- Patent Title: Vehicle with multiple light detection and ranging devices (LIDARs)
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Application No.: US15493066Application Date: 2017-04-20
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Publication No.: US09864063B2Publication Date: 2018-01-09
- Inventor: Daniel Gruver , Pierre-yves Droz , Gaetan Pennecot , Anthony Levandowski , Drew Eugene Ulrich , Zachary Morriss , Luke Wachter , Dorel Ionut Iordache , Rahim Pardhan , William McCann , Bernard Fidric , Samuel William Lenius
- 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: G01C3/08
- IPC: G01C3/08 ; G01S17/93 ; G01S17/87 ; G01S17/89 ; G01S7/481 ; G01S17/10

Abstract:
A vehicle is provided that includes one or more wheels positioned at a bottom side of the vehicle. The vehicle also includes a first light detection and ranging device (LIDAR) positioned at a top side of the vehicle opposite to the bottom side. The first LIDAR is configured to scan an environment around the vehicle based on rotation of the first LIDAR about an axis. The first LIDAR has a first resolution. The vehicle also includes a second LIDAR configured to scan a field-of-view of the environment that extends away from the vehicle along a viewing direction of the second LIDAR. The second LIDAR has a second resolution. The vehicle also includes a controller configured to operate the vehicle based on the scans of the environment by the first LIDAR and the second LIDAR.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170219713A1 Vehicle with Multiple Light Detection and Ranging Devices (LIDARs) Public/Granted day:2017-08-03
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