Method and apparatus for generating situation awareness graphs using cameras from different vehicles

    公开(公告)号:US10733233B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-08-04

    申请号:US15950917

    申请日:2018-04-11

    Abstract: In various embodiments, methods, systems, and vehicles are provided that include obtaining first camera images from a first camera onboard a first vehicle; generating, via one or more computer processors, a first situation awareness graph with respect to objects near the first vehicle, using the first camera images; obtaining second camera images from a second camera of a second device that is in proximity to the first vehicle; generating, via one or more computer processors, a second situation awareness graph with the respect to the objects, using the second camera images; and generating, via one or more computer processor, a global situation awareness graph with respect to the objects, by merging the first situation awareness graph with the second situation awareness graph, using respective first and second weights for the first and second situation awareness graphs.

    SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROL OF AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE

    公开(公告)号:US20200183415A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-06-11

    申请号:US16214535

    申请日:2018-12-10

    Abstract: A method of controlling a vehicle includes receiving a first signal from a user device, which indicates motion of the user device. The method additionally includes receiving first sensor data, which indicates motion of a feature external to the vehicle. The method also includes processing, via a controller, the first sensor data to compare the motion of the user device with the motion of the feature external to the vehicle. The method further includes communicating, via the controller, a second signal to the user device. The second signal indicates motion of the vehicle. The method additionally includes receiving a third signal from the user device. The third signal indicates a correlation between the motion of the vehicle and a motion observed by the user device. The method further includes selectively controlling, via the controller, the vehicle towards the feature based on the processing and on the receiving the third signal.

    VEHICLE CROWD SENSING SYSTEM AND METHOD
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20200166941A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-05-28

    申请号:US16199919

    申请日:2018-11-26

    Abstract: A vehicle crowd sensing system and method of selective sensing for the vehicle crowd sensing system. The method, in one implementation, involves receiving a plurality of detection reports from a first set of vehicles, each detection report including an event, a position qualifier of the event, and a severity qualifier of the event; developing an inherent error model for the event that includes a compilation of the position qualifiers of the event and the severity qualifiers of the event; and determining a resampling instruction for the event. The resampling instruction is based on an action model and the action model is at least partly a factor of the inherent error model.

    METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RECONSTRUCTING A VEHICLE SCENE AT A CLOUD LAYER

    公开(公告)号:US20200137351A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-04-30

    申请号:US16175343

    申请日:2018-10-30

    Abstract: A method and system for gathering vehicle video data, processing the vehicle video data, and providing the processed data to a cloud layer that reconstructs the scene encountered by the vehicle. By reconstructing the encountered scene at the cloud layer, a variety of commands can be generated for that vehicle or other vehicles in the vicinity, where the commands address the conditions being experienced by the vehicles. This may be particularly useful for autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicles. If the reconstructed scene is not sufficiently accurate or detailed, one or more data extraction parameter(s) can be adjusted so that additional data is provided to the cloud layer; if the reconstructed scene is sufficiently accurate, then the data extraction parameter(s) can be adjusted so that less data is provided to the cloud layer, thus, reducing unnecessary cellular data charges.

    Systems for autonomous vehicle route selection and execution

    公开(公告)号:US10331141B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-06-25

    申请号:US15198688

    申请日:2016-06-30

    Abstract: A system for determining and executing an autonomous-vehicle vehicle travel route, including a hardware-based processing unit and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium. The storage medium includes an input-interface module that, when executed by the hardware-based processing unit, obtains factor data indicating factors relevant to determining a vehicle travel route. The storage medium also includes a route-generation module comprising a route-complexity sub-module. The route-complexity sub-module determines, based on the factor data, route-complexity indexes corresponding to respective optional routes. The route-generation module determines the vehicle travel route based on the route-complexity indexes. The storage in various embodiments includes other sub-modules associated with other elements, such as autonomous-driving safety, comfort, stress, pollution, scenery, or infrastructure-accessibility, for determining and executing an autonomous-driving travel route. In some embodiments, the storage includes an autonomous-driving perceptions module and an autonomous-driving control module for modifying vehicle functions in executing the autonomous-driving travel route.

    SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO AGGREGATE VEHICLE DATA FROM INFOTAINMENT APPLICATION ACCESSORIES

    公开(公告)号:US20190116255A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-04-18

    申请号:US15782882

    申请日:2017-10-13

    Abstract: A portable system, for use in projecting proprietary host-data-based output to a host device using a dual-layer proprietary-data-provision arrangement including the host device and portable system. A storage component includes one or more first-layer components, of the dual-layer proprietary-data-provision arrangement, that, when executed by a hardware-based processing unit, communicates with the host device by a first wired communication channel or a first short-range wireless communication channel to receive the proprietary host data from the host device. The storage also includes a portable-system application that, when executed, generates, based on the proprietary host data, proprietary host-data-based app output. And the storage includes one or more second-layer components, of the arrangement, that, when executed, communicate with the host device by a second wired communication channel or a second short-range wireless communication channel to provide the proprietary host-data-based app output to the host device for rendering at the host device.

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