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公开(公告)号:US11807259B2
公开(公告)日:2023-11-07
申请号:US17537307
申请日:2021-11-29
Applicant: Nuro, Inc.
Inventor: Eric Jeffrey Wei , Niels Frommann , James Nicholas Vines , Jonathan Beck , An An (Tom) Chu
IPC: B60W50/12 , B60W60/00 , B60W50/02 , B60W50/035 , B60W50/00
CPC classification number: B60W50/02 , B60W50/0205 , B60W50/035 , B60W60/001 , B60W2050/0002
Abstract: According to one aspect, a vehicle includes hardware systems configured to support the autonomous or semi-autonomous operation of the vehicle. Hardware systems may include a main compute, a brain stem computer (BSC), and an aggregator/compute arrangement or redundant autonomy compute. Such hardware systems may cooperate to allow the vehicle to operate autonomously, and typically provide capabilities, e.g., redundant and/or backup capabilities, configured to enable the vehicle to continue to operate in the event that a primary system is not functioning as expected. The aggregator/compute arrangement may further be comprised of two substantially identical modules or computing assemblies, each configured to process sensor data and perform backup autonomy functionalities and/or teleoperations functionalities.
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公开(公告)号:USD1003194S1
公开(公告)日:2023-10-31
申请号:US29805967
申请日:2021-08-31
Applicant: Nuro, Inc.
Designer: Benjamin Wade Julian , Daniel Hundt , Alexander Christ , Robin Nicholas Hubbard , Brian Alan Baker , Nicholas Barkley , Bryan Thompson
Abstract: FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of a first embodiment of an autonomous vehicle with right side compartment doors;
FIG. 2 is a rear perspective view of the autonomous vehicle of FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a front view of the autonomous vehicle of FIG. 1;
FIG. 4 is a rear view of the autonomous vehicle of FIG. 1;
FIG. 5 is a first side view of the autonomous vehicle of FIG. 1;
FIG. 6 is a second side view of autonomous vehicle of FIG. 1;
FIG. 7 is a top view of the autonomous vehicle of FIG. 1;
FIG. 8 is a bottom view of the autonomous vehicle of FIG. 1;
FIG. 9 is a rear perspective view of the autonomous vehicle, similar to FIG. 2, with right side compartment doors open;
FIG. 10 is a front perspective view of a second embodiment of an autonomous vehicle with right side compartment doors;
FIG. 11 is a rear perspective view of the autonomous vehicle of FIG. 10;
FIG. 12 is a front view of the autonomous vehicle of FIG. 10;
FIG. 13 is a rear view of the autonomous vehicle of FIG. 10;
FIG. 14 is a first side view of the autonomous vehicle of FIG. 10;
FIG. 15 is a second side view of autonomous vehicle of FIG. 10;
FIG. 16 is a top view of the autonomous vehicle of FIG. 10;
FIG. 17 is a bottom view of the autonomous vehicle of FIG. 10;
FIG. 18 is a rear perspective view of the autonomous vehicle, similar to FIG. 11, with right side compartment doors open;
FIG. 19 is a front perspective view of a third embodiment of an autonomous vehicle with left side compartment doors;
FIG. 20 is a rear perspective view of the autonomous vehicle of FIG. 19;
FIG. 21 is a front view of the autonomous vehicle of FIG. 19;
FIG. 22 is a rear view of the autonomous vehicle of FIG. 19;
FIG. 23 is a first side view of the autonomous vehicle of FIG. 19;
FIG. 24 is a second side view of autonomous vehicle of FIG. 19;
FIG. 25 is a top view of the autonomous vehicle of FIG. 19;
FIG. 26 is a bottom view of the autonomous vehicle of FIG. 19;
FIG. 27 is a rear perspective view of the autonomous vehicle, similar to FIG. 20, with left side compartment doors open;
FIG. 28 is a front perspective view of a fourth embodiment of an autonomous vehicle with left side compartment doors;
FIG. 29 is a rear perspective view of the autonomous vehicle of FIG. 28;
FIG. 30 is a front view of the autonomous vehicle of FIG. 28;
FIG. 31 is a rear view of the autonomous vehicle of FIG. 28;
FIG. 32 is a first side view of the autonomous vehicle of FIG. 28;
FIG. 33 is a second side view of autonomous vehicle of FIG. 28;
FIG. 34 is a top view of the autonomous vehicle of FIG. 28;
FIG. 35 is a bottom view of the autonomous vehicle of FIG. 28; and,
FIG. 36 is a rear perspective view of the autonomous vehicle, similar to FIG. 29, with left side compartment doors open.
