Nathaniel Fairfield

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Mountain View, CA, US

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Patents Grantslast 30 patents

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Systems and methods for vehicles with limited destination ability
- Patent number 12,271,195
- Issue date Apr 8, 2025
- Waymo LLC
- Dmitri A. Dolgov
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
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Handling sensor occlusions for autonomous vehicles
- Patent number 12,233,852
- Issue date Feb 25, 2025
- Waymo LLC
- Brandon Douglas Luders
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
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System and method for evaluating the perception system of an autono...
- Patent number 12,228,928
- Issue date Feb 18, 2025
- Waymo LLC
- Jiajun Zhu
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
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Method and vehicle for responding to a lane blocking object
- Patent number 12,179,749
- Issue date Dec 31, 2024
- Waymo LLC
- Nathaniel Fairfield
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Assisted perception for autonomous vehicles
- Patent number 12,174,640
- Issue date Dec 24, 2024
- Waymo LLC
- David Ian Ferguson
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
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Reporting road event data and sharing with other vehicles
- Patent number 12,165,515
- Issue date Dec 10, 2024
- Waymo LLC
- Nathaniel Fairfield
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Positioning vehicles to improve quality of observations at intersec...
- Patent number 12,153,432
- Issue date Nov 26, 2024
- Waymo LLC
- David Ian Franklin Ferguson
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
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Robust method for detecting traffic signals and their associated st...
- Patent number 12,134,384
- Issue date Nov 5, 2024
- Waymo LLC
- David I. Ferguson
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
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Modifying the behavior of an autonomous vehicle using context based...
- Patent number 12,099,359
- Issue date Sep 24, 2024
- Waymo LLC
- Jiajun Zhu
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Predicting trajectories of objects based on contextual information
- Patent number 12,090,997
- Issue date Sep 17, 2024
- Waymo LLC
- David Ian Franklin Ferguson
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
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Independently actuated wheel sets for large autonomous self-driving...
- Patent number 12,085,943
- Issue date Sep 10, 2024
- Waymo LLC
- Nolan Shenai
- B62 - LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
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Fallback requests for autonomous vehicles
- Patent number 12,002,367
- Issue date Jun 4, 2024
- Waymo LLC
- Joshua Seth Herbach
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
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Traffic signal response for autonomous vehicles
- Patent number 11,970,160
- Issue date Apr 30, 2024
- Waymo LLC
- Jens-Steffen Ralf Gutmann
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
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Handling sensor occlusions for autonomous vehicles
- Patent number 11,951,975
- Issue date Apr 9, 2024
- Waymo LLC
- Brandon Douglas Luders
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
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Preparing autonomous vehicles for turns
- Patent number 11,938,967
- Issue date Mar 26, 2024
- Waymo LLC
- Benjamin Charrow
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
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Arranging passenger pickups for autonomous vehicles
- Patent number 11,853,067
- Issue date Dec 26, 2023
- Waymo LLC
- Nathaniel Fairfield
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
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Kinematic model for autonomous truck routing
- Patent number 11,851,082
- Issue date Dec 26, 2023
- Waymo LLC
- Nathaniel Fairfield
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
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Arranging passenger pickups for autonomous vehicles
- Patent number 11,815,896
- Issue date Nov 14, 2023
- Waymo LLC
- Nathaniel Fairfield
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Assisted perception for autonomous vehicles
- Patent number 11,815,903
- Issue date Nov 14, 2023
- Waymo LLC
- David Ian Ferguson
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Testing predictions for autonomous vehicles
- Patent number 11,780,431
- Issue date Oct 10, 2023
- Waymo LLC
- Nathaniel Fairfield
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Modifying the behavior of an autonomous vehicle using context based...
- Patent number 11,762,386
- Issue date Sep 19, 2023
- Waymo LLC
- Jiajun Zhu
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
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Planning stopping locations for autonomous vehicles
- Patent number 11,745,742
- Issue date Sep 5, 2023
- Waymo LLC
- Jared Stephen Russell
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
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Attempting to pull over for autonomous vehicles
- Patent number 11,747,811
- Issue date Sep 5, 2023
- Waymo LLC
- Brian Douglas Cullinane
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
System and method for evaluating the perception system of an autono...
- Patent number 11,747,809
- Issue date Sep 5, 2023
- Waymo LLC
- Jiajun Zhu
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
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Robust method for detecting traffic signals and their associated st...
- Patent number 11,731,629
- Issue date Aug 22, 2023
- Waymo LLC
- David I. Ferguson
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
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Autonomous vehicle services
- Patent number 11,727,523
- Issue date Aug 15, 2023
- Waymo LLC
- Christopher Paul Urmson
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
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Systems and methods for vehicles with limited destination ability
- Patent number 11,720,101
- Issue date Aug 8, 2023
- Waymo LLC
- Dmitri A. Dolgov
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Methods and systems for keeping remote assistance operators alert
- Patent number 11,698,643
- Issue date Jul 11, 2023
- Waymo LLC
- Nathaniel Fairfield
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
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Independently actuated wheel sets for large autonomous self-driving...
- Patent number 11,675,357
- Issue date Jun 13, 2023
- Waymo LLC
- Nolan Shenai
- B62 - LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
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Assessing ride quality for autonomous vehicles
- Patent number 11,657,318
- Issue date May 23, 2023
- Waymo LLC
- Ioan-Alexandru Sucan
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

