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公开(公告)号:US11738774B2
公开(公告)日:2023-08-29
申请号:US17676873
申请日:2022-02-22
Applicant: Waymo LLC
Inventor: Son-Ca Nguyen , Salil Pandit , Noah Eisen , Renaud-Roland Hubert , Lauren Tindal , Jessica Gong , Lorena Zalles
IPC: B60W60/00 , G05D1/00 , G01C21/34 , B60W40/08 , B60W10/30 , B60R25/10 , B60R25/102 , B60R25/01 , G01S19/42
CPC classification number: B60W60/0025 , B60R25/01 , B60R25/10 , B60R25/102 , B60W10/30 , B60W40/08 , G01C21/3407 , G05D1/0016 , B60R2025/1013 , B60W2510/1005 , G01S19/42
Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to enabling roadside assistance to a vehicle that requires assistance having an autonomous driving mode. For instance, a technician may be assigned to the vehicle that requires assistance. A signal corresponding to user input at a remote computing device requesting a change to a state of the vehicle may be received. The signal may be based on details of the assigned technician. Based on the validation, an instruction may be sent to the vehicle to change the state of the vehicle.
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公开(公告)号:US11738645B2
公开(公告)日:2023-08-29
申请号:US17506912
申请日:2021-10-21
Applicant: Waymo LLC
Inventor: Maria Moon , Julien Charles Mercay , Kyle Bechtel , Ryan Powell , Clement Wright
CPC classification number: B60K35/00 , G05D1/0088 , B60K2370/1575 , B60K2370/161 , G05D2201/0213
Abstract: Aspects of the technology relate to assisting a passenger in an autonomous vehicle without a driver. For instance, after a door of the vehicle is opened, a predetermined period of time may be waited by processors of computing devices of the vehicle. After waiting the predetermined period of time and when the vehicle's door remains open, a set of instructions for closing the vehicle's door may be played by the processors through a speaker of the vehicle. Once the door of the vehicle is closed, an announcement may be played by the processors through the speaker requesting that the passenger press a first button to initiate a ride to a destination. In response to the first button being pressed, the ride to the destination may be initiated by the processors by maneuvering the vehicle autonomously to the destination.
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公开(公告)号:US20230262358A1
公开(公告)日:2023-08-17
申请号:US18304898
申请日:2023-04-21
Applicant: Waymo LLC
Inventor: Nirav Dharia , Xiaoying He , Benjamin Frevert
CPC classification number: H04N25/745 , G06T5/50 , G01S17/86 , H04N25/42 , H04N25/44 , H04N25/63 , H04N25/75 , G06T2207/20224
Abstract: This disclosure describes devices, systems, and methods that relate to obtaining image frames with variable resolutions in synchronization with a clock source. An example device may include an image sensor, a clock input, and a controller. The controller includes at least one processor and a memory. The at least one processor is operable to execute program instructions stored in the memory so as to carry out operations. The operations include receiving, by the clock input, a clock signal. The clock signal is a periodic signal defining at least one scan interval. The operations also include during the scan interval, causing the image sensor to capture a full resolution image frame. The operations yet further include during the scan interval, causing the image sensor to capture at least one reduced resolution image frame.
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公开(公告)号:US20230261389A1
公开(公告)日:2023-08-17
申请号:US18307929
申请日:2023-04-27
Applicant: Waymo LLC
Inventor: Edwin Lim , Timothy Campbell , Matthew Markel
CPC classification number: H01Q19/138 , H01Q13/0233 , H01Q5/55 , H01Q1/3275 , H01Q1/3233
Abstract: Example embodiments relate to low elevation side lobe antennas with fan-shaped beams. An example radar unit may include a radiating plate having a first side and a second side with an illuminator, a waveguide horn, a waveguide opening, and a radiating sleeve extending into the first side of the radiating plate. The waveguide opening is positioned on the first end of the first side and the radiating sleeve is positioned on the second end of the first side. The radar unit also includes a metallic cover coupled to the first side of the radiating plate such that the metallic cover and the radiating plate form waveguide structures. The waveguide horn is configured to receive, from an external source, electromagnetic energy provided through the waveguide opening via a first waveguide and provide a portion of the electromagnetic energy to the illuminator via a second waveguide such that the portion of the electromagnetic energy radiates off the illuminator and through the radiating sleeve into an environment of the radar unit as one or more radar signals.
