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Michael James
Also filed as: JAMES MICHAEL · JAMES MICHAEL D · JAMES MICHAEL R · JAMES MICHAEL ROBERT
52 granted patents·7 pending applications·952 citations·filing 2001–2025
98Inventor score
Files withWAYMO LLC21TOYOTA ENG & MFG NORTH AMERICA12TOYOTA RES INST INC6JAMES MICHAEL ROBERT5QOMPLX LLC5
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59 records- 0198US9884631B2Transitioning between operational modes of an autonomous vehicleTOYOTA ENG & MFG NORTH AMERICA·Filed 2015·Granted Feb 6, 2018·54 cites·23 claims
- 0298US9511767B1Autonomous vehicle action planning using behavior predictionTOYOTA MOTOR ENG & MFG NORTH AMERICA INC·Filed 2015·Granted Dec 6, 2016·240 cites·20 claims
- 0398US8384534B2Combining driver and environment sensing for vehicular safety systemsTOYOTA ENG & MFG NORTH AMERICA·Filed 2010·Granted Feb 26, 2013·247 cites·17 claims
- 0497US10852746B2Detecting general road weather conditionsWAYMO LLC·Filed 2018·Granted Dec 1, 2020·18 cites·22 claims
- 0597US9855890B2Autonomous vehicle interaction with external environmentTOYOTA ENG & MFG NORTH AMERICA·Filed 2014·Granted Jan 2, 2018·47 cites·18 claims
- 0696US11297109B2System and method for cybersecurity reconnaissance, analysis, and score generation using distributed systemsQOMPLX INC·Filed 2020·Granted Apr 5, 2022·7 cites·2 claims
- 0795US11775870B2Road condition deep learning modelWAYMO LLC·Filed 2022·Granted Oct 3, 2023·6 cites·23 claims
- 0895US10460053B2Systems and methods for surface property identification using waveform classificationTOYOTA RES INST INC·Filed 2017·Granted Oct 29, 2019·40 cites·20 claims
- 0995US9170116B1Method for generating accurate lane level mapsTOYOTA ENG & MFG NORTH AMERICA·Filed 2014·Granted Oct 27, 2015·48 cites·12 claims
- 1095US8605998B2Real-time 3D point cloud obstacle discriminator apparatus and associated methodology for training a classifier via bootstrappingSAMPLES MICHAEL EDWARD·Filed 2011·Granted Dec 10, 2013·57 cites·19 claims
- 1193US12072203B2Speed and route planning in view of weatherWAYMO LLC·Filed 2021·Granted Aug 27, 2024·3 cites·20 claims
- 1293US11912292B2Redundant hardware system for autonomous vehiclesWAYMO LLC·Filed 2021·Granted Feb 27, 2024·2 cites·27 claims
- 1392US12197213B2Systems for implementing fallback behaviors for autonomous vehiclesWAYMO LLC·Filed 2023·Granted Jan 14, 2025·1 cites·20 claims
- 1492US11650603B2Detecting general road weather conditionsWAYMO LLC·Filed 2020·Granted May 16, 2023·2 cites·20 claims
- 1592US11521130B2Road condition deep learning modelWAYMO LLC·Filed 2022·Granted Dec 6, 2022·2 cites·20 claims
- 1692US11521127B2Road condition deep learning modelWAYMO LLC·Filed 2020·Granted Dec 6, 2022·3 cites·21 claims
- 1790US10556600B2Assessment of human driving performance using autonomous vehiclesTOYOTA ENG & MFG NORTH AMERICA·Filed 2015·Granted Feb 11, 2020·10 cites·16 claims
- 1889US11673581B2Puddle occupancy grid for autonomous vehiclesWAYMO LLC·Filed 2020·Granted Jun 13, 2023·3 cites·20 claims
- 1989US8705792B2Object tracking using linear featuresJAMES MICHAEL ROBERT·Filed 2008·Granted Apr 22, 2014·22 cites·15 claims
- 2089US8571722B2Method for safely parking vehicle near obstaclesSAMPLES MICHAEL EDWARD·Filed 2010·Granted Oct 29, 2013·23 cites·20 claims
- 2188US11208111B2Redundant hardware system for autonomous vehiclesWAYMO LLC·Filed 2018·Granted Dec 28, 2021·7 cites·20 claims
- 2288US10489663B2Systems and methods for identifying changes within a mapped environmentTOYOTA RES INST INC·Filed 2017·Granted Nov 26, 2019·9 cites·20 claims
- 2388US9046600B2Method and apparatus for intensity calibration of multi-beam lidar sensorsTOYOTA ENG & MFG NORTH AMERICA·Filed 2012·Granted Jun 2, 2015·17 cites·15 claims
