Vehicle Speed Control (e.g., Cruise Control) Patents (Class 701/93)
  • Patent number: 12103386
    Abstract: In a vehicle speed limiter in which an electronic control unit that controls a drive force of an engine based on at least an accelerator opening controls a drive force of a vehicle so that a vehicle speed does not exceed a speed limit, the electronic control unit is configured to allow the vehicle speed to be equal to or higher than the limit vehicle speed and control the drive force generated by the engine based on the accelerator opening when the accelerator opening becomes a value equal to or larger than a increase reference value larger than a decrease reference value after the accelerator opening has decreased to a value equal to or smaller than the decrease reference value within a predetermined time from a time point when the vehicle speed limitation is released during the vehicle speed limitation being executed by the speed limiting control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yoshihide Nakane
  • Patent number: 12097859
    Abstract: A speed of a target vehicle in a target lane of operation is determined relative to a host vehicle in a host lane of operation. A virtual boundary is determined around the target vehicle based on the speed of the target vehicle. A position in the target lane and outside the virtual boundary is selected based on a) a first cost function for a deviation of a speed of the host vehicle from a requested speed, and b) a second cost function for a frequency of lane changes. Upon determining to move the host vehicle from the host lane to the target lane, the host vehicle is operated to the position in the target lane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Yousaf Rahman, Mrdjan J. Jankovic
  • Patent number: 12090975
    Abstract: When another pump is actuated while a pump is de-actuated, a pressure adjustment valve is brought into a valve-opened state after a shut-off valve is actuated in a valve-opening direction and the another pump is actuated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Asahi Watanabe, Toshiya Oosawa, Daisuke Nezu
  • Patent number: 12084030
    Abstract: The present invention obtains a controller and a control method capable of appropriately executing adaptive cruise control for a straddle-type vehicle while securing a driver's comfort. In the controller and the control method according to the present invention, when braking forces are generated on wheels of the straddle-type vehicle during adaptive cruise control, in which the straddle-type vehicle is made to travel according to a distance from the straddle-type vehicle to a preceding vehicle, motion of the straddle-type vehicle, and the driver's instruction, at a braking start time point at which the braking force starts being generated on each of the wheels, braking force distribution between the front and rear wheels is brought into an initial state where the braking force generated on the rear wheel is larger than the braking force generated on the front wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Yuki Oshida
  • Patent number: 12077047
    Abstract: A control device controls vehicle functions and has a largely fixed moveable object that can be actively operated by a person for the purpose of control. The object floats over a controlled magnetic field. A sensor is detects a displacement of the object by a person from its neutral position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AG
    Inventors: Alexander Hanuschkin, Florian Etter
  • Patent number: 12071130
    Abstract: A method of providing automated control of vehicle speed in a driver assist mode may include receiving an operator selection of the driver assist mode and a target speed, monitoring vehicle speed, and generating a propulsive torque request and a braking torque request based on a difference between the target speed and the vehicle speed. The method may further include, responsive to vehicle speed being in a selected range from zero to about three miles per hour, initiating a low speed correction to automatically provide a variable modification to the propulsive torque request or the braking torque request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Edward Brewer, Brandon Cameron, Brian Grewe
  • Patent number: 12066844
    Abstract: A method is provided for operating a materials handling vehicle comprising: monitoring, by a processor, vehicle acceleration in a direction of travel of the vehicle during a manual operation by an operator of the vehicle when the vehicle is traveling in a first vehicle orientation; collecting and storing, by the processor, data related to the monitored vehicle acceleration; receiving, by the processor, a request to implement a semi-automated driving operation; calculating, by the processor, a maximum vehicle acceleration based on acceleration data comprising the stored data, wherein the data related to the monitored vehicle acceleration used in calculating the maximum vehicle acceleration comprises only the vehicle acceleration data in the direction of travel of the vehicle collected when the vehicle is traveling in the first vehicle orientation. Based at least in part on the maximum vehicle acceleration, controlling, by the processor, implementation of the semi-automated driving operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Crown Equipment Corporation
    Inventors: Andreas Simon, Sebastian Theos, Johannes Nachtigal
  • Patent number: 12066836
