Unmanned vehicles have become a reality

As soon as had been largely resolved the technical and technological problems, questions of logistics of such vehicles in a modern transport system of developed countries

Issues of security vehicles and the current practice of insurance tied to the simple fact that part of the whole system of legal and financial relationship and obligations of a driver of a vehicle

Lack of driver requires constant information about fixing the situation on the road and continuous monitoring of the technical condition of the vehicle

This control system requires a storage of information to be able to accumulate and store incompatible with today's array of information, regardless of the central control system and driving

As noted in previous publications on the subject invention, a technique developed and may be subject to discussion and negotiation between interested investors and inventors and owners of intellectual property

Here is a following group of inventions:

United States Patent Application 20060250934
Kind Code A1
Livshits; David; et al. November 9, 2006
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Three dimensional optical information carrier and a method of manufacturing thereof
Abstract
A three dimensional optical information carrier is presented. The information carrier comprises formatting marks disposed on the nodes of a three dimensional lattice formed by the intersection of equiangular spaced radial planes, equidistantly spaced cylindrical spiral tracks and virtual recording planes.
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Inventors: Livshits; David; (Ashdod, IL); Salomon; Yair; (Jerusalem, IL); Alpert; Ortal; (Jerusalem, IL)
Correspondence Address: BROWDY AND NEIMARK, PLLC; 624 NINTH STREET, NW
SUITE 300
WASHINGTON
DC
20001-5303
US
Assignee: MemPile Inc.
Wilmington
DE

United States Patent Application 20070288947
Kind Code A1
Livshits; David December 13, 2007
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SWING ARM OPTICAL DISC DRIVE
Abstract
Disclosed is a swing type optical disc drive. The drive includes a disc rotating on a disc support and a swing arm pivoted at one of its ends and having a distal end communicating with an encoder. The pivot point and a point on distal end define a swing axis of the arm. The disc further includes an optical system mounted on the arm such that optical axis of the system is parallel with the swing axis and both axes lie in the same plane. A cam actuator imparts a swinging motion to the arm. The swinging motion of the arm positions the plane with the optical axis and the arm axes such that the plane is always tangent to a reading / recording track of the disc.
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Inventors: Livshits; David; (Ashdod, IL)
Correspondence Address: BROWDY AND NEIMARK, PLLC; 624 NINTH STREET, NW
SUITE 300
WASHINGTON
DC
20001-5303
US
Assignee: MemPile Inc.
Wilmington
DE
19,801

United States Patent Application 20080182060
Kind Code A1
Livshits; David; et al. July 31, 2008
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Manufacturing of Multi-Plate For Improved Optical Storage
Abstract
In accordance with the invention a new optical data carrier and methods for its production are provided. The optical data carrier of the invention is characterized in that different plates have different concentrations.
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Inventors: Livshits; David; (Ashdod, IL); Alpert; Ortal; (Jerusalem, IL); Salomon; Yair; (Jerusalem, IL)
Correspondence Address: BROWDY AND NEIMARK, PLLC; 624 NINTH STREET, NW
SUITE 300
WASHINGTON
DC
20001-5303
US
Serial No.: 813 837
Series Code: 11
Filed: January 12, 2006
PCT Filed: January 12, 2006
PCT NO: PCT/IL2006/000053
371 Date: July 12, 2007

United States Patent Application 20080285396
Kind Code A1
Salomon; Yair; et al. November 20, 2008
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Method and Apparatus of Formatting a Three Dimensional Optical Information Carrier
Abstract
A method of formatting at least one optical information carrier is provided. The method is aimed at creating a plurality of formatting marks that are to be sequentially addressed when reading recording information in the carrier. The method comprises recording the plurality of formatting marks within the carrier volume in an interleaved order, thereby reducing delays in recording locally adjacent formatting marks thus reducing the entire carrier formatting time.
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Inventors: Salomon; Yair; (Jerusalem, IL); Alpert; Ortal; (Jerusalem, IL); Livshits; David; (Ashdod, IL)
Correspondence Address: BROWDY AND NEIMARK, PLLC; 624 NINTH STREET, NW
SUITE 300
WASHINGTON
DC
20001-5303
US
Assignee: MemPile In.cc / o PHS Corporate Services Inc.
Wilmington
DE
United States Patent Application 20090245066
Kind Code A1
Katsuura; Kanji; et al. October 1, 2009
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OPTICAL DATA CARRIER, AND METHOD FOR READING / RECORDING DATA THEREIN
Abstract
An optical data carrier is presented. The data carrier comprises: at least one recording layer composed of a material having a fluorescent property variable on occurrence of multi-photon absorption resulting from an optical beam, said recording layer having a thickness for forming a plurality of recording planes therein; at least one non-recording layer formed on at least one of upper and lower surfaces of said recording layer and differing in fluorescent property from said recording layer; and at least one reference layer having a reflecting surface being an interface between the recording layer and the non-recording layer.
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Inventors: Katsuura; Kanji; (Saitama-ken, JP); Eitan; Ori; (Jerusalem, IL); Okino; Yoshihiru; (Kyoto, JP); Hamer; Rene; (Louisville, CO); Livshits; David; (Ashdod , IL)
Correspondence Address: BROWDY AND NEIMARK, PLLC; 624 NINTH STREET, NW
SUITE 300
WASHINGTON
DC
20001-5303
US
Assignee: Mempile Inc.
Wilmington
DE

