Having Audio Or Visual Route Guidance Patents (Class 701/431)
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Patent number: 11268824Abstract: A server identifies landmarks associated with users as the users take part in trips or otherwise interact with a navigation system. The server causes presentation of the identified landmarks to the users during future trips, such as part of navigational directions along a route to a particular destination, or on a visible portion of a map user interface. Presentation of the user-specific landmarks allows the users with more context and thus the ability to better navigate.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2020Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: Uber Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Christopher Moore, Vincent Dumont, Mathieu Courtemanche, Cady Wachsman, John Christopher O'Hare
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Patent number: 11238728Abstract: Embodiments generally relate to determining traffic congestion patterns. In some embodiments, a method includes identifying congestion events for each road of a plurality of roads in a road network, where each congestion event indicates a drop in average vehicle speed below a predetermined speed threshold for a particular road in the road network, and where the congestion events span a predetermined time period. The method further includes determining local clusters of the congestion events based on one or more road condition parameters, where each local cluster defines a local congestion pattern for a particular road of the plurality of roads in the road network. The method further includes grouping the local clusters into one or more global clusters based on the one or more road condition parameters, where the global clusters define global congestion patterns in the road network.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2019Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Jing Xu, Xiaoyang Yang, Ji Hui Yang, Jun Wang, Jing Xu
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Patent number: 11228882Abstract: An embodiment wireless communication linkage control apparatus is configured to determine a position determination technique of a mobile terminal based on state information of a vehicle, to determine the current position of the mobile terminal, thereby controlling maintenance or release of wireless communication linkage with the mobile terminal depending on the position of the mobile terminal.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2020Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Hye Won You, Min Hyuk Oh, Seung Jae Lee, Pyoung Hwa Lee, Hyung Jin Kim
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Patent number: 11226624Abstract: A process and system for enabling a 360-degree threat detection sensor system that is physically coupled to a vehicle to monitor an area of interest surrounding the vehicle. An electronic computing device selects an area of interest surrounding a vehicle stop location to be monitored by the sensor system. When the sensor system has an obstructed field-of-view of the area of interest, the electronic computing device determines a new vehicle stop location at which the sensor system has an unobstructed field-of-view of the area of interest when the vehicle is to be stopped at the new vehicle stop location. The electronic computing device then transmits an instruction to a target electronic device to provide an electronic indication identifying the new vehicle stop location to a registered occupant of the vehicle, or autonomously control the vehicle to stop at the new vehicle stop location.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2019Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.Inventors: Alejandro G. Blanco, Fabio M. Costa, Shervin Sabripour
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Patent number: 11205079Abstract: Aspects described herein relate to methods and systems for obtaining geographic position data for features that are captured through a device using a relative coordinate system, such as an optical sensor on a vehicle travelling along a route. The relative positions of the features are transformed into geographic positions by first establishing a spatial relationship between the relative coordinate system and a geographic coordinate system. Once the spatial relationship is known, it can be used to match a number of the features captured in the relative coordinate system to features having a known position within the geographic coordinate system, preferably, features that are known to have an accurately measured geographic position. The matched features can then be used as tie points between the relative coordinate system and the geographic coordinate system, and then used to transform unmatched features in the relative coordinate system to positions in the geographic coordinate system.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2019Date of Patent: December 21, 2021Assignee: Ordnance Survey LimitedInventor: Joseph Braybrook
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Patent number: 11200735Abstract: A display apparatus and method for displaying an operational area to an operative of a host platform, said operational area being defined within an external real-world environment relative to said host platform, the apparatus comprising a viewing device (12) configured to provide to said operative, in use, a three-dimensional view of said external real-world environment; a display generating device for creating images at the viewing device, a user input (33) configured to receive user input data (35) representative of a specified target or region in respect of which an operation is to be performed, and thereby defining an initial geometric volume for the operational area, said user input data including data representative of the location within said external real-world environment of said specified target or region and data representative of said operation to be performed in respect thereof; and a processor (32) configured to: use said user input data to generate or obtain three-dimensional image data represeType: GrantFiled: September 12, 2018Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: BAE Systems plcInventors: Ian Geoffrey James, Edmond Richard Ridge, David John Simm, Malcolm Grant Pigott
