LIDAR SENSOR ALIGNMENT SYSTEM
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190004159A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-01-03

    申请号:US15638538

    申请日:2017-06-30

    CPC classification number: G01S7/4972 G01S7/4026 G01S17/023 G01S17/936

    Abstract: A Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) sensor alignment system includes an imaging device, a LiDAR sensor, a mount device, and a controller. The imaging device is configured to output an image signal associated with a first scene that includes an object. The LiDAR sensor is configured to output a LiDAR signal associated with a second scene. The mount device is attached to the LiDAR sensor and adapted to align the LiDAR sensor. The controller is configured to receive the image and LiDAR signals, classify the object from the first scene, and confirm the object is properly oriented within the second scene. If the object is not properly orientated within the second scene, the controller initiates an action.

    SEALED ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY AND WIRE SEAL

    公开(公告)号:US20180351286A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-12-06

    申请号:US15614012

    申请日:2017-06-05

    Abstract: A seal that is configured to engage an elongate element, such as a wire cable, and a cavity wall is presented. The seal includes a seal body that is formed of a compliant material such as a silicone rubber. The seal has an outer surface that engages the cavity surface. The seal body defines a gallery extending therethrough and surrounded by an inner surface of the seal body. The seal body has a forward surface extending from a forward edge of the outer surface to a forward edge of the inner surface and a rearward surface extending from a rearward edge of the outer surface to a rearward edge of the inner surface. The seal further includes a support element formed of a rigid material, such as glass filled polyester or NYLON, extending through the seal body in a direction substantially parallel to the inner surface.

    ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH RETRACTABLE TERMINAL-STABILIZER

    公开(公告)号:US20180323538A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-11-08

    申请号:US15588777

    申请日:2017-05-08

    CPC classification number: H01R13/631 H01R13/62938

    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly includes a connector, a corresponding mating-connector, and a terminal-stabilizer. The a connector has a plurality of electrical-terminals. The connector also has an outer-surface that includes a plurality of retraction-fins. The mating-connector has a plurality of mating-electrical-terminals. The mating-connector is releasably connected to the connector along a mating-axis. The mating-connector includes a connector-shroud having side walls defining a shroud-cavity. The terminal-stabilizer is slideably disposed within the shroud-cavity and includes a plurality of retraction-locks that engage the plurality of retraction-fins on the connector. The terminal-stabilizer defines a plurality of terminal-apertures that slideably engage the plurality of mating-electrical-terminals. The terminal-stabilizer is moveable from a prestaged-position, when the connector and the mating-connector are in the unmated-position, to a seated-position, when the connector is moved to the mated-position. The connector retracts the terminal-stabilizer from the seated-position to the prestaged-position when the connector is moved from the mated-position to the unmated-position.

    LIDAR AND CAMERA DATA FUSION FOR AUTOMATED VEHICLE

    公开(公告)号:US20180316873A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-11-01

    申请号:US15499076

    申请日:2017-04-27

    CPC classification number: G01S17/936 G01S17/023 G01S17/42

    Abstract: A data-fusion system that fuses lidar-data and camera-data for an automated vehicle includes a camera, a lidar, and a controller. The camera renders an image of an object proximate to a host-vehicle. The lidar detects a distance and a direction to the object based on a reflected-signal of light reflected by the object. The controller is in communication with the camera and the lidar. The controller is configured to determine a reflectivity-characteristic of the object based on the image and the reflected-signal, and adjust a detection-characteristic of the lidar when the reflectivity-characteristic of the object makes it difficult for the lidar to detect the distance and the direction to the object.

    Automated vehicle GPS accuracy improvement using V2V communications

    公开(公告)号:US10094933B1

    公开(公告)日:2018-10-09

    申请号:US15467707

    申请日:2017-03-23

    Inventor: Guchan Ozbilgin

    Abstract: A navigation system for use on an automated vehicle includes a global-positioning-system-receiver (GPS-receiver), a vehicle-to-vehicle-transceiver (V2V-transceiver), an object-detector, and a controller. The GPS-receiver indicates a receiver-coordinate of a host-vehicle. The receiver-coordinate is characterized by a receiver-error. The V2V-transceiver receives a GPS-coordinate from each of a plurality of other-vehicles proximate to the host-vehicle. The object-detector determines a distance and a direction relative to the host-vehicle to each of the plurality of other-vehicles. The controller is in communication with the GPS-receiver, the V2V-transceiver, and the object-detector. The controller is configured to adjust each GPS-coordinate from each of the plurality of other-vehicles based on the distance and the direction and thereby provide a plurality of adjusted-GPS-coordinates that coincide with the host-vehicle, and combine the plurality of adjusted-GPS-coordinates with the receiver-coordinate to determine a host-coordinate that is characterized by a location-error less than the receiver-error.

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