Sensor cleaning system for an autonomous robot device, base station and corresponding method
    72.
    发明授权
    Sensor cleaning system for an autonomous robot device, base station and corresponding method 有权
    用于自主机器人装置,基站和相应方法的传感器清洁系统

    公开(公告)号:US09557739B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-01-31

    申请号:US14564549

    申请日:2014-12-09

    摘要: The inventive system comprises an autonomous robot device, a base station and a method operating the same. The autonomous robot device includes a sensor means, e.g. an optical sensor, and a propulsion means. The base station includes a cleaning means specifically adapted for cleaning the sensor means of the autonomous robot device. In a preferred embodiment the propulsion means of the autonomous robot device is configured to move the autonomous robot device in a manner suitable to generate a relative movement of the autonomous robot device with respect to the passive cleaning means arranged at the stationary base station to effect the cleaning of the sensor means of the autonomous robot device.

    摘要翻译: 本发明的系统包括自主机器人装置,基站及其操作方法。 自主机器人装置包括传感器装置,例如, 光学传感器和推进装置。 基站包括专门用于清洁自主机器人装置的传感器装置的清洁装置。 在优选实施例中,自主机器人装置的推进装置被配置为以适于产生自主机器人装置相对于布置在固定基站处的被动清洁装置的相对运动的方式移动自主机器人装置,以实现 清洁自主机器人装置的传感器装置。

    Orientation sensitive traffic collision warning system
    73.
    发明授权
    Orientation sensitive traffic collision warning system 有权
    定向敏感交通碰撞预警系统

    公开(公告)号:US09524643B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-12-20

    申请号:US13863563

    申请日:2013-04-16

    IPC分类号: G08G1/16 B60W30/095 G06K9/00

    摘要: The present invention provides an Advanced Driver Assistant System (ADAS) 10 and an operating method thereof, which work on long time scales, and guide an ego vehicle 20 away from upcoming risks, rather than only reacting to risks to mitigate the consequences of a crash. To this end, information comprising the orientation of other traffic participants 30, 40, 50, 60, a free driving area of the ego vehicle 20, and/or a driving trajectory of the vehicle 20 as intended by the driver is taken into account, in order to determine potential risks.

    摘要翻译: 本发明提供了一种长时间工作的高级驾驶员辅助系统(ADAS)10及其操作方法,并且引导自我车辆20远离即将到来的风险,而不仅仅是对风险作出反应以减轻碰撞的后果 。 为此,考虑到包括其他交通参与者30,40,50,60,自主车辆20的自由行驶区域和/或驾驶员所期望的车辆20的行驶轨迹的信息的信息, 以确定潜在风险。

    Method and vehicle with an advanced driver assistance system for risk-based traffic scene analysis
    74.
    发明授权
    Method and vehicle with an advanced driver assistance system for risk-based traffic scene analysis 有权
    方法和车辆具有先进的驾驶员辅助系统,用于基于风险的交通现场分析

    公开(公告)号:US09463797B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-10-11

    申请号:US14692008

    申请日:2015-04-21

    IPC分类号: B60W30/095 G06K9/00 G08G1/16

    摘要: A method supports driving an ego-vehicle including a driver assistance system. A traffic participant or infrastructure element involved in the traffic situation is selected and taken into consideration for traffic scene analysis. A hypothetical future trajectory for the ego-vehicle is predicted by predicting the current state of the ego-vehicle and varied to generate a plurality of ego-trajectory alternatives including the calculated hypothetical future ego-trajectory. A hypothetical future trajectory from another traffic participant gained by predicting the current state of the traffic participant or calculating a hypothetical future state sequence of the infrastructure element is determined. Based upon at least one pair of ego-trajectory plus one other trajectory risk functions over time or along the calculated hypothetical future ego-trajectory alternatives are calculated. One risk function corresponds to one ego-trajectory alternative. The risk functions are combined into a risk map. From an analysis result a control signal is generated.

    摘要翻译: 一种支持驾驶包括驾驶员辅助系统的自动车辆的方法。 在交通情况分析中选择并考虑交通参与者或基础设施要素。 通过预测自身车辆的当前状态并且变化以产生包括所计算的假设未来自我轨迹的多个自我轨迹替代物来预测自我车辆的假设未来轨迹。 确定通过预测交通参与者的当前状态或计算基础设施元件的假设未来状态序列而获得的来自另一交通参与者的假设未来轨迹。 基于至少一对自我轨迹加上另一个其他轨迹风险函数随着时间的推移或沿着计算的假设未来自我 - 轨迹替代方案计算。 一个风险函数对应于一个自我轨迹替代方案。 风险函数被组合成风险图。 从分析结果生成控制信号。

    Two-stage correlation method for correspondence search
    76.
    发明授权
    Two-stage correlation method for correspondence search 有权
    通信搜索的两阶段相关法

    公开(公告)号:US09208576B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-12-08

    申请号:US13102466

    申请日:2011-05-06

    IPC分类号: G06T7/20 G06T7/00

    摘要: The invention presents a method for comparing the similarity between image patches comprising the steps of receiving form at least two sources at least two image patches, wherein each source supplies an image patch, comparing the received image patches by extracting a number of corresponding subpart pairs from each image patch, calculating a normalized local similarity score between all corresponding subpart pairs, calculating a total matching score by integrating the local similarity scores of all corresponding subpart pairs, and using the total matching score as an indicator for an image patch similarity, determining corresponding similar image patches based on the total matching score.

