Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method for evaluating the perception system of an autonomous vehicle
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Application No.: US17387199Application Date: 2021-07-28
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Publication No.: US11747809B1Publication Date: 2023-09-05
- Inventor: Jiajun Zhu , Christopher Paul Urmson , Dirk Haehnel , Nathaniel Fairfield , Russell Leigh Smith
- Applicant: WAYMO LLC
- Applicant Address: US CA Mountain View
- Assignee: Waymo LLC
- Current Assignee: Waymo LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Mountain View
- Agency: Botos Churchill IP Law
- The original application number of the division: US15587680 2017.05.05
- Main IPC: G06K9/00
- IPC: G06K9/00 ; G05D1/00 ; G06T7/521 ; G06T7/73 ; B60T8/17 ; B60T8/00 ; B60T7/22 ; B60T17/22 ; B60W50/14 ; B60T17/18 ; B60T8/88 ; B60W40/06 ; G01S17/86 ; G01S17/931 ; G05D1/02 ; G06Q10/02 ; G06Q30/02 ; G06Q30/0207 ; G06Q40/08 ; G07C9/00 ; B60W30/08 ; G01C21/36 ; B60R1/00 ; G06T7/20 ; G06T7/231 ; G06T7/223 ; G06V20/58 ; G06V20/64 ; B60W50/029 ; B60W30/186 ; G01S13/86 ; B62D6/00 ; G06V10/20 ; G06V20/56

Abstract:
A method and apparatus are provided for optimizing one or more object detection parameters used by an autonomous vehicle to detect objects in images. The autonomous vehicle may capture the images using one or more sensors. The autonomous vehicle may then determine object labels and their corresponding object label parameters for the detected objects. The captured images and the object label parameters may be communicated to an object identification server. The object identification server may request that one or more reviewers identify objects in the captured images. The object identification server may then compare the identification of objects by reviewers with the identification of objects by the autonomous vehicle. Depending on the results of the comparison, the object identification server may recommend or perform the optimization of one or more of the object detection parameters.
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