公开(公告)号：US20190199946A1

公开(公告)日：2019-06-27

申请号：US16214572

申请日：2018-12-10

Applicant: Waymo LLC

Inventor： Andreas Wendel ,  Jeremy Dittmer

IPC: H04N5/345 ,  H04N5/353

CPC classification number: H04N5/3452 ,  H04N5/3532

Abstract: Examples described may related to an imaging sensor used by a vehicle, including a light sensor. The light sensor comprises a plurality of cells aligned in a plurality of horizontal rows and a plurality of vertical columns. The apparatus further includes an optical system configured to provide the light sensor with a field of view of an external environment of the apparatus. Additionally, the system includes a processing unit configured to: divide the plurality of horizontal rows of the light sensor into one or more enabled rows and one or more disabled rows; obtain image data from the light sensor by sampling one or more cells in the one or more enabled rows; and store the received image data in a memory.

公开(公告)号：US20190188502A1

公开(公告)日：2019-06-20

申请号：US15842182

申请日：2017-12-14

Applicant: Waymo LLC

Inventor： Brendan Hermalyn ,  Andreas Wendel ,  Jeremy Dittmer

IPC: G06K9/00 ,  H04N7/18 ,  B60R1/00 ,  B60R11/04

Abstract: Example implementations may relate to use of a light-control feature to control extent of light encountered by an image capture device of a self-driving vehicle. In particular, a computing system of the vehicle may make a determination that quality of image data generated by an image capture device is or is expected to be lower than a threshold quality due to external light encountered or expected to be encountered by the image capture device. In response to the determination, the computing system may make an adjustment to the light-control feature to control the extent of external light encountered or expected to be encountered by the image capture device. This adjustment may ultimately help improve quality of image data generated by the image capture device. As such, the computing system may operate the vehicle based at least on image data generated by the image capture device.

公开(公告)号：US10005460B2

公开(公告)日：2018-06-26

申请号：US15618461

申请日：2017-06-09

Applicant: Waymo LLC

Inventor： Jens-Steffen Ralf Gutmann ,  Andreas Wendel ,  Nathaniel Fairfield ,  Dmitri A. Dolgov ,  Donald Jason Burnette

IPC: G08G1/095 ,  B60W30/09 ,  G08G1/0962 ,  G08G1/017 ,  G08G1/09 ,  G08G1/096

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to determining whether a vehicle should continue through an intersection. For example, the one or more of the vehicle's computers may identify a time when the traffic signal light will turn from yellow to red. The one or more computers may also estimate a location of a vehicle at the time when the traffic signal light will turn from yellow to red. A starting point of the intersection may be identified. Based on whether the estimated location of the vehicle is at least a threshold distance past the starting point at the time when the traffic signal light will turn from yellow to red, the computers can determine whether the vehicle should continue through the intersection.