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Patent number: 11199847Abstract: According to one embodiment, a system determines a first trajectory (e.g., a reference line) based on map and route information of the ADV. The system determines a maximum curvature for a predetermined distance for the first trajectory. The system determines a sampling decay ratio based on the maximum curvature. The system generates one or more sets of sample points for the first trajectory, where each set of sample points include one or more sample points separated by a lateral distance apart based on the sampling decay ratio. The system generates a second trajectory for the ADV based on the sets of sample points to control the ADV, where the second trajectory nudges to a left or a right of the first trajectory based on the maximum curvature of the first trajectory.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2018Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: BAIDU USA LLCInventor: Fan Zhu
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Patent number: 11180158Abstract: A system that detects and reduces impaired driving includes a first sensor that detects information indicative of a sleep pattern of a user, and a second sensor that detect vehicle operation information. The system also include a mobile electronic device communicatively coupled to the first sensor and the second sensor. The mobile electronic device includes a processor and a memory. The memory stores instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to determine that the user is impaired based on the information indicative of the sleep pattern of the user, and determine that a vehicle is in operation based on the vehicle operation information. The instructions also cause the processor to perform an action to reduce impaired driving in response to determining that the user is impaired and that the vehicle is in operation.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2019Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)Inventor: Ruthie D. Lyle
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Patent number: 11175155Abstract: This application is directed to a geographic information display method. While a first mobile device is executing an instant messaging application, it obtains its own geographic location information, a second mobile device's geographic location information, and a first timestamp at which the geographic location information is recorded. The first mobile device then displays an interactive map associated with the first timestamp on a user interface. The displayed map includes two marks that represent the locations of the first and second mobile devices, respectively, and instant messages exchanged between these two mobile devices are displayed on the map adjacent to the two marks. As the first mobile device obtains updated geographic location information in association with a second timestamp, it updates the location of the second mobile device while the mark corresponding to the first mobile device remains at the same location on the user interface.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2018Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITEDInventors: Pinlin Chen, Yi Shan, Jun Wang, Junjie Zhou
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Patent number: 11151793Abstract: An augmented reality (AR) device can be configured to generate a virtual representation of a user's physical environment. The AR device can capture images of the user's physical environment to generate a mesh map. The AR device can project graphics at designated locations on a virtual bounding box to guide the user to capture images of the user's physical environment. The AR device can provide visual, audible, or haptic guidance to direct the user of the AR device to look toward waypoints to generate the mesh map of the user's environment.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2019Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.Inventors: Javier Antonio Busto, Jonathan Brodsky
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Patent number: 11145179Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for locating items, people, and/or animals are provided. In accordance with some embodiments, locator devices for locating a target device are provided, the locator devices comprising: a first transceiver configured to communicate with a second transceiver in the target device; a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receiver configured to receive data from a plurality of satellites for calculating a location; a visual indicator; and a hardware processor that: receives signals from the first transceiver; calculates an estimated distance between the locator device and a target device based on the signals; controls whether the GNSS receiver is powered on or off based on the estimated distance; and causes the visual indicator indicate an estimated direction to the target device from the locator device.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2019Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: Lynq Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Justin Lange
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Patent number: 11136086Abstract: A saddle riding vehicle includes a first display device, a second display device, and a first transmission unit configured to transmit predetermined information from the second display device to the first display device and a second transmission unit configured to transmit shared information that is commonly displayed by the second display device from the first display device to the second display device, and the second display device prohibits the shared information transmitted from the first display device from being reflected in a display when reception of the predetermined information by the first display device has not been terminated.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2020Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Ryohei Koyama, Kenji Suzuki, Masanori Maeda
