公开(公告)号：US20210125370A1

公开(公告)日：2021-04-29

申请号：US16663242

申请日：2019-10-24

Applicant: TUSIMPLE, INC.

Inventor： Yijie WANG ,  Lingting GE ,  Yiqian GAN ,  Xiaodi HOU

IPC: G06T7/73 ,  G06T7/33

Abstract: Techniques are described to estimate orientation of one or more cameras located on a vehicle. The orientation estimation technique can include obtaining an image from a camera located on a vehicle while the vehicle is being driven on a road, determining, from a terrain map, a location of a landmark located at a distance from a location of the vehicle on the road, determining, in the image, pixel locations of the landmark, selecting one pixel location from the determined pixel locations; and calculating values that describe an orientation of the camera using at least an intrinsic matrix and a previously known extrinsic matrix of the camera, where the intrinsic matrix is characterized based on at least the one pixel location and the location of the landmark.

公开(公告)号：US20210086777A1

公开(公告)日：2021-03-25

申请号：US17022875

申请日：2020-09-16

Applicant: TUSIMPLE, INC.

Inventor： Kun ZHANG ,  Xiaoling HAN ,  Weina MAO ,  Zehua HUANG ,  Charles A. PRICE

IPC: B60W40/068 ,  B60W10/18 ,  B60W30/14

Abstract: 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.

公开(公告)号：US20210078600A1

公开(公告)日：2021-03-18

申请号：US17019135

申请日：2020-09-11

Applicant: TUSIMPLE, INC.

Inventor： Charles A. Price ,  Zehua Huang ,  Xiaoling Han ,  Ruiliang Zhang ,  Xiaodi Hou

IPC: B60W60/00 ,  B60W30/095 ,  G08G1/14 ,  G08G1/16 ,  G01C21/00

Abstract: Disclosed are distributed computing systems and methods for controlling multiple autonomous control modules and subsystems in an autonomous vehicle. In some aspects of the disclosed technology, a computing architecture for an autonomous vehicle includes distributing the complexity of autonomous vehicle operation, thereby avoiding the use of a single high-performance computing system and enabling off-the-shelf components to be use more readily and reducing system failure rates.

公开(公告)号：US20210075966A1

公开(公告)日：2021-03-11

申请号：US17025257

申请日：2020-09-18

Applicant: TUSIMPLE, INC.

Inventor： Alan Camyre ,  Todd SKINNER ,  Juexiao NING ,  Qiwei LI ,  Yishi LIU

IPC: H04N5/232 ,  G05D1/02 ,  G01S17/86 ,  G01B7/14 ,  G01B11/14 ,  G01S17/931 ,  G01S7/497 ,  G01S17/06 ,  G01B17/00

Abstract: Techniques are described for compensating for movements of sensors. A method includes receiving two sets of sensor data from two sets of sensors, where a first set of sensors are located on a roof of a cab of a semi-trailer truck and a second set of sensor data are located on a hood of the semi-trailer truck. The method also receives from a height sensor a measured value indicative of a height of the rear of a rear portion of the cab of the semi-trailer truck relative to a chassis of the semi-trailer truck, determines two correction values, one for each of the two sets of sensor data, and compensates for the movement of the two sets of sensors by generating two sets of compensated sensor data. The two sets of compensated sensor data are generated by adjusting the two sets of sensor data based on the two correction values.

公开(公告)号：US20210024092A1

公开(公告)日：2021-01-28

申请号：US16938279

申请日：2020-07-24

Applicant: TUSIMPLE, INC.

Inventor： Xiaoling HAN ,  Kaixin ZHENG ,  Jay DAY ,  Jeffrey RENN ,  Todd SKINNER ,  Charles A. PRICE ,  Zehua HUANG

IPC: B60W60/00 ,  B60W10/20 ,  B60W10/18 ,  B60W10/08 ,  B60W10/26 ,  B60W40/105

Abstract: Described are devices, systems and methods for managing power generation, storage and/or distribution in autonomous vehicles. In some aspects, a system for power management in an autonomous vehicle having a main power source and one or more alternators includes a vehicle control unit, a secondary power source, and a power management unit. In some embodiments, the power management unit is configured on an autonomous vehicle having a single alternator-charging system for battery charging and battery power control with different battery packs. In some embodiments, the power management unit is configured on an autonomous vehicle having multiple alternator-charging systems for battery charging and battery power control for different battery packs.