    摘要翻译: 本发明提出了一种用于比较图像补丁之间的相似性的方法,包括以下步骤:至少接收两个源至少两个图像补丁的形式,其中每个源提供图像补丁,通过从多个对应的子对 计算所有对应的子部分对之间的归一化局部相似性得分,通过对所有对应的子部分对的局部相似性得分进行积分来计算总匹配分数,并使用总匹配分数作为图像分片相似性的指标,确定相应的 基于总匹配分数的相似图像补丁。

    Technique for lane assignment in a vehicle
    77.
    发明授权
    Technique for lane assignment in a vehicle 有权
    车辆车道分配技术

    公开(公告)号:US09127956B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-09-08

    申请号:US14325476

    申请日:2014-07-08

    摘要: A technique for assigning lanes on a road to objects moving in a vicinity of a vehicle on the road is proposed. A method embodiment of the invention comprises the steps of providing trajectories, wherein the or each trajectory represents a time sequence of positions of a moving object; selecting first and second objects and determining a distance between a current position of the first object and the trajectory of the second object; comparing the distance with a predefined threshold; and providing, based on a result of the comparison, a lane assignment indicating a lane to which the second object is assigned.

    摘要翻译: 提出了一种用于在道路上将道路分配给在道路上的车辆附近移动的物体的技术。 本发明的方法实施例包括提供轨迹的步骤,其中所述轨迹或每个轨迹表示运动物体的位置的时间序列; 选择第一和第二对象并确定第一对象的当前位置与第二对象的轨迹之间的距离; 将距离与预定阈值进行比较; 并且基于比较的结果,提供指示第二对象被分配到的车道的车道分配。

    Method and system for predicting movement behavior of a target traffic object
    78.
    发明授权
    Method and system for predicting movement behavior of a target traffic object 有权
    用于预测目标交通对象的运动行为的方法和系统

    公开(公告)号:US08903588B2

    公开(公告)日:2014-12-02

    申请号:US13525496

    申请日:2012-06-18

    摘要: A method for computationally predicting future movement behaviors of at least one target object can have the steps of producing sensor data by at least one sensor physically sensing the environment of a host vehicle, and computing a plurality of movement behavior alternatives of a target object sensed by the sensor(s). The context based prediction step uses a set of classifiers, each classifier estimating a probability that said sensed target object will execute a movement behavior at a time. The method can also include validating the movement behavior alternatives by a physical prediction comparing measured points with trajectories of situation models and determining at least one trajectory indicating at least one possible behavior of the traffic participant, estimating at least one future position of the traffic participant based on the at least one trajectory, and outputting a signal representing the estimate future position.

    摘要翻译: 用于计算预测至少一个目标对象的未来移动行为的方法可以具有以下步骤:通过至少一个传感器物理地感测主车辆的环境来生成传感器数据,以及计算由目标对象感测的目标对象的多个运动行为替代 传感器。 基于上下文的预测步骤使用一组分类器,每个分类器估计所述感测到的目标对象一次执行移动行为的概率。 该方法还可以包括通过将测量点与情境模型的轨迹相比较的物理预测来验证运动行为替代,并且确定指示交通参与者的至少一个可能行为的至少一个轨迹,估计交通参与者的至少一个未来位置 在所述至少一个轨迹上,并且输出表示所述估计未来位置的信号。

    Analyzing road surfaces
    79.
    发明授权
    Analyzing road surfaces 有权
    分析路面

    公开(公告)号:US08825306B2

    公开(公告)日:2014-09-02

    申请号:US13606553

    申请日:2012-09-07

    摘要: The invention proposes a system that uses a novel method to analyze the surface being about to be traversed by a vehicle. The system can be used to enhance vehicle safety and control. The system makes use of AER cameras such as the Silicon Retina. The Silicon Retina is used monitor the surface to be traversed, and a processing unit analyzes the surface based on the signal provided by the Silicon Retina. The proposed surface analysis method carried out by the system surpasses state-of-art analysis methods.

    摘要翻译: 本发明提出了一种使用新方法来分析车辆将要穿过的表面的系统。 该系统可用于增强车辆安全和控制。 该系统使用AER相机,如硅视网膜。 使用硅视网膜监测要穿过的表面,并且处理单元基于由硅视网膜提供的信号来分析表面。 本系统所提出的表面分析方法,超过了最先进的分析方法。

    OPTIMIZING THE DESIGN OF PHYSICAL STRUCTURES/OBJECTS
    80.
    发明申请
    OPTIMIZING THE DESIGN OF PHYSICAL STRUCTURES/OBJECTS 审中-公开
    优化物理结构/物体的设计

    公开(公告)号:US20140214370A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-07-31

    申请号:US14162159

    申请日:2014-01-23

    IPC分类号: G06F17/50

    摘要: In one aspect, a computer-assisted method for the optimization of the design of physical bodies, such as land, air and see vehicles and robots and/or parts thereof, is provided comprising the steps of: representing the design to be optimized as a mesh, generating update signals to optimize the mesh representation, applying an optimization algorithm until a stop criterion has been reached, and outputting a signal representing the optimized design.

    摘要翻译: 一方面,提供了用于优化诸如陆地,空气和车辆以及机器人和/或其部分的物理体的设计的计算机辅助方法,包括以下步骤:将要优化的设计表示为 生成更新信号以优化网格表示,应用优化算法直到达到停止标准,并输出表示优化设计的信号。