    Abstract: The technology relates to determining general weather conditions affecting the roadway around a vehicle, and how such conditions may impact driving and route planning for the vehicle when operating in an autonomous mode. For instance, the on-board sensor system may detect whether the road is generally icy as opposed to a small ice patch on a specific portion of the road surface. The system may also evaluate specific driving actions taken by the vehicle and/or other nearby vehicles. Based on such information, the vehicle's control system is able to use the resultant information to select an appropriate braking level or braking strategy. As a result, the system can detect and respond to different levels of adverse weather conditions. The on-board computer system may share road condition information with nearby vehicles and with remote assistance, so that it may be employed with broader fleet planning operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Waymo LLC
    Inventors: David Harrison Silver, Jens-Steffen Ralf Gutmann, Michael James
  • Patent number: 12054146
    Abstract: A longitudinal driver assistance system is provided in a motor vehicle. A first detection system identifies a first event which, starting from an actual speed, leads to the specification of an increased target speed at a predefined location-dependent first moment in time, and for identifying a subsequent second event which, starting from the increased target speed, leads to the specification of a target speed that is reduced in relation thereto at a predefined location-dependent second moment in time. A second detection system identifies, in an anticipatory manner, a predefined deceleration potential starting from the increased target speed to the reduced target speed. A functional unit reduces the acceleration to the increased target speed if, otherwise, the subsequent deceleration to the reduced target speed with the predefined deceleration potential cannot be completed at the location-dependent moment in time of the second event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Andreas Lechner, Miguel Loenne, Sebastien Mathieu
  • Patent number: 12051248
    Abstract: There is provided a collision avoidance method of a moving body collision avoidance device including acquiring a driving image of the moving body, recognizing an object in the acquired driving image using a neural network model, calculating a relative distance between the moving body and the object based on the recognized object, calculating a required collision time between the object and the moving body based on the calculated relative distance, and controlling an operation of the moving body based on the calculated required collision time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: THINKWARE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Suk Pil Ko, Young Yong Kim
  • Patent number: 12046050
    Abstract: System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to accurately distinguishing a traffic light from other illuminated objects in the traffic scene and detecting states using hierarchical modeling. In one embodiment, a method includes detecting, using a machine learning (ML) model, two-dimensional (2D) coordinates of illuminated objects identified from a monocular image of a traffic scene for control adaptation by a control model. The method also includes assigning, using the ML model, computed probabilities to the illuminated objects for categories within a hierarchical ontology of environmental lights associated with the traffic scene, wherein one of the probabilities indicates existence of a traffic light instead of a brake light in the traffic scene. The method also includes executing a task by the control model for a vehicle according to the 2D coordinates and the computed probabilities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: Toyota Research Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Kun-Hsin Chen, Kuan-Hui Lee, Chao Fang, Charles Christopher Ochoa
  • Patent number: 12043384
    Abstract: The invention relates to drones for a combat game, preferably a drone (1) and at least one opponent drone (2), said drones comprising radio control means, signal transmitters, receivers, and cameras. The invention further relates to a system for a combat game, the system comprising a drone (1) comprising a weapon (3), and at least one opponent drone (2) comprising an opponent weapon (4), wherein the drones are equipped with radio control means, signal transmitters, signal receivers and cameras.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Inventors: György Kovács, György Kovács, Jr., Kinga Kovács
  • Patent number: 12030493
    Abstract: An automatic cruise control system for controlling at least a powertrain of a vehicle, the cruise control system being configured to automatically control a vehicle speed to a target speed determined based on a set speed and on information relating to a road topography along an expected travelling route of the vehicle. The automatic cruise control system is configured to: while automatically controlling the vehicle speed to the target speed, receive an indication that a slippery road condition applies or is expected to apply, in response to receiving said indication, activate a predefined slippery road condition driving mode in which predetermined restrictions apply, said restrictions relating to at least one of the vehicle speed, an allowable vehicle acceleration, and a gear selection of the powertrain, control at least the powertrain in accordance with the slippery road condition driving mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Volvo Truck Corporation
    Inventor: Anders Eriksson
  • Patent number: 12024207
    Abstract: While an autonomous mode is activated, a vehicle is operated based on operating parameters for the autonomous mode. The operating parameters include at least one of a vehicle speed or a following distance. Upon detecting a user input to control vehicle operation, vehicle operation is transitioned to a nonautonomous mode, and a count of a number of received user inputs to control vehicle operation is incremented. Upon determining that the count of received of user inputs to control vehicle operation is greater than a threshold, the operating parameters for the autonomous mode are updated. Then, upon determining to transition from the nonautonomous mode to the autonomous mode, the vehicle is operated based on the updated operating parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Luke Niewiadomski, Austin Moore, Gangarjun Veeramurthy
