公开(公告)号：US11225216B1

公开(公告)日：2022-01-18

申请号：US17152121

申请日：2021-01-19

Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC

Inventor： Chin-Hsu Lin ,  Yi-pen Cheng ,  Scott D. Thomas ,  Gary L. Jones ,  Paul E. Krajewski

IPC: B60R21/207 ,  B60R21/2334

Abstract: A vehicle seat safety system. The vehicle safety seat system comprises a vehicle seat configured to move between a substantially reclining position and a substantially sitting position. The vehicle seat comprises at least a seat back and a seat bottom. The system also includes an enclosure configured to store a blanket airbag in an undeployed position prior to a collision, wherein the enclosure is disposed near the head of a passenger in the vehicle seat, and wherein the blanket airbag is ejected from the enclosure to an intermediate position in the event of a collision. The system further comprises a first electromechanical restraint system associated with the seat back and coupled to the blanket airbag by a first physical coupling and a second electromechanical restraint system associated with the seat bottom and coupled to the blanket airbag by a second physical coupling. The first and second electromechanical restraint systems pull the blanket airbag from the intermediate position to a deployed position in which the blanket airbag substantially covers the passenger.

公开(公告)号：US10974730B2

公开(公告)日：2021-04-13

申请号：US16139782

申请日：2018-09-24

Applicant: GM Global Technology Operations LLC

Inventor： Yao Hu ,  Wen-Chiao Lin ,  Wei Tong ,  Paul E. Krajewski

IPC: B60W50/02 ,  G07C5/08 ,  G01C21/30 ,  G07C5/00

Abstract: A method of on-line diagnostic and prognostic assessment of an autonomous vehicle perception system includes detecting, via a sensor, a physical parameter of an object external to the vehicle. The method also includes communicating data representing the physical parameter via the sensor to an electronic controller. The method additionally includes comparing the data from the sensor to data representing the physical parameter generated by a geo-source model. The method also includes comparing results generated by a perception software during analysis of the data from the sensor to labels representing the physical parameter from the geo-source model. Furthermore, the method includes generating a prognostic assessment of a ground truth for the physical parameter of the object using the comparisons of the sensor data to the geo-source model data and of the software results to the geo-source model labels. A system for on-line assessment of the vehicle perception system is also disclosed.

公开(公告)号：US20210023914A1

公开(公告)日：2021-01-28

申请号：US16520903

申请日：2019-07-24

Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC

Inventor： Alok Warey ,  Chih-hung Yen ,  Taeyoung Han ,  Kuo-huey Chen ,  Bahram Khalighi ,  Paul E. Krajewski

IPC: B60J1/00 ,  B60J1/06 ,  H05B3/14

Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for heating a vehicle window to remove ice and condensation using a carbon nanotube heating pad. The apparatus includes a user interface operative to receive a user request, a vehicle windshield, a heating pad wherein the heating pad includes a carbon nanotube heating element and a reflective surface and is oriented such that the carbon nanotube heating element is directed towards the windshield, a power supply operative to supply power to the carbon nanotube heating element in response to a control signal, and a processor operative to generate the control signal in response to the user request.

公开(公告)号：US10696261B2

公开(公告)日：2020-06-30

申请号：US16207573

申请日：2018-12-03

Applicant: GM Global Technology Operations LLC

Inventor： Yi-Pen Cheng ,  Chin-Hsu Lin ,  Paul E. Krajewski

IPC: B60N2/30 ,  B60R21/207 ,  B60R21/233 ,  B60R21/231 ,  B60N2/68

Abstract: A seat assembly includes a seat frame and a seat cushion coupled to the seat frame. The seat frame includes a seatback frame, a base frame coupled to the seatback frame, a first armrest frame coupled to the seatback frame, and a second armrest frame coupled to the seatback frame. The seat cushion covers the seat frame and is spaced apart from the seat frame to define a cavity therebetween. The seat assembly further includes an airbag coupled between the seat frame and the seat cushion. The airbag has a stowed position and a deployed position. In the stowed position, the airbag is disposed in the cavity between the seat frame and the seat cushion. In the deployed position, the airbag is partly disposed outside the cavity between the seat frame and the seat cushion to absorb energy.

公开(公告)号：US20200172040A1

公开(公告)日：2020-06-04

申请号：US16207573

申请日：2018-12-03

Applicant: GM Global Technology Operations LLC

Inventor： Yi-Pen Cheng ,  Chin-Hsu Lin ,  Paul E. Krajewski

IPC: B60R21/207 ,  B60R21/233 ,  B60R21/231

Abstract: A seat assembly includes a seat frame and a seat cushion coupled to the seat frame. The seat frame includes a seatback frame, a base frame coupled to the seatback frame, a first armrest frame coupled to the seatback frame, and a second armrest frame coupled to the seatback frame. The seat cushion covers the seat frame and is spaced apart from the seat frame to define a cavity therebetween. The seat assembly further includes an airbag coupled between the seat frame and the seat cushion. The airbag has a stowed position and a deployed position. In the stowed position, the airbag is disposed in the cavity between the seat frame and the seat cushion. In the deployed position, the airbag is partly disposed outside the cavity between the seat frame and the seat cushion to absorb energy.