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公开(公告)号:USD995332S1
公开(公告)日:2023-08-15
申请号:US29864378
申请日:2022-05-25
Applicant: Waymo LLC
Designer: YooJung Ahn , Jared Gross , Thomas Southworth , Chun Chen , Ricky Wong
Abstract: FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of a first embodiment of the claimed design for a rear sensor housing;
FIG. 2 is a front elevation view thereof;
FIG. 3 is a back elevation view thereof;
FIG. 4 is a right side elevation view thereof;
FIG. 5 is a left side elevation view thereof;
FIG. 6 is a top plan view thereof;
FIG. 7 is a bottom plan view thereof;
FIG. 8 is a front perspective view of a second embodiment of the claimed design for a rear sensor housing;
FIG. 9 is a front elevation view thereof;
FIG. 10 is a back elevation view thereof;
FIG. 11 is a right side elevation view thereof;
FIG. 12 is a left side elevation view thereof;
FIG. 13 is a top plan view thereof;
FIG. 14 is a bottom plan view thereof;
FIG. 15 is a front perspective view of a third embodiment of the claimed design for a rear sensor housing;
FIG. 16 is a front elevation view thereof;
FIG. 17 is a back elevation view thereof;
FIG. 18 is a right side elevation view thereof;
FIG. 19 is a left side elevation view thereof;
FIG. 20 is a top plan view thereof;
FIG. 21 is a bottom plan view thereof;
FIG. 22 is a front perspective view of a fourth embodiment of the claimed design for a rear sensor housing;
FIG. 23 is a front elevation view thereof;
FIG. 24 is a back elevation view thereof;
FIG. 25 is a right side elevation view thereof;
FIG. 26 is a left side elevation view thereof;
FIG. 27 is a top plan view thereof;
FIG. 28 is a bottom plan view thereof;
FIG. 29 is a front perspective view of a fifth embodiment of the claimed design for a rear sensor housing;
FIG. 30 is a front elevation view thereof;
FIG. 31 is a back elevation view thereof;
FIG. 32 is a right side elevation view thereof;
FIG. 33 is a left side elevation view thereof;
FIG. 34 is a top plan view thereof; and,
FIG. 35 is a bottom plan view thereof.
The broken lines in the figures illustrate portions of the rear sensor housing that form no part of the claimed design.-
公开(公告)号:US11727798B2
公开(公告)日:2023-08-15
申请号:US17667907
申请日:2022-02-09
Applicant: Waymo LLC
Inventor: Ganesh Balachandran
IPC: G08G1/00 , G08G1/087 , G08G1/0967 , G08G1/0965 , G08B1/08
CPC classification number: G08G1/087 , G08B1/08 , G08G1/0965 , G08G1/096791
Abstract: One example system for detecting an emergency siren comprises a microphone device, a band pass filter operably coupled to the microphone device and configured to filter sound data from the microphone device to produce filtered sound data, a phase lock loop circuit configured to phase filter the filtered sound data to produce phase filtered data, and a processor configured to determine a presence of a siren signal from the phase filtered data.