  • Patent number: 12012103
    Abstract: A vehicle control method executed by a processor for controlling a subject vehicle includes: acquiring, from a sensor for detecting a state of surroundings of the subject vehicle, detection data of another vehicle traveling in an adjacent lane adjacent to a travel lane in which the subject vehicle is traveling, and setting, on the adjacent lane, a target point for the subject vehicle to change a lane from the travel lane to the adjacent lane based on a position relationship between the subject vehicle and the other vehicle, specifying the other vehicle that is located behind the target point as a rear vehicle, and starting blinking of the direction indicator of the subject vehicle when a rear end of the subject vehicle is located ahead of the front end of the rear vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Ito, Katsuhiko Degawa, Takahiro Nojiri, Tatsuya Shino, Shuhei Emoto, Shuko Ishimaru, Toshihiro Asai
  • Patent number: 12013465
    Abstract: An object-tracking method using a LiDAR sensor may include forming a first inclination using GPS altitude points of a vehicle driving region, detecting a driving lane using LiDAR points of a vehicle and determining a second inclination using the detected driving lane, rotating the GPS altitude points using the first inclination and the second inclination, obtaining a third inclination using a target point and a neighboring point, among the LiDAR points, the neighboring point belonging to a previous layer adjacent to a current layer to which the target point belongs, obtaining a fourth inclination using points that match the LiDAR points, among the rotated GPS altitude points, and determining the target point to be a ground point when the absolute value of the difference between the third inclination and the fourth inclination is less than a threshold inclination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Soo Kyung Ryu, Yoon Ho Jang
  • Patent number: 11964656
    Abstract: A travel control device assists automatic traveling of a vehicle by controlling a target vehicle speed, which is a target value of an actual vehicle speed, when making the vehicle travel to a target point. The travel control device includes a setting unit for executing a setting process for setting the course of the target vehicle speed until the vehicle reaches the target point, based on the actual vehicle speed and the target point. If a request to change the vehicle speed occurs during execution of the automatic traveling and the actual vehicle speed is changed based on the request, the setting unit executes a resetting process for resetting the course of the target vehicle speed, based on the actual vehicle speed when the request is canceled and a remaining distance from a position of the vehicle when the request is canceled to the target point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: ADVICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takuya Yasui
  • Patent number: 11964676
    Abstract: A control command is provided to a vehicle control module that identifies one or more vehicle actions to be performed by the vehicle control module to control a position of an autonomous vehicle (AV) with respect to an external environment. Whether one or more conditions pertaining to the position of the AV with respect to the external environment are satisfied is determined. Responsive to determining that the one or more conditions pertaining to the position of the AV with respect to the external environment are satisfied, a first instruction is provide to the vehicle control module that permits the vehicle control module to deviate from the one or more vehicle actions identified in the control command and to perform an energy saving action with respect to the AV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Waymo LLC
    Inventors: David Smith, Christopher Bowen
  • Patent number: 11961402
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a method, computer system, and computer program product for using mobile devices for anomaly detection in a vehicle. The present invention may include a computer receives sensor data from at least one mobile device associated with the vehicle, where the mobile device having one or more sensors. The computer analyzes data from the one or more sensors to identify an anomaly associated with the vehicle. The computer identifies a message associated with the anomaly. The computer determines an urgency value of the message based on the anomaly. The computer transfers the message with the urgency value to the vehicle and causes the vehicle to notify the message using a vehicle notification device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Pradeep Venkata Sudindra Pusuluri, Sri Harsha Varada, Venkata Vara Prasad Karri, Nagaraju Ampavalli
  • Patent number: 11946948
    Abstract: An automotive system providing method for detecting a road in an abnormal state based on a measured value of an acceleration sensor mounted on a vehicle includes an acceleration sensor measuring a value of gravity acceleration acting on a vehicle; a position measuring sensor measuring a position of the vehicle; a memory in which the measured value of the gravity acceleration and the position of the vehicle at a time point at which the gravity acceleration is measured are stored; and a controller electrically connected to the acceleration sensor, the position measuring sensor and the memory and configured for determining a road corresponding to the position where the value of the gravity acceleration is measured as being in an abnormal condition when the controller concludes that a difference value between the value of the gravity acceleration measured during operation of the vehicle and a reference acceleration value added to the value of the gravity acceleration to correct the value of the gravity accelerati
