AUTONOMOUS CHAUFFEUR
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20230082825A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-16

    申请号:US17474660

    申请日:2021-09-14

    摘要: Systems and methods for providing autonomous chauffeur services. In particular, systems and methods are provided to integrate users' calendars with a ridehail application to provide personal chauffeur-type services. Integrating a ridehail service application with a user's calendar and online schedule enables the ridehail service to act as a personal around-the-clock chauffeur, with an autonomous vehicle appearing when needed and taking the user to their destination with no additional input.

    DRIVEWAY PULLOVERS FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES

    公开(公告)号:US20230082219A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-16

    申请号:US17967059

    申请日:2022-10-17

    申请人: Waymo LLC

    IPC分类号: B60W60/00 B60W50/14 B60W30/18

    摘要: Aspects of the disclosure provide for enabling autonomous vehicles to pull over into driveways when picking up or dropping off passengers or goods. For instance, a request for a trip identifying a first location and a second location may be received. The first location may be a location of a client computing device, and the second location may be a starting location or a destination for the trip. A user preference for the trip indicating that a pickup for the trip be in a driveway may be identified. That the first location corresponds with the second location may be identified. Based on the determination that the first location corresponds with the second location, dispatch instructions may be to an autonomous vehicle. The dispatch instructions may identify a polygon for a driveway at the second location in order to cause the autonomous vehicle to pull over into the driveway.

    Driving Surface Friction Estimations Using Vehicle Steering

    公开(公告)号:US20230081510A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-16

    申请号:US17942756

    申请日:2022-09-12

    摘要: Systems and methods are provided for generating data indicative of a friction associated with a driving surface, and for using the friction data in association with one or more vehicles. In one example, a computing system can detect a stop associated with a vehicle and initiate a steering action of the vehicle during the stop. The steering action is associated with movement of at least one tire of the vehicle relative to a driving surface. The computing system can obtain operational data associated with the steering action during the stop of the vehicle. The computing system can determine a friction associated with the driving surface based at least in part on the operational data associated with the steering action. The computing system can generate data indicative of the friction associated with the driving surface.

    ADAPTIVE COMMUNICATION FOR A VEHICLE IN A COMMUNICATION NETWORK

    公开(公告)号:US20230079116A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-16

    申请号:US17473069

    申请日:2021-09-13

    发明人: Jimmy Qi

    摘要: A method of controlling operation of a vehicle includes monitoring one or more features of a road segment, the vehicle configured to communicate with a plurality of objects in a wireless communication network, the vehicle configured to generate a communication based on a reference value of a parameter related to at least one of an environment around the vehicle and a behavior of the vehicle. The method also includes determining, based on the monitoring, a condition of the road segment, the condition including at least a curvature of the road segment, inputting the condition into a machine learning model configured to adjust the reference value based on the condition and output an adjusted reference value, and comparing the adjusted reference value to a current parameter value, and based on the adjusted reference value matching the current parameter value, transmitting an alert to one or more of the plurality of objects.

    ROUTE ARBITRATION APPARATUS, AUTOMATIC DRIVING CONTROLLER, AND AUTOMATIC DRIVING AND ROUTE ARBITRATION SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20230078294A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-16

    申请号:US17799108

    申请日:2020-03-24

    发明人: Ryo ISHIDA

    IPC分类号: G01C21/34 G08G1/16 B60W60/00

    摘要: To provide a route arbitration apparatus, an automatic driving controller, and an automatic driving and route arbitration system which can avoid an overlapping between travel routes and make vehicles carry out a traveling operation smoothly while considering priority between vehicles, in a broad perspective, about a multiple of vehicles existing in a periphery. A route arbitration apparatus receives a target travel route from each vehicle; when it is determined that a mutual overlapping of the target travel routes occurs, determines a priority travel area which is an area where the highest priority vehicle can travel in accordance with the target travel route, transmits the priority travel area to the highest priority vehicle, determines an avoidance travel area which is an area where the low priority vehicle can travel while avoiding the priority travel area, and transmits the avoidance travel area to the low priority vehicle.