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公开(公告)号:US11727523B2
公开(公告)日:2023-08-15
申请号:US17528595
申请日:2021-11-17
Applicant: Waymo LLC
Inventor: Christopher Paul Urmson , Peter Colijn , Dmitri A. Dolgov , Nathaniel Fairfield , Salil Pandit , Nirmal Patel , Ryan Powell , Min Li Chan
IPC: G06Q50/30 , G06Q10/0631 , G05D1/00 , G08G1/123 , G01C21/36 , G08G1/00 , G01C21/34 , B60W60/00 , G08G1/005
CPC classification number: G06Q50/30 , G01C21/3617 , G05D1/00 , G06Q10/06315 , G06Q10/063114 , G08G1/005 , G08G1/123 , G08G1/202 , B60K2370/175 , B60W60/00253 , G01C21/343
Abstract: The technology relates to facilitating transportation services between a user and a vehicle having an autonomous driving mode. For instance, one or more server computing devices having one or more processors may information identifying the current location of the vehicle. The one or more server computing devices may determine that the user is likely to want to take a trip to a particular destination based on prior location history for the user. The one or more server computing devices may dispatch the vehicle to cause the vehicle to travel in the autonomous driving mode towards a location of the user. In addition, after dispatching, the one or more server computing devices sending a notification to a client computing device associated with the user indicating that the vehicle is currently available to take the passenger to the particular destination.
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公开(公告)号:US11724955B2
公开(公告)日:2023-08-15
申请号:US16942632
申请日:2020-07-29
Applicant: Waymo LLC
Inventor: John T. Simpson
CPC classification number: C03C3/061 , C03C3/089 , C03C4/00 , C03C15/00 , C03C17/30 , C03C23/0095 , C03C2204/00 , C03C2217/76
Abstract: A method for preparing an optically transparent, superomniphobic glass composition is described. In one aspect, the present disclosure provides a method for preparing a glass composition, including heating a borosilicate glass comprising 45-85 wt. % silicon oxide and 10-40 wt. % boron oxide to form a phase-separated glass comprising an interpenetrating network of silicon oxide domains and boron oxide domains. The method includes removing at least a portion of the boron oxide domains from the phase-separated glass and depositing a hydrophobic silane to provide a porous glass having a hydrophobic silane layer disposed on a portion of the surface thereof, a total pore volume of 15-50 vol. %, and an average pore diameter of 20-300 nm. The method includes, within at least a portion of the volume of the porous glass, forming an aerogel precursor, and converting at least a portion of the aerogel precursor to an aerogel.
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公开(公告)号:US11720799B2
公开(公告)日:2023-08-08
申请号:US17406454
申请日:2021-08-19
Applicant: Waymo LLC
Inventor: Zhaoyin Jia , Ury Zhilinsky , Yun Jiang , Yimeng Zhang
IPC: G06K9/00 , G06N3/084 , G06V20/58 , G06V10/44 , G06V40/10 , G06F18/25 , G06N3/045 , G06V10/80 , G06V10/82 , G06N3/00
CPC classification number: G06N3/084 , G06F18/25 , G06N3/00 , G06N3/045 , G06V10/454 , G06V10/80 , G06V10/82 , G06V20/58 , G06V40/103
Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for generating object detection predictions from a neural network. In some implementations, an input characterizing a first region of an environment is obtained. The input includes a projected laser image generated from a three-dimensional laser sensor reading of the first region, a camera image patch generated from a camera image of the first region, and a feature vector of features characterizing the first region. The input is processed using a high precision object detection neural network to generate a respective object score for each object category in a first set of one or more object categories. Each object score represents a respective likelihood that an object belonging to the object category is located in the first region of the environment.
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公开(公告)号:US11718297B1
公开(公告)日:2023-08-08
申请号:US17232196
申请日:2021-04-16
Applicant: Waymo LLC
Inventor: David I. Ferguson
CPC classification number: B60W30/18009 , B60W10/04 , B60W10/18 , B60W10/20 , B60W30/18163 , G01C21/3415 , G05D1/0088 , G05D1/0214 , G05D1/0289 , B60W2554/00 , B60W2710/18 , B60W2710/20 , B60W2720/10 , G06F17/00
Abstract: A method is provided that includes receiving user input identifying a travel destination for a first vehicle, determining, by a processor, a first route for the first vehicle to follow, and configuring the first vehicle to follow the first route. The method further includes obtaining a model for a second vehicle that shares a road with the first vehicle and comparing model to a pre-determined template for a vehicle that is known to be a special purpose vehicle in order to determine whether the first template and the second template match. The method further includes determining, by the processor, a second route that leads to the travel destination, when a match is found to exist, and switching the first vehicle from following the first route to following the second route.
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