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Minwoo Lee, Kyowoong Choo
  • Patent number: 11945454
    Abstract: Systems and methods for dynamically limiting the road speed of a vehicle are provided herein. The method includes limiting the speed of the vehicle to a predetermined first speed under normal operating conditions. The method further includes selectively engaging an override condition for an activation interval responsive to an operator generated input. The override condition may be limited to a determined number of times in an activation assessment interval. During an activation interval of the override condition, the vehicle can exceed the predetermined first speed by a specified offset that defines a second speed greater than the first speed. The activation interval may be a period of time or a distance. The override condition is not available when the number of activations in the activation assessment interval exceeds a threshold value. The activation assessment interval may be defined by a period of time, a distance, an event or action, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: PACCAR Inc
    Inventor: Leslie Lee Darrah, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11938934
    Abstract: A cruise control system for a motor vehicle. The system includes a setpoint value generator for generating a setpoint value determining the vehicle speed, and an actuating device that controls the speed of the vehicle to a setpoint speed through intervention into the drive and/or braking system. The system automatically adapts the setpoint speed to a predicted roadway curvature. The setpoint value generator includes at least two modules working independently from one another, including a base module for generating a base setpoint value and a curve module for generating a curve setpoint value that represents a maximum speed at which a curve having a given curvature may be negotiated without exceeding a predefined limiting value for the lateral acceleration of the vehicle, and includes a fusion module that forms a final setpoint value for the actuating device from the base setpoint value and the curve setpoint value through minimum selection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Axel Gruender, Simon Holeczek, Marco Desiderio
  • Patent number: 11932259
    Abstract: A vehicle control device has a processor that is configured to determine the level of active operation by the driver, to determine the relationship between the speed of the vehicle and a predetermined reference speed, and to generate a first driving plan whereby a first deceleration is used to decelerate the vehicle without activating the brake light, when it has been determined that the level of active operation by the driver is lower than the predetermined reference level and the speed of the vehicle is faster than the reference speed, and to generate a second driving plan whereby a second deceleration that is greater than the first deceleration is used to decelerate the vehicle when it has been determined that the level of active operation by the driver is lower than the predetermined reference level and the speed of the vehicle is equal to or below the reference speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Jumpei Kiriki, Taiyo Uejima
  • Patent number: 11926317
    Abstract: Embodiments provide a vehicle computer coupled to a vehicle. The vehicle computer may be configured to compute (e.g., generate) an automated lane change maneuver moving the vehicle from a first lane into a second, adjacent lane. The lane change maneuver may have commenced while the maneuver was safe to conduct, but a threat vehicle (or another threat object) may be subsequently detected moving into the same target lane. The option to immediately abort the maneuver and return to the original lane may not be appropriate after some time into the lane change maneuver. The vehicle computer may control the vehicle in a lateral position hold along the lane demarcation line for a predetermined amount of time before moving into the second lane when the threat vehicle clears the second lane or returning to the first lane when the threat vehicle does not clear the second lane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: PlusAI, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Joseph Dingli, Lichun Yang, Mohammadhussein Rafieisakhaei
  • Patent number: 11926325
    Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus includes a processor. Before the vehicle passes through an inflection point of a curvature of a target trajectory, the processor sets a first reference point before the inflection point. After the vehicle passes through the inflection point, the processor sets a second reference point at a position where a second distance from a current position of the vehicle after the vehicle passes through the inflection point to the second reference point is longer than a first distance from a current position of the vehicle before the vehicle passes through the inflection point to the first reference point when compared under travel conditions identical in a vehicle speed, an acceleration rate, a deceleration rate, or a steering angle. The processor sets a target steering angle based on the curvature of an arc passing through the current position and the first reference point or the second reference point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yosuke Takebayashi, Takeshi Yoneda
  • Patent number: 11919537