The broken lines illustrate portions of the autonomous vehicle that form no part of the claimed design.-
公开(公告)号:US20230202256A1
公开(公告)日:2023-06-29
申请号:US17984785
申请日:2022-11-10
Applicant: Nuro, Inc.
Inventor: Luke Herbert Lonberger , André Barkhodaee , Nathan Bozzo , Brent B. Hopkins
CPC classification number: B60H1/00271 , B60H1/00035 , B60H1/00571 , B60H1/3205 , B60H2001/00114
Abstract: According to one aspect, a thermal system of a vehicle which provides cooling to within the vehicle, e.g., within a driver and passenger carrying cabin or compartment, is effectively leveraged to provide cooling capabilities to autonomous vehicle systems. Some coolant flowing through a coolant loop included in the thermal system of a vehicle may be diverted to an offshoot loop which provides cooling to coolant included in a coolant loop configured to cool autonomous vehicle systems, e.g., a compute system that is part of an autonomous vehicle. The coolant from the thermal system of the vehicle may flow past coolant from the coolant loop configured to cool autonomous vehicle systems, and the cooled coolant from the coolant loop configured to cool the autonomous vehicle systems may flow near the autonomous vehicle systems to cool the autonomous vehicle systems.
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公开(公告)号:US20230144456A1
公开(公告)日:2023-05-11
申请号:US17523089
申请日:2021-11-10
Applicant: Nuro, Inc.
Inventor: David Ferguson , Jiajun Zhu , Pichayut Jirapinyo , Nan Ransohoff
CPC classification number: G06Q30/0635 , G06Q20/401
Abstract: According to one aspect, a platform for providing at least one item to a customer is disclosed. The platform includes an autonomous, semi-autonomous, or fully autonomous vehicle that includes at least one compartment configured to contain a first item ordered by the customer and to contain a second item not ordered by the customer. The platform further includes an application including an ordering module configured to obtain an order from the customer that includes the first item, and a release detection module configured to determine when the first item has been removed from the at least one compartment and configured to determine when the second item has been removed from the at least one compartment. In one embodiment, the second item is predicted using a machine learning algorithm.
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公开(公告)号:US20230119762A1
公开(公告)日:2023-04-20
申请号:US17891387
申请日:2022-08-19
Applicant: Nuro, Inc.
Inventor: Kun Geng , Frank Cheng , Hao Li , Matthew Jeremy Sarett
IPC: G01S17/931 , G01S17/89 , G01S17/86 , B60W60/00 , B60W50/02
Abstract: According to one aspect, an autonomous vehicle that includes a lidar unit collects lidar point cloud data that includes false returns or false positives, and characterizes the data associated with the false returns or false positives as drivable or not drivable. The false returns or false positives may be phantom points that are not associated with actual objects which may pose collision risks. Analyzing lidar point cloud data to characterize false returns or false positives as either drivable or not drivable enables an autonomous vehicle to operate efficiently by not having to avoid non-existent collision risks. False positives may be indicated when a wet or icy road surface acts as a mirror which reflects objects, and when precipitation such as raindrops appear as objects. Characterizing such false positives as drivable facilitates the efficient operation of an autonomous vehicle as the autonomous vehicle may drive over a mirror and/or through precipitation.
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公开(公告)号:US11620694B2
公开(公告)日:2023-04-04
申请号:US17077584
申请日:2020-10-22
Applicant: Nuro, Inc.
Inventor: David Ferguson , Jiajun Zhu , Cosimo Leipold
IPC: G01C21/34 , G06Q30/0601 , G08G1/04 , B60P3/00 , B60R21/34 , B65G67/24 , G05D1/00 , G05D1/02 , G05D1/12 , G06K7/10 , G06Q10/0631 , G06Q10/083 , G06Q50/12 , G06Q50/28 , G08G1/00 , H04L67/12 , G06Q10/08 , G06N20/00 , B60R25/25 , A23L5/00 , A23L7/109 , G06F16/955 , A23L2/52 , A47J37/06 , A47J47/00 , B60H1/00 , B60P1/36 , B60P3/025 , B60R19/18 , G06K7/14 , G06K19/06 , G06Q10/0635 , G06Q10/0832 , G06Q10/0833 , G06Q10/0834 , G06Q10/0835 , G06Q10/0837 , G06Q20/00 , G06Q20/12 , G06Q20/18 , G06Q30/0645 , G07F17/00 , G07F17/12 , G07C5/02 , G07C5/08 , G06V20/56 , G06V20/64 , G06Q30/0251 , G06Q50/30 , G06K19/07 , H04W4/024 , H04W4/40 , G01C21/20 , B60R19/48 , G06F3/0484 , B60R21/36 , H04N5/76 , H05B6/68
Abstract: A managing apparatus for positioning rental vehicles includes a memory storing instructions and a processor configured to execute the instructions to cause the managing apparatus to access model information and location information for a plurality of autonomous vehicles, receive a request including a delivery location and a chosen model for renting, select an autonomous vehicle of the chosen model from among the plurality of autonomous vehicles based on the model information, the location information, and the delivery location, instruct the selected autonomous vehicle to fully-autonomously or semi-autonomously travel to the delivery location, and instruct the selected autonomous vehicle to switch to manual operation mode at the delivery location for manual operation by a vehicle rental customer.
