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公开(公告)号:US11942757B2
公开(公告)日:2024-03-26
申请号:US17152026
申请日:2021-01-19
Applicant: Waymo LLC
Inventor: Paul Karplus , Matthew Last
IPC: H01S5/022 , H01S5/02 , H01S5/02234 , H01S5/02253 , H01S5/02326 , H01S5/02355 , H01S5/042 , H01S5/02345
CPC classification number: H01S5/02326 , H01S5/0206 , H01S5/02234 , H01S5/02253 , H01S5/02355 , H01S5/042 , H01S5/02345
Abstract: The present disclosure relates to optical systems and methods for their manufacture. An example method includes coupling a first surface of a light-emitter substrate to a reference surface of a carrier substrate. The method also includes registering a mold structure with respect to the reference surface of the carrier substrate. Furthermore, the method includes using the mold structure to form an optical material over at least a portion of the light-emitter substrate. The optical material is shaped according to a shape of the mold structure and includes at least one registration feature. The method also includes coupling an optical lens element to the optical material such that the optical lens element is registered to the at least one registration feature.
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公开(公告)号:US11941519B2
公开(公告)日:2024-03-26
申请号:US16699920
申请日:2019-12-02
Applicant: Waymo LLC
Inventor: Pok Man Chu , Edward Hsiao
Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to training a machine learning model on a distributed computing system. The model can be trained using selected processors of the training platform. The distributed system automatically modifies the model for instantiation on each processor, adjusts an input pipeline to accommodate the capabilities of selected processors, and coordinates the training between those processors. Simultaneous processing at each stage can be scaled to reduce or eliminate bottlenecks in the distributed system. In addition, autonomous monitoring and re-allocating of resources can further reduce or eliminate bottlenecks. The training results may be aggregated by the distributed system, and a final model may then be transmitted to a user device.
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公开(公告)号:US20240094354A1
公开(公告)日:2024-03-21
申请号:US17947976
申请日:2022-09-19
Applicant: Waymo LLC
Inventor: Alexander Yukio Piggott
CPC classification number: G01S7/4818 , G02B6/3596
Abstract: The subject matter of this specification can be implemented in, among other things, systems and methods of optical sensing that use carrier extraction from waveguides that can support propagation of high-power sensing beams. Described, among other things, is a system that includes one or more waveguides that include a semiconducting material with a temperature-dependent refractive index. The system further includes a plurality of extraction electrodes configured to extract from the waveguide(s), charge carriers generated by an electromagnetic wave propagating in the waveguide(s). The system further includes a heating electrode configured to cause a change of a temperature of the waveguide(s).
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公开(公告)号:US20240086278A1
公开(公告)日:2024-03-14
申请号:US18512754
申请日:2023-11-17
Applicant: Waymo LLC
Inventor: Kaushik Kannan , David Sobel
CPC classification number: G06F11/1004 , G06F11/0772 , G06F11/3031 , G06F13/4291
Abstract: Example embodiments relate to low-overhead, bidirectional error checking for a serial peripheral interface. An example device includes an integrated circuit. The device also includes a serial peripheral interface (SPI) with a Master In Slave Out (MISO) channel and a Master Out Slave In (MOSI) channel. The MOSI channel is configured to receive a write address, payload data, and a forward error-checking code usable to identify data corruption within the write address or the payload data. The integrated circuit is configured to calculate and provide a reverse error-checking code usable to identify data corruption within the write address or the payload data. Additionally, the integrated circuit is configured to compare the forward error-checking code to the reverse error-checking code. Further, the integrated circuit is configured to write, to the write address if the forward error-checking code matches the reverse error-checking code, the payload data.
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公开(公告)号:USD1017436S1
公开(公告)日:2024-03-12
申请号:US29818904
申请日:2021-12-10
Applicant: Waymo LLC
Designer: YooJung Ahn , Jerry Chen , Toshihiro Fujimura , Jinseok Hwang , Joshua Newby , Zhaokun Wang
Abstract: FIG. 1 is a top, front, left perspective view of a first embodiment of the claimed design for a sensor assembly;
FIG. 2 is a front view thereof;
FIG. 3 is a back view thereof;
FIG. 4 is a right side view thereof;
FIG. 5 is a left side view thereof;
FIG. 6 is a top view thereof;
FIG. 7 is a bottom view thereof;
FIG. 8 is a top, rear, right perspective view thereof;
FIG. 9 is a top, front, left perspective view of a second embodiment of the claimed design for a sensor assembly;
FIG. 10 is a front view thereof;
FIG. 11 is a back view thereof;
FIG. 12 is a right side view thereof;
FIG. 13 is a left side view thereof;
FIG. 14 is a top view thereof;
FIG. 15 is a bottom view thereof;
FIG. 16 is a top, rear, right perspective view thereof;
FIG. 17 is a top, front, left perspective view of a third embodiment of the claimed design for a sensor assembly;
FIG. 18 is a front view thereof;
FIG. 19 is a back view thereof;
FIG. 20 is a right side view thereof;
FIG. 21 is a left side view thereof;
FIG. 22 is a top view thereof;
FIG. 23 is a bottom view thereof; and,
FIG. 24 is a top, rear, right perspective view thereof.
