公开(公告)号：US12223831B2

公开(公告)日：2025-02-11

申请号：US18508354

申请日：2023-11-14

Applicant: Waymo LLC

Inventor： David Harrison Silver ,  Angus Leigh ,  Benjamin Ingram ,  Jennifer Taylor ,  Vaibhav Nangia

IPC: G08G1/0965 ,  G06F16/68 ,  G06F16/683 ,  G08G1/16 ,  H04R3/00 ,  G08G1/0962

Abstract: The technology relates to detecting and responding to emergency vehicles. This may include using a plurality of microphones to detect a siren noise corresponding to an emergency vehicle and to estimate a bearing of the emergency vehicle. This estimated bearing is compared to map information to identify a portion of roadway on which the emergency vehicle is traveling. In addition, information identifying a set of objects in the vehicle's environment as well as characteristics of those objects is received from a perception system is used to determine whether one of the set of objects corresponds to the emergency vehicle. How to respond to the emergency vehicle is determined based on the estimated bearing and identified road segments and the determination of whether one of the set of objects corresponds to the emergency vehicle. This determined response is then used to control the vehicle in an autonomous driving mode.

公开(公告)号：US11807276B2

公开(公告)日：2023-11-07

申请号：US18059948

申请日：2022-11-29

Applicant: Waymo LLC

Inventor： Jeremy Dittmer ,  Ruffin Evans ,  Vaibhav Nangia ,  Benjamin Ingram ,  Erik Chubb ,  Yonatan Winetraub

IPC: B60W60/00 ,  G01S17/89 ,  G01S13/89 ,  G01S17/58 ,  G05D1/02 ,  G01S13/58 ,  G06V10/22 ,  G06V20/58 ,  G06V20/56 ,  G05D1/00 ,  G01S17/931 ,  G01S13/931

CPC classification number: B60W60/0025 ,  G01S13/58 ,  G01S13/89 ,  G01S17/58 ,  G01S17/89 ,  G05D1/0212 ,  G06V10/22 ,  G06V20/58 ,  G06V20/588 ,  G01S13/931 ,  G01S17/931 ,  G05D1/0088 ,  G05D2201/0213

Abstract: A method includes determining a target specification map that is associated with a task and that indicates, for each respective region of a plurality of regions around a vehicle equipped with a sensor, a target value of a parameter of the sensor. The method also includes determining a capability specification map that indicates, for each respective region, an attained value of the parameter that the sensor is configured to provide. The method additionally includes comparing the capability specification map to the target specification map to determine, for each respective region, a disparity between the target value and the attained value. The method further includes, based on the comparing, identifying one or more of: a first subset of the plurality of regions where the target value exceeds the attained value or a second subset of the plurality of regions where the attained value meets or exceeds the target value.

公开(公告)号：US11164454B2

公开(公告)日：2021-11-02

申请号：US16843928

申请日：2020-04-09

Applicant: Waymo LLC

Inventor： David Harrison Silver ,  Angus Leigh ,  Benjamin Ingram ,  Jennifer Taylor ,  Vaibhav Nangia

IPC: G08G1/0965 ,  H04R3/00 ,  G08G1/16 ,  G06F16/683 ,  G06F16/68 ,  G08G1/0962

Abstract: The technology relates to detecting and responding to emergency vehicles. This may include using a plurality of microphones to detect a siren noise corresponding to an emergency vehicle and to estimate a bearing of the emergency vehicle. This estimated bearing is compared to map information to identify a portion of roadway on which the emergency vehicle is traveling. In addition, information identifying a set of objects in the vehicle's environment as well as characteristics of those objects is received from a perception system is used to determine whether one of the set of objects corresponds to the emergency vehicle. How to respond to the emergency vehicle is determined based on the estimated bearing and identified road segments and the determination of whether one of the set of objects corresponds to the emergency vehicle. This determined response is then used to control the vehicle in an autonomous driving mode.

公开(公告)号：US20190355251A1

公开(公告)日：2019-11-21

申请号：US16392745

申请日：2019-04-24

Applicant: Waymo LLC

Inventor： David Harrison Silver ,  Angus Leigh ,  Benjamin Ingram ,  Jennifer Taylor ,  Vaibhav Nangia

IPC: G08G1/0965 ,  H04R3/00 ,  G08G1/16 ,  G06F16/683 ,  G06F16/68

Abstract: The technology relates to detecting and responding to emergency vehicles. This may include using a plurality of microphones to detect a siren noise corresponding to an emergency vehicle and to estimate a bearing of the emergency vehicle. This estimated bearing is compared to map information to identify a portion of roadway on which the emergency vehicle is traveling. In addition, information identifying a set of objects in the vehicle's environment as well as characteristics of those objects is received from a perception system is used to determine whether one of the set of objects corresponds to the emergency vehicle. How to respond to the emergency vehicle is determined based on the estimated bearing and identified road segments and the determination of whether one of the set of objects corresponds to the emergency vehicle. This determined response is then used to control the vehicle in an autonomous driving mode.

公开(公告)号：US10319228B2

公开(公告)日：2019-06-11

申请号：US15689336

申请日：2017-08-29

Applicant: Waymo LLC

Inventor： David Harrison Silver ,  Angus Leigh ,  Benjamin Ingram ,  Jennifer Taylor ,  Vaibhav Nangia

IPC: G08G1/0965 ,  H04R3/00 ,  G06F17/30 ,  G08G1/16 ,  G06F16/683 ,  G06F16/68

Abstract: The technology relates to detecting and responding to emergency vehicles. This may include using a plurality of microphones to detect a siren noise corresponding to an emergency vehicle and to estimate a bearing of the emergency vehicle. This estimated bearing is compared to map information to identify a portion of roadway on which the emergency vehicle is traveling. In addition, information identifying a set of objects in the vehicle's environment as well as characteristics of those objects is received from a perception system is used to determine whether one of the set of objects corresponds to the emergency vehicle. How to respond to the emergency vehicle is determined based on the estimated bearing and identified road segments and the determination of whether one of the set of objects corresponds to the emergency vehicle. This determined response is then used to control the vehicle in an autonomous driving mode.