At the same time there have been reports on work aimed at the creation of unmanned vehicles

Thus, the management of vehicles of the U.S. state of Nevada has approved the May 7 issue of Google's first-ever license for controlled testing of autopilot vehicles on public roads. Features unmanned Toyota Prius, equipped with an arsenal of different sensors for Google successfully demonstrated on state highways, residential areas, Carson City, and downtown Las Vegas.
According to a press release from the Office of vehicles of Nevada, the first experimental car with the autopilot on Google will get red license plates. The left side of the plate will be located infinity symbol - a symbol of "car of the future," explained the head of the Office of Bruce Breslow (Bruce Breslow).

The original red numbers will be installed only on the experimental unmanned vehicles, making them easy to recognize as ordinary citizens and representatives of law and order, "- said Breslow. For the first production of unmanned vehicles license plates will make the green with the same characteristic symbol of infinity.
It is worth noting that Google was not the first company that decided to invest in the development of unmanned vehicles.
Now similar studies carried out General Motors, Ford, Mercedes-Benz, Volkswagen, Audi, BMW and Volvo.
The company Cadillac, in particular, is working on a semi-automatic control system Super Cruise, which is scheduled to launch in the next few years.
The first serious test of unmanned vehicles began in the 1980s in Germany. Then the military experts of the Bundeswehr University of Munich tried minibus Mercedes-Benz, equipped with a robotic control system based on video sensor. The vehicle failed to accelerate to 100 kilometers per hour, but the tests took place in the empty streets - in fact, in conditions far from reality.
"Guglomobil" is equipped with fully autonomous control - robotic system is responsible for turning steering, acceleration and braking.
Safe movement on roads in the real world (with traffic lights, intersections, vehicles and pedestrians) is provided by satellite navigation systems, the service Google Street View and the whole set of sensors.
They are located on the roof of the optical sensor LIDAR, determines the distance to objects by reflected light, radar on the front of the car, the sensor positioning on the rear wheel, and of course the camera in the car.
Lead engineer responsible for the development of unmanned vehicle Google, is vice president of Troon Sebastian (Sebastian Thrun), who heads the Laboratory for the Study of Artificial Intelligence at Stanford University.
In 2005 a team of scientists led by Trunov won the competition among the unmanned vehicles, organized by the Advanced Research Projects Office (DARPA) U.S. Department of Defense. In October 2010, Troon has announced the development of unmanned vehicle for the benefit of Google.
The first test "guglomobiley" began in California. The prototypes have successfully passed the Google campus from Mountain View to the office in Santa Monica, and then to Hollywood Boulevard. Subsequently, the drones have swept across the bridge, "Golden Gate" in San Francisco, highway SR 1, passing along the Pacific coast and along the shore of Lake Tahoe.
At the present time, according to the Las Vegas Sun, in the park "guglomobiley" includes at least eight vehicles - six "hybrid" Toyota Prius, an Audi TT and a Lexus RX450h. By the end of March 2012, a total of "guglomobili" successfully overcame more than 320,000 kilometers. During one such test unmanned Prius, even a blind man in a diner took Taco Bell.
In the entire history of tests "guglomobil" got only one incident - an unmanned Prius hurt ordinary "manned" Prius near Mountain View. Representatives of Google, vrochem, immediately declared that "guglomobil" at the time of the accident was in manual mode and automatic control system is working smoothly.

Whatever it was, Google has become the first in the U.S. (and world) company, has officially admitted to the trial operation of its unmanned vehicles on public roads. It has become possible after the approval in February 2012 legislation authorizing the movement of autonomous vehicles on the roads of Nevada.
By law, a license to travel on public roads may be issued only to applicants whose unmanned vehicles nakatali during the test at least 16,000 miles. In addition, the movement of such vehicles on public roads during the test in the cabin must be at least two people - one on the driver's seat, the other - the "navigational" place.
In addition to Nevada such regulations being prepared for consideration in California, Florida, Oklahoma and Hawaii. Outside the U.S., the fate of unmanned vehicles is not so clear. The Daily Telegraph, in particular, writes with reference to the head of the UK Parliamentary Committee on Transport, Robert Gifford (Robert Gifford), in the kingdom go to the control of unmanned vehicles is not planned.
"Now there are cars that can park themselves [for example, Volkswagen Touran - approx." Lenty.ru "], but only help the driver, not replacing it. Government needs to understand how the [unmanned] technology will evolve in the next ten years. .. "- said Gifford.
If you believe a Google spokesman Anthony Lewandowski (Anthony Levandowski), quoted by The Wall Street Journal, the company hopes to finalize the "guglomobilya" "much faster" than a decade. "If you do not come out - a disgrace to us as engineers," - said Lewandowski.