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Patent number: 11136023Abstract: A moving object such as a vehicle is identified within an intersection having multiple exits. The moving object and the intersection and its exits may be identified based on sensor data obtained from various sensors mounted on an ADV. An exit coordinate map is generated based on the orientation of the moving object and a relative position of each of the exits of the intersection with respect to the current position of the moving object. For each of the exits, an exit probability of the exit that the moving object likely exits the intersection using the exit coordinate map. Thereafter, a trajectory of the ADV is planned to navigate through the intersection to avoid the collision with the moving object based on the exit probabilities of the exits of the intersection. The above process is iteratively performed for each of the moving objects detected within the proximity of the intersection.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2019Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: BAIDU USA LLCInventors: Hongyi Sun, Jiacheng Pan, Kecheng Xu, Yajia Zhang, Jinghao Miao
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Patent number: 11117593Abstract: An information system includes an in-vehicle terminal that is mounted on a host vehicle and a server that communicates with the in-vehicle terminal. The server includes a running history DB in which a running history of the host vehicle is stored for each driver, a driving skill-level determination unit, a driving skill-level DB in which a driving skill-level determined by the driving skill-level determination unit is stored, and a distribution information control unit that distributes driving assistance information based on the driving skill-level stored in the driving skill-level DB to the in-vehicle terminal. The driving skill-level determination unit determines a driving skill-level of a driver based on the running history stored in the running history DB and a driving skill element definition list representing a difficulty level of driving predefined for each driving skill element.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2018Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignee: Clarion Co., Ltd.Inventors: Akihiro Kondo, Keita Shimada
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Patent number: 11110923Abstract: An adaptive cruise control device (10) follows a designated preceding vehicle according to information gained by an image capturing unit (11) and an object measurement unit (12), and further includes a license plate recognition unit (21, 22) which selects an image processing area (A3) from each object detected by the object measurement unit, and, if the detected object is a vehicle, recognizes a plate number from image processing area. If the plate number matches a stored plate number of the designated vehicle to be followed, the detected object is authenticated as the designated vehicle to be followed.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2019Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Akifumi Yamashita, Masayuki Hashimoto, Naotoshi Takemura
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Patent number: 11073395Abstract: A method and an apparatus are provided for a displaying a route in a first electronic device. A message is received from a second electronic device. First location information is identified in the received message. Based at least on identifying the first location information in the received message, the first location information is obtained from the received message for setting a destination location. Second location information of the first electronic device is obtained. Based at least on the obtained first location information from the received message and the obtained second location information of the first electronic device, a start location and the destination location are set. Based at least on obtaining route information between the start location and the destination location, a route representing the obtained route information between the start location and the destination location is displayed on a display of the first electronic device.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2020Date of Patent: July 27, 2021Inventor: Dong-Jun Lee
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Patent number: 11054832Abstract: If an external environment recognition unit recognizes another vehicle that is positioned along a travel lane, an offset setting unit sets an offset amount in a direction of separating a host vehicle from the other vehicle. The offset setting unit sets the offset amount (predetermined amount) to be smaller in a case where the external environment recognition unit identifies the other vehicle as a streetcar, than the offset amount (predetermined amount) in a case where the external environment recognition unit identifies the other vehicle as an vehicle other than the streetcar.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2019Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Marina Saikyo, Hiroshi Miura, Suguru Yanagihara, Yuta Takada, Shogo Kobayashi
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Patent number: 11029164Abstract: Vehicle navigation systems and methods may generally provide navigation instructions in a vehicle. A navigation guidance session to a destination may be initiated at a telematics unit installed to the vehicle. Upon determination that the vehicle has been parked, example methods and systems may facilitate continuing the navigation guidance session when a park time duration is less than a pedestrian travel time associated with pedestrian travel from the vehicle parking location to the destination. Alternatively, terminating the navigation guidance session may be facilitated when the park time duration is at least equal to the pedestrian travel time.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2019Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignee: General Motors LLCInventors: Dexter C. Lowe, Ryan Olejniczak, Esteban Camacho
