Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Static obstacle detection
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Application No.: US15094776Application Date: 2016-04-08
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Publication No.: US10204278B2Publication Date: 2019-02-12
- Inventor: David Harrison Silver , Jonathan Baldwin Dowdall , David Ian Ferguson
- Applicant: Waymo LLC
- Applicant Address: US CA Mountain View
- Assignee: Waymo LLC
- Current Assignee: Waymo LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Mountain View
- Agency: McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP
- Main IPC: G06K9/00
- IPC: G06K9/00 ; G05D1/02 ; G01V11/00 ; G01S13/04 ; G01S13/93 ; G01S17/02 ; G01S17/93 ; G01S19/13 ; G05D1/00 ; G06K9/62

Abstract:
A vehicle is provided that may distinguish between dynamic obstacles and static obstacles. Given a detector for a class of static obstacles or objects, the vehicle may receive sensor data indicative of an environment of the vehicle. When a possible object is detected in a single frame, a location of the object and a time of observation of the object may be compared to previous observations. Based on the object being observed a threshold number of times, in substantially the same location, and within some window of time, the vehicle may accurately detect the presence of the object and reduce any false detections.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160224850A1 Static Obstacle Detection Public/Granted day:2016-08-04
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