The broken lines showing the remainder of the sensor assembly depict environmental structure and form no part of the claimed design.-
公开(公告)号:US11926347B2
公开(公告)日:2024-03-12
申请号:US17514259
申请日:2021-10-29
Applicant: Waymo LLC
Inventor: Reza Mahjourian , Carlton Macdonald Downey , Benjamin Sapp , Dragomir Anguelov , Ekaterina Igorevna Tolstaya
CPC classification number: B60W60/00272 , B60W60/00274 , G06N3/045
Abstract: Methods, computer systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for performing a conditional behavior prediction for one or more agents. The system obtains context data characterizing an environment. The context data includes data characterizing a plurality of agents, including a query agent and one or more target agents, in the environment at a current time point. The system further obtains data identifying a planned future trajectory for the query agent after the current time point, and for each target agent in the set, processes the context data and the data identifying the planned future trajectory using a first neural network to generate a conditional trajectory prediction output that defines a conditional probability distribution over possible future trajectories of the target agent after the current time point given that the query agent follows the planned future trajectory for the query agent after the current time point.
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公开(公告)号:US20240075961A1
公开(公告)日:2024-03-07
申请号:US18507227
申请日:2023-11-13
Applicant: Waymo LLC
Inventor: Peter Lombrozo , Eric Teller , Bradley Templeton
IPC: B60W60/00 , B60W30/09 , B60W30/18 , B60W40/00 , G01C21/26 , G01C21/30 , G01S13/88 , G01S15/88 , G01S17/88 , G06V20/58
CPC classification number: B60W60/0027 , B60W30/09 , B60W30/18159 , B60W40/00 , B60W60/0017 , G01C21/26 , G01C21/30 , G01S13/88 , G01S15/88 , G01S17/88 , G06V20/584 , B60W2050/0075 , B60W2554/00
Abstract: A vehicle configured to operate in an autonomous mode can obtain sensor data from one or more sensors observing one or more aspects of an environment of the vehicle. At least one aspect of the environment of the vehicle that is not observed by the one or more sensors could be inferred based on the sensor data. The vehicle could be controlled in the autonomous mode based on the at least one inferred aspect of the environment of the vehicle.
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公开(公告)号:US11922829B2
公开(公告)日:2024-03-05
申请号:US17529745
申请日:2021-11-18
Applicant: Waymo LLC
Inventor: Ralph Hamilton Shepard , Pierre-Yves Droz , Simon Verghese
CPC classification number: G09F13/0413 , G09F9/33 , G09F13/22 , G09F13/30 , G09F21/04 , G09F13/044 , G09F2013/222
Abstract: This technology relates to a display mounted messaging system. The display mounted messaging system may include a light emitting diode (LED) display attached to a housing of a sensor. The housing of the sensor may rotate. The display mounted messaging system may also include an LED controller which is configured to selectively activate and deactivate at least one LED in the LED display, to provide a message in the direction of an intended recipient.
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公开(公告)号:US11917281B2
公开(公告)日:2024-02-27
申请号:US17517882
申请日:2021-11-03
Applicant: Waymo LLC
Inventor: Andreas Wendel , Jeremy Dittmer , Brendan Hermalyn , Benjamin Ingram
IPC: H04N5/335 , H04N23/61 , H04N23/45 , H04N23/73 , H04N23/741
CPC classification number: H04N23/61 , H04N23/45 , H04N23/73 , H04N23/741
Abstract: Example embodiments relate to multiple operating modes to expand dynamic range. An example embodiment includes a camera system. The camera system may include a first image sensor having a first dynamic range corresponding to a first range of luminance levels in a scene. The system may also include a second image sensor having a second dynamic range corresponding to a second range of luminance levels in the scene. The camera system may further include a processor coupled to the first image sensor and the second image sensor. The processor may be configured to execute instructions to identify objects of a first type in a first image of the scene captured by the first image sensor and identify objects of a second object type in a second image of the scene captured by the second image sensor.
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公开(公告)号:US11916273B1
公开(公告)日:2024-02-27
申请号:US17067536
申请日:2020-10-09
Applicant: Waymo LLC
Inventor: Zhe Li , Samuel Lenius , Chia-Hung Lin , Craig Moriwaki , William Martin Peters, Jr. , Kelvin Kwong , Robert J. Lockwood , Peng Ye
CPC classification number: H01P1/062 , G01S7/481 , G01S17/931 , H01P3/12 , H01Q1/50 , B60W60/001 , B60W2420/52
Abstract: A rotary joint includes a shaft having a first end, a second end, and a cavity. The rotary joint includes a first waveguide section having a first proximal end and a first distal end. The first proximal end of the first waveguide section is positioned within the cavity and secured to the inner surface of the shaft. The rotary joint includes a second waveguide section that includes a second proximal end and a second distal end. The second proximal end of the second waveguide section is positioned within the cavity of the shaft and unsecured to the inner surface of the shaft to form a radial gap between an outer surface of the second proximal end and a laterally adjacent portion of the inner surface of the shaft. The shaft and the first waveguide section are configured to rotate about the rotational axis and relative to the second waveguide section.
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