Vanishing point computation and online alignment system and method for image guided stereo camera optical axes alignment

    公开(公告)号:US11158088B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-10-26

    申请号:US15701409

    申请日:2017-09-11

    Applicant: TuSimple, Inc.

    Abstract: A method of aligning optical axes of cameras for a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs is disclosed. The one or more programs comprise instructions, which when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform by one or more autonomous vehicle driving modules execution of processing of images using the following steps comprising: disposing a planar pattern that is viewable to a set of cameras; recovering boundary corner points of the planar pattern from a pair of images; constructing a pair of parallel lines based on 2D positions of the recovered boundary corner points; and determining an intersection point of the pair of parallel lines to be a vanishing point in a pixel coordinate.

    Real-time remote control of vehicles with high redundancy

    公开(公告)号:US11312334B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-04-26

    申请号:US16243821

    申请日:2019-01-09

    Applicant: TuSimple, Inc.

    Abstract: Described are devices, systems and methods for real-time remote control of vehicles with high redundancy. In some embodiments, two copies of at least one control command are received using two different wireless communication protocols, and are compared. The at least one control command is executed when the two copies are in agreement, but is rejected when the two copies differ. In other embodiments, additional wireless communication protocols may exist to provide a redundant mode of communication when one of the two different wireless communication protocols are unavailable. In yet other embodiments, redundant GPS units may be used to determine availability of any of the communication protocols, and relevant control commands may be downloaded in advance to circumvent the lack of coverage.

    Monitoring system for autonomous vehicle operation

    公开(公告)号:US11305782B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-04-19

    申请号:US16245621

    申请日:2019-01-11

    Applicant: TuSimple, Inc.

    Abstract: Disclosed are devices, systems and methods for a monitoring system for autonomous vehicle operation. In some embodiments, a vehicle may perform self-tests, generate a report based on the results, and transmit it to a remote monitor center over one or both of a high-speed channel for regular data transfers or a reliable channel for emergency situations. In other embodiments, the remote monitor center may determine that immediate intervention is required, and may transmit a control command with high priority, which when received by the vehicle, is implemented and overrides any local commands being processed. In yet other embodiments, the control command with high priority is selected from a small group of predetermined control commands the remote monitor center may issue.

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