公开(公告)号：US11167775B2

公开(公告)日：2021-11-09

申请号：US16854848

申请日：2020-04-21

Applicant: TuSimple, Inc.

Inventor： Cheng Zhang ,  Xiaodi Hou ,  Sven Kratz

IPC: B60W50/14 ,  B60W40/04 ,  B60W40/08 ,  G05D1/02 ,  H04R5/02

Abstract: Disclosed are devices, systems and methods for an audio assistant in an autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle. In one aspect the informational audio assistant receives a first set of data from a vehicle sensor and identifies an object or condition using the data from the vehicle sensor. Audio is generated representative of a perceived danger of an object or condition. A second set of data from the vehicle sensor subsystem is received and the informational audio assistant determines whether an increased danger exists based on a comparison of the first set of data to the second set of data. The informational audio assistant will apply a sound profile to the generated audio based on the increased danger.

公开(公告)号：US20200258382A1

公开(公告)日：2020-08-13

申请号：US16788164

申请日：2020-02-11

Applicant: TUSIMPLE, INC.

Inventor： Zhujia Shi ,  Charles A. Price ,  Zehua Huang ,  Xiaodi Hou ,  Xiaoling Han ,  Todd Skinner

IPC: G08G1/017 ,  G05D1/00 ,  B60R21/0136 ,  G03B17/56 ,  G01S17/89 ,  B60R11/04

Abstract: Disclosed are devices, systems and methods for using a rotating camera for vehicular operation. One example of a method for improving driving includes determining, by a processor in the vehicle, that a trigger has activated, orienting, based on the determining, a single rotating camera towards a direction of interest, and activating a recording functionality of the single rotating camera, where the vehicle comprises the single rotating camera and one or more fixed cameras, and where the single rotating camera provides a redundant functionality for, and consumes less power than, the one or more fixed cameras.

公开(公告)号：US12276982B2

公开(公告)日：2025-04-15

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: B60W50/023 ,  G05D1/00

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.

公开(公告)号：US12148227B2

公开(公告)日：2024-11-19

申请号：US18102559

申请日：2023-01-27

Applicant: TuSimple, Inc.

Inventor： Xue Mei ,  Xiaodi Hou ,  Dazhou Guo ,  Yujie Wei

IPC: G06T7/10 ,  B60R11/04 ,  G01C21/00 ,  G01S17/42 ,  G06N3/02 ,  G06N3/045 ,  G06N3/08 ,  G06T5/50 ,  G06T7/246 ,  G06V20/56 ,  G07C5/00

Abstract: A system and method for large-scale lane marking detection using multimodal sensor data are disclosed. A particular embodiment includes: receiving image data from an image generating device mounted on a vehicle; receiving point cloud data from a distance and intensity measuring device mounted on the vehicle; fusing the image data and the point cloud data to produce a set of lane marking points in three-dimensional (3D) space that correlate to the image data and the point cloud data; and generating a lane marking map from the set of lane marking points.

公开(公告)号：US12134397B2

公开(公告)日：2024-11-05

申请号：US18339987

申请日：2023-06-22

Applicant: TUSIMPLE, INC.

Inventor： Cheng Zhang ,  Xiaodi Hou ,  Sven Kratz

IPC: B60W50/14 ,  B60W40/04 ,  B60W40/08 ,  G05D1/00 ,  H04R5/02

Abstract: Disclosed are devices, systems and methods for an audio assistant in an autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle. In one aspect the informational audio assistant receives a first set of data from a vehicle sensor and identifies an object or condition using the data from the vehicle sensor. Audio is generated representative of a perceived danger of an object or condition. A second set of data from the vehicle sensor subsystem is received and the informational audio assistant determines whether an increased danger exists based on a comparison of the first set of data to the second set of data. The informational audio assistant will apply a sound profile to the generated audio based on the increased danger.

公开(公告)号：US11922808B2

公开(公告)日：2024-03-05

申请号：US18061422

申请日：2022-12-02

Applicant: TUSIMPLE, INC.

Inventor： Zhujia Shi ,  Charles A. Price ,  Zehua Huang ,  Xiaodi Hou ,  Xiaoling Han ,  Todd Skinner

IPC: G08G1/017 ,  B60R11/04 ,  B60R21/0136 ,  G01S17/89 ,  G03B17/56 ,  G05D1/00 ,  G06V20/62

CPC classification number: G08G1/0175 ,  B60R11/04 ,  B60R21/0136 ,  G01S17/89 ,  G03B17/561 ,  G05D1/0088 ,  G05D2201/0213 ,  G06V20/625

Abstract: Disclosed are devices, systems and methods for using a rotating camera for vehicular operation. One example of a method for improving driving includes determining, by a processor in the vehicle, that a trigger has activated, orienting, based on the determining, a single rotating camera towards a direction of interest, and activating a recording functionality of the single rotating camera, where the vehicle comprises the single rotating camera and one or more fixed cameras, and where the single rotating camera provides a redundant functionality for, and consumes less power than, the one or more fixed cameras.