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公开(公告)号:US20230044157A1
公开(公告)日:2023-02-09
申请号:US17875264
申请日:2022-07-27
Applicant: Nuro, Inc.
Inventor: Paul Michael White
IPC: G01S7/481 , G01S17/931
Abstract: According to one aspect, a lidar system is a lidar system which includes one set of mechanical, e.g., optical, components, and two or more sets of electrical and/or software components. The beams which are provided by the optical components are effectively alternated between a first and second sets of electrical and/or software components. The redundancy provided by the first and second sets of electrical and/or software components allows the lidar system to remain operational in the event that one set of electrical and/or software components becomes non-operational.
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公开(公告)号:US11551278B2
公开(公告)日:2023-01-10
申请号:US16159047
申请日:2018-10-12
Applicant: Nuro, Inc.
Inventor: David Ferguson , Jiajun Zhu , Cosimo Leipold , Pichayut Jirapinyo
IPC: G06Q10/08 , G06Q30/06 , G08G1/04 , B60P3/00 , B60R21/34 , B65G67/24 , G01C21/34 , G05D1/00 , G05D1/02 , G05D1/12 , G06K7/10 , G06Q10/06 , G06Q50/12 , G06Q50/28 , G08G1/00 , H04L67/12 , G06N20/00 , B60R25/25 , A23L5/00 , A23L7/109 , G06F16/955 , A23L2/52 , A47J37/06 , A47J47/00 , B60H1/00 , B60P1/36 , B60P3/025 , B60R19/18 , G06K7/14 , G06K19/06 , G06Q20/00 , G06Q20/12 , G06Q20/18 , G07F17/00 , G07F17/12 , G07C5/02 , G07C5/08 , G06V20/56 , G06V20/64 , G06Q30/02 , G06Q50/30 , G06K19/07 , H04W4/024 , H04W4/40 , G01C21/20 , B60R19/48 , G06F3/0484 , B60R21/36 , H04N5/76 , H05B6/68
Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for providing transportation or delivery services using a fleet of mixed vehicles. A computer-implemented method of providing services using a fleet of mixed vehicles includes receiving at a server a request for a service, determining parameters for the service, selecting by the server a vehicle from a fleet of mixed vehicles to perform at least a portion of the service based on the determined parameters, and transmitting a message to the selected vehicle to perform the at least a portion of the service. The fleet of mixed vehicles includes at least two of: a semi-autonomous vehicle, a fully-autonomous vehicle, a vehicle remotely operated by a human, or a human driven vehicle.
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公开(公告)号:US20220396195A1
公开(公告)日:2022-12-15
申请号:US17835808
申请日:2022-06-08
Applicant: Nuro, Inc.
Inventor: Marcus Johan Strom , JONATHAN HENRY DEARING , TREVOR SHUMAN
Abstract: According to one aspect, a securement system configured to secure wheels of a vehicle against a surface, e.g., a surface on a transport vehicle, includes one or more locking mechanisms that are dynamically adjustable to engage the wheels. A locking mechanism may include mechanical structures such as prongs or fingers which are configured to apply forces to a wheel to effectively hold the wheel in place. The securement system may also include a bar arrangement which cooperates with the locking mechanisms to further constrain the movement of a vehicle that is secured to a surface using the securement system.
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公开(公告)号:US20220379916A1
公开(公告)日:2022-12-01
申请号:US17735973
申请日:2022-05-03
Applicant: Nuro, Inc.
Inventor: David Ian Ferguson , Jiajun Zhu , Cosimo Leipold , Steven Y. Wu
Abstract: According to one aspect, a method includes obtaining a request for a first vehicle from a customer, and dispatching the first vehicle to a first location identified in the request. Dispatching the first vehicle to the first location includes causing the first vehicle to drive in an autonomous mode. The method also includes determining when the first vehicle arrives at the first location, and providing the customer with access to enter the first vehicle.
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