公开(公告)号：US20180045826A1

公开(公告)日：2018-02-15

申请号：US15675187

申请日：2017-08-11

申请人： KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.

发明人： Yusuke Kasaba ,  Takashi Hori ,  Teruaki Yamamoto

IPC分类号： G01S17/02 ,  B60Q1/30 ,  G01S17/88 ,  B60Q1/00 ,  F21V23/04 ,  B60Q1/04

CPC分类号： G01S17/023 ,  B60Q1/0023 ,  B60Q1/0483 ,  B60Q1/302 ,  B60R2011/0094 ,  F21V23/0457 ,  G01S7/4813 ,  G01S7/4972 ,  G01S17/42 ,  G01S17/88 ,  G01S17/936

摘要： An illumination device to be mounted on a vehicle, includes a light source; a sensor configured to acquire information outside the vehicle based on invisible light; and a cover including a first portion covering the light source and a second portion covering the sensor. The second portion has a lower visible light transmittance than the first portion.

公开(公告)号：US20180039283A1

公开(公告)日：2018-02-08

申请号：US15274199

申请日：2016-09-23

申请人： QUALCOMM Incorporated

发明人： Aditya Narain Srivastava

IPC分类号： G05D1/02 ,  G01S17/93 ,  B64C39/02 ,  B64D47/08 ,  B60W40/13 ,  B60W40/06

CPC分类号： G05D1/0276 ,  B60W40/06 ,  B60W40/13 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64D47/08 ,  G01S7/003 ,  G01S17/87 ,  G01S17/89 ,  G01S17/936

摘要： According to various embodiments, there is provided a method for controlling a vehicle, the method including detecting a triggering event. The method further includes, in response to detecting the triggering event, determining updated dimensions of the vehicle. The method further includes adjusting operation of the vehicle based on the updated dimensions.

公开(公告)号：US20180038961A1

公开(公告)日：2018-02-08

申请号：US15658952

申请日：2017-07-25

申请人： Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

发明人： Gerard Dirk Smits

IPC分类号： G01S17/48 ,  G01S7/481 ,  G01S17/93 ,  G01S17/02

CPC分类号： G01S17/48 ,  G01S7/4817 ,  G01S17/026 ,  G01S17/936

摘要： Provided is a disclosure for detection of objects using projected light of one or more frequencies, where the light may be structured or non-structured.

公开(公告)号：US20180031707A1

公开(公告)日：2018-02-01

申请号：US15727806

申请日：2017-10-09

申请人： MAGNA ELECTRONICS SOLUTIONS GMBH

发明人： Stefan Graf

IPC分类号： G01S17/93 ,  B60Q1/00 ,  G01S13/93 ,  G01S17/87

CPC分类号： G01S17/936 ,  B60Q1/0023 ,  G01S17/87 ,  G01S2013/9396

摘要： An automotive lighting system for a vehicle includes a taillight disposed at a vehicle equipped with an external object detection system. The taillight includes a housing that contains a light source that is operable to illuminate at least rearward of the equipped vehicle. The external object detection system includes a LIDAR sensor that is disposed in the housing of the taillight. The LIDAR sensor is operable to emit optical signals at least rearward of the equipped vehicle, where optical signals reflected back to the LIDAR sensor are processed by an electronic control unit of the external object detection system. Processing of reflected optical signals by the electronic control unit detects an object present exterior of the equipped vehicle. Also, processing by the electronic control unit may include use of 3D imaging techniques to generate a 3D image of the object present exterior of the equipped vehicle.

公开(公告)号：US20180024241A1

公开(公告)日：2018-01-25

申请号：US15470708

申请日：2017-03-27

申请人： Luminar Technologies, Inc.