公开(公告)号：US11912310B2

公开(公告)日：2024-02-27

申请号：US17359007

申请日：2021-06-25

Applicant: TUSIMPLE, INC.

Inventor： Yiqian Gan ,  Yijie Wang ,  Xiaodi Hou ,  Lingting Ge

IPC: B60W60/00 ,  G08G1/16 ,  G06T7/73 ,  G06T7/62 ,  G06T3/40 ,  G06V20/58

CPC classification number: B60W60/0027 ,  G06T3/40 ,  G06T7/62 ,  G06T7/73 ,  G06V20/58 ,  G08G1/165 ,  G08G1/166 ,  B60W2420/42 ,  B60W2554/20 ,  B60W2554/4042 ,  B60W2554/4043 ,  B60W2554/4044 ,  G06T2207/30261

Abstract: A method includes receiving a series of road images from a side-view camera sensor of the autonomous driving vehicle. For each object from objects captured in the series of road images, a series of bounding boxes in the series of road images is generated, and a direction of travel or stationarity of the object is determined. The methods and apparatus also include determining a speed of each object for which the direction of travel has been determined and determining, based on the directions of travel, speeds, or stationarity of the objects, whether the autonomous driving vehicle can safely move in a predetermined direction. Furthermore, one or more control signals is sent to the autonomous driving vehicle to cause the autonomous driving vehicle to move or to remain stationary based on determining whether the autonomous driving vehicle can safely move in the predetermined direction.

公开(公告)号：US20230399021A1

公开(公告)日：2023-12-14

申请号：US18333396

申请日：2023-06-12

Applicant: TuSimple, Inc.

Inventor： Bolun Zhang ,  Xiaodi Hou ,  Yao Xie ,  Robert August Rossi, JR.

IPC: B60W60/00 ,  B60W40/04 ,  B60W40/105

CPC classification number: B60W60/0015 ,  B60W40/04 ,  B60W40/105 ,  B60W2552/53 ,  B60W2554/00 ,  B60W2556/40

Abstract: Systems and methods for detecting restricted traffic zones for autonomous driving are disclosed. In one aspect, method, includes receiving output from a perception system of an autonomous vehicle and detecting, based on the output from the perception system, one or more objects indicating a presence of a restricted traffic zone. The method may further include determining that the autonomous vehicle is entering the restricted traffic zone based on at least one of a prior map, an obstruction map, and the detected one or more objects.

公开(公告)号：US20230365143A1

公开(公告)日：2023-11-16

申请号：US18192043

申请日：2023-03-29

Applicant: TuSimple, Inc.

Inventor： Mehmet Ersin Yumer ,  Xiaodi Hou

IPC: B60W50/029 ,  B60W50/02 ,  B60W60/00 ,  B60W30/14 ,  B60W30/16 ,  B60W30/12 ,  G05D1/00 ,  G05D1/02

CPC classification number: B60W50/029 ,  B60W50/0205 ,  B60W60/00186 ,  B60W30/143 ,  B60W30/16 ,  B60W30/12 ,  G05D1/0077 ,  G05D1/0038 ,  G05D1/0223 ,  B60W2050/0292 ,  B60W2300/145 ,  B60W2552/53 ,  B60W2554/80 ,  B60W2555/60 ,  B60W2556/50 ,  G05D2201/0213

Abstract: A system comprises an autonomous vehicle and a control device. The control device detects an event trigger that impacts the autonomous vehicle. In response, to detecting the event trigger, the control device enters the autonomous vehicle into a first degraded autonomy mode, In the first degraded autonomy mode, the control device communicates sensor data to an oversight server. The control device receives high-level commands from the oversight server. The one or more high-level commands indicate minimal risk maneuvers for the autonomous vehicle. The control device receives a maximum traveling speed for the autonomous vehicle from the oversight server. The control device navigates the autonomous vehicle using an adaptive cruise control according to the one or more high-level commands and the maximum traveling speed.

公开(公告)号：US11810322B2

公开(公告)日：2023-11-07

申请号：US17225396

申请日：2021-04-08

Applicant: TUSIMPLE, INC.

Inventor： Chenzhe Qian ,  Yi Luo ,  Ke Xu ,  Mingdong Wang ,  Xiaodi Hou

IPC: G06T7/73

CPC classification number: G06T7/74 ,  G06T2207/30244 ,  G06T2207/30256

Abstract: Techniques are described for estimating pose of a camera located on a vehicle. An exemplary method of estimating camera pose includes obtaining, from a camera located on a vehicle, an image including a lane marker on a road on which the vehicle is driven, and estimating a pose of the camera such that the pose of the camera provides a best match according to a criterion between a first position of the lane marker determined from the image and a second position of the lane marker determined from a stored map of the road.