SOUND SOURCE DETECTION AND LOCALIZATION FOR AUTONOMOUS DRIVING VEHICLE

    公开(公告)号:US20220223170A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-07-14

    申请号:US17248196

    申请日:2021-01-13

    申请人: Baidu USA LLC

    摘要: Systems and methods for sound source detection and localization utilizing an autonomous driving vehicle (ADV) are disclosed. The method includes receiving audio data from a number of audio sensors mounted on the ADV. The audio data comprises sounds captured by the audio sensors and emitted by one or more sound sources. Based on the received audio data, the method further includes determining a number of sound source information. Each sound source information comprises a confidence score associated with an existence of a specific sound. The method further includes generating a data representation to report whether there exists the specific sound within the driving environment of the ADV. The data representation comprises the determined sound source information. The received audio data and the generated data representation are utilized to subsequently train a machine learning algorithm to recognize the specific sound source during autonomous driving of the ADV in real-time.

    LOW-SPEED, BACKWARD DRIVING VEHICLE CONTROLLER DESIGN

    公开(公告)号:US20210139038A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-05-13

    申请号:US16682445

    申请日:2019-11-13

    申请人: Baidu USA LLC

    IPC分类号: B60W50/00 G05D1/00 B60W30/18

    摘要: In one embodiment, a method of generating control effort to control an autonomous driving vehicle (ADV) includes determining a gear position (forward or reverse) in which the ADV is driving and selecting a driving model and a predictive model based upon the gear position. In a forward gear, the driving model is a dynamic model, such as a “bicycle model,” and the predictive model is a look-ahead model. In a reverse gear, the driving model is a hybrid dynamic and kinematic model and the predictive model is a look-back model. A current and predicted lateral error and heading error are determined using the driving model and predictive model, respectively A linear quadratic regulator (LQR) uses the current and predicted lateral error and heading errors, to determine a first control effort, and an augmented control logic determines a second, additional, control effort, to determine a final control effort that is output to a control module of the ADV to drive the ADV.

    AUTOMATIC PARAMETER TUNING FRAMEWORK FOR CONTROLLERS USED IN AUTONOMOUS DRIVING VEHICLES

    公开(公告)号:US20220097728A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-31

    申请号:US17039685

    申请日:2020-09-30

    申请人: Baidu USA LLC

    摘要: Systems and methods are disclosed for optimizing values of a set of tunable parameters of an autonomous driving vehicle (ADV). The controllers can be a linear quadratic regular, a “bicycle model,” a model-reference adaptive controller (MRAC) that reduces actuation latency in control subsystems such as steering, braking, and throttle, or other controller (“controllers”). An optimizer selects a set tunable parameters for the controllers. A task distribution system pairs each set of parameters with each of a plurality of simulated driving scenarios, and dispatches a task to the simulator to perform the simulation with the set of parameters. Each simulation is scored. A weighted score is generated from the simulation. The optimizer uses the weighted score as a target objective for a next iteration of the optimizer, for a fixed number of iterations. A physical real-world ADV is navigated using the optimized set of parameters for the controllers in the ADV.

    AUTONOMOUS DRIVING VEHICLE THREE-POINT TURN

    公开(公告)号:US20210197865A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-07-01

    申请号:US16727799

    申请日:2019-12-26

    申请人: Baidu USA LLC

    摘要: In one embodiment, an autonomous driving vehicle (ADV) operates in an on-lane mode, where the ADV follows a path along a vehicle lane. In response to determining that the ADV is approaching a dead-end, the ADV switches to an open-space mode. While in the open-space mode, the ADV conducts a three-point turn using a series of steering and throttle commands to generate forward and reverse movements until the ADV is within a) a threshold heading, and b) a threshold distance, relative to the vehicle lane. The ADV can then return to the on-lane mode and resume along the vehicle lane away from the dead-end.

    TRAFFIC PREDICTION BASED ON MAP IMAGES FOR AUTONOMOUS DRIVING

    公开(公告)号:US20180374360A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-12-27

    申请号:US15542412

    申请日:2017-06-22

    摘要: In one embodiment, in response to perception data perceiving a driving environment surrounding an ADV, a map image of a map covering a location associated with the driving environment is obtained. An image recognition is performed on the map image to recognize one or more objects from the map image. An object may represent a particular road, a building structure (e.g., a parking lot, an intersection, or a roundabout). One or more features are extracted from the recognized objects, where the features may indicate or describe the traffic condition of the driving environment. Behaviors of one or more traffic participants perceived from the perception data are predicted based on the extracted features. A trajectory for controlling the ADV to navigate through the driving environment is planned based on the predicted behaviors of the traffic participants. A traffic participant can be a vehicle, a cyclist, or a pedestrian.

    DECISION CONSISTENCY PROFILER FOR AN AUTONOMOUS DRIVING VEHICLE

    公开(公告)号:US20230060776A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-02

    申请号:US17446648

    申请日:2021-09-01

    申请人: Baidu USA LLC

    摘要: Embodiments of the invention are intended to evaluate the performance of a planning module of the ADV in terms of decision consistency in addition to other metrics, such as comfort, latency, controllability, and safety. In one embodiment, an exemplary method includes receiving, at an autonomous driving simulation platform, a record file recorded by the ADV that was automatically driving on a road segment; simulating operations of a dynamic model of the ADV in the autonomous driving simulation platform during one or more driving scenarios on the road segment based on the record file. The method further includes performing a comparison between each planned trajectory generated by a planning module of the dynamic model after an initial period of time with each trajectory stored in a buffer; and modifying a performance score generated by a planning performance profiler in the autonomous driving simulation platform based on a result of the comparison.