公开(公告)号：US20150131864A1

公开(公告)日：2015-05-14

申请号：US14078904

申请日：2013-11-13

Applicant: Elwha LLC

Inventor： Tom Driscoll ,  Joseph R. Guerci ,  Russell J. Hannigan ,  Roderick A. Hyde ,  Muriel Y. Ishikawa ,  Jordin T. Kare ,  Nathan P. Myhrvold ,  David R. Smith ,  Clarence T. Tegreene ,  Yaroslav A. Urzhumov ,  Charles Whitmer ,  Lowell L. Wood, JR. ,  Victoria Y. H. Wood

IPC: G06K9/00

CPC classification number: G06K9/00791 ,  B60W2550/00

Abstract: Described embodiments include a system and method. A digital imaging device is configured to capture images of a region of a contact between a wheel of a terrestrial vehicle and a surface (“contact region”). A correlator is configured to correlate a first digital image of the contact region captured at a first time with a second digital image of the contact region captured at a second time. A kinematics circuit determines an incremental slide or slip of the wheel relative to the surface. A fraction status circuit combines at least two instances of the incremental slide or slip into data indicative of a slide or slip by the terrestrial vehicle relative to the surface. A communications circuit outputs an electronic signal indicative of the data indicative of a slide or slip by the terrestrial vehicle.

Abstract translation: 描述的实施例包括系统和方法。 数字成像装置被配置为捕获地面车辆的车轮和表面（“接触区域”）之间的接触区域的图像。 相关器被配置为将在第一时间捕获的接触区域的第一数字图像与在第二时间捕获的接触区域的第二数字图像相关联。 运动学电路确定车轮相对于表面的增量滑动或滑动。 分数状态电路将增量滑块或滑移的至少两个实例组合成指示地面车辆相对于表面的滑动或滑动的数据。 通信电路输出指示地面车辆指示滑梯或滑动的数据的电子信号。

公开(公告)号：US20150039218A1

公开(公告)日：2015-02-05

申请号：US13956204

申请日：2013-07-31

Applicant: Elwha, LLC

Inventor： Jeffrey A. Bowers ,  Geoffrey F. Deane ,  Russell J. Hannigan ,  Roderick A. Hyde ,  Muriel Y. Ishikawa ,  Nathan Kundtz ,  Nathan P. Myhrvold ,  David R. Smith ,  Philip A. Sullivan ,  Clarence T. Tegreene ,  David B. Tuckerman ,  Lowell L. Wood, JR.

IPC: B60W30/095

CPC classification number: B60W30/0956 ,  B60W30/08 ,  B60W2420/52 ,  B60W2520/10 ,  B60W2520/105 ,  B60W2550/10 ,  B60W2550/30 ,  B60W2710/20 ,  B60W2720/106

Abstract: An adaptive sensing system is configured to acquire sensor data pertaining to objects in the vicinity of a land vehicle. The adaptive sensing system may be configured to identify objects that are at least partially obscured by other objects and, in response, the adaptive sensing system may be configured to modify the configuration of one or more sensors to obtain additional information pertaining to the obscured objects. The adaptive sensing system may comprise and/or be communicatively coupled to a collision detection module, which may use the sensor data acquired by the adaptive sensing system to detect potential collisions.