient campaign message management are disclosed. Via an automated process, the system can generate, classify and sort a browsable collection of diverse, high-performing campaign messages, e.g., emails and SMS messages. Such messages can prompt a prospective campaign generator to create quality content for his/her own campaigns. Furthermore, varied and relevant exemplary campaigns can be shown to different users in response to his/her unique needs or expressed interests.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Klaviyo, Inc.
    Inventors: Sofiane Hadji, Gal Korcia, Charlie Natoli, Vinicius Aurichio, Andrew Piliero, Devin Patel
  • Patent number: 11785430
    Abstract: An indoor navigation system comprises a modeling subsystem that processes multimodal data regarding a location, individually generates a model of each of a plurality of overlapping local regions subdivided from the location, and maps the model of each region and a coordinate system of the model aligned with a floor plan of the location, and a navigation subsystem that processes the model to plot a path at the location for navigating a user along the path in real-time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Research Foundation of the City University of New York
    Inventors: Zhigang Zhu, Jin Chen, Hao Tang, Arber Ruci
  • Patent number: 11778418
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments estimate a location of a first wireless device based on signals received from the wireless device from two other wireless devices. To combine estimates of the two wireless devices, the two wireless devices share a definition of a plurality of geographic regions. A first set of expected phase differences for the plurality of regions are determined for a first of the two wireless devices, and a second set of expected phase differences for the plurality of regions are determined for a second of the two wireless devices. Based on these two sets of expected phase differences, each of the two devices estimate a position of the first wireless device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Neal Dante Castagnoli, Shmuel Shaffer
  • Patent number: 11776419
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a skill evaluation device, a skill evaluation method, and a storage medium capable of appropriately evaluating the skill of an operator by changing a time range for evaluating the skill of the operator. The skill evaluation device includes an acquisition part, an extraction part, a calculation part, and an output part. The acquisition part acquires time range information indicating an arbitrary time range. The extraction part extracts data of a specific time range determined based on the time range information from operation status data indicating an operation status of the operator in a time series. The calculation part calculates an index value of the skill of the operator for one or more evaluation items based on the data of the specific time range. The output part outputs index information indicating the index value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Hirotaka Wada, Hiroshi Nakajima, Danni Wang
  • Patent number: 11770682
    Abstract: Methods, computer-readable media, software, and system may generally identify, determine, and understand the significance of commute location data using telematics data. The system and methods may identify significant commute location data and points by analyzing telematics data and capturing GPS locations associated with the mobility of a user. The commute location data may be classified as data points including origin, destination, and waypoints. This commute location data may be used with metadata to identify significant locations associated with the user. The commute location data may also be used with metadata to understand mobility behavior of the user. Lastly, the commute location data may be used with metadata to determine risk associated with the user, such as based on a risk map.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Allstate Insurance Company
    Inventors: Matei Stroila, Narayanan Alwar, Timothy W. Gibson, Sunil Chintakindi
  • Patent number: 11754411
    Abstract: Systems and methods for coordinating point of interest pickups in a transportation service are provided. In example embodiments, the system detects a location of a device of a user. Responsive to detecting the location of the device of the user, the system automatically determines one or more potential pickup points based on the detected location. A pickup point user interface (UI) that displays one or more potential pickup points based on the detected location is presented on the device of the user without displaying a map. The system receives confirmation of a pickup point from the one or more potential pickup points and receives an indication of a destination. The system then establishes the transportation service based on the confirmed pickup point and the destination. The system can provide user interfaces that display progress of a driver to the pickup point and progress to the destination without displaying a map.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Uber Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Srikanth Jalasutram, Anurag Arora, Needa Jamil, Sidharth Raja
  • Patent number: 11753053
    Abstract: A method for operating a rail vehicle network, in which a plurality of rail vehicles travel. The rail vehicles determine their respective position in the rail vehicle network by forming position information. Each of the rail vehicles transmits its position information to a route-side central unit, and the central unit forwards the received position information to all rail vehicles in the rail vehicle network. The rail vehicles each have their own collision monitoring unit, which checks the received position information for a possible risk of a collision with one or more of the other rail vehicles, and generates a collision warning signal in the event that a collision risk is established.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Siemens Mobility GmbH
    Inventors: Walter Hammer, Christian Stroessner
  • Patent number: 11747354
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method to re-identify a carrier on a laboratory transport system after a system failure. The carrier is associated with an identity and is configured to move over a transport plane of the laboratory transport system. The laboratory transport system comprises a monitoring system configured to monitor motion positions of the carrier on the transport plane when the laboratory transport system is activated. After a system failure, the identity dissociates from the carrier and the carrier keeps moving on the transport plane. After reactivation of the laboratory transport system, a predicted position of the identity is compared to an actual position of the carrier by a control unit of the laboratory transport system. The control unit assigns the identity to the carrier if the predicted position of the identity matches with the actual position of the carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.