Information Patent Application
Assisted Perception for Autonomous Vehicles
- Publication number 20250085706
- Publication date Mar 13, 2025
- WAYMO LLC
- David Ian Ferguson
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
Reporting Road Event Data and Sharing with Other Vehicles
- Publication number 20250054394
- Publication date Feb 13, 2025
- WAYMO LLC
- Nathaniel Fairfield
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
Positioning Vehicles to Improve Quality of Observations at Intersec...
- Publication number 20250053172
- Publication date Feb 13, 2025
- WAYMO LLC
- David Ian Franklin Ferguson
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
Robust Method for Detecting Traffic Signals and Their Associated St...
- Publication number 20250026352
- Publication date Jan 23, 2025
- WAYMO LLC
- David I. Ferguson
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
Remote Assistance for an Autonomous Vehicle in Low Confidence Situa...
- Publication number 20250013231
- Publication date Jan 9, 2025
- WAYMO LLC
- Nathaniel Fairfield
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
Independently Actuated Wheel Sets for Large Autonomous Self-Driving...
- Publication number 20240393789
- Publication date Nov 28, 2024
- WAYMO LLC
- Nolan Shenai
- B62 - LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
Information Patent Application
FALLBACK REQUESTS FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES
- Publication number 20240346933
- Publication date Oct 17, 2024
- WAYMO LLC
- Joshua Seth Herbach
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
PREPARING AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES FOR TURNS
- Publication number 20240190471
- Publication date Jun 13, 2024
- WAYMO LLC
- Benjamin Charrow
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
ARRANGING PASSENGER PICKUPS FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES
- Publication number 20240111289
- Publication date Apr 4, 2024
- Nathaniel Fairfield
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
KINEMATIC MODEL FOR AUTONOMOUS TRUCK ROUTING
- Publication number 20240067213
- Publication date Feb 29, 2024
- WAYMO LLC
- Nathaniel Fairfield
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
Assisted Perception for Autonomous Vehicles
- Publication number 20240036583
- Publication date Feb 1, 2024
- WAYMO LLC
- David Ian Ferguson
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE SERVICES
- Publication number 20230410241
- Publication date Dec 21, 2023
- WAYMO LLC
- Christopher Paul Urmson
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
Reporting Road Event Data and Sharing with Other Vehicles
- Publication number 20230386338
- Publication date Nov 30, 2023
- WAYMO LLC
- Nathaniel Fairfield
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
Robust Method for Detecting Traffic Signals and their Associated St...
- Publication number 20230339469
- Publication date Oct 26, 2023
- WAYMO LLC
- David I. Ferguson
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
Remote Assistance for Autonomous Vehicles in Predetermined Situations
- Publication number 20230244228
- Publication date Aug 3, 2023
- WAYMO LLC
- Nathaniel Fairfield
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
Reporting Road Event Data and Sharing with Other Vehicles
- Publication number 20230245563
- Publication date Aug 3, 2023
- WAYMO LLC
- Nathaniel Fairfield
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
Testing Predictions For Autonomous Vehicles
- Publication number 20220266821
- Publication date Aug 25, 2022
- WAYMO LLC
- Nathaniel Fairfield
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
Positioning Vehicles to Improve Quality of Observations at Intersec...
- Publication number 20220197290
- Publication date Jun 23, 2022
- WAYMO LLC
- David Ian Franklin Ferguson
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
FALLBACK REQUESTS FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES
- Publication number 20220180753
- Publication date Jun 9, 2022
- WAYMO LLC
- Joshua Seth Herbach
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
TRAFFIC SIGNAL RESPONSE FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES
- Publication number 20220161790
- Publication date May 26, 2022
- WAYMO LLC
- Jens-Steffen Ralf Gutmann
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE SERVICES
- Publication number 20220138890
- Publication date May 5, 2022
- WAYMO LLC
- Christopher Paul Urmson
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
Methods And Systems For Keeping Remote Assistance Operators Alert
- Publication number 20220129008
- Publication date Apr 28, 2022
- WAYMO LLC
- Nathaniel Fairfield
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
Methods and Systems for Clearing Sensor Occlusions
- Publication number 20220128681
- Publication date Apr 28, 2022
- WAYMO LLC
- Brandon Douglas Luders
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Application
SOFTWARE VALIDATION FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES
- Publication number 20220100635
- Publication date Mar 31, 2022
- WAYMO LLC
- Franklin Morley
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
ARRANGING PASSENGER PICKUPS FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES
- Publication number 20220075380
- Publication date Mar 10, 2022
- Nathaniel Fairfield
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
Trajectory Assistance for Autonomous Vehicles
- Publication number 20210389768
- Publication date Dec 16, 2021
- WAYMO LLC
- Joshua Seth Herbach
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
Remote Assistance for Autonomous Vehicles in Predetermined Situations
- Publication number 20210278837
- Publication date Sep 9, 2021
- WAYMO LLC
- Nathaniel Fairfield
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
Planning Stopping Locations For Autonomous Vehicles
- Publication number 20210276554
- Publication date Sep 9, 2021
- WAYMO LLC
- Jared Stephen Russell
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
PREPARING AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES FOR TURNS
- Publication number 20210240184
- Publication date Aug 5, 2021
- WAYMO LLC
- Benjamin Charrow
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
KINEMATIC MODEL FOR AUTONOMOUS TRUCK ROUTING
- Publication number 20210197852
- Publication date Jul 1, 2021
- WAYMO LLC
- Nathaniel Fairfield
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL

Nathaniel Fairfield

Person

Patents Grantslast 30 patents

Systems and methods for vehicles with limited destination ability

Handling sensor occlusions for autonomous vehicles

System and method for evaluating the perception system of an autono...

Method and vehicle for responding to a lane blocking object

Assisted perception for autonomous vehicles

Reporting road event data and sharing with other vehicles

Positioning vehicles to improve quality of observations at intersec...

Robust method for detecting traffic signals and their associated st...

Modifying the behavior of an autonomous vehicle using context based...

Predicting trajectories of objects based on contextual information

Independently actuated wheel sets for large autonomous self-driving...

Fallback requests for autonomous vehicles

Traffic signal response for autonomous vehicles

Handling sensor occlusions for autonomous vehicles

Preparing autonomous vehicles for turns

Arranging passenger pickups for autonomous vehicles

Kinematic model for autonomous truck routing

Arranging passenger pickups for autonomous vehicles

Assisted perception for autonomous vehicles

Testing predictions for autonomous vehicles

Modifying the behavior of an autonomous vehicle using context based...

Planning stopping locations for autonomous vehicles

Attempting to pull over for autonomous vehicles

System and method for evaluating the perception system of an autono...

Robust method for detecting traffic signals and their associated st...

Autonomous vehicle services

Systems and methods for vehicles with limited destination ability

Methods and systems for keeping remote assistance operators alert

Independently actuated wheel sets for large autonomous self-driving...

Assessing ride quality for autonomous vehicles

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

Assisted Perception for Autonomous Vehicles

Reporting Road Event Data and Sharing with Other Vehicles

Positioning Vehicles to Improve Quality of Observations at Intersec...

Robust Method for Detecting Traffic Signals and Their Associated St...

Remote Assistance for an Autonomous Vehicle in Low Confidence Situa...

Independently Actuated Wheel Sets for Large Autonomous Self-Driving...

FALLBACK REQUESTS FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES

PREPARING AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES FOR TURNS

ARRANGING PASSENGER PICKUPS FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES

KINEMATIC MODEL FOR AUTONOMOUS TRUCK ROUTING

Assisted Perception for Autonomous Vehicles

AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE SERVICES

Reporting Road Event Data and Sharing with Other Vehicles

Robust Method for Detecting Traffic Signals and their Associated St...

Remote Assistance for Autonomous Vehicles in Predetermined Situations

Reporting Road Event Data and Sharing with Other Vehicles

Testing Predictions For Autonomous Vehicles

Positioning Vehicles to Improve Quality of Observations at Intersec...

FALLBACK REQUESTS FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES

TRAFFIC SIGNAL RESPONSE FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES

AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE SERVICES

Methods And Systems For Keeping Remote Assistance Operators Alert

Methods and Systems for Clearing Sensor Occlusions

SOFTWARE VALIDATION FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES

ARRANGING PASSENGER PICKUPS FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES

Trajectory Assistance for Autonomous Vehicles

Remote Assistance for Autonomous Vehicles in Predetermined Situations

Planning Stopping Locations For Autonomous Vehicles

PREPARING AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES FOR TURNS

KINEMATIC MODEL FOR AUTONOMOUS TRUCK ROUTING