Autonomous control in a dense vehicle environment

MY Rupp, GH Engelman, AM Miller, TD Zwicky… - US Patent …, 2015 - Google Patents
A computer in a first vehicle is programmed to receive a first set of data from at least one
sensor in the first vehicle and to receive a second set of data from at least one second …

System and method for predicting behaviors of detected objects through environment representation

J Zhu, DI Ferguson - US Patent 9,381,916, 2016 - Google Patents
Autonomous triving Coripater Syster Q forming a behavior analysis on mobile objects in the
vicinity of an autonomous vehicle. Specifically, the autonomous vehicle is capable of …

Semi-autonomous mode control

TE Pilutti, MY Rupp, RA Trombley, A Waldis - US Patent 9,511,764, 2016 - Google Patents
A first vehicle may receive at least one message from a second vehicle, the message
including data provided by the second vehicle. A computing device in the first vehicle is …

Method and system to estimate driving risk based on a hierarchical index of driving

DV Prokhorov - US Patent 8,160,811, 2012 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A system and method for providing driving risk assessment for a host
vehicle equipped With on-board sensors or vehicle to-vehicle or infrastructure-to-vehicle …

Vehicle driving assist system

T Kondoh - US Patent 7,734,419, 2010 - Google Patents
B60K—ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF
TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE …

System and method for predicting behaviors of detected objects through environment representation

J Zhu, DI Ferguson - US Patent 9,766,626, 2017 - Google Patents
Aspects of the invention relate generally to autonomous vehicles. The features described
improve the safety, use, driver experience, and performance of these vehicles by performing …

Risk mitigation for autonomous vehicles relative to turning objects

DV Prokhorov, V Vladimerou - US Patent 9,701,306, 2017 - Google Patents
Arrangements related to the mitigation of risk for an autono mous vehicle relative to turning
objects are presented. An object in an external environment of the autonomous vehicle that …

Sensor abnormality detection device

QHN Van - US Patent 9,731,728, 2017 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A sensor abnormality detection device includes a first sensor that detects a
situation of a first region at a periphery of an own vehicle; a second sensor that detects a …

Determining vehicle collision risk

LM Do, PA Nesbitt, E Woods - US Patent 9,242,654, 2016 - Google Patents
An approach is provided for determining vehicle accident risk. The approach determines a
current vehicle state of the vehicle during operation of the vehicle. The current vehicle state …

Vehicle collision avoidance apparatus and method

K Breuer, H Kitterer - US Patent 8,538,674, 2013 - Google Patents
The present invention relates to a device for avoiding collision or for minimizing the collision
severity in case of a collision, for vehicles, particularly for commercial vehicles, comprising …