Crowdsourced detection, identification and sharing of hazardous road objects in HD maps

SMI Alam, DIG Aguirre, S Sharma… - US Patent …, 2021 - Google Patents
Abstract Systems, apparatuses and methods may provide for vehicle technology that detects
one or more differences between a crowdsourced map of an ambient environment and a …

Drone flight optimization using drone-to-drone permissioning

M Delaney, B Ward, MR Conde, WJ Green - US Patent 11,183,071, 2021 - Google Patents
Provided are embodiments drone flight optimization using drone to drone permissioning.
The embodiments include determining a potential route for a first drone, and broadcasting …

Cooperative vehicle operation

CM Neubecker, SD Gupta, MY Ghannam… - US Patent App. 15 …, 2019 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A computing device is programmed to form a platoon with a second vehicle
upon determining a fault in sensor data in a first vehicle. The computer can be further …

Devices and methods for updating maps in autonomous driving systems in bandwidth constrained networks

R Dorrance, I Alvarez, D Dasalukunte… - US Patent …, 2022 - Google Patents
Vehicle navigation control systems in autonomous driving rely on the accuracy of maps
which include features about a vehicle's environment so that a vehicle may safely navigate …

System and method for vehicle platooning

Y Zhou, J Kurumisawa - US Patent 11,011,064, 2021 - Google Patents
In one embodiment, example systems and methods related to vehicle platooning are
provided. Vehicles are equipped with a vehicle platooning system that allows the vehicles to …

Real-world traffic model

B Lund, A Blow, EC Park - US Patent App. 16/549,643, 2020 - Google Patents
Disclosed is a method and apparatus for generating a real-world traffic model. The
apparatus obtains a first set of device map information associated with one or more devices …

Vehicle to infrastructure information sharing and infrastructure control based on the information

GD Gaither - US Patent App. 17/336,608, 2022 - Google Patents
Methods and systems may provide for technology to identify that a transmission includes
one or more of vehicle sensor data sensed by a vehicle or at least one feature identified from …

Method and device for operating a first vehicle

H Mielenz, J Rohde - US Patent 11,242,063, 2022 - Google Patents
In a method and a device for operating a first vehicle, a method includes receiving a signal
from an external pro cessing unit for influencing a first surroundings sensor system of the first …

Systems and methods for determining a confidence level of a sensor measurement by a sensor of an electric aircraft

N Moy, C Freiheit, JE Auerbach - US Patent 11,725,991, 2023 - Google Patents
Provided in this disclosure are systems and methods for determining a confidence level of a
sensor measurement of a sensor. A system may include a sensor array, which includes a …

Variable bandwidth free-space optical communication system for autonomous or semi-autonomous passenger vehicles

N Leefer, GA Springer, ME Seeger - US Patent 12,119,883, 2024 - Google Patents
A passenger vehicle optical communication system includes a source vehicle including a
light source and an endpoint vehicle including a camera. The source vehicle transmits a …