Daniel I Jamison

US Patent:

20210114424, Apr 22, 2021

Filed:

Oct 16, 2020

Appl. No.:

17/072475

Inventors:

Daniel JAMISON - Derry NH, US

International Classification:

B60D 1/30
B60D 1/32

Abstract:

Systems and methods for detecting oscillation of a trailer towed by a vehicle include implementing one or more SPR systems to acquire SPR information associated with the vehicle and/or the trailer and estimating a degree of swerve of the vehicle and/or a degree of lateral oscillation of the trailer based on the acquired SPR information.

US Patent:

20210026373, Jan 28, 2021

Filed:

Jul 20, 2020

Appl. No.:

16/933395

Inventors:

Daniel Jamison - Derry NH, US
Byron Stanley - Newton MA, US

International Classification:

G05D 1/02
G01C 21/34
G01C 21/00
G08G 1/00
H04W 4/46
H04W 4/024
H04W 4/02
G01S 13/88
G01S 13/931

Abstract:

One or more vehicles in a platoon may be operated autonomously using a surface-penetrating radar (SPR) system implemented in the lead vehicle. SPR signals obtained by the system may be converted to one or more images (or scans) that provide information about the ground surface and/or other surfaces around the vehicle within a detection range of the SPR system. Based on the obtained SPR signals, the lead vehicle may create a real-time map including the SPR information and/or localize the real-time SPR information to an existing map. This real-time SPR map information may then be transmitted from the lead vehicle to succeeding vehicles in the platoon in a pass-it-down fashion for localizing the succeeding vehicles behind the lead vehicle.