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a set of dynamic vehicle parameters of an ADV associated with a road location are determined based on outputs of an IMU of the ADV measured when the ADV is traveling through the road location. Whether the set of dynamic vehicle parameters satisfy one of a first set of criteria and a second set of criteria is determined. In response to the dynamic vehicle parameters satisfying the first set of criteria for a first predetermined quantity of times or satisfying the second set of criteria for a second predetermined quantity of times, the speed limit associated with the road location is adjusted within a limited range spanning from a minimum speed limit to a maximum speed limit. Operations of the ADV when the ADV subsequently travels through the road location are controlled based at least in part on the adjusted speed limit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: BAIDU USA LLC
    Inventors: Fan Zhu, Kecheng Xu
  • Patent number: 11914361
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for determining, and displaying, the regulatory compliance status of a motorized vehicle, a driver of a motorized vehicle, or a non-vehicle machine. An authorized agent, such as a law enforcement officer, can perform a remotely-initiated safe stop of a motorized vehicle to prevent a high-speed chase. A system management center can receive, store, and transmit regulatory compliance records indicating the regulatory compliance status of drivers, motorized vehicles, and non-vehicle machines. A motorized vehicle can detect, and report, a driver “tail-gating” the motorized vehicle. The regulatory compliance history of drivers, motorized vehicles, and non-vehicle machines can be queried by authorized users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Inventor: Celestin Nsimba-Dikwama
  • Patent number: 11904857
    Abstract: A vehicle control system may include a controller that obtains route information based on a driving route and a location of a vehicle, searches for an uneven road surface on the driving route based on the route information, calculates an impulse based on vehicle information and shape information about the found uneven road surface when the uneven road surface is found, and sets a target speed based on the calculated impulse and user data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hyun Kyu Kim
  • Patent number: 11897312
    Abstract: An air conditioner for a fuel cell electric vehicle includes a heater core configured to circulate a heat medium from a fuel cell stack and perform heating by heat exchange with air, and a control unit configured to calculate a travel resistance when the fuel cell electric vehicle travels on a road based on a road state affecting the travel resistance generated when the fuel cell electric vehicle travels and an environmental state, and control the heat exchange in the heater core based on the calculated travel resistance. When the travel resistance is equal to or greater than a predetermined value, the control unit restricts an operation for the heating using waste heat of the fuel cell stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Takayuki Shimauchi
  • Patent number: 11878697
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes: a distance-acquisition section acquiring a path end distance between a vehicle and an end of a turn-travel path, on which the vehicle travels with turning; a path-width-acquisition section acquiring a path width of the turn-travel path; a velocity-acquisition section acquiring a velocity of the vehicle; an anticipated-curvature-radius-acquisition section acquiring a curvature radius of an anticipated turn-travel path obtained by assuming that the turn-travel path starts from a pre-turn position, based on the path width and the path end distance obtained at the pre-turn position; a target-velocity-setting section setting a target velocity at which the vehicle should travel on the turn-travel path, based on the anticipated curvature radius; a target-acceleration/deceleration-calculation section calculating a target acceleration/deceleration for accelerating/decelerating the vehicle to the target velocity, based on the velocity of the vehicle and the target velocity, and a vehi
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Naohiko Tsuru
  • Patent number: 11878709
    Abstract: Methods, vehicles, and systems described herein generate alerts based on a generated macro state level indicative of a traffic hazard risk in view of a set of parameters which may lead driver to make various sub-conscious decisions. The set of parameters can include at least one of a vehicle parameter, driver state parameter, or external parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Rohit Gupta, Ziran Wang, Kyungtae Han, Prashant Tiwari
  • Patent number: 11866027
    Abstract: A method for regulating a kinematic variable of a motor vehicle. The method includes: receiving actual value signals, which represent an actual value of a kinematic variable of a motor vehicle; receiving setpoint signals, which represent a setpoint value of the kinematic variable; ascertaining an actuating variable to be implemented by one or multiple actuating element(s) of the motor vehicle, based on the actual value, the setpoint value and a variation of the setpoint value over time in such a way that a deviation between the actual value and the setpoint value becomes smaller when the actuating variable is implemented with the aid of the one or multiple actuating element(s); and outputting actuating variable signals, which represent the ascertained actuating variable. A device, a computer program, and a machine-readable memory medium are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventor: Michael Bachmann
  • Patent number: 11842577
    Abstract: A map-based notification system configured to perform operations that include: accessing a base-map that comprises a map-tile, the map-tile defining a speed limit of a location; receiving vehicle data that includes speed data; determining that the speed data from the vehicle data transgresses the speed limit associated with the location defined by the map-tile; and causing display of a notification in response to determining that the speed data from the vehicle data transgresses the speed limit associated with the location defined by the map-tile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Samsara Inc.