公开(公告)号：US20210012548A1

公开(公告)日：2021-01-14

申请号：US17032490

申请日：2020-09-25

Applicant: TUSIMPLE, INC.

Inventor： Minhao Jiang ,  Hsin Lu ,  Genmao Shi ,  Ziqi Liu

IPC: G06T11/20 ,  G06T7/60 ,  G06T5/00

Abstract: A method of constructing a map including a plurality of lanes and a system thereof are provided. The method includes: for each of the plurality of lanes, constructing corresponding lane geometry data based on a plurality of polyline segments, including constructing a general outline circumscribing the plurality of lanes and identifying an outline of each of the plurality of lanes based on the plurality of polyline segments and the general outline. Outline polyline segments as boundaries of the general outline are selected from the plurality of polyline segments.

公开(公告)号：USD903598S1

公开(公告)日：2020-12-01

申请号：US29617659

申请日：2017-09-15

Applicant: TuSimple, Inc.

Designer： Zhihua Ma

公开(公告)号：US10812589B2

公开(公告)日：2020-10-20

申请号：US15796779

申请日：2017-10-28

Applicant: TuSimple, Inc.

Inventor： Anthony Hitchcock Thomas ,  Dangyi Liu ,  Kai Zhou ,  Yidi Zhang ,  Ruiliang Zhang

IPC: H04L29/08 ,  H04L29/06 ,  G06F16/951

Abstract: Various embodiments for implementing a system and method for managing and querying semi-structured, heterogeneously-typed sensor data in a distributed environment are disclosed. Example embodiments include: enabling data communications between a plurality of compute nodes and a plurality of physical data storage devices via an application programming interface (API) layer, a cache management layer, a server layer, and a storage layer; and receiving a data request from at least one of the plurality of compute nodes at the API layer, the data request including an identification of a topic of a dataset, the topic including a metadata file, a data file, and an index file, the index file including at least one pointer into the data file.

公开(公告)号：US10800645B2

公开(公告)日：2020-10-13

申请号：US16035659

申请日：2018-07-15

Applicant: TuSimple, Inc.

Inventor： Nan Wu

IPC: B67D7/30 ,  G01C21/34 ,  G08G1/0968 ,  G07C5/00 ,  G05D1/00 ,  B67D7/04 ,  G08G1/0967 ,  G08G1/00 ,  H04W4/40

Abstract: The present application discloses a method, device and system for automatic oiling of a long-distance transport vehicle. The method provided by the present application includes: obtaining, by a transport planning system at a network side, vehicle status information, transport mission information and highway port information of the vehicle before the long-distance transport vehicle starts from a highway port of departure; generating a transport plan according to the vehicle status information, the transport mission information and the highway port information, wherein the transport plan comprises at least one highway port to be stopped at, cargo quantity to be loaded at each highway port to be stopped at and oil mass to be filled at each highway port to be stopped at; and sending the transport plan to the vehicle.

公开(公告)号：US20200307467A1

公开(公告)日：2020-10-01

申请号：US16828421

申请日：2020-03-24

Applicant: TUSIMPLE, INC.

Inventor： Todd Skinner

IPC: B60R11/04 ,  G03B17/56

Abstract: Disclosed is a camera mounting apparatus for a vehicle that attaches the camera to the vehicle, isolates the camera from vibration at the mounting points, and accommodates thermal expansion and contraction of the vehicle and the mounting structure. The apparatus includes a camera mounting beam coupled to the camera, and one or more elastomeric vibration isolators coupled to an attachment device and coupled to the camera mounting beam. The apparatus also includes a spherical bearing coupled to the attachment device, wherein the spherical bearing is configured to accommodate misalignment of the attachment device, and one or more spring washers to generate a force holding the one or more elastomeric vibration isolators and spherical bearing in positions.