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公开(公告)号：US10440536B2
公开(公告)日：2019-10-08
申请号：US15854211
申请日：2017-12-26
Applicant: Waymo LLC
Inventor： Philip Nemec , Renaud-Roland Hubert , Joshua Seth Herbach , Min Li Chan , Michael Epstein , Salil Pandit , John Wesley Dyer , Juliet Rothenberg
Abstract: The technology relates to actively looking for an assigned passenger prior to a vehicle reaching a pickup location. For instance, information identifying the pickup location and client device information for authenticating the assigned passenger is received. Sensor data is received from a perception system of the vehicle identifying objects in an environment of the vehicle. When the vehicle is within a predetermined distance of the pickup location, authenticating a client device using the client device information is attempted. When the client device has been authenticated, the sensor data is used to determine whether a pedestrian is within a first threshold distance of the vehicle. When a pedestrian is determined to be within the first threshold distance of the vehicle, the vehicle is stopped prior to reaching the pickup location, to wait for the pedestrian within the first threshold distance of the vehicle to enter the vehicle.
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公开(公告)号：US10432912B2
公开(公告)日：2019-10-01
申请号：US15720979
申请日：2017-09-29
Applicant: Waymo LLC
Inventor： Andreas Wendel , Volker Grabe , Jeremy Dittmer , Zachary Morriss
IPC: H04N13/246 , G06T7/80 , G01B11/25 , G06T7/60 , H04N13/282
Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a target, a method, and a system for calibrating a camera. One example embodiment includes a target. The target includes a first pattern of fiducial markers. The target also includes a second pattern of fiducial markers. The first pattern of fiducial markers is a scaled version of the second pattern of fiducial markers, such that a calibration image captured of the target simulates multiple images of a single pattern captured at multiple calibration perspectives.
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公开(公告)号：US10427684B1
公开(公告)日：2019-10-01
申请号：US15887329
申请日：2018-02-02
Applicant: Waymo LLC
Inventor： David I. Ferguson
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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公开(公告)号：US20190285425A1
公开(公告)日：2019-09-19
申请号：US15921907
申请日：2018-03-15
Applicant: Waymo LLC
Inventor： Christopher Kennedy Ludwick , Andrew Hughes Chatham , Matthew Paul McNaughton , Charles Bigelow Johnson
Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to determining a next vehicle task for a vehicle of a fleet. Vehicle data from the vehicle, charger data about at least one charger, and demand data may be received and used to determine the next vehicle task. The vehicle may be directed to the next vehicle task. Determining a next vehicle task may further be based on predictions made using the vehicle data, the charger data, and the demand data. Heuristics may also be used in determining a next vehicle task.
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公开(公告)号：US20190283533A1
公开(公告)日：2019-09-19
申请号：US15922483
申请日：2018-03-15
Applicant: Waymo LLC
Inventor： Peter Craig Lombrozo , Jonathan Switkes
Abstract: This technology relates to a condensation reduction system for a sensor. The system may comprise a sensor cover, wherein the sensor cover is configured to house one or more sensor components, a flexible, external chamber, and a conduit. The external chamber may be communicably coupled to an interior of the sensor cover via the conduit configured such that during an increase of pressure of gas within the sensor cover the gas flows to the external chamber via the conduit and during a decrease in the pressure of gas within the sensor cover the gas flows from the external chamber to the sensor cover via the conduit.
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公开(公告)号：US10416290B2
公开(公告)日：2019-09-17
申请号：US16030514
申请日：2018-07-09
Applicant: Waymo LLC
Inventor： Benjamin Ingram , Pierre-Yves Droz , Luke Wachter , Scott McCloskey , Blaise Gassend , Gaetan Pennecot
Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and methods that facilitate light detection and ranging operations. An example transmit block includes at least one substrate with a plurality of angled facets. The plurality of angled facets provides a corresponding plurality of elevation angles. A set of angle differences between adjacent elevation angles includes at least two different angle difference values. A plurality of light-emitter devices is configured to emit light into an environment along the plurality of elevation angles toward respective target locations so as to provide a desired resolution and/or a respective elevation angle. The present disclosure also relates to adjusting shot power and a shot schedule based on the desired resolution and/or a respective elevation angle.
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公开(公告)号：US20190264058A1
公开(公告)日：2019-08-29
申请号：US15991873
申请日：2018-05-29
Applicant: Waymo LLC
Inventor： John T. Simpson
IPC: C09D127/12 , C09D7/20 , C09D7/62 , C03C17/00 , C03C17/34
Abstract: A composition that is easily applied, clear, well-bonded, and superhydrophobic is disclosed. In one aspect, the composition includes a hydrophobic fluorinated solvent, a binder comprising a hydrophobic fluorinated polymer, and hydrophobic fumed silica nanoparticles. Also disclosed is a structure including a substrate coated with the composition, as well as a method for making the composition and a method of coating a substrate with the composition.
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公开(公告)号：US10394204B1
公开(公告)日：2019-08-27
申请号：US15682165
申请日：2017-08-21
Applicant: Waymo LLC
Inventor： Jamal Izadian
Abstract: A method may involve receiving one or more criteria for a waveguide array antenna. The waveguide array antenna includes a plurality of waveguides. The plurality of waveguides may include a plurality of radiation elements. The method may also involve determining a dataset configured to associate radiation characteristics of a given radiation element with given configuration parameters including a given resonance length a given rotation angle of the given radiation element. The method also involves generating configuration parameters for the plurality of radiation elements based on the dataset. The configuration parameters may cause the waveguide array antenna to be associated with the one or more criteria. The method may also involve providing a request for fabrication of the waveguide array antenna to have the plurality of radiation elements configured according to the configuration parameters.
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公开(公告)号：US10377378B2
公开(公告)日：2019-08-13
申请号：US15958365
申请日：2018-04-20
Applicant: Waymo LLC
Inventor： Jens-Steffen Ralf Gutmann , Andreas Wendel , Nathaniel Fairfield , Dmitri A. Dolgov , Donald Jason Burnette
IPC: B60W30/09 , G08G1/0962 , G08G1/0967 , B60W30/18
Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to determining whether a vehicle should continue through an intersection. For example, the one or more of the vehicle's computers may identify a time when the traffic signal light will turn from yellow to red. The one or more computers may also estimate a location of a vehicle at the time when the traffic signal light will turn from yellow to red. A starting point of the intersection may be identified. Based on whether the estimated location of the vehicle is at least a threshold distance past the starting point at the time when the traffic signal light will turn from yellow to red, the computers can determine whether the vehicle should continue through the intersection.
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公开(公告)号：US10372129B1
公开(公告)日：2019-08-06
申请号：US15488836
申请日：2017-04-17
Applicant: Waymo LLC
Inventor： Christopher Paul Urmson , Dmitri A. Dolgov , Andrew Hughes Chatham , Philip Nemec
Abstract: A system and method are arranged to provide recommendations to a user of a vehicle. In one aspect, the vehicle navigates in an autonomous mode and the sensors provide information that is based on the location of the vehicle and output from sensors directed to the environment surrounding the vehicle. In further aspects, both current and previous sensor data is used to make the recommendations, as well as data based on the sensors of other vehicles.
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