Inventor

WITWICKI STEFAN

US48 patents

Patents

48 patents

US11300957B2Apr 12, 2022

Autonomous vehicle operational management including operating a partially observable Markov decision process model instance

NISSAN NORTH AMERICA INC7 citations84

US10649453B1May 12, 2020

Introspective autonomous vehicle operational management

NISSAN NORTH AMERICA INC12 citations82

US11993281B2May 28, 2024

Learning in lane-level route planner

NISSAN NORTH AMERICA INC3 citations75

US11702070B2Jul 18, 2023

Autonomous vehicle operation with explicit occlusion reasoning

NISSAN NORTH AMERICA INC4 citations75

US11613269B2Mar 28, 2023

Learning safety and human-centered constraints in autonomous vehicles

NISSAN NORTH AMERICA INC4 citations75

US11921506B2Mar 5, 2024

Belief state determination for real-time decision-making

NISSAN NORTH AMERICA INC2 citations73

US11110941B2Sep 7, 2021

Centralized shared autonomous vehicle operational management

NISSAN NORTH AMERICA INC4 citations73

US10901417B2Jan 26, 2021

Autonomous vehicle operational management with visual saliency perception control

NISSAN NORTH AMERICA INC2 citations73

US10836405B2Nov 17, 2020

Continual planning and metareasoning for controlling an autonomous vehicle

NISSAN NORTH AMERICA INC4 citations73

US11782438B2Oct 10, 2023

Apparatus and method for post-processing a decision-making model of an autonomous vehicle using multivariate data

NISSAN NORTH AMERICA INC5 citations72

US11635763B2Apr 25, 2023

3D occlusion reasoning for accident avoidance

NISSAN NORTH AMERICA INC2 citations72

US11120688B2Sep 14, 2021

Orientation-adjust actions for autonomous vehicle operational management

NISSAN NORTH AMERICA INC2 citations72

US11113973B2Sep 7, 2021

Autonomous vehicle operational management blocking monitoring

NISSAN NORTH AMERICA INC6 citations72

US11577746B2Feb 14, 2023

Explainability of autonomous vehicle decision making

NISSAN NORTH AMERICA INC6 citations71

US11307585B2Apr 19, 2022

Introspective competence modeling for AV decision making

NISSAN NORTH AMERICA INC4 citations70

US11755008B2Sep 12, 2023

Using plays for human-AI decision-making in remote autonomous vehicle support

NISSAN NORTH AMERICA INC2 citations66

US12194991B2Jan 14, 2025

3D occlusion reasoning for accident avoidance

NISSAN NORTH AMERICA INC0 citations62

US12001211B2Jun 4, 2024

Risk-aware executor with action set recommendations

NISSAN NORTH AMERICA INC0 citations62

US11899454B2Feb 13, 2024

Objective-based reasoning in autonomous vehicle decision-making

NISSAN NORTH AMERICA INC1 citations62

US11874120B2Jan 16, 2024

Shared autonomous vehicle operational management

NISSAN NORTH AMERICA INC1 citations62

US12172666B2Dec 24, 2024

Vehicle guidance with systemic optimization

NISSAN NORTH AMERICA INC0 citations61

US11636757B2Apr 25, 2023

System and method for optimizing traffic flow using vehicle signals

NISSAN NORTH AMERICA INC0 citations61

US12344280B2Jul 1, 2025

Online state space refinement for competence-aware systems

NISSAN NORTH AMERICA INC0 citations59

US12116003B2Oct 15, 2024

Vehicle notification system

NISSAN NORTH AMERICA INC1 citations55

US12391274B2Aug 19, 2025

Learning constraints over beliefs in autonomous vehicle operations

NISSAN NORTH AMERICA INC0 citations52

US11945441B2Apr 2, 2024

Explainability and interface design for lane-level route planner

NISSAN NORTH AMERICA INC0 citations52

US12503133B2Dec 23, 2025

System and method for vehicle gamification

NISSAN NORTH AMERICA INC0 citations50

US12559088B2Feb 24, 2026

Driver assistance based on pose detection

NISSAN NORTH AMERICA INC0 citations49

US12573296B2Mar 10, 2026

Road information display system and method

NISSAN NORTH AMERICA INC0 citations48

US12524006B2Jan 13, 2026

Mobility manager trainer for improved autonomy in exception handling

NISSAN NORTH AMERICA INC0 citations48

US12403924B2Sep 2, 2025

Systems and methods for responding to audible commands and/or adjusting vehicle components based thereon