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Patent number: 11014574Abstract: Embodiments herein relate to a method for handling light source impairment. The position of a user's eye(s) when the user is inside the vehicle is obtained. The position of a light source outside the vehicle and an intensity of light from the light source in relation to the position of the user's eye(s) is obtained. Then, it is determined whether the user's vision is impaired by the light source. The determining is done based on whether there is a line of sight between the light source and the user's eye(s), and based on the intensity of light at the user's eye(s). It is determined whether at least one safety measure should be performed by the vehicle based on whether the user's vision is impaired by the light source.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2018Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: VOLVO CAR CORPORATIONInventor: Andre Soderlind
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Patent number: 10970561Abstract: The disclosure includes a method that receives a real-time image of a road from a camera sensor communicatively coupled to an onboard computer of a vehicle. The method includes dividing the real-time image into superpixels. The method includes merging the superpixels to form superpixel regions. The method includes generating prior maps from a dataset of road scene images. The method includes drawing a set of bounding boxes where each bounding box surrounds one of the superpixel regions. The method includes comparing the bounding boxes in the set of bounding boxes to a road prior map to identify a road region in the real-time image. The method includes pruning bounding boxes from the set of bounding boxes to reduce the set to remaining bounding boxes. The method may include using a categorization module that identifies the presence of a road scene object in the remaining bounding boxes.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2018Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Inventors: Preeti Jayagopi Pillai, Veeraganesh Yalla, Kentaro Oguchi, Hirokazu Nomoto
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Patent number: 10957131Abstract: A server includes a server controller, a server communication unit, and a server storage unit, and is adapted to be connected to a communication terminal via the server communication unit. The server controller stores a video taken by a vehicle during traveling, in the server storage unit, such that the video is associated with a road on which the vehicle is traveling, determines a scheduled traveling route, in response to a request from the communication terminal, obtains the video corresponding to each of one or more roads that constitute the scheduled traveling route, from the server storage unit, and sends the video to the communication terminal, on which the video is displayed.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2019Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hideo Hasegawa, Keiko Kameda, Misa Ejiri, Shintaro Naruse, Tadahiro Kashiwai, Naoya Oka, Kensuke Koike, Hiroyuki Monji
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Patent number: 10936851Abstract: Disclosed is a method and apparatus for recognizing an object, the method including determining whether an image comprises a blur, determining a blur type of the blur based on control information of a vehicle, in response to the image comprising the blur, selecting a de-blurring scheme corresponding to the determined blur type, de-blurring the image using the selected de-blurring scheme, and recognizing an object in the image based the de-blurred image.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2018Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Changhyun Kim, Jae Mo Sung, Youngwan Seo
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Patent number: 10936076Abstract: An apparatus having a gesture sensor is provided. The gesture sensor includes an image sensing unit and a processing unit. The image sensing unit can capture at least a gesture image of user. The processing unit is electrically connected to the image sensing unit. The processing unit can send at least a control command according to the gesture image to operate the apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2017Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Assignee: PIXART IMAGING INC.Inventors: Chung-Yuo Wu, Yi-Hsien Ko, Nientse Chen
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Patent number: 10926635Abstract: A vehicle including a communication system for a disabled person may include: a motion capture unit that recognizes sign language of a passenger of the vehicle; an input unit that receives a voice or characters from the passenger; a database that stores sign language information; a control unit that is communicatively coupled to the motion capture unit and the input unit, the control unit being configured to translate the sign language recognized by the motion capture unit using the sign language information stored in the database, and to convert a voice received through the input unit into characters; and an output unit that is communicatively coupled to the control unit, the output unit being configured to output the sign language translated by the control unit as a voice or characters, and to output the voice converted by the control unit as characters.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2018Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Jong Won Kim, Seong Hyeon Lee, Oh Sol Kwon, Joo Hwan Lee, Hyeong Jun Park, Ji In Jung, Jun Young Kwon
