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公开(公告)号:US20230074491A1
公开(公告)日:2023-03-09
申请号:US17986744
申请日:2022-11-14
Applicant: TUSIMPLE, INC.
Inventor: Ke XU , Xue MEI , Zehua HUANG
Abstract: Disclosed are devices, systems and methods for capturing an image. In one aspect an electronic camera apparatus includes an image sensor with a plurality of pixel regions. The apparatus further includes an exposure controller. The exposure controller determines, for each of the plurality of pixel regions, a corresponding exposure duration and a corresponding exposure start time. Each pixel region begins to integrate incident light starting at the corresponding exposure start time and continues to integrate light for the corresponding exposure duration. In some example embodiments, at least two of the corresponding exposure durations or at least two of the corresponding exposure start times are different in the image.
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公开(公告)号:US20210397857A1
公开(公告)日:2021-12-23
申请号:US16909950
申请日:2020-06-23
Applicant: TUSIMPLE, INC.
Inventor: Siyuan LIU , Lingting GE , Chenzhe QIAN , Zehua HUANG , Xiaodi HOU
Abstract: Image processing techniques are described to obtain an image from a camera located on a vehicle while the vehicle is being driven, cropping a portion of the obtained image corresponding to a region of interest, detecting an object in the cropped portion, adding a bounding box around the detected object, determining position(s) of reference point(s) on the bounding box, and determining a location of the detected object in a spatial region where the vehicle is being driven based on the determined one or more positions of the second set of one or more reference points on the bounding box.
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公开(公告)号:US20240107175A1
公开(公告)日:2024-03-28
申请号:US18533417
申请日:2023-12-08
Applicant: TUSIMPLE, INC.
Inventor: Ke XU , Xue MEI , Zehua HUANG
IPC: H04N23/73 , B60R11/04 , G05D1/00 , G05D1/02 , H04N25/534
CPC classification number: H04N23/73 , B60R11/04 , G05D1/0088 , G05D1/0246 , H04N25/534 , G05D2201/0213
Abstract: Disclosed are devices, systems and methods for capturing an image. In one aspect an electronic camera apparatus includes an image sensor with a plurality of pixel regions. The apparatus further includes an exposure controller. The exposure controller determines, for each of the plurality of pixel regions, a corresponding exposure duration and a corresponding exposure start time. Each pixel region begins to integrate incident light starting at the corresponding exposure start time and continues to integrate light for the corresponding exposure duration. In some example embodiments, at least two of the corresponding exposure durations or at least two of the corresponding exposure start times are different in the image.
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公开(公告)号:US20240046654A1
公开(公告)日:2024-02-08
申请号:US18489306
申请日:2023-10-18
Applicant: TUSIMPLE, INC.
Inventor: Yijie WANG , Siyuan LIU , Lingting GE , Zehua HUANG
CPC classification number: G06V20/56 , G06T7/30 , G05D1/0246 , G06V20/584 , G06V10/803 , G06V10/811 , B60R2300/303 , G05D2201/0213
Abstract: Devices, systems and methods for fusing scenes from real-time image feeds from on-vehicle cameras in autonomous vehicles to reduce redundancy of the information processed to enable real-time autonomous operation are described. One example of a method for improving perception in an autonomous vehicle includes receiving a plurality of cropped images, wherein each of the plurality of cropped images comprises one or more bounding boxes that correspond to one or more objects in a corresponding cropped image; identifying, based on the metadata in the plurality of cropped images, a first bounding box in a first cropped image and a second bounding box in a second cropped image, wherein the first and second bounding boxes correspond to a common object; and fusing the metadata corresponding to the common object from the first cropped image and the second cropped image to generate an output result for the common object.
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公开(公告)号:US20230266759A1
公开(公告)日:2023-08-24
申请号:US18167993
申请日:2023-02-13
Applicant: TuSimple, Inc.
Inventor: Xiaoling HAN , Chenzhe QIAN , Chiyu ZHANG , Charles A. PRICE , Joshua Miguel RODRIGUEZ , Lei NIE , Lingting GE , Panqu WANG , Pengfei CHEN , Shuhan YANG , Xiangchen ZHAO , Xiaodi HOU , Zehua HUANG
IPC: G05D1/00
CPC classification number: G05D1/0088 , G05D2201/0213
Abstract: A system installed in a vehicle includes a first group of sensing devices configured to allow a first level of autonomous operation of the vehicle; a second group of sensing devices configured to allow a second level of autonomous operation of the vehicle, the second group of sensing devices including primary sensing devices and backup sensing devices; a third group of sensing devices configured to allow the vehicle to perform a safe stop maneuver; and a control element communicatively coupled to the first group of sensing devices, the second group of sensing devices, and the third group of sensing devices. The control element is configured to: receive data from at least one of the first group, the second group, or the third group of sensing devices, and provide a control signal to a sensing device based on categorization information indicating a group to which the sensing device belongs.