    Inventors: Derrek Harrison, Ingo Gerhard Wiegand, David Liang, John Charles Bicket, Sushant Thakur, James Michael Rowson, Sylvie Lee, Bodecker John DellaMaria, Kenshiro Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 11814054
    Abstract: Exhaustive driving analytical methods, systems, are apparatuses are described. The methods, systems, are apparatuses relate to utilizing partially available data associated with driver and/or driving behaviors to determine safety factors, identify times to react to events, and contextual information regarding the events. The methods, systems, and apparatuses described herein may determine, based on a systematic model, reactions and reaction times, compare the vehicle behavior (or lack thereof) to the modeled reactions and reaction times, and determine safety factors and instructions based on the comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Allstate Insurance Company
    Inventors: Anuradha Kodali, Sunil Chintakindi, Regina Madigan
  • Patent number: 11802969
    Abstract: Techniques are discussed for controlling a vehicle, such as an autonomous vehicle, based on occluded areas in an environment. An occluded area can represent areas where sensors of the vehicle are unable to sense portions of the environment due to obstruction by another object. An occlusion grid representing the occluded area can be stored as map data or can be dynamically generated. An occlusion grid can include occlusion fields, which represent discrete two- or three-dimensional areas of driveable environment. An occlusion field can indicate an occlusion state and an occupancy state, determined using LIDAR data and/or image data captured by the vehicle. An occupancy state of an occlusion field can be determined by ray casting LIDAR data or by projecting an occlusion field into segmented image data. The vehicle can be controlled to traverse the environment when a sufficient portion of the occlusion grid is visible and unoccupied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Zoox, Inc.
    Inventors: William Anthony Silva, Dragomir Dimitrov Anguelov, Benjamin Isaac Zwiebel, Juhana Kangaspunta
  • Patent number: 11793705
    Abstract: Disclosed is a fall-resistant control method for an intelligent rollator, an intelligent rollator and a controller. The intelligent rollator has a vehicle body, front wheels and/or rear wheels configured at the bottom of the vehicle body and driven by a motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG YIHENGYUE MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jian Diao, Mao Gong
  • Patent number: 11787431
    Abstract: A method for overriding a driving mode in an automatic longitudinal guidance mode of a motor vehicle includes setting a longitudinal guidance mode in the motor vehicle, providing a target speed for a journey event in the longitudinal guidance mode, manually overriding the target speed when the journey event is driven through by the motor vehicle, and aborting of the longitudinal guidance mode if the target speed of the journey event cannot be achieved within a settable delay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Andreas Lechner, Miguel Loenne, Sebastien Mathieu
  • Patent number: 11772666
    Abstract: System and techniques for test scenario verification, for a simulation of an autonomous vehicle safety action, are described. In an example, measuring performance of a test scenario used in testing an autonomous driving safety requirement includes: defining a test environment for a test scenario that tests compliance with a safety requirement including a minimum safe distance requirement; identifying test procedures to use in the test scenario that define actions for testing the minimum safe distance requirement; identifying test parameters to use with the identified test procedures, such as velocity, amount of braking, timing of braking, and rate of acceleration or deceleration; and creating the test scenario for use in an autonomous driving test simulator. Use of the test scenario includes applying the identified test procedures and the identified test parameters to identify a response of a test vehicle to the minimum safe distance requirement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Mobileye Vision Technologies Ltd.
