AUTO-TUNABLE PATH CONTROLLER WITH DYNAMIC AVOIDANCE CAPABILITY

    公开(公告)号:US20240124024A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-18

    申请号:US18488016

    申请日:2023-10-16

    IPC分类号: B60W60/00 B60W30/09 G01C21/34

    摘要: A path control systems and methods are disclosed that can aide in keeping an autonomous vehicle on a path. A current estimate of the autonomous vehicle's first position (x, y), heading, and velocity as well as a path of interest (e.g., breadcrumbs, line-arcs, or clothoid segments each containing velocity information) can be used to output a command velocity, command curvature, and/or a vector of waypoints. The command velocity, command curvature, and/or a vector of waypoints can be followed to move the autonomous vehicle from the first position onto the path of interest. An obstacle map may also be used to provide a path to the path of interest that avoids the obstacles on the obstacle map.

    Method for Using Exteroceptive Sensor Data Based on Vehicle State or Mission State

    公开(公告)号:US20230138671A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-04

    申请号:US18051872

    申请日:2022-11-01

    IPC分类号: B60W60/00 B60W10/06 B60W10/18

    摘要: An autonomous vehicle is disclosed. The autonomous vehicle may include a sensor array; an engine output control system; a braking control system; and a controller. The controller may be communicatively coupled with the sensor array, the engine output control system, and the braking control system. The controller may be configured to: sense an environment with the sensor array to produce sensor data; receiving autonomous vehicle state data; determining whether the autonomous vehicle state data is above a threshold state value; in the event the autonomous vehicle state data is above a threshold state value, not using the sensor data to operate the autonomous vehicle; and in the event the autonomous vehicle state data is not above a threshold state value, using the sensor data to operate the autonomous vehicle.

    VEHICLE DISPATCHING METHOD AND SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20220114690A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-04-14

    申请号:US17411027

    申请日:2021-08-24

    发明人: Thomas M. Petroff

    摘要: Vehicle dispatch system includes upper stage unit, lower stage unit and interface communication unit. The upper stage unit, configured to generate vehicle schedules, is communicatively connected to the interface communication unit. The lower stage unit, communicatively connected to the upper stage unit and the interface communication unit, has two storage units and a control unit. The first storage unit stores in a state representation multiple possible states having multiple possible actions. The control unit, which receives the schedule as a state representation, is configured to simulate states during an episode by selecting a state action and determining a reward value. The second storage unit stores the reward value and has a policy linked to one possible action for each state. The interface communication unit, operable to receive and transmit vehicle communications, is configured to access the policy and its associated action and communicate the action to a vehicle.

    Autonomous loader controller
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    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11174622B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-11-16

    申请号:US17100572

    申请日:2020-11-20

    摘要: Some embodiments include an autonomous loader comprising a speed control system; a steering control system; a shovel control system; and a controller communicatively coupled with the speed control system, the steering control system, and the shovel control system. In some embodiments, the controller has code that instructs the shovel control system to place the shovel in a position to load the shovel; instructs the speed control system to move the autonomous loader into a load zone; determines whether the shovel has been filled with material from the load zone; instructs the shovel control system to raise the shovel a predetermined amount; determines a second time whether the shovel has been filled with material from the load zone; instructs the shovel control system to raise the shovel out of the load zone; and instructs the shovel control system to shake the shovel.

    Vehicle dispatching method and system

    公开(公告)号:US11049208B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-29

    申请号:US15458524

    申请日:2017-03-14

    发明人: Thomas M. Petroff

    摘要: A method for dispatching a plurality of vehicles operating in a work area among a plurality of destination locations and a plurality of source locations includes implementing linear programming that takes in an optimization function and constraints to generate an optimum schedule for optimum production, utilizing a reinforcement learning algorithm that takes in the schedule as input and cycles through possible environmental states that could occur within the schedule by choosing one possible action for each possible environmental state and by observing the reward obtained by taking the action at each possible environmental state, developing a policy for each possible environmental state, and providing instructions to follow an action associated with the policy.

    SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STABILIZED TELEOPERATIONS OF VEHICLES

    公开(公告)号:US20210191427A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-24

    申请号:US16725739

    申请日:2019-12-23

    IPC分类号: G05D1/08 G05D1/00

    摘要: A vehicle system includes at least one sensor and a communications system configured to receive one or more remote operations commands. The vehicle system further includes control system configured to execute a speed control system to control a speed of the vehicle system. The control system is further configured to execute an automatic adjustment teleoperations system to derive a filtered speed command based on the one or more remote operations commands and the at least one sensor, and to adjust the speed of the vehicle system based on the filtered speed command.

    POINT CLOUD OCCLUSION MAPPING FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES

    公开(公告)号:US20210046943A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-02-18

    申请号:US16992913

    申请日:2020-08-13

    IPC分类号: B60W50/02 G06T7/00

    摘要: Some embodiments of the invention include a method for updating an occlusion probability map. An occlusion probability map represents the probability that a given portion of the sensor field is occluded from one or more sensors. In some embodiments, a method may include receiving field of view data from a sensor system; producing a probabilistic model of the sensor field of view; and updating an occlusion probability map using the probabilistic model and field of view data.