Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.

Georgia Tech Research Corporation

Michigan Technological University

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Toyota Motor Engg. & Mfg. North America, Inc.

Paul Donald Schmalenberg

Jae Seung Lee

Ercan Mehmet Dede

Sean P Rodrigues

Tsuyoshi Nomura

Ercan Mehment Dede

Frederico Marcolino Quintao Severgnini

Hideo Iizuka

Atsushi Iwai

Brian Joseph Robert

Serdar Hakki Yonak

Alexandros Margomenos

Emmanouil Tentzeris

Chungchih Chou

Nikola Stevan Subotic

Koji Shiozaki

Amin Rida

Ronglin Li

Meijiao Li

Kenan Wang

Yasuo Uehara

Yuqing Zhou

James Paul Ebling

Muhamed K Farooq

Chungchih Chu

Liping Li

Hiroshi Yokoyama

Embodiments of an integrated apparatus for measuring an external magnetic or other external stimulus are presented herein. This apparatus may include a semiconductor integrated circuit comprising a plurality of metal layers; a solid-state host disposed on the semiconductor integrated circuit and comprising a plurality of color centers; a photonic integrated circuit disposed on the solid-state host and comprising optical modulators and a grating array in optical communication with the plurality of color centers via a material capable of transmitting light below 1000 nm; a microwave antenna formed in a first metal layer in the plurality of metal layers of the semiconductor integrated circuit; and a photodetector in optical communication with the plurality of color centers.

Chip-scale optically determined magnetic resonance sensor

Improved systems and methods are provided to implement anomaly detection. The method includes a FMCW LIDAR system that steers the laser beam of the LIDAR system via the wavelength tuning of a FMCW. The direction of the laser beam can be diffracted and controlled by the optical grating antennas which may diffract the laser beam as a function of wavelength. The method may also provide a LIDAR sensor with exhibits a controlled and wide-angle fill or output without the use of conventional mechanical mechanisms for scanning. The LIDAR system provides a cost-effective method to reduce scan dimensionality without sacrificing performance.

Method for road debris detection using low-cost LIDAR

A vehicle subsystem for cleaning a vehicle cabin may include one or more light sources, a sensor module, and a vehicle cleaning control module. The one or more light sources are mounted in the vehicle cabin to project a collimated beam of light to contact one or more target surfaces in the vehicle cabin. The sensor module includes an array of one or more sensors mounted adjacent to the one or more target surfaces, to detect as sensor data the light reflected from the one or more target surfaces. The vehicle cleaning control module includes one or more processors, coupled to the sensor module, to execute a set of instructions to conduct, in response to the detection, specular reflection analysis of the sensor data, and determine, in response to the specular reflection analysis, a state of cleanliness of the vehicle cabin.

Vehicle cleaning subsystem and method of cleaning a vehicle

A real-time machine perception system and vehicles with real-time perception systems can be adapted for navigation in conflict zone environments and include an optical sensor and an optical processing component coupled to the optical sensor. The optical processing component can be configured to solve a non-linear control problem comprising solving a multi-vehicle merging or multi-vehicle synchronization problem. The optical processing component can perform optical processing on a signal from the optical sensor according to a deep learning algorithm having weights determined by solving the non-linear control problem.

Optical sense-compute solution for real-time navigation involving multiple vehicles

Embodiments described herein relate to an adaptable photonic apparatus including an optical neural network. The photonic apparatus includes an optical input that provides an optical signal. The photonic apparatus also includes a chassis component and an optical neural network (ONN). The chassis component includes at least one modular mounting location for receiving a modular network component. The ONN is operably connected with the optical input and is configured to perform optical processing on the optical signal according to a deep learning algorithm. The ONN includes optical components arranged into layers to form the ONN. The modular network component is an additional optical processing component that is configured to function in cooperation with the ONN to adapt the deep learning algorithm.

Adaptable optical neural network system

A window can be used for object detection and/or identification. The window can have a first side and a second side. An optical grating can be operatively positioned with respect to the first side of the window. A light source can be configured to emit light toward the optical grating. A detector can be operatively positioned to acquire spectroscopic data of the light emitted from the light source after the light has interacted with the optical grating. Using the optical grating, a temperature at or near the first side can be determined. Based on the temperature, it can be determined whether an object is located on the first side of the window.

Window-based object detection and/or identification

A vehicle sanitizer system includes a sanitizer emitter member, selectively moveable between a stowed position in a compartment of a vehicle cabin and a deployed position out of the compartment; a sensor module to detect an interior of a vehicle cabin as sensor data; and a vehicle sanitizer module, that includes one or more processors to execute a set of instructions that cause the vehicle sanitizer module to: conduct, in response to the detection, an analysis of the sensor data; identify, in response to the analysis, one or more target interior surfaces in the vehicle cabin to be sanitized; and cause, via the sanitizer emitter member and in response to the identification, generation of water vapor content into the vehicle cabin, one or more sanitizer streams directed at the identified one or more target interior surfaces.