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公开(公告)号:US20230211788A1
公开(公告)日:2023-07-06
申请号:US18184560
申请日:2023-03-15
Applicant: TUSIMPLE, INC.
Inventor: Kun ZHANG , Xiaoling HAN , Weina MAO , Zehua HUANG , Charles A. PRICE
IPC: B60W40/068 , B60W10/18 , B60W30/14
CPC classification number: B60W40/068 , B60W10/18 , B60W30/146 , B60W2520/105 , B60W2555/20 , B60W2510/182
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.
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公开(公告)号:US20230027572A1
公开(公告)日:2023-01-26
申请号:US17383190
申请日:2021-07-22
Applicant: TUSIMPLE, INC.
Inventor: Mohamed Hassan Ahmed Hassan WAHBA , Yu-Ju HSU , Zehua HUANG , Xiaoling HAN
IPC: B60W50/029 , B60W50/02 , B60W60/00 , B60W10/20 , B60W10/18
Abstract: Techniques are described to enable a vehicle, such as an autonomous vehicle, to steer and/or apply brakes on a road when a failure condition occurs. An example method for autonomous driving operation includes receiving a reduced set of location information that describes a location of the autonomous vehicle on a road; receiving a reduced set of trajectory information where the autonomous vehicle is expected to be driven; determining a driving path information where the autonomous vehicle is expected to be driven; and in response to determining an occurrence of a fault condition: sending a first instruction to cause the autonomous vehicle to steer the autonomous vehicle using at least the driving path information and the reduced set of location information, and sending a second instruction to cause the autonomous vehicle to apply brakes.
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公开(公告)号:US20220182213A1
公开(公告)日:2022-06-09
申请号:US17186476
申请日:2021-02-26
Applicant: TUSIMPLE, INC. , BEIJING TUSEN ZHITU TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Inventor: Xiaoling HAN , Junjun XIN , Lei NIE , Yue PAN , Yu ZHANG , Jade E. DAY , Zehua HUANG , Esayas NAIZGHI , Pingyuan JI , Zhiqi GONG
Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for hardware-based time synchronization for heterogenous sensors are described. An example method includes generating a plurality of input trigger pulses having a nominal pulse-per-second (PPS) rate, generating, based on timing information derived from the plurality of input trigger pulses, a plurality of output trigger pulses, and transmitting the plurality of output trigger pulses to a sensor of a plurality of sensors, wherein a frequency of the plurality of output trigger pulses corresponds to a target operating frequency of the sensor, wherein, in a case that a navigation system coupled to the synchronization unit is functioning correctly, the plurality of input trigger pulses is generated based on a nominal PPS signal from the navigation unit, and wherein, in a case that the navigation system is not functioning correctly, the plurality of input trigger pulses is generated based on a simulated clock source of the synchronization unit.
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公开(公告)号:US20210402988A1
公开(公告)日:2021-12-30
申请号:US17361279
申请日:2021-06-28
Applicant: TUSIMPLE, INC.
Inventor: Kun ZHANG , Xiaoling HAN , Zehua HUANG , Charles A. Price
Abstract: The disclosed technology enables automated parking of an autonomous vehicle. An example method of performing automated parking for a vehicle comprises obtaining, from a plurality of global positioning system (GPS) devices located on or in an autonomous vehicle, a first set of location information that describes locations of multiple points on the autonomous vehicle, where the first set of location information are associated with a first position of the autonomous vehicle, determining, based on the first set of location information and a location of the parking area, a trajectory information that describes a trajectory for the autonomous vehicle to be driven from the first position of the autonomous vehicle to a parking area, and causing the autonomous vehicle to be driven along the trajectory to the parking area by causing operation of one or more devices located in the autonomous vehicle based on at least the trajectory information.
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公开(公告)号:US20210243913A1
公开(公告)日:2021-08-05
申请号:US16781966
申请日:2020-02-04
Applicant: TUSIMPLE, INC.
Inventor: Kaixin ZHENG , Xiaoling HAN , Zehua HUANG , Todd SKINNER
Abstract: Techniques are described for managing temperature in an autonomous vehicle. An exemplary method comprises performing autonomous driving operations that operate the autonomous vehicle in an autonomous mode, receiving one or more messages from a temperature sensor associated with an electrical device located on or in the autonomous vehicle while the autonomous vehicle is operated in the autonomous mode, determining a cooling technique to reduce the temperature of electrical device, and performing the cooling technique.
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