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Patent number: 10914595Abstract: A map information providing apparatus and method are provided. Second map information of a second map range is acquired from an external apparatus having first map information of a first map range. A portable map transmitting apparatus having third map information of a third map range is communicated with the map information providing apparatus. The third map range is wider than the second map range. The second map range is narrower than the first map range. It is determined whether it is possible to provide predetermined map information corresponding to predetermined position information based on the second map information to the map information providing apparatus. If so, communication with the portable map transmitting apparatus is controlled to receive the third map information. The second map information is updated based on the third map information and the predetermined map information is acquired from the updated second map information.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2018Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventor: Takeshi Okada
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Patent number: 10890456Abstract: A method of providing route guidance includes: acquiring, by a sensor, traveling environment information including at least a target time of arrival at a destination in a vehicle; determining, by a controller, whether the target time of arrival is satisfiable by the vehicle; determining, by the controller, whether the target time of arrival is satisfiable by a public transport connection upon determining that the target time of arrival is not satisfiable by the vehicle, and selecting, by the controller, a parking lot according to a criterion upon determining that the target time of arrival is satisfiable by the public transport connection.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2018Date of Patent: January 12, 2021Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Ah Rang Lee, Kyo Woong Choo, Yeon Ji Kim, Jeong Hun Kim
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Patent number: 10876853Abstract: An information presentation device, an information presentation method, and a program capable of intuitively ascertaining a direction of a target position are provided. An information presentation device includes a first position acquirer 121 configured to acquire a current position of a subject device, an image generator 40 configured to cause an image that looks superimposed on scenery of a real space to appear, a second position acquirer 122 configured to acquire a target position on the real space where the image appears, a direction deriver 124 configured to derive a direction from the first position to the target position on the basis of the first position and the target position, and an output controller 128 configured to control the image generator such that the image is caused to appear based on the direction acquired by the direction deriver.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2018Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shigeyuki Seko, Shinichi Akama, Shuhei Kinoshita
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Patent number: 10872249Abstract: A display control device includes a video data obtaining unit configured to obtain video data from multiple image capturing units which captures images of surrounding of a vehicle, an bird's-eye view image generating unit configured to perform a viewpoint conversion process and a synthesizing process to the obtained video data to generate an bird's-eye view image, a determining unit configured to obtain information related to a parking operation of the vehicle within a parking operation range including a parking slot in which the vehicle is to be parked to determine that the parking operation required time and effort, and a display controller configured to, when the determining unit determines that the parking operation required time and effort, display the generated bird's-eye view image in a display at a time of exit of the vehicle from the parking slot by being driven forward.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2019Date of Patent: December 22, 2020Assignee: JVCKENWOOD CorporationInventors: Tsuneo Satomi, Ichiro Ishida, Naoto Hayashi, Yoshiyuki Shimizu
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Patent number: 10867196Abstract: An alarm device that can urge changing of a vehicle driver without giving a nuisance to the driver or an occupant of the vehicle includes a captured image acquisition section for acquiring at least a plurality of captured images image-capturing a face of an occupant at a driver's seat of a vehicle, a measuring section for measuring a time period lapsed after starting of an engine of the vehicle, a decision section for deciding presence/absence of changing of the occupant of the driver's seat based on the plurality of captured images acquired, and an informing section for informing if the decision section decides absence of change of the occupant of the driver's seat and a measurement result of the measuring section reaches a preset value.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2017Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shinya Sudo, Toshihiko Kuno
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Patent number: 10857944Abstract: A periphery monitoring apparatus includes: a detector configured to detect a roughness state of a road surface in a traveling direction of a vehicle; an acquisition unit configured to acquire a guide marker to be superimposed onto an image based on captured image data output from an imager that captures an image of a peripheral region including the traveling direction of the vehicle, the guide marker being displayed in a manner that follows a roughness state of the road surface in the traveling direction of the vehicle; and a controller configured to superimpose the guide marker onto the image in the display manner that follows the roughness state and display the image on a display device.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2017Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takayuki Nakasho, Kazuya Watanabe, Tetsuya Maruoka, Kinji Yamamoto, Takashi Hiramaki, Takuya Hashikawa, Naotaka Kubota, Osamu Kimura, Itsuko Ohashi, Yasumasa Yamamoto
