US 12,291,223 B2
Virtual fields driving related operations
Armin Biess, Yafo (IL); Isaac Misri, Yafo (IL); Julius Engelsoy, Yafo (IL); and Igal Raichelgauz, Tel Aviv (IL)
Assigned to AUTOBRAINS TECHNOLOGIES LTD, Tel Aviv (IL)
Filed by AUTOBRAINS TECHNOLOGIES LTD, Tel Aviv-Jaffa (IL)
Filed on Jul. 11, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/350,684.
Application 18/350,684 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/823,069, filed on Aug. 29, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/368,155, filed on Jul. 11, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/260,839, filed on Sep. 1, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0347918 A1, Nov. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. B60W 30/09 (2012.01); B60W 40/107 (2012.01); B60W 50/08 (2020.01); B60W 50/14 (2020.01)
CPC B60W 50/087 (2013.01) [B60W 30/09 (2013.01); B60W 40/107 (2013.01); B60W 50/14 (2013.01); B60W 2540/18 (2013.01); B60W 2554/00 (2020.02); B60W 2720/10 (2013.01); B60W 2720/106 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for communicating with a driver of a vehicle, the method comprising:
obtaining object information regarding one or more objects located within an environment of the vehicle;
analyzing the object information;
determining, by using one or more neural network, and based on the object information, one or more virtual forces associated with a physical model and representing an impact of the one or more objects on a behavior of the vehicle;
determining, by using one or more other neural networks, one or more perception fields that represent an electric field and are based on the analysis of the object information;
determining one or more auxiliary functions representing one or more relative velocities between the vehicle and the one or more objects; and
determining, based on at least the one or more perception fields and further in accordance with the one or more auxiliary functions, a force feedback for use in providing a physical restraining force to be applied in association with a driver action made by the driver using the vehicle, wherein the determining of the force feedback comprises-calculating a desired virtual acceleration of the vehicle by multiplying the one or more auxiliary functions by corresponding one or more perception fields;
wherein the physical model represents the vehicle and the one or more objects as electromagnetic charges, wherein a virtual force of the one or more virtual forces is indicative of an electromagnetic force generated in reaction to the electromagnetic charges.