    Inventors: Qianying Zhu, Lidan Zhang, Xiangbin Wu, Xinxin Zhang, Fei Li
  • Patent number: 11760363
    Abstract: A device for controlling travel of a vehicle includes: a sensor that acquires information on a surrounding region of the vehicle, and a controller that generates a speed profile based on the information on the surrounding region of the vehicle, calculates an average acceleration in the speed profile based on a current vehicle speed and a vehicle speed at a predetermined time point, and calculates a required acceleration at a time point at which a difference between the speed profile and the average acceleration is greatest, and performs travel control based on at least one of the average acceleration or the required acceleration. The device allows a longitudinal control to be performed based on the speed profile generated by the vehicle, thereby improving an accuracy of autonomous driving.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Dong Hoon Kang
  • Patent number: 11745739
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for supporting a lane changing procedure for a vehicle with a cruise control apparatus, wherein the cruise control apparatus adjusts a speed of the vehicle to a target speed, comprising the following steps: receiving environmental data on an environment of the vehicle using an input apparatus, wherein the environmental data at least comprise information on other vehicles in a target lane, determining a current traffic density and a current flow speed in the target lane based on the environmental data using an evaluation apparatus, adapting the target speed based on the determined current traffic density and the current flow speed by using the evaluation apparatus, forwarding the adapted target speed to the cruise control apparatus. The invention further relates to an associated device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Thomas Eigel, Timur Aminev, Stefan Detering, Jens Hoedt, Sören Lindner
  • Patent number: 11740640
    Abstract: A higher throughput is an increasingly necessary requirement for driverless transport systems with a plurality of driverless transport vehicles. In arrangements with inclined roadways, resuming a movement is problematic in that doing so has hitherto only been possible with a limited arrangement of the roadways and/or with highly dimensioned drives. The novel method provides for moving a driverless transport vehicle on an inclined transport roadway, wherein the steering drives are actuated on the basis of the detected inclination direction in order to move the vehicle such that the transport vehicle is moved transversely to the inclination direction. After a specified minimum speed of the transport vehicle transversely to the inclination direction is reached, the steering drives are adjusted such that the transport vehicle continues to move in the inclination direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Siemens Logistics GmbH
    Inventor: Carsten Aschpurwis
  • Patent number: 11703884
    Abstract: A system for regulating the speed of a vehicle includes defining a first border for a first geographic region. The border has a first speed within the border and a second speed outside of the border. The system includes determining a first velocity of the vehicle including a vehicle speed and direction of the vehicle approaching the border. The difference between the vehicle speed and the second speed is the calculated, as is a distance between the vehicle and the border. If the difference between the vehicle speed and the second speed divided by the distance is greater than a predetermined value, the vehicle is decelerated at a rate so that the vehicle will have a second speed when the vehicle reaches the border.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Polaris Industries Inc.
