IMAGE FUSION FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE OPERATION

    公开(公告)号:EP3751455A3

    公开(公告)日:2021-03-10

    申请号:EP20178069.9

    申请日:2020-06-03

    申请人: TuSimple, Inc.

    IPC分类号: G06K9/00

    摘要: Devices, systems and methods for fusing scenes from real-time image feeds from on-vehicle cameras in autonomous vehicles to reduce redundancy of the information processed to enable real-time autonomous operation are described. One example of a method for improving perception in an autonomous vehicle includes receiving a plurality of cropped images, wherein each of the plurality of cropped images comprises one or more bounding boxes that correspond to one or more objects in a corresponding cropped image; identifying, based on the metadata in the plurality of cropped images, a first bounding box in a first cropped image and a second bounding box in a second cropped image, wherein the first and second bounding boxes correspond to a common object; and fusing the metadata corresponding to the common object from the first cropped image and the second cropped image to generate an output result for the common object.

    TRANSITIONING STEERING CONTROL FROM AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE TO A DRIVER

    公开(公告)号:EP3741650A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-11-25

    申请号:EP20173328.4

    申请日:2020-05-06

    申请人: Tusimple, Inc.

    IPC分类号: B62D1/28 B60W60/00 B62D15/02

    摘要: Techniques are described for transitioning control of a steering system from an autonomous mode in a vehicle (105) to a driver-controlled mode where the driver can control the steering wheel (202)of the steering system. A method includes receiving values that describe an amount of torque and a direction of torque in response to a torque applied to a steering wheel (202) of a steering system operated in an autonomous mode, determining that the values are either greater than or equal to a threshold value or are less than or equal to a negative of the threshold value, determining that the values are measured over a period of time greater than or equal to a predetermined amount of time, and transitioning the steering system from being operated in the autonomous mode to being operated in a driver-controlled mode in which the steering system is under manual control.

    VEHICLE WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION DETERMINATION
    5.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:EP4321404A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-14

    申请号:EP23209116.5

    申请日:2020-08-12

    申请人: TuSimple, Inc.

    摘要: Techniques are described for determining weight distribution of a vehicle. A method of performing autonomous driving operation includes receiving two sets of values from two sets of sensors, where a first set of sensors measure weights or pressures applied on axles of a vehicle, and where a second set of sensors measure pressures in tires of the vehicle. The method performs an error detection and removal operation to remove or filter out any erroneous values from the two sets of values to obtain two sets of filtered values. The method determines one or more values that describe a weight or pressure applied on the axle to obtain the weight distribution of the vehicle based on the first set of filtered values or the second set of filtered values. Based on the obtained weight distribution of the vehicle, the method can determine a driving operation of the vehicle.

    ROAD FRICTION ESTIMATION TECHNIQUES
    7.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:EP3795435A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-03-24

    申请号:EP20196507.6

    申请日:2020-09-16

    申请人: TuSimple, Inc.

    IPC分类号: B60T8/172 B60W40/068

    摘要: Techniques are described for estimating road friction between a road and tires of a vehicle. A method includes receiving, from a temperature sensor on a vehicle, a temperature value that indicates a temperature of an environment in which a vehicle is operated, determining a first range of friction values that quantify a friction between a road and tires of a vehicle based on a function of the temperature value and an extent of precipitation in a region that indicate a hazardous driving condition, obtaining, from the first range of friction values, a value that quantifies the friction between the road and the tires of the vehicle, where the value is obtained based on a driving related behavior of the vehicle, and causing the vehicle to operate on the road based on the value obtained from the first range of friction values.

    VEHICLE-BASED ROTATING CAMERA METHODS AND SYSTEMS

    公开(公告)号:EP3702866A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-09-02

    申请号:EP20156576.9

    申请日:2020-02-11

    申请人: Tusimple, Inc.

    IPC分类号: G05D1/00

    摘要: Disclosed are devices, systems and methods for using a rotating camera for vehicular operation. One example of a method for improving driving includes determining, by a processor in the vehicle, that a trigger has activated, orienting, based on the determining, a single rotating camera towards a direction of interest, and activating a recording functionality of the single rotating camera, where the vehicle comprises the single rotating camera and one or more fixed cameras, and where the single rotating camera provides a redundant functionality for, and consumes less power than, the one or more fixed cameras.

    REDUNDANT HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES

    公开(公告)号:EP3929051A3

    公开(公告)日:2022-04-20

    申请号:EP21180841.5

    申请日:2021-06-22

    申请人: Tusimple, Inc.

    摘要: A redundant hardware and software architecture can be designed to enable vehicles to be operated in an autonomous mode while improving the reliability and/or safety of such vehicles. A system for redundant architecture can include a set of at least two redundant sensors coupled to a vehicle and configured to provide timestamped sensor data to each of a plurality of computing unit (CU) computers. The CU computers can process the sensor data simultaneously based on at least a time value indicative of an absolute time or a relative time and based on the timestamped sensor data. The CU computers provide to a vehicle control unit (VCU) computer at least two sets of outputs configured to instruct a plurality of devices in a vehicle and cause the vehicle to be driven.