    Inventor: Goran Savatic
  • Patent number: 11748735
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer program products for identifying objects of interest and providing relevant information about the objects of interest using augmented reality devices are disclosed. For example, a computer-implemented method may include identifying an object of interest among a plurality of objects present in an image view, determining real-time information for the object of interest based on the identifying, presenting the determined real-time information for the object of interest as part of the image view, and processing a transaction involving the object of interest based on a user selection associated with the image view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: PayPal, Inc.
    Inventor: Kamal Zamer
  • Patent number: 11736897
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments estimate a location of a first wireless device based on signals received from the wireless device from two other wireless devices. To combine estimates of the two wireless devices, the two wireless devices share a definition of a plurality of geographic regions. A first set of expected phase differences for the plurality of regions are determined for a first of the two wireless devices, and a second set of expected phase differences for the plurality of regions are determined for a second of the two wireless devices. Based on these two sets of expected phase differences, each of the two devices estimate a position of the first wireless device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Neal Dante Castagnoli, Shmuel Shaffer
  • Patent number: 11722845
    Abstract: A first device determines relative position data representative of a position of one or more other user devices relative to the first device. To determine relative position data between the first device and a second device, the first device determines a distance between the first device and the second device at a plurality of timestamps. Additionally, the first device determines movement data at each timestamp from one or more device sensors. The movement data at each corresponding timestamp may reflect movement of the first device and/or the second device between a prior timestamp and the corresponding timestamp. The first device computes relative position data for the second device by combining the distance measurements and movement data over the plurality of timestamps, for instance, through a process of sensor fusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: ADOBE INC.
    Inventors: Haoliang Wang, Stefano Petrangeli, Viswanathan Swaminathan, Na Wang
  • Patent number: 11714158
    Abstract: Examples of systems and methods described herein may be used to track a tagged object through a scene. Techniques are described herein to calculate a position of the tag using wireless communication with multiple anchor devices. In some examples, the anchor devices may be self-localizing, e.g., they may dynamically determine their position and relationship to one another. In some examples, position of a tag may be calculated by calculating multiple candidate positions using different localization techniques—such as geometric localization techniques and/or optimization-based techniques. An error may also be identified associated with each candidate position. A final position may be determined for the tag based on the errors associated with the candidate positions (e.g., the candidate position with the smallest error may be utilized as the position, e.g., the determined position, of the tag).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: University of Washington
    Inventor: Matthew E. Tolentino
  • Patent number: 11709067
    Abstract: A system and method for processing directional feedback. A free form path is received at a server from a first directional interface utilized by a user. The free form path is converted to directional feedback. The free form path is aligned to available paths communicated by the first directional interface utilizing mapping information to generate the directional feedback. The directional feedback is sent from the server to one or more directional interfaces utilized by one or more users associated with the first directional interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Inventors: Tyrell Gray, Brian D. Owens
  • Patent number: 11703349
    Abstract: A navigation apparatus and a method for providing an individualization map service of the navigation apparatus are provided. The navigation apparatus includes a detector configured to sense a vehicle state and a travelling environment during travelling, and a processor configured to recognize a drive context based on the vehicle state and the travelling environment, and to make an individualization map to be serviced based on the recognized drive context.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Geun Ok Sin
  • Patent number: 11693420
    Abstract: A system for guiding a vehicle is provided. The system includes multiple paths on a surface, wherein each path is defined by light projection characteristics of a respective light projection defining a respective path. The system also includes the vehicle. The vehicle includes a sensor configured to detect the light projection characteristic of the respective path of the multiple paths, and a controller guide the vehicle along the respective path with a light projection characteristic that matches an expected light projection characteristic that is assigned to the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Universal City Studios LLC
    Inventors: Aaron Chandler Jeromin, Akiva Meir Krauthamer