    Inventors: David G. Hille, Chun Lan, Scott D. Taylor, Joseph B. Bottensek, Jacob D. Scherer, Duane D. Wagner, Jacob J. Minick
  • Patent number: 11685381
    Abstract: A method and system for estimating surface roughness of a ground for an off-road vehicle to control steering of a vehicle, an implement, or both, comprises detecting motion data of an off-road vehicle traversing a field or work site during a sampling interval. A first sensor is adapted to detect pitch data of the off-road vehicle for the sampling interval to obtain a pitch acceleration. A second sensor is adapted to detect roll data of the off-road vehicle for the sampling interval to obtain a roll acceleration. An electronic data processor or surface roughness index module determines or estimates a surface roughness index based on the detected motion data, pitch data and roll data for the sampling interval. The surface roughness index can be displayed on the graphical display to a user or operator of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Christopher D. Birkland, Tyler D. Schleicher
  • Patent number: 11670122
    Abstract: A data collection device and method, and an autonomous driving system are provided. The data collection device includes multiple sensor modules integrated on a circuit board, and a processor connected to the circuit board. The multiple sensor modules are configured to collect traveling information of a target vehicle in a traveling process. The processor is configured to send the traveling information to an Industrial Personal Computer (IPC) such that the IPC analyzes the traveling information and generates operation instructions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Beijing xiaoma zhixing technology co.LTD
    Inventors: Yufan Heng, Lintao Li, Zhiguo Yang, Chunlong Zhang
  • Patent number: 11654893
    Abstract: A controller and a control method capable of appropriately assisting with a rider's operation while suppressing falling of a motorcycle, departure of the motorcycle from a lane, a difficulty of the motorcycle in adaptive cruise, and the like is disclosed. In the controller and the control method according to the present invention, in a control mode to make the motorcycle perform autonomous cruise acceleration operation, automatic acceleration that is acceleration generated to the motorcycle by the autonomous cruise acceleration operation is controlled in accordance with a lean angle of the motorcycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Yoshihide Igari
  • Patent number: 11650603
    Abstract: The technology relates to determining general weather conditions affecting the roadway around a vehicle, and how such conditions may impact driving and route planning for the vehicle when operating in an autonomous mode. For instance, the on-board sensor system may detect whether the road is generally icy as opposed to a small ice patch on a specific portion of the road surface. The system may also evaluate specific driving actions taken by the vehicle and/or other nearby vehicles. Based on such information, the vehicle's control system is able to use the resultant information to select an appropriate braking level or braking strategy. As a result, the system can detect and respond to different levels of adverse weather conditions. The on-board computer system may share road condition information with nearby vehicles and with remote assistance, so that it may be employed with broader fleet planning operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Waymo LLC
    Inventors: David Harrison Silver, Jens-Steffen Ralf Gutmann, Michael James
  • Patent number: 11628854
    Abstract: The attention calling system includes the classification unit for classifying an object into a category based on a traffic scene, the risk calculation unit for calculating the risk value with respect to contact with the object based on the category, and the attention calling unit for outputting the visual display in the horizontally extending belt-like range on the windshield of the moving body. The attention calling unit outputs the visual display in the mode adapted to the risk value of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaki Maruyama, Toshiaki Seo, Yuya Kishimoto, Minoru Higuchi
  • Patent number: 11631331
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing lane-specific recommendations to a vehicle operator of a vehicle operating on roadways are disclosed. The roadways include one or more lanes in each direction of travel. Exemplary implementations may: generate, by a set of sensors, output signals conveying information pertaining to the vehicle; determine a current location of the vehicle; determine a current direction of travel of the vehicle; detect a current lane being used by the vehicle from the multiple traffic lanes of the particular roadway at the current location in the current direction of travel; obtain lane-specific information regarding the multiple traffic lanes at or near the current location of the vehicle; obtain a goal for providing lane-specific recommendations; determine a lane-specific recommendation for the vehicle; and provide the lane-specific recommendation to the vehicle operator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: SmartDrive Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Jason Palmer
  • Patent number: 11623659
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a method for controlling an autonomous vehicle to pass through a curve, a device and a medium, and relate to the field of autonomous driving technologies. At least one implementation of the method for controlling an autonomous vehicle to pass through a curve includes: determining a curve boundary within a sensing area in a current driving direction of the autonomous vehicle based on a current position of the autonomous vehicle on the curve; determining a current safe stopping distance of the autonomous vehicle on the curve based on current driving parameters of the autonomous vehicle and the curve boundary; determining a speed threshold of the autonomous vehicle based on the current safe stopping distance, braking parameters of the autonomous vehicle and a curve curvature corresponding to the current position; and controlling a speed of the autonomous vehicle not to exceed the speed threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: APOLLO INTELLIGENT DRIVING TECHNOLOGY (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ning Yu, Jingjing Xue, Dongchun Yao
  • Patent number: 11608061
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a memory configured to store a first target speed applied under a specific traveling situation and a second target speed that is equal to or less than the first target speed and applied to a traveling situation other than the specific traveling situation, and a processor configured to determine whether or not a traveling situation of the vehicle corresponds to the specific traveling situation, control a traveling speed of the vehicle in accordance with the first target speed when a traveling situation of the vehicle corresponds to the specific traveling situation, and control a traveling speed of the vehicle in accordance with the second target speed when a traveling situation of the vehicle differs from the specific traveling situation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Ryosuke Machida