- 2487US10467577B2Electronic and physical storage for shared vehiclesTOYOTA ENG & MFG NORTH AMERICA·Filed 2016·Granted Nov 5, 2019·4 cites·13 claims
- 2587US9255989B2Tracking on-road vehicles with sensors of different modalitiesJOSHI AVDHUT S·Filed 2012·Granted Feb 9, 2016·17 cites·13 claims
- 2686US12511581B2Road condition deep learning modelWAYMO LLC·Filed 2024·Granted Dec 30, 2025·0 cites·20 claims
- 2786US10663584B2Publishing LIDAR cluster dataTOYOTA ENG & MFG NORTH AMERICA·Filed 2017·Granted May 26, 2020·6 cites·18 claims
- 2886US2024361771A1Detecting General Road Weather ConditionsWAYMO LLC·Filed 2024·Application pending·0 cites
- 2985US9384394B2Method for generating accurate lane level mapsTOYOTA ENG & MFG NORTH AMERICA·Filed 2013·Granted Jul 5, 2016·12 cites·11 claims
- 3085US2025196868A1Systems For Implementing Fallback Behaviors For Autonomous VehiclesWAYMO LLC·Filed 2024·Application pending·0 cites
- 3183US10466361B2Systems and methods for multi-sensor fusion using permutation matrix track associationTOYOTA RES INST INC·Filed 2017·Granted Nov 5, 2019·6 cites·18 claims
- 3282US11693405B2Systems for implementing fallback behaviors for autonomous vehiclesWAYMO LLC·Filed 2020·Granted Jul 4, 2023·1 cites·20 claims
- 3382US10838417B2Systems for implementing fallback behaviors for autonomous vehiclesWAYMO LLC·Filed 2018·Granted Nov 17, 2020·3 cites·20 claims
- 3481US12066836B2Detecting general road weather conditionsWAYMO LLC·Filed 2023·Granted Aug 20, 2024·0 cites·20 claims
- 3581US9573522B2Vehicle seat haptic indication of future planned driving maneuversTOYOTA MOTOR ENG & MFG NORTH AMERICA INC·Filed 2015·Granted Feb 21, 2017·5 cites·20 claims
- 3681US8799201B2Method and system for tracking objectsJAMES MICHAEL ROBERT·Filed 2011·Granted Aug 5, 2014·7 cites·15 claims
- 3780US12210947B2Road condition deep learning modelWAYMO LLC·Filed 2023·Granted Jan 28, 2025·0 cites·20 claims
- 3880US10600199B2Extending object detection and identification capability for an object sensor deviceTOYOTA RES INST INC·Filed 2017·Granted Mar 24, 2020·3 cites·20 claims
- 3979US10940851B2Determining wheel slippage on self driving vehicleWAYMO LLC·Filed 2018·Granted Mar 9, 2021·3 cites·19 claims
- 4075US12335317B2Cybersecurity reconnaissance, analysis, and scoring using distributed systemsQOMPLX LLC·Filed 2024·Granted Jun 17, 2025·0 cites·4 claims
- 4175US12060080B2Puddle occupancy grid for autonomous vehiclesWAYMO LLC·Filed 2023·Granted Aug 13, 2024·0 cites·20 claims
- 4273US10013508B2Joint probabilistic modeling and inference of intersection structureTOYOTA ENG & MFG NORTH AMERICA·Filed 2014·Granted Jul 3, 2018·3 cites·14 claims
- 4372US10210672B2Systems and methods for remotely controlling data collection by a vehicleTOYOTA RES INST INC·Filed 2017·Granted Feb 19, 2019·2 cites·20 claims
- 4472US9829885B2Personal storage for shared vehiclesTOYOTA ENG & MFG NORTH AMERICA·Filed 2015·Granted Nov 28, 2017·1 cites·24 claims
- 4570US12267369B2Cybersecurity analysis and protection using distributed systemsQOMPLX LLC·Filed 2024·Granted Apr 1, 2025·0 cites·8 claims
- 4670US11761769B2Localization adaptation based on weather estimationWAYMO LLC·Filed 2022·Granted Sep 19, 2023·0 cites·20 claims
- 4769US8687898B2System and method for object recognition based on three-dimensional adaptive feature detectorsPROKHOROV DANIL V·Filed 2010·Granted Apr 1, 2014·4 cites·21 claims
- 4868US9726577B2Vehicle mission capability prediction system and methodHONEYWELL INT INC·Filed 2014·Granted Aug 8, 2017·2 cites·18 claims
- 4966US11924251B2System and method for cybersecurity reconnaissance, analysis, and score generation using distributed systemsQOMPLX LLC·Filed 2021·Granted Mar 5, 2024·0 cites·2 claims
- 5064US11320272B2Localization adaptation based on weather estimationWAYMO LLC·Filed 2020·Granted May 3, 2022·0 cites·20 claims
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