公开(公告)号：US10525922B1

公开(公告)日：2020-01-07

申请号：US16057132

申请日：2018-08-07

Applicant: GM Global Technology Operations LLC

Inventor： Chin-Hsu Lin ,  Yi-Pen Cheng ,  Paul E. Krajewski

IPC: B60R21/0132 ,  B60R21/20 ,  B60R21/2338 ,  B60R21/231 ,  B60R21/26 ,  B60R21/015 ,  B60R21/16 ,  B60R21/233 ,  B60R21/01

Abstract: An airbag assembly including an airbag configured to be coupled to a vehicle floor of a vehicle. The airbag is movable between a stowed position and a deployed position. In the stowed position, the airbag is deflated. In the deployed position, the airbag is inflated and spaced apart from the vehicle floor to define an aperture between the airbag and the vehicle floor. The aperture is sized to receive feet or lower leg of a vehicle occupant, thereby limiting movement of the legs of the vehicle occupant when an external force is exerted on the vehicle.

公开(公告)号：US20190371090A1

公开(公告)日：2019-12-05

申请号：US15995245

申请日：2018-06-01

Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC

Inventor： Wen-Chiao Lin ,  Jingyan Wan ,  Jian Yao ,  Neeraj S. Shidore ,  Qiangfeng Xiao ,  Ming Yang ,  Paul E. Krajewski

IPC: G07C5/08 ,  G01B7/16 ,  G01L5/00

Abstract: Vehicles and methods are provided for monitoring the health of a substrate and a protective coating disposed on the substrate. A vehicle includes a substrate, a protective coating, a coating deformation sensor, and a controller. The protective coating is disposed overtop the substrate. The coating deformation sensor is operatively coupled with the protective coating and configured to measure a deformation value of the protective coating. The controller is configured to: determine a deformation recovery rate of the protective coating based on the deformation value; determine whether the deformation recovery rate corresponds with an expected recovery rate of the protective coating; and indicate that the protective coating may be impaired in response to determining that the deformation recovery rate does not correspond with the expected recovery rate.

公开(公告)号：US20190331624A1

公开(公告)日：2019-10-31

申请号：US15962640

申请日：2018-04-25

Applicant: GM Global Technology Operations LLC

Inventor： Kausalya Singuru ,  David R. Petrucci ,  Gregg R. Kittinger ,  Xiujie Gao ,  Paul E. Krajewski

IPC: G01N27/12 ,  B60H1/00 ,  B60N2/56 ,  B60N2/90

Abstract: A moisture detection and regulation system is disclosed for a vehicle interior component having a section of material with a moisture absorbent material structure. The system includes a sensing device configured to detect a level of moisture in the section of material. The system also includes a moisture removal element configured to dissipate moisture from the section of material. The system additionally includes an electronic controller fixed to the vehicle structure and in operative communication with each of the sensing device and the moisture removal element. The controller is configured to receive a signal from the sensing device indicative of the detected level of moisture in the section of material and activate the moisture removal element when the detected level of moisture is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold level of moisture. A vehicle having such a moisture detection and regulation system is also disclosed.

公开(公告)号：US10173590B2

公开(公告)日：2019-01-08

申请号：US15443699

申请日：2017-02-27

Applicant: GM Global Technology Operations LLC

Inventor： Yi G. Glaser ,  Allan K. Lewis ,  Daniel S. Glaser ,  Mohammad Naserian ,  Paul E. Krajewski

IPC: B60Q1/00 ,  B60Q9/00 ,  B60R1/00

Abstract: Examples of techniques for overlaying on an in-vehicle display road objects associated with potential hazards are disclosed. In one example implementation, a method may include: responsive to detecting a presence of a detected vehicle in proximity to the local vehicle, determining, by a processing device, a position of the detected vehicle, a speed of the detected vehicle, and a time to the local vehicle of the detected vehicle; determining, by the processing device, whether the detected vehicle, in proximity to the local vehicle, represents a potential hazard to the local vehicle based on the position of the detected vehicle, the speed of the detected vehicle, and a time to the local vehicle of the detected vehicle; and responsive to determining that the detected vehicle, in proximity to the local vehicle, represents a potential hazard to the local vehicle, overlaying, by the processing device, a warning indicium on the in-vehicle display.

公开(公告)号：US10162360B2

公开(公告)日：2018-12-25

申请号：US15366948

申请日：2016-12-01

Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC

Inventor： Xiujie Gao ,  Jinsong Wang ,  Wende Zhang ,  Paul E. Krajewski ,  Nancy L. Johnson ,  Timothy J. Canner ,  Donald K. Grimm

IPC: G06F19/00 ,  G05D1/02 ,  B60K35/00 ,  B60R1/00

Abstract: A vehicle includes at least one image capture device and a user display configured to display images receive from the at least one image capture device. The vehicle also includes a controller programmed to generate a user prompt to set a home vehicle position in response the vehicle entering a first parked state. The controller is also programmed to store at least one reference image indicative of an area in a vicinity of the vehicle corresponding to the home vehicle position. The controller is further programmed to collect a current image corresponding to a current vehicle position in response to a subsequent approach toward the vicinity, and compare the current image to the reference image. The controller is further programmed to generate a user display depicting the vicinity, the current vehicle position, and the home vehicle position.