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Patent number: 10846633Abstract: In one embodiment a request from a computing device of a passenger for a driver for a specified duration of time is received at a server comprising at least one processor. The request may include a start time and a pickup location. A first driver may be selected from a plurality of drivers to pick up the passenger. The selection of the first driver may be based on the start time and the pickup location specified in the request. Navigational data may be transmitted to the first driver to enable the first driver to pick up the passenger.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2015Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: LYFT, INC.Inventors: Igor Magazinik, Ofer Samocha
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Patent number: 10830605Abstract: Systems and methods in accordance with aspects of this disclosure may be provided to determine and calculate an overall driving risk index value corresponding to a driver and scene configuration. The overall driving risk index value may provide driving risk modeling and estimation at a personalized driving level. In some cases, the overall driving risk index value may be determined using a risk-predictive modeling system with weighting and machine learning and may include one or more of: a driver score system, a driver-contextual risk score system, and a conflict index system.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2018Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignee: Allstate Insurance CompanyInventors: Sunil Chintakindi, Anuradha Kodali
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Patent number: 10823842Abstract: A system and method for generating a temporal map of radio frequency (RF) signals detected from a vehicle. The method includes: detecting a plurality of RF signals over a predetermined spectrum of frequencies at a first longitude, a first latitude and a first altitude; analyzing the plurality of RF signals to determine at least a first parameter associated with at least a first RF signal of the plurality of RF signals; and adding to the temporal map the first RF signal frequency, the at least a first parameter associated with the first RF signal, the first longitude, the first latitude and the first altitude.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2018Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: Regulus Cyber Ltd.Inventors: Yoav Zangvil, Yonatan Zur, Gal Cohen
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Patent number: 10824882Abstract: Exemplary embodiments described in this disclosure are generally directed to systems and methods for improving vehicle parking skills. In an exemplary implementation, one or more cameras that are mounted in a vehicle may be used to capture a set of images when the vehicle is parked in a parking spot. The images may include a portion of the vehicle, a portion of another vehicle parked in an adjacent parking spot, an object located outside the parking spot, and/or one or more lines that delineate the parking spot. The images may be processed by a computer to determine distance parameters between the vehicle and items such as the other vehicle, the object located outside the parking spot, and/or the lines of the parking spot. A parking skills grade may then be assigned by the computer, to a driver of the vehicle, based on the distance parameters.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2019Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Brad Ignaczak, Cheri Lyn Hansen
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Patent number: 10814913Abstract: A driving support ECU initializes a target trajectory calculation parameter at a start of LCA; calculates, based on the target trajectory calculation parameter, a target trajectory function representing a target lateral position which is a target position of an own vehicle in a lane width direction in accordance with an elapsed time from the start of LCA; calculates a target control amount based on the target trajectory function; when a steering operation by a driver has been detected, again initializes the target trajectory calculation parameter; and recalculates the target trajectory function based on the target trajectory calculation parameter.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2018Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Shota Fujii
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Patent number: 10775193Abstract: There is provided a technique for reducing the frequency of a user feeling annoyed. A map display system includes: a map display part that displays a map on a display; an icon display control part that selects a type of icons to be displayed from among a plurality of types based on a number of the icons displayed on the map, and displays ground objects by the icons of the selected type on the map; and an icon selection control part that allows or prohibits a change in the type of icons selected by the icon display control part, and prohibits, when scrolling of the map is performed, a change in the type of icons before and after the scrolling.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2017Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignees: AISIN AW CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kazuya Ueda, Kazunori Watanabe
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Patent number: 10753753Abstract: A computer determines that a rate of travel value for a route segment being traversed by a first vehicle exceeds a predetermined threshold. A maneuver is planned for the first vehicle to depart from the route segment based on collected vehicle operating data from one or more second vehicles previously traversing the route segment. The first vehicle is instructed to execute the maneuver to depart the route segment.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2017Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Fling Finn Tseng, Shiqi Qiu, Pankaj Kumar, Hassene Jammoussi, Fakhreddine Landolsi, Imad Hassan Makki