发明人： Jason M. Eichenholz ,  Austin K. Russell ,  Scott R. Campbell ,  Alain Villeneuve ,  Rodger W. Cleye ,  Joseph G. LaChapelle ,  Matthew D. Weed ,  Lane A. Martin

IPC分类号： G01S17/10 ,  G01S7/486 ,  G01S17/93 ,  G01S7/481 ,  G01S7/484

CPC分类号： G01S17/06 ,  G01S7/4804 ,  G01S7/4811 ,  G01S7/4814 ,  G01S7/4815 ,  G01S7/4816 ,  G01S7/4817 ,  G01S7/4818 ,  G01S7/483 ,  G01S7/484 ,  G01S7/4861 ,  G01S7/4863 ,  G01S7/4865 ,  G01S17/00 ,  G01S17/02 ,  G01S17/08 ,  G01S17/10 ,  G01S17/32 ,  G01S17/42 ,  G01S17/88 ,  G01S17/89 ,  G01S17/936 ,  H01S3/0007 ,  H01S3/0078 ,  H01S3/0085 ,  H01S3/06733 ,  H01S3/0675 ,  H01S3/06754 ,  H01S3/06758 ,  H01S3/08086 ,  H01S3/094003 ,  H01S3/094042 ,  H01S3/094076 ,  H01S3/0941 ,  H01S3/10023 ,  H01S3/1106 ,  H01S3/1608 ,  H01S3/2383 ,  H01S5/0057 ,  H01S5/0085 ,  H01S5/4012 ,  H01S5/4087 ,  H01S2301/02

摘要： A lidar system with a pulsed laser diode configured to produce an optical seed pulse of light at an operating wavelength between approximately 1400 nm and approximately 1600 nm. The lidar system may also include an optical amplifier configured to amplify the optical seed pulse to produce an eye-safe output optical pulse that is emitted into a field of view. The optical amplifier may produce an amount of amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) associated with the output optical pulse. The lidar system may include an optical filter configured to filter the output optical pulse to reduce the associated ASE. The lidar system may also include a receiver configured to detect at least a portion of the output optical pulse reflected or scattered from the field of view.

公开(公告)号：US09874639B2

公开(公告)日：2018-01-23

申请号：US14742578

申请日：2015-06-17

申请人： Continental Advanced Lidar Systems US. LLC.

发明人： Roger Stettner ,  Howard W. Bailey

IPC分类号： G01S17/93 ,  G05D1/02 ,  G01C21/20 ,  G01S7/481 ,  G01S7/486 ,  G01S17/66 ,  G01S17/87 ,  G01S17/89 ,  H04N13/02 ,  G06T7/292

CPC分类号： G01S17/93 ,  G01C21/20 ,  G01S7/4813 ,  G01S7/4814 ,  G01S7/4863 ,  G01S17/66 ,  G01S17/87 ,  G01S17/89 ,  G01S17/936 ,  G05D1/02 ,  G06T7/292 ,  H04N13/254

摘要： The present invention tracks or locates small moving objects, or generates a 3-D frame of data by using 3-D focal plane arrays with low laser energy and few mechanically moving parts. The invention may be used to determine the direction of a laser designating a target, for target tracking, used as a 3-D movie/video camera or used to provide data for autonomous navigation.

公开(公告)号：US09873196B2

公开(公告)日：2018-01-23

申请号：US14752688

申请日：2015-06-26

申请人： Brain Corporation

发明人： Botond Szatmary ,  Micah Richert

IPC分类号： B25J5/00 ,  G05D1/02 ,  G06K9/00 ,  G06K9/62 ,  G06K9/20 ,  B25J9/16 ,  B25J11/00 ,  B25J19/06 ,  B60Q1/54 ,  B60Q9/00 ,  G01S17/00 ,  G01S17/02 ,  G01S17/46 ,  G01S17/89 ,  G01S17/93 ,  G01S7/51 ,  G01S15/93 ,  G01S13/93

CPC分类号： B25J5/00 ,  B25J9/1674 ,  B25J9/1676 ,  B25J11/0085 ,  B25J19/06 ,  B60Q1/54 ,  B60Q9/008 ,  G01S7/51 ,  G01S13/931 ,  G01S15/931 ,  G01S17/003 ,  G01S17/026 ,  G01S17/46 ,  G01S17/89 ,  G01S17/936 ,  G05D1/0214 ,  G05D1/0238 ,  G05D1/0242 ,  G06K9/00664 ,  G06K9/00771 ,  G06K9/00805 ,  G06K9/2036 ,  G06K9/209 ,  G06K9/6212 ,  G06K9/6215 ,  Y10S901/01