NISSAN NORTH AMERICA INC0 citations48

US11999370B2Jun 4, 2024

Automated vehicle system

NISSAN NORTH AMERICA INC0 citations48

US12479292B2Nov 25, 2025

Temporary torque control system

NISSAN NORTH AMERICA INC0 citations47

US12479463B2Nov 25, 2025

Data determining interface for vehicle decision-making

NISSAN NORTH AMERICA INC0 citations46

US12325409B2Jun 10, 2025

Map-based braking

NISSAN NORTH AMERICA INC0 citations46

US11681780B2Jun 20, 2023

Annotation and mapping for vehicle operation in low-confidence object detection conditions

NISSAN NORTH AMERICA INC0 citations46

US11215987B2Jan 4, 2022

Exception situation playback for tele-operators

NISSAN NORTH AMERICA INC0 citations46

US12578201B2Mar 17, 2026

Situational complexity determination system

NISSAN NORTH AMERICA INC0 citations44

US12354418B2Jul 8, 2025

Determining a location of a squeak or rattle associated with a vehicle

NISSAN NORTH AMERICA INC0 citations44

US12559113B2Feb 24, 2026

Vehicle decision making using sequential information probing

NISSAN NORTH AMERICA INC0 citations41

WITWICKI STEFAN

Patents

Multiple objective explanation and control interface design

Autonomous vehicle operational management control

Time-warping for autonomous driving simulation

Risk aware executor with action set recommendations

Autonomous vehicle operational management scenarios

Reinforcement and model learning for vehicle operation

Teleoperation for exception handling

Explainability of autonomous vehicle decision making

Autonomous vehicle operational management including operating a partially observable Markov decision process model instance

Introspective autonomous vehicle operational management

Learning in lane-level route planner

Autonomous vehicle operation with explicit occlusion reasoning

Learning safety and human-centered constraints in autonomous vehicles

Belief state determination for real-time decision-making

Centralized shared autonomous vehicle operational management

Autonomous vehicle operational management with visual saliency perception control

Continual planning and metareasoning for controlling an autonomous vehicle

Apparatus and method for post-processing a decision-making model of an autonomous vehicle using multivariate data

3D occlusion reasoning for accident avoidance

Orientation-adjust actions for autonomous vehicle operational management

Autonomous vehicle operational management blocking monitoring

Explainability of autonomous vehicle decision making

Introspective competence modeling for AV decision making

Using plays for human-AI decision-making in remote autonomous vehicle support

3D occlusion reasoning for accident avoidance

Risk-aware executor with action set recommendations

Objective-based reasoning in autonomous vehicle decision-making

Shared autonomous vehicle operational management

Vehicle guidance with systemic optimization

System and method for optimizing traffic flow using vehicle signals

Online state space refinement for competence-aware systems

Vehicle notification system

Learning constraints over beliefs in autonomous vehicle operations

Explainability and interface design for lane-level route planner

System and method for vehicle gamification

Driver assistance based on pose detection

Road information display system and method

Mobility manager trainer for improved autonomy in exception handling

Systems and methods for responding to audible commands and/or adjusting vehicle components based thereon

Automated vehicle system

Temporary torque control system

Data determining interface for vehicle decision-making

Map-based braking

Annotation and mapping for vehicle operation in low-confidence object detection conditions

Exception situation playback for tele-operators

Situational complexity determination system

Determining a location of a squeak or rattle associated with a vehicle

Vehicle decision making using sequential information probing