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Patent number: 10747405Abstract: A method of receiving a user-command by a processor includes displaying on a touchscreen a graphical user interface (GUI). The GUI includes a map view and an interactive menu. The map view has displayed thereon a map of a geographical area, and a route. The route has at least two Points of Interest (POIs) sequentially located along the route. A first one of the POIs is an in-focus one. A second one of the POIs is an out-of-focus one. The interactive menu has displayed thereon a first POI card associated with the first POI. The first POI card is changeable with a second POI card, which is associated with the second POI. In response to a user interaction with the interactive menu, focus is changed from the first POI card to the second POI card, and from the first POI to the second POI.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2019Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: YANDEX EUROPE AGInventors: Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Mikhaylov, Aleksey Sergeevich Shimov
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Patent number: 10739160Abstract: A system for determining a road frustration index value includes a vehicle and a user computing device within the vehicle and a remote computing system, where a telematics system associated with the vehicle senses a speed of the vehicle. The computing device calculates, in near real-time and based on vehicle speed information and the road class of one or more route segments of a travel route, a first frustration level value associated with the driver of the vehicle and identify, based on whether the first frustration level value meets a criterion, an alternate route segment having second frustration level value predicted to be less than the first frustration level value. The remote computing system receives information associated with the first route segment and the alternate route segment and calculates insurance cost based on the road frustration index values associated with a route traveled in the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2018Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignee: Allstate Insurance CompanyInventor: Sunil Chintakindi
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Patent number: 10739153Abstract: Auxiliary navigational assistance is provided by determining, by one or more processors, that a user traveling along a specified travel route with the assistance of a navigation system can use additional navigational assistance at a particular region of the specified travel route. Based on the determining, the one or more processors assign an unmanned vehicle to assist the user in traveling through the particular region along the specified travel route. Further, the one or more processors provide one or more auxiliary instructions to the user's navigation system directing the user to reference the unmanned vehicle within the particular region to assist the user in traveling through the particular region along the specified travel route. In operation, the particular region overlaps only a portion of the specified travel route.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2017Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Lisa Seacat DeLuca, Shelbee Eigenbrode, Dana Price, Aaron James Quirk
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Patent number: 10735713Abstract: An example apparatus includes: a camera to record an image; memory to store instructions; and a processor in circuit with the memory, the processor to execute the instructions to: determine a depth based on: (a) the image and (b) a calibration parameter of the camera; and adjust the calibration parameter based on a temperature of the camera and the depth.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2019Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Aviad Zabatani, Sagy Bareket, Ohad Menashe, Erez Sperling, Alex Bronstein, Michael Bronstein, Ron Kimmel, Vitaly Surazhsky
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Patent number: 10704911Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for displaying information in a first electronic device. A message is received from a second electronic device. In response to determining that the message includes information corresponding to a location of the second electronic device, information corresponding to a location of the second electronic device is obtained from the received message. A start point and a destination point are set based at least in part on position information of the first electronic device and the information corresponding to the location of the second electronic device. In response to identifying a route between the start point and the destination point, information representing the identified route between the start point and the destination point is displayed on a display of the first electronic device.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2018Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., LtdInventor: Dong-Jun Lee
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Patent number: 10699571Abstract: A system includes a processor and a memory. The memory stores instructions executable by the processor to determine a plurality of waypoints for mapping an area by analyzing a received aerial image of the area, to select an optimal number of the waypoints for mapping, and to actuate the vehicle to traverse a route determined to cover the selected waypoints.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2017Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Ankit Girish Vora, Siddharth Agarwal, Jakob Nikolaus Hoellerbauer, Faizan Shaik