摘要： Apparatus and methods for navigation of a robotic device configured to operate in an environment comprising objects and/or persons. Location of objects and/or persons may change prior and/or during operation of the robot. In one embodiment, a bistatic sensor comprises a transmitter and a receiver. The receiver may be spatially displaced from the transmitter. The transmitter may project a pattern on a surface in the direction of robot movement. In one variant, the pattern comprises an encoded portion and an information portion. The information portion may be used to communicate information related to robot movement to one or more persons. The encoded portion may be used to determine presence of one or more object in the path of the robot. The receiver may sample a reflected pattern and compare it with the transmitted pattern. Based on a similarity measure breaching a threshold, indication of object present may be produced.

公开(公告)号：US20180009441A1

公开(公告)日：2018-01-11

申请号：US15694493

申请日：2017-09-01

申请人： Uber Technologies, Inc.

发明人： Jean-Sebastien Valois

IPC分类号： B60W40/02 ,  H04L29/08 ,  G05D1/02

CPC分类号： B60W40/02 ,  G01S7/40 ,  G01S7/4808 ,  G01S7/497 ,  G01S13/865 ,  G01S13/867 ,  G01S13/931 ,  G01S17/023 ,  G01S17/936 ,  G05D1/021 ,  H04L67/12 ,  H04W4/38 ,  H04W4/48 ,  H04W84/18 ,  Y04S40/18

摘要： An autonomous vehicle (AV) can include a set of sensors generating sensor data corresponding to a surrounding environment of the AV. The AV can further include a control system that determines imminent lighting conditions for one or more cameras of the set of sensors, and executes a set of configurations for the one or more cameras to preemptively compensate for the imminent lighting conditions.

公开(公告)号：US20180009418A1

公开(公告)日：2018-01-11

申请号：US15394419

申请日：2016-12-29

申请人： NextEV USA, Inc.

发明人： Austin L. Newman

IPC分类号： B60S1/08 ,  B60S1/54 ,  B08B7/02

CPC分类号： B08B7/028 ,  B08B1/00 ,  B08B3/02 ,  B08B5/02 ,  B60S1/0818 ,  B60S1/485 ,  B60S1/54 ,  B60S1/56 ,  G01S7/497 ,  G01S17/936 ,  G01S2007/4977 ,  G02B27/0006

摘要： Sensor cleaning devices, methods, and systems are provided. Output from sensors of a vehicle may be used to describe an environment around the vehicle. In the event that a sensor is obstructed by dirt, debris, or detritus the sensor may not sufficiently describe the environment for autonomous control operations. In response to receiving an indication of an obstructed sensor, the sensor cleaning devices, methods, and systems described herein may proceed to remove the obstruction from the sensor.

公开(公告)号：US20180003822A1

公开(公告)日：2018-01-04

申请号：US15387447

申请日：2016-12-21

申请人： Baidu Online Network Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd

发明人： Bo Li ,  Tianlei Zhang ,  Zongtao Fan

IPC分类号： G01S17/08 ,  G01S17/93 ,  G05D1/00 ,  G05D1/02

CPC分类号： G01S17/08 ,  G01S17/023 ,  G01S17/89 ,  G01S17/936 ,  G05D1/0088 ,  G05D1/0238 ,  G05D2201/0213

摘要： Disclosed are embodiments of environmental sensing devices and information acquiring methods applied to environmental sensing devices. In some embodiments, an environmental sensing device includes a camera sensor, a laser radar sensor that are integrated, and a control unit. The control unit is connected simultaneously to the camera sensor and the laser radar sensor. The control unit is used for simultaneously entering a trigger signal to the camera sensor and the laser radar sensor. The design of integrating the camera sensor and the laser radar sensor avoids the problems such as poor contact and noise generation that easily occur in a high-vibration and high-interference vehicle environment, and can precisely trigger the camera sensor and the laser radar sensor simultaneously, so as to obtain high-quality fused data, thereby improving the accuracy of environmental sensing. As a result, the camera sensor and the laser radar sensor have a consistent overlapping field of view.