    DYNAMIC EDGE COMPUTING WITH RESOURCE ALLOCATION TARGETING AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES

    公开(公告)号:US20230077360A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-16

    申请号:US17472200

    申请日:2021-09-10

    IPC分类号: G06F9/50 B60W60/00 H04W4/44

    摘要: A method for automatically and dynamically allocating edge computing resources to autonomous vehicles is provided. The method may include determining a data processing speed associated with at least one autonomous vehicle. The method may further include automatically determining a computing performance of hardware and software components associated with the at least one autonomous vehicle relative to the computing performance of the hardware and software components of the connected network of autonomous vehicles. The method may further include, automatically identifying at least one edge computing resource necessary for reaching the synchronized threshold level of data processing speed associated with the connected network of autonomous vehicles. The method may further include dynamically allocating the at least one edge computing resource from an edge computing device to the at least one autonomous vehicle based on a location of the at least one autonomous vehicle to the edge computing device.

    Virtual Validation and Verification Model Structure for Motion Control

    公开(公告)号:US20230077259A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-09

    申请号:US17408734

    申请日:2021-08-23

    申请人: WAYMO LLC

    IPC分类号: B62D15/02 B60W60/00

    摘要: The technology employs a model structure for motion control in a vehicle configured to operate in an autonomous driving mode. The model structure has components including a vehicle dynamics system module, a column dynamics module, a rack dynamics module, and an actuation control module. A virtual validation and verification model is configurable based on the components of the model structure. Configuration is performed according to a set of operational requirements based on at least one of a vehicle type, occupant loading information, a center of gravity, or tire pressure as per a cold nominal setpoint. The virtual validation and verification model can be executed so that an electric power steering (EPS) module of the model structure components is configured for at least one of: a software-in-loop model, functional EPS assist, angle control, or to emulate an EPS controller.

    SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NOTIFYING OF ABNORMALITY SIGNAL AROUND VEHICLE

    公开(公告)号:US20230074274A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-09

    申请号:US17794821

    申请日:2020-06-10

    申请人: Young Eon KIM

    发明人: Young Eon KIM

    IPC分类号: B60W50/14 B60W40/02 B60W60/00

    摘要: Disclosed are a system and a method for notifying an abnormality signal around a vehicle. The system includes: an external sound recognition module mounted on the outside of a vehicle or between the inside and outside of a vehicle, and configured to recognize a sound generated within a radius of a predetermined value or less from a point where the vehicle is located; a noise filtering module configured to filter out noise classified as a noise item; an abnormality signal detection module configured to identify the detailed sound information including the source, magnitude, and type of the detected sound, and to detect an auditory abnormality signal; and a notification module configured to notify each of the type, magnitude, and generation location of the auditory abnormality signal by means of any one or more of a visual signal and an auditory signal.

    METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MONITORING OPERATIONS OF AN AUTOMATED DRIVING SYSTEM OF A VEHICLE

    公开(公告)号:US20230071569A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-09

    申请号:US17901127

    申请日:2022-09-01

    申请人: ZENSEACT AB

    IPC分类号: B60W50/029 B60W60/00

    摘要: The present disclosure describes a method for monitoring operations of an automated driving system (ADS) of a vehicle. For each monitored operation the method includes: determining a geographical position of the vehicle; determining an intended path of the vehicle; and determining one or more intended parameters associated with performing a driving manoeuvre of said vehicle from the determined geographical position along the intended path. For each monitored operation the method further includes: obtaining one or more parameters associated with performing the driving manoeuvre of said vehicle from said determined geographical position; and retrieving, from a statistical model, data indicative of a statistical distribution related to one or more corresponding intended and/or obtained parameters for said intended path. Based on said retrieved data, determining whether there is an anomaly associated with said monitored operation; and taking at least one action of a set of predefined actions if an anomaly is determined.