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Patent number: 10684139Abstract: A non-scaled, linearly compressed pictographic mapping system is provided for the visual display of information in a navigational aid. Unlike today's road maps which use a point-arc-polygon paradigm, the new mapping uses a non-scaled, linearly-compressed pictographic design that shows roads as linear pictograms. The display has a columnar layout, whereby the descriptive elements are grouped together by type, and displayed one above the other in columns. The maps may also contain icons representing points of interest. In this manner, the mapping paradigm also serves to increase traveler safety, provide navigation assistance during address-less trips, create valuable advertising space and new promotional opportunities, and dramatically increases the travelers' communications and entertainment options.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2019Date of Patent: June 16, 2020Assignee: Nytell Software LLCInventor: Adrian Gluck
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Patent number: 10685566Abstract: This technology relates to selectively providing details of surrounding roads to passengers of a vehicle. One or more computing devices may calculate a plane relative to an orientation of the vehicle based upon at least one of the vehicle's location, pitch, and yaw. For each surrounding road a distance between the surrounding road and the plane may be determined by the one or more computing devices. The one or more computing devices may generate and display a video indicating a projected trajectory of the vehicle and objects detected by sensors on the vehicle, on a map corresponding to a route the vehicle is currently following and virtual representations of surrounding roads which are within a predefined distance of the location of the vehicle based on the determined distance for each of the surrounding roads.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2019Date of Patent: June 16, 2020Assignee: Waymo LLCInventor: Nirmal Patel
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Patent number: 10670422Abstract: A server identifies landmarks associated with users as the users take part in trips or otherwise interact with a navigation system. The server causes presentation of the identified landmarks to the users during future trips, such as part of navigational directions along a route to a particular destination, or on a visible portion of a map user interface. Presentation of the user-specific landmarks allows the users with more context and thus the ability to better navigate.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2018Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: Uber Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Christopher Moore, Vincent Dumont, Mathieu Courtemanche, Cady Wachsman, John Christopher O'Hare
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Patent number: 10663306Abstract: A navigation system which performs route guidance from a vehicle departure location to a target location. After a vehicle has arrived at the target location and completed the route guidance, if the vehicle has moved away from the target location and thereafter has approached the target location again, the navigation system: determines that the vehicle is disorientated and unable to arrive at the target location; and resumes the route guidance.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2015Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Rie Murai, Keiko Suzuki
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Patent number: 10667076Abstract: In a perspective of a service provider within a MaaS vehicle, a service provider mobile device may determine a distance and approaching direction of the service requestor mobile device. The service provider mobile device may determine the distance and the approaching direction through GPS coordinates using a unified gateway or through a more direct communication. The MaaS vehicle via the service provider mobile device may provide information regarding the distance and the approaching direction of the service requestor mobile device. This information may be in the form of audio and/or visual cues.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2018Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventor: Michael S Nehmad
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Patent number: 10647252Abstract: Provided is a portable electronic device including: a sensor; and a control unit controlling the sensor so as to obtain movement information of the portable electronic device in order to detect a movement of at least a part of a user's arm, determining whether the user is in a driving state on the basis of the movement information, automatically switching into a driving mode on the basis of the determination, and activating at least one function relating to driving among the functions of the portable electronic device on the basis of the switching into the driving mode.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2018Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Changwei Sun, Kun Li, Jiehua Chen
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Patent number: 10627248Abstract: A method for routing a vehicle includes receiving a current location for the vehicle and a destination location for the vehicle and identifying candidate navigation routes extending between the current location and the destination location. The method also includes determining a cognitive load parameter for each candidate navigation route and determining a cost value for a cost function for each candidate navigation route. Each cost value is based on the cognitive load parameter for the respective candidate navigation route. The method also includes selecting the navigation route from the candidate navigation routes based on the cost values for the candidate navigation routes.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2017Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Byron B. Han, Jamie P. Carlson, Robert J. Gough