Vehicle sanitizer system and method of sanitizing a vehicle

Dynamically adjustable EDA measurement device may include: a dynamically formable base comprising a soft robotics material, wherein the dynamically formable base comprises a formable surface configured to be dynamically formed in response to input signals; and an EDA sensing layer affixed to the formable surface of the dynamically formable base, the EDA sensing layer comprising a plurality of electrodes arranged on a flexible substrate and configured to be connected to a power supply; wherein, in response to input signals, the formable surface of the dynamically formable base and the EDA sensing layer affixed thereto are reformed into a desired contour.

Hybrid interface for simultaneous biosensing and user input

A silicon on insulator (SOI) photonic device having a waveguide is provided that includes a mode overlap portion with a topology optimized structure situated below an electrode of the capacitance structure. The device can significantly change a refractive index in a volume of mode overlap depending upon the applied potential to the capacitor and allows for a π phase shift in a modest mode overlap volume. The topology optimized structure has a waveguide and substrate that are partitioned in three dimensions using an extruded projection design. The electrode is a transition metal di-chalcogenide monolayer sheet (2D TMD). The enhanced mode overlay from the topology optimized waveguide portion allows a large reduction in the length of the waveguide with the mode overlap to achieve the needed phase shift for a photonic device.

Integrated photonic component for enhanced mode overlap of a 2D phase shifter

A window can be used to detect objects located within an opening. A structure can define the opening. The window can be operatively positioned within the opening. The window can be movable to selectively open and close the opening. The window can include an optical grating operatively positioned near a closing edge of the window. A light source configured to emit light toward the optical grating. A detector operatively positioned to acquire spectroscopic data of the light emitted from the light source after the light has interacted with the optical grating. A processor can be operatively connected to the detector. The processor can be configured to: determine a temperature based on the spectroscopic data; determine, based on the temperature, whether an object is located in the opening; and responsive to determining that an object is located in the opening, control a movement of window.

Anti-pinching window

A vehicle includes an interior and an exterior, a surface within the interior, and a movable seat positioned over a first portion of the surface. The vehicle also includes a processor, a seat control system able to move the seat to expose the portion of the surface, and a light source able to illuminate a larger second portion of the surface which includes the first portion. The vehicle further includes a sensor to capture an image of the second portion of the surface, illuminated by the light source, and a cleaning element able to clean the second portion of the surface. The processor is configured to detect foreign material on the second portion of the surface, based on a comparison between the image and a stored image. The processor is also configured to activate the cleaning element, after detecting the foreign material on the second portion of the surface.

Autonomous vehicle cleaning system using foldable seats and adjustable lighting conditions

Embodiments described herein relate to a system with an electroactive substrate, a plurality of nanoparticles, and a control unit. The plurality of nanoparticles deposited in communication with the electroactive substrate. The control unit is configured to manipulate a shape of the electroactive substrate between an unactuated mode and an actuated mode to change an absorption band or an emission band of the plurality of nanoparticles. When the electroactive substrate shape is manipulated, the absorption band or the emission band of the plurality of nanoparticles is changed to tune the system for a radiative cooling based on a current dominating wavelength.

Systems and methods for tunable radiative cooling

A seat blocking system can comprise a seat. The seat can include a seat understructure and an overlying seating surface. The seat understructure can form a seat base and a seatback arranged in a seating configuration. The seating surface can be configured to morph between a sittable shape, in which the seating surface is coextensive with the seat understructure, and an unsittable shape, in which the seating surface is expanded over at least a portion of the seat understructure. The seat blocking system can include a seat blocker. The seat blocker can be integrated with the seat. The seat blocker can be operable to morph between a deactivated state, whereby the seat blocker leaves the seat understructure to impart the sittable shape to the seating surface, and an activated state, in which the seat blocker acts on the seating surface to impart the unsittable shape to the seating surface.

Seat blocking system and method

A vehicle includes a cleanable surface disposed within its interior. The vehicle also includes a processor, a light source able to illuminate the surface, and a sensor configured to capture an image of the surface while the surface is illuminated by the light source. The vehicle also includes a passenger survey system for receiving input from a passenger regarding cleanliness of the surface. The processor is configured to adjust a detection threshold based on the input, and to detect foreign material on the surface based on the detection threshold and a comparison between the captured image and a stored image. After detecting the foreign material on the surface, the processor indicates that the vehicle needs to be cleaned, and may initiate an automatic cleaning procedure.

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Ann Arbor, MI, United States of America

Paul Donald Schmalenberg